Polarographic Studies on Storage of Meats. Part IV

Polarographic Studies of Human Blood Sera

R. BrdiEka, in 1937, in a note to the editor of Nature (1), reported the application of the polarographic method to cancer diagnosis, through the measurement of certain sulphur-containing amino acids present in the proteins in human blood serum. Brdicka made tests on the serum from 67 different persons; 32 of these gave an abnormally low polarographic protein effect. These 32 cases were shown b...

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Epidemiological research methods. Part IV. Case-control studies.

Cases* Controlst Total instead, available lists (cancer registers, admissions to hospital, notifications or registered deaths) are used, but then one cannot be sure that all cases have been assembled-for example a list of hospital admissions for ischaemic heart disease or for traumatic brain injuries would exclude deaths before' admission as well as mild episodes either not treated or treated b...

On an Inequality of Diananda - Part IV

Studies on Pacific Ferns, Part IV The Pteridophyte Flora of Pitcairn Island

ALTHOUGH THE FERNS of southeastern Polynesia have been described in several papers, no separate list has previously been provided for Pitcairn Island. The present paper outlines the details of a collection made there by Mr. W . H. Lintott of the Botany Department of the University of Canterbury, and includ es mention of other collections where these were available. When the changes which have o...