points out the tension between the traditional roles of motherhood, fatherhood, and family and those being created in this high-tech world. R apid advances in medical and biological technologies arechanging the ways we are born, live, and die. They are forcing us to rethink what constitutes a self, a

Abstract This study was on the technical and biological characteristics of a partial-SHARON submerged-filter bioreactor of 3 L. The main focus was the influence of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) on biofilms. For this pur-pose, we used molecular tools based on the partial 16S rRNA genes

The members of the Committee appointed to examine the thesis of SHARON R. HARVEY find it satisfactory and recommend that it be accepted.

pi ni on... The person’s perspective of chronic condition self-management: Time to shift from rhetoric to reality SHARON LAWN This article argues for greater understanding, acknowledgement and inclusion of the person’s perspective of chronic condition self-management as part of the development

Relationship between formaldehyde-related antibodies and cross-reacting anti-N-like antibodies in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis R SHARON

The authors wish to thank Robert Ledogar, David Parker, Claudio Sepulveda and particularly James R. Himes for their valuable comments and suggestions. Translated by Sharon de Navarro

feedback on our ideas. Special thanks go to Leo Yanez, “Leoland ” steward, and wildlife biologists Sharon Selvaggio and Gerry Holbrook. And a special note of appreciation to Simon Bell, British Forestry Commission, for being the inspiration

• Thanks to Marjorie Senechal (Smith College) for providing an English translation of Dirk Struik’s history paper. • Thanks to my former student Elizabeth R. Chen, now a postdoc in the Michael Brenner lab (Harvard), for nicely finishing her PhD. (Ph.D. 2010). • Thanks to Sharon Glotzer (Dept

W hat is the appropriate role of passions in democracy? Sharon Krause’s Civil Passions adds to the debate on this highly contested question in democratic theory. Faculty and other professionals whose work includes deliberative forums or related forms of engagement will find this book

expressed herein. I am indebted to D. Alton Smith and Sharon Smith for assistance, and to William R. Bailey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for helpful discussions regarding the data used. I must also add that none of the analysis in this paper would have been possible without the splendid cooperation