faces the urgent problem of determining what political and social conditions must be preserved in order to ensure a continu. ing thriving economy. "2 And the ethicist, we may add, can draw on all of those problems and quite a few more characteristic of situations when traditional communities struggle with the impact of sudden and unprecedented wealth as well as with a technological transformation of their society of singular proportions. Hong Kong is truly a society in transition, a society whose time is running short and which therefore cannot afford to wait long before it has to make decisive choices, choices also in ethics. The time factor which is so infamous in various ethical dilemmas applies here to the society as a whole; it may also account for some of its not just morally significant shortcomings. II. Ethics in a Cross-cultural Perspective The authors of this volume are scholars and researchers based in Hong 3 Kong who have been living and working in the territory for many years. They are not only representative of the increased research interest in ethical issues across the academic spectrum of Hong Kong universities, but also of the inter disciplinary approach which has become the hallmark of work in applied eth ics. As is well documented, ethics research, at long last, has left behind its disciplinary confines and, even more so, the philosophical ivory tower and begun to permeate the full scope of the academic and scientific agenda."

faces the urgent problem of determining what political and social conditions must be preserved in order to ensure a continu. ing thriving economy. "2 And the ethicist, we may add, can draw on all of those problems and quite a few more characteristic of situations when traditional communities struggle with the impact of sudden and unprecedented wealth as well as with a technological transformation of their society of singular proportions. Hong Kong is truly a society in transition, a society whose time is running short and which therefore cannot afford to wait long before it has to make decisive choices, choices also in ethics. The time factor which is so infamous in various ethical dilemmas applies here to the society as a whole; it may also account for some of its not just morally significant shortcomings. II. Ethics in a Cross-cultural Perspective The authors of this volume are scholars and researchers based in Hong 3 Kong who have been living and working in the territory for many years. They are not only representative of the increased research interest in ethical issues across the academic spectrum of Hong Kong universities, but also of the inter disciplinary approach which has become the hallmark of work in applied eth ics. As is well documented, ethics research, at long last, has left behind its disciplinary confines and, even more so, the philosophical ivory tower and begun to permeate the full scope of the academic and scientific agenda."

Brazil is a country of immense diversity. It continental dimensions contain the most important industrial complex of the South as well as the largest rainforest reserve in the world, the Amazon. The 1970s witnessed a period of immense economic growth in Brazil, yet more than half the population live in poverty. In this textbook Professors Becker and Egler examine these contemporary dilemmas by exploring the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy. They trace this development from the country's origins as a Portuguese colony to its status as a regional power in Latin America and the eighth-largest world economy. Becker and Egler combine geography, history, economics and political science in a comprehensive view of Brazil's development and this innovative and compelling approach enables comparative analysis with other countries. Brazil: A New Regional Power in the World Economy will be widely read by students and specialists of geography, Latin American history, political science, development economics, urban and regional planning and public administration. It will also be an invaluable reference source for journalists, government analysts and policy-makers in international development agencies.

This handbook is the first dealing with the discovery of drugs directed against apicomplexan parasites. Amongst others, this group of endoparasites includes the causative agents of Malaria, Toxoplasmosis, and Babesiosis, the latter occurring mainly in animals. Written by renowned scientific experts from academia and industry, the book focuses on currentdrug development approaches for all apicomplexan diseases making it appealing to a large audience, ranging from research labs in academia to the human and veterinarian pharmaceutical industry. This work is the second volume of the new book series 'Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases', edited by Prof. Dr Paul M. Selzer.

The codes EC0, EC1 and EC5 are explained in detail and the performance of verifications is illustrated with numerous examples. Important instructions are also given for fire protection design, quality assurance, construction and supervision. With 145 design tables on CD ROM.

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Strukturiert und konzentriert bekommen Sie hier die pr fungsrelevante An sthesie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie in 5 Tagen. F r alle, die sich kurz vor knapp auf das "Hammerexamen" vorbereiten und w hrend des PJs kaum Zeit haben ist dieses Buch "der Hammer." Die Inhalte sind nach ihrer H ufigkeit in den IMPP-Fragen gewichtet. So k nnen Sie sicher sein, nicht stundenlang Exoten zu lernen, die dann doch nie gepr ft werden. Die Texte sind stichpunktartig geschrieben, sinnvolle Tabellen und Hinweise auf Pr fungsfallen und Verwechslungsgefahren erg nzen die Fakten. Platz f r eigene Notizen bietet die Randspalte, so k nnen Sie auch ganz spezielle Inhalte f r die m ndliche Pr fung festhalten. Und nat rlich k nnen Sie die Lerneinheiten auch auf eine l ngere Zeit verteilen.

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Das Thema Ernahrung kommt angesichts der steigenden Zahl der Erkrankungen und der damit zusammenhangenden Kosten auch in der arztlichen Praxis ein immer grosserer Stellenwert zu. Patienten fragen, der Arzt muss antworten. Dieses Buch ist fur die Praxis der arztlichen Ernahrungsberatung konzipiert. Wissenschaftler und Kliniker stellen klare und konkrete Handlungsanweisungen zusammen, beantworten Fragen kurz und schlussig und verzichten dabei auf theoretische Hintergrunde. Das Buch geht Seite fur Seite auf die verschiedenen ernahrungsabhangigen Krankheiten ein, nennt die wichtigsten Ernahrungsempfehlungen und erlautert die Funktion von Vitaminen und Mineralstoffen. Methodische Fragen der Ernahrungsberatung werden ebenso angesprochen wie (fast) alle Diaten, nach denen Patienten oft fragen.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Since late 2008, relations between the United States and South Korea have been arguably at their best state in decades. By the middle of 2010, in the view of many in the Obama Administration, South Korea had emerged as the United States' closest ally in East Asia. This book examines U.S.-South Korea relations; the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and its implications for the United States; the issues surrounding the U.S.-South Korea beef dispute; the Kaesong North-South Korean Industrial complex and major policy considerations for the U.S. and South Korean co-operation in the world nuclear energy market.