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Report of the National Executive Committee to the Emergency National Convention of the Socialist Party of America: Chicago, IL — Sept
Oneal: Report of the NEC to the Emergency National Convention [Sept. 1, 1919] 1 Report of the National Executive Committee to the Emergency National Convention of the Socialist Party of America: Chicago, IL — Sept. 1, 1919. by James Oneal Published in the New York Call, v. 12, no. 246 (Sept. 3, 1919), pg. 2. The period in which this National Executive ism at Versailles. It was a working class settlement that Committee has served the party has been one of per- no imperialist could accept. secution from without and dissensions within. It has tried to serve the party at a time when normal judg- St. Louis Convention Faced Its Task ments had been difficult owing to the hatreds, suspi- When US Plunged Into War. cions, and hysterical bred by a world in arms. The ma- terial basis of capitalist society has been shaken all over The St. Louis Convention faced its task and, even the world, and this has found expression in the whole while in session, the United States plunged into the superstructure of society. All movements have been bloody world struggle. Knowing the dangers they affected by it, the Socialist movement included. faced, the party delegates adopted a program that reaf- The fact that the intellectual life of the nations firmed its international position. This was approved has been affected is evidence of the historical principle by a general vote of the party members. that any disturbance or change in the material basis of Within a year after adopting the St. Louis pro- society must make its impress upon the politics, opin- gram, hundreds of comrades were arrested and an era ions, and general intellectual life of the nation. -
Regenerative Medicine's Historical Roots in Regeneration, Transplantation, and Translation
Developmental Biology 358 (2011) 278–284 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Developmental Biology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/developmentalbiology Regenerative medicine's historical roots in regeneration, transplantation, and translation Jane Maienschein Center for Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, United States article info abstract Article history: Regenerative medicine is not new; it has not sprung anew out of stem cell science as has often been Received for publication 4 February 2010 suggested. There is a rich history of study of regeneration, of development, and of the ways in which Revised 12 April 2010 understanding regeneration advances study of development and also has practical and medical applications. Accepted 9 June 2010 This paper explores the history of regenerative medicine, starting especially with T.H. Morgan in 1901 and Available online 16 June 2010 carrying through the history of transplantation research in the 20th century, to an emphasis on translational medicine in the late 20th century. Keywords: Regeneration © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Development Translation Transplantation Regenerative medicine Regenerative medicine, as it has been labeled, typically calls for Yet, current research draws on several different lines of historical regeneration of lost function to address clinical medical problems. A study that have been grounded in different underlying assumptions widely adopted description recorded by the NIH captures several and have benefitted from different techniques and methods. At root different aspects of the research, noting the several goals to replace are studies of regeneration and transplantation, and it is worth lost structures, to regenerate failed functions, and to solve problems in looking more closely at those rich research traditions of the first half of new ways. -
Programmes for 1894—95
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVE SITY Pziblis/zed wit/i t/ie approbation of t/ie Board of Trustees VOL. XJII.—No. “3.1 BALTIMORE, JUNE, 1894. [PRICE, 10 CENTs. GENERAL STATEMENTS AS TO THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. The Johns Hopkins University will commence The medical department is open to women; the its nineteenth year of instruction on the first of other departments are not. October, 1894. The work will go forward in these A new academic building, called McCoy Hall, divisions: in commemoration of its donor, will be occupied The Graduate department in which arrangements in the autumn. It contains the library and the are made for the instruction of advanced students class-rooms in language, literature, history, and in the higher studies of literature and science; philosophy,—superseding the temporary structures The Undergraduate or Collegiate department in hitherto in use. which students receive a liberal education leading Laboratories are provided in Chemistry, Physics, up to the degree of Bachelor of Arts; Electricity, Geology and Mineralogy, and in Biol- The Medical department in which students who ogy, Anatomy, Physiology, Zo6logy, Pathology. have already received a liberal education (including Seminaries are organized in the Greek, Latin, the modern languages and the natural sciences) French, German, English, Sanskrit, and Semitic are received as candidates for the degree of Doctor languages, and also in History and Political of Medicine, and in which Doctors of Medicine Science. There are various scientific associations may attend special courses. and journal clubs which hold regular meetings. In other words, arrangements are made for the The Library contains more than sixty-five thou- instruction of the following classes: sand volumes, part of which are kept in the central 1. -
