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New Millennium (new + millennium)
Selected AbstractsFAITH AND REASON: FRIENDS OR FOES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM?NEW BLACKFRIARS, Issue 1008 2006$32 pbk., ATF Press, Adelaide, Edited by Anthony Fisher OP, Hayden Ramsay, pp. xxiv + 38 No abstract is available for this article. [source] EXCITATION,CONTRACTION COUPLING FROM THE 1950s INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUMCLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 9 2006AF Dulhunty SUMMARY 1Excitation,contraction coupling is broadly defined as the process linking the action potential to contraction in striated muscle or, more narrowly, as the process coupling surface membrane depolarization to Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. 2We now know that excitation,contraction coupling depends on a macromolecular protein complex or ,calcium release unit'. The complex extends the extracellular space within the transverse tubule invaginations of the surface membrane, across the transverse tubule membrane into the cytoplasm and then across the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane and into the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. 3The central element of the macromolecular complex is the ryanodine receptor calcium release channel in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. The ryanodine receptor has recruited a surface membrane L-type calcium channel as a ,voltage sensor' to detect the action potential and the calcium-binding protein calsequestrin to detect in the environment within the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Consequently, the calcium release channel is able to respond to surface depolarization in a manner that depends on the Ca2+ load within the calcium store. 4The molecular components of the ,calcium release unit' are the same in skeletal and cardiac muscle. However, the mechanism of excitation,contraction coupling is different. The signal from the voltage sensor to ryanodine receptor is chemical in the heart, depending on an influx of external Ca2+ through the surface calcium channel. In contrast, conformational coupling links the voltage sensor and the ryanodine receptor in skeletal muscle. 5Our current understanding of this amazingly efficient molecular signal transduction machine has evolved over the past 50 years. None of the proteins had been identified in the 1950s; indeed, there was debate about whether the molecules involved were, in fact, protein. Nevertheless, a multitude of questions about the molecular interactions and structures of the proteins and their interaction sites remain to be answered and provide a challenge for the next 50 years. [source] The Global Universal Caregiver: Imagining Women's Liberation in the New MillenniumCONSTELLATIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY, Issue 3 2005Allison Weir First page of article [source] Book Reviews: Nothing is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New MillenniumECONOMICA, Issue 281 2004Article first published online: 6 MAY 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Personality and Performance at the Beginning of the New Millennium: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go Next?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT, Issue 1-2 2001Murray R. Barrick As we begin the new millennium, it is an appropriate time to examine what we have learned about personality-performance relationships over the past century and to embark on new directions for research. In this study we quantitatively summarize the results of 15 prior meta-analytic studies that have investigated the relationship between the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality traits and job performance. Results support the previous findings that conscientiousness is a valid predictor across performance measures in all occupations studied. Emotional stability was also found to be a generalizable predictor when overall work performance was the criterion, but its relationship to specific performance criteria and occupations was less consistent than was conscientiousness. Though the other three Big Five traits (extraversion, openness and agreeableness) did not predict overall work performance, they did predict success in specific occupations or relate to specific criteria. The studies upon which these results are based comprise most of the research that has been conducted on this topic in the past century. Consequently, we call for a moratorium on meta-analytic studies of the type reviewed in our study and recommend that researchers embark on a new research agenda designed to further our understanding of personality-performance linkages. [source] Personnel Selection at the Beginning of the New MillenniumINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT, Issue 4 2000Jesús F. Salgado No abstract is available for this article. [source] ICT Statistics at the New Millennium,Developing Official Statistics,Measuring the Diffusion of ICT and its ImpactINTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL REVIEW, Issue 1 2003Heli Jeskanen-Sundström Summary The paper gives a short and very rough overview of the ongoing work in the field of statistics relating to the development of information and communication technology (ICT) and its impacts on the economies and on the society as a whole. It introduces three slightly different approaches with different emphasis on describing the emergence and diffusion of ICT and the respective economic and social change. These are termed the indicators approach, the new economy approach and the intellectual capital approach. The paper also discusses the basic requirements for the establishment of a new statistical system, as well as the present obstacles and problems of this work. Finally, some remarks are presented regarding further statistical co-operation in this field. Résumé Cet exposé donne un aperçu court et très approximatif du travail en cours dans le