Since the advent of Islamic Revolution in 1979 and due to foreign exchange controls by the Central Bank of Iran, the black market value of the Iranian rial had declined substantially as compared to its official value. In several articles published in professional journals I have first identified factors which has caused the rial to decline. I have then investigated the impact on Iranian economy...

The paper contributes to the debate on the reasons for the increase in business start-ups in the UK since the late 1970s. It compares the results of a survey of new manufacturing firms started since 1979 in South Hampshire with a previously conducted survey of firms started between 1976 and 1979. The study provides partial support for the recession-push explanation: the post-1979 cohort contain...

All of us at Biology Open were very sad to learn of the death of Patricia Keely, one of our longest-serving Editors. Patricia joined the team upon the launch of The Company of Biologists' newest journal in 2011, demonstrating her strong support for not-for-profit scientific publishing by taking a chance on a fledgling journal that had no previous track record. She brought her expertise to bear ...

Nutritional assessment is the essential first step in the adequate nutritional care of a patient. Simple bed-side impressions of nutritional status or change with therapy are invariably erroneous (Walesby et al., 1979) and are to be deprecated. Recent surveys (Bollet and Owens, 1973; Bistrian et al., 1976; Hill et al., 1977; Letsou, Connaughton and O'Donnell, 1977; Willicutts, 1977) have shown ...

Since the discovery of the rhinoviruses and respiratory syncytial virus only a few surveys have been made on the incidence of infections by the different respiratory viruses in the general population and the frequency with which they cause respiratory disease (Hilleman et al., 1962 ; Conference on Newer Respiratory Disease Viruses, 1963 ; Higgins et al., 1963). The present report describes the ...

Since Clarke et al. (1927) described primary pulmonary hypertension in two sisters, several families with more than one member involved have been reported (Lange, 1948; Dresdale, Michtom, and Schultz, 1954; van Epps, 1957; Coleman, Edmunds, and Tregillus, 1959; Fleming, 1960; Cahen et al., 1961; van Bogaert et al., 1961; Boiteau and Libanoff, 1963; Melmon and Braunwald, 1963; Parry and Verel, 1...

background and aims:  myasthenia gravis (mg) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission resulting in muscle weakness. while mg reportedly occurs in all ethnic groups, relative differences in disease prevalence are yet to be determined. the aim of this study was evaluation  of incidance and other disorders with it in kerman province of iran. methods: all patients with mg that...

With the start of a new volume in January 2022, IEEE Communications Magazine (ComMag) celebrates 60 years as flagship publication Society (ComSoc). What we refer to today ComMag was launched newsletter 1963. From 1973 1976, name this changed Society. During 1977–1978, it became Magazine. As 1979, finally and has remained such until [1]. By virtue its quality scholarly content, an inherent attac...

Treatment with idoxuridine (5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine; I.D.U.) of experimental herpes simplex keratitis in rabbits (Kaufman, Nesburn, and Maloney, 1962; Corwin, Okumoto, Thygeson, and Jawetz, 1963) was followed by reports of its successful use in herpes simplex in man (Kaufman, Martola, and Dohiman, 1962; Corrigan, Gilkes, and Roberts, 1962; Havener and Wachtel, 1963 ; Maxwell, 1963). Other author...