History of the World Federation of Societies for Laser Medicine and Surgery (WFSLMS) and its Non-Profit Organization (NPO-WFSLMS) Part 2: 2nd WFSLMS Meeting (2009) to the present

International Information Centre for Terminology (INFOTERM) was founded in 1971 by contract with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Austrian Standards Institute (ASI). In 1996, INFOTERM was reorganized and established as an independent non-profit organization. INFOTERM promotes and supports the cooperation of existing and the establishment of new terminology centres and networks with the general aim to improve domain communication, knowledge transfer and provision of content with view to facilitating the participation of all in the global multilingual knowledge society. The article presents not only a history of the foundation of INFOTERM, the tasks and activities of INFOTERM and its members, which are international, regional or national terminology institutions, organizations and networks, as well as specialized public or semi-public or other non-profit institutions engaged in terminological activities, but also analyses “Guidelines for terminology policies”, preparied by INFOTERM, and cooperation between INFOTERM and the Institute of the Lithuanian Language.In conclusion, the experience and sharing expertise of INFOTERM regarding harmonized methods and guidelines for terminology management and policies, the management of terminology centres, terminology standardization, the use of terminological data, methods and tools in all applications etc are very important for all countries and language communities especially for countries and language communities with less mature terminologies. The Institute of the Lithuanian Language as a member of INFOTERM has a possibility to get information on terminology research and training, terminology publications, terminological events and activities all over the world.

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John Logie Baird and Television (Part 3)

Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media ◽

10.15353/kinema.vi.840 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

Gerald Pratley

Keyword(s):

Government Funding ◽

Non Profit ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Mechanical Scanning ◽

Technological History ◽

Personal Collection

MZTV: THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION (Part 3 - Conclusion) In the large and lively offices and studios of CityTV, Much Music & Bravo! New style Arts Channel within the CHUM City building in downtown Toronto, three suites have been converted into a repository for television sets of all makes and models dating back to television's inception in the mid-1920s. This is the MZTV Museum of Television which has evolved from the personal collection of Moses Znaimer, the Canadian broadcaster and media innovator. The Museum is a non-profit entity without government funding and will eventually be open daily to the public. Presently, scholars, students, writers and others in the world of arts and entertainment may visit the museum by appointment. The purpose of the Museum is to save and preserve the 70-year technological history of the TV receiver by spanning the evolution of television from the mechanical scanning discs...

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Deaths of eminent members of the Movement

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s0020860400072466 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 29 (269) ◽

pp. 162-162

Keyword(s):

Red Cross ◽

World Federation ◽

Important Stage ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Personal Qualities

The ICRC was very sad to hear of the death of Justice J. A. Adefarasin, President of the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1977 to 1981 and National President of the Nigerian Red Cross. His election as head of the world federation of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies marked an important stage in the history of the League, further enhancing the spirit of universality which has inspired its work since 1919.Judge Adefarasin was also able to give the League the benefit of his long experience in the service of the Red Cross and with his personal qualities of open-mindedness, moderation and altruism set a high example of devotion to the Red Cross ideal.

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Grading of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Modification of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Scale on the Basis of Data for a Large Series of Patients

Neurosurgery ◽

10.1227/01.neu.0000108862.32404.a5 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 566-576 ◽

Cited By ~ 75

Author(s):

David S. Rosen ◽

R. Loch Macdonald

Keyword(s):

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽

Randomized Clinical Trials ◽

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽

Blood Clot ◽

Prognostic Significance ◽

World Federation ◽

Computed Tomographic ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Grading Scale

Abstract OBJECTIVE The goals of this study were to use a large, prospectively collected, multicenter database for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who were treated between 1991 and 1997 to determine the prognostic significance of clinical and radiological factors for outcomes and to use those factors to develop a grading scale to predict outcomes. METHODS A total of 3567 patients with SAH who were entered into four randomized clinical trials of tirilazad were studied. Outcomes were assessed 3 months after SAH, with the Glasgow Outcome Scale. Twenty clinical and radiological factors were entered into univariate and multivariate analyses, to determine factors prognostic for outcomes. Grading scales based on the most powerful prognostic parameters were statistically derived and validated and were compared with the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grading scale. RESULTS Factors predictive of outcomes included age, WFNS grade, history of hypertension, systolic blood pressure at admission, ruptured aneurysm location and size, blood clot thickness on computed tomographic scans, and angiographic vasospasm at admission. A grading scale using these factors could be derived; it predicted outcomes more accurately than did the WFNS scale, although it would be more complex to use. CONCLUSION Outcome prediction after SAH can be improved by adding additional clinical and radiological factors to the WFNS scale, albeit with added complexity.

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Your collective timeline of climate science history

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3526 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Benoît Tournadre ◽

Mélodie Trolliet

Keyword(s):

Earth Sciences ◽

Climate Science ◽

General Assembly ◽

Web Page ◽

Science History ◽

Non Profit ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

To Come

EGU General Assembly is one of the world&#8217;s biggest conferences dedicated to geosciences. It gathers experts from all science fields connected to the study of past, present and future climates. Many of them have an historic perspective on their area of expertise: such knowledge is useful to develop an integrated view of the history of climate sciences.We propose EGU2020 attendees to help building a collective timeline of the history of climate science. Everyone is invited to come to our poster to add to the printed timeline a scientific breakthrough in her/his field of expertise. This will be an opportunity to come to chat on climate science history and to construct together a wider picture of climate sciences.The final cut of the timeline produced during EGU2020 will be available on our web page EarthBreath (https://www.sophia.mines-paristech.fr/earthbreath/), and our Twitter english (@eb_climate_data) and french (@eb_climat_fr) accounts.EarthBreath is a non-profit initiative that we develop for promoting climate and Earth sciences to diverse publics.

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