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Tabla de Contenidos: “…FUNDING FOR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Pharmaceutical Industry Funding -- Federal Funding -- Foundation Funding -- Funding Worldwide -- World Health Organization -- TRAINING -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Regulation and Contraceptive Development -- THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- THE REGULATION PROCESS -- FDA's Regulation of Drugs -- Standards of Approval: Safety -- Toxicological Testing of Contraceptive Drugs -- The Case of Depo-Provera -- The Appropriateness of Current Safety Requirements for Contraceptive Drugs -- Standards of Approval: Effectiveness -- The Risk-Benefit Trade-off -- Patent Life and Profitability -- FDA's Regulation of Medical Devices -- Impediments to FDA Approval -- Postmarketing Surveillance -- CONTRACEPTIVE REGULATION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Regulation in Europe -- Regulation in Developing Countries -- The World Health Organization's Role -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 8 Products Liability and Contraceptive Development -- THE LEGAL TERRAIN -- SOURCES OF DATA -- TRENDS IN LITIGATION INVOLVING CONTRACEPTIVES -- Intrauterine Devices -- Oral Contraceptives -- Other Contraceptives -- PRODUCTS LIABILITY RULES -- Warranty -- Fraudulent Misrepresentation -- Negligence -- Strict Liability in Tort -- CASE STUDIES -- The Dalkon Shield Intrauterine Device -- Other Intrauterine Devices -- Oral Contraceptives -- Other Contraceptives -- PRODUCTS LIABILITY INSURANCE AND CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Causes of the Insurance Crisis -- Cost and Availability of Liability Insurance for Contraceptives -- Responses to the Crisis -- Responses by Insurers -- Responses by Policy Holders -- Responses by State Legislatures -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Possible Elements of a Statute -- The FDA Defense -- Effect on Products Liability Cases -- CONCLUSION -- 9 Contraceptive Development: Obstacles and Opportunities…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clarifying Sustainable Fashion; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Systemic Challenges for Sustainable Fashion; 1.2 The Idea of Sustainability Assessment; 1.3 Cyclonomy or Bust? Possible Ways Ahead; 1.4 Multidisciplinary Problem Solving; 2 Environmental and Social Impacts, from Garment Level to Industry Sector Level; 2.1 Life Cycle Assessment, from Garment Level to Industry Sector Level Environmental Performance; 2.1.1 Selected Garments and Their Life Cycle Models; 2.1.2 Scaling up to Swedish National Clothing Consumption; 2.1.3 Results ; 2.2 Social Impact Assessment of the Swedish Clothing Industry Sector2.2.1 Results; 2.3 Use Phase Assumptions and National Statistics; 2.4 Generality and Representativeness for Other Contexts; 2.4.1 Amounts of Garments Consumed Per Capita; 2.4.2 The Electricity Mix Used for Washing and Drying Garments in the Use Phase; 2.4.3 The Washing Habits of the Consumers; 2.4.4 Consumer Transports; 2.4.5 Summary of Scenario Parameters; 2.4.6 Results from the Scenarios; 3 Defining Sustainable Clothing from the Perspective of a Safe and just Operating Space; 3.1 Sustaining Ecosystem Functioning ; 3.2 Fulfilling Human Needs in an Equitable Way3.2.1 The Clothing Sector's Contribution to Human Needs; 3.3 Sustainability Targets in the Fashion Industry; 3.3.1 Targets for Environmental Sustainability; 3.3.2 Targets for Social Sustainability; 4 Evaluation of Interventions; 4.1 Interventions for Environmental Impact Reduction; 4.2 Climate Change Reduction of Selected Interventions; 4.3 Interventions for Social Impact Reduction and Their Effect; 5 Discussion; 5.1 Growing Use of LCA in the Clothing Sector; 5.2 LCA as an Quantitative Approach to Textile Sustainability ; 5.3 LCA on Industrial Sector Level5.4 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; References; 2 Sustainability in the Textile and Fashion Industries: Animal Ethics and Welfare; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 3 Sustainability and Animal Ethics and Welfare in the Textile and Fashion Industries; 3.1 The UN Global Compact; 3.1.1 Code of Conduct and Manual for the Fashion and Textile Industry: The First "Sectorial" Initiative of the Global Compact; 4 Code of Conduct and Manual for the Textile and Fashion Industry's Principle 11: Animal Ethics and Welfare ; 5 Sustainability with Cruelty to Animals? