Small infarcts in the subcortical area (lacunar infarction) have been considered a relatively simple condition. In most cases, complications associated with warfarin are not a cause for worry, the superiority of angioplasty or stenting need not be disputed, and performing craniectomy is unnecessary; we simply administer an antihypertensive drug and aspirin. However, small subcortical infarcts a...

The World Data Centre for Geomagnetism, Mumbai is functioning as a division of Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai since its full fledges activities commenced in 1991 in coordination with International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU) Panel on World Data Centres. The responsibility of the compilation of final hourly absolute values of nine of the Indian magnetic observatories and de...

Two previous editorials have referred to the international nature of physiology, the first from Presidents of the American Physiological Society (1) and the second from the Executive Committee of IUPS (10). The larger societies within the IUPS family hold meetings that are attended by scientists from many countries. This is not restricted to the US and UK societies. I recently lectured to the a...

The recommendations presented here are designed to support easier communication of NMR data and NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids through unified nomenclature and reporting standards. Much of this document pertains to the reporting of data in journal articles; however, in the interest of the future development of structural biology, it is desirable that the bulk of the reported infor...

The Scientific Committee on Solar–Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) of the International Council for Science (ICSU) implemented an international collaborative program called Climate and Weather of the Sun–Earth System (CAWSES), which was active from 2004 to 2008; this was followed by the CAWSES II program during the period of 2009–2013. The CAWSES program was aimed at improving the understanding of...