First Announcement of 76th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry

Invitation You are warmly invited to the 76th Annual ISE Meeting to be held in Mainz,Germany from 7 to 12 September 2025,conveniently located close to Frankfurt.The meeting will take place at"Rheingoldhalle",a recently refurbished modern conference center.Mainz is the capital and largest city of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and is located at the river Rhine.

History Lessons from the 5th Solvay Meeting, 1927

Largely drawn from “Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference” by Guido Bacciagaluppi and Antony Valentini, but also from several books by Pais (“Inward Bound” and “Subtle is the Lord”), plus other sources, we examine some of the very contemporary themes as to quantum measurement which were debated in the 5th Solvay meeting. In addition, we also discuss some issues given by Roland Omnes in “Understanding Quantum Mechanics” as to the problem of classical and quantum properties, which is at the forefront of the Quantum Gravity issues of how to reconcile semi classical physics with the presumed bridge between Planckian physics (presumably quantum in nature) with the rest of cosmology. The issues argued in part by the Solvay meeting as to Quantum measurements and the competing Pilot theory, as brought up by De Broglie, and how that plays out as to the later Hidden Variables and the alleged determinism foundations of an embedding structure for Quantum physics, still are with us, and make the Solvay meeting, 1927 a stellar event, still worth revisiting 90 years later.

Lab Meeting对传染病学研究生科研能力培养的推动作用

通过比较传染病教研室实行Lab Meeting教学与否对研究生发表科研论文数量和质量影响,探讨Lab Meeting教学对研究生科研能力培养的推动作用。研究结果表明,Lab Meeting教学可通过多种形式提高研究生发表中文核心期刊及SCI论文数量及质量,为今后全面推广Lab Meeting教学提供依据。

Labmeeting在卫生毒理学研究生培养中的实践与思考

Lab meeting,即实验室学术例会,已逐步成为高校和研究机构实验室科研教学的重要模式。首都医科大学卫生毒理学系在研究生培养中组织开展Lab meeting,旨在提高研究生文献阅读能力、科研创新能力等综合能力。实践证明,Lab meeting在研究生培养过程中取得了良好的效果,对卫生毒理学研究生培养具有十分积极的意义。

Journal Club和lab meeting联合运用于心血管研究和教学初探

我们将JournalClub(文献沙龙)和labmeeting(实验室讨论)联合运用在心血管研究和教学中,贯彻实施"以问题为基础的学习"科研和教学模式。从对学生讲解最新文献,将其中的研究思路和设计方法,运用到自己的科研学习中去,在与指导老师及其他同学的集体讨论中,使科研问题得以解决。实践证明,这种文献学习和讨论,指导自己科研行之有效,极大地提高了学生对心血管领域研究理论和科研工作的热爱。

Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Enterprises ──Viewpoints from Foreign Counterparts at Chinese Enterprises' Summit Meeting 2000

This paper is summarized from the speeches given by foreign entrepreneurs at Chinese Enterprises’ Summit Meeting 2000. In the paper, the entrepreneurs set forth the opportunities for Chinese enterprises and the existing problems from several aspects as globalization of China, influence of WTO, as well as financial reform and capital market opening, etc.

Microsoft Net Meeting的技术特点及其底层服务在远程医疗系统中的应用

本文详细介绍并分析了 Microsoft Net Meeting的各种功能特点及实现策略 ,重点研究了 Net Meeting提供的底层服务的技术特点及其应用潜力 ,在此基础上提出了一个基于 Net Meeting底层服务的远程医疗管理系统的实现方案 ,并对方案中的技术实现进行了阐述 .

A bright future for the tree shrew in neuroscience research:Summary from the inaugural Tree Shrew Users Meeting

Tree shrews(Tupaia spp.)have been used in neuroscience research since the 1960s due to their evolutionary proximity to primates.The use of and interest in this animal model have recently increased,in part due to the adaptation of modern neuroscience tools in this species.These tools include quantitative behavioral assays,calcium imaging,optogenetics and transgenics.To facilitate the exchange and development of these new technologies and associated research findings,we organized the inaugural“Tree Shrew Users Meeting”which was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Here,we review this meeting and discuss the history of tree shrews as an animal model in neuroscience research and summarize the current themes being investigated using this animal,as well as future directions.

