Evening Lecture Research Articles

The Effect of COVID-19 on Dental Education in Saudi Arabia.

The aim of this study was to comprehensively explore and evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental educationas perceived by dental students in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire from dental students at three universities. Demographic variables and students' experiences with online learning were examined. Statistical analysis involved one-way ANOVA and descriptive statistics. A total of 681 dental students participated, with a predominant male representation (76.8%). Statistically significant differences were found in the overall dental education experience, quality of education, and satisfaction with online dental education (p < 0.01). Group disparities were identified in specific aspects of online learning and concerns about losing clinical skills due to the pandemic lockdown. Variations were observed in satisfaction with compensatory measures for suspended clinics and perceived clinical skills acquired during COVID-19. The adoption of precautionary measures, such as N95 masks (36.1%) and face shields (42%), varied among students. Notably, only 36.9% reported seeing one patient per session. This study reveals the many challenges faced by dental students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. While overall satisfaction was low, specific aspects like evening lectures received positive feedback. Concerns about clinical skills and varied responses to compensatory measures indicate the need for targeted interventions. Continuous monitoring of student experiences is crucial, and future research should delve into factors influencing satisfaction and long-term implications on clinical skills development.

Modelling the influence of socio-demographic attributes on students’ trip generation at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus

ABSTRACT This research investigates the influence of socio-demographic attributes on students’ trip generation on the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). A cross-sectional and mixed-method approach were employed, collecting primary data from 113 students through an online questionnaire. Multiple linear regression analysis and ordinal logistic regression explored the relationships between generated trips and socio-demographic attributes, including age, household size, vehicle ownership, educational level, income, and trip purpose. Age and household size were significant influencers of trip generation in the multiple linear regression. The ordinal logistic regression showed that, males are 2.40 times more likely to generate higher trip counts than females. Individuals aged 16–21 are 0.11 times less likely to produce more trips compared to older age groups. Single-occupant households have a 0.09 times lower likelihood of generating more trips than households with two or more occupants. However, individuals attending morning and afternoon lectures, only morning lectures, and morning and evening lectures among other activities have substantially higher odds of producing more trips, with odds ratios of 22.14, 15, and 567, respectively, compared to those exclusively attending evening lectures. Recommendations include improving shuttle services, pedestrian infrastructure, and promoting sustainable mobility solutions tailored to student demographics.

Genetic resources and genetic technologies for the development of the Northern Territories: on the results of the Second Conference (March 13–15, 2023)

A series of events in honor of the centenary of the Polar Experiment Station of VIR founded by Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov, was opened by the Second Scientific Conference “Genetic Resources and Genetic Technologies for the Development of Northern Territories”, which took place on March 13-15, 2023. The objective of the Conference was to provide a regular platform for the exchange of experience, consolidation of efforts and development of interdisciplinary approaches between specialists – geneticists, resource scientists and biotechnologists, as well as specialists from related areas of biology, medicine and other sciences, whose joint efforts are aimed at increasing the demand for bio-resource collections and the role of genetic technologies in the development of the northern regions of the country. The Conference was organized by the Federal Research Centre the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), the Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders (VOGiS), the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), Scientific Council on Genetics and Breeding of the RAS, Scientific Council of RAS for the Studies of the Arctic and Antarctic, and the Russian Botanical Society (RBS). The Conference was held online. The program of the Conference included three sections: “Effective Development of Northern Agriculture: Genetic Resources of Agricultural Plants and Microorganisms, Genetic Technologies and Interdisciplinary Research”; “Farm Animals, Marine Mammals and Commercial Fish in the Far North: Conservation and Study of Genetic Resources, Breeding and Interdisciplinary Research”; “Health and Longevity of the Population in Northern Territories: Genetic and Interdisciplinary Studies (Including Model Organisms)”, as well as a Round Table “Expeditionary Research in the Arctic and Northern Regions of Russia: Experience of Young Scientists”. Altogether, five plenary presentations, one evening lecture and 23 section reports were made. Genetic, genomic and omics research using valuable genetic resources of plants, animals and microorganisms, as well as human biomaterials, including bio-resource ex situ collections from regions with extreme nature and climate conditions is the basis for acquiring knowledge, creating a set of tools and developments that contribute to socio-economic development and security in the Arctic, addressing health-saving issues, improving the quality of life of the population and partial food self-sufficiency of the regions of the North and the Arctic. The development of these aspects is important for the implementation of the State scientific and technical policy of the Russian Federation, considering the Presidential Decrees 164 of March 5, 2020, and 645 of October 26, 2020. The article presents the main trends announced at the Conference and publishes the Resolution adopted by the Conference.

