Europas Chicago. København 1944-45

Diagnoses Reported in Health Programs for Workers and their Families in Brazil, 1944-45 *

It is a common belief that malaria is the leading health menace of the tropics. Brazil lies for the most part between 40 N. and 300 S., and in many areas is highly malarious. Stitt declares that malaria is the most prevalent and most serious disease of Amazonia and that the lower Rio Branco is probably one of the worst malarial regions in the world. Davis found that the highest rates of malaria...

Nutritional Peripheral Neuropathy Related to "The Shoulder Girdle Syndrome" in Persia and Iraq Force 1944-45

Coronary heart disease after prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine, 1944-45.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of prenatal exposure to maternal malnutrition on coronary heart disease in people born around the time of the Dutch famine, 1944-45. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING Community study. PATIENTS Singletons born alive between November 1943 and February 1947 for whom detailed birth records were available. DESIGN The prevalence of coronary heart disease w...

Bernard Sachs (1858-1944)

Bernard Sachs studied nervous system disorders in children in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the late 1880s, Sachs described the fatal genetic neurological disorder called amaurotic family idiocy, later renamed Tay-Sachs disease. The disorder degrades motor skills as well as mental abilities in affected individuals. The expected lifespan of a child with Tay-...

C2sc00950a 1938..1944

Box-like tetrakis(metalloporphyrin) supramolecular assemblies possessing Zn and Al metal sites can catalyze the methanolysis of phosphate triesters with a high rate enhancement, up to 430 times faster than the uncatalyzed reaction. Mechanistic studies suggest that the observed rate enhancement can be attributed to a high local concentration of methoxide ion that operates in concert with a solvo...