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The article presents information about the 1966 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, which will be held at the Hotel Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida from August 29 to September 1, 1966. It states that August 29, 1966 will be devoted to meetings arranged by sections of the association. Session Organizers appointed by the President of the meeting and the 1966 Program Committee will arrange the regular sessions from August 30 to September 1, 1966. For each field in which the association has a section, the President of the meeting and the Program Committee in consultation with the Section Chairman have appointed a Session Organizer. The final list of Topics and Session Organizers and deadlines for submission of papers will appear in the November 1965 issue of the journal "The American Sociologist." Members may submit papers directly to Session Organizers, or if in doubt about the appropriate session, to the Program Committee. Papers should not exceed 1,500 words in length. Questions regarding the program should be sent to the 1966 Program Committee.

The U. S. Government, the automotive industry and other large users of textiles have strict requirements for the tensile strength of nylon which will be exposed to sunlight. Usually Fade-Ometer and Florida sunlight exposures are used to determine in advance if the nylon will meet the requirements of its user. These methods, however, take considerable time. This paper reports the results of work that has been done in an attempt to shorten the necessary exposure time by using higher energy sources. Nylons yarns, with various treatments, were exposed to Fade-Ometor, Florida sunlight, ultraviolet, nuclear and laser energy sources. A correlation was attempted between the various types of exposures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents several books related to sociology. "Hacia una sociologia del surco: Resultados del Sexto Congreso Nacional de Sociologia de Morelia," by Roberto Agramonte. In this small volume the distinguished professor of sociology and director of the Department of Cultural Interchange at the University of Havana summarizes succinctly the program of Mexico's Sixth National Sociological Congress and appraises with keen insight most of the major papers presented at it. "El hombre y Ia tierra en Boyacd: Bases socio-históricas para una ref orma agraria," by Orlando Fals Borda. This volume contains an intensive study of the institutionalized relations between man and the land in the Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The study was done with the aid of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the English version was presented as a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Florida. "Migraciones internas en Costa Rica," by Wilburg Jimenez Castro. Based largely upon materials gathered in the 1950 census of population, this volume contains the results of one of the most thorough going studies of rural-urban and interregional migration ever done in Latin America.

This paper examines the values, variance and some possible determinants of sex ratios for the first child and for all children in expected and desired families. For adults in Tallahassee, Florida, it was found that a large majority of respondents within sixty demographic categories chose males for their first child. Of those who actually had girls for their first child, a plurality would, nevertheless, prefer a first boy in their desired family. It was hypothesized and demonstrated that sex-role ideologies were a strong predictor of variance in first-child sex preferences. Sex ratios for all children in expected and desired families were 116 and 113, respectively. If people could choose the sex of their future children, these data suggest that several population parameters might be significantly altered; a preliminary model is outlined which might project some of these changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 1900 and 1950, the population of the United States doubled, but during this same period the proportion of persons over 64 years of age quadrupled. In all states, aging has created problems which are becoming increasingly pressing. The Social Security program is designed to cope with certain income, health, and welfare issues; but the problem of personal adjustment in retirement is largely an individual matter. Agricultural census data indicate that many older people have retired on the land. Currently, more than 400,000 persons reach retirement age annually. Presumably many of these people plan for rural retirement. This paper examines the question of whether adjustment of retired persons is achieved in agriculture, especially under conditions as found in Florida. It is concluded that agriculture provides economic and cultural advantages for retirees, but that factors associated with constant aging tend to weaken these values, at least as related to open-country retirement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the flora and fauna in the tidal belts of North America, with particular emphasis on Northern Florida and the Carolinas. It describes the rock configuration, wave-action, sand-scour and tides in Marineland, Florida and mentions the organisms occurring there. It informs about the general ecological conditions in the Charleston area of South Carolina and discusses the fauna and flora of the jetties and the population of estuarine rocks. The flora and fauna of the breakwaters in the Beaufort region of North Carolina and the seasonal variations in the district are also stated.

