In this paper, we describe the formatting requirements for the CHI Conference and offer a number of suggestions on writing style for the worldwide CHI readership.

They are usually accompanied by terse explanations of the following kind: ‘In 1781, Christian Kratzenstein, a German scientist, was awarded a prize at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts for his presentation of five resonators that served to produce the five vowels a, e, i, o and u. Shortly afterwards, Wolfgang von Kempelen constructed a speech machine which was able to produce syllables.’ Thi...

Results. The percentage of bicyclist fatalities among total road fatalities showed a decreasing trend over the years, from 11.6% in 1998 to 8.2% in 2000. The most frequent type of accident involving bicyclist fatalities were accidents in carbicycle collisions (lowest: 74.7% in 1998; and highest: 81.3% in 1997). Most accidents occurred at the beginning and at the end of the bicycle season – mont...

(Revised from two publications prepared by D. van der Reyden and D. C. Williams at the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education formerly the Conservation Analytical Laboratory: "The Technology and Conservation Treatment of a 19th Century "Papier-Mâché" Chair," Preprints of the American Institute for Conservation, 14th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1986, p.p. 125-142; "A Load to Bear: ...

Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University, Bangor; South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University, Cardiff; School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Oxford Institute of Nursing and Allied Health Research, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford; and Cardiff Brain Repair...

The most recent comprehensive examination of poverty measurement in the United States was conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance (Constance F. Citro and Robert T. Michael, 1995). In their report, the Panel recommended changing the definition of both the poverty thresholds and the resources that are used to measure poverty. In this paper we imp...

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927) an outstanding Russian scientist, physician and psychologist. After graduating from high school in Vyatka in 1873 VM Bekhterev enters the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg and graduated from it in 1878. Upon completion of the Academy of V.M. Bekhterev won the competition and was sent on a scientific mission to Europe. Abroad scientist worked i...