Meeting report of Ctenopalooza: the first international meeting of ctenophorologists

Proceedings of the First International Pharmacological Meeting

Pergamon Press, which has in recent years taken interest in matters neurophysiological, has collected the writings of 56 authors, from many countries, dealing with biochemical, physiological, pharmacological and behavioral aspects of nervous function. Most of the material is a succinct compilation of previously published observations; but some of it, such as the study by Smith, Stacey and Young...

Proceedings of the First International Pharmacological Meeting

ations are explored exhaustively, as would be expected from this center in Germany which has received extensive support from Siemens-Reiniger Werke, a manufacturer of radiological equipment. Different methods of delivering the highest possible tumor dose with the smallest possible "integral" dose to normal tissue include axial, tangential, pendulum, and conical rotation. In some cases beam shap...

The Secretary of the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Slum Upgrading Working Group

Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in China

China’s estimated 114 million people with diabetes pose a massive challenge for China’s health policy-makers who have significantly extended health insurance coverage over the past decade. What China is doing now, what it has achieved, and what remains to be done should be of interest to health policy-makers, worldwide. We identify the challenges posed by China’s two pr...

A report about the first meeting on the role of intensive care units nurses in emergencies and disasters in Iran

According to the human consequences caused by emergencies and disasters, the health system especially hospitals, are among the first places that are influenced by this events. Continuity of service provision by hospitals after emergencies and disasters is one of the important issues that should be taken into consideration by all people and authorities. For hospitals, it is necessary to promote ...