End-of-life decision-making is a complex process that can be extremely challenging. We describe a 42-year-old woman in an irreversible coma without an advance directive. The case serves to illustrate the complications that can occur in end-of-life decision-making and challenges in resolving difficult futility disputes. We review the role of advance directives in planning end-of-life care, the r...

with the emergence of new legal regimes such as intellectual property rights, new complexities in the process of determination of applicable law are involved in private international law. the dilution of physical center of gravity for disputes related to intellectual property rights and the effects of utilitarianism in law with an emphasis on public interest has led to the adoption of new metho...

266. Dalbavancin vs Vancomycin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI): a subanalysis from the DISCOVER studies Sailaja Puttagunta, MD; Helen Boucher, MD, FIDSA; George Talbot, MD; Mark Wilcox, MD; Michael Dunne, MD; Durata Therapeutics, Branford, CT; Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; Talbot Advisors LLC, Anna Maria, FL; Microbiology, Leeds T...

Aiming at the limitation of existing ZeroWatermark algorithm in the copyright protection, a Chinese text Zero-Watermark scenario based on threedimensional space model was proposed. In the scenario, the three-dimensional model was constructed by using the features of high frequency words, sentence length and its weights. Afterwards, the algorithm generates a watermark based on the text abstract-...

In Japan, disputes over highway projects from residents are now drawing more attention than ever. However, these disputes are rarely resolved through conventional processes using the decide-announce-defend approach. In many cases, dissatisfied opponents try to impede their implementation through litigation and physical obstruction. In the United States, oppositions against interstate highway pr...