Distinguished Scientific Research Articles

Proceedings of APCE-CECE-ITP-IUPAC 2022

In a demonstration of modern analytical chemistry at its best, the International Interdisciplinary Conference of Chemical Analysis, APCE-CECE-ITP-IUPAC 2022 was held after two years of COVID-19-related delays in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The quadruple meeting included: 18th Asia Pacific International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analyses, 17th International Interdisciplinary Meeting on Bioanalysis, 28th International Symposium on Electro- and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques, and IUPAC Special Symposia by Division of Chemistry and the Environment. While, under normal circumstances, these conferences would take place in different countries, we have decided to bring together analytical chemists from all over the world for a conference covering all aspects of modern analytical chemistry. Our goal remained the same: “bring together scientists from different disciplines who may not meet at other meetings”. With plenary and invited lectures delivered by distinguished scientists, this in-person meeting allowed to broaden our knowledge, meet new friends, and start new collaborations. The organizers want to thank all speakers, sponsors, and participants for their support. Please, check the conference web for more information about the history, programs, photos, and videos.

John Caseley 1935–2022: a Life with Weeds

Former Outlooks on Pest Management board member John Caseley is remembered for his significant contribution to weed science in a career spanning five decades which earned him the respect of his peers around the world. John passed away recently at the age of 87. John’s extensive publication list demonstrates his capacity for collaboration with scientists in the UK and around the world. His enthusiastic and extrovert character made him not only a welcome colleague but also a frequent speaker at meetings and conferences. He was a regular contributor to the annual Brighton Weed control conferences and presented at numerous international meetings including in USA, Israel, Australia and in Europe. His international reach was further enhanced by collaboration on publications that to this day remain essential sources of information including a 1994 United Nations published book on Weed Management for Developing Countries, co-edited with Ricardo Labrada and Chris Parker and a volume from 2000 on Prevention and Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Rice co-authored by Bernal Valverde and Charlie Riches. The latter has been downloaded many thousands of times in both English and Spanish versions. He was always keen to encourage others and served for many years on the editorial board of the Outlooks on Pest Management Journal and committees of the Society of Chemical Industry. John’s qualities were especially appreciated by many postdoctoral and post-graduate students from overseas who benefitted from his wise council and mentoring and who went on to become distinguished weed scientists in their own countries.

Angus Macleod (1933-2021): in memoriam.

On 29 April 2021, Professor Hugh Angus Macleod, Angus as he was known to his family and friends, passed away at his home in Tucson, Arizona. Angus was a leading authority in the field of thin film optics, and he leaves behind a legacy of extraordinary contributions to the thin film community. This article outlines Angus's career in optics-a career that spanned over 60 years. Not only was Angus an eminent and distinguished scientist, he was also a great teacher, mentor, colleague and friend to the entire thin film optics world.

UMA TRADUÇÃO COMENTADA DO ARTIGO “ÁCIDOS E BASES” DE GILBERT NEWTON LEWIS

A COMMENTED TRANSLATION OF ACIDS AND BASES BY GILBERT NEWTON LEWIS. Gilbert Newton Lewis was a distinguished scientist in 20th century History of Chemistry. His work remains relevant for physical chemistry, organic chemistry and coordination chemistry nowadays. Lewis is well known by his propose for chemical bond, based on electron sharing. In 1923 he published two theoretical explanations for acids and bases: the former collaborating with Bronsted and Lowry and the later in his book Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules (1923). In this book, the role of electron pairs in acid base reactions was highlighted decentering explanations from detachment/transfer of hydrogen ion. As a result, more substances could be classified as acids and bases. Also, in the context of organic and coordination chemistry new interpretations for reaction mechanisms showed up. The paper translated here, Acids and Bases (1938), makes a strong empirical description of acids and bases behavior. Lewis designed phenomenological criteria as speed of neutralization reactions, strength of the species acid-base titrations, and its applications as catalysts. In this manuscript, we carried out a commented translation of Lewis Acids and Bases published in 1938, considering it an inspiring source for research and educational applications for Portuguese speaking countries.

JS-WHL-ISH-LANCET-3: HOW CAN CLINICIANS AND THE PUBLIC DETERMINE WHETHER A BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE IS CLINICALLY VALID?