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a group of women attending “August meeting” at Naze South East Nigeria

Background: For a long time Africa was considered safe from diabetes. However, the International Diabetes Federation predicts an increase in diabetes from 240 million in 2007 to 380 million in 2025 with 80% of the disease burden in low and middle-income countries including Africa. This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among a group of Nigerian women who had earlier been found to have a high prevalence of overweight/obesity. Methods: 253 women attending the 2009 Meeting were recruited for the study. Blood glucose concentration was measured using ACCU-CHEK(R) Advantage glucometer by Roche Diagnostics and diabetes mellitus defined as fasting blood glucose concentration >7 mmol/L. Results: The population mean age was 53.04 ± 11.09 years, diabetics 55.76 ± 10.77 years, and non-diabetics 52.84 ± 11.11 years p = 0.709. 17 (6.7%) subjects had diabetes. Of the 17 diabetics 10 (3.95%) were known to have diabetes previously and 7 (2.76%) were diagnosed for the first time. 3 of the 17 diabetics were aged 50 years. 11 of the 17 (64.7%) diabetics had blood pressure > 140/ 90 mmHg while only 54 of the 236 (22%) non-diabetics had blood pressure >140/90 mmHg. The mean non fasting blood glucose concentration of the population was 5.83 ± 2.33 mmol/L, that of diabetics was 11.9 ± 5.27 mmol/L and non-diabetics 5.39 mmol/L ± 1.03, p < 0.000. Of the 10 previously diagnosed to have diabetes only 3 (30%) had fasting blood glucose concentration <7 mmol/L. Diabetes mellitus correlated with age, systolic blood pressure and age correlated with body mass, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Conclusion: The study showed a high prevalence of diabetes with a significant proportion of undiagnosed diabetes and a poor level of control among diagnosed diabetics.

Risky Meetings Despite Knowledge of the Risk: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults Treated for Chlamydia Infection at a Sexual Transmitted Infection Clinic

The aim of the study was to describe the attitudes to risk behavior among patients diagnosed with a Chlamydia infection at a Sexual Transmitted Infection (STI) clinic. Qualitative interviews face-to-face were conducted with twenty patients, aged 18 - 30 years, with confirmed Chlamydia infections were included. An interview guide was used and the participants described the behavior that had led to the infection. The material was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Eighteen informants were included and the theme was risk. Recurrent among the informants was risk behavior in sexual relations when using alcohol, while risk behavior in life in general was almost non-existent. Of the 18 informants, sixteen had previously been tested for STIs, and ten had had an STI before. Alcohol consumption emerged as a common denominator among the informants and as a contributor to risk. In contrast, almost none of the informants exposed themselves to any unnecessary risks in life in general.

Meeting report of the chief editorial board meeting for World Journal of Diabetes 2021

The 2021 online editorial board meeting of the World Journal of Diabetes(WJD)was held on November 9,2021.Jin-Lei Wang,General Manager on behalf of the Baishideng Publishing Group,and Professor Islam,one of the Editors-in-Chiefs(EiCs)of the WJD,organized the meeting.Three EiCs and 18 Baishideng Publishing Group staff attended the meeting.The meeting goal was to brief the EiCs on the journal’s performance,discuss the issues of concern of the EiCs,and gather ideas for the journal’s development in 2022.As of November 8,the WJD had received 287 manuscripts since the year’s start,among which 122 met the criteria for publication.These numbers represent an increase of 117.4%for submissions and 110.3%for publications compared to those in 2020.However,how to effectively control the academic quality of manuscripts and attract highquality original article submissions remain a challenge.The EiCs provided feedback and suggestions centered on three topics:(1)Who should and how to control the academic quality of the manuscripts;(2)How the EiCs perform their responsibilities;and(3)The distinctive and shared responsibilities of the publisher and the EiCs.

Islamic Banks Impaired Financing： Relationship Between Shariah Committee Meetings Frequency and Shariah Risks Compliance on Assets Quality

This study made a pioneering attempt to econometrically examine what factors determining impaired financing using shariah committee meetings frequency from data on Islamic banks in Malaysia and how does it affects on the quality of assets. The objective of the study is to improve assessment of their assets quality so as to increase the reliability of the financial statements. The European Central Bank may find the findings from this study useful in their exercise to assess risks and assets quality of their commercial banks, a move to tackle the ailing banks in centralizing oversight supervision in late 2014. The major components of the Islamic banks＇ assets quality are impaired financing and provisions for financing impairment. In the Islamic banks, shariah committee principally manages the shariah risks non-compliance with other risks; however because their management is not straightforward, the study uses the shariah committee meetings frequency as an indicator of the assets quality. The study found the less-than-full frequency of shariah committee meetings resulted in less guidance and conformation of shariah principles, and consequentially the quality of the assets.

The International Cartographic Association National Atlas Commission Meeting Held in Beijing

ICA National Atlas Commission held a commission meeting and symposium from August 8-12,1990 in Beijing.Among those present at the meeting were Dr.B.Rystedt(Sweden),Chairman of ICA,Dr.E.Ciekirska(Canada),Vice Chairman of ICA and members from U.S.A.,China,Spain,the Netherlands,Czechoslovakia,India as well as representatives from U.S.S.R.,Czechoslovakia,and Spain.40 Chinese cartographers attended the meeting.The major topics