Proceedings of the American Psychological Association for the Legislative Year 2004: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives, February 20-22, 2004, Washington, DC, and July 28 and 30, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Minutes of the February, April, June, August, October, and December 2004 Meetings of the Board of Directors.

The minutes presented in this article are the official record of the actions of the Association taken during the year by both the Board of Directors (Board) and the Council of Representatives (Council). The minutes consist of: Elections, Awards, Membership, and Human Resources; Ethics; Board of Directors; Divisions and State, Provincial, and Territorial Associations; Organization of the APA; Publications and Communications; Convention Affairs; Educational, Professional, Ethnic Minority, International, Financial, and Scientific Affairs; Public Interest; and Central Office. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Proceedings of the American Psychological Association for the Legislative Year 2005: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives, February 18-20, 2005, and August 17 and 21, 2005, Washington, DC and Minutes of the February, June, August, September, and December 2005 Meetings of the Board of Directors.

These minutes are the official record of the actions of the Association taken during the year by both the Board of Directors (the Board) and the Council of Representatives (Council). The roll of representatives was called at each Council meeting, and more than a quorum answered to their names. Reference is made in these minutes to various reports, some of which will be published elsewhere. Copies of these reports were distributed to Council and are on file in the Central Office. As long as the supply lasts, extra copies of many of the reports are available from the Central Office. These minutes are arranged in topical rather than chronological order, and subheadings are used when appropriate. The main topical headings are I. Minutes of Meetings; II. Elections, Awards, Membership, and Human Resources; III. Ethics; IV. Board of Directors; V. Divisions and State and Provincial Associations; VI. Organization of the APA; VII. Publications and Communications; VIII. Convention Affairs; IX. Educational Affairs; X. Professional Affairs; XI. Scientific Affairs; XII. Public Interest; XIII. Ethnic Minority Affairs; XIV. International Affairs; XV. Central Office; and XVI. Financial Affairs. Changes to the language of the American Psychological Association (APA) Bylaws, Association Rules, or motions of the items are noted as follows throughout these proceedings: Bracketed material is to be deleted; underlined material is to be added. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Neuroticism, extraversion, and the perception of the vertical.

The experiment is described for 47 male Ss tested on their ability to judge a luminous rod held vertical while they were tilted sidewise in a chair within a dark room. "No difference was found between those scoring high or low on neuroticism, but those scoring high on extraversion were significantly less accurate than were those scoring low." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Frequency of the HLA-DP genes and the antigens of the HLA-A, -B, -Cw, and -DR loci in Tuvinians

The results of DNA typing of the HLA-DPB1 gene among Tuvinians are described. The allele 0201 was found to be the most frequent (26.66%); then, in order of decreasing frequency, followed the alleles 0401 (26.42%), 0402 (13.99%), 0301 (8.55%), 0501 (7.77%), 0901 (5.16%), and 1301 (2.07%). The frequency of the allele 0501 in Tuvinians was significantly lower than that in the published data on allele distributions characteristic of two other Mongoloid populations, the Manchu and Japanese. The results of the serological typing of the loci HLA-A, -B, and -Cw of class I in the Tuva population were compared to the corresponding published data on ten Mongoloid populations of Central and Eastern Asia: Uigurs, Kazakhs, Mongols, Manchu, Tibetans, the Chinese of the northern and southern regions of China, Thais (inhabitants of Northwestern Indochina), Koreans, and Japanese. In Tuvinians, the most frequent antigens were HLA-A2, -A9, -B0, -B35, -B17, -Cw4, and -DR5. In the inhabitants of Tuva, the frequency of the antigens HLA-A1, -A9, -B17, -Cw2, and -Cw4 was significantly higher than in other Mongoloids, while that of the antigens HLA-A26 and -B22 was lower. This difference was greatest in the case of antigen HLA-B40: it a frequency of 43.4% was detected in it, while in individuals of Mongolian origin, the frequency of this antigen did not exceed 22.5%. Indices of genetic similarity (IGSs), calculated from the gene frequencies of the loci HLA-A, -B, and -Cw, suggested that the Tuvinians were most closely related to Kazakhs (IGS = 0.73), and least related to the Japanese and Uigurs (IGS = 0.66). Our data suggest that Tuvinians significantly differ from the compared populations of Central and Eastern Asia.     

Tonsillectomies, ketorolac, and the march of progress

The destructive effector functions of the immune system pose a problem that has aptly been described as 'horror autotoxicus'. This problem demands a solution that offers an effective self-nonself discrimination mechanism. Unlike all other defence mechanisms, the immune system makes the self-nonself discrimination somatically, and not at the germline level. This discrimination requires a way of separating self from nonself. Two proposals to accomplish this are based on separation in time or in space. In this paper the authors show that separation in time remains the only viable solution. A generally accepted solution to the mechanism of the self-nonself discrimination is overdue as it strongly influences the way in which much of immune regulation is interpreted.     