Nominations sought for Akron Section Award

The American Chemical Society Akron Section is accepting nominations for the Akron Section Award, which recognizes outstanding chemistry professionals. Nominees can be working in any branch of chemistry or chemical engineering and should reside within 500 mi (about 805 km) of Akron, Ohio. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and an engraved plaque. The awardee will deliver a lecture in person at the University of Akron for a technical audience and an evening lecture at another venue for a general audience. These lectures will take place the second week of November. Nominators should submit curricula vitae with their nominations to Charles M. Kausch, awards chair, at cmkausch@hotmail.com. Nominations are due by Aug. 25.

Conference on “Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Materials (E-QMAT 2022)”

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India October 12-14, 2022This conference was organized as part of celebrations to commemorate 175 years of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee), India. The conference covered various aspects of the recently observed emergent phenomena in the area of quantum materials. These materials pose the most exciting and challenging research problems in condensed matter physics. The scope of quantum materials is very broad. Focus of the conference was on the most recent challenges in research areas like quantum topology, quantum magnetism, low-dimensional electronic systems, multiferroic materials, superconductivity, quantum phenomena at the artificial interfaces and in the engineered materials etc. These materials show unusual novel properties with potential application for development of future electronic, spintronic and storage devices with better capabilities. This conference provided a common platform for the exchange of ideas and to identify cutting edge problems in the area.We had the honour and privilege of having Nobel laureate Professor Anthony J. Leggett giving a special evening lecture on quantum liquids in our conference. During the three days of the conference, we had many distinguished condensed matter physicists such as Prof. T. V. Ramakrishnan, Prof. Elbio Dagotto, Prof. D. D. Sarma, Prof. G. Baskaran, Prof. E. V. Sampathkumaran and Prof. R. Ramesh giving lectures on various emergent phenomena recently discovered in quantum materials. Many young researcher working in India and abroad also participated in the conference and exchanged their ideas with experts in the field. We also had poster sessions and oral presentations on all three days where many PhD students and postdocs participated. Some papers presented in the conference are being published after peer review process in this volume of J. Phys. : Conf. Series (IOP publishing).Finally, we would like to thank wholeheartedly the speakers, participants, peer reviewers, student volunteers, administration and staff members of our institute (IIT Roorkee) and acknowledge our sponsors namely, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), India, Rohde & Schwarz India Pvt. Ltd, Thermo Fisher Scientific India Private Limited, Oxford Instruments India Private Limited and I. R. Technology Services Private Limited for their generous and continuous support to us to be able to make this event a success.Tulika Maitra and Vivek K MalikList of Committees of the conference is available in this pdf.

The School Entrance Examination: Attempted Evaluation by Interviewing Parents, Pediatricians and Schools

In Germany, school entry examinations (SEU) are mandatory in all (federal) states, the scope and methods of investigation are laid down in state ordinances. The SEUs are performed by the pediatric services (KJGD) of the public health departments. An evaluation of the entire SEU is still pending. Therefore, in 2018, an evaluation of the SEU was carried out in the health department of the city of Frankfurt am Main by interviewing parents, schools and pediatricians. With specifically developed questionnaires, parents as well as administrators of elementary schools and pediatricians were asked about their assessment of and their experiences with the SEU. Certain sentences were to be rated on a 5-point Likert scale. For the evaluation, the positive answers (totally agree / agree) and the negative answers (disagree / strongly disagree) were summarized. A total of 2,021 parental, 46 school and 37 physician questionnaires were evaluated. The response rate of parents was 90%, that of schools and pediatricians 45% and 56%, respectively and thus significantly worse. Ninety-one percent of parents rated the SEU as useful in addition to their pediatrician check-ups, and 94% considered hearing and vision tests to be particularly important. Eighty-five percent considered the SEU as an important means of undertaking support measures before school entry. Ninety-one percent of school administrators rated the results of the SEU as helpful, 26% of them stated that key areas, including social behavior were given insufficient consideration in the SEU. Many school administrators wanted more support from the health department, e. g. inclusion issues (59%), parenting evening lectures (61%) or general health support (74%). Ninety-one percent of pediatricians also rated the SEU positively. However, misjudgments of the school doctors and uncertainty of the parents as well as rare exchanges/communication were criticized. The overall feedback was positive and the significance of the SEU was not questioned. However, the KJGD should try to better meet the needs of schools for more support and pediatricians' desire for better cooperation. Through a modification of the SEU, capacities could be created for other important tasks of the KJGD, for instance the examination of school newcomers from foreign countries, health promotion in schools, and medical advice to schools.

