List of works referred to in abbreviated form. 11 Chapter I: The foundations of mediaeval dualism in the period of late antiquity. 21 Chapter II: The Paulician movement in Byzantium. 32 Chapter III: The rise of a heretical movement in the First Bulgarian Empire. 41 Chapter IV: The Bulgarian Bogomil heresy as portrayed b~ Cosmas the Presbyter in his Sermon against the Heretics. 50 Chapter V: The Bogomil heresy and Byzantine rr. onasticism. 67 Chapter VI: The Bogomils and Paulicians in conflict with the Byzantine state power. 78 Chapter VII: The Bogomil myth as presented by Euthymius Zigabenus. 84 Chapter VIII: Byzantine Bogomilism after Alexius Comnenus. 96 Chapter IX: The western ideal of the vita apoBtoZica and the heretical apostles from the East. 103 Chapter X: The emergence of the Cathar churches and their relations with the Christian East. 127 Chapter XI: The dualist doctrines as seen by western authors . . The myth and the ethics. 133 Chapter XII: Catharism and the western world. 147 Chapter XIII: The beginnings of heresy in Bosnia. 162 Chapter XIV: The cUlmination of the fight against heresy in Western Europe. 167 Chapter XV: Heresy "in partibus Sclavoniae" - the crusade against Bosnia. 211 Chapter XVI: The struggle against the Bogomil heresy in Serbia under the Nemanjid dynasty. in the Second Bulgarian Empire. and in contemporary Byzantium. 225 Chapter XVII: Ecclesia Romana and "ecclesia Dei". 240 Chapter XVIII: The end of the Cathar sect in western Europe. 276 Chapter XIX: The "Bosnian Church".

The complement system plays a major role in the host's defence against infections and in immune complex diseases. Although it is known to consist of a number of serum and membrane proteins that interact through a cascade, there is still a poor understanding of the exact nature of the components and their complex interaction. Many of the biological consequences of complement activation also await elucidation. This fully revised edition of "Complement in Health and Disease" provides an up-to-date account of how the system works and its effects on the host. Key topics covered include the history, phylogeny and evolution of the system; genetics and biochemistry; deficiency states and infection; immune complex diseases; complement and angioedema; anaphylatoxins; and diseases of the nervous system. The book is valuable both for those wanting an introduction to this complex area of immunology as well as those requiring a more detailed update on developments in specific topics.

This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who use 'narratives of struggles' to describe the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the U.S. Academy. These narratives show how survival and success require a sophisticated knowledge of the politics of academia, insider knowledge of the requirements of legitimacy in scholarly efforts, and resourceful approach to facing dilemmas between cultural values, traditional racist practices, and academic resilience. The book also explores the empowerment process of these individuals who have created a new self without rejecting their 'enduring' self, the self strongly connected to their ethno/racial cultures and groups. Within the process of self -redefinition, this new faculty confronted racism, sexism, rejection, the clash of cultural values, and structural indifference to cultural diversity. The faculty recounts how they ultimately learned the skillful accommodation to all of these issues. It is through the analysis of survival and self-definition that women and faculty of color will establish a powerful foothold in the new academy of the twenty-first century.

List of works referred to in abbreviated form. 11 Chapter I: The foundations of mediaeval dualism in the period of late antiquity. 21 Chapter II: The Paulician movement in Byzantium. 32 Chapter III: The rise of a heretical movement in the First Bulgarian Empire. 41 Chapter IV: The Bulgarian Bogomil heresy as portrayed b~ Cosmas the Presbyter in his Sermon against the Heretics. 50 Chapter V: The Bogomil heresy and Byzantine rr. onasticism. 67 Chapter VI: The Bogomils and Paulicians in conflict with the Byzantine state power. 78 Chapter VII: The Bogomil myth as presented by Euthymius Zigabenus. 84 Chapter VIII: Byzantine Bogomilism after Alexius Comnenus. 96 Chapter IX: The western ideal of the vita apoBtoZica and the heretical apostles from the East. 103 Chapter X: The emergence of the Cathar churches and their relations with the Christian East. 127 Chapter XI: The dualist doctrines as seen by western authors . . The myth and the ethics. 133 Chapter XII: Catharism and the western world. 147 Chapter XIII: The beginnings of heresy in Bosnia. 162 Chapter XIV: The cUlmination of the fight against heresy in Western Europe. 167 Chapter XV: Heresy "in partibus Sclavoniae" - the crusade against Bosnia. 211 Chapter XVI: The struggle against the Bogomil heresy in Serbia under the Nemanjid dynasty. in the Second Bulgarian Empire. and in contemporary Byzantium. 225 Chapter XVII: Ecclesia Romana and "ecclesia Dei". 240 Chapter XVIII: The end of the Cathar sect in western Europe. 276 Chapter XIX: The "Bosnian Church".

Since the first edition of Complement in Health and Disease was published in 1986, significant advances have been made. The cDNAs for all of the components and some of the receptors have been cloned and sequenced. The chromosomal localization and the structural organization of a number of these genes have now been determined. These advances are now facilitating research into the structure of the complement proteins, the nature of the complement deficiency syndromes, the regulation of complement gene expression and the role of complement in different diseases. This edition contains contributions from both basic and clinical scientists in a format which we hope will appeal to both immunologists and physicians who wish to know more about this fascinating and important host defence system. The introductory chapter by John Weiler presents a historical background to research on the complement system and describes the biochemical events occurring during activation of the system. In Chapter 2 Alastair Dodds and Tony Day discuss the phylogeny and evolution of the complement system. The techniques of protein chemistry and molecular biology have provided powerful insights into the modular structure of complement proteins and the evolution of the complement system. The structure and organisation of the complement genes is described in Chapter 3 by Ken Reid and Duncan Campbell. This chapter describes the modular structure of the complement proteins and some of the mutations which are responsible for deficiencies of individual components.

Descriptions of Asian American communities have typically been either historical or literary. Such approaches leave us uniformed about the current conditions within the community and also leave us empty-handed in regard to knowledge by which to solve contemporary problems. Chinese America sets a new standard for ethnic research. By applying social and psychological issues to the historic U.S. community of Chinatown, this volume breaks the boundaries of community studies by addressing multiple controversial issues today. Author Chalsa M. Loo reaches deep into the vital issues that face most ethnic communities in this country. Through survey research, the delineation of major problems highlight needed changes in public policy and ethnic understanding. The core of the book is based on an in-depth study of residents of San FranciscoÆs Chinatown, the oldest Asian American community in the United States. Through surveys and collected interviews with residents, the author examines the social problems that might exist for all the major life domains of an ethnic minority community. Loo sought to test a number of hypotheses about Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, and immigrants, and found that the study dispelled many of the stereotypes and myths about these groups. Each chapter opens with a vignette and a photograph and is infused with quantitative analyses of survey data and census data. It is one of the few systematic studies of an Asian American community with an empirical and psychological approach, and it gives voice to a population that has been relatively invisible and misunderstood. Chinese American offers a comprehensive and richly informative documentation of text, photographs, and dataùa moving portrayal of the most famous Asian American community in the United States.