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The drug discovery and development process is getting longer, more
expensive, and no better. The industry suffers from the same
clinical attrition and safety-related market withdrawal rates today
as it did 20 years ago. Industrialization of Drug Discovery: From
Target Selection Through Lead Optimization scrutinizes these
problems in detail, contrasting the promise of technology and
industrialization with the challenges of using the tools available
to their best advantage. The book explores early successes,
examines the current state of the art, and provides a strategic
analysis of the issues currently facing drug discovery. Introducing
the historical background and current status of the industry, the
book delineates the basic tenets underlying modern drug discovery,
how they have evolved, and their use in various approaches and
strategies. It examines, in detail, the regulations, requirements,
guidelines, and draft documents that guide so many FDA actions. The
editor devotes the remainder of the discussion to
industrialization, compound and knowledge management functions, the
drug screening process, collaboration, and finally, ethical issues.
Drawing on real-life, from-the-trenches examples, the book
elucidates a new approach to drug discovery and development. This
modern-day, back-to-basics approach includes three steps:
understand the science, unravel the story, and then intelligently
apply the technology, bringing to bear the entire armamentarium of
industrialization techniques, not just automation, to the discovery
process. Using these steps, you can meet the goals of more specific
targets, more selective compounds, and decreased cycle times. In
effect, you can look for a bigger needle in a smaller haystack.
Daniel E. Levy, editor of the Drug Discovery Series, is the founder
of DEL BioPharma, a consulting service for drug discovery programs.
He also maintains a blog that explores organic chemistry.
The shape and course which Christian thought has taken over its
history is largely due to the contributions of individuals and
communities in the second and third centuries. Bringing together a
remarkable team of distinguished scholars, The Routledge Companion
to Early Christian Thought is the ideal companion for those seeking
to understand the way in which Early Christian thought developed
within its broader cultural milieu and was communicated through its
literature, especially as it was directed toward theological
concerns.
Divided into three parts, the Companion
- asks how Christianity's development was impacted by its
interaction with cultural, philosophical, and religious elements
within the broader context of the second and third centuries.
- examines the way in which Early Christian thought was manifest
in key individuals and literature in these centuries.
- analyses Early Christian thought as it was directed toward
theological concerns such as God, Christ, Redemption, Scripture,
and the community and its worship.
Jeffreys explores the spiritual consequences and ethics of modern
solitary confinement and emphasizes how solitary confinement
damages our spiritual lives. He focuses particularly on how it
destroys one's relationship to time and undermines our creativity,
and proposes institutional changes in order to mitigate profound
damage to prisoners.
Spirituality in Dark Places explores the spiritual consequences and
ethics of modern solitary confinement. Jeffreys emphasizes how
solitary confinement damages our spiritual lives, focusing
particularly on how it destroys our relationship to time and
undermines our creativity. Solitary inmates experience profound
temporal dislocation that erodes their personal identities. They
are often isolated from music, art, and books, or find their
creativity tightly controlled. Informed by experiences with
inmates, chaplains, and employees in the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections, Jeffreys also evaluates the ethics of solitary
confinement, considering but ultimately rejecting the argument that
punitive isolation justifiably expresses moral outrage at heinous
crimes. Finally, Jeffreys proposes changes in solitary confinement
in order to mitigate its profound damage to both prisoners and
human dignity at large.
This book shows how torture spiritually assaults the person. The
"war on terror" has sparked great debate about torture. What
exactly is torture? Should we torture suspected terrorists if they
have information about future violent acts? Defining torture
carefully, the book defends the idea that all people are valuable,
and rejects moral defenses of torture. It focuses particularly on
practices like sensory deprivation, which perniciously attack the
human psyche. It also calls for an absolute ban on all torture, and
urges Americans to repent for the torture the U.S. committed in the
"war on terror."
The study of human bipedalism has been overshadowed by many
polarized debates. One dispute concerns whether or not
australopithecines were wholly terrestrial or retained a degree of
arboreality. Another deliberation focuses on the bipedalism of
australopithecines compared to modern humans: was it similar,
intermediate in nature, or unique? Because of the preoccupation
with discussions such as these, the significant fact that modern
human walking is more than locomotion on two legs has been
underemphasized.
