... in the triumphalist declarations ofthe birth ofthe ‘new’ and death ofthe ‘old’.14 THE BOOSTER CITY. Like that of many of its peers, the story of late twentiethcentury Glasgow is of a city and ... that the official future scored low on coherence and fidelity People feel that the values and beliefs ofthe main official institutions ofthe city are not the same as the values that they hold themselves ... green and alive, it tore the skin of my hands, but I was determined I watched the tree as it teetered and then fell into the water I rubbed the dirt, sap and blood off my hands and went down to the...
... Another early example of terrorists is the Order ofthe Assassins in the eleventh century, an offshoot ofthe Ismailis, a Muslim sect Hassan I Sabah, the founder ofthe order, was born in Qom, the ... 1881 and May 1882, respectively: the murder of Tsar Alexander II, andthe assassination of Lord Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, the chief secretary ofthe British administration in Ireland and ... imperfect The campaign ofthe Tupamaros caused the rise of a military dictatorship and destroyed the democratic system, and, at the same time, brought about the destruction of their own movement By the...
... heading,” about the role of big money in politics, the credibility ofthe popular news media, andthe reliability of voting returns .The midterm elections of 2006 indicated clearly that much ofthe nation ... Darwin, the free market to the survival ofthe fittest The emergence ofthe corporation marked the presence of private power on a scale and in numbers thitherto unknown, the concentration of private ... works and conservation With the outbreak of World War II, the New Deal was superseded by the forced mobilization and governmental control ofthe entire economy andthe conscription of much of the...
... controversy [43] The existence of lipid rafts was questioned and some naysayers pretended they were merely an artefactual consequence ofthe methodology used to isolate them The existence of lipid rafts ... estimated In summary, multiple lines of evidence have helped to argue in favour ofthe existence of lipid rafts in cell membranes andthe use of detergent-resistance and other alternatives (see below) ... approach to their study are considered to be valid if performed carefully Isolation of lipid rafts ⁄ caveolae is very often the first step in the biochemical analysis ofthe role of these domains...
... understand the effects ofthe media, it is important to understand how these media evolve and to collect multiple assessments of them over time Measures of new media must capture the dynamism and ... feature of new media likely amplifies the importance of peers in mediating the effects of exposure to media content New media theories must account for the heightened role of social mediation ... account, since they may moderate the effects ofmedia exposure and media- based sexual health intervention on youth sexual health outcomes Although many of these aspects of new mediaand their potential...
... authorship ofthe ‘constipation hypothesis’ to me As the spread of an epidemic disease has so often been invoked for the extinction ofthe dinosaurs (and indeed of other groups), the subject of disease ... Catastrophes and lesser calamities The causes ofmass extinctions Tony Hallam is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Birmingham andthe author of a huge range of scientific books and papers ... that the youngest stage ofthe Cretaceous is the Maastrichtian andthe oldest stage ofthe Tertiary the Danian In studying the Cretaceous–Tertiary, or K–T, boundary, then, the only hope of locating...
... Alexander Pope ‘O arms andthe man I sing’, wrote Virgil at the start of his epic about Aeneas andthe founding of Rome My theme is science and society or, more precisely, the importance ofthe ... crucially, they wrote down what they did, recorded their experiences, and taught other doctors The Greeks built on the lessons ofthe Egyptians The body of medical writing attached to the name of Hippocrates ... science, indeed public suspicion of science, is their own fault In my view, the lack of public understanding of science andthe apparent lack of concern ofthe public for the evidence-based approach...
... intolerance is mitigated by the governance ofthe elites andthe passivity ofthe masses (because, after all, the citizen masses are deemed incapable of practicing political tolerance) The assumption here ... Thus, the argument of this book may be a simple statement, but demonstrating the argument, which is the task at hand, is complex and full of challenges Scope of Project The central themes of this ... Christian congregants and their understanding ofthe relationship between Introduction 11 their faith and their role as citizens in a liberal democracyThe primary purpose of this chapter is to...
... or ofthe trade name of goods It also covers the imitation, or the get-up, ofthe items concerned The get-up includes the type, size and shape of a container, the labelling and packaging of ... to establish and prescribe standards of professional and ethical conduct and ensure the observance of such standards The complete IPR Code of Conduct, brought up to date in 1997 and regularly ... offer independent advice through a range of services Thus they can criticize as well as please the client As outsiders they are much more objective and can often become the guardians of the...
... Assignment of copyright Remember that under the terms ofthe Copyright, Design & Patents Act 1988 the owner ofthe copyright of any work is the author or creator of it, in this case the photographer The ... to the design team, as part ofthe brief You may find out just how good the consultancy is from the way they take your brief, ie how and what they ask in the way of questions When you discuss the ... promotional, educational and information tool There will be times, therefore, when the production of a video becomes the responsibility ofthe public relations department, or the task ofthe consultancy...
