LawSync: navigating the ‘blue oceans’ within the ‘emerging’ legal services markets

Change, it is said, is the only constant. Whilst it cannot be avoided, the worlds of legal education and legal services have arguably enjoyed an extended period where the impact of change has been comparatively minimal. Today, these worlds face significant changes due to a combination of market and regulatory forces. True, such changes are likely to be accompanied by challenges but with these challenges come opportunities. There is no reason why Law Schools and Law students cannot help to shape these changes and benefit from them. LawSync™ is a project that seeks to enable such influence and attract such benefits at Sheffield Hallam University. See http://www.lawsync.com and http://twitter.com/lawsync for more details

Una búsqueda del sentido de la vida: James A. Michener, la juventud y la España eterna

Este artículo examina la obra Iberia de James A. Michener como uno de los mejores libros escritos durante el siglo xx acerca de España. Durante un período de más de cuarenta años Michener hizo muchas visitas a España, llamándola «mi segundo hogar», y, a través de sus viajes a casi cada rincón del país, ayudado por miles de conversaciones que había mantenido con españoles de los más prominentes a los más pobres, Michener tejió un tapiz extraordinario de España y su gente. Sus investigaciones y sus lecturas exhaustivas, que aparecen en cada página de Iberia, le facilitaron a Michener escribir la que posiblemente sea la mejor crónica en un volumen de cada aspecto de la civilización española, desde su historia, cultura, comida, música, arte, filosofía y literatura a la tauromaquia, los festivales, la política, la lengua e incluso el pundonor. Por último, Iberia es el testimonio del amor de toda la vida de un americano que una vez fue a España, pero cuya alma nunca la dejó, sobre todo en el momento de la crisis más grande de su vida.This article will examine James A. Michener’s Iberia as one of the finest books written during the twentieth century on Spain. During a period of over forty years, Michener made numerous trips to Spain, calling it his «second home», and, through travels to virtually every corner of the nation, aided by thousands of conversations with Spaniards from prominent to poor, Michener pieced together a fascinating collage of Spain and its people. His exhaustive research and reading, brought to bear on every page of Iberia, enabled Michener to write what is very possibly the most definitive one-volume chronicle of every aspect of Spanish civilization, from history, culture, food, music, art, philosophy, and literature, to bullfighting, festivals, politics, language, and pundonor. Finally, Iberia is a testimony to a lifelong love affair of an American who once went to Spain but whose spirit never left it, especially in the moment of his greatest personal crisis

The Characteristics of Incidental Pituitary Microadenomas in 120 Korean Forensic Autopsy Cases

To investigate the characteristics of incidental pituitary microadenomas, we examined 120 pituitary glands from Korean forensic autopsy cases, from which eight tumors were identified (incidence 6.7%). The average age of the affected subjects was 50 yr (range: 33-96 yr) with a female predominance. The maximum diameters of the tumors ranged from 0.4 to 5.4 mm (mean: 2.8 mm). Immunohistochemical analysis of pituitary hormones revealed three growth hormone-secreting adenomas, one prolactin-producing adenoma, one gonadotropin-producing adenoma, one plurihormonal adenoma, and two null cell adenomas. MIB-1 staining for Ki-67 antigen showed no positive expression. The microvessel density (MVD) of the pituitary microadenomas ranged from 2.3 to 11.6% (mean: 5.3%) and was significantly lower than that of nonneoplastic pituitary glands (11.9-20.1%, mean: 14.8%). Our study provides reference data on incidental pituitary microadenomas in the Korean population

First Transcriptome of the Testis-Vas Deferens-Male Accessory Gland and Proteome of the Spermatophore from Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Ticks are important vectors of numerous human diseases and animal diseases. Feeding stimulates spermatogenesis, mating and insemination of male factors that trigger female reproduction. The physiology of male reproduction and its regulation of female development are essentially a black box. Several transcriptomes have catalogued expression of tick genes in the salivary glands, synganglion and midgut but no comprehensive investigation has addressed male reproduction and mating. Consequently, a new global approach using transcriptomics, proteomics, and quantitative gene expression is needed to understand male reproduction and stimulation of female reproduction

A Search for the Meaning of Life: James A. Michener, Youth, and Eternal Spain

Este artículo examina la obra Iberia de James A. Michener como uno de los mejores libros escritos durante el siglo xx acerca de España. Durante un período de más de cuarenta años Michener hizo muchas visitas a España, llamándola «mi segundo hogar», y, a través de sus viajes a casi cada rincón del país, ayudado por miles de conversaciones que había mantenido con españoles de los más prominentes a los más pobres, Michener tejió un tapiz extraordinario de España y su gente. Sus investigaciones y sus lecturas exhaustivas, que aparecen en cada página de Iberia, le facilitaron a Michener escribir la que posiblemente sea la mejor crónica en un volumen de cada aspecto de la civilización española, desde su historia, cultura, comida, música, arte, filosofía y literatura a la tauromaquia, los festivales, la política, la lengua e incluso el pundonor. Por último, Iberia es el testimonio del amor de toda la vida de un americano que una vez fue a España, pero cuya alma nunca la dejó, sobre todo en el momento de la crisis más grande de su vida.This article will examine James A. Michener’s Iberia as one of the finest books written during the twentieth century on Spain. During a period of over forty years, Michener made numerous trips to Spain, calling it his «second home», and, through travels to virtually every corner of the nation, aided by thousands of conversations with Spaniards from prominent to poor, Michener pieced together a fascinating collage of Spain and its people. His exhaustive research and reading, brought to bear on every page of Iberia, enabled Michener to write what is very possibly the most definitive one-volume chronicle of every aspect of Spanish civilization, from history, culture, food, music, art, philosophy, and literature, to bullfighting, festivals, politics, language, and pundonor. Finally, Iberia is a testimony to a lifelong love affair of an American who once went to Spain but whose spirit never left it, especially in the moment of his greatest personal crisis