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Religion and the meaning of life: an existential approach / Clifford Williams
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Legal Research Reports: Regulatory Approaches to Cryptoassets
The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Regulatory Approaches to Cryptoassets.
This report covers 46 jurisdictions, including the European Union, and focuses primarily on regulatory approaches to cryptoassets created through blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, in the context of financial market and investor protection laws. It also contains updated information regarding the application of tax and AML/CFT laws to cryptocurrencies in the countries covered. Additional countries not covered in this report may also have taken actions in one or both of these areas, but were not included due to there being no existing policies, or new or pending laws, related to financial regulation and oversight of cryptocurrency activities.
This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports.
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Brain-computer interfaces: lab experiments to real-world applications / edited by Damien Coyle
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Understanding host-microbiome interactions -- an omics approach: omics of host-microbiome association / Ravindra Pal Singh, Ramesh Kothari, Prakash G. Koringa, Satya Prakash Singh, editors
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The sociocultural brain: a cultural neuroscience approach to human nature / Shihui Han
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Big brains and the human superorganism: why special brains appear in hominids and other social animals / Niccolo Leo Caldararo
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Animal behavior: concepts, methods, and applications / Shawn E. Nordell, Washington University in St. Louis, Thomas J. Valone, Saint Louis University
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Happy brain: where happiness comes from, and why / Dean Burnett
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Neurobiology for clinical social work: theory and practice / Janet R. Shapiro, Jeffrey S. Applegate ; foreword by Louis Cozolino
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Human neural stem cells: from generation to differentiation and application / Leonora Buzanska, editor
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Demystifying the brain: a computational approach / V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy
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Behavioral neurobiology: an integrative approach / Günther K.H. Zupanc ; foreword by Theodore H. Bullock
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In vitro neuronal networks: from culturing methods to neuro-technological applications / Michela Chiappalone, Valentina Pasquale, Monica Frega, editors
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Perceptual organization: an integrated multisensory approach / Stephen Handel
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Electroreception: fundamental insights from comparative approaches / Bruce A. Carlson, Joseph A. Sisneros, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors
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Neural interface: frontiers and applications / Xiaoxiang Zheng, editor
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Advances in neuroergonomics and cognitive engineering: proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering, July 21--25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida USA / Hasan Ay
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Jonny Appleseed: a novel / Joshua Whitehead
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Applied English Phonology, 4th Edition
| The new edition of the leading textbook for English applied phonetics and phonology A leading textbook for English Phonetics and Phonology, the fourth edition of Applied English Phonology is an accessible, authoritative introduction to the English sound system. Providing clear explanations and numerous illustrative examples, this new edition has been fully updated with the latest research and references. Detailed discussions of fundamental concepts Read More... |
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Exploring Police Integrity [electronic resource] : Novel Approaches to Police Integrity Theory and Methodology / edited by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, M. R. Haberfeld
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The Promotion of Education [electronic resource] : A Critical Cultural Social Marketing Approach / by Valerie Harwood, Nyssa Murray
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Research Methodology in Marketing [electronic resource] : Theory Development, Empirical Approaches and Philosophy of Science Considerations / by Martin Eisend, Alfred Kuss
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Thinking Seriously About Gangs [electronic resource] : Towards a Critical Realist Approach / by Paul Andell
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Working with Transgender Young People and their Families [electronic resource] : A Critical Developmental Approach / by Damien W. Riggs
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Han yu ying yong yü yan xüe yan jiu = Research on Chinese applied linguistics. Di 2 ji / Beijing yu yan da xue dui wai Han yu yan jiu zhong xin bian
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[ASAP] Expanding Ligand Space: Preparation, Characterization, and Synthetic Applications of Air-Stable, Odorless Di-<italic toggle="yes">tert</italic>-alkylphosphine Surrogates
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[ASAP] A Mechanistic Rationale Approach Revealed the Unexpected Chemoselectivity of an Artificial Ru-Dependent Oxidase: A Dual Experimental/Theoretical Approach
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[ASAP] Photocatalytic Deoxygenation of Sulfoxides Using Visible Light: Mechanistic Investigations and Synthetic Applications
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8 approved labs now testing prototype samples of PPE Coveralls: Govt
These are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore, DRDO-INMAS in New Delhi, Heavy Vehicle Factory in Chennai, Small Arms Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Muradnagar, Ordnance Factory in Ambernath, and Metal & Steel Factory in Ishapore, West Bengal.
