Write once, read many (WORM) optical storage is an available technology for storing inexpensively large amounts of data on a personal computer system. We summarize the technical tradeoffs of WORM drives and other forms of optical storage and discuss the use of WORM storage for typical medical data base applications: (1) flat files; (2) complex data...
Purpose: The conditions necessary to widespread use of the laser card system, read-write speed and reliability are especially studied. Methods: In order to observe the influence of temperature, the cards were kept on the dash-board of cars. For the physical forces the male patients carried the cards into the seat pocket of pants. Findings: The data...
A method of handling medical data in the form of patient records including physical findings such as x-rays has been devised using a laser card coupled to a p.c. for data input and output. A satisfactory software system which encompasses a formalized medical record system dealing with events rather than chronological order of entry has been devised...
Las nuevas tecnologías están provocando un impacto social y cultural en los trabajadores. Aquí se aportan algunos elementos para la discusión sobre sus beneficios y desventajas
The information society, that is based on the technological revolution, is already a fact. The information and communication technologies also concern the education world -not only commerce and leisure-, and the education policy should take advantage of them. Our aim in this paper is to establish some benefits and limitations of technologies in edu...
This paper constitutes an analysis of the so called new information technologies and communication, based on the main documents drafted due to its appearance, but mainly on those daily-handled public concepts that they themselves have generated, identified as ‘imaginary meanings’ —in Castoriadis's sense—. The article begins discussing some of the p...
O presente artigo objetiva apresentar, de maneira pontual, as transformações da economia global e seus reflexos no mundo do trabalho, bem como focalizar as novas tecnologias como um processo de transformação política, social e cultural do nosso tempo. / The present article aims to present, in a punctual manner, the changes in the global economy and...
Subjects designated by the neologism 'disability' typically experience various forms of marginality, discrimination and inequality. The response by social scientists and professionals engaged in social policy and service delivery has been to combat the 'disability problem' by way of implementing anti-discrimination protections and various other com...
In classrooms where English is not the mother tongue and where age-old teaching methodology rules the roost, it is not easy to make changes, especially radical ones. This case study shows how these reforms can be self-defeating if they are imposed without an attempt at a gradual, gentle and well thought out implementation. This is a slightly modifi...
The curriculum of New Technologies, from the past (1992) to nowadays (2004). Starting at the 1993 Sevilla´s Meeting and through the previous JUTE gatherings, the current syllabus at the University of Zaragoza is presented. It will be showed how, from a situation in which the main points were the theoretical reflection and the epistemological and au...
