As in most fields, the development of basic knowledge precedes and is in turn enhanced by practice informed by research and lived experience. Likewise, earlier stages in the development of gerontology were focused on synthesizing and teaching research findings about older adults. As with the genesis of any new specialized field, there has been a gradual application of this knowledge into servic...

The later Wittgenstein advanced a revolutionary but puzzling conception of how philosophy ought to be practised: Philosophical problems are not to be coped with by establishing substantive claims or devising explanations or theories. Instead, philosophical questions ought to be treated ‘like an illness’. Even though this ‘non-cognitivism’ about philosophy has become a focus of debate, the speci...

Margrit Bergholz is a master's student In the Department ofCity and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill. She has extensive professional experience in affordable housing development and finance, having wortced for the cities of Philadelphia and Fremont, Ca/ifomla; the County ofLos Angeles; and several nonprofit organiza­ tions. Homelessness in some form exists in ...

Placement of intravascular stents that can reach adult size in infants and smaller children has been limited by the large profile and poor flexibility of currently available stents. In vitro and in vivo testing of the Genesis stent was performed to evaluate crimpability, predeployment flexibility, and radial strength. Comparisons were made to the Palmaz iliac and IntraStent (IS) LD stents. Nine...

Techno-Entrepreneurship referred by many as ‘Technology Entrepreneurship’ usually denotes a vehicle or means to facilitate prosperity in individuals, firms, regions, and nations. The study of techno-entrepreneurship therefore, serves an important function beyond satisfying intellectual curiosity. Technoentrepreneurship lies at the heart of many important debates, including those around launchin...

Religious fundamentalism is a distinctive set of beliefs and behaviour pattern in most modern religious communities. It is a religious way of being that manifests itself as a strategy among the believers to preserve the authenticity of their identity based on doctrines, beliefs and practices from a sacred past. This religious identity becomes the exclusive basis for a reimagined political and s...

35 The earliest mention of anesthesia, the use of medication to relieve pain, is found in the Bible in the story of Creation. During the creation of man and woman in Genesis, the procedure for creating woman was described as follows. “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep (tardaymah) to fall upon man, and he slept, and He took one of his sides, and He closed the flesh in its place. And the Lord ...