T he Award for Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology recognizes a member who has made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in neuropathology and provided service to the American Association of Neuropathologists. The qualities of outstanding scientific achievement and service are embodied in the 2007 recipients, Drs. James M. Powers and Cedric S. Raine. The American As...

The time-honored mechanism of allocating funds based on ranking of proposals by scientific peer review is no longer effective, because review panels cannot accurately stratify proposals to identify the most meritorious ones. Bias has a major influence on funding decisions, and the impact of reviewer bias is magnified by low funding paylines. Despite more than a decade of funding crisis, there h...

Whitehead’s 1922 theory of gravitation continues to attract the attention of philosophers, despite evidence presented in 1971 that it violates experiment. We demonstrate that the theory strongly fails five quite different experimental tests, and conclude that, notwithstanding its meritorious philosophical underpinnings, Whitehead’s theory is truly dead.

Представлена система критериев компенсации морального вреда. Более подробно рассматривается критерий «заслуживающие внимание обстоятельства». The article presents a system of criteria for compensation moral damage. criterion «meritorious circumstances» is discussed in more detail.