The author visited the Soviet Union in June and July, 1960 to at tend the First Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) as an official American delegate and to meet with certain scientists in psychology, physiology, and the cornputer sciences, as well as visit some Russian research institutions doing work in these areas. In this article Soviet research in cybernetic...

IN MEMORIAM / ACTA INFORM MED. 2017 MAR; 25(1): 60-60 Professor Mladen Petrovecki died on August 30th in 2016. He was born in Zagreb in 1960. Mladen graduated from high school in 1979 in Zagreb, Croatia, and enrolled the School of Medicine at University of Zagreb (1). Professor Petrovecki was dedicated to clinical and academic work. As a doctor of medicine, laboratory immunology specialist, he ...

The complex biochemical interactions which occur between parasites and their host cells require elucidation for a clear understanding of how an infectious process develops. Whether the reactions between microorganisms and tissues occur directly or are mediated through secondary mechanisms has been the subject of considerable discussion (Sanford, Barnett, and Gott, 1960; Gilbert, 1960; Atkins, 1...

Understanding Black-White Wage Differentials, 1960-1990 Author(s): James J. Heckman, Thomas M. Lyons, Petra E. Todd Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, (May, 2000), pp. 344 -349 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/117248 Accesse...

In this paper a description is provided of the history of what was to become the specialty of clinical neuropsychology as it occurred in New York City over a period extending from about 1930 to 1960. An effort will be made to demonstrate that the field of clinical neuropsychology was essentially founded in New York because of a number of historical forces that will be discussed. Beginning with ...

PROBLEM/CONDITION Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States, and it has increased in importance during the preceding 20 years. Despite its importance, no comprehensive surveillance system has been established that measures asthma trends at the state or local level. REPORTING PERIOD This report summarizes and reviews national data for specific end-points: self-repo...