This article, besides being a general historical account of the nature and meaning of the almost century-long controversy over "the question of lay analysis," also had a specific context and purpose. The author was invited to give the plenary keynote address to the winter meeting of the American Academy of ...

This statement is the product of a task force meeting held June 8, 1994, in Washington DC in conjunction with the First International Conference on Pediatric Resuscitation and a follow-up task force writing group meeting held September 18, 1994, in Chicago. Draft versions of the statement were circulated for comment ...

The participants at the 1991 Meetings of the Section on Binocular Vision and Perception presented a substantial amount of valuable theoretical and clinical information. There was considerable and valuable interaction between the audience and panel, especially after the symposium concerned with new techniques and how to use them. The exchange ...

UNESCO's Division of Human Rights and Peace, together with the USSR Academy of Science and the USSR Academy of Medicine, held an international bioethics conference in Moscow May 13-15, 1991. Twenty participants from the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America participated....The Moscow conference, which took place on the new ...

In a 1984 survey, 2750 members of the American Academy of Dermatology were asked which dermatologic surgery procedures they performed and which procedures they expected to be performing in 5 years. A similar survey was completed by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery in 1988. In this article, the results ...

The papers read at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Optometry by representatives from the schools of optometry for the last 12 years were analyzed. We tabulated the papers presented in the Sections and in the General Program. Topics were subdivided into binocular vision, ocular health, contact lenses, ...

The history of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery is traced from its inception in 1970 to the present. Its positive influence on all aspects of dermatology has been demonstrated by the inclusion of dermatologic surgery in dermatologic residency programs and the annual meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology. ...

The Jackson heritage in Pediatric Laryngobronchoesophagology is briefly outlined. It has been precisely 25 years since the author completed his pediatric endoscopic residency. With the aid of references to the scientific papers presented at the meetings of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, the evolution of a number of facets of present ...

At the invitation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica) the President and seven members of the Max-Planck Society visited the People's Republic of China in April 1974. Their aim was to become acquainted with the scientific activities at the institutes of the Academy in Peking and Shanghai. They ...

This Naval Academy Lecture, given at Annapolis on 11 May 1973 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the graduation of Albert A. Michelson, discusses the role of the first American Nobel Laureate in Physics in the development of relativity.

The council of the National Academy of Sciences, at its 8 June meeting, will consider a request from the American Society of Biological Chemists that the Academy undertake a review of the government's research grant policies. The request, in a resolution passed by the society's membership at its April meeting, ...