Prof. John Guy Widdicombe, 1925-2011: an appreciation of an eminent respiratory physiologist

John Punnett Peters: An Appreciation

John Bartlett: appreciation & celebration.

When I was 6-years-old I wrote a letter to Roy Rogers, the cowboy star of movies and television, asserting that I was his biggest fan. That was the first and only fan letter I ever wrote. When I was invited to speak at a Festschrift for John Bartlett, I quickly replied, “I am much honored to be asked to be part of your proposed celebration of John. I can’t think of anyone in our discipline who ...

An appreciation of Ralph Marvin Steinman (1943–2011)

Ralph Steinman, an editor at the Journal of Experimental Medicine since 1978, shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of dendritic cells (DCs) and their role in immunity. Ralph never knew. He died of pancreatic cancer on September 30, 3 days before the Nobel announcement. Unaware of his death at the time of their announcement, the Nobel Committee made the unprece...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

John Gray M'Kendrick, physiologist (1841-1926).

IN 1859 The British Association met in Aberdeen. A letter' circulated in February of that year, asked for contributions to the Natural History exhibition suggesting that '. . . iftolerably complete (as a little exertion may easilymake it) will prove very interesting and instructive.' M'Kendrick was then an indentured clerk in a lawyers' office, and had assembled a marine aquarium in his lodging...