An up to date review of our knowledge of human iron metabolism is given including problems of iron balance, internal transport, and intracellular mechanisms. Current knowledge of the iron proteins is summarized and this background is used in discussing the pathophysiology of iron deficiency and overload, together with the internal ...

The stocks of the first International Standard for Tetanus Toxoid, Adsorbed are exhausted and a second International Standard was established in 1981. An international collaborative assay arranged to calibrate the second International Standard revealed that the first and the second International Standards are not strictly comparable. It is indicated that ...

This paper, abstracted from the final report of the Kampuchea Inquiry Commission, analyses the population losses in Cambodia prior to 1979 and goes on to describe some of the unwanted side effects of the international relief programmes in both Thailand and in Kampuchea. The paper concludes that various opposition movements ...

"This article seeks to highlight the extent of the lack of standardization which exists in the field of international migration statistics and, using statistics for Canada as an example, to illustrate how significant progress towards resolving this problem could be made if sufficient numbers of countries made their immigration and ...

Factors related to conference size, complexity, location and communication between the conference organization, contributors and support staff are identified and discussed. An audiovisual organization is described of which the main features are; the appointment of an audiovisual specialist to coordinate the organization, preview and controlled delivery of audiovisual material to ...

Problems in the assessment of small opacities, within the ILO U/C International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses (International Labour Office, 1972), are discussed in the light of readings by three experts of a group of films in which both rounded and irregular small opacities frequently coexisted. There was considerable ...

The two main conclusions drawn at the Dakar International Conference on Tetanus appeared to be: 1) Tetanus is a real problem in developing countries in both occurrence and mortality rates; and 2) Tetanus can be eliminated by the proper use of tetanus toxoid. Preventive medicine, more important nowadays than before, ...

Severe displacement of the thalamostriate and internal cerebral veins from the midline results in an unfamiliar distortion of these vessels arteriographically. Depending on the side of the mass effect, the thalamostriate-internal cerebral vein complex will have either an infinity (infinity) or a W configuration. Because these configurations appear frequently, recognition ...

The author analyzes the psychological consequences of international dependency, advancing 13 propositions as clues for a heuristic understanding of the dynamics of dependent relationships between nations. He believes that these relationships must be understood before they can be improved. The author proposes coequal alliances and multinational aid as desirable alternatives ...

The impact of system implementation on the display problem is examined, and future possibilities to ease present problems are discussed. It is stressed that display solutions should always be examined in relation to user requirement. This paper was first given as a keynote address at the IEE Displays Conference at ...

This is a collection of thirteen environmental stories from Central Asia as compiled by UNEP/GRID-Arendal. The report summarises the environmental problems persistent in Central Asia. It is both critical and provides pollution-mitigation guidelines. The stories are collected with the help of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) and ...