Thank you for republishing the landmark paper by Cornfield et al., which the late George Comstock felt should be read by all epidemiologists at least once per year. Of the many innovative aspects for which this paper is praised, we would like to add here one that is rarely mentioned. Appendix B of the paper provides the algebraic proof of an important property of risk ratios described in the bo...

Kielikone MT stands for innovative machine translation R&D which has produced a theoretically and commercially successful MT product, the TranSmart® FinnishEnglish machine translation system. A prestigious jury indirectly praised also the theoretical quality of the system when it elected TranSmart the best Finnish software product of the year 1996. Hundreds of daily users in three major Finnish...

Discussed at the 11th International Geneva/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, the Dubois criteria were praised for their potential usefulness in helping improve the ability of physicians to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before the onset of dementia with clinical and laboratory tests. However, since their introduction, the criteria have been restricted to clinical resear...

The Japanese art films of the mid-1960s, also known as the so-called Japanese New Wave, are often praised by film scholars, but its formal elements and common characteristics are not often discussed. Thus, through the use of directors representative of the period, such as Hani Susumu, Matsumoto Toshio, Oshima Nagisa, and Teshigahara Hiroshi, this talk analyzes the features of outstanding exampl...

Current integration discussion about the Turkish population in Germany is influenced by culturalessentialism. The political and social components of integration are by and large being neglected.The incorporation of migrants of Turkish origin into the society is praised as a superior target for theCurrent Discussions in the German Integration Debate Revue européenne des migrations in...

The last decade has been a very active period of designing systems for program visualization. Without proper means for describing and evaluating both existing and new systems further develoment may be delayed. Recently, several researchers have been working for creating taxonomies for program visualization systems. During the active period of system development benefits of visualization were of...

The three contenders for the title, Risk factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among attendees of public sexually transmitted infection clinics in Hong Kong: implications for HIV prevention (Lee & Ho); Identifying prognostic factors for survival in advanced cancer patients: a prospective study (Lam et al); and Review of dengue fever cases in Hong Kong during 1998 ...

Hakim Ali Gilani was a native of Gilan. He was a distinguished physician and medical writer. He wrote commentary on canon of Avicenna. He came to India during Akbar's time and served two Mughal rulers, Akbar and Jahangir. He was praised very much by the medical historians for his vast knowledge, curiosity and intelligence. A brief account of his achievements has been given in this article.

The story of Joseph has been praised as a treasure of world literature. Voltaire confessed it is one of the most precious documents handed down to our own age from antiquity. Neither Egypt nor Babylon can offer anything even remotely comparable. The matchless narrative of the lost son moves old and young alike. As a literary work, it is artistic perfection. The literary genius of The Joseph Nar...