Objective: to review the evolution of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) definitions and present the current definition for the syndrome.Data source: a literature review and selection of the most relevant articles ...

In this presentation we will give a brief explanation of the conceptualizing operations: definition, classification and division. They are so called because they are cognitive activities in which the concepts come into ...

Objectives: Case Reporting and Surveillance (CRS) are crucial to combat the global spread of the Monkeypox virus (Mpox). To support CRS, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released standardized case definitions for ...

For the last few years there has been a productive debate about the proper semantics ofweak definites (Beyssade and Oliveira, 2013). Carlson and Sussman (2005) proposedthat some definites, which they termed weak definites ...