Old Licenses and New Uses: Motion Picture and Television Rights

Does interactive television imply new uses ? A Flemish case study

The success of digital television will depend largely on the reactions of the final user. In this paper, we explore some of these reactions focussing on the test-introduction of digital television in Flanders (Belgium). Based on the findings of two digital interactive test-projects in Flanders, we will look more closely into three specific topics: (1) the domestication of television and its con...

Paclitaxel: new uses for an old drug

Paclitaxel (Taxol), one of the most important anticancer drugs, has been used for therapy of different types of cancers. Mechanistically, paclitaxel arrests cell cycle and induces cell death by stabilizing microtubules and interfering with microtubule disassembly in cell division. Recently, it has been found that low-dose paclitaxel seems promising in treating non-cancer diseases, such as skin ...

New uses for old urine tests.

A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)

Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document describes a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) for naming persistent resources that SMPTE produces or manages. A subnamespace for U...

Vivax malaria: old drug, new uses?

More than 40% of the world population is at risk for malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax [1]. Because this parasite rarely causes severe disease in travelers or populations in temperate climates, it has been regarded as a relatively benign infection. We now know that this is not the case; in the tropics, vivax malaria can be severe and fatal [2]. Moreover, P. vivax has a persistent liver stage t...