The global market of blood pressure (BP) measuring devices was estimated at USD 2.1 billion in 2021, and the forecast is to grow at 13.5% per year and reach USD 4.5 billion in 2027. The accuracy of cuff BP monitors needs to be tested using one of the established validation protocols, such as the US AAMI, the UK BHS, the European ESH-IP, or the ISO. In 2018 the AAMI/ESH/ISO Universal Standard (ISO 81060–2:2018) was agreed for global use, and using the previous protocols in not encouraged anymore. Unfortunately, of almost 5,000 BP device models on the market, fewer than 10% have a validation study documenting the measurement accuracy using one of the above-mentioned validation protocols and the results published in a peer-review PubMed journal. Another issue is that an electronic BP monitor which has been successfully validated in adults may not be accurate in some special populations, including children, pregnant women, individuals with very large arms (circumference larger than 42 cm) and patients with arrhythmias (particularly atrial fibrillation). Thus, separate validation is necessary in these populations. Thus, it is essential that healthcare professionals, individuals with hypertension, and the public have access to valid information for which devices are properly validated. In 2003, Eoin OBrien founded the first website providing online updated lists of properly validated BP measuring devices. Several websites are currently available providing lists of validated devices (see Table), of which some are national (devices locally available; website in local language), and others do not have scientific supervision. STRIDE BP is a non-profit organisation founded by 24 distinguished scientists, operating in affiliated with the International Society of Hypertension, the European Society of Hypertension, and the World Hypertension League. STRIDE BP has an online peer-review system for PubMed published validation studies, and applies a review process which is more systematic and strict than that of PubMed journals. Thus, STRIDE BP may reject a device which appears as accurate in a PubMed published validation study. STRIDE BP provides lists of validated devices in 3 languages (English, Spanish, Chinese). List of validated devices are provided for adults, but also separately for children and for pregnant women, for use in the office/clinic, at home, and for 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. STRIDE BP also has an online accredited e-learning platform for healthcare professionals, with interactive educational modules for the established BP measurement methods (office, home, ambulatory).

СПОГАДИ ПРО ВИДАТНОГО ВЧЕНОГО-СЕЛЕКЦІОНЕРА І. М. ЄРЕМЕЄВА (1887–1957 РР.): МАЛОВІДОМІ СТОРІНКИ БІОГРАФІЇ

The objective of this publication is to popularize and revitalize lesser-known or forgotten aspects, as well as individual episodes, of the life of the eminent scientist-breeder and professor, I. M. Yeremeev. The article presents important information through the recollections of children and contemporaries of I. M. Yeremeev. This information allows for the reconstruction of the renowned scientist’s biography, helps to clarify certain details, reveals new lesser-known aspects of his life, enriches the source base, informs about the most significant events in his life, and highlights his contributions to the history of agricultural education and science. It provides an opportunity for a comprehensive study of his life story. The authors of the scientific investigation attempt to complement the historical portrait of the distinguished scientist, emphasizing his special human qualities. They also provide a brief characterization of his family relationships, which researchers previously paid little attention to. The article serves as a tribute to the memory of the Ukrainian scientist and serves as an informative source for studying his life story.

The life of Dr. Hu Shih as a scientist, diplomat, revolutionary and politician

Dr. Hu Shih is a Chinese scientist, especially a philosopher in education, diplomat and leading advocate of political liberalism. But he is also a very important Elite in the history of Chinese and Taiwanese culture, with wide interests. It has contributed greatly to the adoption of the spoken language as an official writing language. As an influential supporter of American pragmatism, he advocated the creation of a new society through mass education rather than a political revolution. Dr. Hu Shih was born in Shanghai on December 17, 1891 and died in Taiwan on February 24, 1962. This study is conducted to reveal the biography of Dr. Hu Shih, a distinguished Chinese scientist, along with his intellectual, literary and political personality. Our goal while making this study is not only to tell his life story, but also to establish a relationship between his ideas and actions, and especially to reveal his contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of China and the world. The important thing is that no matter how much he tries to stay away from politics, his contributions to the cultural and political development of China and then Taiwan with his duties and liberal ideas will be demonstrated.

METHODS OF ASSESSING LEADER’S PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LEADERSHIP STYLE

The aim of this research was to discuss and analyze various methods of assessment of leader’s personal characteristics and leadership style. In fact, there are various methods that can be used to assess personal qualities and psychological characteristics of a leader. This research focused mainly on the methods developed by distinguished American scientists such as Margaret Herman, James David Barber and David A. Winter. The research revealed that it is quite possible to obtain information about leader’s personal qualities and psychological characteristics even without meeting him or her. Marguerite Herman developed a method of assessing the personality traits of leaders which is known as Personality Assessment-at-a-Distance. This method allows us to evaluate leader’s personal qualities and psychological characteristics distantly by analyzing his or her speeches and conversations.

The Medawar Prize Acceptance Speech 2022.

The Medawar Prize Acceptance Speech 2022.

In Memoriam Tribute to Jeffrey Robbins, PhD (1950-2022).

In Memoriam Tribute to Jeffrey Robbins, PhD (1950-2022).

