... Edge Question: WHAT SHOULDWEBEWORRIED ABOUT? We worry because we are built to anticipate the future Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can teach us how to worry better, and when to ... to make beer, wine, and cheese; we ve tamed wolves to be man’s best friend; we ve cajoled grass into being a high nutrient source Synthetic biology is a new packaging that describes how we ve got ... deciding what to about it Yet we largely ignore it and are curiously complacent about life as we know it getting transformed What weshouldbeworried about is that we re not worried “THE SINGULARITY”:...
... design.1 in retirement Increasingly, however, the pension fund managers and insurance firms which oversee the assets The best evidence so far of a link between ageing and used to fund private pension ... including correlation between average US P/E ratios and the ratio alternative investments, in the search for yield of middle-aged people – which the study defines as those aged between 40 and 49 – ... Asset & Wealth Management represents the asset management and wealth management activities conducted by Deutsche Bank AG or any of its subsidiaries Clients will be provided Deutsche Asset & Wealth...
... Red: between 10th and 25th percentile rank; Orange: between 25th and 50th percentile rank; Yellow, between 50th and 75th; Light Green between 75th and 90th percentile rank; and Dark Green: between ... the small differences between them are unlikely to be statistically, or practically significant However, we also note that there are many possible pair-wise comparisons between countries that result ... attention to the strengths and weaknesses of both types of indicators as well as the complementarities between them For the latter question, we distinguish between experts and survey respondents...
... from this review are: 1) we need to plan for and manage various crises impacting on ART delivery; and 2) there are a number of strategies that have been employed and shouldbe evaluated Unfortunately, ... challenges to ART adherence in Africa AIDS Care 2007, 19:658-665 Weiser S, Wolfe W, Bangsberg D, Thior I, Gilbert P, Makhema J, Kebaabetswe P, Dickenson D, Mompati K, Essex M, Marlink R: Barriers to ... case of being unable to access drugs, then it shouldbe possible to avoid some of the inappropriate coping strategies (such as sharing drugs or reducing drug doses) reported in Zimbabwe Clinicians...
... have been well matched; the sample sizes were small; the subgroups of patients with CA analyzed were small percentages of the total number of CAs (13–19%); and side effects of hypothermia can be ... Cooling began prehospital at a rate of 0.9°C/hour 12 hours Rewarming Passive over hours Passive Side effects No statistical difference between the two groups No statistical difference between the ... mechanisms, most of which we are only beginning to understand The European [1] and Australian [2] trials both show statistically significant and clinically relevant improvement Thus, we believe that the...
... children and shouldbe permitted to select the appropriate education for each of them It is critical that parents purchase education directly, when, and only for as long as, they believe their ... want their children to improve educationally By and large, education is an economic commodity to be purchased in the marketplace according to the preferences and valuations of education consumers ... consumers In a free education market parents and students would decide based on the perceived costs and benefits of each option Only the total separation of state and school can re-institute parental...
... folks are not to be seen high or low, far or near; and we return to our room disappointed We picture to ourselves the pleasant time weshould have had were they beside us; how weshould have seen ... Why shouldwe care? 29 tional organization of some kind – though when we see the many conflicts around the world which arise when people believe their language is being sidelined (Quebec, Belgium, ... two [female]’ or we two [male]’ and we two [female]’; some (e.g Aneityum, Vanuatu) have trial pronouns, allowing the speaker to distinguish between we two’, we three’, and we many’; some (e.g...
... that can be used for future investment and asset accumulation Furthermore, lower fertility and slower population growth may increase the number of working-age individuals relative to the number of ... country levels There are several channels through which lower fertility and improved health may improve a household’s economic well-being.16 To begin with, healthier people work more and are physically ... economically from human capital investments This positive relationship between health and wealth, referred to as the “health-wealth” hypothesis, is reinforced by decreasing fertility and the quantity-quality...
