East-West Exchange

East is East and west is west.

This position paper addresses the long-standing criticism that the International Baccalaureate (IB) is too closely associated with Western values and, despite its title, does not enable students to see the world from a truly international perspective. Considering evidence from different authorities, it analyses the IB learner profile and asks how appropriate it is for the cultures of East Asia....

West Meets East.

nary protein excretion, preferably with agents that block the renin-angiotensin pathway, and good glycemic control for diabetic patients [5]. Human studies have shown that proteinuria is an independent predictor of progression and that its reduction is renoprotective [6]. At comparable blood pressure control, inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), including angiotensin-converting enz...

Heredity, East and West

West Meets East

RM proteins link adhesion molecules to the cytoskeleton, but this linkage must be restricted to the necessary place and time. Structural analyses by Toshio Hakoshima (Nara Institute of Science and Technology , Nara, Japan) suggest that phospholipids take care of this regulation. Inactive ERMs, such as radixin, are folded to mask both their actin-and adhesion protein–binding (FERM) domains. This...

East meets West ?

The European Union upon which this Report focuses is by no means fixed. Negotiations have already begun that may see the EU’s enlargement to include five post-communist countries in Central Europe by the early years of the 21st century, and it is possible that further expansion into Eastern Europe will occur after that. It is often assumed that such a ‘widening’ of EU membership will prevent an...