An important step towards European legislation pertaining to product liability is the EU Directive of 25 July 1985 or the "Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws, Regulations, and Administrative Provisions of the Member States concerning Liability for Defective Products". While its significance cannot be denied in the pressure it places upon European governments: to enact product liability laws, it still leaves room for diverging domestic interpretations and postponement of genuinely effective legislation by the individual Member States. As a result there exist considerable differences among the Member States with respect to a number of its provisions and the wording of the exact legislation on product liability. Furthermore, contrary to US legislation, the liability is limited to the "producers" and not to the "sellers" of the defective product, as defined in Article 3 of the EU Directive. This book presents the reader with an overview of the product liability law of ten of the EU members and all seven EFTA countries, who have passed strict product liability legislation since 1985, including the English translation.

Master the latest tax law and recent changes impacting corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts and financial statements with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2022: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, ESTATES & TRUSTS, 45E and accompanying professional tax software. This reader-friendly presentation emphasizes the most recent tax changes and 2021 developments with coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and related guidance from the treasury department. Recent examples, updated summaries and current tax scenarios clarify concepts and help sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills, while sample questions from Becker C.P.A. Review help you study. Each new book includes access to Intuit (R) ProConnect tax software and Checkpoint (R) (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters as well as CengageNOWv2 online homework tools. Use these resources to prepare for the C.P.A. exam or Enrolled Agent exam or to launch a career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.

Gain a thorough understanding of today's corporate tax concepts and most current tax law with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2021: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, ESTATES & TRUSTS, 44E and accompanying professional tax software. This reader-friendly presentation emphasizes the latest tax law and changes impacting corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. You examine the most current tax law at the time of publication. Complete coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 offers guidance from the Treasury Department. Clear examples, summaries and tax scenarios further clarify concepts and help you sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills. Each new book includes access to Intuit (R) ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint (R) (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters, CengageNOWv2 online homework solution and MindTap Reader. Learn how taxes impact the corporate world today as you prepare for the C.P.A. exam or Enrolled Agent exam or begin study for a career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.

Scholars and policymakers alike agree that innovation in the biosciences is key to future growth. The field continues to shift and expand, and it is certainly changing the way people live their lives in a variety of ways. With a large share of federal research dollars devoted to the biosciences, the field is just beginning to live up to its billing as a source of innovation, economic productivity and growth. Vast untapped potential to imagine and innovate exists in the biosciences given new tools now widely available. In The Biologist's Imagination, William Hoffman and Leo Furcht examine the history of innovation in the biosciences, tracing technological innovation from the late eighteenth century to the present and placing special emphasis on how and where technology evolves. Place is often key to innovation, from the early industrial age to the rise of the biotechnology industry in the second half of the twentieth century. The book uses the distinct history of bioinnovation to discuss current trends as they relate to medicine, agriculture, energy, industry, ecosystems, and climate. Fast-moving research fields like genomics, synthetic biology, stem cell research, neuroscience, bioautomation and bioprinting are accelerating these trends. Hoffman and Furcht argue that our system of bioscience innovation is itself in need of innovation. It needs to adapt to the massive changes brought about by converging technologies and the globalization of higher education, workforce skills, and entrepreneurship. The Biologist's Imagination is both a review of past models for bioscience innovation and a forward-looking, original argument for what future models should take into account.

The purpose of this book is twofold: to present some basic ideas in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry and to introduce topics of current research, centered around the themes of Groebner bases, resultants and syzygies. The presentation of the material combines definitions and proofs with an emphasis on concrete examples. The authors illustrate the use of software such as Mathematica and Singular. The design of the text in each chapter consists of two parts: the fundamentals and the applications, which make it suitable for courses of various lengths, levels, and topics based on the mathematical background of the students. The fundamentals portion of the chapter is intended to be read with minimal outside assistance, and to learn some of the most useful tools in commutative algebra. The applications of the chapter are to provide a glimpse of the advanced mathematical research where the topics and results are related to the material presented earlier. In the applications portion, the authors present a number of results from a wide range of sources without detailed proofs. The applications portion of the chapter is suitable for a reader who knows a little commutative algebra and algebraic geometry already, and serves as a guide to some interesting research topics. This book should be thought of as an introduction to more advanced texts and research topics. Its novelty is that the material presented is a unique combination of the essential methods and the current research results. The goal is to equip readers with the fundamental classical algebra and geometry tools, ignite their research interests, and initiate some potential research projects in the related areas.

