looking beyond the promise of nanotechnology

... Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10:21 http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/10/1/21 The lack of consensus on the impacts of menu labeling suggests there may be more to the story ... the present study aims to fill In this paper, we also investigate the effect of the format in which calories are displayed on menu labels The vast majority of labeling studies have provided the ... and education The average levels of health consciousness were also compared across the categories of diners as well as the proportion of people who responded that taste or health was the most important...

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 18:33

... lack of domain B protruding out of the TIM barrel in the place of loop connecting the b3-strand to the a3-helix [9,21] Sharing domain B by rBATs and GH13 enzymes, and especially the sequence of the ... of the hcHAT proteins and the GH13 a-amylase family members The tree is based on the alignment of complete sequences and calculated including gaps The numbers represent the bootstrap values The ... and S Janecek Origin of rBAT and 4F2hc within the GH13 a-amylase family Fig The CSRs of the hcHAT proteins and the GH13 a-amylase family members A list of the abbreviations of proteins and enzymes...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... in a number of reports on the broader topic of nanotechnology; a topic which, for a while, vividly captured the attention of the mass media on both sides of the Atlantic 1.22 While there have ... regulator First is the condition of ignorance about the possible environmental impacts in the absence of any kind of track record for the technology Second is the condition of ubiquity – the fact that ... uses of novel materials Examples of nanomaterials and their uses The nanotechnology innovation system Pathways and fate of nanomaterials in the environment The environmental life cycle of nanomaterials...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... whether this low level of PRI deployment is because of conservative investment practices of foundations or whether it is a sign of a lack of enough high-quality investment options The Parthenon ... at the level of the individual and society It therefore becomes hard to monetize and aggregate the revenue streams and match them against program costs In fact there may be large tracts of the ... are nonprofit, for-profit, or a hybrid of either nonprofit with for-profit subsidiary, or for-profit with nonprofit subsidiary Each structure has inherent advantages and problems For-profit enterprises...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 17:20

... sides of the Allegheny Mountains playing white semipro teams He also enjoyed the luxury of raiding both leagues of their best players In 1925, Posey lured Hall of Fame 37 Beyond the Shadow of the ... help the White man keep you down are the cause of the Negro race being where they are today.” Others, such as Edwin B Henderson, the director of physical education for the black pub- Beyond the ... Martin Dihigo A Hall of Famer, the Cuban-born Dihigo pitched and played the other eight positions on the diamond The 1930 edition of the Grays is one of Posey’s greatest teams Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 13:20

... in other words, aesthetics for the sake of aesthetics (rather than in the service of instrumental goals) may be hugely important in the long run Aesthetic Categories Another way in which aesthetics ... beauty But the beautiful is only one of several aesthetic categories, such as the comic, the sublime, the ugly, and the grotesque (Strati, 1992) These categories are different types of aesthetic ... us that we care about aesthetics for the sake of aesthetics But beyond these specific contributions, it is important to draw a picture of the field as a whole for the sake of compari© Blackwell Publishing...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work The boundaries, ... adoption rather than the strengthening of research systems and their outputs Although the innovation systems concept has raised interest within the agricultural sector, the operational aspects of the ... between the innovation system and its practices on the one hand and the changing demands imposed by the context on the other The checklist includes the following major issues: • Actors, the roles they...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... Although these professionals are only on the first leg of the journey, they have made significant progress in synthesizing and understanding the “building blocks” of nanotechnology In the coming ... analysis of the relevant issues Instead, the report was simply a collection of different people’s thoughts on the societal impacts of nanotechnology The report was not comprehensive, and many of the ... extent, the impact of nanotechnology on this class of products will primarily be the culmination of the impact of nanotechnology on other industries NASA perceives miniaturization as the key to exploring...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 10:20

... continued integrity of the cohesion proteins (and perhaps the underlying CAR, as in the case of centromere-proximal cohesion), there is little information about the mechanism of 2308 P B Meluh ... target of cell cycle regulation [69] The molecular basis for the distinction is the subject of great interest PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHMENT OF SISTER CHROMATID COHESION What mediates SCC? The ... structural and biochemical characterization of the critical proteins However, a detailed understanding of the molecular basis of SCC will also require the development of a comprehensive in vitro system...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 21:21

... of other, and in so doing, to see that they are included in the reflection of the public mirror of the nanotechnology initiative One interesting aspect of the nanotechnology initiative is the ... pertinent to the subject of moral responsibility for nanotechnology In fact, it is the conversations themselves which determined much of the content of the book In other words, it is the author’s ... sense of what matters to them, what inspires them, concerns them, motivates them, and instills curiosity in their work toward the research and development of nanotechnology Whether or not they...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 15:19

