Stretching the frontiers of precaution

The increasing pace and impact of technological change in the world underline the growing need for taking due precautions.In this essay the author reviews a number of cases over the past 2 centuries where new technologies have been introduced too rapidly with too little attention to possible consequences and avoidable damage to health or the enviro

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Tema 1: Refitting existing simulations to meet with new learning objectives – from supply chain management to virtual collaboration

This paper discusses Wooden Car the application possibilities of business simulation games in teaching.By application possibilities we mean the different ways of arranging the learning sessions using the one and same simulation game.Thus, we are not discussing what kind of games should be built for certain educational purposes, or how a game should

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The Accuracy of Pre-Operative Ultrasonography in Localizing Parathyroid Adenoma for Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy (MIP)

OBJECTIVES To determine the sensitivity of pre-op ultrasonography in localizing parathyroid adenoma for minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) technique.METHODOLOGY The study was conducted at the department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, MTI Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar.It included a retrospective analysis of records of patients who unde

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Growth differentiation factor 11 promotes macrophage polarization towards M2 to attenuate myocardial infarction via inhibiting Notch1 signaling pathway

Myocardial infarctions (MI) is a major threat to human health especially in people exposed to cold environment.The polarization theplayfulcollectivees.shop of macrophages towards different functional phenotypes (M1 macrophages and M2 macrophages) is closely related to MI repairment.The growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) has been reported to p

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