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Cancer Genomics

Chapter 24. Cancer Genomics and Biobanking: Exploring Key Ethical and Legal Issues

By: Matthew Herder,Conrad V Fernandez

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Cancer Genomics

Chapter 24. Cancer Genomics and Biobanking: Exploring Key Ethical and Legal Issues

By: Matthew Herder,Conrad V Fernandez

Large-scale cancer genomics research projects raise a range of ethical and legal issues. We focus on two emerging themes challenged within genomic research: (1) issues surrounding the return of research results to research participants, whether in summary or individualized form, and (2) issues connected to the commercialization of research, including the patenting of biomedical discoveries and biological materials. We examine current thinking in these areas and highlight areas for further exploration.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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0128061219

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9780128061213

Heparin-Binding Proteins

By: H. Edward Conrad

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Heparin-Binding Proteins

By: H. Edward Conrad

This book describes the complex structures of heparins and heparan sulfates (heparinoids) and how they are generated by their biosynthetic pathways. The book also details the methodologies for studying these structures and their cellular metabolism. Heparin-Binding Proteins introduces the general nature of interactions between heparinoids and proteins, and presents the role for these structures in their interactions with the proteins of the hemostatic mechanisms, fibroblasts growth factors, superoxide dismutase, and lipoproteins. - Covers cellular metabolism of heparinoid proteoglycans - Written by a distinguished expert in the field of carbohydrate biochemistry - Describes the roles of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in - Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis - Lipoprotein metabolism - Superoxide dismutase activity - Fibroblast growth factor responses of cells

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553

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Elsevier

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0080533906

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9780080533902

The Law of Marine Collision

By: Nicholas J. Healy,Joseph Conrad Sweeney

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The Law of Marine Collision

By: Nicholas J. Healy,Joseph Conrad Sweeney

A complete text on the law of collision reflecting the adoption of the 1972 International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), which became effective in 1977--the first complete revision of the International Rules since 1889. Text also includes changes in the U.S. Inland Rules for the former Inland, Great Lakes, and Western Rivers Rules, adoption of the proportional fault rule by the U.S. Supreme Court in Reliable Transfer Co. v. United States, and the widespread use of radar and Automatic Radar Plotting in marine navigation. In addition to the rules, the book covers damages, both-to-blame collisions, and official investigations. It also includes chapters on pilotage, towage, marine pollution, limitation of liability, marine insurance, salvage, and general average, all in relation to collisions.

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Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers

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0870335057

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9780870335051

Biotechnology: Scientific Advancement Versus Public Safety

By: Conrad B Quintyn

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Biotechnology: Scientific Advancement Versus Public Safety

By: Conrad B Quintyn

In this book, Dr Quintyn considers whether genetic engineering will exacerbate social injustices and/or lead to public safety issues. As designer babies mature, will they feel a sense of superiority or pass on mutations that negatively affect future generations? Should we ignore the risk of zoonotic (animal) diseases because they offer potential benefits for reducing organ shortages? Scientific advancement, if not guided responsibly and with public input, can be detrimental to public safety.This book is unique as it encompasses many biotechnologies within the definition of biotechnology. It gives a balanced view of biotechnology: its promise as evidenced in repairing mutations (i.e., genetic editing) and its dangers evidenced in creating (unintentionally) dangerous microbes or unregulated germline editing and cloning. Additionally, this book includes animals in biotechnological research because the success, advances, techniques, and science of genetic engineering could not have occurred without using animals (and microorganisms, insects, plants) as model organisms. A comprehensive description of the CRISPR system in bacteria and the exploitation of this knowledge in creating the CRISPR/Cas9 technology is also incorporated in this read.The author's overall goal is to discuss other biotechnology that is being used to improve and put at risk the health, environment, and safety of humans, giving the book a competitive edge. Furthermore, the book provides a provocative side in challenging scientists to consider the current belief governing research and development, which is that scientific advancement and public safety create a false dichotomy.

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391

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World Scientific

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9811259275

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9789811259272

Juvenile Justice

A Guide to Theory and Practice

By: Steven M. Cox,John J. Conrad,Jennifer M. Allen

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Juvenile Justice

A Guide to Theory and Practice

By: Steven M. Cox,John J. Conrad,Jennifer M. Allen

A text for undergraduates, integrating juvenile law, theories of causation, and procedural requirements. After a review of the history of juvenile law, chapters with summaries and discussion questions cover subjects including characteristics of juvenile offenders, juvenile court acts, violence by and against youth, street gangs, and prevention, treatment, and corrections agencies. Appendices offer the Uniform Juvenile Court Act and landmark cases. This fourth edition contains expanded coverage of abused and neglected children.

