Opening address

Opening Address

Welcome to this Scientific Meeting, celebrating the Bicentenary of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The Royal Victoria Hospital may have had humble beginnings, but it now stands as one of the important landmarks of our city, held in the highest regard by the whole community as an oasis of care, compassion and feeling. All through the years of economic recession and indeed more recently, during the ...

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Opening and Welcoming Address

Dr. Barile, Chairman, International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Dr. Kumagi, President, Japanese Association of Medical Sciences and Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo, and Ladies and Gentlemen: It is our great pleasure to have the Fourth International Congress of the IOM (International Organization for Mycoplasmology) meet here in Japan and to have so many scientists and their famil...

Opening Address and GRDC Vision

Sunflower has historically been an important crop in Central Queensland. In recent years the sunflower area in Central Queensland has been reduced due to low and variable prices and increased competition from alternate summer crops. Issues of tall persistent stubble that provides little ground cover and a lack of in-crop weed control options have also contributed to declining popularity of sunf...

OPENING ADDRESS Perspectives in coronary prevention

The seeds of premature coronary heart disease are often sown in childhood and it is the developing arteries of children which are the most susceptible. Paediatricians and all who work with them have the earliest and most promising opportunities for prevention. Coronary protection can be added to the potential advantages of breast feeding and to ensure appropriate fatty acid balance throughout w...