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It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by
the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual,
political, and cultural forces of the Reformation. In this book, a
distinguished scholar-whose contributions to the field of religious
studies have won him wide renown-explores this relationship,
examining both the role of the Bible in the Reformation and the
effect of the Reformation on the text of the Bible, Biblical
studies, preaching and exegesis, and European culture in general.
Jaroslav Pelikan begins by discussing the philological foundations
of the "reformation" of the Biblical text, focusing on the revival
of Greek and Hebrew language study and the important contributions
to textual criticism by humanist scholars. He then examines the
changing patterns of interpretation and communication of the
Biblical text, the proliferation of vernacular versions of
scripture and their impact on various national cultures, and the
impact of the Reformation Bible on art, music, and literature of
the period. The book is richly illustrated with examples of early
printed editions of Bibles, commentaries, sermons, vernacular
translations, and other works with Biblical themes, all of which
are identified and discussed. The book serves as the catalog for a
major exhibition of early Bibles and Reformation texts that has
been organized at Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University, and will also be shown at the Yale
Center for British Art, the Houghton Library and the Widener
Library at Harvard University, and the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library at Columbia University. Copublished with the Bridwell
Library, Southern Methodist University
Treatise on Geophysics: Mineral Physics, Volume 2, provides a
comprehensive review of the current state of understanding of
mineral physics. Each chapter demonstrates the significant progress
that has been made in the understanding of the physics and
chemistry of minerals, and also highlights a number of issues which
are still outstanding or that need further work to resolve current
contradictions. The book first reviews the current status of our
understanding of the nature of the deep Earth. These include the
seismic properties of rocks and minerals; problems of the lower
mantle and the core-mantle boundary; and the state of knowledge on
mantle chemistry and the nature and evolution of the core. The
discussions then turn to the theory underlying high-pressure,
high-temperature physics, and the major experimental methods being
developed to probe this parameter space. The remaining chapters
explain the specific techniques for measuring elastic and acoustic
properties, electronic and magnetic properties, and rheological
properties; the nature and origin of anisotropy in the Earth; the
properties of melt; and the magnetic and electrical properties of
mantle phases.
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constructive direction.
In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden
flight from an airstrip north of London. Novel in construction and
exceptionally fast, the new plane was soon outpacing the Spitfire,
and went on to contribute to the RAF's offensive against Nazi
Germany as bomber, pathfinder and night fighter. The men who flew
it nicknamed this most flexible of aircraft 'the wooden wonder' for
its composite wooden frame and superb performance. Its more
familiar name was the de Havilland Mosquito, and it used lightning
speed and agility to inflict mayhem on the German war machine. From
the summer of 1943, as Bomber Command intensified its saturation
bombing of German cities, Mosquitos were used by the Pathfinder
Force, which marked targets for night-time bombing, to devastating
effect. Mosquito Men traces the contrasting careers of the young
men of 627 Squadron, including that of Ken Oatley – last living
member of an illustrious group – who flew twenty-two operations
in Mosquitos as a navigator. David Price's atmospheric narrative
interweaves the human stories of the crews of 627 Squadron with
events in the wider war as the Allies closed in on Germany.
Mosquito Men is rich in evocative and technically authoritative
accounts of individual missions flown by an aircraft that ranks
alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as one of
the RAF's greatest flying machines – and perhaps the most
versatile warplane ever built.
Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in many countries. The
needless death and suffering which have resulted necessitate an
investigation into potential solutions. This examination of
contemporary ethical means, both practical and policy-oriented, of
reducing the shortfall in organs draws on the experiences of a
range of countries. The authors focus on the resolution and
negotiation of ethical conflict, examine systems approaches such as
the 'Spanish model' and the US Breakthrough Collaboratives,
evaluate policy proposals relating to incentives, presumed consent,
and modifications regarding end-of-life care, and evaluate the
greatly increased use of (non-heart-beating) donors suffering
circulatory death, as well as living donors. The proposed
strategies and solutions are not only capable of resolving the UK's
own organ-shortage crisis, but also of being implemented in other
countries grappling with how to address the growing gap between
supply and demand for organs.
