Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry is the oldest Earth science department at the AGH University of Science and Technology. It was created in 1919 as one of the first six departments of the Academy of Mining and was initially named as the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography. The Department was organized by Professor Józef Morozewicz (1865–1941) who chaired the Organizing...

AIM To investigate if students' grades at the Zagreb University School of Medicine increased since the establishment of the School in 1917. METHODS In this retrospective descriptive study, we analyzed student sex, the length of studying, average of all grades, and grades from 5 major courses--anatomy, physiology, pathology, internal medicine, and surgery. The passing grades at the Zagreb Univ...

[1] Current flowing in the global atmospheric electrical circuit (AEC) substantially decreased during the twentieth century. Fair-weather potential gradient (PG) observations in Scotland and Shetland show a previously unreported annual decline from 1920 to 1980, when the measurements ceased. A 25% reduction in PG occurred in Scotland 1920– 50, with the maximum decline during the winter months. ...

Reviewed by: Guatemala’s Catholic Revolution: A History of Religious and Social Reform, 1920–1968 by Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval Jakob Egeris Thorsen 1920–1968. By Sandoval. (Notre Dame, IN: University Notre Dame Press. 2018. Pp. 254. $50.00. ISBN: 978-0-268-10441-2.) In this compelling book, explores the history Church in Guatemala period between 1920 1960s, i.e., from early liberal dictatorsh...

observed Changes Surface Globally, as well as in the tropics, the temperature of the air near the Earth’s surface has increased since 1958, with a greater rate of increase since 1979. All three surface temperature data sets are consistent in these conclusions. • Globally, temperature increased at a rate of about 0.12oC per decade since 1958, and about 0.16oC per decade since 1979. • In the trop...

Two nematode species found in Yen River Estuary of Vietnam are described and illustrated. Subsphaerolaimus minor sp. n. is similar to S. lamasus Gerlach, 1956, but differs from it in the shorter body, comparatively shorter pharynx and shorter cephalic setae. A pictorial key for determination of valid species in the genus Subsphaerolaimus Lorenzen, 1978 is given. Micromicron cephalatum Cobb, 192...

During four centuries of mercurial treatment of syphilis there has been little documentary evidence of the concept of treatment-resistance in syphilis. Mercury, on account of its feeble treponemicidal action, did not interfere to any significant extent with the natural course of infection, and the question of resistance to treatment did not arise. In the decade following the introduction of the...

1918 10. A modification of the Ahlfeld method for determining the maturity of the foetus in utero. Surg. Gyn. Obst., 1918, 26, 563-565. 11. Family prevalence in anencephaly. J. Am. M. Ass., 1918, 70, 10. 12. An efficient and inexpensive incubator. Am. J. Obst., 1918, 78, 542-544. 13. The use of iodine in the preparation of the patient for delivery. J. Am. M. Ass., 1918, 70, 1115. 1919 14. The c...