Cyril Hutchinson Walker

Cyril Norman Hugh Long.

During his twenty-two years at Yale, Hugh Long has provided leadership as chairman of three departments (physiological chemistry, phar-macology and physiology), as dean, and as chairman of the division of biological sciences of the University, but even this unparalleled record of academic versatility and productivity reflects only a small part of his achievement. four years he came to Yale as P...

Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, 1897-1967.

Sir Cyril Burt in Perspective

Numerical peculiarities in Sir Cyril Burt's reports of kinship correlations are most reasonably attributable to carelessness rather than fraud. Showing statistically significant deviations from randomness in the final digits of correlations, Ns, and IQs, or other nonrandomness suggesting "digital preferences," is unconvincing as purported evidence that Burt's figures were faked. -No analysis is...

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

The Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome or progeria is a laminopathy generated by mutations that affect LMNA gene. This produces an abnormal protein named progerine which alters the formation of the cellular membrane inducing premature aging of all cells. In the present review aspects related to the pathophysiology and clinical characteristics of this syndrome are shown.

Kinship correlations reported by Sir Cyril Burt.

All the kinship correlations (and their sample sizes) reported over a period o f 30 years by Sir Cyril Burt are presented in tabular form. The kinships include identical twins reared together and apart, fraternal twins, siblings, parent-child, grandparent-grandchiM, cousins, and others, more rare types o f relationships. Burt's statistical methods and the procedures for testing and obtaining "f...