was opened October 1, 1909. The necessity for establishing a personal relationship with the families of the children seen at the Clinic, created an imperative demand for social work with its attendant records of home conditions. The duties of a social worker are both complicated and delicate, connected as they are with mental or physical suffering, conditions which require the nicest understand...

We propose the use of process-based access-control methods in the construction of privacy systems in the present paper. Segregation of duties and least privilege are two key business principles that protect an organization’s valuable data and resources from deliberate or accidental information leak, or data corruption by staff. As a substantial amount of this information is stored on computer s...

The duties and responsibilities of laboratory scientists are still evolving. In this paper, I briefly summarize some of the classical duties and responsibilities of Clinical Chemists in the areas of research, education and service. Furthermore, I developed some general rules of success for younger laboratorians. It is clear that we are living in exciting times and Clinical Chemists must learn t...

137 Should Ronald McDonald Be Forced to Retire? Austin Duong Abstract The paper focuses on the ethics and politics of the advertisements from fast food companies, particularly McDonald’s toward young children as consumers. It looks at various means and strategies of advertising designed specifically to children and the effect of advertising toward childhood obesity and diet choices. Using vario...

The present study aimed to clarify the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children undergoing medical procedures in pediatric nursing in Japan as compared with that in Germany. An original questionnaire about the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children in hospitals was distributed by mail to nurses’ working on Japanese pediatric wards in...

Parents’ time use has serious repercussions on both the cognitive and social development of their children. This is especially true for single mothers, as they must dedicate time to both market work and childcare. They are faced with constraints on two fronts: an income constraint caused by being the sole “breadwinner” and a time constraint caused by the lack of an additional family member to t...

A drafter of contracts (drafter) holds a unique role in the contract life cycle and functions not only as communicator, but also an interpreter expert legal knowledge. In process drafting contracts, there may be bona fide mistakes. The common law provides several mechanisms to protect contracting parties against such mistakes, including overcoming ambiguous language with application contra prof...