The article highlighted in this issue is "Reversibility and Persistence of Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP)- and Phenobarbital-Induced Hepatocellular Changes In Rodents," by Jason S. Isenberg, Lisa M. Kamendulis, David C. Ackley, Jacqueline H. Smith, George Pugh, Jr., Arthur W. Lington, Richard H. McKee, and James E. Klaunig (pp. 192-199).

Summaries (En)Includes a loose-leave printout of the paper: Technology and the forest landscape: rapid changes and their real impacts, by M. Hosny El-Hakany and Jim Ball. Includes bibliographies

The International Society of Urology (SIU) has revised its by-laws and reformed its system to adjust to the changes of the new millennium. The most important role the SIU can play at present is to fill the gap between developing and developed countries, which can be accomplished through the sister ...

The Comitato Nazionale per la Bioetica (CNB) in Italy has recently produced an unprecedented discussion document on the state of ethics committees in Italy, with an invitation to interested parties to comment on proposed changes to their fundamental structure. After this consultation, and taking note of relevant official publications and ...

"The article seeks to place into historical context the familial changes in ¿post-industrial' Sweden during the past two decades, by comparing them with general characterizations (based on documented life-course experiences) of the traditional Swedish agrarian society (before 1800), the transitional society (c. 1800-1870), and the industrial society (c. 1870-1980). Familial ...

This article summarizes presentations from a satellite symposium, "Clinical Nutrition: Opportunity in a Changing Health Care Environment," held July 26, 1997, at the 37th annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition in Montreal. The symposium was cosponsored by the American Society for Clinical Nutrition and the American Society ...

An explosive youth gang problem in U.S. Guam may derive from the changes in island traditionalism wrought by modern society. Island youths sense the erosion of the traditional culture's moral visions, but find modern Western individualism unpalatable as an alternative. Gang membership offers a third option, bestowing on youths a ...

Workers' compensation reimbursement for providers has dramatically changed in the last five years with the passage of Act 44 in 1993 and Act 57 in 1996. Those new laws create forms, requirements, and prerequisites to payment. In November in five locations across the state, the State Society will sponsor one-day ...

The Greek physician of antiquity - Hippocrates (460-356 B.C.) is called the Father of Modern Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath to which doctors of modern medicine traditionally and formally express their allegiance, forms the basic foundation of medical ethics. The tradition of Western ethical philosophy began with the ancient Greeks. ...

The profound changes in biotechnology which have challenged established beliefs in western society over the last 30 years have resulted in ethical problems which affect neurosurgeons no less than other medical scientists. This paper examines some of these changes in the context of neurological aspects of bioethics and argues a ...

Roman Catholic bioethics seems to be caught in a paradox. On the one hand it is committed to the natural law tradition and the power of reason to understand the structures of creation and the moral law. On the other hand there is a greater and greater appeal to Scripture ...

Global Change in the Arctic: the Finnish Contribution. Workshop at the Arctic Centre. Rovaniemi, 13 - 15 March 1995

12th EARSEL Symposium on Remote Sensing for Monitoring the Changing Enviroment of Europe, 61 - 67

Proceedings of the 25th International symposium remote sensing and global environmental change, 328 - 338

Macrocysts of a protozoan parasite, Sarcocystis sp., were found in 28 of 173 American black ducks (Anas rubripes) examined during winters 1984-1985, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 in south coastal New Jersey (USA). No macrocysts were detected in 80 juvenile black ducks. In adults, the prevalence of macrocysts increased from 3% (1 ...

At the request of the American Association of Jurists, the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal was called upon to consider violations of international law of the self-determination of peoples by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as to make proposals for change. The Tribunal declared the request to ...

The author presents the historical backdrop of the advent of the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons and their paths that began wide apart and which, over the years, have become closer, even intertwining with the formation of the Joint Council ...

