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Abstract. Science fiction and contemporary art are connected by a set of related conceptual interests and formal expressions. This paper argues that two concepts in the critical study of SF, the novum and cognitive estrangement, are applicable to the practice and interpretation of much contemporary art.
2 paź 2014 · Like many of those body-modification discourses with which it intersects, science fiction is concerned with representations of posthuman otherness, depicting transformations and transfigurations of the body via prosthetics, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering.
1 mar 2022 · Objective. This study aimed to compare the thickness and mechanical properties of the frontal; parietal; temporal; occipital human dura; autogenous grafts (facia lata, temporal fascia, galea aponeurotica); and artificial dura. Methods.
To turn from other modern fiction to science fiction is oddly like turning from Renaissance painting with all the flesh and foreshortening to the clarity and luminousness of painters who paint ideas. For this reason, science fiction, like much medieval art, can deal with transcendental events.
4 cze 2019 · A fundamental concept in science fiction that is fueling the use of the genre as a strategic tool is worldbuilding. This paper explores how worldbuilding is currently leveraged, how it relates to design and foresight, and how it might further enrich both disciplines.
1 sty 2004 · Duraplasty is required in several instances 3, 4, 14, 25, 29, 46, 30: 1) to substitute a loss of native dural tissue (i.e., in neoplastic or traumatic destruction); 2) to repair dural fistulas; 3) to enlarge the dural compartment (i.e., in Arnold-Chiari malformation or inoperable intramedullary tumors); 4) when the closure is difficult and not ...
1 cze 2020 · Brain duraplasty is a dura mater reconstruction procedure conducted following the failure of conventional primary dural closure. The surgeon selects the material to be used during the...
