Analyses of global climate policy as a sequential decision under uncertainty have been severely restricted by dimensionality and computational burdens. Therefore, they have limited the number of decision stages, discrete actions, or number and type of uncertainties considered. In particular, other formulations have difficulty modeling endogenous or decision-dependent uncertainties, in which the...

In North America, the medico-legal definition of death has played an important role in facilitating organ transplantation. In the quarter century since the initial proposal of "brain death" criteria, acceptance of the criteria has helped standardize medical practice for the termination of life support, organ procurement and post-mortem donor patient management. In the author's view, it has prov...

This article reviews the beginnings of the NICHD intramural clinical research program; it focuses on three men, Roy Hertz, Mort Lipsett, and Griff Ross, who were instrumental in providing the intramural research program with the vision and character seen today.

introduction: the effects of accidents vary from minor injuries to fatalities and from insignificant damage to very severe damage to the environment and property. in order to prevent accidents in the work place, the root causes of and events should be identified using a systematic method and the results should be published. the current study aims to investigate the given causes of an accident i...

are indebted to the researches of Col. Yule. That officer's Glossary of Anglo-Indian Terms is full of general information; and the article under the head of " Mort de Chien" should be read by everyone interested in the subject of cholera. For a few notices we are indebted to Dr. Semmelinck, a retired Dutch military surgeon, who has recently written a book on the early history of cholera. The ma...

Le groupe de travail « Jeunes Générations » la Société française d’accompagnement et soins palliatifs (SFAP) a initié en 2021 le portail La vie, mort… On parle ? . Ce site se veut une boîte à outils pour aider les professionnels l’éducation, médecine scolaire parents ouvrir des espaces d’expression sur questions fin mort deuil auprès enfants adolescents. peut appuyer acteurs l’oncologie dans le...

Les recherches sociologiques et anthropologiques prenant la mort pour objet se sont en grande partie constituees par opposition a these du « deni de mort » popularisee France Philippe Aries Louis-Vincent Thomas . Loin circonscrire le destin des morts au deni, encore moins a l’inexistence, au neant l’inaction, renouveau travaux sur propose contraire d’explorer multitude relations tissees entre v...