... or more of the FIGURE 2.1 The five factors 32 beyond the roof of the world other factors, each with the potential to create new efficacious links, effecting further transformations in the whole ... categories of opposition Exploring the tension between different ontological frames and the physical universe, which in part, facilitates different degrees of the experience of beyond the roof of the ... factors, all of which can play profound roles in the proper functioning of the body Exalting the body and its physicalness at the expense of the other four factors is dangerously limiting for the central...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 01:41

... former patient editor of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Chair of the BMJ Patient Advisory Group, member of the ABPI Code of Practice and a member of the Management Board of the European Medicines ... for some time the key goal of PRO- Page of endpoints use in clinical trials Nevertheless, there are limitations to the use of such data in this context; not least the preference of the FDA for ... awareness of the need to take account of the patient’s views in the healthcare evaluation process and the use of PROs by physicians is growing Indeed, there have been calls to include PROs as part of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... permutations in the case of the UMi test environment and MU-MIMO with NLRU permutations in the case of the UMa and RMa test environments (see Table of the Appendix) Since the SINR distributions of the UMa ... (LT-CM) in the case of NLRU [13,16] Therefore, the reference to the use of SLRU or NLRU permutations explicitly defines the multi-antenna transmission format and the feedback from the MS to the BS ... used in the different steps of the simulation After all the structures are initialized, the hexagonal layout is generated which is the geographic placement of the BS network nodes Then, the wrap-around...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... Although these professionals are only on the first leg of the journey, they have made significant progress in synthesizing and understanding the “building blocks” of nanotechnology In the coming ... analysis of the relevant issues Instead, the report was simply a collection of different people’s thoughts on the societal impacts of nanotechnology The report was not comprehensive, and many of the ... extent, the impact of nanotechnology on this class of products will primarily be the culmination of the impact of nanotechnology on other industries NASA perceives miniaturization as the key to exploring...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 10:20

... in a number of reports on the broader topic of nanotechnology; a topic which, for a while, vividly captured the attention of the mass media on both sides of the Atlantic 1.22 While there have ... regulator First is the condition of ignorance about the possible environmental impacts in the absence of any kind of track record for the technology Second is the condition of ubiquity – the fact that ... uses of novel materials Examples of nanomaterials and their uses The nanotechnology innovation system Pathways and fate of nanomaterials in the environment The environmental life cycle of nanomaterials...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... account of the power of education and the ability of one person to impact the world.” —Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America and cofounder and CEO of Teach For All “Adam Braun is one of the most ... Every week the cast of characters changed slightly, but the fervor of debate always remained the same And more often than not, the heat came directly from the head of the table My father was known ... were the only ones among their friends and family to depart from the life that was expected of them They did not follow the norms of their peers They chose to be different And in doing so, they...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 07:44

... advised in the event of clinical suspicion of RA, which may be supported by the presence of any of the following: swollen joints MTP/MCP involvement- Squeeze test positive Morning stiffness of 30 ... not optimally managed? It is beyond the scope of this review to consider all the evidence but studies which span the paradigm shift in the clinical understanding of RA suggest high prevalence, ... be informed of the rules of foot hygiene and of potential benefit of referral to a podiatrist A podiatrist should be consulted to treat nail anomalies and hyperkeratoses on the feet of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... viewed as a component of the health system strengthening agenda, in view of the inevitability of the need for long term and coordinated care for the chronic diseases (whether they are infectious ... To fulfill the promise of the opportunities created by the UN Resolution, there is a critical window for those concerned about rising NCDs to act First, the attention of Heads of State and Government ... of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2011, with participation of Heads of State and Government; 2) Member States are invited to speak of the socio-economic impact of NCDs and the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... understand better the kinetics of injury and the beneficial effects of TH Furthermore, Bruel and colleagues’ study demonstrates the feasibility of initiating intra-arrest hypothermia despite the significant, ... to maintain the hypothermic state One advantage of the European system that employed this protocol was the presence of an Emergency Medical Services physician and the ability to host the requisite ... notion is supported by our growing understanding of the pathophysiology of the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) The authors declare that they have no competing interests References...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... severity of the blood loss are less Finally, the authors rightly draw attention to the effects of the suspending fluid It could be argued that the excess chloride load administered in the HES ... conditions of extreme haemorrhage Confirmation of the equivalence of these methods in haemorrhage or sepsis would be valuable before moving on to the clinical arena PEG-albumin holds promise as the ... this may be a result of direct physical interaction of the PEG with the endothelium, its potential role as a nitric oxide distributor deserves further investigation Use of techniques applicable...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22