Memory and the Learning Process. By Darwin Oliver Lyon. Baltimore: Warwick and York, 1917. Pp. 179+indices and plates. Largely a technical description of a series of experiments on memory, this book contains, besides, much suggestive and valuable material for workers in either education or psychology. The results of the experiments have been published elsewhere from time to time, but are here b...

OBJECTIVES To compare the current opinions and practices of family practitioners with those of pediatricians regarding poison prevention anticipatory guidance (PPAG) and to further assess which factors, if any, are associated with providing counseling on this topic. DESIGN Cross-sectional mail survey. PARTICIPANTS Family practitioners and pediatricians throughout the United States and Puert...

into English from the fifth German edition by A. Turnbull, M.A., B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B. (Glas.). London: Baiilfere, Tindall and Cox, 1928. Pp. xviii plus 556, with 324 figures. Price, 42s. net. The; volume in German is the fiith edition of a work originally published in 1910, and that under review is the first English translation. To use Professor Kohler's words, the work is meant to be " an advise...

Payment by results, a system for paying healthcare trusts, is intended as a fair and consistent basis for hospital funding. It relies on a national tariff structured around a case-mix measure known as healthcare resource groups. It is often argued that if payment by results works as planned, the National Health Service will become more efficient and productive. However, the use of a case-mix me...

[Classics Editor's note: This translation of these passages from Fechner's Elemente der Psychophysik first appeared in Rand, Benjamin (Ed.)(1912). The Classical Psychologists (pp. 562-572). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, and was reprinted in Herrnstein, Richard J. & Boring, Edwin G. (Eds.)(1965). A Source Book in the History of Psychology (pp. 66-75). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. The pag...

M.D., S.D. 1938. W. B. Saunders cohih??'' Philadelphia and London. Pp. 434. illustrated Price, 20s. This is a book which will prove a most useful companion to practical work, whether in the laboratory, the post-mortem room or the museum. The technic^ methods that practical experience has shown to be o value are described. The book is divided into thr parts, the first deals with general laborato...

Methods During implementation we interviewed the head nurses of the 19 PP wards at months 3 and 6. Their beliefs about PP, perception of the ward’s uptake, promotional engagement, perception of facilitators and barriers, and corrective actions were discussed. Interview notes were analyzed inductively and independently by 2 investigators. Beliefs, uptake perception, and engagement were quantifie...

Polypropylene (PP) has poor adhesion to metals and other surfaces for its chemical structure. Hence, chemical modification of PP is necessary for metal surface coating application. In this research, grafting of maleic anhydride (MA) onto co(propylene-b-ethylene) in the presence of a dicumyl peroxide (DCP) was accomplished in a single screw extruder. Characteristics of the modified polymer were ...

................................................................................pp. 2 Chapter 1: A Review of Hormonal Effects in Vertebrates.......................pp. 2-10 Hormones and Behavior.....................................................pp. 3-4 Hormones’ Relationship to Allostasis.....................................pp. 4-5 Glucocorticoids and Behavior.....................................