By definition, children constitute a vulnerable population, especially when they are chronically ill and/or disabled. A characteristic of and disabled is that also suffer from indirect effects their disease, such as immobilization, chronic inflammation, reduced time outdoors in the sun, osteotoxic disease-targeted therapy (like glucocorticoids), poor nutrition. All these factors may lead to bon...

Ever since Justice Lewis Powell’s concurring opinion in Bakke made diversity higher education a constitutionally acceptable rationale for affirmative action programs 1978, the has received vehement criticism from across ideological spectrum. Critics on right have argued that efforts to attain will necessarily lead lower quality results, as “less meritorious” applicants are selected place of peo...

It is with great regret that we announce the death of our editorin-chief, Prof Andries Brink, former dean of the Medical Faculty and head of Cardiology at Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, and previously the president of the South African Medical Research Council. Prof Brink was among the modern pioneers who brought South African cardiology to the attention of the medical communit...

The problem of social justice can arise in the absence of social interaction. This point emerges directly from an important passage in John Rawls's A Theory of Justice where he is arguing for an opposed conclusion. Rawls argues that the primary subject of justice is the basic structure of society, the way that major social institutions work together to " determine the division of advantages fro...

In accord with the theme of this conference, I will contrast the challenges to karma made by Dale Wright with a set of recent and equally challenging works on the nature of kamma and narrative in Theravāda Buddhism. Kamma is often portrayed as a coherent and rigid ethic of intentionality and personal responsibility: a being’s actions accrue to that being, and those actions inevitably ripen into...

of yours truly; but now the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full Professor from olden times. Notwithstanding these demands, and the associated high quality of a fledgling facultylevel type, the job starts with some ‘setup’ money for equipping the lab; but next to no means are provided to initiate that ‘research program’ and to sustain it during the years to come. ...

The international participation in the Conference includes virtually all global entities engaged in research, development, commercialization and practice in the field. This year, we have returned to the 2006 ITEC venue at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Last year's Conference feedback was again unanimous in the desire for continuation of the tutorial series. We ...

We critically reviewed scientific literature on Florida panthers to identify strengths and weaknesses of existing research, and to recommend future analyses and research priorities. A quartercentury of research strongly supports many published conclusions, including that forests are important as daytime rest sites of panthers, that white-tailed deer and feral hogs are the most important panther...

Toxicological Sciences exists for the purpose of publishing primary research findings in all areas of toxicology. In support of that mission, it is often necessary to publish other types of articles, such as letters to the editor and editorials. It is also necessary to place the research findings into the appropriate contextwhether it is medicine, environmental protection, or public health. Our...

participate in community science actzvitzes and view thepromotion ofeducation and mentoring of minorzites as meritorious. The United States has witnessed unprecedented changes in its racial makeup. By way of emphasis at different times in this editorial, I examine the fastest-growing minority in America today, the Hispanics [Chicano (Mexican American), Latino, and Puerto Rican groups], keeping ...