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Note from the Editor: Good Bye and Thank You

As a University of London undergraduate beginning a module on pathology, I remember Professor Frank Fairweather opening his lecture by pointing to a large boil on his forehead as an example of acute inflammation. He then proceeded to describe the gross pathological characteristics of acute inflammation: weal, brief blood vessel constriction, followed by blood vessel dilation and associated redn...

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A scientific journal exists only because of the good will and assistance of its reviewers. We can only publish less than a fifth of the papers we receive and, in making our decisions, we depend on the expertise of many people. This year a total of 315 reviewers have helped us to decide about the papers that we should publish. Their names are listed below and we would like to take this opportuni...

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We present candidate biographical information for the 2011 USAIN election here. Our sincere appreciation to all of the candidates for their willingness to run for a position on the Executive Council. Due to the Bylaw changes passed Fall 2010, we can now vote electronically. Anyone who has paid their 2011 dues is eligible to vote and has had an individually generated email sent to them that cont...

Putting the “You” in “Thank You”

Although positive emotions as a class can build interpersonal resources, recent evidence suggests a unique and direct role for gratitude. In the current research, we shine the spotlight on what happens between a grateful person and the benefactor to illuminate what can build a bridge between them. Specifically, we draw on work calling gratitude an "other-praising" emotion. In an original study ...