domaine de la statistique concernant le développement de la technologie de l'information et de la communication (TIC) et ses effets sur les économies et la société dans son ensemble. II propose trois approches un peu différentes, avec une accentuation distincte, sur la description de l'émergence et la diffusion de la TIC et le changement économique and social respectif. Celles-ci sont nommées l'approche des indicateurs, l'approche de la nouvelle économie et l'approché du capital intellectuel. Cet exposé traite également des conditions de base nécessaires pour la création d'un nouveau système statistique ainsi que des obstacles et des problèmes actuellement rencontrés dans ce travail. Enfin, l'exposé présente quelques remarques sur la coopération statistique future dans ce domaine. [source] Visions of International Studies in a New MillenniumINTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES, Issue 1 2000Mark A. Boyer [source] JAGS Enters the New Millennium: Direction, Decision, Determination, Dedication, and DistinctionJOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 1 2001Thomas T. Yoshikawa MD Editor [source] Intellectuals and African development: Pretension and resistance in African politics by Bjorn Beckman & Gbemisola Adeoti (eds). (Codesria: Africa In the New Millennium, London: Zed Books, 2006)JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Issue 5 2009Nic Cheeseman No abstract is available for this article. [source] The New Woman in the New Millennium: Recent Trends in Criticism of New Woman FictionLITERATURE COMPASS (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2006Ann Heilmann This essay offers an overview of the current state of criticism on New Woman fiction. Starting with a brief survey of the critical perspectives established in the last thirty years of the twentieth century, it moves to a more detailed discussion of three trends since the turn of the millennium. As I argue, critical literature since 2000 has explored the specifically ,feminine' aesthetic of New Woman writers, and scrutinized the racialist and imperialist roots of New Woman thought. The recent move away from an exclusive concentration on white Anglo-American New Women has allowed important new insights into the international, ethnically diverse aspects of this fin-de-siècle and early twentieth-century movement. [source] Students of the New MillenniumNEW DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENT SERVICES, Issue 92 2000Dudley B. Woodard Jr. The changing nature of students in higher education and the implications of this diversification for student affairs professionals are discussed. [source] PAIN MEDICINE: A Pain Journal for the New MillenniumPAIN MEDICINE, Issue 1 2000Rollin M. Gallagher MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Cardiac Exercise and Wellness: Approaches for the New MillenniumPREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY, Issue 2 2000Richard A. Stein MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Wetland Restoration in the New Millennium: Do Research Efforts Match Opportunities?RESTORATION ECOLOGY, Issue 3 2008Kelly I. Wagner Abstract Of 311 papers on wetland restoration, only 15 concerned large-scale experimentation in restoration sites. Most papers described what happened, reported on small field experiments, or discussed restoration targets. While these are important topics, our opinion is that we lose significant opportunities to learn how to recover populations, community structure, and ecosystem processes, and we limit our ability to document variability and whole-system responses, when we do not experiment at large scales. We suggest that, wherever possible, large projects facilitate field tests of alternative restoration approaches. Furthermore, we encourage researchers to take advantage of major restoration efforts by conducting large field experiments, assessing multiple responses, and offering restoration guidance in an adaptive framework. [source] John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium.THE HEYTHROP JOURNAL, Issue 2 2007By John R. Connolly No abstract is available for this article. [source] Perspectives and Problems for Applied Psychology in the New Millennium: Introduction to the Special IssueAPPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 3 2003Rabi S. Bhagat No abstract is available for this article. [source] Reducing the Risk of Vascular Disease: Antiplatelet Therapy in the New MillenniumCLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, Issue S6 2000Spencer B. King III M.D. No abstract is available for this article. [source] New millennium, new nail problemsDERMATOLOGIC THERAPY, Issue 2 2002Robert Baran The major nail disorders in the new millennium may well be related to systemic drugs used for conditions other than nail problems. Conversely the new therapies for onychomycosis, a condition whose incidence is increasing, may result in drug interactions. We have chosen to report on the most common iatrogenic causes of nail disorders, such as toxic epidermal necrolysis, psoriasis or acral psoriasiform reaction, lichen planus or lichenoid reaction, antineoplastic therapy-induced palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, paronychia and pyogenic granuloma, drug-induced onycholysis and photo-onycholysis, and drug-induced scleroderma and sclerodermiform conditions. The adverse effects and drug interactions of the newer oral antifungal agents will be quoted and their management will be discussed. [source] New millennium, new opportunity for nursing in Hong KongINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 3 2001Diana TF Lee [source] The three m's,mediation, postmodernism, and the new millenniumCONFLICT RESOLUTION QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2001Dale Bagshaw Postmodernism can be seen as a reaction to modernism. A modernist culture, built over the last few centuries around forms of rationality, self-discipline, and scientific values, is succumbing to the effects of