Assessing the Impact of European Governments' Austerity Plans on the Rights of People with Disabilities

Since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008, concerns have been raised by all interested parties on the negative impacts for people with disabilities. This study, which was commissioned by the European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights and Disability, examines evidence at both European and national level of the effect of the economic crisis, in terms of austerity measures, on the rights and status of people with disabilities. A core team of European researchers, complemented by national experts in six EU Member States, conducted an independent survey of documentary sources and carried out interviews with funders, providers and organisations of people with disabilities. The countries included in the study were Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the UK.The findings are linked back to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the objectives of the EU Disability Strategy

Immunoglobulin G: A Potential Treatment to Attenuate Neuroinflammation Following Spinal Cord Injury

# The Author(s) 2010. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is caused by two related but mechanistically distinct events: the primary injury to the spinal cord is caused by a mechanic trauma; the secondary injury is a cascade of cellular and molecula

Effect Of Gender On T-Cell Proliferative Responses To Myelin Proteolipid Protein Antigens In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis And Controls

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system. Gender influences both susceptibility to MS, with the disease being more common in women, and the clinical course of disease, with an increased proportion of males developing the primary progressive form of the disease. The basis for these differences may include genetic and immunological factors, and the immunological differences between men and women may be influenced by the effects of the sex hormones. Over several years we have collected blood from MS patients and controls, and measured T-cell responses to myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) and myelin basic protein (MBP) and have shown increased responses to PLP in MS patients compared to healthy controls and patients with other neurological diseases. In the present study we analyzed data from over 500 individuals, to determine whether there are differences between males and females in their responses to PLP and MBP. We found that there was higher frequency of increased T-cell reactivity to immunodominant PLP peptides in women than in men, particularly in non-MS individuals. We suggest that this may be relevant to the higher prevalence of MS in women

Preface: What is a Netizen?

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Editors Introduction

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On the Early Days of Usenet: The Roots of the Cooperative Online Culture. (Chapter 10)

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Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Netizens

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The Evolution of Usenet: The Poor Man's ARPANET (Chapter 2)

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Behind the Net: The Untold Story of the ARPANET and Computer Science (Chapter 7)

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Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet

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