ARTICLES

10/25/2012· Damages

Determining the Value of Household Production as a Component of Economic Damages

By: Dr. Stanley Stephenson

The forensic financial expert may be familiar with assessing lost profits, earnings capacity, or even valuing a business, but what is the expert to do about damages arising from lost ability to engage in non-market work? In a personal injury, wronful death or similar tort cases, physical limitations may restrict market and non-market work the latter forming the basis for an additional source of damages.

10/24/2012· Transportation

Buses and Motorcoaches: Competitive Contracting, Exploitation and Impunity

By: Ned Einstein

As most motorcoach community members know, contracting plays a major role in much of our operations - including the 30% of motorcoach service provided to schoolchildren on field trips, as well as the commuter-express service provided under contract to transit agencies.

10/18/2012· Intellectual Property

Statutory Damages in Trademark Cases - Trends and Improvement

By: Antonio R. Sarabia II

Eight years ago Congress decided that the existing measures of damages for trademark infringement were not deterring trademark infringement. It decided to supplement these measures with statutory damages - a specific range of damages which a court could award even in the absence of proof about plaintiff's losses or defendant's profits.

10/15/2012· Meditation

Regression Therapy in Hypnosis

By: Peter H. Dennis

It is common in hypnotherapy to have a client tell you that he or she just feels stuck. They explain that they are not motivated to do anything, they don't complete tasks, and they procrastinate all the time

10/12/2012· Child Witch Phenomenon

Statement of Guiding Principles and Best Practice for Working with Children Stigmatised as 'Witches'

By: Gary Foxcroft

The rights of an increasing number of children around the world are being violated due to the belief in child 'witches'. Widespread cases have been highlighted in African countries such as DRC, Angola and, most recently, Nigeria.

10/9/2012· Chemical Industry

Intelligent Delivery Systems for Enhancing the Performance of Active Ingredients in Skin Care Formulations

By: Meyer R. Rosen

The skin is a miraculous organ and the cosmetic & personal care industry continues to make improvements on how to maintain the health and beauty of this organ, the largest in the body. Much of the radiant youthful glow on the skin is often achieved through the delivery of advanced, active skin care products.

9/28/2012· Child Welfare

Teenage Belief Systems About Sexual Health

By: Diana Birch, MD

A belief is a conviction adhered to often in the face of factual evidence to the contrary. This paper inevitably represents my beliefs moulded by my experience of working with teenagers in London and tempered by my knowledge of the work of my colleagues.

9/14/2012· Meditation

Benefits and Uses of Hypnosis

By: Peter H. Dennis

In my last article, I stated that the greatest benefit of meditation may actually be an increase in consciousness. The metaphysicists tell us that everything has consciousness (awareness). Most scientists wouldn't agree.

9/12/2012· Chemical Industry

Improving Cosmetic Formulation Quality Through Innovative Processing Technology: Preparation of MicroDroplet/Particle Master Batches through Innovative Compounding Techniques

By: Meyer R. Rosen

The intimate, uniform and lump-free mixing of a formulation containing two or more fluid components, one being lipophilic and the other hydrophilic, with or without the addition of powdered solids, to form a stable emulsion is a complex process.

9/5/2012· Warnings & Labels

Warning: Automobile Connectivity May Lead To Early Grave

By: Gerald M. Goldhaber, PhD

My former business partner, Marshall McLuhan was fond of telling me that North Americans go out of their homes to be quiet (compared with Europeans who go out to be social).