Karl Christian Friedrich Krause On Animal Rights

Otto Friedrich Karl Deiters (1834-1863).

Otto Deiters, for whom the lateral vestibular nucleus and the supporting cells of the outer auditory hair cells were named, died in 1863 aged 29. He taught in the Bonn Anatomy Department, had an appointment in the University Clinic, and ran a small private practice. He published articles on the cell theory, the structure and development of muscle fibers, the inner ear, leukaemia, and scarlet fe...

Sensorless Manipulation Using Transverse Vibrations of a Plate Karl - Friedrich

The existing industrial parts feeders move the parts through a sequence of mechanical lters that reject parts in unwanted orientations. In this paper we develop a new setup that uses a di erent vibratory mechanism to systematically manipulate parts, by actively orienting and localizing them. The idea is to generate and change dynamic modes for a plate by varying the applied frequency of oscilla...

Government acts on animal rights activists

The British government is bolstering legislation to curb the activity of animal rights protesters who threaten researchers as pharmaceutical companies pledge funds to support animal testing in universities in the face of fears that their crucial supply of graduate and postgraduate recruits is under threat. A hastily assembled programme of legislative reform was released in response to the succe...

Personal reflections on the "animal-rights" phenomenon.

Animal rights protests build

Opposition to animal experiments in Britain appears to be extending beyond the labs to other businesses supplying them. Nigel Williams reports.