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Science Podcast - 2013 science books for kids, newlywed happiness, and authorship for sale in China (29 Nov 2013)
Talking kids' science books with Maria Sosa; predicting happiness in marriage with James McNulty; investigating questionable scholarly publishing practices in China with Mara Hvistendahl.
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Mapping Mexico's genetics and a news roundup (13 Jun 2014)
Mapping Mexico's genetically diverse population; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.
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Mapping the sea floor and a daily news roundup (3 October 2014)
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The politics of happiness and a news roundup
Sean Wojcik discusses the relationship between happiness and political ideology. Emily Conover discusses daily news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Erik Hersman/flickr/CC BY 2.0]
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Can math apps benefit kids? And a daily news roundup
Talia Berkowitz discusses the use of a math app at home to boost math achievement at school, Catherine Matacic talks about the fate of animals near Chernobyl, a potential kitty contraceptive, and where spiders got their knees. Hosted by Sarah Crespi.
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Podcast: Building a portable drug factory, mapping yeast globally, and watching cliffs crumble
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on yeasty hitchhikers, sunlight-induced rockfalls, and the tiniest gravity sensor. Andrea Adamo joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a revolutionary way of making drugs using a portable, on-demand, and reconfigurable drug factory. [Image: Tom Evans]
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The sound of a monkey talking, cloning horses for sport, and forensic anthropologists help the search for Mexico’s disappeared
This week, we chat about what talking monkeys would sound like, a surprising virus detected in ancient pottery, and six cloned horses that helped win a big polo match with Online News Editor David Grimm. Plus, Science’s Alexa Billow talks to news writer Lizzie Wade about what forensic anthropologists can do to help parent groups find missing family members in Mexico. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: (c) Félix Márquez; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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Salad-eating sharks, and what happens after quantum computing achieves quantum supremacy
David Grimm—online news editor for Science—talks with Sarah Crespi about two underwater finds: the first sharks shown to survive off of seagrass and what fossilized barnacles reveal about ancient whale migrations. Sarah also interviews Staff Writer Adrian Cho about what happens after quantum computing achieves quantum supremacy—the threshold where a quantum computer’s abilities outstrip nonquantum machines. Just how useful will these machines be and what kinds of scientific problems might they tackle? Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Aleria Jensen, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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Happy lab animals may make better research subjects, and understanding the chemistry of the indoor environment
Would happy lab animals—rats, mice, even zebrafish—make for better experiments? David Grimm—online news editor for Science—talks with Sarah Crespi about the potential of treating lab animals more like us and making them more useful for science at the same time. Sarah also interviews Jon Abbatt of the University of Toronto in Canada about indoor chemistry. What is going on in the air inside buildings—how different is it from the outside? Researchers are bringing together the tools of outdoor chemistry and building sciences to understand what is happening in the air and on surfaces inside—where some of us spend 90% of our time. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Austin Thomason/Michigan Photography; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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Drug use in the ancient world, and what will happen to plants as carbon dioxide levels increase
Armed with new data, archaeologists are revealing that mind-altering drugs were present at the dawn of the first complex societies some 5000 years ago in the ancient Middle East. Contributing writer Andrew Lawler joins Sarah Crespi to discuss the evidence for these drugs and how they might have impacted early societies and beliefs. Sarah also interviews Sarah Hobbie of the University of Minnesota about the fate of plants under climate change. Will all that extra carbon dioxide in the air be good for certain types of flora? A 20-year long study published this week in Science suggests theoretical predictions have been off the mark. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Public domain Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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A polio outbreak threatens global eradication plans, and what happened to America’s first dogs
Wild polio has been hunted to near extinction in a decades-old global eradication program. Now, a vaccine-derived outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is threatening to seriously extend the polio eradication endgame. Deputy News Editor Leslie Roberts joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the tough choices experts face in the fight against this disease in the DRC. Sarah also talks with Online News Editor David Grimm about when dogs first came to the Americas. New DNA and archaeological evidence suggest these pups did not arise from North American wolves but came over thousands of years after the first people did. Now that we know where they came from, the question is: Where did they go? Read the research. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Polio virus/David Goodsell/RCSB PDB; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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How the appendix could hold the keys to Parkinson’s disease, and materials scientists mimic nature
