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An Amendment of the 1996 LLMC Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 was adopted at the ninety-ninth session of the IMO Legal Committee held in London 16 - 19 April 2012, increasing the global limits of liability related to Article 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(b) of 1976 LLMC by 51 % on the present limits set out in Article 3 of the 1996 LLMC Protocol. Limits set out in Article 7 of LLMC 1976 have remained unchanged. In accordance with the Article 8(8) of the 1996 LLMC Protocol, these amendments shall enter into force on 8 June 2015. The paper analyses the reasons that have led to the increase of the limits of liability and to the justification of such an increase, taking into account that in only 1.34 % of incidents damages have exceeded current limits of liability established by the 1996 Protocol. It analyses the legal and economic consequences of the increase of the limits of liability and its immediate impact on other international conventions relying on the global limitation of liability, such as the 2001 Bunker Convention and the 2007 Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. It warns, however, that the tendency leading to excessive limits of liability may cause a loss of interest of states to ratify the 1996 Protocol and thus have a negative impact on the unification of law in relation to this matter. Therefore, this paper discusses some of the possible solutions that would provide fair compensation for victims, but would not jeopardise the unification efforts and the purpose of the limitation of liability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This symposium comprises an abridged transcript of an event held to mark the retirement of Professor Philip Allott from his chair at the University of Cambridge on 30 September 2004. On 28-29 May 2004, a small gathering of his colleagues from several universities and various disciplines attended the one and a half day event in Cambridge. The focus of the workshop was on Professor Allott's work and the central theme, 'this cannot be how the world was meant to be'. The event commenced with an outline by Professor Allott of his recent work and thoughts on the state of the world, summarized in his Seven Theses. Papers were then delivered by four leading jurists in international law, Professor Iain Scobbie (University of London), Professor Karen Knop (University of Toronto), Professor Martti Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki) and Professor Tom Franck (NYU). Dame Roslyn Higgins concluded the event with final remarks. Each of the speakers analysed and critiqued Philip's work, particularly Eunomia (1990, 2nd ed., 2001) and The Health of Nations (2002). Much time was devoted during the workshop to discussion which followed each presentation. Extracts of this discussion, along with the papers delivered, are published in this symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper summarizes highlights in the field of glomerular diseases presented at the 2015 European Renal Association congress in London. Topics covered include a European survey on renal biopsy practice and indications, the STOP-IgAN randomized controlled trial in patients with IgA-nephropathy, B-celltargeting therapies in minimal change nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), novel insights into the action of glucocorticosteroids in glomerular crescent and scar (FSGS) formation, the immunoproteasome in IgA-nephropathy, socio-economic factors and glomerular disease progression, glomerular CD80 (B7-1) expression in FSGS patients and aldosterone- antagonism in proteinuric renal diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at the conference titled "Re-imagining Culture in the Russo-Japanese War" held in London, England in March 2004 is presented. Topics focus on the impact of the Russo-Japanese war on society. The conference featured several writers including Naoko Shimazu, Rosamund Bartlett, and David Crowley.

Highlights papers presented at the April 2000 meeting of the British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB), held in London, England. Conference's focus on the theme 'Molecular Cell Biology of the Synovial Joint'; Stages of mammalian tendon development; Work on the changes in cell populations and the extracellular matrix of patients with chronic tendon pathology.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting entitled "Imaging Membrane Dynamics" held at Royal Holloway in London, England on September 14 to 17, 2006 is presented. The meeting was collaborated by the British Society for Cell Biology and Royal Microscopical Society and it was attended by 130 participants. Some of the speakers of the event includes Catherine Rabouille, Ben Glick, David Owen, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz.

The article highlights the 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval held at Queen Mary and Goldsmiths College at the University of London in England from September 11 to 15, 2005. The conference covered varied issues related to computer music, such as the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange and the significance of Music Information Retrieval research to musicologists and information analysts. The paper sessions featured works on music information retrieval, music classification, dataset collection and the applications of interactive retrieval and music visualization.

ASCE, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers held joint professional discussions September 26–30, 1993, in London. The theme of the 1993 Joint Triennial Conference was “Urban Regeneration and the Environmental Challenge.” This is a summary of three very important papers presented at session 1 of the conference: (1) “Urban Regeneration and the Environmental Challenge”; (2) “The Environmental Challenge for Engineers”; and (3) “The Environmental Challenge for Engineers—A Hong Kong Perspective.” The conclusions derived from these presentations are that societal expectations about the environment vary widely around the world, and the interest in the environment will not go away. The World Engineering Partnership for Sustainable Development has been formed to provide leadership, develop constructive relationships, coordinate projects and programs, and work closely with public and private decision makers. We must achieve harmony between man and nature. The engineering profession has both the responsibility and the potential to meet the environmental challenges and solve them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is taken from a talk given by the author during the September 26–30, 1993 Joint Triennial Conference in London and Maidstone, Kent, U.K., during a session entitled, “The Environmental Challenge for Engineers.” The writer begins by defining the word “environment” as “being surrounded,” then describes how the civil engineer's efforts at service to the public are surrounded on at least five sides, namely the public's desires, national governmental laws and regulations, the legal profession, local officials' needs, and the development of increasingly sensitive analytical instruments that seem to take on a life of their own. The writer then addresses the need for civil engineers to adapt to changing conditions, feelings, and philosophies. The paper ends by indicating that the environmental challenge is the civil engineer who has the technical knowledge, a diverse range of expertise, and experience with those entities within a community directly affected by our work, and who must be the leader of professional teams facing today's complex projects and those in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the World Congress on Engineering (WCE) 2007 held in Imperial College London in England from July 2 to 4. The WCE focused on topics related to the theoretical and applied engineering and computer science. The event was attended by 500 participants from over 20 countries. The paper submitted for the conference totaled 756 while the total number of papers accepted was 431.

ASCE, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers held joint professional discussions September 26–30, 1993, in London. The theme of the 1993 Joint Triennial Conference was “Urban Regeneration and the Environmental Challenge.” This is a summary of two papers presented at session 3 of the conference. One paper gave a new vision of the city, “the responsible workplace”; the other advocated a total-system approach to build and maintain urban infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]