New Extension at the Torry Research Station, Aberdeen

The new Aberdeen medical record.

First Year at Banff International Research Station

brings to the institute a strong academic standing , excellent administrative and leadership experience, and a far-reaching international network of scientists. I am sitting in the beautiful westward-facing dining room at the Banff Centre, watching the sun set gloriously into the Rocky Mountains. Even with it all in front of me, it is still hard to grasp the reality that the mathematicians of W...

Parallel Signal Processing at Aberdeen

A number of deconvolution techniques are being used in an ultrasonic signal processing application. A variety of parallel algorithms have been developed and their performance investigated on architectures using transputers and digital signal processors. A dual symbolic/numeric signal processing system is under development.

Abnormal cerebrovascular regulation in hypertensive patients.

into two parts-one was retained for bacteriological examination and the other dispatched frozen to the Torry Research Station at Aberdeen for chemical analysis. The total bacterial count was less than 500 organisms/g, consisting largely of coagulase-negative staphylococci. The Torry Research Station reported that the fish seemed in good condition but was very lightly cured (salt/wet weight 0-9 ...

Ethnobotanical Research at the Kutukú Scientific Station, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador

This work features the results of an ethnobotanical study on the uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the region near to the Kutukú Scientific Station of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, located in the Morona-Santiago province, southeast of Ecuador. In the surroundings of the station, one ethnic group, the Shuar, has been identified. The survey hereafter reports a total of 131 plant...