Ethical practice in the field of tissue banking requires the setting of principles, the identification of possible deviations and the establishment of mechanisms that will detect and hinder abuses that may occur during the procurement, processing and distribution of tissues for transplantation. This model of a Code of Ethics has ...

Aim:  To evaluate the impact of the new European paediatric regulatory framework on the activities of Ethics Committees operating in Europe and to assess their involvement and interest in paediatric research. Methods:  TEDDY Network of Excellence and RESPECT set up an inventory of Ethics Committees existing in Europe and carried ...

Among the most important attributes of legislative statesmanship is self-abnegation - the willingness of legislators to abstain from meddling in matters they are poorly equipped to manage. The law creating the Federal Reserve embodied that virtue. Congress recognized the abiding temptation to use monetary policy for political ends and realized ...

The Bicarbonate Transport Meeting was held as a satellite meeting of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology (CSBMCB): Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease. The meeting covered the modern history of bicarbonate transporter proteins and brought together the major workers in the ...

The Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz (1874-1955) is often regarded as the founder of psychosurgery. He performed the first prefrontal leukotomy in 1935—about 75 years ago—with the help of neurosurgeon Almeida Lima (1903–1985) [corrected]. In contrast to the psychosurgical interventions performed by the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836-1907), Moniz's interventions on ...

This session at the 2010 joint symposium of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) and the International Federation of Societies of Toxicologic Pathologists (IFSTP) explored modern neuropathology methods for assessing the neurotoxicologic potential of xenobiotics. Conventional techniques to optimally prepare and evaluate the central and peripheral neural tissues while minimizing ...

The 1st International Workshop on Papillomavirus E5 Oncogene was held in Capri, Italy, 27-28 May 2010. Here we present a brief report of the various lectures which addressed the multiple facets of the E5 protein.

A workshop addressing regulation of clinical implementation of stem cell therapies preceded the ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting, cosponsored by the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the International Society for Cellular Therapy.

A workshop on updates on intraepithelial neoplasia of the vulva was held at the 2009 World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2009. This is a review of the information presented.

This article is a report of an international symposium, endorsed by the Section on Sports Cardiology of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology, and the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine, which was held within the 11th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias (Venice ...

The Human Liver Proteome Project (HLPP) was formally launched by HUPO in 2002. The 11th HLPP Workshop was held on September 26th, 2009 during the 8th HUPO World Congress in Toronto, Canada. The representative progresses were presented from four groups. Subsequently, the workshop ended with a lively discussion on four ...

Debates on six controversial topics were held during the Fourth International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (IWSP4) convened in Kansas City, KS, USA, July 4-7, 2009. The topics were (1) Ictogenesis: Focus versus Network? (2) Spikes and Seizures: Step-relatives or Siblings? (3) Ictogenesis: A Result of Hyposynchrony? (4) Can Focal Seizures ...

In February 2010, in the beautiful setting of Wiston House, nestled at the foot of the hilly South Downs in Sussex, UK, The Company of Biologists, the not-for-profit organisation that publishes Development, held the inaugural meeting of their new workshop series dedicated to biological research (for more information on these ...

The Biological Reference Material Initiative Workshop held at the Toronto HUPO congress on 26 September 2009, focused on the development of new biological reference materials and tools for the assessment of reproducibility, the solutions to many of the technical challenges in proteomics and protein-based molecular diagnostics. This half-day meeting included ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) biomarkers that can measure and predict the full spectrum of disease progression and outcomes are needed, but few, if any, such biomarkers have been validated for this purpose. The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) has organized an OA Biomarkers Global Initiative. As a part of this Initiative, three ...

Workshops are an important part of the annual meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA). At IFPA Meeting 2009 diverse topics were discussed in twelve themed workshops. Topics covered included: immune response to pregnancy; signaling between fetus and placenta; bioactive lipids in placenta; placenta in agricultural species; epigenetics ...

The tensions between judicial and executive authorities regarding so-called Gypsies in fin de siècle Germany and Italy reveals an inherent contradiction between the universalist dictates of the modern Rechtsstaat and the requirements of building a national state free of perceived outsiders. The frustration of executive authorities with judicial authorities who ...

This article revisits Arendt's and Foucault's converging accounts of modern (bio)politics and the entry of biological life into politics. Agamben's influential account of these ideas is rejected as a misrepresentation both because it de-historicizes biological/organic life and because it occludes the positivity of that life and thus the discursive appeal ...

BACKGROUND: On 29 March 2008 the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Scientific Committee on Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses organized a Skin Notation Workshop hosted by the 11th International Percutaneous Penetration Perspectives Conference (La Grande Motte, France). Skin notation (S) was chosen as a topic for discussion because this is ...

An international childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)working group was formed during the 27th annual meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology in 1995. Since then, 10 workshops have been held to address many issues that help advance treatment outcome of childhood ALL but require international collaboration (Table 1). The ...

An international workshop, under the auspices of Group d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte (GELA) took place in Deauville, France, in April 3-4, 2009. The European experts with a published or personal experience on interim-PET in lymphoma were invited to the meeting. The aim of the workshop was twofold: (1) to ...

This overview of the current state of melanoma research and treatment and directions for moving forward represents the consensus of discussions between expert panelists at the First and Second Global Workshops on Melanoma held in Fajardo, Peurto Rico on November 30-December 1, 2007 and Clearwater Beach, Florida on November 19-20, ...

This paper presents the summary reports of the session rapporteurs at the Workshop on Ethical Issues in Diagnostic Radiology. The summaries reflect the extent to which the topics discussed are well reflected in the papers presented in this proceedings.

