Pioneer Lecture - “ Ross H . Arnett , Jr . : A True Pioneer in Entomology . ” Professor

John H. Gibbon, Jr., M.D.: surgical innovator, pioneer, and inspiration.

Emerging Adulthood and Its Characteristics in Iranian University Students

Purpose: Emerging adulthood (EA) theory has been proposed as a distinct developmental period between adolescence and adulthood by Arnett in 2000. This construct is promptly embraced by contemporary scholars, and research on emerging adulthood increased over the past decade in many countries, but yet questions remained about the universality of emerging adulthood. This article is extracted from ...

Daniel W. Mead, pioneer educator, ethicist, and consultant.

Introduction An early textbook in hydrology (Mead 1919) contains a remarkable chapter on ground water as well as two chapters on geology. The author, Daniel W. Mead, a professor of hydraulic and sanitary engineering at the University of Wisconsin (now the University of WisconsinMadison), based the text on lecture notes (published earlier, Mead [1904]) for his course in general hydrology. In fac...

Lotfi Zadeh: a Pioneer in AI, a Pioneer in Statistical Analysis, a Pioneer in Foundations of Mathematics, and a True Citizen of the World

Everyone knows Lotfi Zadeh as the Father of Fuzzy Logic. There have been – and will be – many papers on this important topic. What I want to emphasize in this paper is that his ideas go way beyond fuzzy logic: • he was a pioneer in AI; • he was a pioneer in statistical analysis; and • he was a pioneer in foundations of mathematics. My goal is to explain these ideas to non-fuzzy folks. I also wa...

In recognition of an implant pioneer: Professor Dr. André Schroeder.

An international pioneer of endosseous dental implant investigation and an esteemed dental educator from Berne, Switzerland, Professor André Schroeder was recently recognized by the Academy of Osseointegration with Honorary Fellowship in the Academy. In bestowing its highest honor on Professor Schroeder, the Academy paid tribute to one of the unsung giants in the field. His long and productive ...