THE interesting hypothesis that differences in the psycho-social characteristics of communities produce important differences in the frequency of myocardial infarction, and by implication coronary heart disease in general has been advocated by BRUHN [I] in attempting to explain the low incidence of the disease reported for the little town of Roseto, Pennsylvania, by investigators from the Unive...

It is by now a common experience that Y2K-projects tend to be complex, time-consuming and risky as well as that they can cause considerable costs. Because they belong to the class of corrective maintenance projects, not too many bene ts can be expected from such projects at a rst sight. But if they are managed in a proper way, the foundation for several important future bene ts can be layed. In...

Scientific research has long been recognized as one of the four pillars zoo or aquarium mission, alongside recreation, conservation, and education. This study sought to quantify a sample zoos’ participation in scientific via provision biomaterials from animals outside scientists associated training undergraduate graduate students that resulted these projects. A convenience zoos provided data on...