WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS OF HUMAN BEINGS? AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY USING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE CONTEXT OF VALUES, THE SCIENTISTIC WORLDVIEW, AND THE ACCEPTED VERSIONS OF HUMANISM

Introduction Rapid development of technologies increases the possibility of technological enhancements of human beings, e.g., in their cognitive skills or physical fitness.Attitudes towards such enhancements may result in their social acceptance or rejection.Material and methods One hundred and thirty-nine young Polish adults participated in the st

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), the energy consumption due to the sensed data transmission is more than processing data locally within the sensor node.The data aggregation is one of the techniques to conserve energy by eliminating the redundant data transmission in dense WSNs.In this paper, we propose an energy efficient structure-free data agg

Face and body wash Aim: The Women In India with GDM Strategy (WINGS) project was conducted with the aim of developing a model of care (MOC) suitable for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in low- and middle-income countries.Methodology: The WINGS project was carried out in Chennai, Southern India, in two phases.In Phase I, a situational

Arun S Singh,1 Neal S Chawla,2 Sant P Chawla2 1Sarcoma Service, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2Sarcoma Oncology Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA Abstract: Giant-cell tumor of bone is a rare, locally aggressive tumor that typically occurs in the bones of skeletally Heart Rate Grip Assembly mature young adults i

Background.The development and implementation of a remediation plan for the residual arsenic trioxide stored at the former Giant Mine site in the Canadian Northwest Territories has raised important issues related to trust.Social and individual trust of those responsible for making decisions on risks is critically important in community judgements o