... that are well addressed by current security planning, vulnerability may be quite low For novel attacks, however, current security approaches may not be relevant Vulnerability can also be thought ... the potential targets would be damaged should such an attack be staged However, for most emerging or hypothetical threats, a rigorous risk assessment is impossible because, almost by definition, ... whether—or how much—they should concern security planners, we suggest a commonsensical approach framed by asking two questions: Are some of the novel threats “niche threats” that shouldbe addressed within...
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... will follow As we navigate in the haze of this emerging field, it would be nice to be clear when we are scrutinizing old lands and what we might learn from them It would also be helpful to know ... definition of music (the difference between noises, sounds and tones, the debate between objectivism and subjectivism about musical phenomena, the opposition between pure and impure music, etc.); ... ontology of music (the clash between nominalism and idealism about the relationship between a musical work‚ and its tokens or performances‚, the controversy between fictionalism and realism,...
... course jobs With such benefits, there is bound to be some people who would like to be members of the tribe People come to the tribe with forged documents in an attempt to become Indian but "you ... the western world, with an estimate income of 2.6 billion dollars.15 The incoming money from the casinos helps with the living conditions of the tribe The members see huge benefits such as better ... bingo halls in their reservations Before long many people were coming by the busload to play Many tribes such as the Mashantucket Pequots, who are only 350 in number, began to seriously cash in on...
... financial well-being without actual dollar amounts 17 Cases missing on household income in each weighting class were counted and then dropped Cases remaining in each weighting class were weighted ... simulations are puzzling, because the techniques we expected to provide the best results performed relatively poorly We were concerned that these results were just a fluke, or were in part a strange ... problem: Twenty-eight percent of responses to a household income question were missing in a survey to whose design we contributed (Fox et al 1998) Since economic well-being was thought to be important...
... drugs It should also be recognized that the DEA has an obvious bias against legalizing drugs; if all drugs were legal, who would continue to pay their salaries? Doctors and the DEA, however, are ... smoked weed to relive her suffering It should totally be legal" (Petri).Petri's comments epitomize the views of many college students who advocate legalization Few of these students, however, ... "Excuse me brother, what we call drugs at 74th street Baptist Church, we call a sin" (Friday), representing the views of many Christians today Only a short time later, however, he changes his mind,...
... body he had before his steroid use An athlete that learns the performance advantages he gains from steroids will, in a short time, become use to the edge he has obtained, and will soon be craving ... drugs" has become apparent among the teenage age group in the last four to five years They seem to believe such drugs as Marijuana and steroids not have damaging effects on their bodies because ... Just because there is no indubitable evidence proving the dangerous side effects of steroids does not mean they not exist How many individuals must suffer from the addiction of steroids before we...
... persuade her audience She did not show any bias in her argument She had a well outlined restrictions of what should and should not be named obscene She covered all areas of both sides of this issue ... criminal behavior among youth or adults.Although all three editorial were effective in presenting their side of the issue, Susan Jacoby's article, "I am a First Amendment Junkie", had the best evidence ... censorship can be judged on a rational basis than others believe Not all nude magazines are overly obscene In fact, certain movies are...
... 1:18 stances, namely recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo), have been most used doping techniques since the mid 1980s [3] However, the implementation of reliable laboratory tests to check for ... possible health risks caused by several doping techniques Thus, cobalt misuse or abuse in athletes shouldbe regarded in a critical perspective, along with gene doping targeted at enhancing expression ... at even moderate oral dosage of 30 mg/kg [4,6] On this basis, we have recently hypothesized that cobalt chloride administration may be an alternative and dangerous blood doping technique, hardly...
... Moreover, patient numbers were small and the duration of the studies short The rather modest effect on the FLC ratio should therefore be interpreted with caution It shouldbe kept in mind that ... different parameters for monitoring shouldbe considered suspect Interruption of treatment shouldbe considered (6) Risk of increased susceptibility to infections shouldbe carefully monitored (7) Patients ... of osteoclasts Increased bone turnover shouldbe interpreted as a warning sign Immediate interruption of treatment shouldbe considered (11) It shouldbe realized that treatment with curcumin...