John Spangler Nicholas
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOHN SPANGLER N ICHOLAS 1895—1963 A Biographical Memoir by J A N E M . OPPENHEIMER Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 1969 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON D.C. JOHN SPANGLER NICHOLAS March 10,1895-September 11,1963 BY JANE M. OPPENHEIMER There is a line among the fragments of the Greek poet Archilo- chus which says: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Scholars have differed about the correct in- terpretation of these dark words, which may mean no more than that the fox, for all his cunning, is defeated by the hedgehog's one defense. But, taken figuratively, the words can be made to yield a sense in which they mark one of the deepest differences which divide writers and thinkers, and, it may be, human beings in gen- eral. For there exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single central vision, one system less or more coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel—a single, universal, organizing principle in terms of which alone all that they are and say has significance—and, on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even con- tradictory, connected, if at all, only in some de facto way, for some psychological or physiological cause, related by no moral or aesthetic principle; these last lead lives, perform acts, and entertain ideas that are centrifugal rather than centripetal, their thought is scattered or diffused, moving on many levels, seizing upon the essence of a vast variety of experiences and objects for what they are in themselves, without, consciously or unconsciously, seeking to fit them into, or exclude them from, any one unchanging, all- embracing, sometimes self-contradictory and incomplete, at times fanatical, unitary inner vision. -
388-8693 Facsimile: (213) 386-9484
CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 256 SOUTH OCCIDENTAL BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 Telephone: (213) 388-8693 Facsimile: (213) 386-9484 www.centerforhumanrights.org June 4, 2014 The Hon. President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 The Hon. Eric Holder, Jr. Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC Re: Report on the convictions of and disproportionate sentences imposed on the Cuban Five and legal frameworks available for the humanitarian release and repatriation to Cuba of three members of the Five continuing to serve prison sentences in the U.S. Dear President Obama and Attorney General Holder, The accompanying report regarding the case of the Cuban Five is submitted on behalf of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, an organization dedicated to protecting and promoting respect for and compliance with human rights norms and constitutional provisions intended to safeguard the rights of vulnerable groups and insular minorities. We have attempted to objectively review the critical evidence of record in the Cuban Five case and, for the first time that we are aware, synthesize the case in one comprehensive document for consideration by your Administration. Based on our review of the record, we believe there are strong grounds for humanitarian release of the remaining three members of the Cuban Five still serving federal prison sentences in the U.S. and their removal to Cuba, whether under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution or pursuant to the well-established Presidential power to enter into Executive Agreements with other governments affirmed. -
Of Tissue Culture
Medical History, 1979, 23: 279-296. ALEXIS CARREL AND THE MYSTICISM OF TISSUE CULTURE by J. A. WITKOWSKI* SUMMARY ALEIS CARREL was one of the pioneers of tissue culture and its chief publicist. He was largely responsible for the early development of the technique, but although he made a number of practical contributions, it was his influence on his contemporaries that was particularly significant. Carrel's tissue culture techniques were based on his surgical expertise and they became increasingly complicated procedures. Contem- porary opinion of his work was that the methods were extremely difficult, an opinion enhanced by the emphasis Carrel himself laid on the problems of tissue culture techniques. Because of his flair for publicity, Carrel's views dominated the field and led to a decline in interest in tissue culture which persisted for many years after he ceased tissue culture studies. INTRODUCTION In 1907 Ross G. Harrison published a short note entitled 'Observations on the living developing nerve fibre'" that described his latest research on the growth and development of the nervous system. He attempted to distinguish between the out- growth theory of His and the intercellular cytoplasmic bridge theory of Hensen by studying the behaviour of fragments of tadpole spinal cord incubated in a clot of lymph in a hollow-ground glass slide. Harrison found that nerve fibres grew out from the explants by active movements of the nerve fibre tips and he thus resolved one of the major anatomical controversies2 of the time in favour of His. However, these experiments aroused much wider interest, for the potential of the tissue culture technique devised by Harrison was immediately recognized, and Abercrombie has described this work as an "astonishing stride forward in the history of biology".' Tissue culture is now one of the most widely applied techniques in *J. -
Are Brain Organoids Equivalent to Philosophical Zombies?
