The book begins with John Henry Biggart’s memories from his personal papers, meticulously dissected by his son, Denis (himself a Consultant Pathologist and academic in Queen’s University). For those interested in social history there are titbits of the times in which he lived from his birth in Belfast in 1905, to his school days, University days (with the remarkable pranks of yesteryear) to the...

aujourd’hui, les progrès techniques et la modernité perturbent la quiétude humaine; ce qui constitue l'une des préoccupations principales des écrivains contemporains, y compris le clézio et tournier, qui trouvent la vie humaine en péril, c’est pourquoi ils recourent à la nature primitive. au constat du penseur allemand, heidegger, la cause essentielle de l’angoisse de l’homme moderne est due au...

Voyage optimization is a technology to predict the ship performance in various sea states and current conditions, and based on the performance of the ship to assist ship masters in route selection. The targets of increasing energy efficiency and reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emission in the shipping industry can be achieved by voyage optimization. However, the practical and accurate prediction...

own personal experience. In recent years its popularity has markedly declined, and it has become a comparatively rare prescription. The principal cause of this is to be found in the altered conditions of ocean travel. Passengers are no longer conveyed to India, America, or Australasia in sailing-ships, which take months of varied experience on the wide seas to reach their destination, but are h...

Nanobiotechnology is an emerging field that is potentially changing the way we treat diseases through drug delivery and tissue engineering. Methods of targeting nanoparticles to specific sites of the body while avoiding capture by vital organs are major hurdles that need to be answered. Whether actual or perceived, the potential health hazards associated with the production, distribution and us...