Robert Owen’s Experiment at New Lanark: From Paternalism to Socialism

Robert Owen’s Experiment at New Lanark: From Paternalism to Socialism

The BBC, Group Listening, and ‘The Changing World’

This article examines the content and impact of a series of BBC lecture courses broadcast in the early 1930s. The Group Listening Scheme was established in 1928: experts working in a variety of fields were invited to broadcasts a series of evening lectures. Adults across the country were encouraged to gather for the lectures and stay on afterwards to discuss them. ‘The Changing World’ consisted of half-hour talks over six evenings a week during a six-month period. The broadcasts amounted to a two-term syllabus, with 24 talks devoted to each of the six themes (the modern dilemma, industry and trade, literature and art, science, the modern state, and education and leisure). This article will sample some of these broadcasts and explore the listener response to the series in order to reach an understanding of the BBC’s achievements in adult education during the interwar period.

Could it be you? The impact of a medico-legal awareness event on junior doctors' understanding of legal issues

In the wake of the Dr Bawa-Garba case, a heightened level of anxiety existed around medico-legal issues. An evening lecture session for doctors, harnessing local expertise, set out to clarify: A lecture evening was arranged to dispel a number of the myths surrounding legal issues …

The Local Polish Community in Action: The Polish Studies Program at Central Connecticut State University

Abstract Connecticut welcomed a considerable number of Polish immigrants in the late nineteenth century, and again just after World War II. The latter group included a large number of intellectuals, politicians, and artists. They actively joined civic organizations like the Polish American Congress (PAC). The 1960s and 1970s was a dynamic time for the Connecticut Division of the PAC especially the Committee on Education and Culture. Their work was instrumental in getting the state to establish a Polish Studies Program at Central Connecticut State College. The program allowed for in-depth academic courses related to Poland’s history, politics, and culture, and the establishment of a Polish Heritage Room and Collection in the university library. The Program also had a community-outreach function that provided evening lectures and cultural events free to the public. Later, various endowments allowed several cultural programs to be sustained and an endowed chair in Polish Studies to be created. Today the program is on a firm footing. A formal minor in Polish History is now available and community programs have expanded to include public lectures delivered by prominent historians, writers, musicians, journalists, politicians, and film makers draw large audiences. This article presents a case study in how local community groups working with university officials and elected state and local government representatives can successfully create a high quality Polish Studies program that benefits both the university community and the larger surrounding population.

Book review

This book presents a coherent view of evolution which is organismal and historical, one that feeds from and respects tradition but looks forward in aiming at providing a documentation of patterns in which scenarios are presented and integration of anatomy, physiology and behavior is attempted. Not bad. It is a peculiar book, because it is in some details and formalities a little outdated, and yet it is quite timely in others. The latter does not come from the topicality of the subjects but because the approach and the historical take on problems are timeless—relevant today and hopefully in the future.This book is very personal as it is tied to the biography of its author, Wolfgang Maier. W. Maier (b. 1942) was Professor of Systematic Zoology at the University of Tu¨bingen from 1988 until his retirement in 2007, although he is still actively publishing academic research papers (Fig. 1). His previous work had been in Frankfurt, first as PhD student under the direction of the late Dietrich Starck (1908–2001), an anatomist who wielded substantial influence via his textbooks (e.g., Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere) and his students, such as W. Maier. The academic history of W. Maier is recapitulated in a series of essays, and in fact the book presents modified versions of previously original research papers or essays along the career of its author. Many of the chapters are based on talks given in the context of ‘Ringvorlesungen’ at the University of Tu¨bingen, evening lectures for the general public. This book is organized in five sections, with several chapters in each: (1) methodology and science history, (2) phylogeny of animals, (3) origin and diversification of mammals, (4) selected aspect of head morphology, and (5) primatology and anthropology.

