Is our Civilization Dying?

PassivityÐthe key to our metals-based civilization*

Humankind has been able to develop a metals-based civilization primarily because the reactive metals (Fe, Ni, Cr, Al, Ti, Zr, . . .) exhibit extraordinary kinetic stabilities in oxidizing environments. From the time of Schonbein and Faraday (1830s), the reason for this stability has been attributed to the existence of a thin reaction product ®lm on the metal (or alloy) surface. This ®lm effecti...

Mars can wait: facing the challenges of our civilization.

We are overwhelmed by warnings about inevitable geophysical and human problems. Earth is beset by escalating, manmade, environmental crises and our exploding population will eventually lack water, food and vital materials. This suggests, together with increasing poverty, deepening social unrest and advanced techniques for mass killing, that civilization will break down long before atmospheric C...

The Role of Science Institutions in Our Civilization.

The Role of Science Institutions in Our Civilization: Special Articles: DR. WILI4am D. COOLIDGE ......................... .................. 411 Antibacterial Properties of Protamine and Histone: DR. BENJAMIN F. MILLER and OTHERS. The Smithsonan Enterprises: DR. C. G. ABBOT. 417 Effect of Vitamin E on the Blood Plasma Lipids of the Chick: DR. HENRIK DAM and EDW. M. Obituary: KELMAN. Vitamin C C...

This is dedicated to our former chairman Dr. Mahmoud Rohani

Dying is a transition.

PURPOSE End-of-life care is designed as response to patients' verbally communicated needs. The concept of dying as a process would allow us to improve care. This concept may combine the needs of the dying, their outburst of emotions, gradual maturation, family processes, acute problems such as decreasing independence, with their inner experience and transformation of perception. In this study w...