This work examines the endeavours of the Arabian Peninsula States -
namely the Gulf Cooperation Council member States of Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as Jordan and
Yemen as prospective GCC members - in establishing national
intellectual property protection regimes which both meet their
international treaty obligations and are also congruent with their
domestic policy objectives. It uses the WTO's TRIPS Agreement of
1995 as the universal benchmark against which the region's laws are
assessed. The challenges faced by the States in enforcing their
intellectual property laws receive particular attention. Protecting
Intellectual Property in the Arabian Peninsula considers the
changing nature of the States' intellectual property laws since
1995. It argues that the decade immediately following the TRIPS
Agreement was marked by a period of foreign forces shaping or
influencing the character of the States' intellectual property
legislative regimes, primarily through multilateral or bilateral
trade-based agreements. The second and current decade, however, see
a significant shift away from foreign influences and a move towards
domestic and regional imperatives and initiatives taking over. The
work also examines regional initiatives for the protection of
traditional knowledge and cultural heritage, as areas of
intellectual property which fall outside the parameters of the
TRIPS Agreement, but which are of significant concern to the States
and other developing countries, and to which they are giving
increasing attention in terms of providing proper protection.
This revised second edition of Ethics and the Profession of
Anthropology renews the challenge to anthropologists to engage in a
dialogue concerning their commitment to professional ethical
conduct. Containing a majority of new chapters, the authors
redefine what it means to conduct anthropological research
ethically in a discipline that is now less isolated from allied
fields in the physical and behavioral sciences and coming to terms
with the global changes that affect its practice. Fluehr-Lobban
provides an overview of issues from the past 110 years, drawing
attention to the need for maintaining the ethical core of the
discipline and a code of professional responsibility. The
contributors describe a series of crises in the discipline
involving clandestine research and other questionable actions by
anthropologists, including secret research and intelligence work by
academics; the ethical problems of medical work among native
people; the evolution of cyber-ethics; and the changing
relationships between indigenous people, archaeologists and museums
as a result of the 1990 NAGPRA repatriation legislation. The book
offers an excellent model for integrating ethics education at all
levels of instruction and for empowering and engaging communities.
It will be a valuable tool for anthropological researchers,
instructors and fieldworkers as they transform their professional
practice.
Organ transplantation raises singularly difficult ethical and legal issues in its requirement for donated organs. Strategies to facilitate supply in the face of increasing demand must be ethically sound and subject to an appropriate and effective regulatory framework. Professor David Price gives a comprehensive analysis of existing laws and policies governing transplantation practices around the world. He examines the meaning of death, cadaver organ procurement policies, use of living donors, trading in human organs, experimental transplant procedures and xenotransplantation. Professor Price identifies the specific challenges in current practices and future developments.
This book examines the development of national legislative regimes
for the protection of intellectual property rights in the Arabian
Gulf states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates, and Yemen. David Price analyses IP rights in these
states in the context of WTO membership, and consequent compliance
with the requirements of the WTO's TRIPS Agreement. The challenges
of domestic enforcement of the states' IP laws receive critical
attention. A particular focus of the book is on foreign forces
which have shaped or influenced the character of the states' IP
protection regimes. It includes commentary on the contribution of
foreign states, the WTO and WIPO in the pre-TRIPS and TRIPS
compliance stages, and the US bilateral trade strategy for pursuing
IP protection standards that exceed those enshrined in TRIPS, and
the impact of these forces upon the states' enforcement
performance. The role of the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) and the Special 301 provisions as a powerful
tool in the US' bilateral strategy receives particular attention.
The intellectual property laws of these states have been developed
virtually in the span of a single generation, and the process of
change is continuing. As such, this book will interest
practitioners both in and outside of the region, and those with an
interest in intellectual property law, comparative law, Middle East
legal systems and affairs, and international trade.
This book examines the development of national legislative
regimes for the protection of intellectual property rights in the
Arabian Gulf states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. David Price analyses IP rights
in these states in the context of WTO membership, and consequent
compliance with the requirements of the WTO 's TRIPS Agreement. The
challenges of domestic enforcement of the states IP laws receive
critical attention.
A particular focus of the book is on foreign forces which have
shaped or influenced the character of the states IP protection
regimes. It includes commentary on the contribution of foreign
states, the WTO and WIPO in the pre-TRIPS and TRIPS compliance
stages, and the US bilateral trade strategy for pursuing IP
protection standards that exceed those enshrined in TRIPS, and the
impact of these forces upon the states enforcement performance. The
role of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
and the Special 301 provisions as a powerful tool in the US
bilateral strategy receives particular attention.
The intellectual property laws of these states have been
developed virtually in the span of a single generation, and the
process of change is continuing. As such, this book will interest
practitioners both in and outside of the region, and those with an
interest in intellectual property law, comparative law, Middle East
legal systems and affairs, and international trade.
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