New contexts, new challenges: revisiting equal opportunities, particularism, and ethnic relations

Political activism : New challenges , new opportunities

Research on political activism compares the ways that citizens participate, the processes that lead them to do so, and the consequences of these acts. The standard paradigm was established in earlier decades by the seminal works in the social psychological tradition: Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba’s The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations (1963), Sidney Verba an...

Treatment for advanced melanoma: new drugs, new opportunities, new challenges.

The standard of care for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma has changed fundamentally based on two new treatment strategies that are, conceptually and biologically, largely independent: the blockade of immune regulatory molecules with monoclonal antibodies (termed “immune checkpoint blockade”) and the inhibition of BRAF V600 mutation–driven mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK...

New Hopes and Challenges for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Great Opportunities for Young Neuroscientists

Kidney transplant: New opportunities and challenges.

Progress in kidney transplant has improved survival while creating challenges. The pool of eligible patients is increasing, but organ supply remains inadequate. Waiting-list issues, adequate pretransplant assessment, judicious use of potent immunotherapy, and management of infections must be considered.

New Media Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Challenges

New Media is a generic term for the many different forms of electronic communication that are made possible through the use of computer technology. New media refers to on-demand access to content anytime, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content. Another important promise of new media is the “d...