03413nam 2200565 a 450 991114874050332120251116160355.00-87969-659-1(CKB)111056486865748(OCoLC)607898669(CaPaEBR)ebrary10006733(SSID)ssj0000096216(PQKBManifestationID)12033909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096216(PQKBWorkID)10076507(PQKB)10296584(MiAaPQ)EBC3137903(Au-PeEL)EBL3137903(CaPaEBR)ebr10006733(OCoLC)922997993(BIP)6458702(EXLCZ)9911105648686574820000322d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /Philip R. ReillyCold Spring Harbor, NY Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pressc20001 online resource (359 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87969-580-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- HISTORY Using DNA to Understand the Past -- 1 Abraham Lincoln Did He Have Marfan Syndrome? -- 2 Kings and Queens Genetic Diseases in Royal Families -- 3 Toulouse- Lautrec An Artist despite His Genes -- 4 Old Bones DNA and Skeletons -- JUSTICE The DNA Revolution in the Courts -- 5 DNA Detectives The New DNA Evidence -- 6 Cold Hits The Rise of DNA Felon Databanks -- 7 Genes and Violence Do Mutations Cause Crime? -- 8 Wrongful Birth What Should the Doctor Know? -- BEHAVIOR Do Genes Make Us the Way We Are? -- 9 Mental Illness How Much Is Genetic? -- 10 Personality Were We Born This Way? -- 11 Talent Nature or Nurture? -- 12 Gay Genes What's the Evidence? -- PLANTS AND ANIMALS Genetic Engineering and Nature -- 13 Genetically Modified Organisms The Next Green Revolution? -- 14 Transgenic Animals New Foods and New Factories -- 15 Endangered Species New Genes Beat Extinction -- 16 Xenotransplantation Animal Organs to Save Humans -- DISEASES The Genetic Revolution in Medicine -- 17 Cystic Fibrosis Should Everyone Be Tested? -- 18 Breast Cancer The Burden of Knowing -- 19 Alzheimer Disease Are You at High Risk? -- 20 Gene Therapy The Dream and the Reality -- DILEMMAS Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice -- 21 Genetic Testing and Privacy Who Should Be Able to Know Your Genes? -- 22 Frozen Embryos People or Property? -- 23 Cloning Why Is Everyone Opposed? -- 24 Eugenics Can We Improve the Gene Pool? -- Bibliography -- Index.Twenty-four true, wide-ranging tales of crime, history, human behaviour, illness and ethics, told from the personal perspective of an eminent physician-lawyer. Philip Reilly uses these stories to illustrate the principles of human genetics and the wider issues.Human geneticsPopular worksMedical geneticsPopular worksGenetic engineeringPopular worksHuman geneticsMedical geneticsGenetic engineering599.93/5Reilly Philip1947-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911148740503321UNINA02713nam 2200613Ia 450 991113696660332120251116152806.01-280-54728-697866105472891-84544-975-4(CKB)1000000000242934(EBL)267417(OCoLC)71557000(SSID)ssj0000466039(PQKBManifestationID)11292919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466039(PQKBWorkID)10457253(PQKB)10598779(MiAaPQ)EBC267417(Au-PeEL)EBL267417(CaPaEBR)ebr10132682(CaONFJC)MIL54728(OCoLC)133168492(EXLCZ)99100000000024293420000815d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNew perspectives on partnership /guest editors Martin Laffin and Joyce Liddle1st ed.Bradford, England Emerald Group Publishingc20061 online resource (68 p.)International Journal of Public Sector Management ;v.19, no. 3Description based upon print version of record.1-84544-974-6 Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; New perspectives on partnership; The distinctiveness of the Welsh partnership agenda; From partition to partnership; Partnership and statutory local governance in a devolved Scotland; Partnership meets politics: managing within the maze; Au revoir to partnerships: what's next ?; Call for papersIn the UK 'partnership' has emerged as a central theme in New Labour policy. The present government has seen the formation of partnerships as fundamental to its public sector reform programme across wide areas of public policy - especially in the management of regeneration projects, the improvement of coordination across health and other agencies, and the finance and management of large public sector projects. Yet major uncertainties persist over the definition of 'partnership' and the evaluation of partnership initiatives among both policy makers and researchers. This e-book looks is based onVolume 19, Issue 3Government business enterprisesPartnershipGovernment business enterprises.Partnership.346.41/0682Laffin Martin1695319Liddle Joyce949909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911136966603321New perspectives on partnership4861150UNINA