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A critical review of the GB TV producers of the documentary on Peter Duesberg, a Calif medical researcher, who argues that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), & of an earlier program that suggested the risk of heterosexual AIDS was being exacerbated to obtain more funds for HIV-based projects. It is pointed out that Duesberg's arguments have been refuted by the scientific community, & that the promotion of iconoclastic ideas, sometimes socially constructive, can be damaging when a critical medical disease is involved. Moreover, scientists interviewed in the documentary (N not provided) reported they were misled by the interviewer & that their remarks were presented out of context. The documentary was incomplete in its coverage because AIDS cases among hemophiliacs, persons receiving blood transfusions, children, & Africans were not acknowledged. V. Wagener

An identity crisis has plagued public administration for over a century. The core of the crisis is how to address the relationship between public administration and the three major related disciplines—political science, management, and law; especially the first two—and whether public administration is an independent scientific subject. By studying the discipline identity problem of public administration using the three-perspective framework of politics, management, and law developed by Rosenbloom, this article argues that the developmental history of Chinese public administration is also a history of the relationship between public administration and the three major related disciplines. Furthermore, after comparing United States and Chinese public administration, the article suggests that we can define public administration as a dynamic balance and integrative science across the three major related disciplines by placing greater emphasis on administration, public management, and the laws and rules of administration and public management. This new definition suggests that seeking dynamic balance and synthesis is the nature of public administration, differentiates public administration from other disciplines, and stresses its status as an independent discipline. Thus, we do not need to be frightened of this feature of public administration or reframe it but must instead admit that this unique feature represents a specific advantage of public administration. Furthermore, this view provides a new way to dismiss the nightmare-like identity crisis faced by public administration.