This summary report presents aspects of work that was carried out as part of the European Commission SENTINEL Project (Safety and Efficacy for New Techniques and Imaging using New Equipment to Support European Legislation). It arises from the discussions at a workshop organised by the first author at Hairmyres Hospital, ...

Over 200 scientists with a common interest in proteomic techniques and their application to fundamental biological and biomedical problems participated in the 7th East Midlands Proteomics Workshop. This annual one day meeting was held in Nottingham in November 2008 and is a joint venture of colleagues from three local Universities: ...

Paper presented in workshop, not a paper in proceedings

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting. At the IFPA meeting 2008 diverse topics were discussed in 12 themed workshops. Topics covered included: immunology of placentation; galectins and trophoblast invasion; signaling in implantation and invasion; markers to identify trophoblast subpopulations; placental pathology; placental toxicology; stereology; placental transport ...

The Human Brain Proteome Project (HUPO BPP) aims at advancing knowledge and the understanding of neurodiseases and aging with the purpose of identifying prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers, as well as to push new diagnostic approaches and medications. The participating groups meet in semi-annual workshops to discuss the progress, as well ...

The Cardiovascular Initiative (CVI) of the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) held its fifth workshop prior to the Sixth Annual HUPO World Congress in Seoul, Korea in October 2007. The objectives of this report are as follows: to trace the (relatively brief) history of the CVI for those who may not ...

In August 23-25, 2007, the Scandinavian Society for Prosthetic Dentistry in collaboration with the Danish Society of Oral Implantology arranged a consensus conference on the topic 'Implants and/or teeth'. It was preceded by a workshop in which eight focused questions were raised and answered in eight review articles using a ...

For more than fifteen years the Pan American Health Organization and the American College of Clinical Engineering have conducted workshops in Latin America and the Caribbean. The workshops have focused on clinical engineering and healthcare technology management. The author has participated in workshops in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Colombia. Descriptions ...

Proteomics Data Collection (ProDaC) is an EU funded "Coordination Action" within the 6(th) framework programme. It aims to simplify the publication, dissemination and utilization of proteomics data by establishing standards that will support broad data collection from the research community. The 1(st) ProDaC workshop 2007 (succeeding the kick-off meeting last ...

Abstracts of 3rd UNU-ORI joint international workshop for marine environment

Abstracts of the UNU and ORI joint international workshop for marine environment in 2000

Abstracts of 3rd UNU-ORI joint international workshop for marine environment

Abstracts of 3rd UNU-ORI joint international workshop for marine environment

Abstracts of the UNU and ORI joint international workshop for marine environment in 2000

Lpidoptera appears to be a structurally homogeneous group due to the numerical dominance of the infraorder Ditrysia which comprises about 99% of the species of the order. To determine the evolutive pathway of this successful group of insects, however, it would be necessary to elucidate first the phylogenetic relatioships whthin ...

The first species of moth described from Japan was Noctua serici THUNBERG, 1781. But unfortunately it was a South Africa Arctiid now considered to be junior synonym of Rhodogastria amesis (CRAMER) (HAMPSON, 1901 ; KARSHOLT & NIELSEN, 1985, ENT. Scand. 16 : 455). ・・・

Ogygioses caliginosa belongs to the primitive family Palaeosetidae in the Hepialoidea and is endemic in Taiwan. The ecology of this species is little known. ・・・

This workshop was organised by the Marine Conservation office in Dakar of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Novib (Dutch development NGO), Fenagie (National Federation of fisheries collectives in Senegal) and Scomber Consultancy (consultancy in The Netherlands for fisheries management and marine wildlife), with the financial support of the ...

This document contains the report of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) Workshop on Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) which was held in Saly, Senegal, from 14 to 17 October 2002. The Workshop was arranged by FAO at the request of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission, as part of FAO’s cooperative work with ...

There is no doubt that participants in the Conflict of Interest (COI) Workshop at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 2005 Annual Meeting (New Orleans, 6-10 March 2005) engaged in a vigorous and useful exchange of diverse ideas and viewpoints. While there was consensus on the value and interest of this ...

In February 1999 and May 2000, two workshops were held in Cortina, Italy and Montecarlo, respectively, to develop a consensus defining the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly. The workshops were sponsored by the Italian Society of Endocrinology, the Pituitary Society and European Neuroendocrine Association. Partecipants from all over the world ...

INVITOX 2004, the 13th Workshop of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro, was held on 8-11 September 2004, in Zegrze, Poland, in cooperation with the Scandinavian Society for Cell Toxicology. The workshop was attended by 112 participants from 19 countries. The programme included 11 main sessions and two round ...

This article represents the proceedings of a workshop at the 2003 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The workshop organizers/chairpersons were Chinnaswamy Kasinathan and Paul Manowitz. The presentations were (1) Introduction to the field of proteomics, by Kent Vrana; (2) Use of proteomics in ...

NORFA Yeast Systems Biology Workshop. Copenhagen, 17 - 21 November 2004

The papers published in this Special Issue are based upon presentations at a workshop on Associative Learning and Representation, which was sponsored by the Experimental Psychology Society and hosted by Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The workshop celebrated the contribution of Professor Nicholas Mackintosh to animal learning and conditioning in particular and ...

The paper contains an extended summary of an invited plenary talk given at the Workshop on Active Chaos at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on 29-31 May 2001 by one of us (F.S.R.). (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

The First International Workshop on Semantics, Pragmatics and Rhetorics (SPR-01) was held in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, on 22-24 November 2001. The conference was organized by the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information (ILCLI), and the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science of the University of the Basque Country ...