In Memoriam: Jocelyn Anne Rankin (1946–2010)

In Memoriam: Jocelyn Anne Rankin (1946–2010)

J Anne Rankin, PhD, chief of the Information Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), died on September 19, 2010, at age 63 in her Florida home. Similar to the health professionals in the organization Médecins Sans Frontières, Jocelyn was a humanitarian and a librarian sans frontières. Although some make a difference by what they do, others, like Jocelyn, also make a diff...

In Situ Monitoring Jocelyn

In situ monitoring has been increasingly accepted during the past five years. This approach has been applied to measurement of gas tensions such as p2 and Pco2 to pH and ions, to the assessment of jaundice by measurement of bilirubin, and to analysis for 14C02 after administrationof labeledantipynne and aminopyrine, for evaluation of hepatic damage. Various techniques have been developed for in...

In Memoriam-Professor Ajit K.Padhy

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Memoriam.

George W. Housner, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, emeritus, died after a short illness on 10 November 2008, just a few weeks before his 98th birthday. He was in the retirement home in Pasadena where he had lived for several years. For all of us who knew George, this marked the end of an era. Few people have guided and nurtured a field the way George led earthquake engineering over a per...

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