... the
relatively recent handing over of the process of dying and the acts of disposal to
groups of specially trained deathwork professionals. Making use of the sociologist
Goffman (1959), I wanted to look ... representations of
childhood and Joffe’s (1999) analysis of the social representations of risk.
The role of pilot work
Any piece of social research benefits greatly from a period of free-ranging, ... ever-changing kaleidoscope of descriptions ofdeath in which all three
representations ofdeath were layered on top of one another.
The apparently arbitrary character of the split between good...
... Bradbury’s study the discourse about death
can be interpreted in terms of her observations concerning the work of the deathwork
professionals. Her corpus of data concerns a corpse. This is why ... to die. Death hidden
and denied has become death discussed and analysed and this book is part of that
‘chatter’. With the close of the modern era the privatization and sequestration of
death that ... analysis of the
role of the doctor in the nineteenth century, suggests that, rather than viewing disease
and death as acts of God, doctors came to see disease as a natural cause of death. It
therefore...
... lived.
Professor Gomouchian lived on the top floor of a high block
of flats. Salahadin got out of the lift on the top floor and rang
the bell of the flat door. The door was opened by the Professor's ... Mystery of Queen Axtarte by Dr John Farrow.
5
Professor Gomouchian
N
ext morning, Salahadin phoned Professor Gomouchian and
arranged to see him. He took a taxi to Zamalek, where
Professor ...
Salahadin.
Salahadin told one of the policemen to go back to the Range
Rover, 'Bring me the box of dynamite ,' he said. 'I am going to shut
the Queen ofDeath in her tomb forever.'...
... reduce their risk of cancer
Three-quarters of the UK public will be aware of the main
lifestyle choices they can make to reduce their risk of
getting cancer
• The number of smokers will fall ... scale of
the cancer problem and the impact it has
on the lives of hundreds of thousands of
people every year.
We have made huge steps forward in improving survival and
in preventing thousands of ... development of all three national
screening programmes for breast, bowel and cervical cancer,
which have saved tens of thousands of lives.
• In the 1960s we first tested mammography as a way of
diagnosing...
...
hospital.
Although the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services alleged
that the victim’s death was because of physical abuse, the official
certificate ofdeath stated that it was an accident ... restraints.
13
Death from Face Down Restraints or Restraints that Block the
Airway: Of the hundreds of allegations we identified, at least 20 involved
restraints that resulted in death. Of the 10 ...
overview of federal and state laws related to the use of restraints and
seclusions in public and private schools; (2) verify whether allegations of
student death and abuse from the use of these...
... subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the
National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of ... Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden (originators of the widely used
ThermoCalc thermodynamic software) of a degree in materials design and engineering.
9
Wider development of technological ... participation of all stakeholders,
characteristics of such a culture include flexibility, a willingness to take risks, cross-communication, and
the existence of champions.
THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION...
... the BH3 domain of beclin 1 promotes dissociation
of beclin 1 from Bcl-XL and induction of autophagy.
EMBO Rep 10, 285–292.
11 Jin Y, Blue E & Gallaher PJ (2006) Control of death-
associated ... microtubule
network.
The death domain is a signalling module present in
many proapoptotic proteins. The death domain of
DAPK is one of the key domains central to its signalling
function and was identified as one of ... identification of
TSC2 as a new binding protein for DAPK uncovered
additional roles for the death domain beyond the
control of cell death [21]. It is now becoming clear that
the death domain is...
... prob-
abilities of every mem ber of a household induced by improved air quality. We
then interpret this monetary value as a flo w of Value of Life Years Lost (VOLY),
and estimate the corresponding Value of ... k of
Death: A Contingen t Valuation Survey
∗†
Olivier Chanel Stéphane Luc hini
Greqam-Idep Greqam-Idep
CNRS CNRS
Fe bruary 2008
Abstract
In this paper, we extend the individual dynamic model of ... we estimate a mean VOLY of C150,000 and a mean VP F
of C2. 15 million. In addition, we find an inverse U-shaped relationship betwe en
age and VPF.
Keywor ds: Va lue of statistical life, Air...
... pattern of the effect of smoking on risk of can-
cer deaths.
TABLE 1. Characteristics of cases and two control groups:
Population-based case-control study of smoking on risk of
cancer deaths ... prevalence of smoking between
male living spouses of women who died of any cause
and those spouses of women who died of some other
causes other than smoking related causes. The preva-
lence of smoking ... the system for
registering deaths from most causes is unlikely to
vary substantially with cause of death.
11,18
Further-
more, any recall bias affecting assessment of smoking
habits in the...
... Montessori method of
childhood education. Some women criticised Pankhurst for offering relief to parents of children
born out of wedlock, but she declared indignantly that the welfare of children–whose ... and social agitator of the early part of the twentieth century and the supreme protagonist
of the campaign for the electoral enfranchisement of women."
[119]
The statue of Pankhurst was erected ... of horror and torment. Sickening scenes of violence took place
almost every hour of the day, as the doctors went from cell to cell performing their hideous
office."
[74]
When prison officials...
... next to Virginia.
The Mask of the Red Death
For a long time the Red Death was everywhere in the land. There never was a plague that
killed as many, and there never was a death as terrible.
First, ... most of all through your face.
And of course when people saw this they left you immediately. Nobody wanted to help
you — your horrible red face told everyone that it was too late. Yes, the Red Death ... could not come
in or out of the house. Inside, there was plenty of food, enough for more than a year. He
and his lucky friends did not have to worry about the 'Red Death& apos; outside. The...
...
thousands of saleswomen to sell skin care products and had locations in dozens of
countries, with a strong presence in Mexico. However a move of head office to Gillette’s
home of Boston resulted ... cosmetics.
VI
This paper has offered a highly provisional, first take on the history of the
globalization of the beauty industry. It has stressed the role of firms in driving this
globalization. ... small group of firms held significant
shares of many national markets, even though powerful local incumbents were present in
some of them, such as Germany, where Blendax held one-third of the dental...
... related to the deathof the man partner differ from factors
related to the deathof the woman partner; 6) explore the interactive effects of clusters
of risk factors on the risk of a lethal outcome, ... representative sample of all women, but of abused
women, some of whom may be at high risk of death. To provide the most useful
information to practitioners, we sampled at a point of agency contact. ... homicide offenders 22
Additional consultants and staff 23
11
. . . the killing of someone in close relationship to the offender, often a
wife, appeared to be part of the evolving process of suicide.
In...