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The article presents abstracts of papers presented to the seventh annual meeting of the Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS). The seventh annual meeting of the APSS was held at the Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, California in April 1967. APSS was founded in 1961 for the purpose of promoting both formal and informal exchange of information among workers from various disciplines with a common interest in the psychophysiology of sleep.

The article presents a brief outline of papers presented at the thirteenth annual meeting of The Society for Psychophysiological Research that was held between October 25 and 28, 1973 at the Galvez Hotel and Motel in Galveston, Texas. Members of the program committee were professors Peter J. Lang, Hiram E. Fitzgerald and David T. Graham. Some of these papers include "Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Conditioning in Human Newborns," by L.E. Stamps, "Habituation and Dishabituation of Cardiac Orienting in Human Newborns," by C.D. Adkinson and W.K. Berg and "Developing Changes in Response Recovery," by E. Scott and M. Lewis.

This article presents abstracts of papers presented at the twelfth annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, which was held at the Hotel Sheraton-Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on November 9-12, 1972. The paper presented by J.C. Jackson and F.K. Graham of the University of Wisconsin cites threshold intensity effects on two orienting response components. Sokolovian theory suggests that the orienting response should be large near psychophysical threshold, fall to a minimum around 10-20 decibels and then rise again until it is depressed by competition with the defense reflex.

The article presents abstracts of papers presented at the tenth annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research, which was held at Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, from November 19-22, 1970. Some abstracts of papers that were presented at the meeting are "Response Imperativeness and the Cardiac Wave-Form During the Preparation of a Motor and "Mental" Reaction Response," by Gary E. Schwartz and J. Higgins and "Respiration and Heart Rate Indices of Reaction Time," by Stephen W. Porges.

This article presents abstracts of papers presented at the seventh annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research held at the Vacation Village Hotel in San Diego, California from October 19-22, 1967. One of the papers explored monocular visual evoked potentials as an index of maturity of human neonates. Another paper focused on habituation differences to tactile stimulation for waking and sleeping infants. In this paper the role of state in determining a psychological or physiological response is not disputed.

There is an urgent need to examine the range of ecosystems that is currently protected in national parks and reserves, to point out those examples that are unprotected and to establish a rational programme of priorities for protecting as complete a series as possible. The International Biological Programme has pioneered the field of large-scale survey work for the collection of data of relevance to this need and has contributed to the development of information retrieval techniques for handling the data. The first part of the paper discusses the rationale of the development of the data base and its modus operandi. The system is illustrated by two examples of retrieval and analysis for specific enquiries; the distribution of four species of Pinus, and the occurrence of grazing, logging and burning in national parks and equivalent reserves in the United States. The second part of the paper deals with system design, details of programming for the data base, and retrieval strategy. It is intended as an independent section which may be skipped if the reader has no interest in the finer points of the data base itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, held between August 27-September 1, 1972. All sessions of the program at which contributed papers are presented were joint sessions of the Phycological Society of America and the Phycological Section of the Botanical Society of America. Various research papers were presented at the annual meeting. Section one was on Nuisance Algae and Bloom Phenomena. Section two was on Physiology and Biochemistry.

The paper presents comparison between the associations of British and American voluntary associations. The development of postwar research on the structure and functioning of voluntary associations has been uneven, and there have been marked differences between British and American research in this field. This paper offers a narrow definition of voluntary associations. It defines voluntary associations as groups in which membership is in no sense obligatory, which have a formal constitution, but which do not have paid officials at the local level. The next section of this paper places the subsequent analysis in context by pointing briefly to the very substantial similarities between research in Great Britain and the U.S. The third section discusses differences in the research environments of the two countries, and suggests their relevance to the main problem. The fourth section assesses the differences in research orientations between the two countries, as it has influenced the study of voluntary associations. The final section considers the effect of these differences upon the functional analyses that have been made.

The article presents information on the 1965 issue of the journal "Sociological Inquiry." The 1954 and 1955 Supreme Court decisions on desegregation are the force that set in motion vast changes that are restructuring the very nature of race relations in the United States. This volume contain recent developments relating to race relations in the United States. Its nine essays touch on several of the major areas in which change occurs or in which old blemishes remain. The paper by Robin Williams, with which this issue begins attempts an overview of what has happened in the last two decades. Most of the papers in this set are themselves reports of research appropriate to Williams' contention that intergroup relations are part of the basic dynamics of modem social systems. Richard Lamanna's doctoral dissertation is concerned in part with the response of the Negro public school teacher to desegregation. Lewis Killian turns his attention to the negotiations between representatives of the white and Negro communities.