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356

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McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

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0697356175

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9780697356178

Writing the Afro-Hispanic

By: Conrad James

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Writing the Afro-Hispanic

By: Conrad James

The impact of the African Diaspora in Spanish America is far greater than is understood or acknowledged in the English speaking world. Connected initially to the Spanish-Caribbean through trans-Atlantic slavery, Africa is so deeply ingrained in the biology and culture of these countries that, in the words of the Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen, it would require the work of a 'miniaturist to disentangle that hieroglyph.' Through complex explorations of narratives of Spanish Blacks in the Caribbean this collection of essays builds critically on mid and late twentieth century Afro-Hispanist scholarship and thereby amplifies the terms in which Africans in the Americas are generally discussed. Each of these essays deals with a pivotal aspect of the African experience in the Spanish speaking Caribbean from the period of slavery to the present day. The essays focus on Black African cultures in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic as well as in the circum Caribbean areas of Mexico and Colombia. In the process they cover a vast and highly involved range of issues including abolition and the politics of anti-slavery rhetoric, African women's political activism, performance poetry and female embodiment of the Black Diaspora, the Cuban Revolution and its investment in African liberation struggles, race and intra-Caribbean migration, ritualised spirituality and African healing practices among others. Through their investigation of both official and popular cultures in the Caribbean not only do the essays in this volume show the indispensable functions of African cultural capital in the Spanish speaking Caribbean but they also underline the multiple demographic, socio-political and institutional imperatives that are at stake in considering contemporary understandings of the African Diaspora.

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Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd

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1912234203

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The New Eugenics

Modifying Biological Life in the Twenty-First Century

By: Conrad B. Quintyn Ph.D.

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The New Eugenics

Modifying Biological Life in the Twenty-First Century

By: Conrad B. Quintyn Ph.D.

The specter of early twentieth-century eugenics—with its goal of preventing the “unfit” from reproducing through forced sterilization—still haunts us in this era of genetic engineering. Conrad B. Quintyn, an associate professor of biological anthropology at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, calls this the new eugenics era because geneticists have begun to explore ways to prevent and repair defective genes in all humans. In this book, he considers whether genetic engineering will exacerbate social injustices and/or lead to a public safety issue. For instance, in 2012, virologists in the U.S. and the Netherlands genetically engineered avian (bird) flu to be more transmissible between mammals. These scientists argued that virus transmission between mammals enables us to make vaccines to prevent pandemics. They never considered what would happen if the virus accidentally escaped the laboratory. Meanwhile, some scientists are experimenting with “designer babies,” altering genes to remove diseases and even programming certain traits. Join the author as he considers whether scientists are playing God as well as the risks we face by altering genetics in The New Eugenics.

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Archway Publishing

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1480899216

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9781480899216

The Science of Web Surveys

By: Roger Tourangeau,Frederick Conrad,Mick Couper

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The Science of Web Surveys

By: Roger Tourangeau,Frederick Conrad,Mick Couper

In this volume, the authors provide a comprehensive summary of the literature on this method of data collection that is rapidly growing in popularity. The book includes new syntheses of the authors' work and other important research on Web surveys, including a meta-analysis of studies that compare reports on sensitive topics in Web surveys with reports collected in other modes of data collection.

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209

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0199747040

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Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

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Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

In this textbook we examine the extent to which moral values play a role as productive forces for companies and the economy as a whole, and explores the effect of ethical and unethical behavior at both levels. We show how ethics improves productivity, and provide specific ethics tools for practical application for both students and managers. Stemming from an overall interdisciplinary approach, this textbook fills a gap in the literature on ethics in business. Following a textbook structure, we first derive knowledge from scientific studies that are relevant for students, and then summarize the results. We explain ethical assessment approaches, and then provide an ethical assessment of economic behavior using case studies. Roleplaying and games are used to explain the behavior of people in relation to ethics. The 2nd edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new findings from the behavioral sciences (psychology, social psychology, sociology and behavioral economics). In particular, the research on emotions, motivation and group behavior have given rise to many new impulses in business ethics. In addition, new case studies and new chapters were included, like Politics and Morality, Theories of Justice, Global Ethics, and Institutions as Solutions to Specific Game Situations (game theory). This book is important for students and researchers as well as policymakers and business executives due to its focus on applications.

