Technological development is not morally neutral. A number of ethical issues may emerge during the design and development of (new) technologies. The implications for the responsibility of engineers and corporations are discussed and possibilities for Technology Assessment (TA) that may help to fulfil these responsibilities are explored. In particular the possibilities and limitations of two act...

1Jonathan B. Berk Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley and National Bureau of Economic Research Email: [email protected] P roponents of “efficient markets” argue that it is impossible to consistently beat the market. In support of their view they point to the evidence that, as a group, active managers do not beat the market and conclude that even these investment prof...

The role of dynamic contrast material–enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the breast as an adjunct to the conventional techniques of mammography and ultrasonography has been established in numerous research studies. MR imaging improves the detection and characterization of primary and recurrent breast cancers and allows evaluation of the response to therapy. The breast imaging lexicon p...

Ab stract More than 1500 shell or na ments were re cov ered dur ing the ex ca va tions of the early Up per Paleolithic through Mesolithic lay ers of Klissoura Cave 1. The or na ment as sem blages from the mid dle and lower Aurig na cian and the ear li est Up per Paleolithic (Uluzzian) lay ers as so ci ate with well pre served hearths and other in tact cul tural fea tures. The older or na ment a...

The 21st century demanded that humans have various life skills. HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) was a competency leads to the formation of Achieving on educational process basis. This study aimed produce HOTS-based assess-ment instrument in statistics valid and reliable. research develop-ment consisted 8 steps, namely (1) determining specifications instrument, (2) writing (3) making measureme...

Min eral de pos its in Brit ish Co lum bia usu ally have a com plex sur face geo chem i cal ex pres sion re flect ing bed rock ge ol ogy, the style of min er al iza tion, the type of surficial sed i ment and char ac ter is tics of the sec ond ary en vi ron ment such as drain age, to pog ra phy and cli mate. Ori en ta tion sur veys are there fore nec es sary to as sess how these fac tors con tro...