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The conceptual approach integrates, from the perspective of computer science, the complementary disciplines of philosophical ethics and social science. Computer scientists need to be educated to understand some of the complex linkages between the social and the technical. CC91 specified four knowledge units under social, ethical, and professional issues within the common computer science core requirement. The five fundamental knowledge units proposed for this “tenth” subject area, designated Ethical and Social Impact of Computing. The key to this integrated approach is in overall coordination of the curriculum. By providing students with the necessary background and analysis tools and skills in the introductory computing courses, they are then equipped to apply them to issues raised in the more advanced courses. The capstone projects course presents the final opportunity for students to reflect upon the principles and operationalize the skills they have learned in all of their courses through the design, development and implementation of a large scale project.

With Conquest in Cyberspace, senior RAND Corporation policy analyst Martin Libicki addresses information warfare, especially as it pertains to the Internet. In tackling issues surrounding hostile a...

The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present by Martin V. Melosi is a big book in every sense. It spans a multitude of disciplines, including economics, environmental policy, history, law, political science, and public health. It raises important arguments that will provoke debates and stimulate further research for years to come. And it is thorough and comprehensive, revealing an author who has been reading and thinking about the issues at hand for a very long time. A book this big needed to be nearly 600 pages long.

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Issu d’une thèse soutenue à l’Université Humboldt de Berlin au semestre d’hiver 2006/2007, ce livre étudie le recours à la guerre de Trente Ans dans un long XIXe s. Au moyen de sources imprimées et publiques – discours officiels, textes de combat, articles de journaux, livres d’histoire et littérature –, l’auteur démontre la prégnance confessionnelle de la culture allemande en une époque qui est le théâtre à la fois de l’affirmation des identités nationales, de la cristallisation de conflits ...

Antioxidants & redox signaling : ARS 10, ars.2022.0090 (2022). doi:10.1089/ars.2022.0090, Published by Liebert, Larchmont, NY

Martin “Marty” C. Doot, MD was a remarkable leader and advocate for those burdened with the disease of addiction. I (Tony Dekker) met Marty twenty-five years ago. He had lectured on adolescent subs...

This RAND study picks up an important and little-researched topic of how terrorist groups have ended and sets to explore whether there are some useful lessons that could be drawn for countering al ...

Background: Knowledge about lentigo maligna (melanoma) (LM/LMM) and its associated prognostic clinicopathological characteristics are limited compared to that of non-LM/LMM subtypes. The current study aimed to determine the clinical relevance of the LM/LMM subtype and its influence on recurrence and survival outcomes. Methods: All consecutive cases of primary cutaneous head and neck LM/LMM treated by wide local excision over a ten-year period were retrospectively reviewed and compared to non-LM/LMM. Clinical outcome and prognostic factors were assessed by cumulative incidence and competing risk analyses. Results: A total of 345 patients were identified. Specific clinicopathological characteristics such as lower median Breslow thickness (1.6 mm versus 2.1 mm; P = 0.013), association with diagnostic sampling errors (17.3% versus 5.2%; P = 0.01), and increased risk of local recurrences due to incomplete resection (18.7% versus 2.3%; P < 0.001), were significantly associated with LM/LMM. Guideline adherence was similar between the two study groups. The positive nodal status at baseline for LMM was low compared to non-LM/LMM (4.2% vs 17.9%; P = 0.037). The LMM subtype, facial localization, and reduced surgical margins (i.e., guideline non-adherence) were not shown to be independent prognostic factors for disease-free, melanoma-specific, or overall survival after correction for competing risks such as patient age and Breslow thickness. Conclusions: The LMM subtype was not shown to be prognostically different from non-LM/LMM when corrected for other variables of influence such as patient age and Breslow thickness. Reduced resection margins did not seem to affect disease-free, and melanoma-specific survival and warrant LM/LMM-specific guidelines. Further research is needed to evaluate the value of SLNB in LMM patients.