CHRONICLES 2005 (January 1, 2005–December 31, 2005)

Analysis 65 January 2005

Clark and Chalmers (1998) defend the view that the human mind need not be in the human head. To speak more carefully, they defend the view that the material vehicles 1 of cognition can be spread out across brain, body and certain aspects of the physical environment itself. Critics of this view (which has become known as the ‘extended mind hypothesis’, henceforth EM) have pointed to the supposed...

Estimated influenza vaccination coverage among adults and children--United States, September 1, 2004-January 31, 2005.

In response to the unexpected shortfall in the 2004--05 influenza vaccine supply, CDC recommended in October 2004 that vaccine be reserved for persons in certain priority groups, including persons aged > or =65 years and 6--23 months, persons aged 2-64 years with conditions that increased their risk for influenza complications, residents of chronic-care facilities, close contacts of infants age...

Report of the Poison Control Centre for the period 1 November 2005 - 31 January 2006.

The Croatian national Poison Control Centre, a health service founded in 1974 by the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in Zagreb, provides a 24-hour telephone guidance for poisoning emergencies, information and consultations on toxic exposure for occupational health physicians, professional and public health education in toxicology and poison control and other poison preven...

Cancer Immunity, Vol. 5, p. 1 (11 January 2005)

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), whose expression is upregulated in poorly differentiated, metastatic, and hormone refractory prostate cancer, could be targeted by gene-based vaccines. The aim of this study was to characterize the humoral immune response against PSMA in prostate carcinoma patients who have been vaccinated against PSMA with gene-based vaccines. Sera from prostate cance...

AFCI Quarterly Input – UNLV October 1 through December 31, 2005