For a long time, Parkinson’s disease was thought to be merely a disorder of the nervous system. But in the past decade researchers have started to look elsewhere in the body for clues to this debilitating disease—particularly in the gut. Host Meagan Cantwell talks with Viviane Labrie of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about new research suggesting people without their appendixes have a reduced risk of Parkinson’s. Labrie also describes the possible mechanism behind this connection. And host Sarah Crespi talks with Peter Fratzl of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, about what materials scientists can learn from nature. The natural world might not produce innovations like carbon nanotubes, but evolution has forged innumerable materials from very limited resources—mostly sugars, proteins, and minerals. Fratzl discusses how plants make time-release seedpods that are triggered by nothing but fire and rain, the amazing suckerin protein that comprises squid teeth, and how cicadas make their transparent, self-cleaning wings from simple building blocks. Fratzl’s review is part of a special section in Science on composite materials. Read the whole package, including a review on using renewables like coconut fiber for building cars and incorporating carbon nanotubes and graphene into composites. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download the transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Roger Smith/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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Promising approaches in suicide prevention, and how to retreat from climate change
Changing the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from 1-800-273- 8255 (TALK) to a three-digit number could save lives—especially when coupled with other strategies. Host Meagan Cantwell talks to Greg Miller, a science journalist based in Portland, Oregon, about three effective methods to prevent suicides—crisis hotlines, standardizing mental health care, and restricting lethal means. Greg’s feature is part of a larger package in Science exploring paths out of darkness. With more solutions this week, host Sarah Crespi speaks with A. R. Siders, a social scientist at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware in Newark, about her policy forum on the need for “managed climate retreat”—strategically moving people and property away from high-risk flood and fire zones. Integrating relocation into a larger strategy could maximize its benefits, supporting equality and economic development along the way. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this show: KiwiCo; Kroger Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Scott Woods-Fehr/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
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An app for eye disease, and planting memories in songbirds
Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in the phone’s library for eye disease in kids. And Sarah talks with Todd Roberts of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, about incepting memories into zebra finches to study how they learn their songs. Using a technique called optogenetics—in which specific neurons can be controlled by pulses of light—the researchers introduced false song memories by turning on neurons in different patterns, with longer or shorter note durations than typical zebra finch songs. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: MOVA Globes; KiwiCo.com Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast
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Polymer Electrolytes: Characterization Techniques and Energy Applications
| A comprehensive overview of the main characterization techniques of polymer electrolytes and their applications in electrochemical devices Polymer Electrolytes is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the characterization and applications of polymer electrolytes. The authors ? noted experts on the topic ? discuss the various characterization methods, including impedance spectroscopy and thermal characterization. The authors also provide information Read More... |
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Surface Modification of Polymers: Methods and Applications
| A guide to modifying and functionalizing the surfaces of polymers Surface Modification of Polymers is an essential guide to the myriad methods that can be employed to modify and functionalize the surfaces of polymers. The functionalization of polymer surfaces is often required for applications in sensors, membranes, medicinal devices, and others. The contributors?noted experts on the topic?describe the polymer surface in detail and discuss the internal Read More... |
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Surface and Interface Science, Volumes 9 and 10: Volume 9 - Applications I; Volume 10 - Applications II
| In ten volumes, this unique handbook covers all fundamental aspects of surface and interface science and offers a comprehensive overview of this research area for scientists working in the field, as well as an introduction for newcomers. Volume 1: Concepts and Methods Volume 2: Properties of Elemental Surfaces Volume 3: Properties of Composite Surfaces: Alloys, Compounds, Semiconductors Volume 4: Solid-Solid Interfaces and Thin Films Volume 5: Solid-Gas Read More... |