Still going strong

Subatomic Physics - 100 Not Out and Still Going Strong

* E-mail : [email protected] On the occasion of the birth centenary of the discovery of electron, I discuss its role in the area of Elementary Particle Physics. I emphasize that the discovery of electron marks the end of the speculation era lasting more than 2500 years. The key developments leading to the discovery of electron by J.J. Thomson are briefly mentioned. The standard model is brie...

[Supraglottic laryngectomy. Still on-going].

INTRODUCTION Horizontal supraglottic laryngectomy (HSL) allows the preservation of a functioning larynx and avoids a permanent tracheostoma. Its use and training have been conditioned by the employment of organ preservation programs and endoscopic laser surgery. OBJECTIVE To show functional and oncological long-term results of HSL. MATERIAL AND METHOD 110 patients treated with HSL with a mi...

The Kraepelinian dichotomy – going, going... but still not gone

Recent genetic studies reinforce the view that current approaches to the diagnosis and classification of major psychiatric illness are inadequate. These findings challenge the distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and suggest that more attention should be given to the relationship between the functional psychoses and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. We are entering...

The world's longest follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention, 37 years and still going strong.

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Microtubule dynamics: 50 years after the discovery of tubulin and still going strong