A Personal Historical Perspective on Psychiatry in Japan During the Last 4 Decades

Psychiatry in Latin America: a historical perspective

The evolution of psychiatry in Latin America reflects the merger of three different types of human interactions. The first one is represented by the aborigine cultures that prevailed in this Continent before its discovery. This group in primarily represented by the Aztec and Incas Indians who primordially occupied Mexico and Peru respectively. The second one is primarily exemplified by the Span...

the effect of e-64 on the developmental competence of sheep cocs during in vitro maturation

in the present study, the effect of e-64 at different concentrations (0.5, 1, 5 and 10 µm) added to (1) the ivm medium on oocyte nuclear maturation and developmental competence of ovine oocytes, and (2) to the ivc medium on embryonic development of ovine embryos were investigated.

Evolution in the Production and control of Equine Tetanus Antitoxin During the last 3 decades in Iran.

The study of innate immunity in Japan: a historical perspective.

Innate immunity is key for host defense in a vast range of organisms, from invertebrates to vertebrates. A number of Japanese scientists have made significant contributions to the clarification of innate immune mechanisms and have applied this knowledge to treatments for various diseases including cancer, allergy and autoimmune disorders. Here, we present an overview of the development of innat...

The Local Limit Theorem: A Historical Perspective

The local limit theorem describes how the density of a sum of random variables follows the normal curve. However the local limit theorem is often seen as a curiosity of no particular importance when compared with the central limit theorem. Nevertheless the local limit theorem came first and is in fact associated with the foundation of probability theory by Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fer...