... fragmentation ofthe body andthe role ofthe medical profession Survey responses are context dependent, and support of organ donation becomes less as the context comes closer to the reality ofthe organ ... to the donation outcome and respecting the legitimacy ofthe family decision The discussion might therefore begin (after evident understanding ofthe fact and meaning of brain death from the ... quality and integrity of organ donation practices in the ICU These practices include humane and compassionate patient care, the avoidance of suffering, the maintenance of dignity and respect, and...
... Prof Ten andthe rest ofthe lecturers, thank you for all the kind words and care, and for being my models of humanity and relationship Also, to Mrs Devi and Belle, you render the bettest of ... Qing, Moral Agency, andthe Confucian Rites 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Qing, Yu, and Xing in the Xunzi 3.3 The “Evilness” of Xing 3.4 Xunzian Moral Agency 3.5 The Genesis ofthe Confucian Rites and their ... detailed and extensive discussion ofthe concept of qi will be out ofthe scope of this thesis To read more on qi, see A.C Graham, The Early History of Yin-Yang andthe Five Phases,” in Yin-Yang and...
... agents) andthe notion of respecting the inherent “dignity” of all agents (treating people as ends- in-themselves and willing from the standpoint ofthekingdomofends ) gave Kant, so he thought, the ... conception of freedom of choice under the rule of law, the private moral order, on the other hand, is a conception of virtue, of each autonomously willing the right maxim for the right reason To ... his writings on moral philosophy, and particularly in both the Critique of Practical Reasonandthe Groundwork ofthe Metaphysics of Morals In the Groundwork, Kant claims that the categorical...
... look into these experiences and find the most suitable solutions for the case ofthekingdom in view ofthe changes and variables in the market place, developmental plans, andthe social and cultural ... ideas and solutions for the case oftheKingdomof Saudi Arabia The representative of each one ofthe five specialties summarized the prominent international trends in his specialty Minimum of two ... development ofthe nursing profession both on the Arabic andthe international levels are the university nursing education andthe proper training of nursing students However, the previous andthe ongoing...
... misconception ofthe form and meaning ofthe arguments through importing into them logical and conceptual material foreign to the author and his times On the other, there has been misconception ofthe ... ethical propositions and then examining and testing these to determine whether and how they are true, in other words, giving reasons for and against them Finally, the practice of pursuing ethical ... values and conduct ofthe culture ofthe leisure class In the fifth and fourth centuries, out of an average citizen body of twenty to thirty thousand males over the age of eighteen both of whose...
... notably in the Critique ofthe Power of Judgment While the ultimate end ofthe pure use ofreason is the explicit topic ofthe first two sections ofthe “Canon of Pure Reason, ” in the second of these ... cited in the order of their publication The first text is from the first section ( The Canon of Pure Reason ) ofthe second chapter ofthe “Transcendental Doctrine of Method,” which is the second, ... thinking in the eight-year period that 22 The Social Authority ofReason runs from the initial publication ofthe Critique of Pure Reason (1781) to the publication ofthe Critique of Practical Reason...
... over the outcome of specified forms of games, the highly cultural nature ofthe latter (Huizinga, 1949; Caillois, 1962; Goffman, 1967) in terms ofthe meanings, language, rules and even styles of ... understanding ofthe nature of its relationship with social structures and institutions 1.4 Understanding Gambling and Social Inequalities: Identifying the Capacity for Conceptual Synthesis One ofthe ... are of central relevance to the analytical themes of this thesis; firstly, her revelation that Malays in Sumatra had gambling as one of their chief forms of recreation despite the majority of them...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... opposite endsofthe Eurasian land mass – China in the east andthe classical world of Greece and Rome in the west – took this step It would prove to be one ofthe greatest intellectual leaps of human ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The...
... creating and advancing liquidity to producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ... to the endtargets andthe timeframe They should explain to the public the reasons for agreeing on lower requirements and that they hold institutions to the announced standards This would put the ... institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal andthe informal sectors The poorest people of rural and urban societies live beyond the frontier of formal finance, or outside the formal...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the availability and diversity of goods + The pressure of reducing cost + The development of Information technology + The pressure ... learning and expanding With their experiences, they have learned the value of offering quality services In the way of growing, they have also open branches to establish a worldwide presence These ... The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international freight forwarding...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... time ofthe interview, 74,942 women remained for the SWHS The major reasons for non-participation were refusal (3.0%), absence during the enrolment period (2.6%), and other miscellaneous reasons ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red...
... than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a in 10 dilution, from x 106 PBMC) The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, however the ... expression of both the percentage of monocytes expressing HLA-DR andthe density of HLA-DR expression have been observed as a feature of sepsis [4;5;7;8;22-25] Only recently have the possible ... express HLA-DR on their surface [3] To assess the relative contribution of shed to total HLA-DR, the sHLA-DR in the plasma was compared to the total HLA-DR present in cell The level in the plasma (40ul...
... where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one’s beloved cat is practically nill References Angulo FJ, Glaser CA, Juranek DD et al Caring for pets of immunocompromised ... with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated with seropositivity of ... women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant S and Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 5: 159-163...
... well as the decentralization of power to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the land allocation under Decree 99 The goal of phase ... The participation ofthe private sector is not strong enough especially the companies working in the field of fisheries, agriculture related to conversion of agricultural land The awareness of ... governments of Vietnam and Norway on the implementation of phase II, Norwegian Government has also agreed to further sponsor Vietnam an amount of US$30 million What is the progress of implementing...
... types of students in other university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread ofthe ... understand the lyrics ofthe original song and they make comparison, they mainly recognize that major of covered songs are not as good as the original ones Hence, they may look down on the musicians, ... newer, brings the song back to the listener with the whole new style andthe performance is completely like remaining the life for the song The cover music in Vietnam is the kind of music, which...
... his masterful handling of logistics for the Persian Gulf War, is another indicator ofthe robustness ofthe true military model The Six Principles andthe Plan of This Book To make the transition ... Harbor and by the Allies to mislead the Germans about the exact location of their invasion of France The use of intelligence was critical to American success in the Cuban missile crisis The Viet ... and society to function effectively and prosperously Therefore, ethical use ofthe principles put forth here is required Thejourney When you come to understand the principles of Sun Tzu and the...
... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% ofthe installation cost andthe 100% of cleaning cost of ... because the people were involved from the beginning ofthe installation and they understood the benefit ofthe option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test ... according to the baseline and follow-up surveys, 98% ofthe sampled households used only one ofthe pits ofthe alternate pit latrine The other pit was no more used andthe people extended their house...
... meet the growing demand The local government, TMG realizes that WCP is necessary to be ongoing to limit the capacity development Another reason is due to the tendency of increasing water demand, ... proposed the necessity of city-wide recycling system and other measures The fluctuation of water consumption in this period reflects the people’s consideration on the WCP introduced The people ... forecast the future of water consumption change and has no confidence on the successful performance of WCP Thus, the government tends to increase the water supply capacity corresponding to the water...