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Calls for papers for the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists' midyear clinical meeting in Atlanta, Georgia from December 8 to 12, 2002. Prior publication or presentation; Authorship; Publication rights; Preparation of paper for submission.

Calls for professional papers for presentation at the mid-year Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Orlando, Florida. Changes in the submission process to improve the quality of the presentations; Deadline for Management Case Study, professional, student and resident poster submissions; Selection criteria that will be used by a blinded peer review panel.

By exploiting the cancellation of the 2012 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, we investigate the role of conferences in facilitating academic collaboration. We assembled data sets comprising 17,467 academics, and in difference‐in‐differences analysis we find that the conference cancellation led to a decrease in individuals’ likelihood of co‐authoring an article with another attendant by 16%. Moreover, collaborations formed among attendants of (occurring) conferences are associated with more successful co‐publications: an effect which is sharpest for teams that are new or non‐collocated. Conferences seem to de‐cluster the co‐authorship network. Altogether, our findings demonstrate the importance of conferences in scientific production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article introduces the special issue of "Industrial and Corporate Change" focusing on developments in telecommunications policy. The papers included in this issue were presented at the "Bridging Digital Technologies and Regulatory Paradigms" conference held at the University of California at Berkeley in June 1997. These papers reveal the importance of convergence as a fundamental feature of the business and policy landscape. They are also concerned with policy issues that arise as the telecommunications industry moves toward a competitive market structure made possible by technical and political advances.

This paper provides an overview of the work reported at a symposium on age-related changes in the structure and function of forests in the United States Pacific Northwest. Some of the work presented at this meeting is reported in the peer-reviewed papers comprising this journal issue. Age-related changes in leaf structure, CO2 assimilation rate, stable carbon isotope ratio, nitrogen concentration and stomatal limitation were demonstrated at many organizational scales. At larger scales, age-related changes were reported in canopy structure and light profile, stand productivity, tree mortality and respiration. These data raise new questions about the potential interaction among the structural and functional changes in aging forests, and indicate many avenues for future research concerning tree growth and ecosystem functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers various announcements related to the U.S.-based learned society American Genetic Association (AGA) in 2014 including the Stephen J. O'Brien Award to be granted to the journal's best student paper, the meeting of AGA on June 28-29 and the introduction of the Special Events Awards.

The article presents information about the fifty-third annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). The conference took place on May at the Marriott Pavilion Downtown in Saint Louis, Missouri. Official registration was 566, including 77 new members. mere were 159 first timers of which 72 were students. A breakdown of the registration revealed 44 percent affiliated with academic institutions, 37 percent commercial, 10 percent government, 6 percent nonprofit, and 3 percent other. A total of 460 people were listed as participants in a variety of roles: session organizers, plenary speakers, short-course instructors, panelists, chairs, discussants, authors, and presenters of papers. In keeping with the tradition for conferences held during even-numbered years, the conference site was shared by the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), whose conference ran May 13-15. Joint AAPOR/WAPOR paper sessions included the themes of public opinion in developing countries, comparisons across cultures, and surveys and the courts.

Does the ability of some brain dead bodies to maintain homeostasis with the help of artificial life support actually imply that those bodies are living human organisms? Or might it be possible that a brain dead body on life support is a mere collection of still-living cells, organs and tissues which can coordinate with one another, but which lack the genuine integration that is the hallmark of a unified human organism as a whole? To foster further study of these difficult and timely questions, a Symposium on the Definition of Death was held at The Catholic University of America in June 2014. The Symposium brought together scholars from a variety of disciplines-law, medicine, biology, philosophy and theology-who all share a commitment to the dead donor rule and to a biological definition of death, but who have differing opinions regarding the validity of neurological criteria for human death. The papers found in this special issue are among the fruits of this Symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on several research papers that are to be presented from 3:30pm to 5:00pm on March 23, 2007 in the U.S. including one focuses on the process used to design the prototype multiplex genetic test, one which examines the differences in BRCA genes 1/2 testing attitudes between African Caribbean and African American Women, and one which investigates the patients' interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk.

The article offers information on several research papers which are to be presented in the scheduled sessions and symposiums on March 23, 2007 in the U.S. including one which prospectively examines women's exercise behavior and psychological correlates before, during, and after pregnancy, one which examines new mothers' transmission of diet and physical activity behaviors, and one which investigates the behavioral risk factors in overweight women.

