Eleven general practitioners examined the medical records of all women on their lists born in 1950 (617 patients) and 1935 (533 patients) to determine the prevalence of childlessness and specialist consultations about infertility. Eighty eight (14.3%) of the women born in 1950 and 41 (7.7%) of those born in 1935 were childless. Sixty eight women born in 1950 (11.0%) and 17 born in 1935 (3.2%) w...

after 1860’s the railway systems has started to be used in urban transportation in the world. however, especially after the 1950’s, automobile usage has been increased quickly. thus the dense of transportation has started to move from railway systems to the ones with rubber tire vehicles in istanbul. traffic density in urban transportation has started to be experienced since 1950 with the incre...

The 1950 amendments to the Social Security Act made substantial changes in old-age and survivors insurance coverage and benefits. Of the new provisions that were effective September 1950, one—the increase in current insurance benefits—had an almost immediate effect on public assistance caseloads and expenditures, as reported in the following pages. A later article will summarize the impact on t...

The genus Mesosaimia Breuning, 1938 is reviewed. The genus Trichipocregyes Breuning, 1950 is synonymized with Mesosaimia. Trichomesosa similis Breuning, 1950 is transferred to Mesosaimia. A new species, M. wakaharai sp. nov., is described from Laos. Four species, M. robusta Breuning, 1938, M. mausoni (Breuning, 1950) comb. nov., M. similis (Breuning) comb. nov. and M. wakaharai sp. nov., are in...

Poliomyelitis has been endemic in England and Wales since its notification was made compulsory in 1912, but prior to 1947 its incidence was, with the exception of three years, of the nature of a sporadic disease with a seasonal rise rather than that of an epidemic disease. This was in contrast to the experience of the United States and some continental countries, where large epidemics had occur...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an organization of half a million Americans of every race, creed and color, working for the attainment of a society of equality, security and freedom for all. Affiliated with and under the direction of the National Chapter are 59 College Chapters. Starting the Conference were reports from each of the Chapters. This was followed b...

Mortality statistics of Peninsular Malaysia for the period 1950-1989 have been studied in relation to cardiovascular diseases, with particular emphasis on coronary heart disease as an important cause of death. It was observed that among six major disease groups reviewed, cardiovascular diseases which occupied third place as a cause of death in 1950 emerged as the number one killer during the 19...

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, the American Physiological Society, and physiologists all over the world were stunned by the untimely passing of Dale J. Benos on October 7th, 2010 (Fig. 1). In his memorial service, held November 12th, 2010 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a number of distinguished scientists, educators and administrators, and medical students delivered movin...

Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning [3] resources until 1977, when it expanded to locations outside of Tucson and became Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona. The Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson was formed after the Clinica Para Madres, the first birth control [4] clinic in Arizona, merged with the national organization ...

The neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus occurs in South America, where it is generally associated to open areas the dry diagonal of continent, composed xeric and savanna biomes. Since 1950’s, however, species started be recorded rainforest Land-use change, especially conversion forests pasture, remains a widely believed but still untested hypothesis explain this range expansion. An equall...