Last year in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, we introduced some recent nuclear medicine research conducted in Japan. This was favorably received by European readers in the main. This year we wish to focus on the Annals of Nuclear Medicine on some of the fine nuclear medicine research work executed in Europe recently. In the current review article, we take up five...

Like other large cities in Europe, Budapest faced a serious housing shortage the last decades of 19th century. While this problem had many roots, primary one was growth population through migration. In accordance with liberal principles, representatives city council rejected idea public intervention market […]

The article deals with some terms proposed by the proper institutions of the Council of Europe for describing the phenomenon of invasion of living organisms into new habitats. As these terms were elaborated mainly from the point of view of free leaving creatures, the goal of the authors was to discuss the possibility to adapt them for parasites species. Several propositions of resolving some di...

The objective of this paper is to stimulate academic debate on embryo and fetal research from the perspective of the drafting of a protocol to the European Convention on Biomedicine. The Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe was mandated to draw up such a protocol and for this purpose organised an important symposium on reproductive technologies and embryo research, in Strasb...

In September, 1865, the Council of the Society presented to the Foreign Office a memorial concerning the then recent extension of cholera along the shores of the Mediterranean. After referring to previous pandemics of this destructive disease, the memorial stated that, " hitherto the information before the profession respecting the exact course of the development of cholera in the several epide...

Among the various national and international initiatives to promote patient safety that have emerged in recent years, one has remained confidential, almost invisible—the Council of Europe Recommendation Rec(2006)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the management of patient safety and prevention of adverse events in health care [1]. I believe that this is unfortunate, as this rec...

Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) (http://www.cyber-rights.org), is a non profit organisation established to protect the interests of all honest, law abiding Internet users with the aim of promoting free speech and privacy on the Internet. It was founded in 1997 and has been actively involved with the Internet policy making process of the UK government, the European Union, Council of Europe, ...

The study established the role of electronic evidence in system administrative procedures Ukraine and member states Council Europe. Direct observation, comparison analysis content documents were used. key results peculiarities identified from use among 47 Europe; sources creation, origin to be used procedures; resolute attitude European Court Human Rights Committee Ministers Europe towards proc...

IV. PATENTABILITY OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS IN EUROPE............................................................................ 583 A. The European Patent Convention............................. 583 B. Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions ...... 589 1. Procedure for Adoption of a Directi...

The 1st World Congress on Transdisciplinarity was held near Lisbon from 2-6 November 1994. The event was organized with the support of the Portuguese National Commission of UNESCO, the Transdisciplinarity Study Group for UNESCO, and the International University of Lisbon, under the auspices of the Centre International de Recherches et d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires (CIRET, Paris). UNESCO, the Cou...