Chung Un Lee: The trailblazer of tropical medicine in China

Abstract Chung Un Lee, (李宗恩, 1894–1962) was a pioneer of tropical medicine research in China, serving as the president of Guiyang Medical College, the dean of Peking Union Medical College, the vice president of the Chinese Medical Association, a member of the British Medical Association and the Far Eastern Tropical Medical Association (Fig. 1) (Lu, 1992). Chung Un Lee spent his life in medical education and scientific research, with outstanding achievements in research on filariasis, schistosomiasis, malaria, and kala-azar, confirming the reservoir of filariasis in China, innovating the application of plasmochin to combat malaria, proving that sandflies and dogs are sources of infection in human kala-azar, and making a clinical diagnosis of the early manifestations of kala-azar in China. Chung Un Lee is a distinguished medical scientist and medical educator, one of the founders of Chinese Tropical Medicine, who fought for forty years for the prevention and treatment of tropical diseases in China and conducted pioneering research in Chinese Tropical Medicine.

Questions of the Economic Activity Analysis in the Scientific Work of Prof. Kosta Pergelov

Prof. Kosta Pergelov is a distinguished Bulgarian scientist in the field of accounting science, the theory and practice of accounting. In his researchers, Prof. Pergelov focuses on the theory of accounting as a higher form of specific knowledge, which is subject to the public development laws. In the light of this position, he underlines that one cannot go deeper to the heart of the processes and phenomena that are subject to research, if they do not know the general laws for development of nature and society. This makes Prof. Pergelov to involve in his researches those formulations of the general theory of knowledge that find their application in the accounting theory and increase its value and usefulness for the management of enterprises and economy of the country. In his scientific works and researches, Prof. Pergelov tackles a number of questions of the theory and practice of the economic activity analysis. The objective of this publication is to present the reasoning and views of Prof. Pergelov in this field of scientific knowledge – the economic activity analysis. Furthermore, they can be defined as fundamental and totally applicable in the existing conditions of the market economy. This publication systemizes some scientific formulations in the works of Prof. Pergelov on the questions of enterprises’ economic activity analysis. It summarizes a number of his thoughts and arguments that are crucial for the development of the theory and practice of the economic activity analysis, such as: the nature of economic activity analysis and its information provision; the use and efficiency of use of enterprise’s manufacturing resources; cost of industrial products and its components; profit; rate of return; financial position of enterprises, etc.

Tres Peruanas, que tuvieron el destino en contra y llegaron a convertirlos en ejemplos de superación

The lives of people framed in virtues, which carry a special connotation, are worthy of posthumous recognition, through the memory of a group of exceptional women, who had to stoically face the attacks of an outdated era, characterized by marked differences in people rights. They were among many others the following: María Luisa AGUILAR HURTADO, distinguished scientist, the first astronomer in our country, her work allowed the generation of future astronomers in Peru, Blanca VALERA GONZALES, renowned poet, member of the so-called Generation of 50, her legacy allows us to see her work and the personal warmth, marking her time until today and finally Laura Ester RODRÍGUEZ DULANTO, the first Peruvian doctor, whose persistence, exceptional capacity showed that there were no barriers capable of stopping her dreams.

A tribute to a distinguished scientist in memory of Pavel P Pashinin

A tribute to a distinguished scientist in memory of Pavel P Pashinin

Preface

The 9th Asian Physics Symposium 2021 (APS 2021) held on 5-6 October 2021 virtually due to Covid-19 pandemic constraint is aimed in providing the forum of scientific communication and interaction among distinguished scientists working in the physics and its related fields. In this scientific event the latest research results were presented the state-of-the-art development in the field and help to guide our future research directions. It was also designed to offer the opportunity of making direct contacts for the young Indonesian scientists and students with well-known scientists abroad and thereby fostering the existing research collaborations and extending international research networking for the future.APS 2021 is organized by the Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, in collaboration with HFI (Indonesian Physical Society), PAPSI (Physics and Applied Physics Society of Indonesia), HANI (Indonesian Nuclear Scientist Society), HRMI (Indonesian Material Research Society), HAGI (Indonesian Geophysicist Society) - West Java Chapter, and HFMBI (Indonesian Medical Physicist and Biophysicist Society).The program of APS 2021 featured 6 invited talks in 45 minutes for each plenary session and 192 contributed oral presentations in 10 minutes’ presentation and 5 minutes Q&A sessions, which come from 3 different countries: Japan, Turkey, and Indonesia. All abstracts have been reviewed and will be presented in this event.List of Advisory Boards, Technical Committee are available in this pdf.

