The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment. The work of the academy is interdisciplinary drawing on relevant academic disciplines so far as they can inform the debate on consequences and suggest solutions. This book is dedicated to the issue of Functional Foods, a rather topical issue with important ramifications for the overall quality of life. It is the result of the Europiiische Akademie's working group "Functional Foods" which worked from January 2001 to June 2003. Since the times...
The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environmen...
Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries. They are involved in many respects in the elaboration of scientific programs. They are more and more present in the political decision making process and as topic for scientific conferences. They are often at the centre of international discussions on related topics, for example, differences in approaches to produce and apply knowledge or different responses to social function of information. A major lesson of these past...
Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern...
Fast alle Energieszenarien stutzen sich auf Trends, die auf ein enormes Wachstum des Energiebedarfs in den nachsten Jahrzehnten hinauslaufen. Auf internationalen Konferenzen beschaftigt man sich indes mit dem Gegenteil: einer massiven Verringerung der Treibhausgasemissionen, vor allem der durch den Verbrauch von Energie verursachten CO2-Emissionen. Experten verweisen auch auf das politische Risiko der Abhangigkeit vom Erdol und die Erschopflichkeit von Ressourcen. Wie soll diese Kluft uberbruckt werden? Wie lasst sich das bestehende Energiesystem nachhaltiger gestalten? Die...
Fast alle Energieszenarien stutzen sich auf Trends, die auf ein enormes Wachstum des Energiebedarfs in den nachsten Jahrzehnten hinauslaufen. Auf i...
Firms that operate in a market economy often depend upon innovations in order to achieve competitive advantages that sustainably secure their survival. Business ethics is thus largely concerned with questions about the decisional freedoms involved in innovation processes. Innovations oftentimes raise novel questions about the role of the state or the structure of society. Business ethics needs to provide a framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved at the level of the firm in order to facilitate adequate long term...
Firms that operate in a market economy often depend upon innovations in order to achieve competitive advantages that sustainably secure their survi...
The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities has led in some areas of the world to heavy pollution. In order to protect human health and the environment, environmental standards that shall limit the release and the concentration of those toxic agents in the environment and hence the exposure to it have to be established. The related assessment and decision-making procedures have to be based on solid scientific data about the effects and mechanisms of these agents as well as on ethical, social and economic aspects. For risk evaluation, the knowledge of the dose...
The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities has led in some areas of the world to heavy pollution. In order to protect hu...
Durch die Human-Genomforschung bieten sich faszinierende Moglichkeiten fur die Pravention, Diagnose und Therapie von Krankheiten. Allerdings sind mit dieser Forschung - insbesondere mit der Anwendung der gewonnenen Ergebnisse in der medizinischen Praxis - auch Risiken verbunden. Vielfach gibt es fur den Umgang mit diesen Risiken und den damit verbundenen Entscheidungsunsicherheiten noch keine gesellschaftlich akzeptierten Prozeduren. Besonders die Anwendung genetischer Tests im Gesundheitsbereich wird zunehmend von einer breiten Offentlichkeit und in Fachkreisen diskutiert. Neben ungeklarten...
Durch die Human-Genomforschung bieten sich faszinierende Moglichkeiten fur die Pravention, Diagnose und Therapie von Krankheiten. Allerdings sind mit ...
Upcoming applications of genetic engineering in farm animals include higher yields, leaner meat, or disease resistance. The proceedings cover an analysis of the state of the art of the technology and its applications, an introduction to the specific application zoopharming (a method to produce biopharmaceuticals in transgenic livestock), including an analysis of the market for biopharmaceuticals. In addition an assessment of ethical aspects of livestock biotechnology and considerations regarding animal welfare implications are covered. The study is addressed to science, industry and...
Upcoming applications of genetic engineering in farm animals include higher yields, leaner meat, or disease resistance. The proceedings cover an an...
The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment. The work of the academy is interdisciplinary drawing on relevant academic disciplines so far as they can inform the debate on consequences and suggest solutions. This book is dedicated to the issue of Functional Foods, a rather topical issue with important ramifications for the overall quality of life. It is the result of the Europiiische Akademie's working group "Functional Foods" which worked from January 2001 to June 2003. Since the times...
The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environmen...
Recent advances in techniques and understanding in the fields of genetics, embryology and reproductive biology have opened up new ways to treat a wide range of medical problems. They range from new options for infertility treatment and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to stem-cell-based therapies for debilitating diseases. Since all these approaches involve the manipulation of human gametes, embryos or embryonic cells, and could also permit more contentious uses, they have stimulated a controversial debate as to what aims are desirable and to what extent experiments on human embryos are...
Recent advances in techniques and understanding in the fields of genetics, embryology and reproductive biology have opened up new ways to treat a w...
The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities has led in some areas of the world to heavy pollution. In order to protect human health and the environment, environmental standards that shall limit the release and the concentration of those toxic agents in the environment and hence the exposure to it have to be established. The related assessment and decision-making procedures have to be based on solid scientific data about the effects and mechanisms of these agents as well as on ethical, social and economic aspects. For risk evaluation, the knowledge of the dose...
The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities has led in some areas of the world to heavy pollution. In order to protect hu...
