Through themes of technological bodily extension or prosthesis, vicarious theurgical practice, and displaced "presence and immediacy," Blanton captures the essence of the healing and transformative powers of the Holy Ghost tradition in the Pentecostal South (184).
The subtitle of Understanding Media was The Extensions of Man and his vision was of technological innovations as human prostheses.
In this view, design then would use new technological capabilities to develop prostheses that overcome the inherent weaknesses of people.
As a consequence, elective THR and TKR procedures have until relatively recently been indicated mainly in older patients, but even prostheses which make use of the latest technological developments (eg, unicondylar knee prostheses) are not yet routinely recommended for use in younger patients.
We find connectivity analysis to be a valid tool to identify the reliable knowledge which opens the way to further technological evolution of a surgical prosthesis, the artificial spinal disc.
Further economic evaluations of the prostheses according to their manufacturer rather than type (cemented/cementless) are needed given the large number of prostheses, the likely variability within specific types of prostheses and the technological changes that have occurred over time.
In the above contexts, our present morphological observations can highlight the importance for XLPE prostheses to optimize by different technological regimes (e.g., reconsideration of machining conditions or techniques) the spatial arrangement of initial molecular orientation relative to the primary directions of motion at each joint for further maximizing their wear performances.
Technological advancement in engineering and design of knee prostheses and also higher surgical standards have improved safety and prosthetic survival, but up to 20% of patients in general (Murray et al. 2014) and 12% of those in Denmark (Database 2011) are still not satisfied with the result of their knee replacement.
However, this procedure is not widely applicable for all patients due to financial, technological and medical restrictions and is not currently able to provide patients with an early loaded fixed dental prosthesis especially when post-operative radiotherapy is being utilised.