Preface

Since 2020, we have had to adapt our activities due to the CoVid-19 pandemic. The prolonged restriction of movement has hampered our scientific research activities. We long for a venue where we can share and discuss optics and photonics, thus we are glad that the Indonesian Optical Society (InOS) biannual main meeting, the 13th International Symposium on Modern Optics and Its Applications (ISMOA) had been successfully held on 2-4 August 2021 virtually through video conference. With a theme of “Photonics for Better Lives”, this symposium was organized in collaboration with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Pelita Harapan, together with Institut Teknologi Bandung and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember as one of the International Day of Light (IDL) 2021 activities in Indonesia.The ISMOA meeting series is the flagship conference of the Indonesian Optical Society (InOS) which has been successfully organized twelve times. Since the first ISMOA held in 2001, for ten times, these meeting series have always been held at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Bandung, Indonesia, wherein 2011 the Indonesian Optical Society was founded. Thereafter, to fulfil the mission of the society to disseminate the science of optics and its important contributions to the advances of science and technology in general, a rotating scheme of hosting the meeting by other universities and cities in Indonesia was started. This 13th meeting is the third time that the meeting was held outside of ITB. This 13th symposium was highlighted by 13 distinguished international scientists who delivered invited presentations on their latest research, namelyAslam BAIG (National Centre for Physics, Pakistan)Humeyra CAGLAYAN (Tampere Univ., Finland)Martijn DE STERKE (Univ. Sydney, Australia)Suganda JUTAMULIA (Omnivision Technologies, Inc., USA)Takashi KURODA (National Institute for Material Science, Japan)Laura M. LECHUGA (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain)David MARPAUNG (Univ. Twente, The Netherlands)Thomas PERTSCH (Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany)Jonghwa SHIN (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)Kaoru TAMADA (Kyushu University, Japan)Nelson TANSU (Univ. Adelaide, Australia)Thomas WHITE (Australian National University, Australia)Yuanlin ZHENG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China)out of which, 5 are Fellows of Optica.

Charles Jacques Bouchard (1837-1915) and the Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm.

Charles Jacques Bouchard was a distinguished French physician and scientist of the early 19th century. Despite his humble beginnings, Bouchard was able to achieve meteoric success within the scientific and medical fields, establishing himself as one of the most influential physician-scientists of his time. This was in part due to his superb commitment, as well as the prosperity engendered by the strong influence of his teachers, which can be seen as a testament to the importance of mentorship in medicine. Besides his myriad contributions, Bouchard is most well known for describing the Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm in 1866 alongside his mentor Jean-Martin Charcot, linking them for the first time to intracranial hemorrhage. Bouchard's thesis entitled "A Study of Some Points in the Pathology of Cerebral Hemorrhage" was regarded by some as the most original and important of all recent works on the subject of cerebral hemorrhage at the time of publication. Sadly, the great relationship Bouchard shared with his mentor Charcot would later deteriorate into perhaps one of the most well-known student-mentor quarrels in the history of medicine. Herein, the authors present a historical recollection of Bouchard's life, career, and contributions to medicine, as well as the famous controversy with Jean-Martin Charcot.

Highlighting a few educators

I think of Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis often, a distinguished computer scientist, outstanding educator, and one of my mentors. As alluded to in the Historical Highlight on page seven of this issue, a wealth of professional and personal information about Skip is easily found on the internet. I've highlighted a few of his professional achievements in the accompanying highlight. In this inaugural Acknowledging Our Social Good Mentors piece 1 , I'd like to add my small part to the narrative associated with this wonderful person by relating a few things that, perhaps, only I know or think about. All of which, either overtly or subtlety, have influenced my passion and work related to computing for the common good. I'll begin at the end, so to speak.

Professor Sir James Armour

A distinguished Scottish veterinary scientist who was knighted for his contribution to veterinary science and education. He was also an exceptional golfer.

Enhancing the depth and durability of patient responses to CAR T cell therapy

<div class="authors authors-lg"><div class="author"><div class="author-img"><img src="https://cdn.insights.bio/uploads/Brogdon photo.png" data-image="1"></div><div class="author-det"> <b>Jennifer Brogdon, PhD</b>, is Executive Director, Head of Cell Therapy Research, in the Department of Exploratory Immuno-Oncology of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge, MA. Jennifer leads development of next generation CAR-T cell therapies for oncology and is responsible for driving innovation, strategy and building a therapeutic pipeline from target discovery to first in human (FIH) clinical studies. Jennifer has broad expertise in antibody, small molecule and cell &amp; gene therapy programs. She helped drive the development of Kymriah – the first CAR-T cell therapy approved by the FDA – and received the Novartis Distinguished Scientist Award for that work and other contributions to novel therapies for multiple hematological and solid malignancies. Her drug discovery experience includes &gt;14 distinct therapeutic immuno-oncology programs that have reached Phase I/II clinical trials. She holds a PhD in Immunology from Duke University and a postdoctoral fellowship in Immunobiology from Yale University. </div></div></div>