National Caracteristic from Standpoint of Statistic

From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

Socialist Feminism: From the Standpoint of Practice

Introduction Women's organizing in Canada in the last twenty years has netted some significant gains. Perhaps the 1988 Supreme Court decision declaring the abortion law unconstitutional is the most striking, but a balance sheet would also include other legislative gains in the areas of equal pay, affirmative action, sexual assault, family law and sexual harassment. Increases in women's union ac...

Virtual Interactomics of Proteins from Biochemical Standpoint

Virtual interactomics represents a rapidly developing scientific area on the boundary line of bioinformatics and interactomics. Protein-related virtual interactomics then comprises instrumental tools for prediction, simulation, and networking of the majority of interactions important for structural and individual reproduction, differentiation, recognition, signaling, regulation, and metabolic p...

Affective Touch from a Philosophical Standpoint

This chapter offers a critical philosophical examination of recent work on pleasant (or affective) touch. After developing a distinction between two notions of perceptual affect, I argue that “emotional” and “affi liative” touch are best understood as causing affective reactions, and that affective touch is best understood as perceptually presenting us with affective qualities. In other words, ...

Morbid Impulses from the Medico-Legal Standpoint