"There Will Ever Be an Aristocracy of Talent": The Mason College Magazine, 1883–1900

"There Will Ever Be an Aristocracy of Talent":The Mason College Magazine, 1883–1900 Anne Rodrick (bio) Mason Science College, Birmingham, opened its doors in November 1880. Founded by manufacturer Josiah Mason, whose rags-to-riches story entered local mythology long before his death, the college was designed "to give thorough systematic education and instruction to all who might come, unfettered by restrictions of class, creed, race, or sex."1 While Mason privileged science education above literary studies for those "who have to enter early upon the business of life," he insisted that his college also provide "classical education" for men and women, both in "regular systematic instruction" for day students and "popular instruction" in the evenings.2 Ninety-five full-time day students entered in the first class. Within a year, fifty-three of those students had founded the Mason College Union, and in January 1883 they inaugurated the Mason College Magazine, which appeared monthly and then quarterly until the college was absorbed into the University of Birmingham in 1900. This article examines the ways in which two generations of Mason students used the magazine to explore their own fluid understandings of higher education; they did so within the pages of a journal that purportedly represented all Mason College students but in time became more interested in asserting elitist notions of intellectual competence. The first generation of editors, from 1883 to about 1892, was focused on forging intense, almost familial, bonds inspired by the shared experience of creating "the Mason student"; the second generation, from about 1893 to 1900, was a more self-confident group of students who regarded their predecessors as quaintly enthusiastic and provincial. Their engagement with the ideals of higher education was focused on the many meanings of a university pedigree. Examining the ways in which students claimed a higher status over time provides insight into Victorian anxieties [End Page 787] over status, access, inclusivity, and credentialing in higher education in ways that prefigure debates in today's university institutions. Mason College was founded to fill a gap in local and regional higher education.3 Birmingham was already home to Queen's College, a local medical school whose students would form an important, if unassimilated, cohort of Mason science students until the two colleges were officially conjoined in 1892.4 It also boasted the Birmingham and Midland Institute, which had absorbed the local mechanics' institution and a variety of other adult education institutions in 1854. By 1880, the Midland was a widely respected provider both of evening education for artisans through its industrial department and of consistently well-attended public lecture programs and other cultural events through its general department. While the industrial department inspired a fiercely loyal following of teachers and students, it was not designed to facilitate courses of study that could lead to university examinations. Mason College was envisioned as an institution that would provide access to full-time, purposeful, coherently organized college instruction for day students, both male and female, who would inevitably sit for degrees through the University of London. For upwardly mobile workers, there were also courses of evening lectures on "science" topics, priced at ten shillings per term or three pence per lecture.5 Josiah Mason had imagined these day and evening programs as parallel tracks, each leading to the kind of structured higher education he himself had never enjoyed. The day students were consistently described as pursuing a "thorough and systematic education,"6 and their numbers rose from ninety-five in the first session to 615 by 1897–98.7 However, Mason governors quickly realized that "systematic" and "standardized" were not interchangeable: many day students, especially women, took only one or two courses per session and preferred a smorgasbord approach over a set curriculum.8 Perhaps the most famous of these early day students was Constance Naden, the poet-philosopher whose six-year Mason career was divided between taking science courses outside of any preset curricular guidelines and producing a steady output of poetry and prose, much of which was published in the Mason College Magazine.9 She and her fellow day students—men and women pursuing relatively independent courses of study—were the "earnest and enthusiastic" individuals...

EPA-0554 – Recruitment and training of Headucate members to enable the delivery of a school-based educational intervention

Introduction Mental health education is not compulsory in the UK therefore adolescents have very varied experiences despite half of people with mental health illnesses reporting having experienced symptoms by 14 years old. University students are ideal for delivering a relaxed, educational intervention aimed at this age group, providing an opportunity to for them to learn necessary tools for recognising signs of poor mental health and tackle associated stigma. Aim To expand Headucate's membership, including other disciplines within the University of East Anglia (UEA) and provide core training enabling members to deliver a school-based educational intervention Methods Recruitment of members has been a multifaceted approach utilising social media sites such as Facebook and the Headucate website, and oncampus events and ‘awareness campaigns’ including several successful evening talks and lectures. Three training sessions, which include ‘Introduction to Mental Health’, ‘Workshop run-through’ and ‘Child Protection’, have been developed for all members wishing to partake in the delivery of workshops. Results We have recruited approximately 300 members since summer 2012; 70 fully paid members in 2012/13 academic year and currently 45 paid members for 2013/14. A total of 18 members are fully trained and ready to deliver workshops within schools and 17 other members have just one training session remaining. Conclusions We are looking forward to delivering our first workshops in October and building on a successful first year. We are confident we can provide workshops for approximately 600 children per year.

