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Viral Replication Enzymes and their Inhibitors, Part B, Volume 50
in The Enzymes series, highlights new advances in the field, with
this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of
topics surrounding enzymes.
Viral Replication Enzymes and their Inhibitors Part A, Volume 49,
the latest release in the Enzymes series, highlights new advances
in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters
on a variety of related topics.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Much has happened since the first appearance of AIDS in 1981: it
has been identified, studied, and occasionally denied. The virus
has shifted host populations and spread globally. Medicine, the
social sciences, and world governments have joined forces to combat
and prevent the disease. And South Africa has emerged as ground
zero for the pandemic.
The editors of "HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On" present
the South African crisis as a template for addressing the myriad
issues surrounding the epidemic worldwide, as the book brings
together a widely scattered body of literature, analyzes
psychosocial and sexual aspects contributing to HIV transmission
and prevention, and delves into complex intersections of race,
gender, class, and politics. Including largely overlooked
populations and issues (e.g., prisoners, persons with disabilities,
stigma), as well as challenges shaping future research and policy,
the contributors approach their topics with rare depth, meticulous
research, carefully drawn conclusions, and profound compassion.
Among the topics covered:
The relationship between HIV and poverty, starting from the
question, "Which is the determinant and which is the
consequence?"
Epidemiology of HIV among women and men: concepts of femininity
and masculinity, and gender inequities as they affect HIV risk;
gender-specific prevention and intervention strategies.
The impact of AIDS on infants and young children: risk and
protective factors; care of children by HIV-positive mothers;
HIV-infected children.
Current prevention and treatment projects, including local-level
responses, community-based work, and VCT (voluntary counseling and
testing) programs.
New directions: promoting circumcision, vaccine trials,
"positive prevention."
South Africa's history of AIDS denialism.
The urgent lessons in this book apply both globally and locally,
making" HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On "uniquely instructive
and useful for professionals working in HIV/AIDS and global public
health.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
For 2,000 years the Christian churches have developed, disagreed
with each other, and divided into separate and often hostile
factions. This book, written by a distinguished Church historian,
explores the theological lessons to be learnt from this difficult
history.
The author identifies a recurring historic tendency to identify
the Christian life with one or another specific means to holiness,
such as ascetic discipline, martyrdom, or the cult of the
Eucharist. He examines how historians of Christianity gradually
came to terms with the idea that the Church could change, and even
lapse into serious error. He also shows how historical perspective
has played a key role in many of the most important theologies of
the past 100 years. The book concludes that a living Christianity
is never absolutely timeless, and that we can only ever perceive a
facet of its total revelation, conditioned as we are by our own
historical and cultural context.
For 2,000 years the Christian churches have developed, disagreed
with each other, and divided into separate and often hostile
factions. This book, written by a distinguished Church historian,
explores the theological lessons to be learnt from this difficult
history.The author identifies a recurring historic tendency to
identify the Christian life with one or another specific means to
holiness, such as ascetic discipline, martyrdom, or the cult of the
Eucharist. He examines how historians of Christianity gradually
came to terms with the idea that the Church could change, and even
lapse into serious error. He also shows how historical perspective
has played a key role in many of the most important theologies of
the past 100 years. The book concludes that a living Christianity
is never absolutely timeless, and that we can only ever perceive a
facet of its total revelation, conditioned as we are by our own
historical and cultural context.
This book provides the first full single-volume scholarly account
in English of the "Waldenses" and examination of the concept of
"Waldensianism" from the late 12th century to the Reformation.
"Waldenses" is the name given to diverse and widely-scattered
groups of religious dissenters since the time of the movement's
reputed founder, a rich citizen of Lyon called Valdesius, in the
late twelfth century. Though living within the culture of the
Catholic Church, these people doubted the holiness of its
priesthood and questioned its teachings about the destiny of souls
after death.
The various strands of this movement emerged and endured over a
long period of time. In consequence some earlier historians
assumed, rather than demonstrated, that 'Waldensian' heresy
remained one coherent phenomenon throughout its life-span. They
also tended to neglect some of the transient or 'untypical' aspects
of the movement.