This paper is concerned with developing a procedure for assigning students to public schools optimally, given that a specified racial balance must be attained in each school. The criterion for optimality is to minimize the total number of miles traveled. The problem is formulated as a minimum-cost flow problem in a single-commodity network. A summary of the results achieved by the model for the Gainesville, Florida, school system is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unmarried mothers are frequently unreached in our society. Even when they come to maternity homes, the babies are often the foci of agency concern, and the mothers leave with their basic problems untouched. This paper describes the attempt of an agency, the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Florida, to reach out to a group of girls in a maternity home and to another quite dissimilar group of dropouts from school because of pregnancy. Group counseling is a process which can help many of these persons, some of whom can gain thereby the necessary strength and support to tolerate individual counseling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The First International Congress of Cybernetic Medicine was held at the University Navale in Naples, Florida between October 2 and 4, 1960 under the auspices of the International Association of Cybernetic Medicine. It was attended by scientists from 23 countries and including leading scientists such as professor Nicholas Rashewsky, Paul Nayrac and Norbert Wiener. The general theme of the congress was "introduction of cybernetic methods in modern medicine." Eight reports and 55 papers were submitted. First report gave an introduction to the cybernetics and its role in modern industrial, economic and social development. Second report underlined basic principles of cybernetics and their influence on medicine and biology. Professor Norbert Wiener, the founder of the science of cybernetics welcomed the new trend in medico-scientific work in cybernetics. Third report reviewed logical elements introduced by cybernetics into biology and clinical practice. Fourth report provided a relation between cybernetics with neurology with reference to inter-fibrous vacuoles regarded as an organ of memory. Fifth report pointed to the physio-chemical equilibrium and the theory of regulation. Sixth report described cybernetics as a new methodology for studying the functions of the nervous and other systems. Seventh report highlighted the new method of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Eighth report highlighted a cybernetic scheme of rheumatic diseases and a general theory of human pathology.

The article presents information about the paper "Communication of Research Results," by John A. Behnke, that appeared in the December 24, 1954 issue of the journal "Science." The paper is an account of a symposium on communication of research results that was held on September 7, 1954 in Florida. They concerned publication problems in the field of biology, substitutions for journal publication, more effective reporting of research results, methods of reproducing material, and potentialities of electronic devices for bibliographic work.

The article discusses a computer-based study related to the causes of traffic deaths in Jacksonville, Florida from 1965-1966. Researchers used advanced industrial management science techniques to obtain the results. The study revealed that habitual, white, male traffic violators were involved in accidents at speeds averaging more than 50 miles per hour within the city's limits. Researchers say the study shows that effective traffic enforcement programs must aim to slow down, apprehend, and remove the habitual traffic violators from city streets.

The article presents additional information to an earlier article "Issues of Power: Clarification," in the same journal as a rejoinder under the section "Debate." The main article is "Statistical Tests and Surveys of Power: A Critique." also published in the same journal. The author feels sorry that Professor J.K. Brewer of Florida State University, Florida, chose not to comment on the points raised in his paper regarding surveys of power and decision theoretic methods, as he feels these issues deserve discussion. Relative to Brewer's clarification, he was misled because he thought these sentences had some informational content. The statement in point 3 of the article "Issues of Power: Clarification," is grammatically clumsy because of the change in tense. However, the phrase, "Given that," is standard in conditional probability problems and always refers to a probability calculated in a sub-space. The author hopes the reader will not see this as mere nit-picking since the statements bear directly on the point that one might do a survey of sample sizes, but a survey of power is meaningless.

The article presents a study on the ability of a student to balance a chemical equation in Florida. The methods of testing the ability of the student to balance chemical reactions by the utilization of multiple choice is presented in this article. A method called the sum of coefficients was used to measure the student's abilities. After the examination, the author became aware of certain types of errors that were negating the validity of the test scores. The details on the experiment which was designed to determine whether the errors were actually significant part of the student's grade was presented.

Discusses the role of Graphicstudio at the University of South Florida in Tampa in arts development. Mission of the organization; Contributions of Graphicstudio to the university; Information on activities of the organization.

The article presents the announcement of ADI Convention, Silver Anniversary Conference: American Documentation Institute, slated to be held on December 11-14, 1962 at The Diplomat Hotel and Country Club, Hollywood-By-The-Sea, Florida. A forthcoming ADI Newsletter will carry further details and important announcements and the ADI Secretariat will soon mail each member an advance convention registration card. ADI's Council on September 8 voted that new memberships in ADI taken out in October, November, or December would carry convention and election voting privileges and full ensuing year membership and publications, but no current-year publications.