This volume focuses on the pattern and process of the transition to
the modern form of human locomotion, with its adaptations for a
striding stiff-legged gait, efficiency of running, and economy of
resource transport. This emerging group of contributors spanning
the fields of anthropology, biology and anatomy debate issues such
as:
-When and in what sequence did these morphological traits appear?
-What were the changes in the bio-behavioral complex of hominin
locomotor evolution?
-What were the implications for the enhancement and expansion of
hominin mobility?
The study of human bipedalism has been overshadowed by many
polarized debates. One dispute concerns whether or not
australopithecines were wholly terrestrial or retained a degree of
arboreality. Another deliberation focuses on the bipedalism of
australopithecines compared to modern humans: was it similar,
intermediate in nature, or unique? Because of the preoccupation
with discussions such as these, the significant fact that modern
human walking is more than locomotion on two legs has been
underemphasized.
This volume focuses on the pattern and process of the transition to
the modern form of human locomotion, with its adaptations for a
striding stiff-legged gait, efficiency of running, and economy of
resource transport. This emerging group of contributors spanning
the fields of anthropology, biology and anatomy debate issues such
as:
-When and in what sequence did these morphological traits appear?
-What were the changes in the bio-behavioral complex of hominin
locomotor evolution?
-What were the implications for the enhancement and expansion of
hominin mobility?
Portrait of Deadly Excess is a work of literary suspense tracing a
volatile investigator's descent into a stark world of ulterior
motives and twisted obsessions-not all of which are his own. At the
center of the action is Van Hazard-a freelance insurance
investigator specializing in claims involving lost and stolen art.
Hazard, a former NYPD detective and an established artist in his
own right, is a man at war with himself and a flawed world he
largely disproves of. Half white, half black, refusing to deny one
part of himself in order to lose himself in the other, Hazard is
the consummate outsider with equal claim to two different worlds
but at home in neither one. He's a stylish, resourceful loner whose
wry wit and warped sense of humor almost obscures the haunted
avenger within. Hazard is shaken when he loses two close friends to
a mysterious fire he was too late on the scene to prevent. He's
intrigued, however, by the tale told by the lone survivor-a
stranger he pulled from the flames-that a picture of a dead man
came to life and committed murder. Hazard puts his career and
reputation on the line to unravel the case and discover the truth,
and soon descends into an ever-shifting landscape of duplicity and
deception as he struggles to come to terms with a famous painter's
quest to cheat death and justice with his art. Portrait of Deadly
Excess is a brooding tale in which the immovable object of a
formidable, sometimes reckless investigator determined to settle
the books on a string of bizarre murders is matched against the
irresistible force of a celebrated artist intoxicated with the
strange power of his art. Hazard's character is an edgy cross
between Chandler's resourceful Philip Marlowe and Conrad's haunted
Kurtz, and is in relentless pursuit of a charismatic painter equal
parts Warhol, Faust, and Dorian Gray obsessed with giving new
meaning to achieving immortality through one's art.
Portrait of Deadly Excess is a work of literary suspense tracing a
volatile investigator's descent into a stark world of ulterior
motives and twisted obsessions-not all of which are his own. At the
center of the action is Van Hazard-a freelance insurance
investigator specializing in claims involving lost and stolen art.
Hazard, a former NYPD detective and an established artist in his
own right, is a man at war with himself and a flawed world he
largely disproves of. Half white, half black, refusing to deny one
part of himself in order to lose himself in the other, Hazard is
the consummate outsider with equal claim to two different worlds
but at home in neither one. He's a stylish, resourceful loner whose
wry wit and warped sense of humor almost obscures the haunted
avenger within. Hazard is shaken when he loses two close friends to
a mysterious fire he was too late on the scene to prevent. He's
intrigued, however, by the tale told by the lone survivor-a
stranger he pulled from the flames-that a picture of a dead man
came to life and committed murder. Hazard puts his career and
reputation on the line to unravel the case and discover the truth,
and soon descends into an ever-shifting landscape of duplicity and
deception as he struggles to come to terms with a famous painter's
quest to cheat death and justice with his art. Portrait of Deadly
Excess is a brooding tale in which the immovable object of a
formidable, sometimes reckless investigator determined to settle
the books on a string of bizarre murders is matched against the
irresistible force of a celebrated artist intoxicated with the
strange power of his art. Hazard's character is an edgy cross
between Chandler's resourceful Philip Marlowe and Conrad's haunted
Kurtz, and is in relentless pursuit of a charismatic painter equal
parts Warhol, Faust, and Dorian Gray obsessed with giving new
meaning to achieving immortality through one's art.
