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Hiv/vaccine Needs - Proceedings Of The Internaional Seminar On Planetary Emergencies, 24th Session
(2000)
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title\r | v | ||
| Copyright\r | vi | ||
| CONTENTS | vii | ||
| 1. OPENING SESSION\r | 1 | ||
| Planetary Emergencies ― The Twenty-First Century\r | 3 | ||
| Developmental Genomics, A New Approach to the Analysis of Aging\r | 8 | ||
| Mathematics and Democracy: Evaluating and Optimising Electoral Systems\r | 14 | ||
| How to Overcome the AIDS Crisis: The View of a Scientist\r | 26 | ||
| Enabling Science Through Data Access in the Face of Global Commercialization\r | 30 | ||
| 2. HIV/AIDS VACCINE NEEDS\r | 35 | ||
| AIDS Vaccine Needs for a Developing Country\r | 37 | ||
| Therapeutic and Preventive Vaccine Considerations for HIV and HIV Disease: Perspectives from the Institute of Human Virology\r | 45 | ||
| 3. HIV/VACCINE NEEDS\r | 47 | ||
| HIV Vaccine Evaluation Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\r | 49 | ||
| The Evolution of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Perspectives on AIDS Control, Uganda Experiences\r | 53 | ||
| HIV-Vaccines Evaluation Centers in Thailand\r | 59 | ||
| U.S. DOD HIV Vaccine Initiatives\r | 68 | ||
| Progress and Critical Issues in HIV Vaccine Development\r | 93 | ||
| Rational Design of Virus-Like Particle ― Live Recombinant Virus and DNA-Based HIV-1 Vaccines\r | 100 | ||
| The IAVI Strategy for International Cooperation on AIDS Vaccine Development\r | 102 | ||
| World Bank Roles Useful for Developing Countries' Needs\r | 116 | ||
| 4. BIOTECHNOLOGY\r | 119 | ||
| The Implications of Modern Genetics and the Consequences of Genetic Knowledge for Our World View\r | 121 | ||
| The Public Perception of Biotechnology in Europe: Between Acceptance and Hysteria\r | 127 | ||
| The Regulation of Bioscience and Biotechnologies: Implications of Public Participation\r | 132 | ||
| 5. NEUROPATHOLOGIES\r | 133 | ||
| Progress in Hereditary Taupathies: A New Mutation in Tau Gene (G389R) Causes a Pick Disease-Like Syndrome\r | 135 | ||
| The Alzheimer's Disease Time Bomb ― Will It Inevitably Explode?\r | 152 | ||
| Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background and Evolution of the Problem\r | 156 | ||
| 6. DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY ― FOCUS AFRICA\r | 163 | ||
| Drought, Famine and Food Sufficiency in Africa\r | 165 | ||
| Remote Sensing and GIS in Africa\r | 172 | ||
| Problematics of the Natural Resource Management in the Prospect of a Sustainable Development in the Sahelian Zone (the Case of Senegal)\r | 196 | ||
| Forced Migration and Conflict Mediation in Africa\r | 200 | ||
| 7. CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTIONS\r | 227 | ||
| The Trend Toward Increasing Legal Protection of Digital Databases: Potential Impacts on Basic Research\r | 229 | ||
| International Activities of the U.S. National Weather Service, Focused on the Middle East and Africa\r | 246 | ||
| Development of an Advanced ETA Dust Forecasting System\r | 253 | ||
| CCA Predictions of Sahel Summer Rains in 1997\r | 262 | ||
| 8. CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTIONS\r | 271 | ||
| Improved Monitoring and Prediction of Dust and Sand Storms in the Arab Countries\r | 273 | ||
| Seasonal Rainfall in Sudan\r | 282 | ||
| 9. ENERGY\r | 297 | ||
| On Prospects of Energy Transfer by a Relativistic Electron Beam for the Long Distances\r | 299 | ||
| Concept of Nuclear Power Development in the First Half of the 21st Century\r | 308 | ||
| The Dependence of Energy Efficiency Improvement (AEEI) on Price & Policy\r | 320 | ||
| Energy Technology Scenario in India\r | 331 | ||
| 10. ENERGY\r | 345 | ||
| World Energy and Climate in the Next Century\r | 347 | ||
| Perspectives of Nuclear Fusion in the Next Half-Century\r | 387 | ||
| Energy Problem of China in Next Century\r | 397 | ||
| 11. WATER\r | 401 | ||
| A New Perspective on Water Resources: Concerns of the Next Millennium\r | 403 | ||
| 12. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION\r | 413 | ||
| Progress in Rapid Detection and Identification of Unknown Human and Agricultural Pathogens\r | 415 | ||
| 13. CLOSING SESSION\r | 425 | ||
| Closing Speech\r | 427 | ||
| 14. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL REPORTS\r | 429 | ||
| Desertification\r | 431 | ||
| Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and on Brain and Behavioral Disorders\r | 438 | ||
| Pollution\r | 440 | ||
| Limits of Development\r | 448 | ||
| Water\r | 452 | ||
| Climate, Ozone & Greenhouse Effect\r | 454 | ||
| 15. HIV/AIDS VACCINE NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ― THINK TANK WORKSHOP\r | 457 | ||
| Introductory Remarks\r | 459 | ||
| Perspectives on Critical Issues for Accelerated Development of Preventive HIV-1 Vaccines, Particularly for Developing Countries\r | 461 | ||
| Virus-Like Particles (VLPs)-Based Anti-HIV-1 Vaccine Specific for HIV-1 Variants of the Ugandan Clade A\r | 467 | ||
| Update on HIV Disease Induction: Pathogenic Role of Tat and Interferon-α and Role of β-Chemokines in Suppression of HIV\r | 476 | ||
| Evaluation of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Perspective on AIDS Control ― Viewpoint from Thailand\r | 478 | ||
| Primate Models for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development\r | 492 | ||
| Perspectives on Critical Issues for an Accelerated Development of Preventive Vaccines\r | 499 | ||
| HIV-Vaccines Evaluation Centers in Uganda\r | 501 | ||
| 16. FERTILITY PROBLEMS: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES WORKSHOP\r | 507 | ||
| Premature Ovarian Failure and Its Alleviation\r | 509 | ||
| Reflections on Assisted Reproductive Technology\r | 515 | ||
| Progress in IVF Technology and Women's Rights\r | 531 | ||
| List of Seminar Participants\r | 541 |