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New Terminology (new + terminology)

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New Terminology of the Cardiac Walls and New Classification of Q-Wave M Infarction based on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Correlations

ANNALS OF NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY, Issue 1 2007
Antoni Bayés de Luna M.D.
First page of article [source]

Salvage Logging, Ecosystem Processes, and Biodiversity Conservation

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Issue 4 2006
D.B. LINDENMAYER
conservación de la biodiversidad; gestión forestal; procesos ecosistémicos Abstract:,We summarize the documented and potential impacts of salvage logging,a form of logging that removes trees and other biological material from sites after natural disturbance. Such operations may reduce or eliminate biological legacies, modify rare postdisturbance habitats, influence populations, alter community composition, impair natural vegetation recovery, facilitate the colonization of invasive species, alter soil properties and nutrient levels, increase erosion, modify hydrological regimes and aquatic ecosystems, and alter patterns of landscape heterogeneity. These impacts can be assigned to three broad and interrelated effects: (1) altered stand structural complexity; (2) altered ecosystem processes and functions; and (3) altered populations of species and community composition. Some impacts may be different from or additional to the effects of traditional logging that is not preceded by a large natural disturbance because the conditions before, during, and after salvage logging may differ from those that characterize traditional timber harvesting. The potential impacts of salvage logging often have been overlooked, partly because the processes of ecosystem recovery after natural disturbance are still poorly understood and partly because potential cumulative effects of natural and human disturbance have not been well documented. Ecologically informed policies regarding salvage logging are needed prior to major natural disturbances so that when they occur ad hoc and crisis-mode decision making can be avoided. These policies should lead to salvage-exemption zones and limits on the amounts of disturbance-derived biological legacies (e.g., burned trees, logs) that are removed where salvage logging takes place. Finally, we believe new terminology is needed. The word salvage implies that something is being saved or recovered, whereas from an ecological perspective this is rarely the case. Resumen:,Resumimos los impactos documentados y potenciales de la cosecha de salvamento , una forma de cosecha de madera que remueve árboles y otros materiales biológicos después de una perturbación natural. Tales operaciones pueden reducir o eliminar legados biológicos, modificar hábitats post perturbación, influir en poblaciones, alterar la composición de comunidades, impedir la recuperación de la vegetación natural, facilitar la colonización de especies invasoras, alterar las propiedades del suelo y de niveles de nutrientes, incrementar la erosión, modificar regímenes hidrológicos y ecosistemas acuáticos, y alterar patrones de heterogeneidad del paisaje. Estos impactos se pueden asignar a tres efectos amplios e interrelacionados: (1) alteración de la complejidad estructural del bosque; (2) alteración de procesos y funciones ecológicas; y (3) alteración de poblaciones de especies y de la composición de la comunidad. Algunos impactos pueden ser diferentes a o adicionales a los efectos de la cosecha de madera tradicional que no es precedida de una perturbación natural severa porque las condiciones antes, durante y después de la cosecha de salvamento pueden diferir de las que caracterizan a la cosecha de madera tradicional. Los impactos potenciales de la cosecha de salvamento a menudo han sido pasados por alto, en parte porque los procesos de recuperación del ecosistema después de una perturbación natural son poco conocidos y en parte porque los efectos acumulativos potenciales de perturbaciones naturales y humanas no han sido bien documentados. Se requieren políticas ecológicamente informadas para la cosecha de salvamento para que cuando ocurran las perturbaciones naturales se evite la toma de decisiones en situaciones de crisis. Estas políticas deberán establecer zonas exentas de salvamento y límites a las cantidades de legados biológicos derivados de la perturbación (e. g., árboles quemados, troncos) que son removidos donde se lleva a cabo la cosecha de salvamento. Finalmente, creemos que se requiere una nueva terminología. La palabra salvamento implica que algo esta siendo salvado o recuperado, y este raramente es el caso desde una perspectiva ecológica. [source]

ICAP and the new terminology

ADDICTION, Issue 9 2000
Diyanath Samarasinghe
First page of article [source]

The REFLECT Statement: Methods and Processes of Creating Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Controlled Trials for Livestock and Food Safety

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, Issue 1 2010
A.M. O'Connor
The conduct of randomized controlled trials in livestock with production, health, and food-safety outcomes presents unique challenges that might not be adequately reported in trial reports. The objective of this project was to modify the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement to reflect the unique aspects of reporting these livestock trials. A 2-day consensus meeting was held on November 18,19, 2008 in Chicago, IL, to achieve the objective. Before the meeting, a Web-based survey was conducted to identify issues for discussion. The 24 attendees were biostatisticians, epidemiologists, food-safety researchers, livestock production specialists, journal editors, assistant editors, and associate editors. Before the meeting, the attendees completed a Web-based survey indicating which CONSORT statement items would need to be modified to address unique issues for livestock trials. The consensus meeting resulted in the production of the REFLECT (Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Control Trials) statement for livestock and food safety and 22-item checklist. Fourteen items were modified from the CONSORT checklist, and an additional subitem was proposed to address challenge trials. The REFLECT statement proposes new terminology, more consistent with common usage in livestock production, to describe study subjects. Evidence was not always available to support modification to or inclusion of an item. The use of the REFLECT statement, which addresses issues unique to livestock trials, should improve the quality of reporting and design for trials reporting production, health, and food-safety outcomes. [source]

Knowledge management in the AEC sector: an exploration of the mergers and acquisitions context

KNOWLEDGE AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT: THE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION, Issue 3 2002
Patricia Carrillo
Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively new terminology within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, although certain aspects have always been practised within the industry. This paper conducts an exploratory study of how mergers and acquisitions affect knowledge management initiatives. The paper introduces the CLEVER conceptual framework that was developed at Loughborough University, UK. The conceptual framework is used to formulate the key aspects organizations should consider when implementing knowledge management initiatives. The paper presents case studies of AEC organizations that have recently undergone mergers and acquisitions. The case studies demonstrate what these companies are doing in terms of knowledge management, especially to collate and deploy the bodies of knowledge held in the hitherto separate organizations, to enhance their competitive advantage. The paper concludes by providing guidelines for companies to consider in developing knowledge management initiatives to cope with structural changes at an operational level. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Benign lesions of the vocal folds: a masquerade

CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY, Issue 4 2000
P.J.P. Poels
Objective. The aim of this study is to give an analysis of the nature of benign vocal fold lesions with an indication for microlaryngoscopy that are found in a general ENT clinic. Patients and methods. Retrospectively, pre- and peroperative data from 177 successive patients were examined. Results. The male : female distribution was 1 : 3. Preoperatively, bilateral lesions were found in 53%, changing into 82% at peroperative examination. Nodules, polyps, Reinke's oedema and intracordal lesions,such as sulcus vocalis, vergeture and cysts,were the most frequently found lesions. The intracordale lesions were easily missed at preoperative examination. Half of the patients had occupational voice use. Conclusion. In spite of laryngostroboscopy, the vocal fold lesions could not always be diagnosed correctly. It is recommended to perform a diagnostic microlaryngoscopy in cases of unclear dysphonia and to examine both vocal folds peroperatively. It may be advisable to develop a new terminology for vocal fold lesions, based on their functional behaviour. At this, stroboscopy can be completed by videokymography. [source]