The article presents the minutes from proceedings of an annual meeting of rural sociological societies, that was held on August 26, 1966 in Miami Beach, Florida. The meeting was called under President Allan Beegle and few other members like Robert L. McNamara, Glenn V. Fuguitt, Denton E. Morrison etc. Reports like Nominations and Awards, Secretary-Treasurer, Publications Committee, International Cooperation, Development Committee, Representation to ASA Council, Census Needs, Society Archives and Action on Meeting Place Policy were accepted by the council. The council took actions related to the recommendation of the Publications Committee and authorized the expenditure of up to $1,500 for developing a monograph publication. The Development Committee was asked to evaluate the brochure opportunities in rural sociology. The new President is to appoint a committee to make recommendations on the Census of Agriculture. President Beagle appointed Robert M. Dimit to work with the Secretary-Treasurer in publishing the new directory of membership.

Focuses on the process of sedimentation in Saint Joseph Bay, Florida. Formation of a basin filled by detrital sands in Florida; Organic content of the sediments in the area.

A modified version of Myrdal's "Rank Order of Discrimination Hypothesis" was tested in Jacksonville, Florida. No significant inverse relationship was found between white and Negro scales. Negroes ranked political disenfranchisement lower and segregation in public facilities higher than Myrdal postulated. Whites showed more resistance to equal job opportunities than predicted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study concerning how the high school teachers in Florida gives advise to their students. The study attempts to estimate the amount of counseling done per year by vocational homemaking teachers to their students concerning dating relationships, premarital and marital relationships, intrafamilial relationships, personal growth and psychosexual development. It aims to determine the relationship between counseling done on the concerns mentioned and selected factors associated with the teachers, including recency of formal education, counseling education of training, amount of time available for counseling, among others. It is also mentioned in the paper that the study does not evaluate the effectiveness of their counseling.

The article presents information on two symposiums--Protein Structure and Function at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, and the sixth annual Life Sciences Symposium at Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, California. The papers presented in the Protein Structure meeting included one on the function and structure of pig-heart thiolase, pullulanase and protein chemosynthesis. The realm of the Symposium was the interspecific relationships among a vast array of organisms.

The article reports on the result of the meeting of Council for Elementary Science International (CESI) which was held on April 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida. In the meeting, it was decided by the members of CESI that "Science for Children" will become the official publication of the organization and ended its relationship with "Science Education" journal. The "Science Education" journal has been privileged to publish the official programs, minutes of business meetings, list of officers, official and related papers presented at the annual meetings of CESI for 32 years.

The article discusses the science forecast for Florida. The forecast is based on the first full year's experience with science fairs culminating with the first Florida State Science Fair. The first science fair was able to capture the interest of many people. Science fair projects are ready made and ideal entries for other contests. New contests are expected to develop. Also, loans, grants, scholarships and supplies will be forthcoming for students to support their research and continued progress.

The article presents a case study of debt incurred by Florida cities during the 1920s. During that period tax delinquencies and unbalanced budgets were common, yet by the 1950s these issues were substantially under control. The author surveys the causes and magnitude of problems that plagued Florida municipal finance and describes corrective actions taken. The relationship to national fiscal policy is also discussed. In the author's view, federal countercyclical policies cannot be pursued with disregard to fiscal decision-making at the local level.

The article presents a section of abstracts relating to the analysis of consumers, including abstracts of the articles "Characteristics of the Tourists of Greater Miami, 1951-52," by Victor Bennett and Charles Wurst; "Consolidated Consumer Analysis;" and "The Consumption of Food in Relation to Household Composition and Income: An Analysis of Postwar British Budgets," by J. A. C. Brown and discussants.

