Designer data

A Generic Data Form Designer Based on XML/XSL Technology

Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) are newly developed Internet protocols. Development of custom data entry forms requires significant programming. Visual design tools and a modifiable, template-driven approach may facilitate this process. However, these approaches generally require the predefinition of data form element types. This paper describes an appr...

‘Designer’ babies

The remaining hurdle to the creation of babies specifically to save the life of an ailing brother or sister was removed in Britain last month by the fertility regulatory body to the delight of afflicted families and alarm of those who fear the advent of a 'designer' baby age. The decision of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gives new hope to the parents of a two-year-old bo...

Designer Manual

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Designer Drug Detective Work

O n an unseasonably warm spring morning in his office in Baltimore, neurochemist Michael H. Baumann eagerly flipped through a spreadsheet. It listed hundreds of chemical names of suspected drugs seized by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies over the past three years. " When police bust people with some white powder or a baggie full of pot-looking material, it gets sent to forensi...