Proceedings of the American Psychological Association for the legislative year 2006: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives, February 17-19, 2006, Washington, DC; and August 17 and 21, 2006, New Orleans, LA; and minutes of the February, June, August, and December 2006 meetings of the Board of Directors.

Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives (February 17-19, 2006, Washington, DC; and August 17 and 21, 2006, New Orleans, LA) and of the 2006 meetings of the Board of Directors (February, June, August, and December) are provided. These minutes are the official record of the actions of the American Psychological Association taken during the year by both the Board of Directors and the Council of Representatives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Calcium, protease action, and the regulation of the cell cycle

New layered matrix systems designed for zero-order sustained release are presented. The devices consist of a hydrophobic middle layer and press-coated hydrophillic and/or hydrophobic barrier layer(s). The systems overcome the inherent disadvantage of non-linear release associated with diffusion-controlled matrix devices by providing additional releasing surface with time to compensate for the decreasing release rate. The in vitro release of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride as a model compound from the matrices was examined. Modulation of release from a selected matrix containing aminophylline was evaluated in a crossover study using nine beagle dogs. Preliminary in vitro/in vivo correlation was also studied. The systems described in this paper can potentially be scaled up to commercial production.     

Subjectivity, emotional resonance, and the sense of the real.

The assumption of being inextricably embedded in one's own subjective perspective, on the one hand, and yet of being able to attune affectively to the subjective emotional states of another, on the other hand, underscores central theoretical contradictions in the study of subjectivity and intersubjectivity. More closely examining the nature and experience of subjectivity, including the notion of human "sameness" and relatedness, provides one way to reconcile these theoretical and practical contradictions. It is concluded that one's embeddedness in one's subjectivity actually facilitates the reciprocal and mutual processes of emotional resonance and unconscious communication. In this light, the notion of the "sense of the real" is understood and elaborated in the context of an additional dimension of therapeutic action in psychoanalysis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Stigma, obesity, and the health of the nation's children.

Preventing childhood obesity has become a top priority in efforts to improve our nation's public health. Although much research is needed to address this health crisis, it is important to approach childhood obesity with an understanding of the social stigma that obese youths face, which is pervasive and can have serious consequences for emotional and physical health. This report reviews existing research on weight stigma in children and adolescents, with attention to the nature and extent of weight bias toward obese youths and to the primary sources of stigma in their lives, including peers, educators, and parents. The authors also examine the literature on psychosocial and physical health consequences of childhood obesity to illustrate the role that weight stigma may play in mediating negative health outcomes. The authors then review stigma-reduction efforts that have been tested to improve attitudes toward obese children, and they highlight complex questions about the role of weight bias in childhood obesity prevention. With these literatures assembled, areas of research are outlined to guide efforts on weight stigma in youths, with an emphasis on the importance of studying the effect of weight stigma on physical health outcomes and identifying effective interventions to improve attitudes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Studies on the activity, properties and isoenzymes of acid phosphatase in the erythrocytes of swine, horse, dog, cat, duck and chicken

Acid phosphatase of erythrocytes of several species was investigated, with three isozymes having been recorded from swine (three types), three (two types) from horse, four (one type) from dog, two (two types) from cat, two (three types) from duck, and two (one type) from fowl. The Michaelis constant of the enzyme varied between 3.5 and 5 X 10(-4) M for the species involved. The species, however, differed slightly for the optimum pH of the enzyme. The average enzymatic activities were (5.68 +/- 0.42 for dog, 4.46 +/- 1.0 for horse, 3.8 +/- 0.24 for swine, 3.72 for cat, 2.5 +/- 0.62 for duck, and 1.9 +/- 0.8 for fowl. All values are units per gram haemoglobin. Even relatively low concentrations (0.2 or 1 mM) of copper, mercury, and cadmium ions were found to be strong inhibitors of the acid erythrocyte phosphatase.     

Proceedings of the American Psychological Association, Incorporated, for the year 1993: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives August 19 and 22, 1993, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and February 25-27, 1994, Washington, DC.

Presents the minutes representing the official record of the actions of the American Psychological Association (APA) taken during 1993 by both the Board of Directors and the Council of Representatives. The report addresses action taken in the areas of elections, appointments, awards, membership, and human resources. Membership information includes lists of persons elected to initial membership in the APA in 1993, members who died in 1993, members who resigned in 1993, members who were reinstated during 1993, and members elected to initial APA fellowship status effective as of January 1, 1994. The report also discusses action in the areas of ethics, Board of Directors, divisions and state and provincial associations, organization of the APA, convention affairs, educational affairs, professional affairs, scientific affairs, public interest, Central Office, financial affairs, and communications concerning outside organizations. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)