This article briefly describes the professional lives of three Ulster surgeons. Alastair Macafee was a consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Ulster, Musgrave Park and Ards Hospitals for many years (Figure 1). His grandfather CG Lowry and father CHG Macafee were Professors of Midwifery and Gynaecology in Belfast spanning 43 years from 1920 to 1963 (Figures 2 and 3). This article provides a snaps...

* Neurology Department, Federal University of Paraná Medical School. ** Division of Neurology, University Medical SchoolSão Paulo/SP,Brazil. Email: [email protected] Professor Jean-Martin Charcot (Charcot), the brilliant French neurologist considered the father of modern neurology and the first professor of diseases of the nervous system, is regarded as one of the most important researchers ...

I was born in Verona, Italy on October 6, 1937. Fascism, Nazism, and Communism were raging through the country. My mother, Lucy Ramberg, was a poet; my father, Luciano Capecchi, an officer in the Italian Air Force. This was a time of extremes, turmoil and juxtapositions of opposites. They had a passionate love affair, and my mother wisely chose not to marry him. This took a great deal of courag...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a mythic figure in science and recognized as the father of modern anatomy and neurobiology, was largely responsible for the modern conception of the brain. The first to publish on the nervous system, he sought to educate the novice scientist about how he thought science should be done. We asked an accomplished young investigator to take a fresh look at this recently redi...

Nathan Cobb, as the father figure of the Society of Nematologists, set an example to later generations of nematologists in his studies of nematode biology. In the 50 years of the Society's existence nematological research has greatly expanded that knowledge base. Opportunities over the next 50 years are boundless in view of advancing technologies and emerging challenges, and this leads to specu...

In the 19th century, hegemonic masculinity and patriarchal system were part of society even became norms that people believed obeyed. Emily Dickinson, a female character in Dickinson series, had to deal with gender discrimination practiced by society, specifically masculine figure. This research aims investigate experienced main season 1, how she challenged notion masculinity. The writer uses d...

Titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus) are a monogamous, New World primate. Adult pair-mates form a bidirectional social bond and offspring form a selective unidirectional bond to their father. Some of the neurobiology involved in social bonds and maternal behavior is similar to the neural circuitry involved in nonsocial reward. Due to these overlapping mechanisms, social states may affect responses...

for the technical discussions, the endless support and the friendship. Thanks to Jessie, Guixia, Dan, Roger and Maran who are sharing my same experience at Siemens AG. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family. In Italy: my mother, my father, my brothers and all my relatives in Saccolongo. In Germany: my wife Corinna to whom this thesis is dedicated.