rapid and unprecedented technological and economic change. The weakness of modernist thinking was the search for unitary definitions and the reduction under one label of complex clusters of thought. This article investigates the strengths and weaknesses of postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas for mediation at the beginning of the new millennium and argues that some aspects of postmodernist thinking are important to mediation,in particular the recognition of the power of language, or discourse, to reflect and shape the world. Postmodernism rejects dualistic thinking, notions of "neutrality" and "objectivity," and mega theories or overarching "truths," and celebrates diversity and conflict. Postmodernism offers mediators a new way of thinking about thinking but has its drawbacks when considering issues of human rights. [source] New millennium, new nail problemsDERMATOLOGIC THERAPY, Issue 2 2002Robert Baran The major nail disorders in the new millennium may well be related to systemic drugs used for conditions other than nail problems. Conversely the new therapies for onychomycosis, a condition whose incidence is increasing, may result in drug interactions. We have chosen to report on the most common iatrogenic causes of nail disorders, such as toxic epidermal necrolysis, psoriasis or acral psoriasiform reaction, lichen planus or lichenoid reaction, antineoplastic therapy-induced palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, paronychia and pyogenic granuloma, drug-induced onycholysis and photo-onycholysis, and drug-induced scleroderma and sclerodermiform conditions. The adverse effects and drug interactions of the newer oral antifungal agents will be quoted and their management will be discussed. [source] Diabetes management in the new millennium using insulin pump therapyDIABETES/METABOLISM: RESEARCH AND REVIEWS, Issue S1 2002Bruce W. Bode Abstract Current goals of therapy of type 1 and 2 diabetes are to achieve near normal glycemia, minimize the risk of severe hypoglycemia, limit excessive weight gain, improve quality of life and delay or prevent late vascular complications. As discussed in this review, insulin pump or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy provides a treatment option that can dramatically aid in achieving all of these goals. In comparison to multiple daily injections (MDI), CSII uses only rapid-acting insulin, provides greater flexibility in timing of meals and snacks, has programmable basal rates to optimize overnight glycemic control, can reduce the risk of exercise-induced hypoglycemia, and enhances patients' ability to control their own diabetes. Most important, in adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, CSII has been shown to lower HbA1c levels, reduce the frequency of severe hypoglycemia and limit excessive weight gain versus MDI without increasing the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis. Similarly positive results are being seen with CSII in adults with type 2 diabetes. The effectiveness of CSII and improvements in pump technology have fueled a dramatic increase in the use of this therapy. Practical guidelines are presented for selection of patients, initiation of treatment, patient education, follow-up assessments and troubleshooting. The recent introduction of methods for continuous glucose monitoring provides a new means to optimize the basal and bolus capabilities of CSII and offers the hope of the development of a feedback-controlled artificial pancreas. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] New Humanitarianism: Does It Provide a Moral Banner for the 21st Century?DISASTERS, Issue 4 2001Fiona Fox There is a ,new humanitarianism' for the new millennium. It is ,principled', ,human-rights based' and politically sensitive. Above all it is new. It marks a break from the past and a rejection of the traditional principles that guided humanitarianism through the last century. New humanitarians reject the political naivety of the past, assess the long-term political impact of relief and are prepared to see humanitarian aid used as a tool to achieve human rights and political goals. New Humanitarianism is compelling, in tune with our times and offers a new moral banner for humanitarians to cling to as we enter the new millennium. Or does it? After outlining the key elements of new humanitarianism, including the human rights approach and developmental relief, the paper spells out some of the dangers. The author claims that new humanitarianism results in an overt politicisation of aid in which agencies themselves use relief as a tool to achieve wider political goals. The paper shows how this approach has spawned a new conditionality which allows for aid to be withheld and has produced a moral hierarchy of victims in which some are more deserving than others. The paper concludes with a plea for a revival of the principle of universalism as the first step to a new set of principles. [source] The Unfulfilled Promise of Classroom AssessmentEDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT: ISSUES AND PRACTICE, Issue 3 2001Richard J. Stiggins The purpose of this article is to review the status of classroom assessment as we enter the new millennium. Four key research summaries are reviewed to describe the dismal state of classroom assessment affairs during the past century. Then four critically important developments are cited as reasons for optimism about the future of classroom assessment. Finally, the author details a five-part action plan for tapping the heretofore untapped potential of classroom assessment as a powerful school improvement tool. [source] Quo vadis neurohypophysial hormone research?EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 2000Alison J. Douglas Here we highlight just a few of the outstanding questions in the field of neurohypophysial hormones that we envisage will be addressed successfully in the new millennium. To begin, we focus on the regulation of receptors. Despite intensive