T reatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) is in a state of transition. 25 yrs ago the emphasis was on the downstream consequences of the disease, the prevention (as far as possible) and treatment of airway infection and inflammation, malabsorption, diabetes, liver disease and the many complications , such as bone disease and subclinical insulin deficiency, that have emerged as longevity has increased....

An open puzzle for climate-policy analysis is how policies could be made sensitive to climate change impacts spanning over centuries while keeping the shorterterm macroeconomic policies connected to the descriptive facts. We develop a tractable general-equilibrium model for climate-economy interactions with timedeclining pure discounting. The model resolves the puzzle: preferences over longterm...

Abstract: A number of questions on the present and future use of Computer Aided Learning (CAL) in Law Schools are raised. Anecdotal reactions to CAL from students are given. The changing nature of students' Information Technology experience prior to attending Law School and how students' IT experience can be improved are outlined as factors that should be considered in designing the Human Compu...

F several centuries, the world, and particularly Europe has benefited from the great contributions brought about by Muslim physicians in the field of medicine. These contributions were not only based on technical skills but also on the role of eminent Muslim physicians in establishing medical ethics. Many prominent physicians of the Islamic civilization involved themselves with professional eth...

Aspects of osmoregulation including salinity tolerance, osmoregulatory capacity, location of transporting epithelia, and the expression of the enzyme Na+/K+-ATPase were investigated in the developing brown shrimp, Crangon crangon (L.), from the North Sea. Early developmental stages and large juveniles were exposed to a wide range of salinities for measurement of hemolymph osmolality and surviva...

Carbon isotope fractionation by structurally and catalytically distinct ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylases from one eucaryotic and four procaryotic organisms has been measured under nitrogen. The average fractionation for 40 experiments was -34.1 per thousand with respect to the delta(13)C of the dissolved CO(2) used, although average fractionations for each enzyme varied slightly: spinach ...

one thousand children from 20 day care centers were studied for intestinal parasites in tehran. the stool samples collected from 0 - 6.6 years old children and examined by formalin ether concentration method for parasitic ova and cyst. cellophane tape technique (graham’s method) also applied for enterobius vermicularis diagnosis, of these 454 children were positive. e.vermicularis with the rate...