Issues Raised by the Women's Health Trial

Statistical issues raised by the

New security issues raised by open cards

The methods, languages and tools for developing a smart card system share some characteristics with those of the embedded domain. Until recently, smart card programs were written in hand coded native assembly language. All programs (drivers, operating system, libraries, applications) were developed as a monolithic piece of code burned in the smart card ROM. Therefore, not only are traditional c...

Economic Issues Raised by Treatment of Takings

Ethical issues raised by genetically modified microorganisms

Unlike experiments carried out on humans and animals, applications involving microorganisms and their genetic modification do not cause pain and suffering as generally understood. The ethical problems raised by genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs) therefore mainly related to the impact they have on the Earth's biosphere. As microorganisms can be found everywhere, including in the ecologic...

Abortion and Womens Mental Health

First, the methodological difficulties of these studies, especially due to confusing factors, not always easy to control adequately, such as the heterogeneity of women’s groups evaluated in regards to age, race, social status and religious beliefs; the presence of psychological changes or lack thereof, prior to the abortion of; the desire or lack thereof for the pregnancy; whether a woman can r...