Sciences

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Kinds of Sciences

  • decision sciences
  • environmental sciences
  • geological sciences
  • life sciences


  • Selected Abstracts


    The Declaration of Hawaii andClarence Blomquist

    ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 399 2000
    J. O. Ottosson
    The international code of ethics of psychiatry, the Declaration of Hawaii was in the main the achievement of Clarence Blomquist. There were several prerequisites for the success of this work. 1. The unique profile of the education of Clarence Blomquist, combining training to be a specialist in psychiatry with a doctor's degree in practical philosophy. 2. An outstanding competence in analyzing complicated issues and in putting thoughts into words. 3. The courage to challenge the Hippocratic ethics and adapt the principles of ethics to modern health care. 4. A scholarship at the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where he could test his ideas in an intellectual interdisciplinary atmosphere. 5. Support from the late Professor Leo Eitinger, Norway and Professor Gerdt Wretmark, Sweden, who together with Clarence Blomquist constituted a task force on ethics of the World Psychiatric Association. 6. A continuous backing-up by Dr Denis Leigh, the then secretary general of the World Psychiatric Association. Denis Leigh was convinced that a code of ethics was the only means to reconcile the various member countries on issues of misuse of psychiatry and, in addition, would raise the quality of psychiatric care throughout the world. [source]


    Photobleaching-based flow measurement in a commercial capillary electrophoresis chip instrument

    ELECTROPHORESIS, Issue 6 2008
    Guiren R. Wang Professor
    Abstract For microfluidic analytical instruments, a facile, fast, and accurate instrument test is highly demanded. The test includes the quantitative verification of the relationship between pressure drop and flow velocity for the hydrodynamic pump, between the electric voltage and electroosmotic flow (EOF) for the high-voltage supply, and the chip quality. The key point for the test is the measurement of the flow velocity. However, most currently available velocimetries cannot be directly used without any instrumental modification or adding extra instruments. We applied a recently developed Laser Induced Fluorescence Photobleaching Anemometer (LIFPA) for the instrument test through measuring fluid flow velocity in a microfluidic instrument with optical measurement without any modification and extra instrument. We have successfully used the method to test Caliper HTS 250 System from Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, MA) with its own light source and detector. The experimental result demonstrates that this single-point method of measuring flow velocity can be easily used for accurate test of a microfluidic instrument in less than 10,min at extremely low cost without any modification and extra instrument. [source]


    Cover Picture: Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 4 2010
    Article first published online: 26 AUG 2010
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Editorial Board: Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 4 2010
    Article first published online: 26 AUG 2010
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Cover Picture: Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 3 2010
    Article first published online: 16 JUN 2010
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 2 2010
    Article first published online: 12 APR 2010
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Cover Picture , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2010
    Article first published online: 15 APR 2010
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Cover Picture , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 6 2009
    Article first published online: 17 DEC 200
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 5 2009
    Article first published online: 30 OCT 200
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 4 2009
    Article first published online: 31 AUG 200
    First page of article [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 3 2009
    Article first published online: 30 JUL 200
    First page of article [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 2 2009
    Article first published online: 7 APR 200
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Contents , Engineering in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2009
    Article first published online: 20 FEB 200
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Technical Systems for the Use in Life Sciences

    ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2008
    D. Beckmann
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Generalized Birnbaum-Saunders distributions applied to air pollutant concentration

    ENVIRONMETRICS, Issue 3 2008
    Víctor Leiva
    Abstract The generalized Birnbaum-Saunders (GBS) distribution is a new class of positively skewed models with lighter and heavier tails than the traditional Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution, which is largely applied to study lifetimes. However, the theoretical argument and the interesting properties of the GBS model have made its application possible beyond the lifetime analysis. The aim of this paper is to present the GBS distribution as a useful model for describing pollution data and deriving its positive and negative moments. Based on these moments, we develop estimation and goodness-of-fit methods. Also, some properties of the proposed estimators useful for developing asymptotic inference are presented. Finally, an application with real data from Environmental Sciences is given to illustrate the methodology developed. This example shows that the empirical fit of the GBS distribution to the data is very good. Thus, the GBS model is appropriate for describing air pollutant concentration data, which produces better results than the lognormal model when the administrative target is determined for abating air pollution. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


    Quantitative analysis of the scientific literature on acetaminophen in medicine and biology: a 2003,2005 study,

