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A provocative and compelling book that explores the complex
relationship between democracy and avant-garde art, offering a
surprising new perspective on the critical role that the arts play
in democratic governance at home and abroad.
Covers a broad range of topics, from disputes over public art,
copyright, and obscenity, to the operations of the House
Un-American Activities Committee during the Cold WarHighlights
detailed and at times shocking debates over the role of the
rebellious artist within society
Long-Term Care: Planning for Finance, Medical, and Living Expenses
We're living exciting bonus years--decades that our parents and
grandparents didn't have. But how to navigate this complex terrain?
Questions abound around long-term care planning: Where to live? How
to get the best medical care? What to do about advance directives,
wills and trusts, and estate planning? And how to pay for it all
after you retire? Getting accurate information and answers wasn't
easy. Until now. AARP's Navigating Your Later Years For Dummies
helps you and your family understand the growing range of
opportunities. Even more importantly, it helps you chart the next
steps to live the life you choose, as independently as you choose,
no matter your specific circumstances and needs. This book: Covers
home modifications so that you can stay at home safely for as long
as you like Lays out the opportunities and costs associated with
independent living, assisted living and other options Gives you a
range of driving and transportation alternatives Helps you navigate
the healthcare system, Medicare, and Medicaid Sorts out the various
sources of care at home Reviews the legal documents you should
prepare and update Helps you determine whether you need long-term
care insurance Gives you guidance on talking with your family about
sensitive issues, including your wishes as you age With this new
comprehensive book, you'll get the credible information and
resources you need to face the challenges facing us as we live the
life we choose. Here, finally, is a roadmap for you and your family
to best understand, and plan ahead.
How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of
their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do
lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently,
efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules
and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers
face in legal practice. The first book to present empirical
research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice
contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration,
and divorce law, "Lawyers in Practice" fills a substantial gap in
the existing literature. Following an introduction emphasizing the
increasing importance of understanding context in the legal
profession, contributions focus on ethical dilemmas ranging from
relatively narrow ethical issues to broader problems of
professionalism, including the prosecutor's obligation to disclose
evidence, the management of conflicts of interest, and loyalty to
clients and the court. Each chapter details the resolution of a
dilemma from the practitioner's point of view that is, in turn, set
within a particular community of practice. Timely and practical,
this book should be required reading for law students as well as
students and scholars of law and society.
This issue of Endocrinology Clinics brings the reader up to date on
the latest information about hormones and cancer of the breast and
prostate.? The first section focuses on the breast, and topics
covered include the following.? The role of sex steroids and their
receptors in normal breast development; estrogen carcinogenesis in
breast cancer; hormonal mechanisms underlying the relationship
between obesity and breast cancer; postmenopausal hormone
replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer; aromatase
inhibitors, anti-estrogen and SERMS in the treatment of breast
cancer; and androgens in breast cancer in men and women.? The
second section is devoted to the prostate, and topics covered
include the following.? Overview of prostate anatomy, histology,
and pathology; the critical role of sex steroids in normal prostate
development; estrogens and androgens in prostate cancer development
and the rationale for hormonal chemopreventive therapies; weighing
the clinical evidence regarding the timing and extent of androgen
ablative therapy for prostate cancer treatment; new hormonal
therapies for castration-resistant prostate cancer; and the
management of the side effects of castration therapy.
The Financial Fix confirms what many investors suspect: Wall Street
is rigged. It reveals in meticulous detail how investors
consistently and repeatedly become victims of a deeply flawed and
conflicted system. Most important, 20-year securities industry
veteran David C. Levine shows investors how to protect themselves.
Levine shares his personal experiences at one of the industry's
fastest-growing independent broker-dealers. He then shines a bright
broad light on how investors continue to get victimized in
virtually all products across almost every firm. If you invest in
mutual funds, annuities, brokerage accounts, advisory accounts,
insurance, and other financial products, this book is a must-read.
From a mathematical point of view, physiologically structured
population models are an underdeveloped branch of the theory of
infinite dimensional dynamical systems. We have called attention to
four aspects: (i) A choice has to be made about the kind of
equations one extracts from the predominantly verbal arguments
about the basic assumptions, and subsequently uses as a starting
point for a rigorous mathematical analysis. Though differential
equations are easy to formulate (different mechanisms don't
interact in infinites imal time intervals and so end up as separate
terms in the equations) they may be hard to interpret rigorously as
infinitesimal generators. Integral equations constitute an
attractive alternative. (ii) The ability of physiologically
structured population models to increase our un derstanding of the
relation between mechanisms at the i-level and phenomena at the
p-level will depend strongly on the development of dynamical
systems lab facilities which are applicable to this class of
models. (iii) Physiologically structured population models are
ideally suited for the for mulation of evolutionary questions.
Apart from the special case of age (see Charlesworth 1980, Yodzis
1989, Caswell 1989, and the references given there) hardly any
theory exists at the moment. This will, hopefully, change rapidly
in the coming years. Again the development of appropriate software
may turn out to be crucial."
"Dreaming the English Renaissance" examines ideas about dreams,
actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams
were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in
order to provide a window into the mental life and the most
profound beliefs of people of the time.
Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams,
actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams
were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in
order to provide a window into the mental life and the most
profound beliefs of people of the time.
How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of
their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do
lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently,
efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules
and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers
face in legal practice. The first book to present empirical
research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice
contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration,
and divorce law, Lawyers in Practice fills a substantial gap in the
existing literature. Following an introduction emphasizing the
increasing importance of understanding context in the legal
profession, contributions focus on ethical dilemmas ranging from
relatively narrow ethical issues to broader problems of
professionalism, including the prosecutor's obligation to disclose
evidence, the management of conflicts of interest, and loyalty to
clients and the court. Each chapter details the resolution of a
dilemma from the practitioner's point of view that is, in turn, set
within a particular community of practice. Timely and practical,
this book should be required reading for law students as well as
students and scholars of law and society.
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A Patent System for the 21st Century (Paperback, New)
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy, National Research Council, Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs; Edited by Stephen A Merrill, …
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The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human
ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the
system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of
continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed
to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including
questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments
to the dissemination of information through patents, and
international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal
expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate
officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent
system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges
creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued
patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality
for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the
U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of
some research from patent infringement liability.
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