The article offers information on several papers which are to be presented during sessions and symposiums on March 22, 2007 in the U.S. including one which offers family discussion following melanoma diagnosis, one which examines interactions between gender and disclosure in predicting quality of life and psychological distress in patients with gastrointestinal cancer, and one which pilots a couple-based treatment for chronic illness in an outpatient VA clinic.

The article offers information on several papers which will be presented at sessions and symposiums from 1:30pm to 3:00pm on March 22, 2007 in the U.S. is presented which include once which will present baseline data from a larger, ongoing project aimed at testing the effectiveness of a social marketing campaign to promote condom use among Latino men, one which investigates the multiple risk behaviors of injecting drug users, and one which examines the condom use among rural internet gays.

Introduction: In 2013, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration funded a network of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) with a mission that included research and training. A cross-TCORS Panel was established to define tobacco regulatory science (TRS) competencies to help harmonize and guide their emerging educational programs. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Panel's work to develop core TRS domains and competencies.Methods: The Panel developed the list of domains and competencies using a semistructured Delphi method divided into four phases occurring between November 2013 and August 2015.Results: The final proposed list included a total of 51 competencies across six core domains and 28 competencies across five specialized domains.Conclusions: There is a need for continued discussion to establish the utility of the proposed set of competencies for emerging TRS curricula and to identify the best strategies for incorporating these competencies into TRS training programs. Given the field's broad multidisciplinary nature, further experience is needed to refine the core domains that should be covered in TRS training programs versus knowledge obtained in more specialized programs.Implications: Regulatory science to inform the regulation of tobacco products is an emerging field. The paper provides an initial list of core and specialized domains and competencies to be used in developing curricula for new and emerging training programs aimed at preparing a new cohort of scientists to conduct critical TRS research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the Second World War, the British book trade faced severe shortages of paper, of labour, particularly in the printing and binding sectors, and of shipping space for imports of raw materials and exports of finished books. These limitations drastically reduced the number of books publishers produced—supplies to British booksellers were strictly rationed and exports dwindled to a mere fraction of their pre-war levels. American publications, less affected by war-time shortages, began to supplant British exports in certain key markets. Concern intensified in Britain that this trend would continue, seriously and permanently damaging the book export trade. Overseas book sales were particularly valued, not only because of their very real contribution to the balance of trade, but also because of their immeasurable contributions to the promotion of British culture and ideas around the world: ‘Books are ambassadors of British culture… Books are salesmen of British goods.’1 Prompted by the desire to reclaim markets neglected during the war, drawn by the lure of new markets emerging after, and constantly motivated by the treat of competition from America, the British book trade waged a great campaign to increase book exports. Individual publishers, trade organizations, government ministries and charitable organizations all cooperated in this export drive, introducing an astonishing number of new initiatives and projects between 1940 and 1960. This paper charts traces the motivations behind the book export drive and describes the major initiatives it prompted. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the fifty-second conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research held on May 15-18, 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia. The conference focused on the future of survey research on new methods of data collection, problems in maintaining response rates, and the latest methods for developing questionnaires. And there were many papers on that highly visible test of the accuracy of surveys related with the presidential elections. The session, entitled "Controversies in Pre-Election Polling," featured researchers C. Everett Ladd, Kathy Frankovic, Frank Newport, and John Zogby. Frank Newport, from the Gallup Organization, led off the session. He presented statistics on the margin of error in the presidential poll results going back to the 1940s. Several other sessions concerned the problems and impact of different modes of data collection. Two of these focused on the latest technology for doing surveys, the uses of the Internet for collecting data and disseminating the results. Two other sessions explored the impact of computer-assisted interviewing.

Discusses the role of churches in the U.S. in the passage of the Civil Rights Act (CRA) of 1964. Efforts by the National Council of Churches (NCC), an advocate of social gospel, to support the CRA; Information on a conference on religion and race convened by faith communities in Chicago, Illinois in 1963; Factor behind the establishment of the new Commission on Religion and Race of the NCC.