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Springer Nature

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3030988430

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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics

By: Conrad Heilmann,Julian Reiss

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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics

By: Conrad Heilmann,Julian Reiss

The most fundamental questions of economics are often philosophical in nature, and philosophers have, since the very beginning of Western philosophy, asked many questions that current observers would identify as economic. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is an outstanding reference source for the key topics, problems, and debates at the intersection of philosophical and economic inquiry. It captures this field of countless exciting interconnections, affinities, and opportunities for cross-fertilization. Comprising 35 chapters by a diverse team of contributors from all over the globe, the Handbook is divided into eight sections: I. Rationality II. Cooperation and Interaction III. Methodology IV. Values V. Causality and Explanation VI. Experimentation and Simulation VII. Evidence VIII. Policy The volume is essential reading for students and researchers in economics and philosophy who are interested in exploring the interconnections between the two disciplines. It is also a valuable resource for those in related fields like political science, sociology, and the humanities.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317578066

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9781317578062

John Gower and the Limits of the Law

By: Conrad van Dijk

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John Gower and the Limits of the Law

By: Conrad van Dijk

An examination of the ways in which Gower's poetry engages with contemporary law and legal questions. It has long been thought that John Gower was probably a lawyer before turning to poetry, and this study reveals his active engagement with contemporary legal debates; they include constitutional questions, jurisdictional issues, private vengeance, jurisprudential concepts (such as equity and the rigor iuris), and aspects of criminal law. The author argues that the Confessio Amantis in particular demonstrates Gower's uncertainty about how to reconcile the ideal of a just law with alternative modes of justice, such as self-help, royal discretion, and divine will. The book also examines the parallel development of the exemplum and casus in medieval literature. Exempla frequently create a sense of narrative closure by means of some form of punishment, or as Gower would put it, "vengeance". How then do we set Gower's reputation as a sympathetic writer alongside his frequent desire forclosure and punishment? What are the limits of exemplarity and law? These questions are answered by reading Gower in relation to the volatile politics of the Ricardian period, and in comparison with the poetic concerns of contemporary writers such as Chaucer and Langland. In so doing, the book provides a searching introduction to the intersection between literature and law in the late fourteenth century. Dr. Conrad van Dijk is Assistant Professor of English at Concordia University College of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada).

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DS Brewer

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1843843501

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9781843843504

Political Economy

An Institutional and Behavioral Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

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Political Economy

An Institutional and Behavioral Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

This textbook takes a new approach to political economy: it combines the well-known non-quantitative theories with the findings of behavioral science and other disciplines such as psychology and sociology. The question of how people behave and how such behavior can be guided towards moral welfare for everyone is the focus of this book. The knowledge is first derived scientifically, then the results are presented in summaries and conclusions. Case studies provide a link to practice. By means of exercises and behavioral games, readers can apply and deepen their acquired knowledge.

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3658308842

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9783658308841

Economic Systems, Markets and Politics

An Ethical, Behavioral and Institutional Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

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Economic Systems, Markets and Politics

An Ethical, Behavioral and Institutional Approach

By: Christian A. Conrad

This textbook takes a new approach to economics by taking into account behavioral sciences and ethics. The basics of institutional economics are the starting point of the book, which are combined with insights from business ethics and behavioral science. It analyzes human behavior in order to discover incentives for economic agents to behave in a welfare-maximizing way, and analyzes the impact of human behavior and morality on economic systems, markets and politics. This textbook draws from new research results from behavioral economics, as well as from other disciplines, such as psychology and sociology, thus leading to new conclusions for economic science. The book sheds light on how people behave and how such behavior can be guided towards moral welfare for everyone. Furthermore, the reader is introduced to behavioral games, and to how these can be used to study economic behavior. Each chapter contains a summary on behavioral science findings as well as one on ethical findings. This book is a must read for advanced students in economics and political science but can also be of use to researchers of economics, as well as policymakers and business executives due to its focus on applications.

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3031103661

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Cancer Genomics

Cancer Genomics

Heparin-Binding Proteins

Heparin-Binding Proteins

The Law of Marine Collision

The Law of Marine Collision

Biotechnology: Scientific Advancement Versus Public Safety

Biotechnology: Scientific Advancement Versus Public Safety

Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice

Writing the Afro-Hispanic

Writing the Afro-Hispanic

The New Eugenics

The New Eugenics

The Science of Web Surveys

The Science of Web Surveys

Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach

Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics

John Gower and the Limits of the Law

John Gower and the Limits of the Law

Political Economy

Political Economy

Economic Systems, Markets and Politics

Economic Systems, Markets and Politics

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