The article presents the program for the annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America at the Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. The meeting will be held from June 16-22, 1974. The chairman of the program is Norma J. Lang. A field trip is scheduled on June 15, 1974. Researchers Dean W. Blinn and Gerald W. Prescott will lead the field trip. All sessions of the program at which contributed papers are presented are joint sessions of the Phycological Society of America and the Phycological Section of the Botanical Society of America.

The community health center has been viewed by many Americans as an important mechanism for the improvement of health of the urban poor. The millions of dollars allocated for a relatively small percentage of the population, however, has led to some criticisms of the concept. This paper deals with factors influencing the cost of dental services in a community health center and an analysis of several existing programs. The major factors affecting the cost effectiveness of the clinics appear to be the (1) broken appointment rate, (2) age distribution of the population served, (3) mixture of services rendered, and (4) additional community services rendered. Programs which have low broken appointment rates and which treat both adults and children seem to maintain a higher revenue-cost ratio. This ratio was in the range of 0.78 to 1.10 for the three dental programs studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes J. K. GALBRAITH's new vision of the economic system of the U.S.A., seen as an example of popular institutionalist thinking. Such a critique seems important because of GALBRAITH's claim to a closed and complete doctrine and because of the growing influence of his vulgarized economics. An examination of his methods discovers deficiencies of the systemic approach, obscurities in concept formation, arbitrary formulations of behavioral theories, purely persuasive modes of argumentation and techniques of immunization against contrary evidence. An analysis of his system of political economy shows that it lacks a genuine theory of the state and a truly consistent explanation of inequalities of power. So his programme of reforms and of measures of economic policy rests upon rather weak methodological and theoretical foundations. SUBSTITUTION ALONG THE TIME AXIS CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSCKER. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, held between June 17-22, 1973. All sessions of the program at which contributed papers were presented are joint sessions of the Phycological Society of America and the Phycological Section of the Botanical Society of America. Various topics were covered in different sessions. Session one was on Taxonomy and Morphology while sessions two was on Physiology and Biochemistry.

The article focuses on the program for the annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America. The meeting will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada, from June 20-24, 1971. The chairmen of the program will be Harold C. Bold and Louis Druehl. All sessions of the program at which contributed papers, lectures and the symposium are presented are scheduled as joint sessions of the Phycological Society of America, the Phycological Section of the Canadian Botanical Association and the Phycological Section of the Botanical Society of America.

This paper is a review of research on small town population characteristics and change in the United States. The decline in number and proportion of small towns sometimes observed in census analyses is in large part due to the growth of places out of the small population size class. Many individual places are declining, however, especially those of small size outside the commuting range of metropolitan centers, and those located in regions generally characterized by slow growth or population loss. The centralization process in rural areas, whereby people have over time turned to varied and larger centers for trade and services is reflected in small town population growth patterns. The outstanding population characteristic of most small towns is the high proportion of older people. The extent to which this is due either to immigration of retired persons or to the out-migration of younger people deserves further attention. Population research shows the small town problem to be exaggerated. Many small places are growing, and at a rate comparable to other population segments. Small centers located in areas not conducive to growth, however, cannot all look to an optimistic future. But it is important to recognize that population growth is not necessarily a desirable goal; of greater importance is improving the quality of life available to community residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with the voluntary associations of adolescents. It focuses on three main issues. First, on the extent to which middle-and working-class adolescents are affiliated with and involved in formal organizations; Second, on affiliation as a family-linked characteristic; and third, on whether involvement by an individual in children's associations is related to subsequent membership in formal groups as an adolescent. Data for the study were collected from a sample of 456 students enrolled in high school population of a small city, which is situated 20 miles from Omaha, Nebraska. A very high proportion of middle-class and working-class students in the study were affiliated with groups. The data show that while middle-class students were more likely to be affiliated than working-class students, the differences were not great. Similarly, no important differences along class lines were observed when attendance at meetings were considered. Membership in voluntary groups did indeed prove to be family linked. Students were more likely to join youth associations if a parent belonged to a voluntary association than where this was not the case.

