scholarly journals Nobel Laureate Marie Curie once said that scientific work

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (32) ◽  
pp. 30
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Marie Curie

Nobel Laureate A. V. Hill and the refugee scholars, 1933–1945

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-259
Author(s):  
Jack A. Rall
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Muscular Contraction ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
Natural Tendency ◽  
Scientific Achievements

A. V. Hill shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his investigation of the energetics of muscular contraction. His scientific work has been well chronicled over many years (Rall JA. Mechanism of Muscular Contraction, 2014). There is the natural tendency to focus solely on an investigator’s scientific achievements. But in the case of Hill, it has been said (Katz B. Biogr Mem Fellows R Soc 24: 71–149, 1978) that “it was his devotion to such wider issues, outside the boundaries of his own research, through which he exerted his most important influence on other people’s lives and on the course of events.” It is A. V. Hill, the man, and his defense of science and of scientists driven from their places of work, which began with the Nazi rise to power in Germany in 1933, that will be explored.

scholarly journals Pierre Curie: the anonymous neurosurgical contributor

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. E7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Man ◽  
Victor M. Sabourin ◽  
Chirag D. Gandhi ◽  
Peter W. Carmel ◽  
Charles J. Prestigiacomo
Keyword(s):  
Robotic Surgery ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Haptic Feedback ◽  
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Marie Curie ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Pierre Curie ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Neurological Surgery

Pierre Curie, best known as a Nobel Laureate in Physics for his co-contributions to the field of radioactivity alongside research partner and wife Marie Curie, died suddenly in 1906 from a street accident in Paris. Tragically, his skull was crushed under the wheel of a horse-drawn carriage. This article attempts to honor the life and achievements of Pierre Curie, whose trailblazing work in radioactivity and piezoelectricity set into motion a wide range of technological developments that have culminated in the advent of numerous techniques used in neurological surgery today. These innovations include brachytherapy, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, focused ultrasound, and haptic feedback in robotic surgery.

scholarly journals Professor Anastas Kocarev, First Macedonian Oncologist with Worldwide Reputation and Pioneer in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment with Radium

PRILOZI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Doncho Donev ◽  
Ljupcho Kocarev ◽  
Momir Polenakovic
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cancer Diagnostics ◽  
Experimental Medicine ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Proper Resolution

Abstract PhD. Anastas Kocarev (Kotzareff in French) is one of the most prominent Macedonian doctors and experts, prolific contributor to the cancer research in Switzerland and France in the first decades of the 20th century. He was born in Ohrid on May 5th, 1889. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva where he defended a doctorate in medicine in 1915. In 1916 he was elected Assistant Professor (Private Docent) at that Faculty. He was a prominent scientist and professor of experimental medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva and the Sorbonne University in Paris, with a wide reputation in Europe and the United States. PhD. A. Kocarev is one of the pioneers of oncology and radiology in the world, a forerunner of modern nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography. He was a close associate of Nobel laureate in chemistry and physics Maria Sklodovska-Curie and at her invitation moved to Paris in 1925 to continue the research on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer using radium. He was fully devoted to science and published numerous scientific papers and books with high citations and dissemination in many medical libraries in Europe and beyond. In addition to his professional teaching and scientific work as a top oncologist-radiologist, he was a great patriot with advanced political ideas. He founded the Academic Society “Macedonia” in Geneva, in 1915, and united it with other Macedonian political associations from Zurich and Lausanne, in 1918, into a joint “Alliance of Macedonian Societies for Independent Macedonia”, with commitments, activities and initiatives to the Society of Nations, based in Geneva, Switzerland, for the proper resolution of the Macedonian national issue by creating a united and independent state “Macedonia” or the formation of a “Balkan Federation”. He died suddenly in Paris on March 29, 1931.

Ellen Gleditsch: Woman Chemist in IUPAC’s Early History

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Annette Lykknes
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Early History ◽  
Joint Commission ◽  
Marie Curie ◽  
Radium Institute ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Ellen Gleditsch ◽  
Scientific Endeavour ◽  
Mineral Analyses

Abstract In 1907, a 28-year-old Norwegian pharmacist-chemist arrived in Paris to work with Marie Curie at the Radium Institute. Like many women at the time, Ellen Gleditsch was attracted to the newly discovered phenomenon of radioactivity and wished take part in exciting scientific endeavour. Working with the Nobel Laureate Marie Curie was a unique opportunity for the ambitious young chemist, whose skills in mineral analyses led to her being accepted into the otherwise fully staffed laboratory. By all accounts, Ellen Gleditsch appears to have been one of the first women associated with IUPAC. In 1921 she was the Norwegian representative of the committee working on the Tables Annuelles de Constantes et Données Numériques de Chimie, de Physique et de Technologie [1], published under the auspices of IUPAC with the agreement of the International Research Council. In the following year she was a member of the Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry during its meeting in Lyon [2]. In 1947 Gleditsch became a full member of the Joint Commission of Standards and Units of Radioactivity, joining her friends Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie in this capacity, and all three continued to be members until the Commission’s dissolution in 1955 [3]. IUPAC was the mother union of this Joint Commission, and directly linked with International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).

Non-invasive ultrasound-based imaging of atherosclerosis

VASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Kaspar ◽  
Iris Baumgartner ◽  
Daniel Staub ◽  
Heinz Drexel ◽  
Christoph Thalhammer
Keyword(s):  
Large Population ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Flow Mediated Dilation ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Grey Scale ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Contrast Enhanced

Abstract. Early detection of vascular damage in atherosclerosis and accurate assessment of cardiovascular risk factors are the basis for appropriate treatment strategies in cardiovascular medicine. The current review focuses on non-invasive ultrasound-based methods for imaging of atherosclerosis. Endothelial dysfunction is an accepted early manifestation of atherosclerosis. The most widely used technique to study endothelial function is non-invasive, flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery under high-resolution ultrasound imaging. Although an increased intima-media thickness value is associated with future cardiovascular events in several large population studies, systematic use is not recommended in clinical practice for risk assessment of individual persons. Carotid plaque analysis with grey-scale median, 3-D ultrasound or contrast-enhanced ultrasound are promising techniques for further scientific work in prevention and therapy of generalized atherosclerosis.

Exneriana – II – The Scientific Legacy of John E. Exner, Jr. 1Part of this paper was presented at the XIXth International Congress of Rorschach and Projective Methods, July 22–26, 2008, Louvain, Belgium.

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Andronikof
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Scientific Legacy ◽  
Projective Test ◽  
Projective Methods ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Complex Mechanisms

Based on an analysis of John Exner’s peer-reviewed published work from 1959 to 2007, plus a brief comment for an editorial in Rorschachiana, the author draws a comprehensive picture of the scientific work of this outstanding personality. The article is divided into three sections: (1) the experimental studies on the Rorschach, (2) the clinical studies using the Rorschach, and (3) Exner’s “testament,” which we draw from the last paper he saw published before his death (Exner, 2001/2002). The experimental studies were aimed at better understanding the nature of the test, in particular the respective roles of perception and projection in the response process. These fundamental studies led to a deeper understanding of the complex mechanisms involved in the Rorschach responses and introduced some hypotheses about the intentions of the author of the test. The latter were subsequently confirmed by the preparatory sketches and documents of Hermann Rorschach, which today can be seen at the H. Rorschach Archives and Museum in Bern (Switzerland). Exner’s research has evidenced the notion that the Rorschach is a perceptive-cognitive-projective test.

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