The Swiss Army is currently engaged in a process of reorganisation: "Swiss Army XXI" will start in 2003 with a smaller but more efficient army. For two years now many professional officers and civilians have been working out proposals and solutions for this project. Discussion has also focused on the recruitment process, and the Dept. of Applied Psychology of the University of Zurich was commis...

In the Annals January 2004 theme issue on Myopia, Park and Congdon 1 have disputed the reality of the increases in prevalence of myopia in East Asia for several reasons. In particular, they criticise the 2 best documented sets of cohort data, from Taiwan 2-6 and Singapore, 7-10 on methodological grounds. In the case of the studies from Taiwan, they argue that there are methodological uncertaint...

Results of the analysis of morphological status of cadets and pilots of the Croatian Air Force are presented, in relation to the morphological status of a sample of conscripts of the Croatian Army. The results of the morphological status of body built of the flier potential of the Croatian Air Force, i.e., the potential (cadets) and active fliers (pilots), suggest a process of spontaneous (or p...