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From Illusion to Reality: A Brief History of Robotic Surgery.
2018
Purpose. Robotic surgery is currently employed for many surgical procedures, yielding interesting results. Methods. We performed an historical review of robots and robotic surgery evaluating some critical phases of its evolution, analyzing its impact on our life and the steps completed that gave the robotics its current popularity. Results. The origins of robotics can be traced back to Greek mythology. Different aspects of robotics have been explored by some of the greatest inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, and Wolfgang Von-Kempelen. Advances in many fields of science made possible the development of advanced surgical robots. Over 3000 da Vinci robotic platforms are ins…
Does Finland Need Raciolinguistics?
2017
A growing number of applied linguists and language educators in the US/North American context advocate for and from a scholarly perspective which views language issues in relation to racial issues and vice versa. The emergent field of raciolinguistics highlights the relationships between language and race/racism and has brought about research that investigates their intersections. Should scholars in Finland adopt (and adapt) such an approach to scholarly work? Three Finland-based scholars explore this question in a question ("prompt") - response format.
Universities between internationalisation and globalisation: Which language to publish?
2013
Internationalisierung ist heute als erklärtes Ziel in Strategien von Universitäten und Bildungsministerien unterschiedlichster Länder verankert. Zu Internationalisierungsbestrebungen gehören z. B. die Förderung der Mobilität von Studierenden und Hochschulpersonal oder die Schaffung vergleichbarer Studienabschlüsse. Im Streben nach Spitzenforschung sind Lehr- und Forschungspersonal sowie Doktoranden gehalten, in internationalen Projekten zu forschen und in begutachteten internationalen Foren zu publizieren. Was aber ist eine internationale Publikation? Welche Rolle spielen Sprachen im Prozess von Internationalisierung der Universitäten und Hochschulen? Welche Konsequenzen haben International…