This volume of NL-ARMS discusses a number of aspects related to officer education and training as they have developed over time at home and abroad. A closer inspection of both the field of tension between science and the military and role of values and norms inherent to the officer profession lies at …

Within a short space of time, the Internet has had an enormous influence on our society and it has only taken e-mail five years to become an intensively used communications medium. The general trend for information and communications technology is that it is becoming smaller, faster, smarter, more accepted, …

What options are open for people—citizens, politicians, and other nonscientists—to become actively involved in and anticipate new directions in the life sciences? In addressing this question, this article focuses on the start of the Human Genome Project (1985-1990). By contrasting various models of democracy …

Objectives Among the treatment alternatives for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in Norway, only bracing and surgery are mentioned as generally accepted forms of treatment. There exists a lot of controversy on this issue; therefore a descriptive research is used to highlight the different aspects …