NIKOLAI IVANOVICH PIROGOV – AMICUS HUMANI GENERIS

Constitutional Precedent of Amicus Briefs

We investigate shared language between U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and interest groups’ corresponding amicus briefs. Specifically, we evaluate whether language that originated in an amicus brief acquired legal precedent status by being cited in the Court’s opinion. Using plagiarism detection software, automated querying of a large legal database, and manual analysis, we establish seven...

In Memory of Nikolai Pavlovich Korneichuk

Nikolai Pavlovich Korneichuk passed away on July 22, 2003. He was recognized worldwide as a leading expert on exact solutions of extremal problems in Approximation Theory as well as a founder of a powerful research school. N.P. Korneichuk was born on January 22, 1920 in the village of Bobrik, in Gomel region of Belarus. His parents were peasants. In 1938, N.P. Korneichuk completed studies in th...

Adipose tissue macrophages: Amicus adipem?

Chronic overnutrition drives complex adaptations within both professional metabolic and bystander tissues that, despite intense investigation, are still poorly understood. Xu et al. (2013) now describe the unexpected ability of adipose tissue macrophages to buffer lipids released from obese adipocytes in a manner independent of inflammatory macrophage activation.

Nikolai Kliuev-prophet of Loss

The life, work, and reception of Nikolai Kliuev (1884-1937) provide striking illustrations of the intense preoccupation in Russian culture with the association between poetry and prophecy, between poet and prophet. Kliuev's work abounds in prophetic statements of many kinds, while he frequently and selfconsciously positioned himself as a "prophet" and explicitly identified his work as "propheti...

Amicus brief: Kumho Tire v. Carmichael.