This new book draws on primary sources to consider each of the
manifestations of the movement in turn. It examines connections in
space and time through correspondence and tradition between the
different groups of Waldenses. It also asks what were the common
threads in certain characteristics of religious practice, linking
in differing degrees all the forms that the movement took.
Currently,there is no single source that permitscomparisonof the
factors, elements, enzymes and/or mechanisms employed by different
classes of viruses for genome replication. As a result, we (and our
students) often restrict our focus to our parti- lar system,missing
outon theopportunityto de neunifyingthemesin viralgenome
replication or bene t from the advances in other systems. For
example, extraor- nary biologicaland experimentalparadigmsthat have
been established overthe past 5 years for the DNA replication
systems of bacteriophage T4 will likely be of great value to anyone
interested in studying a replisome from any virus. These studies
could easily go unnoticed by animal RNA and DNA virologists. It is
our hope that this monograph will cross-fertilize and invigorate
the eld, as well as encourage students into this area of research.
The monograph has been divided into eight parts. Chapters appearing
in Parts I-VI are intended to compare and contrast the replication
and/or transcription processes and corresponding "players" of the
indicated family of viruses. We are interested in the sequence of
events that lead to production of mRNA and progeny genomes as well
as the cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors and enzymes
(viral and cellular) that are required for these processes.
Chapters appearing in Part VII are - tended to providea more
biochemical and biophysicalperspective of the replication
and/ortranscriptionprocess. Chaptersappearingin Part VIII are
intendedto provide a practical perspective on viral replication and
its inhibition.
Much has happened since the first appearance of AIDS in 1981: it
has been identified, studied, and occasionally denied. The virus
has shifted host populations and spread globally. Medicine, the
social sciences, and world governments have joined forces to combat
and prevent the disease. And South Africa has emerged as ground
zero for the pandemic. The editors of HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25
Years On present the South African crisis as a template for
addressing the myriad issues surrounding the epidemic worldwide, as
the book brings together a widely scattered body of literature,
analyzes psychosocial and sexual aspects contributing to HIV
transmission and prevention, and delves into complex intersections
of race, gender, class, and politics. Including largely overlooked
populations and issues (e.g., prisoners, persons with disabilities,
stigma), as well as challenges shaping future research and policy,
the contributors approach their topics with rare depth, meticulous
research, carefully drawn conclusions, and profound compassion.
Among the topics covered: The relationship between HIV and poverty,
starting from the question, "Which is the determinant and which is
the consequence?" Epidemiology of HIV among women and men: concepts
of femininity and masculinity, and gender inequities as they affect
HIV risk; gender-specific prevention and intervention strategies.
The impact of AIDS on infants and young children: risk and
protective factors; care of children by HIV-positive mothers;
HIV-infected children. Current prevention and treatment projects,
including local-level responses, community-based work, and VCT
(voluntary counseling and testing) programs. New directions:
promoting circumcision, vaccine trials, "positive prevention."
South Africa's history of AIDS denialism. The urgent lessons in
this book apply both globally and locally, making HIV/AIDS in South
Africa 25 Years On uniquely instructive and useful for
professionals working in HIV/AIDS and global public health.
Hands On, Minds On describes the importance of children's
foundational cognitive skills for academic achievement in literacy
and mathematics, as well as their connections with other areas of
school readiness, including physical health and social and
emotional development. It also examines the growing evidence in
favor of guided object play.
Stephen Shulevitz remembers the end of the world. Two o'clock in
the morning on a Saturday night, in Riverside, Nova Scotia when he
realises he has fallen in love - with exactly the wrong person.
There are no volcanic eruptions. No floods or fires. Just Stephen,
watching TV with his best friend, realising that life, as he knows
it, will never be the same. The smart move would be to run away -
from Riverside, his overbearing hippie mother, his distant
pot-smoking father - and especially his feelings. But then Stephen
begins to wonder: what would happen if he had the courage to face
the end of the world head on?
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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