SECTION ON MEDICAL SCIENCES (N)

Response to special medical sciences section on unconventional views of frailty.

To the Editor: The special medical sciences section ‘‘Unconventional Views of Frailty’’ (J Gerontol Med Sci. 2007;62A:717– 751) in the July 2007 issue of the Journal provided valuable insight into the topic (1–6). Frailty is gaining attention in many fields because it increases the risk of falls, mortality, and institutionalization. Geriatricians, gerontologists, and social scientists study fra...

Special section on medical bionics.

Medical Sciences

Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9679, USA. Saint-Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63103 USA. National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 USA. Weill Medical Colleg...

New form of the journal Prilozi (Contributions) of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Section of Medical Sciences.

Since 1980, the journal has been published as a separate publication under the title Prilozi (Contributions), Section of Biological and Medical Sciences of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. It publishes original scientific works, research reports and surveys (clinical, laboratory and epidemiological experiences, case studies, etc.) from the area of medical and biological sciences. Th...

Special Section on Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

With the possible exception of gambling, meteorology, particularly precipitation forecasting, may be the area with which the general public is most familiar with probabilistic assessments of uncertainty. Despite the heavy use of stochastic models and statistical methods in weather forecasting and other areas of the atmospheric sciences, papers in these areas have traditionally been somewhat unc...