Clive Hood, a technician in the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, was interviewed in April 1995 by Dr E. M. Tansey and Dr Ann Silver, the interview being transcribed and edited by Tansey. Starting his career with the first Lord Adrian FRS, Clive also worked with Professor William Rushton FRS and Professor Fergus Campbell FRS. This is an edited extract of that interview, the recording of whic...

array of scientific evidence in his conceptualization, for example, a correlation of .62 between cranial capacity and distance from the equator with 20,000 crania representing 122 ethnically distinguishable populations (Beals, Smith, & Dodd, 1984). Templer and Arikawa (2003) reported a correlation of .71 between mean IQ and mean high winter temperature and a correlation of .61 between mean IQ a...

Assuming that the photoreceptor response of the human visual system is adaptive and non-linear, we can derive mathematical properties that can account for both color discrimination and chromatic adaptation. This could be due to the photoreceptors’ response to illumination, which is non-linear and varies according to the adaptation state. Assuming the Naka-Rushton nonlinear function and an autom...

In order to produce fermentation broth for downstream recovery, a total of 15 fermentations were done in a 15 m3 and two 7.5 m3 vessels. Apart from the evaluation of fermentation yield and productivity, information on the heat and mass transfer coefficients were required for design purposes. The focus of the fermentation study was therefore directed to obtain information on broth rheology, heat...

a laboratory stirred tank bioreactor with six single and dual-impeller configurations was tested to obtain the optimum operating conditions for future biological processes. six impeller combinations consisting of three basic impeller types, namely rushton turbine (rt), pitched 4blade (p4b) and pitched 2blade (p2b) downward flow were investigated in 1.77 l bioreactor working volume. power consum...

In a classic study, Rushton and colleagues presented 20-item scale to assess the altruistic behavior of people: Self-Report Altruism (SRA) scale. This article focuses on development simplified 9-item scale—the 9-SRA scale—describing entire refinement validation procedure using exploratory confirmatory factor analysis. The shows adequate reliability validity represents more parsimonious instrume...