To the Editor: Eupnea is characterized by several systems criteria important for breathing, including specific shapes of discharge patterns in phrenic and other nerves and temporal relationships between them (1, 3, 5, 6). Identification of eupnea in slice based on firing patterns of single neurons or mass activity in the pre-Bötzinger complex (2, 4) does not meet these criteria and makes no sen...

Dr Lentine has effectively presented an argument for weight loss prior to transplant and has included a balanced view with important caveats. It should be noted that there aremany points of agreement between our ‘polar views’. Most importantly, we agree that BMI is an imprecisemeasure of obesity and surgical risk and that a ‘one size fits all’ approach is not ideal. Our opinions diverge with re...

The publication of the first article in this issue, “Realizing Strategic Value through Center-Edge Digital Transformation in Consumer-Centric Industries,” provides a unique opportunity to pay tribute to the first author, Paul Gray, who passed away last year. Please join me in thanking Omar El Sawy, Guillermo Asper, and Magnus Thordarson for continuing to revise this article co-authored with Pau...

 Intestinal parasites (IP) are one of the most significant causes of infections among the eldely in developing countries, especially in tropical areas. Trichuris trichiura and Ancylostoma duodenale infect near 2.3 billion people, especially in elderly in all around the world (1). Intestinal protozoan like Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptosporidium parvum are widespread in o...

A couple of days ago, I had a look at my to-do list. To my dismay, I realized that was supposed to write a paper on the future of standardization research (I really should look at my list more often). Luckily (in a way), I had to attend a rather boring seminar, which gave me some time to think: What does the future hold for standards research? The only correct answer, of course, would have to b...

It has become a tradition to include comments from the new Editor in the first issue containing articles submitted during his or her term. In the present case this editorial will serve mainly to assure the readers and contributors that I intend to make no major changes in editorial policy. Memory & Cognition, under the outstanding leadership of the previous Editors, including the most recent Ed...

The announcement of the 1978 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research has created two controversies. No one argues with the choice of the three winners-Solomon H. Snyder (Johns Hopkins University), John Hughes (Imperial College of Science and Technology. London), and Hans Kosterlitz (University of Aberdeen) —who were honored for the discovery of opiate receptors and enkephalins, opiate-like subs...

The panel also included papers by jonathan jackson and Marjorie Franklin (both published in jASHM Volume 12, no.2) as well as Martin Manalansan ("Olfactory signs and Asian-American identity) and Angela Shand ("The Sign of the Cross: Theology, Personhood and Liturgical Performance in the Greek Orthodox Church"). Although unable to be present in person, Rom Harre was kind enough to provide some t...