Hans Meinhardt, a pioneer in the field of theoretical biology, died on 11 February 2016 in Tübingen. He made numerous important contributions to developmental biology by spearheading the use of mathematical models to investigate the logic of patterning in complex biological systems. His work expanded our understanding of the mechanisms behind diverse biological processes, from the generation of...

After a distinguished career of research and teaching, Melvin Calvin died in Berkeley, California on 8 January 1997, at the age of 85. Throughout his life, Calvin exhibited an intense curiosity that drove his scientific research. Although he may be best known for his contributions to our knowledge of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation and reduction, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

This paper addresses the problem of entity identification in documents in which key identity attributes are missing. The most common approach is to take a single entity reference and determine the “best match” of its attributes to a set of candidate identities selected from an appropriate entity catalog. This paper describes a new technique of multiple-reference, shared-relationship identity re...

Obituary: COOPER and PROFESSOR R. A. BRINK, On the Obituary: Localization of Enzymes in Nerve Fibers: DRs. D. Alexander Lowy: DR. ALEXANDER SILVERMAN. NACHMANSOHN and H. B. STEINBACH .............................. 75 Orin F. Stafford: DR. F. L. SHINN. Recent Deaths 62 Scientific Events: Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods: War Work of the Canadian Research Council; The A Color Reaction ...

"Vegetable Dynamicks" and Plant Tissue Cultures: DR. PHILIP R. HITE ...................... ............... 520 Obituary: James J. Walsh: DR. ARCHIBALD MALLOCH. Recent Deaths 522 Scientific Events: The George F. Baker Pavilion of the New York Hospital; Dedication of the Technological Institute of Northwestern University; National Research Council Fellowships in the Natural Sciences; The American...

Recent Archeological Research in Latin America: DR. Wm. DUNCAN STRONG ...... .. 179 The Problems of Aging and of Vascular Diseases: DR. HENRY S. SIMMS ... 183 Obituary: Charles William Lines, Jr. Recent Deaths .................. 186 Scientific Events: New Haven Industrial Medical Service; Health Services of the Commonwealth Fund; Stalin Prizes; The Inter-America Bureau of the New York Academy o...

Hisato Kondoh and Harukazu Nakamura look back at the life and career of their mentor Tokindo S. Okada, a pioneer of Japanese developmental biology.

Paul Dan Cristea, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at 'Politehnica' University of Bucharest died on 17 April 2013, following several years of bravely battling a perfidious illness.

Fig. 1 Giorgio Gambale (1955-2015) Giorgio Gambale (Fig. 1) was born November 14, 1955 and died October 16, 2015 at his home in Bologna, Italy, surrounded by his family and friends after a one year battle with cancer. He received his medical degree in Bologna in 1980 and he got a postgraduate degree in Anesthesia and Intensive Care in 1983 and in Pneumology in 1987. He worked at Maggiore Hospit...