Philip Montagu D'arcy Hart (1900-2006).

Escape from fatal fusion

In 1971, a seminal paper from the laboratory of Philip D'Arcy Hart reported that the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis avoids destruction in the cell's lysosomes by avoiding these organelles altogether-a trick now known to be used by many other intracellular pathogens.

Commentary: the 1944 patulin trial: the first properly controlled multicentre trial conducted under the aegis of the British Medical Research Council.

The 1948 report of the British Medical Research Council's randomized trial of streptomycin for pulmonary tuberculosis is widely regarded as marking the beginning of the modern history of controlled clinical trials. Four years earlier, however, a methodologically sophisticated multicentre trial conducted under the aegis of the Medical Research Council was reported, which assessed the effects of ...

"Early Recordings and Musical Style: Chaning Tastes in Instrumental Performance, 1900-1950." By Robert Philip

Ashley Montagu, Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race. Sixth Ed. Walnut

same today despite three subsequent editions which offered new evidence. Importantly, the sixth edition brings together an even wider range of scientific evidence to accomplish Montagu’s initial purpose: to &dquo;... make use of the scientifically established facts to show that the term ’race’ is a socially constructed artifact that there is no such thing in reality as ’race’&dquo; (p. 31). For...

Optimal and Mandatory Transparency: Implications for Corporate Governance Regulation∗

In light of recent corporate scandals, numerous proposals have been introduced for reforming corporate governance. This paper provides a theoretical framework through which to evaluate these reforms. We show that reforms that seek to improve the quality of information that is reported will reduce welfare, raise executive compensation, and inefficiently increase the rate of ceo turnover. ∗The au...