in Legal Research Reports: European Union: Health Standards in Refugee Camps By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:20:12 -0600 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, European Union: Health Standards in Refugee Camps. The European Union is tasked with establishing a Common European Asylum System. To that end, several legislative instruments have been adopted, including a directive on standards regarding reception conditions of applicants for asylum or subsidiary and temporary protection. For vulnerable persons, such as minors, there are special protections in place. Applicants have a right to receive necessary health care, which must at least include emergency care and essential treatment of illnesses and of serious mental disorders. (Dec. 2019) 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. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: Points-Based and Family Immigration By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:00:32 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Points-Based and Family Immigration. This report explains the points-based immigration systems adopted by Australia, Austria, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Each of these countries determines a noncitizen’s eligibility to obtain a particular visa or residence status partly by whether that noncitizen is able to score above a threshold number of points in accordance with the country’s points scoring system. All of the countries have points-based immigration system for skilled workers. Other categories for which a points-based immigration system is used include investor, entrepreneur/business start-up, persons with exceptional capabilities, temporary worker, and job seeker. 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. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: Plea Barganing By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:55:47 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Plea Bargaining. This report examines laws and practices related to plea bargaining in six countries: Georgia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, and Singapore. Of these countries, three (Georgia, Malaysia, and Nigeria) have formalized both charge and sentence bargaining procedures in legislation. Russian legislation provides for a "special trial procedure" for defendants who plead guilty, and "special path" provisions based on Russia's approach are currently being considered as part of criminal procedure reforms in Indonesia. Russia has also implemented provisions on "pretrial cooperation agreements" aimed at providing incentives for individuals involved in organized crime to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. Georgia also provides for "agreements on special cooperation". In Singapore, there are no current or proposed plea bargaining provisions in legislation. However, two programs have implemented that enable alternative case resolution processes to be applied. (March 2020) 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 Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: Continuity of Legislative Activities during an Emergency By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:21:55 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations. This reports the law of 36 foreign jurisdictions on the functioning of legislatures under emergency measures, arrangements in legislatures for a designated sub-group to constitute a kind of "emergency parliament" with devolved powers from the whole legislature, and arrangements made by national legislative bodies to ensure their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the vast majority of countries surveyed, legislatures have adopted preventative measures in response to the public emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, no country surveyed has explicitly invoked the powers of an "emergency parliament" with the devolved power from the whole legislature. However, several countries surveyed give various other emergency powers to the legislature in times of emergencies. 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. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: CORRECTION: Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:08:15 -0500 Previous version of this notice was sent with incorrect links. The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations. This reports the law of 36 foreign jurisdictions on the functioning of legislatures under emergency measures, arrangements in legislatures for a designated sub-group to constitute a kind of "emergency parliament" with devolved powers from the whole legislature, and arrangements made by national legislative bodies to ensure their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the vast majority of countries surveyed, legislatures have adopted preventative measures in response to the public emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, no country surveyed has explicitly invoked the powers of an "emergency parliament" with the devolved power from the whole legislature. However, several countries surveyed give various other emergency powers to the legislature in times of emergencies. 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. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: Protection of Environmental Defenders in Latin America By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:00:38 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Protection of Environmental Defenders in Latin America. This report includes surveys of laws guaranteeing the safety of environmental defenders in Latin America, especially in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. A United Nations Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was adopted for the specific purpose of promoting, protecting, and defending human rights in environmental matters was signed by Brazil, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. However, Colombia and Honduras are the only countries that have enacted specific legislation for the protection of environmental defenders. 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. Full Article
in Legal Research Reports: Government Responses to Disinformation By www.loc.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:34 -0500 The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Government Responses to Disinformation. Concerns regarding the impact of viral dissemination of disinformation on democratic systems of government, on political discourse, on public trust in state institutions, and on social harmony have been expressed by many around the world. This report addresses reported instances of alleged disinformation and highlights governmental responses to challenges posed by the spread of disinformation on social media platforms in 16 jurisdictions 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. Full Article
in Sex, lies, & brain scans: how fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds / Barbara J. Sahakian, Julia Gottwald By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 06:24:20 EDT Hayden Library - QP376.6.S24 2017 Full Article
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in Modern concepts of peripheral nerve repair / Kirsten Haastert-Talini, Hans Assmus, Gregor Antoniadis, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 06:29:46 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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in Trends in neuroendocrinology / issue editors, Hubert Vaudry, Marie-Christine Tonon By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 06:29:46 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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in Clinical neuroanatomy / Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD (Bridget Marie Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, & Pharmacology, Director, Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 06:38:02 EDT Hayden Library - QM451.W38 2017 Full Article
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in Understanding the cochlea Geoffrey A. Manley, Anthony W. Gummer, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 06:33:48 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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in Vital models: the making and use of models in the brain sciences / edited by Tara Mahfoud, Sam McLean and Nikolas Rose By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 06:33:48 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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in Brain function assessment in learning: first International Conference, BFAL 2017, Patras, Greece, September 24-25, 2017, proceedings / Claude Frasson, George Kostopoulos (eds.) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:29:07 EDT Online Resource Full Article
in Understanding host-microbiome interactions -- an omics approach: omics of host-microbiome association / Ravindra Pal Singh, Ramesh Kothari, Prakash G. Koringa, Satya Prakash Singh, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:29:07 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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in Rebel genius: Warren S. McCulloch's transdisciplinary life in science / Tara H. Abraham By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:29:07 EDT Hayden Library - QP353.4.M33 A27 2016 Full Article
in Smell detectives: an olfactory history of nineteenth-century urban America / Melanie A. Kiechle By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:34:15 EDT Hayden Library - QP458.K54 2017 Full Article
in The biology of thought: a neuronal mechanism in the generation of thought - a new molecular model / Krishnagopal Dharani By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 06:36:29 EST Online Resource Full Article
in The sociocultural brain: a cultural neuroscience approach to human nature / Shihui Han By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 06:28:47 EST Hayden Library - QP360.H32 2017 Full Article
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in Brain-computer interface research: a state-of-the-art summary 6 / Christoph Guger, Brendan Allison, Mikhail Lebedev, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 06:43:18 EST Online Resource Full Article
in Auditory temporal processing and its disorders / Jos J. Eggermont By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 06:43:18 EST Hayden Library - QP461.E34 2015 Full Article
in Basic clinical neuroscience / Paul A. Young, PhD, DSc (hon), Paul H. Young, MD, Daniel L. Tolbert, PhD By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 06:43:18 EST Hayden Library - QM451.Y68 2015 Full Article
in The man who wasn't there: investigations into the strange new science of the self / Anil Ananthaswamy By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 06:43:18 EST Hayden Library - QP360.A48 2015 Full Article
in Thirty million words: building a child's brain: tune in, talk more, take turns / Dana Suskind, MD, Beth Suskind, Leslie Lewinter-Suskind By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 06:37:07 EST Hayden Library - QP360.5.S87 2015 Full Article
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in Computational neuroscience: first Latin American Workshop, LAWCN 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 22-24, 2017, Proceedings / Dante Augusto Couto Barone, Eduardo Oliveira Teles, Christian Puhlmann Brackmann (eds.) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 06:35:37 EST Online Resource Full Article
in Associative learning and cognition: homage to Professor N. J. Mackintosh. In memoriam (1935-2015) / edited by J.B. Trobalon, V.D. Chamizo By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 06:57:47 EST Hayden Library - QL785.A85 2016 Full Article
in The Broca-Wernicke doctrine: a historical and clinical perspective on localization of language functions / Geert-Jan Rutten By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 06:39:05 EST Online Resource Full Article
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