1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454993903321

Titolo

The ethics of protocells : moral and social implications of creating life in the laboratory / / edited by Mark A. Bedau and Emily C. Parke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-25530-8

1-282-24037-4

9786612240379

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Basic bioethics

Altri autori (Persone)

BedauMark

ParkeEmily C

Disciplina

174/.957

Soggetti

Artificial cells - Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Ethics of Protocells; I Risk, Uncertainty, and Precaution with Protocells; 2 New Technologies, Public Perceptions, and Ethics; 3 Social and Ethical Implications of Creating Artificial Cells ; 4 The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells; 5 The Precautionary Principle and Its Critics; 6 A New Virtue-Based Understanding of the Precautionary Principle; 7 Ethical Dialogue about Science in the Context of a Culture of Precaution; II Lessons from Recent History and Related Technologies

8 The Creation of Life in Cultural Context: From Spontaneous Generation to Synthetic Biology9 Second Life: Some Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology and the Recapitulation of Evolution; 10 Protocell Patents: Property Between Modularity and Emergence; 11 Protocells, Precaution, and Open-Source Biology; 12  The Ambivalence of Protocells: Challenges for Self-Reflexive Ethics ; III  Ethics in a Future with Protocells; 13 Open Evolution and Human Agency: The Pragmatics of Upstream Ethics in the Design of Artificial Life ; 14 Human Practices: Interfacing Three Modes of Collaboration

15 This Is Not a Hammer: On Ethics and Technology16 Toward a Critical Evaluation of Protocell Research; 17 Methodological Considerations about the Ethical and Social Implications of Protocells; About the Authors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Contributors explore the potential benefits, risks & ethical aspects of protocell technology, which creates simple forms of life from nonliving material.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910633912203321

Autore

Yu F. Richard

Titolo

A brief history of intelligence : from the big bang to the metaverse / / F. Richard Yu and Angela W. Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-15951-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 112 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Disciplina

895.6093538

Soggetti

Cosmology

Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795705103321

Autore

Eekelaar John

Titolo

Family law and personal life [[electronic resource] /] / John Eekelaar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0191566462

9780191566462

Descrizione fisica

xii, 195 p

Disciplina

346.01/5

Soggetti

Domestic relations - Philosophy

Domestic relations - Social aspects

Families

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-187) and index.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300327403321

Titolo

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction : A Practical Surgical Guide / / edited by Rainer Siebold, David Dejour, Stefano Zaffagnini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-45349-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Disciplina

610

616.7

617.47

617.582059

Soggetti

Orthopedic surgery

Orthopedics

Surgical Orthopedics

Orthopaedics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Partial ACL tear -- Complete ACL tear – General considerations -- Anatomical Single bundle ACL reconstruction -- Double bundle ACL reconstruction -- Indications for Single- or double bundle ACL reconstruction -- Extra-articular Plasty -- ACL reconstruction with open physis -- One-Stage-Revision ACL -- Two-Stage-Revision ACL -- ACL + OSTEOTOMY -- Intraoperative complications -- Postoperative complications -- Rehabilitation & Return to Sports -- Prevention of ACL tear & rerupture.

Sommario/riassunto

This practical and instructional guidebook, written by international experts in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, covers all challenging aspects of ACL rupture in the acute and chronic setting. It covers the latest, spectacular anatomical findings, treatment of partial ACL tears, various techniques for single- and double-bundle ACL reconstruction, and complex ACL revision surgery. Important surgical steps are clearly described with the help of instructive, high-quality photographs. Important tips, tricks, and pitfalls are highlighted and



intra- and postoperative complications, rehabilitation, and prevention of re-rupture are discussed. All authors are prominent and experienced ACL surgeons.