What sets the stage for a parent of a newborn to abandon it to an almost certain death? What motives underlie such an act? Do the attitudes and laws regarding abortion have any relation to neonaticide? Endangered Children: Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Filicide addresses these questions and many others not culturally supported. It examines sociobiological, historical, and literary perspectives, and mothers in terms of history and motives. In addition, the roles of mental illness, the legal system, and preventive measures are all brought into play.
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There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the herpesvirus has a role in many vascular disorders. Each chapter in this book discusses in detail the role that herpesviruses play in the pathophysiological processes related to cholesterol metabolism and intracellular trafficking, cell proliferation, matrix production and arterial tissue remodelling, and thrombosis. The contributors highlight a wide range of cellular processes focused on the potential role that herpesviruses may play in the etiology and development of cardiovascular disease, from early childhood to adult stages of life. Acknowledged experts provide the pathological, molecular and biochemical evidence supporting the hypothesis that herpesviruses are involved in atherogenesis, restenosis following coronary angioplasty, accelerated atherosclerosis in recipients of heart transplants, and in the induction of a pro-thrombotic phenotype in vascular cells.
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"La cultura de la copia" es un intento sin precedentes de interpretar la fascinación occidental por las réplicas, los duplicados, los gemelos. El autor, en un trabajo sintético y crítico a la vez, traza las repercusiones de nuestra relación con copias de todo tipo, cuya presencia nos abruma. Schwartz investiga un amplio conjunto de copias: falsificaciones, maniquíes, retratos, marcas, clones genéticos, fotocopias, loros, museos de cera, monos, falsificaciones artísticas. Examina también un amplio grupo de teorías sobre la representación y la reproducción mecánica, para hacerse la siguiente pregunta: ¿por qué cualquiera de nuestras actividades lleva siempre implícita la generación de una copia? Este libro es, en definitiva, una reflexión sobre los problemas de la autenticidad, la identidad y la originalidad.

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