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I Theory and Implementations.- 1 Singular integrals related to the Monge-Ampère equation.- 2 Wavelet characterization of functions with conditions on the mean oscillation.- 3 Undecimated Wavelet Transform from Orthogonal Spline Wavelets.- 4 Oblique Multiwavelet Bases.- 5 Frames and Riesz bases: a short survey.- 6 Fourier Analysis of Petrov-Galerkin Methods Based on Biorthogonal Multiresolution Analyses.- II Applications to Biomedical Sciences.- 7 Fine Structure of ECG Signal using Wavelet Transform.- 8 Spectral Analysis of Cardiorespiratory Signals.- 9 Characterization of Epileptic EEG Time Series (I): Gabor Transform and Nonlinear Dynamics Methods.- 10 Characterization of Epileptic EEG Time Series (II): Wavelet Transform and Information Theory.- III Applications in Physical Sciences.- 11 Wavelet Networks for Modelling Nonlinear Processes.- 12 Higher order asymptotic boundary conditions for an oxide region in a semiconductor device.- 13 Estimation of the complex plain-wave modulus in viscoelastic media.- 14 Numerical Modelling of Maxwell's Equations with Applications to Magnetotellurics.

This work, written by leading international authorities, deals with nucleation growth and processing, characterization and electrical, thermal, optical and mechanical properties of thin film diamond. The final chapters are devoted to the broad range of applications of this material.

One: An Evolutionary View of Ethics, Rights and the Doctor-Patient Relationship.- 1. Ethical Theory.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Philosophical Considerations.- 3. Biological Considerations.- 4. Discussion.- 5. Conclusions.- 2. Dual Evolution: Ethics, The Law, Rights.- 1. Ethics and the Law.- 2. The Concept of Rights.- 3. Conclusions.- 3. Bases for Medical Ethics.- 1. Origin of Medical Ethics and the Doctor-Patient Relationship.- 2. Rights and the Practice of Medicine.- 2.1 Autonomy and Beneficence.- 2.2 Non-Maleficence.- 2.3 Justice.- 2.4 Confidentiality.- 2.5 Patients' Right to Medical Care.- 2.6 Patients' Right to Know.- 3. Summary and Conclusions.- Summary and Conclusion to Part One.- Two: A Physician's Perspective on Problems In Medical Ethics (From an Evolutionary Ethical Point of View).- 4. Public Health Policy and Rights (AIDS).- 1. Introduction to the Problem.- 2. Testing for HIV.- 3. Problems in AIDS Control.- 4. Conclusions.- 5. Public Health Policy and Individual Rights (DRUGS).- 1. Drug Addictions (and Alcoholism).- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Alcoholism.- 1.3 Testing for Drugs.- 1.4 Controlling the Use of Drugs.- 1.5 Summary and Discussion.- 2. Drugs in Sports.- 6. Public Health Policy and Individual Rights (Continued).- 1. Rights and Psychiatry.- 2. Rights of the Handicapped and Disabled.- 3. Testing for Genetic Disease.- 7. Experimentation and Research.- 1. Research on Humans.- 2. Animal Experimentation.- 3. Biotechnology (Genetic Engineering).- 4. The Human Genome.- 8. Problems of Reproduction - Abortion (with notes on contraception).- 1. Discussion and Conclusions.- 9. Problems of Reproduction - Artificial Conception.- 1. Artificial Reproduction.- 1.1 Artificial Insemination.- 1.2In VitroFertilization.- 1.3 Surrogacy.- 2. Population Problems.- 3. Discussion and Conclusions (abortion, artificial conception and population problems).- 10. Dying.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Infanticide.- 3. Euthanasia.- 4. Discussion and Conclusions.- 11. Transplantation (with additional notes on the rationing of medical care).- 1. Transplantations.- 2. Discussion.- 3. Rationing.- Summary and Conclusions to Part Two.- References.

Bound and Referential Pronouns.- Logical Form and Barriers in Navajo.- Towards a Modular Theory of Coreference.- Head Government in LF-Representations.- Logical Structure in Syntactic Structure: The Case of Hungarian.- In Defense of the Correspondence Hypothesis: Island Effects and Parasitic Constructions in Logical Form.- Construing WH.- Two Properties of Clitics in Clitic-Doubled Constructions.- LF Movement in Iraqi Arabic.- List of Contributors.

Does Distance Tyrannize Science?.- Tyrannies of Distance in British Science.- Dr George Bennett and Sir Richard Owen: A Case Study of the Colonization of Early Australian Science.- A Far Frontier: British Geological Research in Australia during the Nineteenth Century.- A Collaborative Dimension of the European Empires: Australian and French Acclimatization Societies and Intercolonial Scientific Co-operation.- International Exchange in the Natural History Enterprise: Museums in Australia and the United States.- A World-wide Scientific Network and Patronage System: Australian and Other 'Colonial' Fellows of the Royal Society of London.- Ionospheric and Radio Physics in Australian Science since the Early Days.- Theories of the Earth as Seen from Below.- Geographic Isolation and the Origin of Species: The Migrations of Michael White.- Antipodal Fire: Bushfire Research in Australia and America.- Notes on Contributors.