The Commonwealth Foundation — Progress 1966–69

The Commonwealth Foundation Medical Electives Bursary--1999.

Progress towards the achievement of MDG4 in the Commonwealth of Independent States: uncertain data, clear priorities

Data on under five mortality in the twelve countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States show important fluctuations over time due to variations in quality of data, definitions of neonatal deaths and methods of mortality estimation. Despite the uncertainties regarding mortality trends, the analysis of health and social information from different sources offers clues to identify priority a...

The Commonwealth of Cells

We are often asked to recommend a small book on physiology that gives a simple and readable outline, and which can be understood by those who have had no training in the sciences. This book will answer the purpose admirably. As the title indicates, the author keeps before us throughout the book the cellular structure of the various tissues of the body, with the result that a more uniform and co...

A Micro-Matching Foundation of Neutral Technical Progress

We develop a general two-sided micro-matching framework with heterogeneous workers and machines that permits a complete analysis of neutral technical progress commonly used in neoclassical production theory, without a priori restrictions on the functional forms of the production technology. We use the concept of “production core” to determine stable task assignments and the corresponding factor...

Foundation and Progress of Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology*

The Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology (JSTP) has a differing conceptual framework from the Japanese Society of Pathology (JSP) and Japanese Society of Toxicology (JST) and was founded in 1985 by the leadership of late Dr. Yasukazu Nishiyama with the cooperation of several founding members and the support of JSP. The aim of the JSTP is to improve the human and animal health using an inte...