Women, Work and Islamism. Zed Books, Londres-New York, 1999, 186 p. biblio. index.

Work in New York

to their parents for bringing them into the world, and to be the props of their old age. These were the days when education according to the wise saw and the adage was the usual rule, " Spare the rod and spoil the child," " Little people should be seen and not heard," and the like. These precepts were evolved empirically through the ages, a good many, it may be suspected, rather designed for th...

New Books on the New B. P.

Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace: Lawrence Lessig;New York: Basic Books, 1999, 297 pp. $16.00 (paper) ISBN0-465-03913

Restructuring the P Index to Better Address P Management in New York.

The New York Phosphorus Index (NY-PI) was introduced in 2001 after the release of the state's first Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Permit that required a nutrient management plan developed in accordance with NRCS standards. The stakeholder-based approach to development of the NY-PI, combined with a requirement for all regulated farms to determine a NY-PI score for all fields, ensu...

Antidepressants and youth suicide in New York City, 1999-2002.

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of youth suicides in New York City from 1999 to 2002 in which antidepressants were detected at autopsy. METHOD This is a medical examiner surveillance study of suicides in New York City among those younger than 18 years of age. The outcome measure is serum toxicology for antidepressants. RESULTS From 1999 through 2002, there were 41 individuals younger ...