. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 .1 Aims and rationale for current review . . . . . ...

This book is a celebration of the work of Peter· . . honor people by criticizing them Sing.' .f Smger. Smce philosophers come in for analysis and appr~isal .el tShi wn mlgs on a Wide array of topics . . III S vo ume Smger' t h· VieWS, his normative theory and h· b . . s me aet Ical , IS su stanttve posif h as the moral status of animals th . t f h IOns on suc matters are all subjected to scruti...

"SOLDIER, sailor, tinker, tailor"-the Irish dispensary doctor has to be a veritabie "jack of all trades." Situated, as he often is, remote from any professional assistance , he must needs be somewhat of a universal specialist-surgeon, physician, obstetrician, gynaecologist, anasthetist, and expert in sanitary science, for he is medical officer of health for his district, all in one person, not ...

0184 Preparing for Death How does one prepare for death? Those who have created a public persona must add to any spiritual ponderings about eternity the mundane chore of organizing their literary archives to protect any of life’s secrets that seem worth the effort. That task involves choosing what diaries, letters, drafts, and laundry lists to donate to a university or to leave in a closet for ...

Recently, Borja et al. (2008b) published an overview of integrationing and status of the ecosystem, and have been widely pertive tools and methods for assessing ecological integrity in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide. This contribution collates the presentations and ideas debated among the attendees of the special session on ‘Integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological integri...

Endothelial cells that make up brain capillaries and constitute the blood-brain barrier become different from peripheral endothelial cells in response to inductive factors found in the nervous system . We have established a cell culture model of the bloodbrain barrier by treating brain endothelial cells with a combination of astrocyte-conditioned medium and agents that elevate intracellular cAM...

The pharmaceutical industry is ailing. Shereen El Feki takes its pulse and predicts a partial recovery On the face of it, Big Pharma rms are in a business to die for. Populations in rich countriessand increasingly developing ones toooare getting older, and many people suer from chronic conditions. Global drug sales have almost doubled since 1997, and will rise to more than $700 billion by 2008....

US public schools are failing and something must be done. So begins the tale of woe told by US school reformers, and if you should continue to listen, you will soon hear the familiar high points of this well-worn story. First, the purpose of US schools is, for the most part, to further critical national economic goals. Second, failures to achieve these goals are substantially caused by t h e n ...

12 Women, we need to be courageous Illuminée munyabugingo My name is Illuminée Munyabugingo. The 1994 genocide against Tutsis happened when I was thirty-four years old. I was born in Kigali in a camp for internally displaced persons. My family had moved there from Eastern Province because of the 1959 massacres of Tutsis. We were a family with sixteen children. During the 1959 massacres, the hou...

“Dear Dr. Grenz,” the letter began. “Please excuse the notebook paper and my handwriting. I would have used my computer and printer to write to you but due to my demise, ̃nancially, I’ve had to sell my printer to put food on the table. . . . Several weeks ago I was browsing the book shelf of a local Christian book store, when your book Betrayal of Trust [which deals with clergy sexual misconduct...