75 Years of Progress

Dermatology 75 years ago.

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Celebrating 75 years of oestradiol.

Oestrogens exert important effects on the reproductive as well as many other organ systems in both men and women. The history of the discovery of oestrogens, the mechanisms of their synthesis, and their therapeutic applications are very important components of the fabric of endocrinology. These aspects provide the rationale for highlighting several key components of this story. Two investigator...

Celebrating the past 75 years and preparing for the next 75 years.

At the Annual Meeting in New Orleans on June 21–24 2014, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) will be celebrating their 75th anniversary. Our journal is a bit older, with Food Research (the precursor to the Journal of Food Science) publishing its first issue in January of 1936. Science has made tremendous progress in the past 75 years. One case in point occurred 60 years ago with the publi...

75 years of Kwashiorkor in Africa.

Yates and Contingency Tables: 75 Years Later

Seventy-five years ago, Yates (1934) presented an article introducing his continuity correction to the χ test for independence in contingency tables. The paper also was one of the first introductions to Fisher’s exact test. We discuss the historical importance of Yates and his 1934 paper. The development of the exact test and continuity correction are studied in some detail. Subsequent disputes...