Have you ever watched an inappropriately rated movie with children
and later regretted it? As hosts of the weekly radio review show
and authors of "Frame by Frame: 2006-A Family-Friendly Guide to the
Movies ," Dr. Rus and Sandra Jeffrey cut through the Hollywood hype
to offer concise, easy-to-read movie reviews designed with families
in mind.
In addition to movie reviews, you'll also find a more complete
analysis of what they cover on the radio each week. Some movies
they "tank," an expression they use when they trash a movie-but
that doesn't mean they can't find any redeeming factors. As a
result, the couple discusses all aspects of each movie, focusing on
the positive and negative elements. Most importantly, the Jeffreys
encourage families to watch movies together, and they provide
discussion starters so the entire family can talk about what they
have just watched.
Whether renting movies online or at the local video store,
"Frame by Frame" helps families select movies with the certainty
they won't be blindsided by inappropriate content. With its simple
rating system, straightforward reviews, and a quick-flip reference
guide, "Frame by Frame" provides the resources you need right at
your fingertips.
Read and listen to reviews online at www.DrRus.com.
How does the Book of Mormon, keystone of the LDS faith, stand up to
data abut DNA sequencing that puts the ancestors of modern Native
Americans in northeast Asia instead of Palestine? In Who Are the
Children of Lehi? Meldrum and Stephens examine the merits and the
fallacies of DNA-based interpretations that challenge the Book of
Mormon's historicity. They provide clear guides to the science,
summarize the studies, illuminate technical points with
easy-to-grasp examples, and spell out the data's implications.
The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find
drama, vision and expansion along with failure, setbacks and
tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus
is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of
world events. How can you grasp the story played out on such a
gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey
Bingham has skillfully selected the key people and episodes to tell
a grand and humbling story. From Roman persecution to the early
creeds, from the monastic movement to the Reformation, from the
rise of liberalism to missionary expansion, he chronicles the ups
and downs of a people and a faith. This pocket history has been
crafted for students, pastors and other busy people who want an
informed, clear and concise presentation that feeds the mind and
moves the heart. It is an account that nurtures the Christian
virtues of faith, hope and love. For Bingham aims not only to
uncover the treasures of the church's past but also to show how
history aids your own spiritual journey today. Designed for
students and pastors alike, the short and accessible volumes in the
IVP Pocket Reference Series will help you tackle the study of
biblical languages, church history, apologetics, world religions,
Christian spirituality, ethics, theology, and more.
The drug discovery and development process is getting longer, more
expensive, and no better. The industry suffers from the same
clinical attrition and safety-related market withdrawal rates today
as it did 20 years ago. Industrialization of Drug Discovery: From
Target Selection Through Lead Optimization scrutinizes these
problems in detail, contrasting the promise of technology and
industrialization with the challenges of using the tools available
to their best advantage. The book explores early successes,
examines the current state of the art, and provides a strategic
analysis of the issues currently facing drug discovery. Introducing
the historical background and current status of the industry, the
book delineates the basic tenets underlying modern drug discovery,
how they have evolved, and their use in various approaches and
strategies. It examines, in detail, the regulations, requirements,
guidelines, and draft documents that guide so many FDA actions. The
editor devotes the remainder of the discussion to
industrialization, compound and knowledge management functions, the
drug screening process, collaboration, and finally, ethical issues.
Drawing on real-life, from-the-trenches examples, the book
elucidates a new approach to drug discovery and development. This
modern-day, back-to-basics approach includes three steps:
understand the science, unravel the story, and then intelligently
apply the technology, bringing to bear the entire armamentarium of
industrialization techniques, not just automation, to the discovery
process. Using these steps, you can meet the goals of more specific
targets, more selective compounds, and decreased cycle times. In
effect, you can look for a bigger needle in a smaller haystack.
Daniel E. Levy, editor of the Drug Discovery Series, is the founder
of DEL BioPharma, a consulting service for drug discovery programs.
He also maintains a blog that explores organic chemistry.
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