Lieut. William Heron Coombs, R.N., Indian Marine Survey

Lieut.-Genl. Sir William Leishman

K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.B., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., IX.D., K.H.P., Dircctor-Gencral, Army Medical Scrvicc. The scientific world, the medical profession and the Royal Army Medical Corps sustained a great loss when on June 2nd, of this year Sir William Leishman died after a short illness. William Boog Leishman was born on November 6th, 1865; he was the son of Dr. William Leishman a professor of midwifery a...

Bronchial Rn dose survey for residences.

The bronchial dosimeter for Rn progeny proposed by Yu and Guan in 1998 was employed to survey the bronchial dose from Rn progeny in 30 residences in Hong Kong. An average bronchial deposition fraction of Rn progeny was obtained as 0.0334, which gave an average dose conversion factor (DCF) of 8.5 mSv WLM-1. The mean values of potential alpha energy concentration (PAEC) deposited in the tracheobr...

Lieut.-Col. J. C. Robertson

DNA barcoding Indian marine fishes.

DNA barcoding has been adopted as a global bio-identification system for animals in recent years. A major national programme on DNA barcoding of fish and marine life was initiated in India by the authors during 2006 and 115 species of marine fish covering Carangids, Clupeids, Scombrids, Groupers, Sciaenids, Silverbellies, Mullids, Polynemids and Silurids representing 79 Genera and 37 Families f...

Lieut.-Col. Robert Knowles