In this Guest Editorial, Jeremy Niven and Lars Chittka introduce our special issue on the evolution of nervous systems.

PURPOSE The role of synthetic devices in the management of the cruciate ligament-injured knee remains controversial. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the safety and efficacy of synthetic devices in cruciate ligament surgery. METHODS A systematic review of the electronic databases Medline, Embase, and The Cochrane Library (issue 1, 2014) on January 13, 2014, was performed to ide...

V. P. Zhukov,1,2 P. M. Echenique,2,3,4 and E. V. Chulkov2,3,4 1Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pervomayskaya 91, GSP-145, Yekaterinburg, Russia 2Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UPV/EHU, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080 Basque Country, Spain 3Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CFM-MPC) and Centro Mixto CSIC, U...

Robert M Plenge1–3, Chris Cotsapas1,3, Leela Davies1, Alkes L Price1,4, Paul I W de Bakker1,3,4, Julian Maller1,3, Itsik Pe’er5, Noel P Burtt1, Brendan Blumenstiel1, Matt DeFelice1, Melissa Parkin1, Rachel Barry1, Wendy Winslow1, Claire Healy1, Robert R Graham1,3, Benjamin M Neale1,3,6, Elena Izmailova7, Ronenn Roubenoff 7, Alexander N Parker7, Roberta Glass2, Elizabeth W Karlson2, Nancy Maher2...

Mr. Crockett: Thank you, Don. I propose what we do now is perhaps eat into ten minutes or so of the coffee break, which gives us almost fifteen minutes for observations from the floor. I will try to favor those who have not had a chance to express their views before. With the panel’s permission, I will ask them to reply only if there are very important points so that we have the benefit of as m...