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 3 April 2020 doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0028.v1 Are Brain Organoids Equivalent to Philosophical Zombies? Mainá Bitar QIMR Berghofer Institute, Australia [email protected] Abstract Along just over a century of research we moved from learning how to cultivate tissues in a dish to grasping the concepts for creating an entire brain in a vat. As we approach the divisive moment in which we can first detect signs of awareness in such artificially developed organoids, we need to lay foundation for what lays ahead. It is crucial that ethical, legal and moral implications of organoid research are clear and that boundaries are set to separate scientific progress from human life preservation. The largest obstacle may be the definition of consciousness itself, which has arguably been historically neglected by philosophy, psychology and neurosciences at large. One reason may be the difficulties posed by the underlying qualities of awareness, such as its subjective and heterogeneous nature. Another reason may lie on the possibly that consciousness is an overarching emergent property of our brain. For the time being, one can see brain organoids as philosophical zombies, physical analogues of the human brain which mimic sentient human reactions but lack experiential properties of sensation (a.k.a. qualia). Keywords: brain organoids; stem cells; brain in a vat © 2020 by the author(s). Distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY license. Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 3 April 2020 doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0028.v1 Historical Background Progress in the field of organoids is not linear, as is the norm in science, and recent years have witnessed an extraordinary increase in the complexity and number of studies (Figure 1). -
Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art
Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 5-3-2017 12:00 AM Skin Portraiture: Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art Heidi Kellett The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Joy James The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Visual Arts A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Heidi Kellett 2017 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Contemporary Art Commons Recommended Citation Kellett, Heidi, "Skin Portraiture: Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art" (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4567. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4567 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Abstract In recent years, human skin has been explored as a medium, metaphor, and milieu. Images of and objects made from skin flesh out the critical role it plays in experiences of embodiment such as reflexivity, empathy, and relationality, expanding conceptions of difference. This project problematizes the correlation between the appearance of the epidermis and a person’s identity. By depicting the subject as magnified, fragmented, anatomized patches of skin, “skin portraiture”—a sub-genre of portraiture I have coined—questions what a portrait is and what it can achieve in contemporary art. By circumnavigating and obfuscating the subject’s face, skin portraiture perforates the boundaries and collapses the distance between bodies. -
A New Season for Experimental Neuroembryology: the Mysterious
Endeavour 43 (2019) 100707 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Endeavour journa l homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ende Lost and Found A new season for experimental neuroembryology: The mysterious history of Marian Lydia Shorey a ,b Piergiorgio Strata , Germana Pareti* a Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, corso Raffaello 30 - 10125 Turin, Italy b Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin, via S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Turin, Italy A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the landscape of emerging experimental Available online 26 December 2019 embryology in the United States was dominated by the Canadian Frank Rattray Lillie, who combined his qualities as scientist and director with those of teacher at the University of Chicago. In the context of his research on chick development, he encouraged the young Marian Lydia Shorey to investigate the Keywords: interactions between the central nervous system and the peripheral structures. The results were Lillie experimental embryology published in two papers which marked the beginning of a new branch of embryology, namely Chick development neuroembryology. These papers inspired ground-breaking enquiry by Viktor Hamburger which opened a Marian Lydia Shorey new area of the research by Rita Levi-Montalcini, in turn leading to the discovery of the nerve growth Centre/periphery relationship factor, NGF. Muscle/nerve development Neuroblast © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Differentiation Viktor Hamburger Introduction how the nervous system was reacting. How Lillie ever got that idea I don’t know. -
Harrison, Ross Granville (13 Jan
