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Hiv/vaccine Needs - Proceedings Of The Internaional Seminar On Planetary Emergencies, 24th Session

Hiv/vaccine Needs - Proceedings Of The Internaional Seminar On Planetary Emergencies, 24th Session

Ragaini Richard C

(2000)

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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