Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the West, and vascular disease is the most common cardiovascular clinical problem. The disease results in serious morbidity and mortality, and carries economic cost implications. While conventional risk factors are well established, and their biomarkers regularly monitored, patients may continue to suffer subclinical active disease, even in t…
The anthology explores breath from the perspective of the arts and humanities, as well as experimental scientific and design practices. Focus is on the period from 1900 to the present day – an era during in which air has become a precarious medium, co-created and manipulated by humans. Against this backdrop, breath appears as an elusive yet vital substance that reveals connections between the…
Buku Akses Terbuka ini merayakan pencapaian luar biasa Profesor Peter Marwedel dalam kompilator, sistem tertanam, dan sistem siber-fisik. Kontribusi dalam buku ini merangkum isi kuliah undangan yang diberikan pada lokakarya "Sistem Tertanam" yang diadakan di Technical University Dortmund pada awal Juli 2019 untuk menghormati ulang tahun Profesor Marwedel yang ketujuh puluh. Menyediakan pandanga…
In the centre of this study stand some 154 letters exchanged between the Austrian writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897-1976) and Maria Charlotte ("Lotte") Sweceny (ne?e Stein, 1904-1956), the co-proprietor of the Viennese publishing house Manz, between 1938 and 1945. The transcripts are followed by a commentary that aims to elucidate the historical, individual and geographical references. A me…
Michael M. J. Fischer examines documentary filmmaking, literature, and innovative dance from Southeast Asia and Singapore for their para-ethnographic insights into politics, culture, and aesthetics.
Michael M. J. Fischer examines documentary filmmaking, literature, and innovative dance from Southeast Asia and Singapore for their para-ethnographic insights into politics, culture, and aesthetics.
Since the time of Galen and Hippocrates, medicine has had a slow progression, with each new advance improving the length and quality of patients’ lives. By the nineteenth century, medical science had even begun to understand the concept of vaccinations and had started to make substantial inroads into the prevention of communicable diseases. Despite this, diagnosis with a bacterial infecti…
I want to thank my colleague Bruce Zuckerman, Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life at the University of Southern California, for the opportunity to work on this volume of the Casden Annual Review. Although this was a project that my schedule as Vice Dean of Diversity and Strategic Initiatives for the Dana and David Dorns…
Ini adalah volume kedua dari sejarah Universitas Manchester sejak 1951. Volume ini mencakup tujuh belas tahun penting di mana pendanaan publik mengecil, beasiswa mahasiswa menurun, instruksi dari pemerintah dan Komisi Beasiswa Universitas semakin banyak, dan universitas-universitas khawatir akan reputasinya di mata publik. Volume ini memberikan laporan jujur tentang perjuangan Universitas melaw…