    FUNDAMENTAL & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Issue 2 2009
    Claude Robert
    Abstract This study quantifies the utilization of acetaminophen in life sciences and clinical medicine using bibliometric indicators. A total of 1626 documents involving acetaminophen published by 74 countries during 2003,2005 in the Thompson-Scientific Life sciences and Clinical Medicine collections were identified and analyzed. The USA leads in the number of publications followed by the UK, and industrialized countries, including France, Japan and Germany; the presence of countries such as China, India and Turkey among the top 15 countries deserves to be noticed. The European Union stands as a comparable contributor to the USA, both in terms of number of publications and in terms of profile of papers distributed among subcategories of Life Sciences and Clinical Medicine disciplines. All documents were published in 539 different journals. The most prolific journals were related to pharmacology and/or pharmaceutics. All aspects of acetaminophen (chemistry, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, etc.) were studied with primary interest for therapeutic use (42%) and adverse effects (28%) comprising a large part of publications focusing on acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. This quantitative overview provides as to the interest of the scientific community in this analgesic and completes the various review documents that regularly appear in the scientific literature. [source]


    Calcium Isotopic Composition of Various Reference Materials and Seawater

    GEOSTANDARDS & GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, Issue 1 2003
    Dorothee Hippler
    composition isotopique du calcium; eau de mer; paléocéanographie; NIST SRM 915a A compilation of ,44/40Ca (,44/40Ca) data sets of different calcium reference materials is presented, based on measurements in three different laboratories (Institute of Geological Sciences, Bern; Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, Strasbourg; GEOMAR, Kiel) to support the establishment of a calcium isotope reference standard. Samples include a series of international and internal Ca reference materials, including NIST SRM 915a, seawater, two calcium carbonates and a CaF2 reference sample. The deviations in ,44/40Ca for selected pairs of reference samples have been defined and are consistent within statistical uncertainties in all three laboratories. Emphasis has been placed on characterising both NIST SRM 915a as an internationally available high purity Ca reference sample and seawater as representative of an important and widely available geological reservoir. The difference between ,44/40Ca of NIST SRM 915a and seawater is defined as -1.88 O.O4%o (,44/42CaNISTSRM915a/Sw= -0.94 0.07%o). The conversion of values referenced to NIST SRM 915a to seawater can be described by the simplified equation ,44/40CaSa/Sw=,44/40CaSa/NIST SRM 915a - 1.88 (,44/42CaSa/Sw=,44/42CaSa/NIST SRM 915a - 0.94). We propose the use of NIST SRM 915a as general Ca isotope reference standard, with seawater being defined as the major reservoir with respect to oceanographic studies. On présente ici une compilation de données de ,44/40Ca (,44/42Ca) obtenues sur différents matériaux de référence, à partir d'analyses effectuées dans trois laboratoires (Institute of Geological Sciences, Berne; Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, Strasbourg; GEOMAR, Kiel) dans le but de définir des matériaux standards de référence pour isotopie du calcium. Les échantillons comprenaient une série de matériaux standards, internes et internationaux, de référence pour le calcium, avec NIST SRM 915a, l'eau de mer, deux carbonates de calcium, et un échantillon de CaF2 de référence. Les déviations en ,44/40Ca pour des paires sélectionnées d'échantillons de référence ont été définies et sont en accord, compte tenu des incertitudes statistiques, entre les trois laboratoires. L'accent a été mis sur la nécessité de caractériser à la fois NIST SRM 915a, en tant que matériau de référence très pur, internationalement disponible, et l'eau de mer comme représentant d'un réservoir géologique très important et disponible partout. La différence entre les ,44/40Ca de NIST SRM 915a et de l'eau de mer est définie comme étant de -1.88 0.04%0,44/42CaNIST SRM 915a/Sw= -0.94 0.07%0). La conversion des données référencées par rapport à NIST SRM 915a à la référence -eau de mer- se fait selon l'équation simplifiée équation ,44/40CaSa/Sw=,44/40CaSa/NIST SRM 915a - 1.88 (,44/42Ca Sa/Sw=,44/42CaSa/NIST SRM 915a - 0.94). Nous proposons l'utilisation de NIST SRM 915a comme matériau standard de référence pour les isotopes de Ca, avec l'eau de mer comme réservoir majeur adapté aux études océanographiques. [source]


