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This paper considers the question ‘How should institutions enable people to meet their needs in situations where there is no guarantee that all needs can be met?’ After considering and rejecting several simple principles for meeting needs, it suggests a new effectiveness principle that 1) gives greater weight to the needs of the less well off and 2) gives weight to enabling a greater number of ...

The inaugural meeting of the Microcomputer and Microprocessor Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry was held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London on 10th July 1980. The morning session was preceded by the election of the Committee of the Group. The first talk, given by Mr James of the Imperial College of Science and Technology Computer Centre, presented a current survey o...

Nigel Williams' article "Tobacco funding debate smolders" (News & Comment, 4 Oct., p. 28) highlights the disturbing tendency of some philanthropic organizations to politicize science in a way that threatens independent research. The Cancer Research Campaign (CRC) in Britain threatened to halt future funding for Cambridge University scientists because the university accepted a donation from Brit...

There are many possible methods of histopathological audit. Most are expensive of both time and finance. We present an outline of one which is relatively cheap and is based on a meeting that has taken place in Bristol for many years. An analysis of the material reviewed in one year at these meetings indicates that they encompass a wide range of pathology. Furthermore it is possible to get some ...

Quantitative Measurements of the Influence of Participant Roles during Peer Review Meetings Patrick d'Astous, Pierre N. Robillard École Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, Suc. Centre-ville Montréal, CANADA H3C 3A7 [email protected] [email protected] Françoise Détienne, Willemien Visser INRIA-Rocquencour, Bat 24, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153, Le Chesnay, ...