Every person I have spoken to in the context of the controversy on “reservations” has agreed that as a nation, we must do everything that is required to achieve equality in our society. Not a single sensible person would deny the fact that for too long in our country, grossly unequal, inhuman and unjust treatment has been meted out to people based on socio-economic class and caste. It is a comp...

This happy occasion is a birthday celebration. It is a time for affectionate reminiscences and optimistic prognostications. It's a time to look back and a time to look forward-but most of all it's a time to sing Happy Birthday-off key or on. It's a time to look at the stars-not at the budget. It's a time to chortle in our joy for surely this is one of Lewis Carroll's frabjous days. Callooh! Cal...

Three qRules governing wave collapse are given in this paper that provide a foundation theory of quantum mechanics. They are empirical regularities that are known to be valid in macroscopic situations. When projected theoretically into the microscopic domain they predict a novel ontology, including the frequent collapse of atomic wave functions. Future experiments can potentially discriminate b...

The first box is a statement of project objectives. This section will remain the same for each reporting period. By our definition, an objective is a “concise and quantifiable statement of what will result from the successful completion of a project in terms that relate to the goals of The Rice Foundation Research Program.” Note: do not include information on the means or methods for accomplish...

before — a hotbed of gene therapy research. It was a remarkable opportunity. Mulligan was offered one laboratory at the Children's Hospital to work on the basic science of viral vectors, and a second laboratory in a central Harvard building that will manufacture the vectors for use in human trials. Despite all these enticements, Mulligan did not agree to move — and leave a position at the White...

The petitioner Solae contends that its data is “based on the totality of publicly available scientific evidence” when, in fact, their evidence represents a very small portion of the available published studies. We find that the petitioners were highly selective in their choice of evidence and in the ir commentary, omitting many studies that show soy to be ineffective as a cancer prevention agen...

© Copyright National Graves’ Disease Foundation, Inc., 1990–2000. All rights reserved. The exact cause and pathophysiology of the soft tissue changes in the eyelids and orbit in Graves’ disease continue to remain unknown. The management of these changes, particularly in the acute stage, presents a very frustrating problem to the doctor and the patient. This area is filled with controversy as il...

This paper discusses a recent retreat of multiculturalism in the liberal state. This retreat has occurred both at the level of theory and practice. With the help of some recent liberal critiques of multiculturalism (by B.Barry, G.Sartori, and Y.Levy), the first part maps out some shortcomings of the notion of minority integration through cultural recognition, particularly with respect to immigr...

The present study examines how various types of attention cueing and cognitive preference affect learners’ comprehension of a cardiovascular system and cognitive load. EFL learners were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: non-signal, static-blood-signal, static-blood-static-arrow-signal, and animation-signal. The results indicated that attention cueing yielded similar performance but h...