In the Australian state of New South Wales judges have sat under the coat of arms of the British monarchy since the nineteenth century (figure 1). Having been accustomed to seeing this symbol over the course of many years doing research in New South Wales courtrooms I was surprised to notice, during some research into the physical form of courts in 2000, that a different coat of arms had appear...

background inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that includes two entities, crohn`s disease (cd) and ulcerative colitis (uc). as with other complex diseases, both genetic susceptibility and environmental factors play role in the pathogenesis of these diseases. the tumor necrosis factor α (tnf-α) gene is located in the ibd3...

Proper development of the nervous system requires a temporally and spatially orchestrated set of events including differentiation, synapse formation and neurotransmission. Nerve growth factor (NGF) acting through the TrkA neurotrophin receptor (also known as NTRK1) regulates many of these events. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for NGF-regulated secretion are not completely unders...

Introduction Push and pull factors in military consumption 2. Development 01 lIrnlf procuremenlllnd arms trade Procu rement expenditure Consequences for production Global arms exports: On the rise again? 3. Technological changes Dual-use technologies Future military technologies 4. Pressures to internaliollalizeversus natiollal orientation The pressure to internationalize International a rms pr...

This report presents a new way to control the tip position of single-link flexible arms when friction is present in the joint. In order to minimize the influence of the nonlinear components of this friction, the control scheme is composed of two nested loops: an inner loop that controls the motor position, and an outer loop that controls the tip position. It is demonstrated that proper design o...

Hospitals and physicians are developing and marketing discrete and profitable specialty-service lines. Although closely affiliated specialist physicians are central to hospitals' service-line products, other physicians compete directly with hospitals via physician-owned specialty facilities. Specialty-service lines may be provided in a variety of settings, both inside and outside traditional ho...