THE PROPER ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SPACE IN RESPONSE TO FAILED MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, PRICE HIKES, AND DRUG CONTAMINATION

This thesis explored proper public relations practices in the pharmaceutical industry when specifically faced with a failed merger & acquisition, instances of significant, abrupt price hikes, and situations involving drug contamination.Bachelor of Art

Attributing scientific and technical progress: the case of holography

Holography, the three-dimensional imaging technology, was portrayed widely as a paradigm of progress during its decade of explosive expansion 1964–73, and during its subsequent consolidation for commercial and artistic uses up to the mid 1980s. An unusually seductive and prolific subject, holography successively spawned scientific insights, putative applications and new constituencies of practitioners and consumers. Waves of forecasts, associated with different sponsors and user communities, cast holography as a field on the verge of success—but with the dimensions of success repeatedly refashioned. This retargeting of the subject represented a degree of cynical marketeering, but was underpinned by implicit confidence in philosophical positivism and faith in technological progressivism. Each of its communities defined success in terms of expansion, and anticipated continual progressive increase. This paper discusses the contrasting definitions of progress in holography, and how they were fashioned in changing contexts. Focusing equally on reputed ‘failures’ of some aspects of the subject, it explores the varied attributes by which success and failure were linked with progress by different technical communities. This important case illuminates the peculiar post-World War II environment that melded the military, commercial and popular engagement with scientific and technological subjects, and the competing criteria by which they assessed the products of science

‘Shades of Grey’: The Ethics of Social Work Practice in Relation to Un-prescribed Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use

© 2018, © 2018 British Association of Social Workers. This paper reflects on some of the ethical dilemmas that social workers face when assessing risk in relation to those using substances. It explores how legislation and societal factors can impact not just on people’s choices and decisions but also on their ‘vulnerability’ and access to services. Vulnerability, a contested term, is linked, in this paper, to assessment of risk. There are ethical issues that arise when assessing risk with people who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) from both service user and professional perspectives. These ethical issues concern a person’s right to choose and make potentially harmful decisions. The paper argues that using substances such as AAS in and of itself does not suffice to make a person vulnerable but this does not mean that people using AAS are not in need of support. It suggests that there may be some groups of people who are more at risk to starting AAS use and that social workers should be aware of these. It also recommends the need for further qualitative research to understand the reasons for starting use and support to help people stop using AAS

The volcanic geology of the Pahranagat Range and certain adjacent areas, Lincoln County, southeastern Nevada

Extended reconnaissance over 700 square miles of the Pahranagat, Alamo and Hiko Ranges has revealed that more or less continuous emission of fissure type nuees ardentes has been punctuated by periods of fluvio-lacustrine deposition of reworked volcanic ejecta. Use of the exceptional value of ignimbrites as stratigraphic-structural datum planes, and the presence of fresh water limestones and water-laid tuffs, demonstrate that the nuees were extruded over deformed Paleozoic rocks during Oligocene-Miocene time under conditions of gentle topography and at least greater humidity than exists today. Furthermore, the volcanic rocks themselves were extensively faulted as part of the formation of the Basin and Range structures

A SURVEY OF MEDICAL STUDENT PRIORITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH LOCATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE.

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Automated interface for retrieving reusable software components

The Computer Aided Prototyping System (CAPS) software base contains software components described by formal specifications written in the Prototype System Description Language (PSDL). One problem addressed by this thesis is to develop a retrieval mechanism for extracting components that match user-provided PSDL specifications. Another problem addressed is the integration of a retrieved component into a software prototype. The approach taken was to match specifications by comparing operations and parameter types to include indirect subtype relations. Integrating a selected software base component required generating mappings to account for different operation and parameter orderings and, for generic components, automatic instantiation. The result was a tool which implements automated assistance for finding reusable components in a large software repository. Methods were developed for parameter and operator mapping, parameter type matching, and ensuring instantiation of a generic was possible. Upon receipt of a PSDL specification query, these methods are employed to automate the retrieval of all matching components and the integration of the selected component into the software prototype. This has been fully implemented for operator components and partially implemented for type components. The retrieval mechanism, a potential processing bottleneck, is extremely accurate and reasonably fast. A query on 1,000 component repository retrieved all 50 possible matches in under 3 minuteshttp://archive.org/details/automatedinterfa00dolgCaptain, United States ArmyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Ethics and American Unionism and the Path Ahead for the Working Class.

Sam Weiner is a pseudonym of Sam Dolgoff.Mode of access: Internet.Labadie Pamphlet Collection

Outperform with Expectations-Based Management

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The Labor Party Illusion.

Sam Weiner is a pseudonym of Sam Dolgoff.Mode of access: Internet.Labadie Pamphlet Collection