The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some types of documents include conference papers, research reports, meeting papers, journal articles and more. This is one of those documents.

William Hoffman alternates enduring themes of land and sea by taking inhabitants mostly of Virginia's inland and Chesapeake Bay regions and making them thoroughly his own in this superb collection of stories. The stories deal with the clash between old and new values, with ties to the land and the lure of the sea, with the struggle to maintain relationships- between parents and children, husbands and wives, community and individual. In Fathers and Daughters, a man fears that his pretty teenage daughter is throwing away her life by taking up with a handsome young man whose values are primitive and rapacious. In Landfall, an ailing, elderly couple makes a last trip. In their beloved sailboat, which has been like a vessel holding their marriage, the two cruise the New England coast to Canada, where the end of their journey is not what either foresaw. The protagonist of Cuttings is a bold, decorated veteran of Vietnam who has become softened by living in a metropolitan southern city. He is forced to show his bravery by facing a white oak that has died and needs felling to protect his beach cottage. In Smoke, a former convict, sickly and cynical, comes in poverty to live with his sister and her family, and by his courage restores the idea of honor in those whom he has caused to feel shame and anger. Lover is the haunting story of an aging businessman who seeks desperately to regain love and his youth through a relationship with an adolescent girl. An intellectually sophisticated minister, in The Question of Rain, is asked by member of his congregation to offer a special prayer day for rain when a drought scorches the countryside. He is reluctant to perform the service, to be tapped in the position of publicly asking for rain and putting himself and his God to the test. In Patriot, a coal miner's love of country makes him a true patriot, though the war he fights is not against a foreign enemy but against new, potentially destructive values. Hoffman's skill as a craftsman is matched by the veracity of his eye and ear for poignant detail in these quietly powerful and always deeply moving stories.

William Hoffman is a master storyteller, and Follow Me Home reveals him at his inimitable best. In these eleven brilliantly observed, superbly crafted stories, he explores one of the most secret places of the human heart- the corner where we keep hidden the small and precious supply of whatever it is that lets us persist, and sometimes even triumph, in the face of life's inescapable diminishments and losses. In Hoffman's characters, the content of this inner reservoir varies greatly. For the hill farmer in Abide with Me, it is a form of direct grace granted to him in a near-death vision. For the disabled veteran in Night Sport, it is a bitter concoction of disillusionment and raw truth carried home from a distant war. For the quietly retired minister in Sweet Armageddon, unexpectedly given a glimpse of the life he long ago forsook, it is a prayerful wish for annihilation. On a less apocalyptic scale, in the haunting Points, a once-great horseman finds sustenance in a remembered world of elegance and courage- a world that, like his skills, is rapidly fading. In Dancer,"" a bereft and lonely woman retreats into the music of her youth, birds becoming quarter notes that fill the sky. In Expiation, a self-made executive after many years comes to terms with his own childhood, even though it means ending the lie on which his marriage is built. And in Coals, a maid and cook calls on her own reserves of spirit to bring her employer a renewal of life. Set in the small towns, cities, hills, and seascapes of Virginia- territory Hoffman knows as well as any writer ever has- the stories of Follow Me Home reveal to us men and women we know and care about, for in their struggles, win or lose, we recognize ourselves.

Gain a thorough understanding of today's individual income tax concepts and current tax law with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2021: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES, 44E and accompanying professional tax software. This reader-friendly presentation emphasizes the latest tax law and recent changes affecting individual taxpayers. Complete coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 offers guidance from the Treasury Department. A distinctive "Framework 1040" demonstrates how topics relate to one another and to Form 1040. Clear examples, summaries and tax scenarios further clarify concepts and help you sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills. Each new book includes access to Intuit® ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint® (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters, CNOWv2 online homework solution and MindTap Reader. Learn how taxes impact you personally as you prepare for the C.P.A. exam or Enrolled Agent exam or begin study for a career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.

Master today's tax concepts and current tax law with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2022: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES, 45E and accompanying professional tax software. Updates emphasize the most recent tax changes and 2021 developments impacting individuals with coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and related guidance from the treasury department. A distinctive "Framework 1040" demonstrates how topics relate to one another and to Form 1040. Recent examples, updated summaries and current tax scenarios clarify concepts and help you sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills, while sample questions from Becker C.P.A. Review guide your study. Each new book includes access to Intuit® ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint® (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters and CNOWv2 online homework tools. You can use this resource to prepare for the C.P.A. exam or Enrolled Agent exam or to begin study for a career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.