This article reports on the proceedings of the forty-fifth annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), held in May 1989, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The four-day Conference consisted of 27 AAPOR paper panels, 5 WAPOR paper panels, 15 roundtables, two plenaries, and one didactic session. Together, these sessions included over 175 different presentations. The tally of all names listed in the program-including session chairpersons, discussants, roundtable panelists, paper givers and coauthors-indicates that 280 different persons contributed to the intellectual content of the conference program in some direct fashion. The two, evening plenary sessions focused on "Perestroika, Glasnost, and Public Opinion in the Soviet Union" and "Newspapers and Television as Election Pollsters: Do They Do Anything Right?" The didactic session was on "Designing Good Graphs." The AAPOR Award for exceptionally distinguished achievement was presented to Herbert E. Krugman.

The article discusses U.S. unemployment policy during the Interwar Period of the early 1920s, including the role that the U.S. government played in offering services to the unemployed and the paternalist aspects of the policy. The role that U.S. Secretary of Commerce and future President Herbert Hoover played in developing U.S. welfare policy for the unemployed is discussed. The former U.S. colonel Arthur Woods' involvement in the 1921 President’s Conference on Unemployment is also discussed.

A 2009 conference at Arizona State University brought together leading scholars to discuss the future of forensic science in light of the blockbuster National Academy of Sciences report entitled ‘Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward’. This paper introduces the special issue on forensic science that this conference spawned, considers the significance of the report and then offer reasons to be pessimistic about whether major reforms are forthcoming. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information about the 13th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation that was held at the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University in the U.S. from July 18-21, 2006. It is a series of workshops which started in 1994 with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary research in pure and applied logic.

The article provides information about the development of health education in the U.S. The International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research has made a second announcement of its Third International Conference. A conference titled "Gender, Work and Organization" will be held on June 22-24, 2005. The Alberta Centre for Active Living has published "An Environmental Scan of Workplace Wellness Programs in Alberta."

This article provides information on the 2002 annual membership meeting called to order by outgoing American Association for Public Opinion Research president Don Dillman at Saint Pete Beach, Florida in May. Secretary-treasurer Rob Santos reported that the financial status is good. The association has a surplus of $40,000. In the membership committee report, Dawn Nelson reported that the association have 1,378 members. A variety of outreach efforts were made, including sending e-mails and letters and making phone calls to lapsed members. Scott Keeter reported that the Standards Committee was enlarged to include members from each chapter and Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics and Consortium of Social Science Associations representatives. Diane O'Rourke, chair of the Endowment Committee, asked the members present to review the conference program booklet. They show the goals of the endowment, the status of the funds and the names of the members and organizations who have contributed since the inception of the fund in October 2000. Dick Kulta, reported that despite concerns about attendance after September 11, 2001, numbers were fine. He received 332 submissions resulting in 229 papers, 59 sessions, 10 roundtable discussions and 3 poster sessions.

This year's conference, May 19-22, was the second held at "The Inn" at Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, and the first under the new management of the inn. Attendance was large and, as usual for American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) conferences, the attendees were argumentative. It was a good and useful conference highlighted by three major sessions, the Paul Lazarsfeld Memorial Lecture given by Peter Rossi, the plenary session on the 1976 election, and the return of "The Author Meets the Critics" in honor of Shirley Star. The conference chair, Howard Freeman, and his able committee put together an outstanding program. An innovation this year was the introduction of two sessions of contributed papers. The growth in the number of papers that did not fit any particular session but were of high quality led to this departure. The large number of such papers is a healthy sign for the field as a whole. A strong effort to circulate campuses by Nelson Foote and his committee also led to a set of high quality submissions for the student award. As usual, Joe Klapper did yeoman work in planning and arranging the physical facilities.

The article highlights the second International Congress of Parasitology in the U.S. It is stated that the organizers attempted to provide an official sponsorship for the corridor conferences and eliminate most of the formal presentations. The usual 10-minute papers were replaced by a large series of workshops. The presentations were confined to the opening plenary session, closing plenary session and seven technical review sessions.

The article offers information on the Commonwealth Fund Conference in American History at University College London in England from February 12-14, 1998. The Commonwealth Fund Lecture of Janet Staiger focused on the history of American film reception. In the keynote lecture, "Home Alone Together: Hollywood and the Family Film," Robert Allen examined the relationship between the discursive structure of the family in contemporary Hollywood film and the concept of modern-day family entertainment.

