Biobanking for clinical or research purposes includes the collection, processing, storage, and analysis of biological specimens. It is now well recognized that biobanking involves a complex array of technical and ethical/regulatory considerations. Biobanking policies and procedures are often documented by best practices that are usually voluntary but may be supplemented and reinforced by strict...

Farrah J. Mateen, MD Ascending the steps of the Pink Palace, it is easy to imagine the land of the old Nawabs. Their doughfaced, proud faces, now confined to mere portraits, are still poised to overlook Old Dhaka. Below, on the Sadarghat, the palatial park is crowded with people of all ages: sellers, schoolchildren, rickshaw drivers, peddlers, beggars, artisans, businesswomen, and many people, ...

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tation of productive new technologies that provide more food, shelter, and industrial materials for an expanding world population. Agricultural output needed to produce an abundant food supply for nations where economies and distribution systems are adequate is currently achieved on approximately six million square miles of cultivated land, the same land use as in 1950, despite a doubling in wo...

Methodological dualism in linguistics occurs when its theories are subjected to standards that are inappropriate for them qua scientifi c theories. Despite much opposition, methodological dualism abounds in contemporary thinking. In this paper, I treat linguistics as a scientifi c activity and explore some instances of dualism. By extracting some ubiquitous aspects of scientifi c methodology fr...

Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A6 8010 Graz, Austria; Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Messeweg 11, D-38104 Braunschweig, 7 Germany, Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, National Banana Research Program, 8 Uganda; Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, College of 9 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Uganda and B...