How legitimate may be the concern posed by the nanotechnologies for health and environment,this effort for reaching a better knowledge of the biotoxicity of nanomaterials is not enough. As Pr Didier Sicard noted, we believe that the ethical reflection should not be the good conscience that may help science in ...

Legislation in most countries regulates trade in poisons and highly addictive products, such as narcotics. The statements that (1) tobacco harms health and (2) causes addiction are established as facts in international and national law. Yet in Russia, and in many other countries, there is a contradiction between the open ...

  Hunger strike of prisoners and detainees remains a major human rights and ethical issue for medical professionals. We are reporting on a case of a 48-year-old male sentenced prisoner, intravenous heroin user, who went on a hunger strike and died 15 days later. Throughout the fasting period, the prisoner, who ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether European and American therapeutic communities (TCs) for addiction, both traditional and modified, share a common perspective on what is essential in treatment using the Survey of Essential Elements Questionnaire (SEEQ). The European sample (N = 19) was gathered in 2009. For ...

Inspiration for the International College of Dentists can be traced to a Tokyo dinner in 1920, with the College being founded in 1927 and the USA Section following in 1934. The College has always held a focus on international relations and service. The USA Section has also developed a firm ...

As a dentist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the author has found it easy and rewarding to combine specialty care in orofacial pain with ethics training for complex case management.

This monograph will likely become a classic. It provides critical insights into identifying which threads to pull in the "web of causation" (see chapter IX) to discern the impact of adverse early life experiences, and it provides guidance regarding how to identify patterns of behavior that are likely to reflect ...

The Superfund law does not effectively address exposure of the residents surrounding a hazardous waste site before, during, and after cleanup.

ABSTRACT: Commentary and discussion on a recent paper promoting the use of Nothobranchius guentheri, a small African annual fish from the Island of Zanzibar as a tool to control mosquito larvae in temporary bodies of freshwater throughout Africa is presented.Arguments on major points; (1) expected low success of annual fish ...

In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing their nationality of origin. I estimate the effects of these new laws on naturalization rates and labor market outcomes in the ...

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16–19 May 2005.

The group of experts representing the Polish Cardiologic Society, the Polish Gynecological Society and the Polish Menopause and Andropause Society has issued this Joint Position Statement based on the review of available literature on the effect of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy on the cardiovascular system. The results of older clinical ...

Abstracts published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

No Abstract. <i>Cameroon Journal of Experimental Biology</i> Vol. 2 (1) 2006: pp. 26-30

The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com

PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM ON SMOOTH MUSCLES ; 4th Annual Meeting, Yamaguchi City September 29-30, 1962

PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM ON SMOOTH MUSCLES ; 4th Annual Meeting, Yamaguchi City September 29-30, 1962

PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM ON SMOOTH MUSCLES ; 4th Annual Meeting, Yamaguchi City September 29-30, 1962

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 158th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24, 2005. The organizer/chairman was Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, PhD. The presentations included the following: (1) Neuropharmacological Basis of Alcohol Dependence, by George F. ...

38th European Marine Biology Symposium, Aveiro (Portugal), 8-12 September 2003

Resumo da comunicação apresentada no "IX International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium", Chiang Mai, Tailândia, 14 a 19 Novembro 2004.

The "lone" clinical bioethicist working in a large, multisite hospital faces considerable challenges. While attempting to build ethics capacity and sustain a demanding range of responsibilities, he or she must also achieve an acceptable level of integration, sustainability, and accountability within a complex organisational structure. In an effort to address ...

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2004 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, Canada. The symposium was organized by Etienne Quertemont and chaired by Kathleen A. Grant. The presentations were (1) Behavioral stimulant effects of intracranial injections of ethanol and acetaldehyde in ...

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists Vol.63 Nr.2 , 43 - 49

Reasonable human behavior is based on doing something for a consequence that is perceived as good. Ethical medical decision-making is based on prioritizing values after understanding the relevant facts. There is an ethical obligation to do no harm. This is especially true in relieving the pain and suffering of dying ...

