Frances Burney and the Marketplace

Frances E. Jensen’s The Teenage Brain

The unpredictable and sometimes incomprehensible moods and behaviors of a teenager can be a head-scratching mystery-especially to parents. Hormones, boredom, social media, peer pressure, and drugs and alcohol are just a few of the factors to consider. Frances E. Jensen, M.D., professor and chair of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and the mother of two sons who are now in their twent...

Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014)

Mary Frances Lyon Mary Lyon was one of the most notable geneticists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her discovery of X inactivation, an early example of epigenetic gene regulation, but she alsomade fundamental contributions to the entire field of genetics. Mary was born on May 15, 1925 in Norwich, in the rural east of the United Kingdom. She was the first child of Clifford James Lyon, ...

Development and Security By Frances Stewart WORKING

This paper reviews the connections between development and security both within developing countries and globally. It interprets security as human security, and within this category focuses on political violence as an important source of insecurity. Three connections are hypothesised: that human security forms an important part of people’s wellbeing and is therefore an objective of development;...

Frances Henne and the Development of School Library Standards

Frances Henne (1906–85) was the leader in the development of school library standards during her career as a teacher, librarian, and library educator. She was the driving force behind the publication of the 1945, 1960, and 1969 national standards for school libraries. Her imprint is evident in the research and philosophical foundations for the 1975, 1988, and 1998 national standards. Early Year...

Ridesourcing and the Taxi Marketplace