Part I Plantation -- 1.Effect of Manure and Bio-compost Obnoxious Weed toward Growth Performance of Oil Palm Seedling [Anisah Mohammed, Mohamad Amir Shah Yusop, Muhamad Rizuan Borhanuddin] -- 2. Nutrients in By-Product Waste of Poaceae Family as Source of Organic Compost [Mohamad Amir Shah Yusop, Anisah Mohammed] -- 3. Physicochemical Characteristics of Soilless Media Mixture and Their Effects on Brassica rapa Sp. Growth in Hydroponics System [Nurul Shahida Osman, Suzana Yusup, Ashri Mohd Hanifah, Zahari Bahari] -- Part II Material Science -- 4. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dried Leaves Composite Board [Nurul Husna Mohd Hassan, Rose Farahiyan Munawar, Shaari Daud, Siti Noorbaini Sarmin, Nur Afiqah Israruddin] -- 5. Effect of Wax at Different Resin Content Ratio on The Properties of Particleboard Manufactured from Bambusa vulgaris var. striata [Siti Zalifah Mahmud, Nurul Zaima Yazmin Mat Yazid, Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Abd Rahman, Nurrohana Ahmad, Noorshashillawati Azura Mohammad] -- Part III Biology -- 6. A Preliminary Study on COD Reduction of Real Textile Wastewater Using Consortia of Acinetobacter sp. and Cellulosimicrobium sp. [Nor Habibah Mohd Rosli, Wan Siti Atikah Wan Omar, Wan Azlina Ahmad] -- Part IV Chemistry -- 7. Utilisation of Coconut Shell Ash (Cocos nucifera) as Lime Replacement in Agricultural Soil [Wan Noni Afida Ab Manan, Anis Iz'zati Ghazali] -- Part V Environmental Science -- 8. Radon Gas Assessment of Selected Buidings at Universiti Teknologi MARA Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia [Nur Sha'adah Zainuddin, Wan Nur Adila Wan Deraman, Hisyam Abdul Rahman, Mohd Ruzaini Rosli, Siti Fatimah Saipuddin, Fairuzdzah Ahmad Lothfy, Junaidah Md Sani, Ahmad Saat] -- Part VI Engineering -- 9. Parking System Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology [Neo Wei Sheng, Wan Mariam Wan Muda, Ahmad Zaki Annuar, Wan Hafiza Wan Hassan] -- 10. Basic Properties of Granitic Residual Soil on Slope [Noraida Mohd Saim, Anuar Kasa, Mohd Khairudin Mohamed, Rohaya Alias] -- Part VII Information System/Information Technology -- 11. College Registration Management System (CoReMS): A Proposed CoReMS Model for UiTM Raub College Management Unit [Mohd Khairul Ikhwan Zolkefley, Muhd. Eizan Shafiq Abd. Aziz, Mohd Ikhsan Md Raus] -- 12. Sentiment Analysis on Mixed Language Facebook Comments: A Food and Beverages Case Study [Lim Kong Hua, Lim Tong Ming, Kathleen Tan Swee Neo, Tan Li Peng] -- 13. University Event Notification System with SMS Technology [Jiwa Noris Hamid, Hawa Mohd Ekhsan, Nur Aina Aifa Mohammad Ali] -- 14. Remote Monitoring of Elderly via Web-based Technological Approach to Promote Health and Wellbeing Living [Suriana Ismail, Khairunnisa Hamzah, Roslan Ismail] -- 15. Hadith Text Classification on Sanad Part using Edge List [Nursyahidah Alias, Nurazzah Abdul Rahman, Normaly Kamal Ismail, Zulhimi Mohamed Nor, Muhammad Nazir Alias, Mohd. Sham Kamis] -- 16. Critical Factors Affecting Learning Management Systems (LMS) Success in Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Malaysia [Nor Azlan Ahmad, Nur Fazidah Elias, Noraidah Sahari@Ashaari] -- Part VIII Mathematics -- 17. Solving Queuing Problem at Fast Food Restaurant in Shah Alam Using Simulation [Norani Amit, Nurdia Azlin Ghazali, Nur Hidayah Mohd Razali, Noor Aisyah Idris, Noor Hidayah Mohd Zaki, Busyra Latif] -- 18. Comparing the Efficiency of Two Queuing Models for a Fast Food Restaurant using Analytical Queuing Theory [Nurdia Azlin Ghazali, Norani Amit] -- 19. Sinusoidal Curve in Floral Motifs of Malay Woodcarving: A Preliminary Study [Marina Mohamed, Syafiza Saila Samsudin, Nazihah Ismail, Norhuda Mohammed] -- 20. Kuala Lumpur Female Population Projection by Age Group Using Leslie Model [Hamidah Ayub, Roselah Osman, Nora Zakaria, Siti Norashidah Sumaryono, Nurul Syajaratul Aini Mohd Zin].

Over the last two centuries, as politics has evolved from the status of "amateurship" to that of profession, political discourse, together with its practices and their validity, has been increasingly subject to questioning. Politicians, as illustrated by the low turnouts that have recently characterised general elections and a general lack of interest in politics throughout Western countries, enjoy less than ever the trust of the electorate, and their discourse is now often criticised for being both hollow and untrustworthy. Conversely, by evolving from the status of enlightened amateur to that of expert, the figure of the scientist has, over recent centuries, gained credibility with the general public. Even though the traditional view of science as the expression of reality has regularly been challenged, science continues to be held in high regard and is believed to provide a reliable form of knowledge. Summoning science has thus often been a way, in everyday life, advertising and the popular media, to lend authority to a discourse, and imply that one's claims are beyond dispute. That politicians should have occasionally been tempted to do the same and make up for the deficit of legitimacy of their discourse through the instrumentalisation of scientific arguments or participation in contemporaneous debates on scientific issues is, therefore, not surprising. The issue at stake in this volume is to examine how, and to what extent, this process may have been taking place in the past three centuries. In order to accomplish this, the contributions cover various fields of expertise, ranging from the "hard" sciences to more controversial types of science, investigating the intricate relations of science and political discourse