The article presents information on developments related to the field of biosciences and the people associated with it, in the U.S. Parithychery R. Srinivasan was recently appointed as president of the New York Academy of Sciences for 1980. Ruth Patrick has been elected chairman of the Section of Population Biology, Evolution and Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences. Andrei D. Sakharov has received the Presidential Award of the New York Academy of Sciences for outstanding accomplishments in science. Plans for a Science and Technology Magnet School are underway by the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District. The American Fisheries Society has issued a call for papers for its 110th annual meeting, to be held at Kentucky from September 21-24, 1980.

The article briefs on events and other happenings taking place in the country under a section of "News and Notes" of the journal "Public Opinion Quarterly." The twenty-ninth annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research will be held May 30 to June 4, 1974, on the theme of "understanding the United States." In another development, a two-year project now underway at the University of Illinois' Survey Research Laboratory will collate and synthesize present knowledge of consumer behavior gathered from various social science disciplines. The project will solicit papers from experts representing specific disciplines, and these will be reviewed and discussed at a small invitational conference prior to their publication. The Institute for Survey Research at Temple University has completed a mail survey of members of the American Psychological Association's Consumer Psychology division, with the aim of developing a more systematic understanding of ethical problems encountered by consumer psychologists.

This paper is the Presidential Address which was delivered before the Thirteenth Annual Conference on Public Opinion Research in Chicago, Illinois, on May 10, 1958. The original, written and spoken with frequent resort to the first person pleural, loses something of its earnest tone when translated into a more conventional style for publication but it still calls for constructive criticism of current opinion research and effect the preparation to meet the increasingly exacting standards of the future. Frederick F. Stephan was President of the American Association for Public Opinion Research for the 1957-1959 term. He is Professor of Social Statistics at Princeton University. The central principle of the Conference is to take a broad look at what is being done in opinion research and to think more deeply about its meaning for clients, the public at large, and researchers themselves. In furtherance of this purpose the author chose as the title of the address on which this paper is based, a simple but serious question.

Unnecessary hospitalizations of vulnerable nursing home (NH) residents can lead to hospital-acquired conditions, morbidity, mortality, and excess health care expenditures. Previous research has shown that a substantial percentage of these hospitalizations are preventable. Interventions to reduce acute care transfers (INTERACT) is a quality improvement program that has been adopted by many NHs throughout the United States. The original INTERACT toolkit was first created in a project supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The toolkit was further refined and tested in a collaborative quality improvement project involving 30 NHs in 3 states, which resulted in a 17% reduction in all-cause hospitalizations. This study was limited because it was not randomized or controlled. Nevertheless, the data provide evidence that the program, even in the absence of strong regulatory oversight or financial incentives, is feasible to implement and that more active program engagement is associated with higher reductions in hospitalization. This paper describes dissemination of the INTERACT program using a pragmatic and relatively low cost model to prepare certified INTERACT Trainers in collaboration with several professional organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a template for the decade ahead regarding the delivery, supply, and funding of caregiver respite services. Policy changes are needed to address these issues as concerns about our country's ability to meet future caregiving needs are growing along with our aging population. Federal initiatives and state-level policies and programs affecting respite are reviewed and directions for policy advancement are highlighted. Much more work is needed to educate caregivers and the general public about the necessity for respite beginning early in the caregiving career to prevent burnout and other adverse effects. Because it is unlikely that there will be a sufficient number of direct-care workers to replace unpaid caregivers, improved policies are needed to ensure that their situation is sustainable through increased availability of high-quality respite and other services vital to caregiver health and well-being. Among the 2015White House Conference on Aging's priorities in the next decade, policies on long-term services and supports will require focused attention on family caregivers and the direct-care workforce to strengthen their ability to give care now and support their own physical, emotional, and financial needs in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance of creating healthier work environments by providing healthy foods and beverages in worksite cafeterias, in on-site vending machines, and at meetings and conferences is drawing increasing attention. Large employers, federal and state governments, and hospital systems are significant purchasers and providers of food and beverages. The American Heart Association, federal government, and other organizations have created procurement standards to guide healthy purchasing by these entities. There is a need to review how procurement standards are currently implemented, to identify important minimum criteria for evaluating health and purchasing outcomes, and to recognize significant barriers and challenges to implementation, along with success stories. The purpose of this policy paper is to describe the role of food-and-beverage environment and procurement policy standards in creating healthier worksite environments; to review recently created national model standards; to identify elements across the standards that are important to consider for incorporation into policies; and to delineate issues to address as standards are implemented across the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (UNSCCUR) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Technical Conference on the Protection of Nature (ITCPN), both held in Lake Success, New York, in 1949. The article examines the influence of then-U.S. president Harry S. Truman on international cooperation concerning natural resources, U.S. corporate capitalism following World War II, and the significance of scholars William Vogt, Maria Telkes, and Aldo Leopold to the meetings.