investigation with new drugs, molecular modelling and transgenic models, the determinants of receptor selectivity remain elusive; there may even be more vasopressin or oxytocin receptor subtypes to be discovered. We discuss the controversy over the interesting studies that indicate modulation of oxytocin receptor-binding by steroids. Oxytocin and vasopressin release and action in the brain are discussed from several aspects. Dendritically released oxytocin acting locally is important for the milk ejection reflex, and similarly released vasopressin is important in regulating patterning of vasopressin neurone activity. Such dendritically released oxytocin and vasopressin is likely to be important in paracrine modulation of neural circuitry involved in neuroendocrine control, and for a range of behaviours. Is it possible that the whole range of behaviours that comprise ,social' (or ,anti-social') or ,maternal' behaviour can be engineered by modifying the expression of just these one or two peptides and their receptors? However, whether gene expression and knockout approaches will answer all the open questions about the real functions of oxytocin and vasopressin remains to be shown. [source] The Case for Cameral AccountingFINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2002Norvald Monsen Cameral accounting was developed as early as the 16th century onwards in order to contribute to increased control of public money. Such a control demand does not seem to be of minor importance at the threshold of a new millennium as it was several centuries ago, and therefore Ludwig Mülhaupt in the excerpt above states that ,Unfortunately there are very few researchers and practitioners who are interested in developing the cameral bookkeeping method, which is strongly to be regretted with a view to the importance of these questions.' Most of the literature dealing with cameral accounting is published in German, and it seems to be known only to a small extent beyond the German speaking countries. The purpose of this article is therefore to present this historically important accounting model to a larger audience, allowing us to draw upon the experiences of cameral accounting in our continuous attempts to control public money, including the current international debate about the introduction of commercial (accrual) accounting in the public sector. [source] Factors determining mammal species richness on habitat islands and isolates: habitat diversity, disturbance, species interactions and guild assembly rulesGLOBAL ECOLOGY, Issue 1 2000Barry J. Fox Abstract 1For over three decades the equilibrium theory of island biogeography has galvanized studies in ecological biogeography. Studies of oceanic islands and of natural habitat islands share some similarities to continental studies, particularly in developed regions where habitat fragmentation results from many land uses. Increasingly, remnant habitat is in the form of isolates created by the clearing and destruction of natural areas. Future evolution of a theory to predict patterns of species abundance may well come from the application of island biogeography to habitat fragments or isolates. 2In this paper we consider four factors other than area and isolation that influence the number and type of mammal species coexisting in one place: habitat diversity, habitat disturbance, species interactions and guild assembly rules. In all examples our data derive from mainland habitat, fragmented to differing degrees, with different levels of isolation. 3Habitat diversity is seen to be a good predictor of species richness. Increased levels of disturbance produce a relatively greater decrease in species richness on smaller than on larger isolates. Species interactions in the recolonization of highly disturbed sites, such as regenerating mined sites, is analogous to island colonization. Species replacement sequences in secondary successions indicate not just how many, but which species are included. Lastly, the complement of species established on islands, or in insular habitats, may be governed by guild assembly rules. These contributions may assist in taking a renewed theory into the new millennium. [source] Historians in ,the liberal hour': Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb re,visitedHISTORICAL RESEARCH, Issue 189 2002David Cannadine This articles assesses the careers and impact of Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb, examining their formative influences, and the effect which they in turn had on the writing and practice of history, particularly in the nineteen,sixties. It assesses their two most resonant books: Stone's The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529,1642(1972) and Plumb's The Growth of Political Stability in England, 1675,1725(1967). The article traces historiographical debate through the twentieth century and into the new millennium, focusing on the buoyant and heady atmosphere of the sixties, which so affected Stone, Plumb and their contemporaries, and the revisionist response which peaked in the nineteen,eighties, and concludes that no historian could or should claim to be unaffected by the times in which he or she writes. [source] The therapeutic promise of single enantiomers: introductionHUMAN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL, Issue S2 2001Irving W. Wainer Abstract This review uses several examples drawn from the literature to show how using active enantiomers as therapeutic agents may yield several benefits, including more predictable pharmacokinetics, more accurate drug monitoring and enhanced tolerability. As a result of these benefits, the therapeutic use of single enantiomers will become increasingly important not only in psychopharmacology, but in medicine generally. Indeed, over the early years of the new millennium, the therapeutic use of single active enantiomers is set to redefine the benefit,risk ratio in the management of many common conditions. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||