IUFRO Subject Group 4.02.05 Meet. Hyytiälä, FI, 2 - 9 Aug. - 2 Sept. 1988, 119 - 133

Psychotherapy in a postindustrial society will differ markedly from that practiced in the past and present. It will be necessary for psychotherapists to comprehend the interrelationships of macrosocial as well as microsocial forces in relation to intrapsychic dynamics. In a parallel fashion the psychotherapist will find it necessary to be ...

The author discusses the proliferation of stereotypes and myths concerning the demography of aboriginal Australians. "In this paper, four of these myths will be discussed, in the hope that a basis for constructive analysis of recent and historical demographic change can be laid." The myths considered pertain to the validity ...

"Labor emigration redistributes income in a two factor, two good economy where one good is internationally non-traded. Labor's nominal wage rises as nominal capital payments fall. Recent research has shown that the prices of non-traded goods rise, causing society's welfare to decline. Here the induced change in the real income ...

[This corrects the article on p. 1000 in vol. 46.].

Major changes in the rules governing the nomenclature of fungi were enacted at the XIIIth International Botanical Congress in 1981. The effects of these, and the reasons why changes were made, are reviewed with particular emphasis on those concerned with the starting-point date and fungi with pleomorphic life cycles.

"The object of this paper will be to present some of the anthropological literature on polygyny, both to illustrate [the variety among societies] and to suggest which aspects of polygyny should be investigated for their relationship to nutritional status." The geographical focus is on Africa. "The paper indicates that there ...

When Ronald Reagan first came to power two years ago, many Americans believed that his administration would bring about dramatic and fundamental changes in American politics. In this paper, the author contends that although it is still too early to fully assess the effects of "Reaganism" on the country in ...

The legal aspects surrounding the use of deadly force in the United States are changing in a significant way. Police may use deadly force only to protect themselves or other innocent persons from serious bodily injury or death. Appropriate force may be used to arrest a malefactor or a fugitive ...

"This paper comments upon the role of remittances in a variety of emigrant situations, traces the way remittance patterns change over time and evaluates the importance of remittance payments for personal and national economies. It considers the concept of 'remittance-societies" in the South Pacific and elsewhere, and briefly examines the ...

Kant and Kohut each present an earlier and a later philosophical system. Each author bases his two systems on a conception of the self which is importantly different from the earlier system to the later system. The later systems are more or less incompatible with the earlier systems but have ...

"Proceedings of an international seminar, organized under the auspices of the United States Japan Cooperative Science Program, held May 9-11, 1978 at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis"

"Based on lectures presented at the symposium entitled Initiaton of developmental change, at the VIIIth congress of the International Society of Developmental Biologists held in Tokyo, Japan, August 29-September 2, 1977"

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2006.

Published in 2004, this FAO Forestry Paper No. 144 examines the development of international law on climate change and discusses what issues legislative bodies may have to consider regarding climate change mitigation in relation to forests. A bibiography is provided with over 40 bibliographic references, and links to relevant legislation ...

This fact sheet, issued in May 2003 and one of a series from the Alzheimer's Society intended for patients and carers, looks in more detail at behavioural and other changes that characterise the later stages of Alzheimer's disease. Along with descriptions of symptoms such as memory loss, immobility and puzzling ...

This report issued in 2008 from the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, looks at a range of climate-related issues affecting the marine environment, from temperature changes and sea level rise, to the distribution of fish species. Each of the five major sections of the report represents the consensus views of ...

The history of changes in Dutch penal law regulating homosexual conduct since the 18th century are traced and their effects on homosexual behavior described. Changes in policies and practices regarding enforcement are reviewed. The article discusses the Dutch criminal code of 1886, the criminalization of homosexual contacts involving minors in ...

The legal status of euthanasia is frequently deliberated. It remains unlawful in Britain and advocates for a change in the law are vigorously opposed by those who argue that it should remain unchanged. An objective account, in which current law and arguments for and against change are exposed, is essential ...

The author of this article discusses the epidemiology of plague in Egypt from its reintroduction in that country in 1899 until 1951. Dealing first with the period 1899-1945, before the introduction of DDT, he notes that plague was first reported in the ports and then spread rapidly inland; in contrast ...