Vertebrate Functional Morphology: A Tribute to Milton Hildebrand

Functional Vertebrate Morphology

past the age of childbearing. Apparently, it is also a practice among some doctors to propose removal of a normal breast in women who must have the other removed because of cancer. Again, there is little evidence to support or refute the value of this operation. Even well-patient care is opened to scrutiny. The widespread use of screening tests such as the Pap smear, X-rays, tonometry, and brea...

A Tribute to Late Professor Mahlagha Ghorbanli

This edition of IJPP celebrates ten years of steady publication of Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology. The story of IJPP is that of a journey that started from a local forum where the researchers and scholars mainly from the Islamic Azad University could share findings of their studies, gradually developing into an international peer-reviewed jour...

Topics in Functional and Ecological Vertebrate Morphology: Introduction

Presenting a miscellaneous compilation of papers under the common cover 'Topics in Functional and Ecological Morphology' might be somewhat puzzling at first. On the one hand, such a title suggests a close connection between functional and ecological morphology. On the other hand, it emphasises the distinct nature of both 'disciplines'. In this short introduction we want to argue that this twofo...

Membrane Science and Research: A Tribute to Professor Takeshi Matsuura

A Tribute to Jan

Returning to the University of Uppsala after 1 year in ON DECEMBER 1, 1996, the world lost one of this century’s giants in hematology. Jan Gosta WaldenMunich, he studied diseases associated with an elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Waldenström ström was born the son and grandson of physicians in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 17, 1906. During his long and distindescribed three...