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Soft power, civic society and world politics (overview) / Naren Chitty -- Alternatives to soft power : influence in French and German external cultural action / Robin Brown -- A critical discourse analysis of soft power / Fei Jiang -- Understanding soft power through public diplomacy in contrasting polities / Efe Sevin -- Measuring soft power (overview) / Li Ji -- A methodological approach to nation branding : measurement and issues / Elif Kahraman -- Social media and e-diplomacy : scanning embassies on Weibo / Ying Jiang -- Cultural approaches to soft power (overview) / Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob -- Soft power and cultural industries : cultural policy and inter-Asian regional flows in Hong Kong and Singapore / Peichi Chung -- The cultural imperative : news production and soft power / Saba Bebawi -- Legal diplomacy and the possible approach of China / Zhipeng He -- The soft power of elephants / John Simons -- Technologies of influence : the materiality of soft power in public diplomacy (overview) / Craig Hayden -- Digital networks and transformations in the international news ecology : a critique of agent-centred approaches to soft power / Marie Gillespie and Eva Nieto McAvoy -- Social media and soft power politics in Africa : lessons from Nigeria's #BringBackOurGirls and Kenya's #SomeoneTellCNN / Matthew O. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Treaty use: ISDS claims under Georgia's investment treaties -- Georgia's investment treaty policy -- Provisions referring generally to "fair and equitable treatment" may generate serious risks and costs, and should be addressed where possible -- Most-favoured nation (MFN) treatment provisions in Georgia's investment treaties may have a range of unintended consequences -- Unqualified provisions referring to protection for indirect expropriation should be clarified where possible -- Georgia's investment treaties contain relatively few specifications or clarifications in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions -- Clearer specification of investment protection provisions would help to reflect government intent and ensure policy space for government regulation -- Investment treaties can be used as tools to liberalise domestic investment regimes -- Addressing the unique approach to claims for reflective loss in ISDS -- Opportunities for investment treaties to address investor responsibilities -- Evaluating overlaps between investment treaties -- Evaluating overlaps between investment treaties and domestic law -- Developing approaches to prevention of ISDS claims and ISDS case management -- Procedural considerations: exit and renegotiation -- References -- Annex 3.A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Poetic Thematic Analysis: Representing Refrains -- "ish" Aesthetic -- "Life Rises in the Roots": The History of Research Poetry -- Critical Intent -- Supports for Poetry Creation -- Poetic Thematic Analysis: An Exemplar -- Possible Titles: Nopa -- Parenting Is Life Changing -- Embody Parenting -- Resounding Refrains -- References -- Chapter 13: Quilt Tactics: Black Quilting as Method in Qualitative Research -- Quilting in Qualitative Research -- Black Quilting as Qualitative Method -- Understanding the Pieces by Following the Threads -- Considering the Individual through Appliqué Analysis -- Black Quilting Methods in Action -- Conclusion -- References -- Methodologies in Action -- The Roots: A Golden Concept to Black Life -- References -- Chapter 14: Exploring Relationality, Wonder, and Resonance: Artmaking as (Thematic) Analysis -- Meditations on Themes and Artmaking -- How Does Artmaking Think Themes Differently? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Changing variables -- Watching for a possible gotcha when using public variables -- What is a method? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A social justice view -- Summary -- Introduction -- Open learning and funding in SA HE -- Participatory parity and opening learning through funding -- Methodology -- Findings -- Discussion: Possibilities for and challenges in promoting open learning through funding initiatives -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PART II: NONCOMPETITIVE ANTIESTROGENIC ACTIVITY OF PROGESTERONE ANTAGONISTS -- Initial Evidence of Noncompetitive Antiestrogenic Activity of Mifepristone -- Dose-Dependent Blockade of the Proliferative Action of Estradiol Endometrium by Mifepristone -- Mifepristone-Induced Elevations of Estrogen Receptor in Primate Endometrium -- REFERENCES -- B12 ANTIPROGESTOGENS: PERSPECTIVES FROM A GLOBAL RESEARCH PROGRAM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPOUNDS -- Progesterone Synthesis Inhibitors -- Progesterone-Receptor Blockers -- ANIMAL MODELS -- Receptor Binding -- Plasma Protein Binding -- Pregnant Guinea Pig Model -- MECHANISMS OF ACTION -- Prostaglandin Metabolism -- Myometrial Gap Junctions -- Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors -- POSSIBLE USES -- PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- C Observers at the Workshop on Antiprogestins: Assessing the Science April 13-14, 1993 -- Index…”

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