Classification of administrative decisions as routine, adaptive, and innovative provides the framework for identification of the multiple roles played by city managers. Actual discretion accorded managers by their city councils or by the charter is rated for each category within the adaptive and innovative decision classes in ten cities studied. Such rating of discretion provides more precise descriptions of role behavior than the more customary general description of tasks. The political context for the various ranges of role behavior is then examined for style of politics and institutional-structural factors. Political style may be monopolistic or competitive; institutional-structural factors include popular election of the mayor as opposed to council choice of the mayor, independence of any departments of government from manager control, and ward election of councilmen as opposed to election at large. A positive relationship was found between limitations in range of discretion accorded city managers and popular election of the mayor in all cities with this electoral feature. Restrictions of managers' roles were attributed to conflicting role expectations of the managers and the elected mayors. This finding is in accord with the common-sense opposition of proponents of council-manager government to popular election of the mayor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed during the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency held in Miami Beach, Florida is presented. The research presented during the congress include survey papers on medicine and psychology and a research paper on the contributions of Edouard Seguin to education. The survey paper entitled "Trends and Problems in the Education of the Mentally Retarded: 1800-1940" was also included in the presentation.

Presents letters to the editor, published in the February 1967 issue of the journal "The American Sociologist," referencing several social and national issues. Views towards the current biological advancements; Meeting of National American Sociological Association in Miami, Florida.

Describes a public speaking course that has been taught successfully at Florida State University. Application of the contract method; Categories of the work performed by students; Types of speeches selected by students.

The article offers news briefs related to biological sciences in the U.S. The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agriculture in Gainesville, Florida, has started a new program in forest tree physiology. Six U.S. schools have been awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation under its "centers of excellence" program. The American Fisheries Society has elected several new officers.

Introduces a series of articles which featured the papers presented in an educational workshop sponsored by the American Agricultural Economics Association at the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida, on August 23 to 25, 1972.

In the early summer of 1973, insurers representing about 65 percent of the Florida private passenger automobile insurance market cooperated ill supplying incurred accident-year experience for 1971 and 1972 to provide a basis for measuring probable first-year cost results in Florida under no-fault. Insurers differed, and sometimes substantially, in their reported results. But a summary of all submissions indicates a probable increase in insurer costs at the 15-month development. This is in marked contrast with the Massachusetts experience reported a year ago in the Journal and casts doubt on the present ability of no-fault system designers to balance threshold and benefit accounts without actual market experimentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the State of Florida Revenue Sharing Act of 1972. Distribution of state funds using a formula based on population and tax effort; Current population estimates.

Data concerning certainty of arrest and crime are analyzed for cities and counties in the state of Florida. The results support a deterrent argument but suggest that certainty of punishment must reach a critical level before an effect on crime rate can be observed. It is argued that contemporary theories of deviance would profit from inclusion of deterrence ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Populations of viable bacteria and fungi were shown to exist in various strata of peat formed in the Florida Everglades. The populations present were quantitatively and qualitatively different in three distinct peat-forming habitats and at various depths in the peat profiles. Relatively few pieces of peat taken from horizons below the surface were colonized by actively growing fungi or actinomycetes. Direct observation of peat confirmed some features of the cultural studies. Bacteria were mostly present in small groups of two to six cells and most of the hyphae recorded were apparently formed by Actinomycetales rather than the fungi. The significance of these data in relation to possible long-term changes in the peats is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three-wave panel data collected during the 1968 presidential election campaign in Florida and North Carolina are analyzed on the basis of the partial candidate preference information available for some respondents and the complete information obtained from others. A supplemented marginals model based on the general linear approach to categorical data analysis is extended to the situation involving incomplete time data. The final statistical models show no politically significant effects associated with the campaign (time) on the level of citizens' preferences for Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, or George Wallace for seven race and occupation classifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents news briefs on several universities and colleges in the United States as of January 1974. Election of Doris Cook to the National Council of Β Α Ψ; Retirement of Professor A.B. Carson from the University of California, Los Angeles; Promotion of Gene McClung and Robert J. West at the University of South Florida; Staff members at the Georgia State University that have joined the Department of Accounting.

Presents the program of the 39th Annual Convention and Course in Postgraduate Gastroenterology of the American College of Gastroenterology in Bal Harbour, Florida. Registration requirements; Meetings; Scientific exhibits.

Presents information on the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the American College of Gastroenterology to be held in Bal Harbour, Florida in July 1938. Speakers at the event; Highlights of the convention; Incorporation of a postgraduate course under the direction of doctors Isidore Snapper and John L. Madden into the convention.