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The authors describe a structured workshop in which group members explore their fears of nuclear holocaust and the effects this fear has had on their lives. By using logotherapy ideals, the participants create a renewed sense of purpose and hope in the face of the possible apocalypse.
The ABC drama The Day After made us acutely aware of the imminent and real dangers of nuclear war. Yet, even before this media effort, three generations of Americans have lived with a subtle awareness of the potential for nuclear holocaust, which is their generations' millstone. This mental dilemma was confronted in Powers' (1984) excellent article. He concluded that "perhaps a nation in the grip of fear will always choose military power, no matter what...it doesn't take a prophet to see the end of a pattern so pronounced" (p. 35). In his 1950 Nobel Prize speech, William Faulkner stated:. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, certain batches of heparin have been associated with an acute, rapid onset of serious side-effects indicative of allergic-type reactions. These reports generated significant concern regarding the possible presence of a dangerous contaminant within heparin and highlighted the need to re-assess the purity criteria of heparin preparations for clinical use. Given the nature of the array of all possible contaminants, traditional screening tests cannot safely differentiate between contaminated and uncontaminated heparin preparations. Mono- and bi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy are powerful techniques that are able to detect and quantify a wide variety of potential sulfated polysaccharide contaminants. As such, these techniques are powerful tools for the analysis and assessment of heparin preparations.