Harrison, Ross Granville (13 Jan. 1870-30 Sept. 1959), biologist, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel Harrison, a mechanical engineer, and Catherine Barrington Diggs. Harrison's family moved from Germantown to Baltimore during his childhood, and he prepared at local schools to enter the Johns Hopkins University in 1886. Declaring his interest in medicine at that time, he completed his A.B. at age nineteen and continued on to graduate school in biology at Johns Hopkins, finishing his Ph.D. there in 1894. Along the way he established close lifelong friendships with fellow students such as Edwin Grant Conklin and Thomas Hunt Morgan as well as developed a lifelong love for hiking trips and began the research interest in experimental embryology that occupied his entire career. Harrison pursued his medical interests through biology--for, as he said, medicine was essentially applied biology--and through his studies for an M.D. in Germany. This was an exciting time in biology at Johns Hopkins, where students studied morphology with William Keith Brooks and physiology with Henry Newell Martin. Those interested in morphological problems such as anatomy or embryology also spent summers in fieldwork, either through the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory in Jamaica, Bermuda, or in North Carolina, or at the United States Fish Commission in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Harrison spent 1890 in Woods Hole and 1892 with Brooks's group in Jamaica. Although he did not pursue his study of marine organisms, Harrison clearly found the experiences at these research stations valuable and was pleased to serve on the board of trustees at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole from 1908 to 1940. -
Socialist Party of America
llllllllllllllliliillllifiliilllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ PROCEEDINGS EMERGENCY CONVENTION OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA AT ST. LOUIS, 1917 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllliiM MARYLAND: Maynard Shipley, S. L. V. Young. MASSACHUSETTS: Victor Anna la, Abraham Bloom, Charles E. Fenner, Eugene Hough, George Makela, Louis Marcus, James Oneal, George E. Roewer, Jr., Max A. Schulze, F. J. Syryala. MICHIGAN: D. E. Farley, E. O. Foss, H. A. Hedden, John Keracher, John MINUTES FIRST DAY SESSION. Kiiskila, Al. Renner, M. Sugar, Robt. Westfall. April 7, 1917. MINNESOTA: F. W. Adams, B. J. Locher, Anna A. Maley, Chas. Rastedt, Morning Session. Geo. Sahlman, W. A. Stafford, L. Vanderberg, W. O. Wassing. MISSOURI: W. M. Brandt, G. C. Grant, Kate R. O'Hare. Convention called to order by National Executive Secretary, Adolph MONTANA: McElroy, A. F. Miessner. Germer, who read the official call for the assembling of the Convention. NEBRASKA: G. C. Porter. Comrade Morris Hillquit, of New York, elected Temporary Chairman. NEW HAMPSHIRE: P. J. Leonard. Opening address by Comrade Hillquit. NEW JERSEY: Valentine Bausch, Geo. H. Goebel, Henry Green, Milo C. Election of Temporary Secretary. Following nominated: Jones, Frederick Krafft, Patrick L. Quinlan, James M. Reilly. NEW MEXICO: Walter B. Dillon, S. Parks. A. Wagenknecht, of Ohio. NEW YORK: Allen L. Benson, Alex. W. Berggren, F. G. Biedenkapp, L. Julius Gerber, of New York. B. Boudin, Joseph D. Cannon, Julius Gerber, Morris Hillquit, Wm. Hilsdorf, John C. Kennedy, of Illinois. Algernon Lee, Ludwig Lore, Max Lulow, S. J. Mahoney, Chas. W. Noonan, Geo. E. Roewer, Jr., of Massachusetts. Moses Oppenheimer, Albert Pauly, John C. Rowitch, Fred Sander, James C. Comrades Gerber and Kennedy declined. -
Edwin Grant Conklin
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES E D W I N G R A N T C ONKLIN 1863—1952 A Biographical Memoir by E . NE W T O N HARVEY Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 1958 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON D.C. EDWIN GRANT CONKLIN November 24, 1863—Not/ember 21, 7952 BY E. NEWTON HARVEY DWIN GRANT CONKLIN'S guiding principle in life was service, a Erule of conduct which he expressed in an address at the dedi- cation of the new brick building of the Marine Biological Labora- tory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1925: "Our strongest social instincts are for service; the joy of life is in progress; the desire of all men is for immortality through their work." No better example of this precept can be advanced than his devoted attention to the affairs of die National Academy of Sciences as a member of its council and his labors for many other institutions with which he was associated during a working career of well over sixty years. Most of these were centers of learning, such as Ohio Wesleyan and Northwestern Universities, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University (from 1908); others were learned societies like the American Philosophical Society (from 1897), the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (from 1896), The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Advisory Board from 1905), or labora- tories engaging primarily in research, like the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Trustee from 1897), and the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (Trustee from 1926).