BEYOND A N Y DOUBT Peter Steinfels’ investigation of neoconservatism raises more questions than it answers.* Equally beyond dispute, the unanswered questions are the more important and significant for an understanding of the intellectual climate and landscape of a very troubled republic. To see why this is so, as well as to do justice to Steinfels’ efforts (which are not inconsiderable by any m...

L y ° 1***' N o~ 6 8 ____________________________________________________________________________ W ed nesday , January 25, 1978 by Mark Perry Staff Reporter Fr. Jam es T. B urtchaell, a t a sm all gatherin in F isher Hall last n igh t, s ta ted th a t he believes studen ts are p ressu red into study­ ing for certain professions and are th u s losing m any of th e benefits of a liberal educatio...

The Master of Liberal Arts provides the chance to practice the methods of interdisciplinary inquiry that are the hallmark of a rigorous liberal arts education. As a student in the program, one can explore questions of identity through art, literature, and religion; analyze the politics of race in fiction, historical documents, the visual arts, and music; debate ethical choices presented by fict...

Norms have been extensively studied to coordinate multi-agent systems, and the literature has investigated two general approaches to norm synthesis: off-line (synthesising norms at design-time) and on-line (runtime synthesis). On-line synthesis is generally recognised to be appropriate for open systems, where aspects of the system remain unknown at design-time. In this paper we present LION , a...

The pharmacokinetics of amikacin administered intravenously at currently recommended doses (7.5 mg/kg every 12 h for infants with less than 7 days of life; 7.5 mg/kg every 8 h for infants with greater than 7 days of life) were studied in 28 preterm infants weighing less than 2,500 g (mean +/- standard deviation, 1.38 +/- 0.47 kg; postconceptional age, 30.50 +/- 2.86 weeks). The medication was i...

the pharmacokinetic parameters of ceftazidime, a third generation cephalosporin, were investigated in six buffalo calves after single intravenous (iv) and intramuscular (im) administration at a dose rate of 10 mg/kg body weight. ceftazidime concentrations in plasma and urine were determined by microbiological assay. ceftazidime disposition was best fitted by a two-compartmental and a one-compar...

Abstract Background The estimated prevalence of anaemia on admission in the setting acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is between 10 to 43% and up 57% patients may develop hospital-acquired anaemia. best blood transfusion strategy anemic with symptomatic remains unclear. Purpose We aimed perform a systematic review meta-analysis randomized controlled trials (RCT) assess effect different strategies ...

Abstract By the middle of eighteenth century word “liberal” had multiple non‐political meanings. Adam Smith famously advances “the liberal plan” political economy. In The Wealth Nations he indicates several ways that his plan is in a sense. leads to economic growth, which rise real wages and population through an extending division labor. facilitates market integration, leading toward distribut...