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Presents abstracts of papers which will be presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in October 1985 in Houston, Texas. "Infants are not distractible during physiologically defined periods of sustained attention" by J.E. Richards; "Comparison of blink inhibition in infants, children, and young and old adults" by W.K. Berg et al.

Reports on the call for papers for the Behavioral Safety Now Conference in Houston, Texas, issued by the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and Quality Safety Edge. Schedule of the conference.

A conference specific to the education and training of clinical neuropsychology was held in 1997, which led to a report published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (Hannay, J., Bieliauskas, L., Crosson, B., Hammeke, T., Hamsher, K., & Koffler, S. (1998). Proceedings of the Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 13, 157–250.). The guidelines produced by this conference have been referred to as the Houston Conference (HC) guidelines. Since that time, there has been considerable discussion, and some disagreement, about whether the HC guidelines produced a positive outcome in the training of neuropsychologists. To explore this question and determine how widely the HC guidelines were implemented, a meeting was held in 2006. Present and past leaders of the American Psychological Association Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology), the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology met to discuss the possible need for an Inter-Organizational Summit on Education and Training (ISET). A decision was reached to have the ISET Steering Committee conduct a survey of clinical neuropsychologists that could address the extent to which HC guidelines were present in the specialty and whether the influence of the HC guidelines was positive. An online survey was constructed, with data gathered in 2010. The current paper presents and discusses the ISET survey results. Specific findings need to be viewed cautiously due to the relatively low response rate. However, with some direct parallels to a larger recent survey of clinical neuropsychologists, the following general conclusions appear well founded: (a) the demographics of respondents in the ISET survey are comparable with a recent larger professional practice survey and thus may reasonably represent the specialty; (b) the HC guidelines appear to have been widely adopted by training programs, in that a large proportion of younger practitioners endorsed having had HC-adherent training; and (c) HC-adherent training is associated with a higher frequency endorsement of being well prepared to engage in key professional activities subsequent to the completion of training when compared with those not having HC-adherent training. Overall, the ISET Steering Committee has concluded that the HC guidelines have been widely adopted and that trainees associate participation in HC-adherent training as advantageous. A potential revision based on unfavorable outcomes is deemed unnecessary. Nonetheless, the ISET Steering Committee recognizes that training needs change as a function of the broadening of our field and the introduction of related new technologies, which may prompt updates. The ISET Steering Committee supports the idea that periodic review and updating of training models may be is prudent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed on the 33rd annual meeting conducted by the Semiotic Society of America in Houston, Texas is presented. Topics explored by the speakers include the specialization, semiosis and semiotics and philosophy. The event has been attended by Peter Harries-Jones, Donald Favareau and Paul Cobley.

The article reports on the participation of Clariant International Ltd.'s Oil Services business at Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM) 2011 trade show at the Houston Marriot Westchase in Houston, Texas on February 15 to 17. It explains that at the trade show, specialty chemicals expert will present its innovative technologies and expertise in pipeline cleaning and corrosion control. Moreover, Clariant Oil Services will present a paper titled "Chemical-assisted Pipeline Pigging Cleaning Operations," authored by sales manager Tom Swanson on February 16 to discuss a cleaning chemical for hydrocarbon transport pipelines. It notes that apart from the cleaning chemical, the company will also discuss laboratory testing and case histories of applications in the U.S.

Information about several papers discussed at the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) conference at Houston is presented. The topics covered included ground penetrating radar and non-destructive testing of aerospace ceramics. Doctor Frank A. Iddings presented the Lester Honor lecture on the activities of the ASNT. The latest NDT products from over 120 countries were on display in the Quality Testing Show. The next ASNT conference will be held in November 2007 in Las Vegas.

Introduces the abstracts of general conference presentations presented at the 11th annual conference of the International Society for Neuronal Regulation in Houston, Texas. Review of the articles by the society's conference committee; Screening of the papers for accuracy and standards of scientific reporting by the committee.

Information about several papers discussed at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held from March 13-17, 2006, in Houston, Texas, is presented. In all their excitement over a watery geyser on Saturn's little satellite Enceladus, the media overlooked a geophysical oddity. At the meeting, two planetary scientists suggested an answer: An imbalance in Enceladus's innards may have rolled the moon over to bring the geysering down there. If so, they may have found a solution to a 25-year mystery on Uranus as well. Contrary to intuition, spinning planetary bodies need not spin like a perfect top forever.

Information about several papers discussed at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held from March 13-17, 2006, in Houston, Texas, is presented. Deep Impact scientists have figured out why they couldn't see the crater formed last July when they smashed a nearly half-ton "bullet" into comet Tempel l. Team members compared the plumes of debris blown off Tempel 1 with ejecta from laboratory impact experiments, and they simulated debris trajectories under a comet's feeble gravity. Both approaches indicate that the dirty snowball at the heart of Tempel 1 is mostly empty space.

The symposium was held at the University of Texas Health Science Center on Aging at Houston, Texas, USA. Approximately 20 participants attended from three different counties: Japan, Canada and the USA. The goal of the symposium was to present current research and to discuss possibilities for future collaborative international research. Eleven papers were presented in three categories: research studies, research methodology and mechanisms for future collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]