... an excellent way of communicating at first hand with clients, the public andthe media, and can show off the exhibitor and whatever products and services are being displayed to the best advantage ... usually offer a choice, either basic stand space or, more expensively, a shell stand Stand space is simply that you have to produce the stand within the constraints ofthe space booked Shell stands, ... be refundable in the event of cancellation always check the small print ofthe contract The balance ofthe fee is payable after the event What sort of space? When booking stand space, exhibition...
... equipment and engineering) Public relations practitioners must be aware ofand understand these technicalities and characteristics The down side Be aware also of some ofthe pitfalls Television is often ... expands the range of its products and services This chapter describes three of these new concepts and how they will alter the way we work in future The Internet Originating in the USA, the Internet ... meet these changes After it is over The aftermath of a crisis can sometimes be messy and protracted There is often much to be cleared up, both figuratively and literally The life and work of your...
... definition of your publics; selection ofthe media; budgets; assessment of results Remember: the identified publics must relate to the objectives; themediaandthe techniques used will be the means of ... clients (past and present), fellow members and professionals, the public relations profession, other professions, suppliers, intermediaries, themediaof communications, employees andthe public ... with the public; l to consider any budget constraints when drawing up the plan; they will affect: the number of objectives; the identified publics; availability ofthe media; types of media...
... ofthe public before the event, then the tickets must have the name and address ofthe organizer printed on them It is best to check the by-laws in your area for local variations Offers The offer ... photographs and captions; copy, layouts, artwork and/ or scripts; estimates ofthe costs ofthe various items ofthe programme Written or oral approval by the Client ofthe drafts, proofs and estimates ... the Code 5.1 In the interpretation of this code, the Laws ofthe Land shall apply This means that this Code will be applied to the laws ofthe country in which the member is practising Even the...
... your own stand Before the event l l Contact the exhibition press office get all the detail you can Who is opening the exhibition, when, where? Try and get the VIP and party on to your stand Ensure ... has their own special interests and support different charities and good causes The offices ofthe Lord Lieutenancy for the county in which the visit is taking place can advise you on this and, ... service, although the terms ofthe contract may cover this The task of distinguishing between the two types of contract has been left to the courts to decide in cases where there are doubts or...
... letters of support through the local press by taking advertisements l Next of kin Always confirm that the next -of- kin have been informed before releasing any names to themedia At the finish ... deflect themedia in the early stages l Answers prepare answers to (potentially damaging) questions from themedia l Blame not apportion blame or speculate on this l Reporters new go off the ... practices Involve the emergency services Hold mock press briefings and conferences to familiarize and train media spokespersons Ensure next -of- kin procedures are known During the crisis When...
... nerve The anterior division, which was the medial cord, gave rise to the medial root ofthe median, medial cutaneous nerve ofthe arm, the medial cutaneous nerve of forearm and continued as the ... anteriorly and met the medial root such that the median nerve lay medial to the axillary artery Normally the long thoracic nerve is formed from the contribution ofthe C5, C6 and C7 [1] Horwartz and ... In our case, the lateral root of median nerve crosses the artery anteriorly and meets the medial root such that the median nerve lies medial to the third part of axillary artery Das and Paul have...
... BKI1 to the C-terminal portion of BRI1 In the presence of BR, BKI1 is released by the direct binding of BR to the 70-amino acid island region in the extracellular domain of BRI1 [7] Then, BRI1 ... bri1 A The schematic protein structure of BRI1 is shown andthe mutation site of bri1-120/cp3 is marked in the 13th LRR ofthe extracellular domain of BRI1 B Overexpression of BRI1 rescued the cp3 ... line To determine the hormone sensitivity of bri1-120, we added 20 μM of IAA, GA, kinetin, and ACC and 50 μM of JA to 1/2 MS MS plates and processed them the same way All ofthe chemicals were...
... defines the consequences of a mismatch between the production ofthe reactive oxygen species (ROS) andthe reactive nitrogen species, andthe ability to defend against them Major sources of ROS/reactive ... models of lung injury due to sepsis, blood loss and oxidative damage [26–37] In a murine hyperoxia model, the effects of lisofylline on the activation of NF-κB and CREB, on the expression of proinflammatory ... in the lung of CREB through a xanthine oxidase-dependent mechanism andof NFκB through other pathways, and they suggest that the activa- 485 Critical Care December 2002 Vol No Haddad tion of these...
... Hellwig-Bürgel and colleagues [47–49] and by Haddad and Land [50,51], however, to indicate HIF-1 as a possible regulator ofthe evolution and propagation ofthe inflammatory process The rate of transcription ... reported with respect to the VEGF gene, Hellwig-Bürgel et al investigated the effects of these cytokines on the activation ofthe HIF-1 DNA-binding complex andthe amount of HIF-1α protein in human ... (Scotland), the UK Medical Research Council (MRC, London), the Wellcome Trust (London) (Stephen C Land, Department of Child Health, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK) andthe National Institutes of...