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The aims of the Sub-Committee on Computerised Braille Production are to seek international co-operation for the development of computerised braille production facilities and to encourage the cost-effective use of technology for braille production. To fulfil these aims the Sub-Committee is endeavouring to: maintain an international directory of people and organisations involved or interested in computerised braille production; collect and disseminate information about current and future computerised braille production systems; hold international meetings. The Sub~Committee comprises: 1) Mr. D....

This supplement of Mikrochimica Acta contains selected papers from the Fourth Workshop of the European Microanalysis Society (EMAS) on "Modern Develop ments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis" which took place in May 1995 in Saint Malo (France). EMAS was founded in 1986 by members from almost all european countries in order to stimulate research, applications and development of all forms of microbeam methods. One important EMAS activity is the organisation of biennial workshops for demonstrating the current status and developing trends of microanalytical techniques. For this meeting, EMAS...

L'arteriosclerose est fa rouille de fa vie (Bichat) - die Arteriosklerose ist der "Rost des Lebens"; er zeigt sich im Alter durch Erkrankungen der Arterien des Herzens, des Gehirns und der Extremitaten. Weltweit sind Erkrankungen des Herzkreislaufsystems und der Scblaganfall die haufig sten Todesursachen von Menschen jenseits des 65. Lebensjahres. Diese Tatsache zwingt den geriatrisch tatigen Arzt, sich immer wieder aufs neue mit der Problematik der Herz und Kreislauferkrankungen im Alter auseinanderzusetzen. Moderne diagnostische und therapeutische Verfahren der Kardiologie und der Angiolo...