VOLUME 2(1) • 2014
Modes of Being: Readiness-to-hand, Presence-at-hand
ABSTRACT. Stress-related disorders may be said to emerge out of a complex tension established between a human being and the two worlds that Immanuel Kant postulated as being the only real, namely the immediately present world of physical phenomena and the transcendental world of the spiritual numina..
On cardiac resynchronisation therapy
ABSTRACT. Cardiac stimulation seen as a complementary therapy for heart failure has been the subject of scientific research ever since the 1990s and the studies carried out in the previous decade established the importance of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on the morbidity and the mortality..
Hypertensive LV structure
ABSTRACT. In patients with arterial hypertension the development of concentric hypertrophy of the left ventricle (LV) is known to be a subclinical target organ damage and is associated with higher incidence of cardiovascular events and higher total cardiovascular risk. Until the major aspect of LV r..
Stress-related mitral regurgitation
ABSTRACT. Mitral regurgitation (MR) is prevalent in the general population. Disease progression, involving potentially irreversible left ventricular dysfunction, implies a poor prognosis for patients who do not receive appropriate treatment. Immediate surgery is indicated in those with severe MR in ..
Prolegomena to school stress
ABSTRACT. The educational process is a student’s main activity and engages the student’s entire body. Depending on education level and profile (high school or vocational education), intellectual or physical work will be the prevailing component, although both are usually present. A specific feature ..
Misreadings of over- and under-statements
ABSTRACT. The question that comes to mind when reading T.S. Eliot’s poetry is: when one finds over-statements in an avaricious, elliptical poet’s work, should one take them for granted? Is his clarity our own? Do we mean the same things when we use the same words? With this question in mind (a ..
A myth, a life… for eternity
ABSTRACT. Leaving his native Lugoj, Bela Lugosi emigrated to the United States to become a great actor and subsequently came to be known, throughout most of the 20-th century, for the perfect cinematographic portrayal of Dracula, the Transylvanian Count created by the Irish Bram Stoker in his Gothic..
Mind rhythms of perception, anxiety and creativity
By now recognized worldwide as one of the strongest critics of the 20th century, Harold Bloom brought to light a dimension of human creativity that had but rarely been tackled in literary criticism, owing to the great complexity of the matter, namely the question of literary, cultural and cognitive ..
The pit; or, My three-dimensional life
This fast-paced life history introduces us to the underworld of professional pit bull fighting rings and international drug trafficking. The story follows the adventures of three friends who played together on the streets of Gala]i, by the Danube River, under the shadow of Ceausescu’s communist regi..