10/18/2011 Philosophy 235 The Ethical Implications of Involuntary Treatment for Substance Abuse Every time health professionals claim to speak for the rights of others many questions arise within the bioethical community. Although altruism is a motivating mechanism of selfless care for others‚ it may have a dark side. Involuntary treatment for alcohol and drug abuse is a controversial tool used in medical care. The question of whether or not such treatment can be applied has been an unresolvable
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The US Army‚ Navy‚ Air Force‚ and Marines have deployed approximately 6‚000 robots (Mokhoff). As one can see‚ robotic technology in the military is playing an ever-increasing role. More importantly‚ they are taking humans out of danger by going into dangerous situations that would be considered suicide missions to humans. Robots are particularly used for roles dealing with what people in the field call the “Three D’s”-tasks that are dull‚ dirty‚ or dangerous. Many military missions can be incredibly
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Roll number-RD4004B69 Section-D4004 Regd. No.- 11003811 Course Tutor – Miss Karanjeet Kaur TOPIC-Robotics in vehicles (What is robotics‚ scope of robotics in automobiles‚ existing and future trends) CONTENTS:- 1.Introduction 2.What is robotics? 3.History of Robotics and Robots. 4.Scope of Robotics in various fields. 5.Scope of robotics in automobiles. 6.Current trends. 7.Future of Robotics in Automobiles. 8.References 1.Introduction This is the era of science. We are
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ADVANCED SENSOR AND INSTRUMENTATION VIRTUAL SURGERY M.K.Arun Kalasalingam University Krishnankovil-626 190.Tamilnadu.India Phone : 04563 - 289042/43/44 Fax No: 04563 - 289322 Email Id: info@kalasalingam.ac.in ABSTRACT Rapid change is under way on several fronts in medicine and surgery. Advance in computing power have enable continued growth in virtual reality‚ visualization‚ and simulation
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AN INFORMATIVE SPEECH PRESENTED BY ONUMAH KALU SAMUEL ON ‘ROBOTICS: THE HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION’ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 2014‚ AT CHINUA ACHEBE LECTURE THEATRE. The Vice Chancellor‚ The Deputy Vice Chancellor‚ The Registrar‚ The Dean of Student Affairs‚ The Deans of Colleges‚ The Heads of Departments‚ Teaching and Non-teaching Staff‚ All Executive Members‚ Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Great Nigerian Students. Permit me to start with
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The RIAA defines an industrial robot as a reprogrammable‚ multifunctional manipulator designed to move material‚ parts‚ tools and specialized devices through various programmed motions to perform a variety of tasks. In Niku’s “Introduction to Robotics”‚ he gives the classification of robots according to the Japanese Industrial Robot Association ((JIRA); Class 1: Manual Handling Device: a device with multiple degrees of freedom‚ actuated by an operator. Class 2: Fixed Sequence Robot: a device
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Plastic Surgery A notable proportion of society has become grossly fixated on plastic surgery‚ with people attempting to buy back their youth‚ or to buy a similar face/body to that of their superstar idol. Surgeons are cashing in on people’s insecurities‚ using the knife as a magic wand for superficial happiness. With an increase in the number of deaths attributed to plastic surgery‚ and a massive rise in Botox addiction‚ unnecessarily altering ones appearance on the operating table is a contentious
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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Demetria Rupkey INF103 Professor Robin Jones August 28‚ 2010 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics What is Artificial Intelligence? This is an age old question and the
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What is FIRST? For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology is a program whose main goal is to inspire and teach young people in the fields of science and technology. The program does this by pairing high school students and professional mentors to solve intense engineering problems in a competitive way. Each January a new game is announced and a universal kit of parts is given to each team. The teams then have six weeks to build a robot to play the game. They then go to regional
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severance package and benefits. In 1996‚ however‚ he blew the whistle on B&W‚ which lead to changes in marketing and fines in the billions for tobacco companies. Wigand’s controversial decision has been questioned by many people‚ focusing on the ethical elements that resulted in him blowing the whistle. Regardless
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