Human Creativity for Economic Development: Patents Propel Technology

Intellectual property both leads and lags the development of new technology. It lags in the sense that developments usually precede the law. Today science is accelerating so rapidly that the lawyers and policy analysts can barely grasp what the new questions are, much less supply answers. How are we to adapt the historic forms of protection to deal with new things like patents for genetically modified life forms, or for the Internet? Yet, this process of adaptation is not new. There was a time when maps were all the rage in Europe and judges puzzled over how much difference was needed to distinguish one map from the next. In the early years of this country, nails were at the leading edge of our technology. Several hundred patent applications for assorted types of nails put a strain on out patent system. All nails are not alike, as it turned out. At any event, intellectual property rules often lag behind the advent of new kinds of technology

The Petrified Forest

The programme was scanned from an original held in the University Archives.This play was produced under the direction of Frank Day. The production was staged at The Hut on May 17 & 18, 1944

Faculty Chamber Ensemble and Guest

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Faculty Chamber Ensemble and Guest.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1587/thumbnail.jp

Impaired Endothelial Function in Coronary Heart Disease Patients With Depressive Symptomatology

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess whether depressive symptomatology was associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). BACKGROUND In patients with CHD, the presence of depression is associated with a two to four times increased risk of mortality, but the disease pathways involved are uncertain. Endothelial dysfunction is an established risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients with CHD. METHODS Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, a measure of endothelial function, was assessed in 143 patients (99 men, 44 women), ages 40 to 84 years (mean age, 63 ± 10 years), with documented CHD. RESULTS Patients with significant depressive symptomatology, as indicated by a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score ≥10 (n = 47) showed attenuated FMD (p = 0.001) compared with patients that were not depressed (BDI <10 n = 96). The use of antidepressant medication was associated with improved FMD (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The increased risk of cardiovascular events in CHD patients with elevated symptoms of depression may be mediated, in part, by endothelial dysfunction