Memorial: Professor Percival Allen

Memorial Issue for Professor Nobuhiko Saitô

This special issue of Biophysics and Physicobiology is published as a memorial for Prof. Nobuhiko Saitô who died 2 May 2015. His obituary will appear first in this special issue written by Kei Yura [1], one of the last graduates of Saitô’s laboratory in 1980s. We try to organize this special issue as a review of the work in biophysics by late Nobuhiko Saitô, especially protein folding study and...

Memorial of Joseph Murray

It has not been too long since we realized that Joseph Murray (1919-2012) has passed away while we heard this sad news 2 weeks ago. We never forget his memories and trip for the first time on 14th November 1974to Iran. He returned to our country one more time later to share his experiences with the country specialists. It is a great sorrow that he did not see our progress in plastic and reconst...

new approaches in dental research (a memorial to professor seyed behrouz mousavi)

this special supplement to the december 2011 issue of the dental research journal contain the articles adopted from all the research projects and residency programs conducted in cooperation with torabinejad dental research center at the isfahan university of medical sciences. this supplement is intended to serve several purposes: a memorial to professor seyed behrouz mousavi, one of the main fo...

Allen Schick

During the past decade New Zealand has introduced far-reaching reforms in the structure and operation of government departments and agencies. This model has attracted interest in developing countries because it promises significant gains in operational efficiency. But developing countries, which are dominated by informal markets, are risky candidates for applying the New Zealand model. The auth...

Natalie Allen