Upper-Limb Prosthesis Fabrication: Clinical and Technical Methods
General Principles of Prosthetic Fabrication
The fabrication of an upper-limb prosthesis is a multidisciplinary process combining clinical assessment, engineering, and customization. The primary goal is to restore function, improve cosmetic appearance, and enhance the patient’s independence and quality of life. The complexity of the device increases significantly with the level of amputation, requiring careful consideration of suspension, control, and weight distribution.
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Fundamentals of Pharmacotherapeutics
The word Pharmacotherapeutics is derived from two Greek words: Pharmakon (meaning ‘the drugs’) and therapeutic (meaning ‘diagnosis or treatment of any disease’). It is the branch of pharmacology that deals with drug absorption, drug distribution, drug elimination, and their actions or effects. Pharmacotherapy is included as drug therapy used to treat diseases, often following surgical, radiation, or physical therapy.
Scope and Objectives of Pharmacotherapeutics
- Gaining
Key Regulatory Acts and Compliance in Indian Pharmacy Law
The Pharmacy Act, 1948
The main purpose of the Pharmacy Act of 1948 is to regulate the profession and practice of pharmacy in India. It was enacted on March 4, 1948.
Objectives of the Pharmacy Act, 1948
- To make better provisions for regulating the profession and practice of pharmacy.
- To raise the status of the “Profession of Pharmacy” in India.
- To constitute the “Pharmacy Council of India” for setting new standards in pharmacy education.
- To regulate pharmacy institutions, especially “Diploma in Pharmacy,
Essential Clinical Tests, Pharmacovigilance, and Medication Safety
Significance and Interpretation of Hematological Tests
Hematological tests evaluate numerous conditions involving blood and its components. They are crucial for diagnosing conditions such as inflammation, anemia, infection, hemophilia, blood-clotting disorders, leukemia, and monitoring response to chemotherapy.
A hematology test is essentially any blood test that requires blood or blood parts, offering vital information to a doctor about the patient’s blood health.
Common Hematology Tests
- Complete Blood
Laboratory Safety, Biohazard Management, and Chemical Handling
Biosafety and Biosecurity Definitions
Laboratory biosafety is the term used to describe the containment principles, technologies, and practices that are implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental release.
Laboratory biosecurity describes the protection, control, and accountability for valuable biological materials within laboratories, in order to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion, or intentional release.
Biohazardous Waste
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The Standard Human: Statistical Fictions and Biopolitical Control
Thesis: The standard human is a constructed ideal shaped by processes of statistical classification and biopolitical control. Using concepts like l’homme moyen and biopolitics, we can see how bureaucracies and infrastructures defined “normality,” excluded those who didn’t fit, and upheld systems of power that continue to regulate bodies today.
1. Statistical Norms and the Average Man (L’Homme Moyen)
L’homme moyen (Adolphe
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