This article describes the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The cochairs were Fred O. Risinger and Christopher L. Cunningham. Presentations were as follows: (1) Place conditioning: understanding the motivational impact of stimuli, by Rick A. Bevins; (2) Role of historical factors ...

This article presents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 Research Society on Alcoholism meeting in Montreal, Canada. The symposium was organized and chaired by Joel W. Grube. The presentations and presenters were (1) Introduction and background, by Susan E. Martin; (2) The effect of alcohol ads on youth ...

This article presents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizers and chairs were William J. McBride and Ting-Kai Li. The presentations were (1) Metabolism of ethanol in the brain and the behavioral consequences, by Richard A. Deitrich and Sergey Zimatkin; (2) Catalase ...

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Guidelines issued by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and other professional organizations have helped to reduce complications associated with lipoplasty. However, current guidelines for lipoplasty do not address the issue of hypothermia, which can be aggravated by infiltration of large amounts of anesthetic vasoconstrictive solution. In this article, ...

With erectile dysfunction's impact on society, the need for developing a comprehensive plan for accurate diagnosis is indicated. Dynamic infusion cavernosometry and cavernosography (DICC) offers an effective tool for evaluating the hemodynamic status of erectile dysfunction.

Early-life-stage toxicity tests of zinc pyrithione (Zpt) and commercial shampoos containing or not containing Zpt were performed on zebra fish and Japanese Medaka. The results showed that Zpt induced significant teratogenic effects on larvae of both species of fish. The two antidandruff shampoos containing Zpt induced the same teratogenic effects ...

Annual meeting of the Scandinavian Simulation Society, 4

When taken too far, certain well-intentioned ethical guidelines can become transformed into artificial boundaries that serve as destructive prohibitions and thereby undermine clinical effectiveness. Rigid roles and strict codified rules of conduct between therapist and client can obstruct a clinician's artistry. Those anxious conformists who go entirely by the book, ...

Prolonged seed dormancy in desert annuals has been modeled as a bet-hedging adaptation to environmental uncertainty. Several aspects of that theory were tested in the preceding article; further results using Lepidium lasiocarpum are reported here. Seeds from different populations of Lepidium differed in their germination behavior. These differences were weakly ...

"This article is focused on Turkey and Turkish emigration abroad. It examines integration of second generation immigrants in Western Europe and various forces fostering Islamic identity. It then compares political discourse on immigration in France and Germany. It concludes that the resurgence of ethnic identity as the basis for effective ...

Dr. Diamond's courageous defense of the diminished capacity plea in People v. Gorshen (1959) emphasized mental disturbances negating malice aforethought. Diminished capacity as a defense in California remained effective from 1978 to 1982 until overturned by a modified American Law Institute rule. Diamond's advocacy of psychologic elements, including motivation, did ...

Since the papers in this issue by Alan Donagan, Don Marquis, William Nelson and Warren Quinn raise complex and challenging questions about almost every aspect of my "Who is Entitled to Double Effect", I cannot, in the present context, provide more than preliminary responses to some of the more important ...

"Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Biological Reactive Intermediates, held January 14-17, 1990, in Tucson, Arizona."

14th Nordic Semiconductor Meeting. Århus, 17 - 20 June 1990, 427 - 431

This paper describes the inception of a scientific movement (the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology); the individuals who begot it; the two journals and numerous scientific articles which resulted; its effects in stimulating new areas of teaching and of theoretical development; and its international reception as well as its successes ...

Variance components were estimated from field-collected performance records for use in national beef sire evaluation mixed-model programs. Estimates of residual error variances (sigma 2e), sire effect variances (sigma 2s) and dam effect variances (sigma 2d) were obtained for the American Hereford and the American Angus breeds for each of three ...

State of Maine Seed Potato Inspectors wait for a driver to open his truck so they can inspect the potatoes. A new Maine seed potato inspection law had gone into effect. The driver was carrying registered table stock potatoes.

The effect of the Abortion Act on gynaecological work in one provincial teaching hospital is that despite an increase in patient turnover of 45% the waiting list has increased by 200%. It is suggested that the Act has had little effect on the birth rate or illegitimacy and that there ...