    Euroethics,a database network on biomedical ethics

    HEALTH INFORMATION & LIBRARIES JOURNAL, Issue 3 2006
    Ylva Gavel
    Background:,euroethics is a database covering European literature on ethics in medicine. It is produced within Eurethnet, a European information network on ethics in medicine and biotechnology. Objectives:, The aim of Euroethics is to disseminate information on European bioethical literature that may otherwise be difficult to find. Methods:, A collaboration model for pooling data from different centres was developed. The policy was to accomplish data uniformity, while still allowing for local differences in terms of software, indexing practices and resources. Records contributed to the database follow common standards in terms of data fields and indexing terms. The indexing terms derive from two thesauri, Thesaurus Ethics in the Life Sciences (TELS) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Combining elements from search tools developed previously, the developers sought to find a technical solution optimized for this data model. An approach relying on a thesaurus database that is loaded along with the bibliographic database is described. Results and conclusions:, The present case study offers examples of possible approaches to several tasks often encountered in database development, such as: merging data from diverse sources, getting the most out of indexing terms used in a database, and handling more than one thesaurus in the same system. [source]


    The Role of Private Equity in Life Sciences

    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CORPORATE FINANCE, Issue 2 2010
    Jeff Greene
    In a roundtable published in this journal a year ago, there was a clear consensus that the R&D function in big pharma was inefficient and in need of major restructuring, possibly through increased investments by venture capital and private equity firms. In this discussion, an accomplished group of industry practitioners begins by looking at the prospects for both venture capital and private equity to play meaningful roles in financing early- and mid-stage drug development. In so doing, they explore questions like the following: , Are there ways for big pharma and biotech to reduce "science risk" and make R&D funding more profitable and attractive to venture capital and private equity,and perhaps even hedge funds? , What roles do you see for specialty PE firms like Symphony Capital and Paul Capital, which are now bundling mid-stage development assets and securitizing royalties? Then the panelists turn to the broader life sciences industry and consider the outlook for leveraged private equity transactions involving marketed products, late-stage development, and services. Here they consider issues like the following: , Will PE be attracted to less-R&D-intensive activities like medtech and generics? , Have the recent consolidation through mergers and reorganization of big pharma into decentralized business units created opportunities for carve-outs of certain businesses? For big pharma and life sciences companies in general, the answers to such questions point to greater specialization and focus achieved partly through strategic alliances with venture capital, private equity, and even hedge funds, and involving marketed products and services as well as early-stage drug development. [source]


    SEAWEED ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN HIGH ENERGY AND LOW ENERGY AREAS AT PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS JETTIES

    JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 3 2001
    Article first published online: 24 SEP 200
    Agan, J. C. & Lehman, R. L. Department of Physical and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412 USA Benthic algal sampling from high and low energy zones at a selected site on the south jetty at Port Aransas, Texas was completed between April 1999 and February 2000. Species composition and seasonal periodicity in relation to temperature and salinity fluctuations were determined. Dominant plants throughout the year included Bryocladia cuspidata, Bryocladia thyrsigera, Gelidium pusillum, Centroceras clavulatum, Ulva fasciata, and Padina gymnospora. The Rhodophyta dominated species coverage, along with biomass accumulation, although Chlorophyta species accrued the greatest biomass on the high energy side in April and June sampling. Chlorophyta are important to benthic coverage and biomass in the shallowest of waters, despite being fewer in species richness. Phaeophyta species including Petalonia fascia, Hincksia mitchelliae, and Ectocarpus siliculosus were found only during the cooler months. Padina gymnospora was the one exception as it was collected year-round. Results indicate that a greater Rhodophyta abundance was found on the channel side (low energy), where as, the surf side (high energy) contained a greater Chlorophyta abundance. Phaeophyta abundance for both high and low energy sites were comparable possibly due to the greater depth of water in which they are located. Little variance occurred in average biomass accumulation throughout the year. Highest biomass was in August (216.613g dry weight) with lowest occurring in April (107.4205g dry weight). [source]


    SEAWEED ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN HIGH ENERGY AND LOW ENERGY AREAS AT PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS JETTIES

    JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 2001
    Article first published online: 9 OCT 200
    Agan, J. C. & Lehman, R. L. Department of Physical and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412 USA Benthic algal sampling from high and low energy zones at a selected site on the south jetty at Port Aransas, Texas was completed between April 1999 and February 2000. Species composition and seasonal periodicity in relation to temperature and salinity fluctuations were determined. Dominant plants throughout the year included Bryocladia cuspidata, Bryocladia thyrsigera, Gelidium pusillum, Centroceras clavulatum, Ulva fasciata, and Padina gymnospora. The Rhodophyta dominated species coverage, along with biomass accumulation, although Chlorophyta species accrued the greatest biomass on the high energy side in April and June sampling. Chlorophyta are important to benthic coverage and biomass in the shallowest of waters, despite being fewer in species richness. Phaeophyta species including Petalonia fascia, Hincksia mitchelliae, and Ectocarpus siliculosus were found only during the cooler months. Padina gymnospora was the one exception as it was collected year-round. Results indicate that a greater Rhodophyta abundance was found on the channel side (low energy), where as, the surf side (high energy) contained a greater Chlorophyta abundance. Phaeophyta abundance for both high and low energy sites were comparable possibly due to the greater depth of water in which they are located. Little variance occurred in average biomass accumulation throughout the year. Highest biomass was in August (216.613g dry weight) with lowest occurring in April (107.4205g dry weight). [source]


    EXPLORING PORPHYRA SPECIES FOR USE AS NITROGEN SCRUBBERS IN INTEGRATED AQUACULTURE

    JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 2001
    Article first published online: 24 SEP 200
    Carmona, R.1, Kraemer G. P.2, Zertuche, J. A.3, Chanes, L.4, Chopin, T.5, Neefus C.4,6 & Yarish, C.1 1Dept. of Ecol. and Evol. Biol., University of Connecticut, One University Place, Stamford, CT 06901, USA; 2Department of Environmental Sciences, State University of New York, Purchase, NY 10577 USA; 3IIO, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. Ensenada,B.C., Mexico; 4DGETI-CBTis41, Mexico; 5CCSA, Dept. of Biol., University of New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B., E2L 4L5, Canada; 6Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA Finfish mariculture along the Northeast US coast continues to develop into a strong industry. At a regional level, mariculture can be a significant contributor to nutrient loading in coastal waters. Since macroalgae are able to concentrate nutrients and grow at high rates, they can be an useful tool for alleviating this problem. In addition, seaweed mariculture is by itself a multi-billion dollar industry, with the red alga Porphyra (nori) valued at over $US 1.8 billion. Local species and strains of Porphyra from the Northeast U.S.A. are being studied to determine their capacity as nutrient scrubbers under different nutrient and temperature conditions. P. purpurea was grown under two N sources (NO3- vs. NH4+). The fastest growth (up to 13% d-1) and greatest N content (ca. 7% DW) were measured in plants grown at 300 µM NH4+. Short-term NH4+ uptake by P. purpurea (strains from Maine and Long Island Sound) and by P. amplissima was not saturated at 150 µM, the highest concentration tested. The P. purpurea isolate from Maine took up NH4+ faster than did the Long Island Sound isolate. NH4+ uptake by P. amplissima was faster than uptake by either P. purpurea strain. The high growth rates obtained and the ability for N uptake and tissue accumulation make these species suitable for using as a biological nutrient removal system. [source]


    PHYLOGENY OF THE EUGLENOPHYTES INFERRED FROM SSU AND LSU rDNA

    JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 2001
    Article first published online: 24 SEP 200
    Zimmermann, S. & Triemer, R. E. Department of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA The phylogeny of the Euglenophytes has previously been examined using the SSU rDNA. Results from these analyses indicated that the phototrophic genera are not monophyletic. To test this hypothesis, a second gene was sequenced, the LSU rDNA. The taxa used in this study were selected from clades represented in the SSU analyses so that comparisons could be made between gene phylogenies and a combined dataset could be created. Conserved areas of the aligned sequences for both the LSU and SSU were used to generate parsimony, maximum likelihood, and distance trees. Topology of the SSU and LSU trees was similar. The SSU and LSU data consistently generated the same four highly supported terminal clades and varied only in the placement of Euglena stellata and Euglena viridis. The internal nodes of the SSU trees were weakly supported, whereas the LSU provided higher support for these nodes. A combined LSU and SSU dataset was then created. Analysis of the combined dataset yielded trees with identical topologies to those found in the individual datasets and demonstrated strong support for the four terminal clades. These results show that phylogeny of the Euglenophytes as inferred previously from SSU data is confirmed by the LSU data and that the LSU rDNA gene may be useful in elucidating relationships among the major clades. [source]


    Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma,

    JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, Issue 2 2010
    Philip L. Gibbard
    Abstract In June 2009, the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) formally ratified a proposal by the International Commission on Stratigraphy to lower the base of the Quaternary System/Period to the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Gelasian Stage/Age at Monte San Nicola, Sicily, Italy. The Gelasian until then had been the uppermost stage of the Pliocene Series/Epoch. The base of the Gelasian corresponds to Marine Isotope Stage 103, and has an astronomically tuned age of 2.58 Ma. A proposal that the base of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch be lowered to coincide with that of the Quaternary (the Gelasian GSSP) was also accepted by the IUGS Executive Committee. The GSSP at Vrica, Calabria, Italy, which had hitherto defined the basal boundary of both the Quaternary and the Pleistocene, remains available as the base of the Calabrian Stage/Age (now the second stage of the revised Pleistocene). In ratifying these proposals, the IUGS has acknowledged the distinctive qualities of the Quaternary by reaffirming it as a full system/period, correctly complied with the hierarchical requirements of the geological timescale by lowering the base of the Pleistocene to that of the Quaternary, and fully respected the historical and widespread current usage of both the terms ,Quaternary' and ,Pleistocene'. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


    Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records,

    JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, Issue 1 2009
    Mike Walker
    Abstract The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the Pleistocene,Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an array of physical and chemical parameters within the ice enables the base of the Holocene, as reflected in the first signs of climatic warming at the end of the Younger Dryas/Greenland Stadial 1 cold phase, to be located with a high degree of precision. This climatic event is most clearly reflected in an abrupt shift in deuterium excess values, accompanied by more gradual changes in ,18O, dust concentration, a range of chemical species, and annual layer thickness. A timescale based on multi-parameter annual layer counting provides an age of 11 700 calendar yr b2,k (before AD 2000) for the base of the Holocene, with a maximum counting error of 99,yr. A proposal that an archived core from this unique sequence should constitute the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) has been ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences. Five auxiliary stratotypes for the Pleistocene,Holocene boundary have also been recognised. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


    The Ediacaran Period: a new addition to the geologic time scale

    LETHAIA, Issue 1 2006
    ANDREW KNOLL
    The International Union of Geological Sciences has approved a new addition to the geologic time scale: the Ediacaran Period. The Ediacaran is the first Proterozoic period to be recognized on the basis of chronostratigraphic criteria and the first internationally ratified, chronostratigraphically defined period of any age to be introduced in more than a century. In accordance with procedures established by the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the base of the Ediacaran Period is defined by a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) placed at the base of the Nuccaleena Formation cap carbonate directly above glacial diamictites and associated facies at Enorama Creek in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. Its top is defined by the initial GSSP of the Cambrian Period. The new Ediacaran Period encompasses a distinctive interval of Earth history that is bounded both above and below by equally distinctive intervals. Both chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data indicate that the subdivision of the period into two or more series is feasible, and this should be a primary objective of continuing work by the Ediacaran Subcommission of the ICS. [source]


    Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series and Paibian Stage (Cambrian)

    LETHAIA, Issue 4 2004
    SHANCHI PENG
    The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series (uppermost series of the Cambrian System) and the Paibian Stage (lowermost stage of the Furongian Series), has been recently defined and ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The boundary stratotype is 369,metres above the base of the Huaqiao Formation in the Paibi section, northwestern Hunan Province, China. This point coincides with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus, and occurs near the base of a large positive carbon isotopic excursion (SPICE excursion). [source]


    Subjects of Speculation: Emergent Life Sciences and Market Logics in the United States and India

    AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Issue 1 2005
    KAUSHIK SUNDER RAJAN
    This article traces systems of exchange concerning the life sciences and capital and how they configure subjectivity in the United States and India. This is done through case studies concerning the emergence of personalized medicine in the two locales. In the U.S. case, I argue for the configuration of the subjects of personalized medicine as sovereign consumers; in the Indian case, I argue for their configuration as experimental subjects. I situate these arguments in the context of epistemologies of genomics and the consolidation of systems of speculative capitalism. [source]


    Book review: Analysis of Variance and Covariance: How to Choose and Construct Models for the Life Sciences

    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 4 2009
    Benjamin M. Auerbach
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]


    Metallic Nanomaterials.Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences, Band 1.

    ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, Issue 40 2009
    Herausgegeben von Challa S.
    Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2008. 571,S., geb., 149.00,,.,ISBN 978-3527321513 [source]