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Scientific Respiratory Symposium, Paris June 2010
At a 2010 Respiratory Symposium in Paris, chaired by Professors Bousquet and Roche of the University of Paris, recent trends in research, therapy and treatment guidelines for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were reviewed and discussed by a faculty of expert European and US respiratory physicians. This article reviews five key clinical presentations with particular emphasis given to the importance of small airways in the pathology and treatment of asthma and COPD. Further analysis of the economics of treatment in Europe and the US shows a wide variance in direct and indirect costs
Justice, development and the land: the social context of Scotland’s energy transition
Scotland, like many other countries, is undergoing a transition to renewable
energy. This paper discusses the social context within which this transition
is taking place and which is conditioning the possibilities for energy
development and its effects on people. In particular, the paper explores
historically-rooted conflicts relating to land rights and wild land protection,
considering these issues and their relationship to energy development in
terms of landscape justice (i.e. the principle of fairness in the ways people
relate to the landscape and to each other through the landscape). Pursuing
a more just settlement between people and landscape is often a matter of
understanding problematic pasts and working to overcome their harmful
legacies. It is argued that there is an important role for heritage practice in
helping to deliver energy development which takes the historical, social and
cultural context more fully into account and thereby helps to bring about a
more just settlement between people and the landscape
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Spirit, mind and body: the archaeology of monastic healing
Archaeology and material culture are used in this chapter to consider how monastic experience responded to illness, ageing and disability. The approach taken is influenced by the material study of religion, which interrogates how bodies and things engage to construct the sensory experience of religion, and by practice-based approaches in archaeology, which examine the active role of space and material culture in shaping religious agency and embodiment. The archaeology of monastic healing focuses on the full spectrum of healing technologies, from managing the body in order to prevent illness, through to the treatment of the sick and preparation of the corpse for burial