Recently we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Victor Preda. On this occasion, the Department of Molecular Sciences, supported by the local branch of the Romanian Academy and Institute of Biological Research Cluj-Napoca, organized a commemorative scientific session “Academician Victor Preda centenary” which was attended by leading figures of the Iuliu Hațieganu Univers...

CO2 flux history 1982–2001 inferred from atmospheric data using a global inversion of atmospheric transport C. Rödenbeck, S. Houweling, M. Gloor, and M. Heimann Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Postfach 10 01 64, D-07701 Jena, Germany National Institute for Space Research (SRON), Princetonplein 5, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands Received: 14 March 2003 – Accepted: 1 May 2003 – Publ...

a delightful talk delivered with that rare mixture of great erudition and super-enthusiasm. The annual Cocktail Party belied its name by tradition as it is a dinner and dancing evening (the third D omitted in the interests of future party-goers. Perhaps an alcometer should be available). Professor Stirratt gave his famous talk, published in this Journal recently, carefully avoiding any encourag...

This paper describes recent research on a natural-language-generation system that is based on planning. A system named KAMP is described that is capable of producing English sentences as part of a plan to enlist the cooperation of another agent in achieving a goal involving a change in the physical state of the world. The planner uses knowledge about the different subgoals to be achieved and li...

The effects of the hepatotonic Liv.52 on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced changes in the activities of the microsomal enzymes, aniline hydroxylase, p-aminopyrine N-demethylase activities, although the decrease in AHH activity could not be prevented. Kinetic studies showed that the effect of Liv.52 was not due to an alteration in the Km values of the enzymes. The possible mechanism by which L...

The Black Panther party was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966. From its beginnings as a local, community organization with a handful of members, it expanded into a national and international party. By 1980, however, the Black Panther party was once again mainly an Oakland-based organization, with no more than fifty active members. In 1982, the party came to an official end. Despite its re...