Our Hearts Belonged to Nature

On the hot Albuquerque evening of 12 July 2013, John Nichols, the grandson of Copeia and ASIH founder John Treadwell Nichols, gave a wonderful reminiscence of his interactions with his grandfather and his father. It seems appropriate that this talk—presented here in full—be recorded as the final writing of the final issue celebrating the first century of Copeia. This evening lecture was given for the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. It was arranged by the local committee in Albuquerque and with special efforts by Steven Platania. There was standing room only. Fittingly, the front row was reserved for and occupied by Nichols' family. They were applauded nearly as loudly and warmly as John was. It was a great, great night.—Ed.

Nietzsche-Forum-München

Nietzsche-Forum-München

The 28th International Geological Congress, Washington, 1989

The 28th International Geological Congress (IGC) met from 9 to 19 August 1989 in Washington, District of Columbia, the site of the 5th (1891) and 16th (1933) IGCs. More than 6,000 persons, from the United States of America (USA) and 103 other countries, came to Washington for the 28th IGC, thirteen of them having previously attended the 16th IGC. The U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences acted as the principal hosts, in cooperation with thirty scientific societies and seven industrial organizations. As sponsors, 115 organizations and five individuals provided financial support. The fourteen themes of the 360 scientific and technical sessions, and ninety poster-paper sessions, included aspects of the dynamic Earth in space and time, mathematical geology, and comparative planetology. Two half-day colloquia of invited presentations provided a planetary perspective on the Apollo lunar-landing program and the Earth's natural resources. Invited speakers in a late-afternoon series of plenary sessions gave forty-five-minute overviews of the international programs for the decade of natural disaster reduction, geological correlation, geosphere-biosphere, lithosphere, ocean drilling, and sedimentary geology. Two hundred and thirty-three exhibitors, from twentysix countries, presented displays. Other activities included a Youth Congress, evening lectures and receptions, local tours, institutional exhibits, and an allmember evening picnic on the Mall on 18 July. Innovations included poster-paper sessions, an extensive program of short courses and workshops, the Gazette (a daily newspaper), and a field trip to Antarctica (in January 1989). One hundred and three additional field excursions, held before, during, or after the 28th IGC and each with a guidebook, took participants to geologically diverse parts of the USA, Antarctica, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Congress's general-proceedings volume appeared in 1990. Surplus moneys from the Congress provided a foundation for a '28th IGC Fund', managed by the Geological Society of America Foundation, principally to support attendance at future IGCs and the preparation of the next IGC held in the USA.

단기간 현미채식과 옥외걷기운동이 대학생의 신체조성 및 혈중지질수준에 미치는 영향

This study examined the effects of a brown rice vegetarian diet and outdoor walking exercise program on body composition and blood lipid parameters in collegians. The mean age of respondents was 21.8 yrs (males) and 21.7 yrs (females). During the ten-day program, the respondents lived in a dormitory and had three meals. The respondents exercised one hour in the morning (6:20~7:20 am) and attended one and a half hour evening lecture (7:00~8:30 pm) everyday. The brown rice vegetarian diet consisted of brown rice, whole grain bread, beans, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits contained <TEX>$2043.2{\pm}112.7$</TEX> kcal (97.3% of RNI), 66.7 g protein (133.3% of RNI), 33.6 g dietary fiber (168.2% of RNI), vitamin A (194.2% of RNI), vitamin <TEX>$B_1$</TEX>(245.5% of RNI), vitamin <TEX>$B_2$</TEX>(225.1% of RNI), niacin (233.7% of RNI), vitamin <TEX>$B_6$</TEX>(277.1% of RNI), folic acid (128.4% of RNI), vitamin C (334.6% of RNI), iron (131.9% of RNI), zinc (112.4% of RNI) and calcium (60.3% of RNI). The results showed that there were significant increases in body weight (P<0.05) and BMI (P<0.05) in males and body weight (P<0.05) and lean body mass (P<0.01) in females. In addition, there were significant decreases in total cholesterol (P<0.001), LDL cholesterol (P<0.001), TG (P<0.05), and HDL-cholesterol (P<0.001) in males and total cholesterol (P<0.01) and LDL-cholesterol (P<0.01) in female. The ten day brown rice vegetarian diet rich in fiber and outdoor walking exercise program significantly increased body weight and decreased total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol in collegians.