Reports several developments related to medicine in the United States as of January 2001. Establishment of the J. Worth Estes award; Conduction of visiting research fellowships by the Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis; Eighth National Convention of the Society of Civil War Surgeons.

The author reflects on the Psychological Society of America (PSA) in its 25th year, accommodating memberships of 850 individuals. He said that the papers to be presented at the 1971 PSA Annual Meeting, dealt with electron microscopy, biochemistry, physiology and ecology. He also mentions that technology has contributed a lot to change in emphasis of the progress of phycology.

The article presents information on "International Congress of Sociology," D. Gusti, President of the 14th International Congress of Sociology, urged American sociologists to participate as actively as possible in the Congress. If they can not attend it personally, he asked them to send their papers to be read at the Congress and to be published in the volume of the Proceedings of the Congress. He indicates that so far the number of American papers is much smaller than that from European countries.

The article discusses the paper from the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences (CUEBS) Symposium held in the U.S. The paper focuses on the relationship between research participation and good teaching. The publication of CUEBS, "Biology for the Non-Major," has raised questions about the structure of a biology course intended for the nonmajor. It cites that the replies on the questions have been edited into a book to present several perceptions represented in the letters of respondents. The author also stresses that the same technique was applied to address the problem of the assumed relationship that exists between research participation and good teaching.

The article offers information on several meetings related to biosciences to be held in the U.S. including the Third Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment to be held at the University of Michigan from October 14-16, 1964, the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology to be held in Ohio from November 11-13, 1964, and the Animal Nutrition Research Council's annual meeting to be held at Washington D.C. on October 21, 1964.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on use of biotechnology to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Topics include the sustainability and land use, biomass recalcitrance and development of new or improved biomass sources. The symposium featured several engineers, scientists and policy makers.

The article offers information on several research papers to be presented on the scheduled sessions and symposiums from 6:30pm to 8:00pm on March 23, 2007 in the U.S. including one which investigates if estimates of impaired driving increase when respondents are given information on speed legal limit, one which develops a spouse version of the illness perception questionnaire for rheumatoid arthritis, and one which measures the baseline stress hormones in women at risk for breast cancer.

The article presents information related to a symposium on DVD held at the Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick, Warwichshire, England, on April 23, 2005. The dominance of the DVD is such that high-street stores are gradually phasing out the sale of VCRs, so with the growing affordability of DVD recorders the ascendancy of DVD inevitably heralds the death of video The symposium provided a concise mapping of the DVD market in the United States highlighting that, with 75% of North American homes owning DVD players by 2004, the DVD is the fastest-growing technology in history.

The 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) was held February 19-21, 2004, in Scottsdale, Arizona. With nearly 850 registered attendees, this year's meeting was the largest to date. The 3-day scientific program included William Corrigall as the keynote speaker, three theme lecturers, one award address, 10 symposia, nine oral paper sessions, and four poster sessions that contained over 100 presentations per session. The meeting content emphasized three major areas of SRNT's scientific focus: Preclinical, clinical, and epidemiology/public health research in the nicotine and tobacco field. The meeting provided many opportunities to interact with and learn from colleagues engaged in broad topics within nicotine and tobacco research. Additional events included two preconference meetings, an opening reception, several evening workshops, scientific and travel awards, and a members' meeting. The scientific excellence and innovation presented at this year's meeting represented SRNT's growth and continued contributions to advancing our understanding of nicotine addiction and tobacco use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the Systematic Biology annual council meeting on June 20, 2003 in Chico, California. Attendance; President's report; Approval of the 2002 minutes of the meeting; Nominating committee report and election results.

