... ourselves whether, inthe light of technological innovation and the growth ofthe internet, we should still be thinking in historical terms. And, if we are seeing the transformation of the nation ... rather than dwelling on the past, I thought that I would focus tonight on the present, delivering justice at a time of economic pressures, and on the future, delivering justiceintheageof ... LORD NEUBERGEROF ABBOTSBURY, MASTER OFTHE ROLLS JUSTICE IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS AND INTHEAGEOFTHE INTERNET HIGH SHERIFF’S LECTURE 2011, LEEDS 13 OCTOBER 2011 (1) Introduction1...
... feeling like I was insulting their way of doing things, or that I was some kind of prima donna or “diva” for not wanting to be available through email.Interesting: the simple act of giving ... might include: 10 minutes of focus + 2 minutes of rest; 25 minutes of focus + 5 minutes of rest; 45 minutes of focus + 15 minutes of rest. You get the idea — you’ll need to experiment to nd the ... front of us is the computer, with email notications and other notications of all kinds. Then there’s the addicting lure ofthe browser, which contains not only an endless amount of reading...
... sense of humour: the informationdemands in genomicsarestaggering. The genomecontainstwokinds of digitalinformation,onethatencodes the proteinandRNA‘molecularmachines of life’,and the otherbeing the regulatorynetworksthatspecifyhowthesegenesareexpressed in time,spaceandamplitude.DNAinformationislayeredandarranged in ahierarchy,startingwith the gene,then the RNA, then the protein, then the protein interactions, then the proteincomplexes,then the networks of proteincomplexes in a cell,then the tissues andorgans,then the individualorganism,followedbypopulationsand the ecosystems in whichtheylive. In thiskind of discoveryscience,masteringsuchvastquantities of informationtoanswerimportantquestionsisaskillandanart.And the hardware? The firstautomatedsequencingmachinetookaday, in 1986,tosequence250 ofthe threebillionbasepairs.Ittook the humangenomeprojecttenyearstosequence the humangenome,twoyearsshorterthanpredicted;and the privatecompanyCelerawithitsso-calledshotgunapproachtooklessthan the publicconsortium’s ... SydneyBrenner’slovely,dolorous sense of humour: the informationdemands in genomicsarestaggering. The genomecontainstwokinds of digitalinformation,onethatencodes the proteinandRNA‘molecularmachines of life’,and the otherbeing the regulatorynetworksthatspecifyhowthesegenesareexpressed in time,spaceandamplitude.DNAinformationislayeredandarranged in ahierarchy,startingwith the gene,then ... SumeriansandBabylonians,whochoseforreasonsunknowntoustodayabase of 60,whichweuse in respect of measuringtime,withanhourbeing60minutesandaminutebeing60seconds;or the measurement of acircleinto360degrees,each of 60minutesdividedinto60seconds.Countingis, of course, the crucialfirststep;butitisnotarithmeticanditcertainlydoes...
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... of racism inthe mini-seriesRoots and King, as well as inthe popular TV sitcoms featuring blacks, and significant criticisms of big business inthe mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man, Wheels, The ... liberalism and rise ofthe New Right inthe 1970s; and the triumph andhegemony ofthe Right inthe 1980s. In our interpretation, many 1960s films transcoded the discourses ofthe anti-war, New ... picture of two smiling happy young faces. Mentallycomparing this childhood idyll with what they have become, Jed tears up the picture and beginscrying. Inthe violent finale, some ofthe remaining...
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... disparities in timing of diagnosis of the disease; and (4) disparities in access to care to treat the disease. Although each of these issues is dis-tinct, they are interconnected in creating and ... important in helping to develop policies that support caregiv-ers in their care management, including finding and using information and assistive services. However, the literature is inadequate in ... justice issues in the management of Alzheimer’s disease: (1) dier-ences in perception about the causes ofthe disease; (2) disparities in screening to validate the existence of the disease;...
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