GCC2011 – 25 years of computational chemistry meetings

25 years ago members of the Chemistry-Information-Computers (CIC) division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) [1] realized that the usage of computers will play a major role in the processing of chemical information and that computational methods will have a large impact on chemical research approaches. At that time, Computational Chemistry was not yet established as a research field. Thus, scientists working in this area were typically chemists from all realms of chemistry who happened to have an interest in computers. To address the initial issues in the field of Computational Chemistry in a collaborative manner, the workshop “Software-Entwicklung in der Chemie” (software development in chemistry) — later renamed the CIC-Workshop — was established. The foundations were laid in this annual workshop and many projects and scientific outcomes originated from it in the years thereafter. While the initial workshops focused on the implementation of chemical databases, other topics, such as structure elucidation, structure representation and data mining, gained importance over the following years. The scientific network became more and more international over the intervening years, so much so that the CIC board decided in 2005 to change the, up to that point, German workshop into an international conference. The 7th German Conference on Chemoinformatics (GCC2011) was held from the 6th to the 8th of November 2011 in Goslar, Germany. The CIC division invited the chemoinformatics and molecular modeling community to the GCC2011 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the CIC-workshop. The conference focused on recent developments and trends in the fields of Chemoinformatics and Drug Discovery Chemical Information, Patents and Databases Molecular Modeling Computational Materials Science and Nanotechnology As always, contributions from other research areas of Computational Chemistry were also welcome. Despite the recent major changes in the pharmaceutical industry and the resulting decrease in research, the number of participants was comparable to the German Conference on Chemoinformatics in 2010. The international character of the conference was even more pronounced than in the preceding years due to the 149 participants from 18 countries (Figure ​(Figure1,1, ​,22). Figure 1 149 participants from 18 countries and 5 continents attended the GCC2011. Figure 2 Participants of the 7th German Conference on Chemoinformatics (GCC2011), November 6 – 8, 2011 in Goslar, Germany. Following the tradition, the conference was opened up by the “Free-Software-Session” and the “Chemoinformatics Market Place” on Sunday afternoon. Four Open Source projects — Travis, Knime, ParadocS and DebiChem — were presented in the “Free-Software-Session” and three preconference workshops were given by the companies Chemical Computing Group, Tripos and Xemistry. The first day of the conference was concluded by dinner and an evening lecture by Johann Gasteiger (“25 Years of CIC – Achievements and Future Goals”) both of which took place in the ore mine of Rammelsberg. The program of the following two days included plenary lectures from six well-known keynote speakers from industry and academia (Oliver Kohlbacher, University of Tubingen, Germany; Colin Groom, CCDC, Cambridge, UK; Eva Rauls, University of Paderborn, Germany; Colin Batchelor, RCS, Cambridge, UK; Herbert Koppen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany and Xavier Barril, University of Barcelona, Spain), as well as 17 lectures and 71 poster presentations. A special highlight of the conference was the FIZ-CHEMIE-Berlin awards (Figure ​(Figure3).3). The CIC division awards this prize every year to the best diploma thesis and the best PhD thesis in the field of Computational Chemistry. The prize for the PhD thesis was awarded to Dr. Volker Hahnke from the group of Prof. Gisbert Schneider, ETH Zurich for his dissertation “Text-based Similarity Searching for Hit- and Lead-Candidate Identification”. The award for the best diploma thesis was given to Daniel Moser from the group of Jun. Prof. Eugen Proschak, University of Frankfurt for his excellent master thesis “Design of Dual Ligands Using Excessive Pharmacophore Query Alignment”. Due to the closedown of the FIZ CHEMIE Berlin, these prizes were awarded for the last time in 2011. To continue its support of young German scientists in the future, starting with the GCC2012, the CIC division will endow the “CIC Advancement Award for Computational Chemistry”. Figure 3 FIZ CHEMIE Berlin Awards 2011: from left to right, Rene de Planque (Head of the FIZ CHEMIE Berlin), Volker Hahnke (FIZ CHEMIE Berlin awardee, dissertation prize; NCBI, Bethesda, USA), Daniel Moser (FIZ CHEMIE Berlin awardee, master thesis prize; ... The conference ended on Tuesday evening with a conference dinner and a speaker who was announced as a “special guest from MIT”. The special guest turned out to be Thomas Fraps, a magician who presented a very entertaining show. In the end he left a pleased and puzzled audience who could not find the answers to his “scientific experiments”. A lot of problems in Computational Chemistry have been solved in the last 25 years, yet the road ahead is full of challenging issues waiting to be tackled.

