In December 1968, during its annual meeting, the American Association for the Advancement of Science convened a symposium on the Global Effects of Environmental Pollution. In the words of the organizer of this symposium, Mr. S. Fred Singer, the purposes "were to discuss the worldwide effects which may arise from local pollution and to try to uncover, if possible, hitherto unsuspected effects wh...

OBJECTIVES To compare the extent to which late 20th century patterns of mortality in London are predicted by contemporary patterns of poverty and by late 19th century patterns of poverty. To test the hypothesis that the pattern of mortality from causes known to be related to deprivation in early life can be better predicted by the distribution of poverty in the late 19th century than by that in...

Employment or Leadership: None declared. Consultant or Advisory Role: P.A. Kavsak, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics; A.R. MacRae, Beckman Coulter; A.S. Jaffe, Beckman Coulter, Siemens, Ortho Diagnostics, Singulex, Nanosphere, Inverness, Critical Diagnostics, GSK, Merck, and Hoffman-LaRoche. Stock Ownership: None declared. Honoraria: P.A. Kavsak, Beckman Coulter. Research Funding: Canadian Institutes ...

Gesneriaceae. Root cuttings were used for various fruit crops, horseradish (Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn., B Mey. & Scherb.), and others. It was known that when shoots were regenerated adventitiously, as with root cuttings or leaf cuttings, traits (such as variegation), which are associated with chimeras were lost (Bailey, 1896). Humidity control was not nearly as good as today s mist and fog ...

The June 15, 1896 Sanriku earthquake generated devastating tsunamis with the maximum run-up of 25 m and caused the worst tsunami disaster in the history of Japan, despite its moderate surface wave magnitude (Ms=7.2) and weak seismic intensity. This is a typical tsunami earthquake, which generates anomalously larger tsunamis than expected from its seismic waves. Previously proposed mechanisms of...

Within weeks of Röntgen’s report of the discovery of x-rays in December 1895, the news of the discovery rapidly spread by cable and word of mouth to North America. Dr Warren, then professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School, came back from Röntgen’s laboratory with a “shadow picture of the human hand in which the outlines of the bones were apparent” (1). The Massachusetts General Hospita...