22 research outputs found
Bibliotheca Baltica : Informationen zum Bibliothekswesen im Ostseeraum ; Newsletter der Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Bibliotheca Baltica"
This paper deals with the question: what are the key requirements for a physical system to perform digital computation? Oftentimes, cognitive scientists are quick to employ the notion of computation simpliciter when asserting basically that cognitive activities are computational. They employ this notion as if there is a consensus on just what it takes for a physical system to compute. Some cognitive scientists in referring to digital computation simply adhere to Turing computability. But if cognition is indeed computational, then it is concrete computation that is required for explaining cognition as an embodied phenomenon. Three accounts of computation are examined here: 1. Formal Symbol Manipulation. 2. Physical Symbol Systems and 3.The Mechanistic account. I argue that the differing requirements implied by these accounts justify the demand that one commits to a particular account when employing the notion of digital computation in regard to physical systems, rather than use these accounts interchangeably
Technical assessment of whole body angiography and cardiac function within a single MRI examination
AimTo evaluate a combined protocol for simultaneous cardiac MRI (CMR) and contrast-enhanced (CE) whole-body MR angiography (WB-MRA) techniques within a single examination.Materials and methodsAsymptomatic volunteers (n = 48) with low-moderate risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) were recruited. The protocol was divided into four sections: (1) CMR of left ventricle (LV) structure and function; (2) CE-MRA of the head, neck, and thorax followed by the distal lower limbs; (3) CMR LV âlate gadolinium enhancementâ assessment; and (4) CE-MRA of the abdomen and pelvis followed by the proximal lower limbs. Multiple observers undertook the image analysis.ResultsFor CMR, the mean ejection fraction (EF) was 67.3 ± 4.8% and mean left ventricular mass (LVM) was 100.3 ± 22.8 g. The intra-observer repeatability for EF ranged from 2.1â4.7% and from 9â12 g for LVM. Interobserver repeatability was 8.1% for EF and 19.1 g for LVM. No LV delayed myocardial enhancement was observed. For WB-MRA, some degree of luminal narrowing or stenosis was seen at 3.6% of the vessel segments (involving n = 29 of 48 volunteers) and interobserver radiological opinion was consistent in 96.7% of 1488 vessel segments assessed.ConclusionCombined assessment of WB-MRA and CMR can be undertaken within a single examination on a clinical MRI system. The associated analysis techniques are repeatable and may be suitable for larger-scale cardiovascular MRI studies
Public Relations and Diplomacy in a Globalized World: An Issue of Public Communication
This article builds on earlier conceptual analyses that have contrasted public relations
with diplomacy and public diplomacy at conceptual and applied levels, to consider
further the theoretical and global issues of public relations' diplomatic work for
states and organizations in the context of globalization. A key feature of such work
is its intercultural nature, at the organizational, ethnic, and state levels. The discussion
draws inspiration from a range of disciplines including public relations, international
relations, strategic studies, media studies, peace studies, management studies, cultural
studies, and anthropology. Linking public diplomacy to public relations usefully
reconnects public relations to power, which has largely been ignored by dominant
organizational-management approaches to the subject.div_MCaPA53pub3090pub