scholarly journals A Debt Repaid. Ernest L. Eliel’s Life Made Possible by Five Years in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey I. Seeman
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
American Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Scientific Achievements

A review is presented of Ernest L. Eliel’s contributions and dedication to chemists and chemistry in Latin American, in general, and México, in particular. During his long and productive career as a successful academic (and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences), Eliel taught many students from Latin America. During an equally long and productive ‘extra-curricular’ professional career, Eliel was Chairman of the Board of the American Chemical Society (ACS), president of the ACS, and chair as well as a member of a number of ACS committees dealing with international activities. It was through those associations as well as through his scientific achievements that he was able to have great influence and positive effect on the chemistry in developing countries, in general, and in México, in particular.      

Melvin Calvin. 8 April 1911 — 8 January 1997

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 59-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn T. Seaborg ◽  
Andrew A. Benson
Keyword(s):  
American Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Carbon 14 ◽  
Melvin Calvin ◽  
The Us ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Radiation Laboratory

Melvin Calvin died in Berkeley on 8 January 1997, at the age of 85, from a heart attack following years of declining health. He was widely known for his mental intensity, skill in asking questions, and impressive presentation of his research and ideas. During the period1946–57 Calvin directed laboratories utilizing carbon–14 and other radio–isotopes in the University of California's Radiation Laboratory, founded by Ernest Orlando Lawrence. Among his achievements was the delineation of the path of carbon in photo synthesis, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1961. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1954. Among his many honours were the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society in 1978, the US National Medal of Science in 1989, and the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in1964.

The Discovery of Phytochrome

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Poulos ◽  
Robert J. Griesbach ◽  
Cathleen J. Hapeman ◽  
Stephen O. Duke ◽  
Kevin L. Armbrust
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
American Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
The Us ◽  
Plant Pigment ◽  
Photosynthetic Responses ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

AbstractThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland, USA was recently designated an American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmark for the seminal work of USDA scientists in the discovery of phytochrome, the ubiquitous plant pigment that controls plant growth and development in response to light. The discovery team was inspired by the work of Harry A. Borthwick and Marion W. Parker in the 1930s, which quantified photoperiodic phenomena and recruited Sterling B. Hendricks into the search for a chemical basis for non-photosynthetic responses of plants to light. Hendricks was a world famous soil chemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences before he became engaged in plant science. He hypothesized the existence of a photoreversible pigment that controls photoperiodism in flowering, seed germination, and many photomorphogenic processes in plants. Karl Norris and Warren Butler created the specialized spectrophotometer that was needed to detect the pigment in vivo. Harold W. (Bill) Siegleman provided the biochemical expertise to isolate the pigment. The scientific stars aligned in one place, as they rarely do, to make the discovery complete.

Democratic attitudes and social capital in Latin America

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 767-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijayan K. Pillai ◽  
Héctor Luis Díaz ◽  
Randall E. Basham ◽  
Johnny Ramírez-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
National Study ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Democratic Attitudes ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Positive Effect

This article examines the effect of democratic attitudes on social capital in four Latin American countries. It relies on a secondary analysis of data from a multi-national study conducted in 2005—2006. Findings indicate that democratic attitudes had a significant positive effect on social capital even in rural settings, and that social capital increased as democratic attitudes improved.

scholarly journals Six Decades of Scientific Pan-Americanism. An Interview with Jorge E Allende

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel L. Allende
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
International Cell ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Jorge E. Allende is a biochemist trained in the United States who has been a Professor at the University of Chile since 1961. He has served in many leadership positions in both Chilean and international scientific organizations and academic institutions. He led the International Cell Research Organization, the Latin American Network of Biological Sciences and obtained the Chilean National Science Prize. He belongs to the Chilean Academy of Sciences and is a foreign member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and also of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine. During his career, besides leading a highly successful research group, he was instrumental in generating an esprit de corps among Latin American scientists of all fields in biology starting in the late 1960’s. He began a longstanding tradition by organizing advanced training courses for young scientists from the region who would not have otherwise had the opportunity to experience the latest methods and concepts in biological research, courses that had world leading researchers as instructors. A constant focus of his efforts consisted in promoting the establishment of postgraduate programs in biology throughout the continent, coordinating international funding programs aimed at scientific development in the third world and, more recently, advocating for science education among children and school teachers as the only way to achieve scientific literacy in our societies. In this interview, we explore how these issues were addressed by him and his counterparts in other Latin American countries, at a time when they had to start, essentially, from scratch.

