Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Duke University Medical Center and VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina; National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland; University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; and Task Force on Cancer and Aging, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

of provident contributions, in which it has invited the co-operation of the Hospital Saturday Fund. The Fund is also preparing a general scheme for a combined appeal. These new tasks have led to a reorganisation, whereby the new numerous functions of the Fund will be allotted to Committees, the chairmen of which will meet regularly on the Committee of Management. Since January 1, the duties hit...

Ian Hinitt, deputy estates director at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and project director of an ambitious "ultra fast-track" modular ward development at Bradford Royal Infirmary, describes the numerous challenges in getting the building completed in just six months, extolling the virtues of Partnering and Framework Agreements and a systems approach to project managing ultra-...

The article discusses the role of social responsibility in a cross-cultural and international context. paper essence ethics responsibility, context, business. It is stated that based on principle voluntary response to problems society it not defined by current legislation or regulatory measures. states organizations (firms) should direct part their resources efforts benefit local communities wh...

intentional assignment of entitlements (as opposed to debts) is a legal institution which is based on the possibility of separation of entitlements from the personality of creditor and of its assignment to a third party. in the voluntary assignment of entitlements, the creditors may assign their rights to a third party. after long discussions, voluntary assignment of rights has been accepted in...