Molecular Gastronomy in the UK

Following the success of UK chefs such as Heston Blumenthal and Sat Bains, the application of science to cooking is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Initially, this started in the big food science centers of UK universities, but now science is becoming embedded in catering courses, and evening lectures on science-related food topics are increasingly popular. This trend is being taken up by restaurants and even bars around the UK, as scientific books, equipment, and ingredients are starting to crop up in food and drink destinations around the country.

Reassessing Whitman's Hegelian Affinities

From the 1920s until the 1960s, as millie D. Jensen demonstrates in her 1964 essay, and Hegel: Curious Triplicate Process, the quiet controversy about when Whitman first became aware of the philosopher spurred some advances into the question before its appeal seemed to disappear for a time.1 facts are suggestive but do not allow a precise answer. Two anthologies which came into print around the same time as the poem that would eventually be known as song of myself, frederic H. Hedge's Prose Writers of Germany (1847) and Joseph gostick's German Literature (1854), were likely the main sources of exposure to the thought of Hegel before 1879, but it is unclear when he read them. aside from his references to the philosopher in Democratic Vistas, there is nothing to suggest that during this period he sought more knowledge about him from the groups of american devotees which began to congregate in the second half of the century. among notes a short series of entries titled The sunday evening lectures discusses Hegel and german-language philosophy, and, though it is generally agreed that these notes were written some time in the late 1860s, there is no firm evidence for a date. it is clear, however, that engagement with Hegelian thought has two phases, the first coming between 1868 and 1871 when he was at work on Democratic Vistas and the second ten years later, when he met in st. louis with the Hegelian William Torrey Harris.In addition to determining what Whitman learned about Hegel and when, interpreting their relation also often involves recognizing thatWhit- man from the outset wanted to use Hegel to frame and project the legacy of a poetics which was already a decade old. in this respect even Whit- man's own account of his Hegelianism in these years ought to be read as a proleptic rather than retrospective description, since he was turning to Hegel not for an explanation of the power of his poetry's emergence but to explain its role in the social life and future of america. With the claim that Hegel is fit for america, Whitman pretty clearly asks the philosopher to stand in for himself when his poetics are pressed to a new level of involvement with politics.2This connection betweenWhitman and hegel-politically focused- take to be the widely accepted one at the time of this writing. as Kath- ryne V. Lindberg pointed out in her powerful 1991 critique, Whitman's 'Convertible Terms,' the range of problems emerging from pretense to a widely representative selfhood have only come under scru- tiny since theory has developed terms with which to attack the hegelian affinities Whitman claimed. Lindberg puts it most concisely this way:With successive self-presentations, from the representative i to a me/myself that encloses all the questions and answers of the philosophers and priests of the past, the Whitmanesque self loses its historical specificity in order to become transcendent or, like the hegelian world historical spirit, translatable-yet Whitman also insists on being untranslatable. Just so, mergers of chauvinism and egotism into what Quentin ander- son has termed the imperial self [1971] were already apparent in the 1855 preface.3For the lines of contemporary theory most concerned to articulate the importance of differences, problematic self-conception can be traced to 1855 but only dismantled once he begins to make explicitly political and philosophical claims-as, in Lindberg's view, when he brings together in Democratic Vistas his ideal of the highest poetry as speaking for all with a rough notion of the dialectic in order to claim the impor- tance of hegel for recognizing how americans must improve on their undemocratic inheritance of english literature. so Lindberg's critique of hegelianism culminates in a deconstruction of the poem which she understands his later prose to explicate:The typical personality of poetic and critical corpus is wide, amorphous, if not aleatory. …