This paper presents a study on the nature of influence in regional sociological associations in the U.S. It compares and contrasts organizations and extends an earlier study of three national societies. Data were collected and analyzed which pertained to several characteristics of association presidents. Data about each president were collected for a period of ten years prior to his election. It is noted that as membership in the national associations has become greater, the smaller coteries of specialized interests have developed to delineate members who share a common language. Moreover, the presidency of an organization, as it is occupied by a sequence of incumbents, renders visible the norms and values of members. Information was gathered from news reported in the "American Journal of Sociology" and the "American Sociological Review," from private correspondence, and from association records. The study concerned the six regional societies which are affiliated with the American Sociological Association.

The article discusses the acetylene reduction in relaxation to levels of phosphate and fixed nitrogen in Green Bay. This paper reports data collected during the summer of 1971 in the southern part of Green Bay of Lake Michigan. This study undertook to characterize acetylene reduction and nutrient levels throughout the summer. Water samples were collected. Phytoplankton characteristically increase rapidly in the spring. A high soluble phosphate concentration in the water preceded all major increases in the population of heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing blue-green algae.

This article reports on the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the American Association of Endodontists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was held on April 22-25. The meeting devoted considerable time to research reports. The article briefly describes the papers presented by several authors pertaining to different aspects of endodontics. Julius Fox of the Albert Einstein college of medicine, reported on a radiographic study of teeth whose root canals had been filled either accidentally or intentionally with broken instruments. Similarly, Marvin Gross from Temple University presented a method of differential diagnosis of peripheral lesions in which the separation of protein fractions is effected by the use of acrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Focuses on the initial discussion related to psychologist L. Steins' article 'In Pursuit of First Principles,' published on January 1966 in the U.S. Aim of the paper to present the epistemology of scientific discovery and its application in analytical psychology; Factuality of the statement that analytical psychology has not been empirical; Types of primitivity.

This research paper reports two small studies which form part of a series of exploratory investigations by the authors where the explicit aim has been to examine why some children respond differently to management techniques normally effective with most. A close association between scores on the Psychopathic Deviant Scale (Pd) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Scale and teachers' assessments of refractory behavior suggest that such behavior could be considered as being on the same continuum as psychopathy and that the Pd Scale might prove a useful index of it. Early adverse experience was also found to be related to refractory behavior, as in psychopathy.

The article focuses on a comparison of personality test scores and medical psychiatric diagnosis by the inverted factor techniques which is concerned with a population of n individuals each of whom has been measured by m tests. The author administered four paper and pencil personality tests including the Bernreuter Personality Inventory, the Bell Adjustment Inventory, the Guilford Martin Series, and the Minnesota Multiphasic inventory to twenty five neuropsychiatric patients at a the Mare Island Naval Hospital in northern California. It was found that the symptomatology of the cases on each factor--both negatively and positively loaded cases--were similar enough to make tentative interpretation.

Announces the holding of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Neuroelectric Society on November 20-23, 1974 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Presentation of papers on the effects of electrical currents on behavioral and physiological systems; Other topics that will be discussed at the conference.

This article presents information on fourth annual meeting of Society for neuroscience which will held between October 20-23, in St. Louis, Missouri. Symposia, state-of-the-art sessions, in-depth panel explorations, dinner discussion groups, and volunteer paper sessions will cover a broad range of neuroscientific subjects. A special demonstration covering the use of computers in the neurosciences is also planned in cooperation with the Washington University School of Medicine.

The article reports on the eighth annual meeting of The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy that will be held between November 1st and 3rd, 1974 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The address for registration and submission of research papers is also given.

The article reports on the fourteenth annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research to be held from October 24th through 27th, 1974 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration information may be obtained from arrangements chairman of Department of Social and Behavioral Science William F. Prokasy. Information regarding submission of papers and deadline for abstracts may be obtained from professor Emanuel Donchin from the University of Illinois campus.

From February 15th through 20th, 1974, the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the Broadmoor Hotel. Information regarding submission of papers, deadline for abstracts, and registration may be obtained from: Francine Butler, BRS Executive Secretary, Department of Psychiatry #202, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 E. Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80220.

This article presents information on the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research that will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Copley Square from November 9th through 12th, 1972. Information regarding submission of papers and deadline for abstracts may be obtained from Barry M. Shmavonian, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Henry Avenue, Philadelphia.

The eighth annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research will be held from October 17-20, 1968 at the Mariott Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in Washington D.C. Program chairman for the meeting is Clinton C. Brown, member of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in Maryland. Abstracts of papers to be presented should be submitted to Brown before August 1, 1968. They must be limited to 250 words if the author wishes them to be published in the journal "Psychophysiology." Abstracts which are acceptable but for which there is no room in the meeting program will also be published in the journal.