The ninth annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) was held February 19-22, 2003, in New Orleans, Louisiana. With over 800 registered attendees, this year's meeting was the largest to date. The 3-day scientific program included C. Everett Koop as the keynote speaker, four exemplary plenary speakers, 10 symposia, nine oral paper sessions, and four poster sessions that contained nearly 100 presentations per session. The meeting content emphasized three major areas of SRNT's scientific focus: Epidemiology/public health research, preclinical research, and clinical research. Thus, the meeting was an outstanding opportunity to interact with and learn from colleagues engaged in the broad area of nicotine and tobacco research around the globe. Additional events included pre- and postconference meetings, evening workshops that ranged from future directions for global tobacco research to grant writing for the new investigator, several scientific and travel awards, a members' meeting, and an opening reception. The scientific excellence and innovation presented at this year's meeting signifies SRNT's continued contributions to advancing our understanding of nicotine addiction and tobacco use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article details the proceedings of the 55th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) at the Doubletree Hotel Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon, from May 18-20, 2000. The conference had a record 68 sessions reviewing the impact and challenges of the e-revolution on research and society, methodological issues, questionnaire design, the 2000 Census, elections, global public opinion and other issues. Nine of the sessions were jointly sponsored by World APOR, with another nine jointly sponsored by the International Field Directors/Technologies Association. Over 650 people contributed to the 2000 AAPOR conference program, including invited speakers, presenters, coauthors, session chairs/moderators and discussants. The theme of the 2000 onference was Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium. These challenges include the impact of technology and the Internet on society, on politics and on survey research. The program featured eight panels devoted to technology issues, including The Impact of Internet Usage, Improving Internet Response Rates, Examination of Web TV for Internet Data Collection, The Internet's Impact on Society and Internet Survey Format and Design Issues. Representatives from virtually every major Internet research company participated in these sessions. Several panel discussants questioned if Internet penetration was sufficient at this point to conduct cross-section samples of the public.

Reports on the holding of the First International Conference on Gilles de Bins, dit Binchois at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York, from october 31 to November 1, 1995. Number of papers presented; Interpretation of a sign used by Binchois.

The article reports on the 1997 annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) called into session by vice president and president-elect James Beniger on May 17, 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia. Beniger thanked the outgoing AAPOR Council and president Diane Colasanto for their efforts, particularly in pursuing the standards case and in publishing "Best Practices for Survey and Public Opinion Research" and "Survey Practices AAPOR Condemns." Incoming secretary-treasurer Mark Schutman reported that the organization appears to be in good financial shape but that it is likely to run a small deficit when the books are closed on June 30, 1997. He noted that it is not possible to estimate final income and expenses at this time, because the conference results are not yet included in the tallies. There were several reasons for the possible deficit. The Council authorized two additional expenditures this year. The AAPOR Secretariat computer was upgraded in a one-time expenditure. The Council also authorized adding a half-time position to the secretariat, an ongoing expense.

This section presents news briefs as of December 1978. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concluded its three-year inquiry into the use of invisible coding of mail survey questionnaires. The practice, which the commission's investigation found not to be a common one, has in the past been employed to enable identification of respondents who have returned completed questionnaires. The FTC held that under certain circumstances, such as a prior promise of respondent anonymity, such coding could constitute an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of the federal law. Meanwhile, Professors Ivor Francis and J. Sedransk are attempting to compile a list of names and addresses of developers of statistical packages and programs, and separately, a list of experiences users of these programs. The project's objective is to classify, review and evaluate available software and thereby enable users to identify what is most suitable to their individual needs. Moving on, the Seventh Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, scheduled tentatively for early May 1979 will bring researchers from a variety of disciplines together with policy makers from several branches of government. Authors of papers selected for presentation will be reimbursed for travel and living expenses during the conference if no alternative source of funding is available.

This article presents information about events related to sociology and psychology to be held during June-December, 1960. The Sixty-eighth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association will be held in Chicago during September 1-7, 1960. The American Sociological Association will convene for its fifty-fifth annual meeting at Statler-Hilton Hotel, New York City, during August 29-31, 1960. The Association for Education in Journalism will hold its 1960 convention at Pennsylvania State University during August 29-September 2, 1960. The program will include sessions on media analysis, for which papers have been solicited from researchers in various fields besides journalism. Further information may be obtained from the Program Chairman, Wayne A. Danielson, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Syracuse University, New York, has announced that the third annual Maxwell Institute on American Overseas Operations would be held at Pinebrook Conference Center, Saranac Lake, New York, during August 14-27, 1960.

The article presents the text of the presidential address delivered by Nancy F. Cott at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 8, 2017. Cott explored the connection between democratic governance and the availability of public knowledge through free and factual media in the U.S. She also discussed the administration of President Donald Trump's practice to instill confusion about what is true and what is not.