In memoriam Philip Davis Marsden

In memoriam: Roger A. Davis (1945-2008).

On Jun. 17, 2008, the lipid research community lost a beloved friend and scholar, Roger A. Davis. Roger was a major contributor to our understanding of the regulation of lipoprotein production, bile acid metabolism, and atherosclerosis. Roger gravitated to science at an early age; he loved to tinker and felt that the truthfulness of science provided a refuge from the conflicting religious ortho...

CD 200 Is a Ligand for All Members of the Simon Wong and Philip A . Marsden

Gary Marsden

This paper looks at the possibilities of taking existing digital library technology and using it for educating those who do not normally have access to the Internet. We have built a system which allows WAP devices to access an HTML based digital library. Whilst building such a system is technically possible, our work has shown that there are a wide range of usability issues which need to be tac...

Philip Davis and Miguel Sanchez - Martinez 1 A review of the economic theories of poverty

This paper critically analyses the views of poverty adopted by different economic schools of thought which are relevant to the UK, as well as eclectic theories focused on social exclusion and social capital. We contend that each of the economic approaches has an important contribution to make to the understanding of poverty but that no theory is sufficient in itself; a selective synthesis is ne...

Davis v. Davis (1992)

In Davis v. Davis (1992), the Supreme Court of Tennessee decided a dispute over cryopreserved preembryos in favor of Junior Lewis Davis, who sought to have the preembryos destroyed over the objections of his former wife, Mary Sue Davis. The decision in Davis, although not binding in other states, suggested a framework for resolving similar disputes in the US. That framework established that cou...