Hiv Vaccine Needs Proceedings Of The Internaional Seminar On Planetary Emergencies 24th Session

Contents: Opening Session (T D Lee, K M B Siegbahn, A Zichichi, D Schlessinger, B Simeone, L Montagnier & W A Sprigg)HIV/Aids Vaccine Needs (W Makgoba, R C Gallo, S Osmanov, M Schechter, S Sempala, P Thongcharoen, D Birx, M I Johnston, H Wolf, S Berkley, U Bertazzoni & J A Gayle)Biotechnology (B Müller-Hill, R Braun, P Campbell, M Hughes & A Aguzzi)Neuropathologies (B Ghetti, M Rossor & P Brown)Development Sustainability — Focus Africa (G Farmer, C A Reynolds, M Diop & S Schmeidl)Climate and Weather Predictions (P Uhlir, G Tallia, S Nickovic, W Thiaw, L Wood, R Clark & M E Abdalla)Energy (A Skrinsky, A Gagarinski, A Rosenfeld, P K Iyengar, D Morrison, J Ongena & Y P Huo)Water (S Sorooshian)Weapons of Mass Destruction (J Holzrichter)Closing Session (A Zichichi)Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports (C Hutchinson, P Brown, R Ragaini, H Schubert, S Sorooshian & W Sprigg)HIV/AIDS Vaccine Needs for Developing Countries — Think Tank Workshop (G de Thé, D L Birx, F M Buonaguro, R Gallo, P Thongcharoen, G Hunsmann, H Wolf & S Sempala)Fertility Problems: Technological and Ethical Issues Workshop (D Schlessinger, A Serra & D Neri) Readership: AIDS researchers, immunologists, biotechnologists, meteorologists, ecologists, physicists and social scientists.

This collection of reports, presented by scientists to scientists, addresses the world's problems in scientific terms and makes suggestions on how to alleviate them. Topics covered include HIV and AIDS vaccine needs, biotechnology (ethics and implications), neuropathologies, development sustainability (focusing on Africa), climate and weather predictions (with two articles on predicting dust and sand storms), energy (prospects of nuclear fusion in the next 50 years), water, weapons of mass destruction, and fertility problems (progress in IVF and women's rights). Many of the articles include graphs, tables and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:Opening Session (A Zichichi, T D Lee, D R Scott & R G Will)AIDS and Infectious Diseases — Medication or Vaccination for Developing Countries (G Gray, P Van De Perre, G Biberfeld, A A Lindberg, M Klein & G De Thé)Missile Proliferation and Defense (A Piontovsky, G H Canavan, R K Huber & V J Sundaram)Tchernobyl — Mathematics and Democracy (V Kukhar & Z R Rudzikas)Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (D Heim, H Budka & A Smith)Floods and Extreme Weather Events — Coastal Zone Problems (D Scavia, D Dorogan, D Danut, D Boesch & P M Douglas)Science and Technology for Developing Countries (H Alper, G Knies, T J Gilmartin, W A Barletta & D W Mulenex)Water — Transboundary Water Conflicts (A T Wolf, K C Sivaramakrishnan, D S Brookshire, J Chermak & M Ewers)Climatic Changes — Global Monitoring of the Planet (G Marland, T Boden, K Gurney, J Orear, B L Myers, E Teller, C Leith, G Canavan & L Wood)Information Security (A Lehman, A Kroutskikh, D S Chereshkin & T L Thomas)Pollution in the Caspian Sea (I Salihoglu, H Ghaffarzadeh, E Özsoy, I V Mitrofanov, A Vasiliev & R Ajalov)Permament Monitoring Panel Reports (S Sorooshian, R A Clark, G De Thé, J M Greenberg, W F Huebner, A Piontovsky, H Wegener, R C Ragaini, V P Kukhar, G I Palshin, H Schubert & W Sprigg)Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Workshop (P Piccardo, B Ghetti, F Tagliavini, O Bugiani & R G Will)AIDS and Infectious Diseases Workshop (G Biberfeld, A A Lindbergh & S Tlou)Pollution Workshop (R Ragaini, I Salihoglu, H Ghaffarzadeh, L Shabanova, E Özsoy, Y N Zhimbey, I V Mitrofanov, R Ajalov, A Korshenko & A Vasiliev) Readership: AIDS researchers, immunologists, ecologists, meteorologists, physicists and social scientists. Keywords:

This was the first of a number of seminars dealing with one of the most complex of the new challenges in the 21st century, which call for the participation of a broad range of experts. Eminent economists, decision-makers, defence specialists, political analysts and sociologists presented their views and participated in the debates. In the wake of the dramatic event of 11 September 2001, the Afghanistan war and the resurgence of terrorist acts on all the continents, a host of issues were reconsidered and the role of science and technology was reassessed. The 27th Session was primarily oriented toward the definition of the new types of confrontation, and the identification of various factors and issues that gave rise to them and global trends. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings® (ISSHP® / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) Contents:Opening Session (T D Lee, K Siegbahn & A Zichichi)Society and Structures: Historical Perspectives — Culture and Ideology (E Sagarra, F Mehr, K Talattof & I Karawan)Society and Structures: National and Regional Geopolitical Issues (K C Sivaramakrishnan, D V Segre, A F B Tompson & K K Rebane)Society and Structures: Globalisation — Economy and Culture (A Kamal, L Wood, W Fulkerson & P Lock)Society and Structures: Human Rights — Freedom and Democracy Debate (W R Shea, A Grieder & R Wilson)Confrontations and Countermeasures: Present and Future Confrontations (A L Adamishin, C Daase, T Parkhalina, W Müller-Seedorf, A Beauchamp & T Taylor)Confrontations and Countermeasures: Psychology of Terrorism (G M Mirdal & A Kamal)Confrontations and Countermeasures: Defensive Countermeasures (R Garwin, D A Yerxa & W A Barletta)Confrontations and Countermeasures: Preventive Countermeasures (J Jarab, C Daase, L A Bolshov, A Sarkisov & T Taylor)Science and Technology: Emergencies (J Mittelstrass, A Peyraube & N Kroo)Science and Technology: Pollution (S Parmigiani, F S vom Saal, P Palanza, T Colborn, L Everett & S Kowall)Science and Technology: Climate — Greenhouse Effect (P Tans, H-J Wang & J Veizer)Science and Technology: Desertification — Water Pollution — Algal Bloom (T Wang, D M Anderson, E Teller & M Ó Cinnéide)Science and Technology: Brain and Behaviour Diseases (P M Conneally & M G Spillantini)The Cultural Emergency — General Debate and Conclusions (A Zichichi, W Shea, K C Sivaramakrishnan & R A Mason)Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports (N Charpak, A Piontkovsky, H Schubert, H Wegener, R Clark, R Ragaini, K Siegbahn & A Warren)Brain and Behaviour Diseases Workshop (A S Bassett, C R Cloninger, P M Conneally, C DeCarli, M F Folstein, S E Folstein, B Ghetti, J L Haines, H C Hendrie, K Hall, A Ogunniyi, S Gao, F J McMahon, S Paradiso, L Schrock, M A Pericak-Vance, M G Spillantini, G J Treisman, R G Will, R S G Knight & M D Spencer)Information Security Workshop (A Kamal)Kangaroo Mother's Care Workshop (N Charpak, O Guifo, C Huraux & S Mendoza) Readership: Researchers and practitioners in sociology, international relations, political economy, environmental management, meteorology, oceanography and neuroscience. Keywords:Society;Violence;Terrorism;Brain Disease;Science and Technology

Full Title: Water — Pollution, Biotechnology — Transgenic Plant Vaccine, Energy, Black Sea Pollution, AIDS — Mother-Infant HIV Transmission, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, Limits of Development — Megacities, Missile Proliferation and Defense — Information Security, Cosmic Objects, Desertification, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability, Climatic Changes, Global Monitoring of Planet, Mathematics and Democracy, Science and Journalism, Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports, Water for Megacities Workshop, Black Sea Workshop, Transgenic Plants Workshop, Research Resources Workshop, Mother-Infant HIV Transmission Workshop, Sequestration and Desertification Workshop, Focus Africa Workshop

This proceedings volume contains presentations, group discussions and reports on terrorism-related issues, such as: motivations; tools and countermeasures; worldwide stability; risk analysis. Contents:Opening Session (A Zichichi)Motivations (A Kamal, D W Hanson, L Alurralde, R Wilson, W Müller-Seedorf, F Mehr, I Karawan, G M Mirdal, A Peyraube, J Díez-Nicolás, K Talattof & W Fulkerson)Worldwide Stability (T Taylor, J Savy, W E Kastenberg, E S Vergino & M Moodie)Tools and Countermeasures (R A Mason, R G Manley, C R Penn, S Leivesley, A E Smithson & J R Westby)Permament Monitoring Panel Reports (T Taylor)Motivations Working Group Report (A Kamal, M Sánchez-Sorondo & F Waelbroek)Tools and Countermeasures Working Group Report (R A Mason & K K Rebane)Worldwide Stability Working Group Report (T Taylor) Readership: Scientists, academics, psychologists, sociologists, political analysts, historians, government officials. Keywords:Cultural Emergency;Worldwide Stability;Motivations of Terrorism;Tools and Countermeasures Against Terrorism;Risk Analysis and Terrorism

While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day, indigenous communities all over the world face issues of violence and brutality. Indigenous peoples are stewards of some of the most biologically diverse areas of the globe, and their biological and cultural wealth has allowed indigenous peoples to gather a wealth of traditional knowledge which is of immense value to all humankind. The publication discusses many of the issues addressed by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It covers poverty and well-being, culture, environment, contemporary education, health, human rights, and includes a chapter on emerging issues.