cancer in this country because we know the primary cause is tobacco. The problem has almost moved from it being a research problem to being a public health problem.' One of the problems facing researchers is that lung cancer patients are more ill by the time they are diagnosed than many other patients. But there has been substantial progress in fighting the disease, at least in men from the hig...

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 marked the most comprehensive and radical overhaul of British party finance for over 100 years. It instituted reforms in many areas with the notable exception of the comprehensive extension of state funding for political parties. However, despite the radicalism of the Act, questions have already arisen as to whether the further state fun...

Pressure on university funds is almost universal. Britain launched a controversial scheme to assess the quality of research carried out by staff as a means of distributing funds for research several years ago and has been under the scrutiny of many other countries seeking to devise ways of sharing out the funding pot. For the best departments the exercise was good news — more money. But for man...

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This is a must-have resource for biotech entrepreneurs and investors, as well as invaluable supplementary reading for students aspiring to a career in the industry. In particular, it illustrates the tensions between both sides based on their different backgrounds and expectations. The book outlines the various funding opportunities for the biotech industry in Europe and identifies ways for both...

Recent technological advancements have allowed for the in-depth investigation of the complex microbial communities present in the human gut. It is well known that these microbes, often referred to as the gut ‘microbiome’, are intricately involved with digestion. More recent research has revealed roles of the microbiome in several human diseases such as Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndro...

This paper will draw upon the existing scholarly literature base to examine how and why certain states have moved toward performance-based funding of higher education, who seem to be the major players, and what political forces are advocating for such funding formulas. This will be accomplished through an analysis of the performance funding models in states where such models have been most prev...