A series of empirical pilot studies, performed during workshops at meetings of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL), and examining various aspects of the attorney-expert witness relationship are presented and their implications are discussed. The author calls for further investigation of a topic that--although constantly a feature of ...

In response to Albritton [2000], who asserts that the central dynamic of capitalism's genesis was putting-out manufacturing, I provide a sketch of the processes of agrarian capitalism. The elaboration of the common law in the Middle Ages enabled widespread conversion to leaseholds after the plague. An increasingly privatized system of ...

The influence of Severo Ochoa in the establishment of biochemistry and molecular biology in Spain is the central topic of this essay. From the time he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959, Ochoa's links with Spanish scientists and top authorities in education and science became ...

Zelinsky and Lee recently unveiled a model of the sociospatial process of immigrant settlement designed to augment and possibly supplant the well-known theories of assimilation and pluralism. Although in some ways new, their work continues a tradition in social science that treats the settlement geography of immigrants as a measure ...

The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society is a twice-yearly event attracting in excess of 6000 papers from the Society's numerous divisions. The Medicinal Chemistry division played host to several general, topical and poster sessions. This year 280 medicinal chemistry papers were presented which featured some of the most ...

From the day he graduated from the Palmer-Gregory Chiropractic College in 1908 until his death in 1965, C. Sterling Cooley considered himself a student of D.D. Palmer. Friend to three generations of the Palmers, he nonetheless found his own path through the stormy politics of his era. Appointed to the ...

Dr. Schwartz's (1999) definition of "applied psychophysiology" and his attempt to limit what can be presented at the society's meeting, published in its journal, and by extension, used by members of AAPB, are discussed. The exclusivity is seen as repressive and even dangerous. Examples from irritable bowel syndrome and chronic ...

Airway epithelium: more than just a source for epithelium-derived relaxing factors!

The author emphasizes the close cooperation between U.S. plastic surgeons and the first international journal entirely devoted to plastic surgery, the Revue de Chirurgie Plastique (1931-1934) later to become the Revue de Chirurgie Structive (1935-1938) published under the editorship of Maurice Coelst, M.D. from Brussels. By the accurate recording of ...

King Arthur had the right idea all along--to get the key stakeholders around a table and address the vital issues. The author describes his concept of a "wisdom circle," a gathering of people who speak candidly and from the heart, listen intently to the wisdom of other people, and honor ...

In an earlier article in this journal, I advanced five ethical arguments in favour of a voluntary, unpaid system of blood donation. In his reply to my article, Hugh McLachlan criticised one of those arguments, namely, the argument that an unpaid system promotes altruism and social solidarity. In this reply ...

This paper is based on a presentation made by the author at the meeting of the American Urological Association's Society for the Study of Impotence on April 12, 1997. The author addresses the general applicability of the Federal Trade Commission Act to advertising by so-called impotence 'treatment mills,' focusing in ...

A cornerstone of American-Indian cultures is a deep sense of interconnectedness with the natural environment. To preserve this sense of interconnectedness on tribal lands, many American Indians believe that sovereignty over environmental affairs on tribal lands is essential. But a number of shortcomings have historically and continually weakened tribal authority, ...

The International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was founded in April, 1973 by Drs. Duane F. Bruley and Haim I. Bicher. Dr. Bruley first wanted to sponsor an international symposium on oxygen transport to tissue to highlight the research activity between his group at Clemson University in Clemson, ...

The following speech was presented at the Society of NASA Flight Surgeon's annual luncheon meeting on May 11, 1995 in Anaheim, CA. The Randolph C. Lovelace Award is presented annually by the Society. Stanley C. White, M.D., had a very distinguished career in Aerospace Medicine, including working with the Air ...

The current classification of cutaneous melanoma was developed in 1972 and revised in 1982. Since that time, new concepts and terminology have evolved that require consideration of a further revision. Regional meetings of interested parties have been held to review the Classification and there will be an open meeting on ...

Alma Cusian Arnold (1871-19??) was one of the first woman chiropractors, having graduated from Langsworthy's American School in 1903. Within the next decade, she would establish dual practices in Washington and New York with a patient constituency which included members of Congress, a Vice President and Clara Barton, the founder ...

The meeting held on the Isle of Wight on 3 March 1995 was organised to discuss some of the recent evidence concerning the use of hydrolysed milk formulas not only in the treatment of cow's milk allergy but also in programmes designed to reduce or prevent other atopic disease. These ...

The Journal of Neurosurgery, although the idea of a Chilean neurosurgeon, Alfonso Asenjo, was the product of a well-placed and energetic charter member of the Harvey Cushing Society, John F. Fulton. In the researched files the first formal correspondence is that of Asenjo dated May 20, 1943. When he received ...

Coccidia and Intestinal Coccidiomorphs. Proceedings of the Vth International Coccidiosis Conference, Tours (France), October 17-20, 1989. P. Yvore (Ed.), 1989, Les Colloques de l'INRA, No 49, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris. 696 pp. INRA Publications, Route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France. Price 340,00 F. ISBN 2-7380-0164-5. Disease ...

This index includes all authors and co-authors of manuscripts published in the Journal from July 1988 through June 1989.

A symposium entitled 'Tools for Tachykinin and Neuropeptide Research' was held on 29th and 30th August 1987, at Salamander Bay, N.S.W., Australia, as a Satellite Meeting of the Xth International Congress of Pharmacology. The major emphasis of the symposium was on methods and technical approaches which may be used for ...

The author shares his memories of a 48-year friendship with Frank B. Walsh, known as the Father of American neuro-ophthalmology. Personal anecdotes reveal Walsh as a man of kindness, sensitivity and unusual humor, and they document the origins of such lesser known neuro-ophthalmic terms as "Walsh's sign of mad" and ...

On October 13, 1982, the Department made its annual republication of notices of systems of records to meet the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552(e)(4). In order to assist the public, the Department publishes a consolidated lists of systems numbers, names, and Federal Register (FR) page numbers for the October 13 ...

The criteria for transposable genetic elements (Cohen, 1976) were stated at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting in 1976 (Campbell et al., 1977) and defined and clarified further (Campbell et al., 1979). At that meeting the Plasmid Reference Center agreed to serve as a clearing house for continuous transposon registry. Interim ...