03628nam 2200673Ia 450 991114892810332120260415133237.09780791488416079148841197805854657460585465746(CKB)111087027855284(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587113(SSID)ssj0000109617(PQKBManifestationID)11142808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109617(PQKBWorkID)10046404(PQKB)10308292(OCoLC)52872714(MdBmJHUP)muse5887(Au-PeEL)EBL3407915(CaPaEBR)ebr10587113(DE-B1597)684371(DE-B1597)9780791488416(MiAaPQ)EBC3407915(Perlego)2671602(OCoLC)1432030648(EXLCZ)9911108702785528420011016d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBecoming immortal combining cloning and stem-cell therapy /Stanley Shostak1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (322 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791454022 0791454029 9780791454015 0791454010 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index.Intro -- Becoming Immortal -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Quo Vadis? -- WHY BECOME IMMORTAL? -- HAS LIFE CHANGED? -- "HELLO, DOLLY!" AND SALUTATIONS TO STEM CELLS -- WHY WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL OR WHAT IS LIFE ANYWAY? -- ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 2. Why Immortality Cannot Evolve -- WHERE DOES LONGEVITY COME FROM, AND WHY HAS EVOLUTION MADE US MORTAL RATHER THAN IMMORTAL? -- WHAT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF LONGEVITY, AND WHY ARE THE PROSPECTS SO BLEAK FOR ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH EVOLUTION? -- AFTERWORD: IMMORTALITY TRIUMPHANT! -- 3. Why Immortality Cannot Develop -- DEVELOPMENT'S "WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, HOW, AND WHY?" -- DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO EMBRYOLOGISTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Life's Fundamental Feature: Devolution -- GETTING DOWN TO BASICS: LIFE BEGINS -- AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVOLUTION -- THE DEVOLUTION OF EUCARYA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF SEX -- THE DEVOLUTION OF METAZOA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES -- THE DEVOLUTION OF DEATH -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Making Immortals: From Blastocyst to Generator -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT CLONING -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT STEM CELLS -- MAKING IMMORTALS -- MAKING GENERATORS -- Epilogue: Reprise and Prediction -- PROSPECTS FOR IMMORTALIZATION -- ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY IMMORTALIZATION -- AT WHAT COST? -- Endotes -- NOTES TO PREFACE -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 2 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 5 -- NOTES TO EPILOGUE -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Explores how new organs might be engineered via cloning and reproductive technology to achieve human immortality.Human cloningStem cellsResearchHuman cloning.Stem cellsResearch.612.6Shostak Stanley624765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911148928103321Becoming immortal4854315UNINA03990nam 2200745 a 450 991113136320332120200520144314.01-134-52804-31-134-52805-11-280-15025-40-203-99555-4978020399555610.4324/9780203995556 (CKB)1000000000000387(EBL)240613(OCoLC)275289913(SSID)ssj0000097120(PQKBManifestationID)11130844(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097120(PQKBWorkID)10114655(PQKB)10469222(MiAaPQ)EBC240613(OCoLC)61234265(FlBoTFG)9780203995556(EXLCZ)99100000000000038720020218d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdapting to financial globalisation /edited by Morten Balling, Eduard H. Hochreiter, and Elizabeth Hennessy1st ed.London Routledge20011 online resource (364 p.)Routledge International Studies in Money and BankingPapers presented at a conference held in Vienna in April 2000 by the Societe universitaire europeenne de recherches financieres and the Austrian National Bank.0-415-25240-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Introduction; 1 In search of anchors for financial and monetary stability; 2 Banking consolidation in Europe; 3 Monetary policy and financial stability in a dynamic world; 4 A new capital adequacy framework for Europe; 5 Is a Euroland banking system already emerging?; 6 Fiscal discipline and exchange rate regimes; 7 Country risk analysis in the light of emerging market crises; 8 Foreign and domestic bank participation in emerging markets; 9 Financial stability in the euro area10 Strategies developed by Spanish banks for adapting to financial globalisation11 Globalisation and payment intermediation; 12 A theoretical model of consumer behaviour in the financial services industry; 13 Inflation,monetary transparency, and G3 exchange rate volatility; 14 Challenges to the structure of financial supervision in the EU; 15 Impact of globalization on efficiency in the European banking industry; IndexAdapting to the demands of financial globalisation is currently one of the most pressing preoccupations of bankers, financial institutions and financial authorities. Many aspects of this issue are addressed in this volume, based on a colloquium held in Vienna in April 2000 by the Société Universitaire Européene de Rechèrches Financières (SUERF) jointly with the Austrian National Bank.Individual chapters, written by academics, central bankers and market professionals, focus on the strategic implications of global pressures which are tending to eradicate the previously clear boundarRoutledge International Studies in Money and BankingInternational financeCongressesMonetary policyCongressesBanks and bankingCongressesFinancial services industryCongressesGlobalizationEconomic aspectsCongressesInternational financeMonetary policyBanks and bankingFinancial services industryGlobalizationEconomic aspects332.042Balling MortenHochreiter EduardHennessy ElizabethSociété universitaire européenne de recherches financières.Oesterreichische Nationalbank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911131363203321UNINA