scholarly journals Cluster Preface: Synthesis of Materials

Synlett ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (19) ◽  
pp. 2497-2498
Author(s):  
Timothy Swager
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
High Strength ◽  
American Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
State University ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Montana State University ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Timothy M. Swager is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry and the Director, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A native of Montana, he received a BS from Montana State University in 1983 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1988. After a postdoctoral appointment at MIT he was on the chemistry faculty at the University of ­Pennsylvania and returned to MIT in 1996 as a Professor of Chemistry and served as the Head of Chemistry from 2005 to 2010. He has published more than 450+ peer-reviewed papers and more than 90+ ­issued/pending patents. Swager’s honors include: Election to the ­National Academy of Sciences, an Honorary Doctorate from Montana State University, the ­Linus Pauling Medal, the Lemelson-MIT Award for Invention and Innovation, Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention, and The Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award (ACS). Swager’s research interests are in design, synthesis, and study of organic-based electronic, sensory, high-strength, liquid crystalline, and colloid materials. His inventions have had wide-ranging commercial impact, including the ­FidoTM sensors, which are the world’s most sensitive explosives detectors. He is the scientific founder of five companies (­DyNuPol, Iptyx, PolyJoule, C2 Sense, and Xibus Systems) and has served on ­numerous corporate and government boards.

A Multilevel Model of Ideological Congruence in Latin America

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Juan Antonio Rodríguez-Zepeda ◽  
Patricia Otero-Felipe
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Multilevel Model ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Ideological Congruence ◽  
Positive Effect

ABSTRACT What explains ideological congruence between citizens and political parties? Although the literature on congruence has recently provided some answers to this question, most of these works have focused on the effect of systemic and partisan factors. They have paid less attention to the effect of people’s characteristics on ideological congruence, which is built by the interaction between citizens’ positions on public issues and those of the political parties that represent them. Our general research hypothesis is that party-voter congruence is stronger when parties reduce the uncertainty about their ideological positions and citizens can understand these signals better. Analysis of Latin American data supports this hypothesis, showing that people’s cognitive ability, specifically education and political knowledge, has a positive effect on party-voter ideological congruence. Moreover, this relationship is moderated by parties’ attributes, such as ideological ambiguity and radicalism.

scholarly journals To the 120th anniversary of the birth of academician M.M. Gryshko – an outstanding scientist-genetician, builder of the National botanical garden of the NAS of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
S. V. Klymenko ◽  
N.V. Chuvikina
Keyword(s):  
Ussr Academy ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The State ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Institution ◽  
Outstanding Scientist ◽  
State Register ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
120Th Anniversary ◽  
Scientific Achievements

The article covers the life and scientific achievements of an outstanding scientist – geneticist, breeder, botanist, academician, director of the Institute of Botany in 1939–1944, director of the Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1944–1958 Mykola Mykolayovych Gryshko (6.01.1901–3.01.1964). Currently, the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a leading scientific institution, which includes eight scientific departments and two laboratories with more than 170 researchers. The Botanical Garden on an area of 129.8 hectares has a collection of plants numbering more than 16 thousand taxa. Botanical Garden scientists have developed theoretical and applied principles of introduction, acclimatization, selection, conservation and enrichment of biodiversity. The selection work initiated by M.M. Gryshko successfully continues. About 400 plant cultivars created in the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden are included in the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine. Keywords: anniversary, M. M. Gryshko, academician, geneticist, breeder, director, Botanical Garden.

American Chemical Society assistance to chemical scientists and engineers in developing countries

2001 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 1221-1223
Author(s):  
John M. Malin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Chemistry ◽  
American Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
Chemical Activity ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
International Activities

The American Chemical Society, through its Office of International Activities, is engaged in a variety of activities to assist chemical scientists and engineers in developing countries. These include surveys of chemical activity in Latin America and Africa; assistance to sister chemical societies; organization of international exchange programs; production of environmental chemistry workshops; hosting invited visitors at PITTCON meetings; donations of materials and, especially, chemical literature through Project Bookshare; collaboration in producing CHEMRAWN conferences; and environmental chemistry activities.

scholarly journals The Life and Scientific Legacy of the Outstanding Ukrainian Economist V. A. Kosynskyi (1864–1938)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
Lyubov Sukhoterina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Legacy ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Figure

The article is dedicated to the activities of the Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of political economy, Volodymyr Andriyovych Kosynskyi (1864–1938), who was born in Ukraine and worked in many European countries, particularly in Latvia. Kosynskyi was active as an economist, statistician, and a public and political figure, who held the position of the Minister of Labor of Ukraine from November to December 1918. The study allows to systematize and critically evaluate the sources on the impact of Kosynskyi’s activities on the development of economics, as well as to reconstruct the main stages of his life and professional career. After a critical evaluation of the sources on the impact of Kosynskyi’s activities in economics, it is shown that his main contribution was the following: development of methodological problems of political economy, the theory and practice of credit, and methodology to develop agriculture. Kosynskyi was among the first to proclaim the transition of statistics from a science that collects and organizes information to a science that explains and predicts. The article also presents a periodization of Kosynskyi’s life and creative path, tracing the following periods: the Hlukhiv period, the Moscow period, two Riga periods, two Odessa periods, the Kyiv period, and the Czech period.

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