Orphan date February 2009 The Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science MAAS is an association of Muslim scientists focused on advancing science and technology among Muslims established in India. Mission The Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science has the stated mission of instilling the spirit of education, science, and technology research as socially obligatory fard i kifayah . In addition to this, MAAS seeks to instill the accompanying scientific values into the mindset of Islam in India Indian Muslims in general, and List of Muslim scientists Muslim scientists in particular. Structure The current president of the Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science is Dr. Akheel Ahmed. External links http www.maasindia.org MAAS Official site Category Scientific societies Category Scientific organisations based in India Category Islam in India Category Non profit organisations based in India India org stub Islam org stub ... more details
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The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science S2A3 is a learned society , originally known as the South African Association for the Advancement of Science SAAAS . Its principal aim is to increase the public awareness and understanding of science , engineering and technology , and their role ... of science. Membership is open to all. History The South African Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1902 and modelled on the BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science BA , now known as the BritishScienceAssociation . One of the most prominent scientists ... met once a year in different southern African cities to present papers and tend to the business of the Association. The first annual meeting was held in Cape Town in 1903. Two years later the Association met jointly with the BritishScienceAssociation in South Africa . A second joint meeting was held ... funded by a grant from the BritishScienceAssociation in 1905, is awarded annually to recognise exceptional contributions to the advancement of science on a broad front or in a specific field, by an eminent ... Sir Arnold Theiler 1867 1936 , for his work on trypanosomes and African horse sickness . The BritishAssociation Medal silver , originally funded by a grant from the BritishScienceAssociation in 1929 ... awarded to persons who have contributed, each in their own way, to either the advancement of science or the Association s activities. Publications The Association annually publishes the Rudolf Marloth Brochure . ref Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science. Rudolf Marloth .... A special centenary edition was published in 2002. ref Southern African Association for the Advancement ... the Association s membership declined to its present level of around 100. Governing body The Association ..., treasurer, and additional council members. Branches The Pretoria Branch of the Association ... outstanding South African science research students graduating at the Masters level. These medals are awarded ... more details
File Report of the Second Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science frontispiece .PNG thumb Frontispiece from the report of the association s second meeting, held in Melbourne in January 1890 The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science ANZAAS is an organisation that was founded in 1888 by Archibald Liversidge as the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to promote science. It was modelled on the BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science . For many years, its annual meetings were a popular and influential way of promoting science in Australia and New Zealand. The current name has been used since 1930. In the 1990s, membership and attendance at the annual meetings decreased as specialised scientific societies increased in popularity. Proposals to close the Association were discussed, but it continued after ... asaw biogs A000808b.htm Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1930 at Australian Science at Work, accessed 28 February 2007 External links http www.anzaas.org.au ANZAAS http museumvictoria.com.au collections themes 1846 australian new zealand association for the advancement of science Museum Victoria Archive Category Scientific organisations based in Australia Category Science and technology in New Zealand sci org stub Australia org stub es Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science ... medal. ANZAAS Medal The ANZAAS medal is awarded annually for services in the advancement of science or administration and organisation of scientific activities, or the teaching of science throughout Australia and New Zealand and in contributions to science which lie beyond normal professional activities ... 2001 Adelaide, South Australia. Awards The Association awards two important medals the Mueller ... science, preferably with special reference to Australia. It was initiated in 1902 and was designed ... more details
Refimprove date August 2011 The American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS , founded in 1848, is the world s largest general Science scientific society. It serves 262 affiliated societies and academies of science and engineering, representing 10 million individuals worldwide. It is publisher of the journal Science journal Science , which has the largest paid circulation of any peer reviewed general science journal in the world and an estimated total readership of 1 million. AAAS fulfills its mission to advance science and serve society through initiatives in science policy international programs science education communication and more. It is a non profit organization, with membership open to everyone. AAAS presidents serve a one year term, beginning in mid February at the close of the AAAS Annual Meeting. In accordance with the convention used by the AAAS, presidents are referenced based on the year in which they left office. The presidential term is followed by a one year term as chair of the AAAS Board of Directors. The 2008 president of AAAS was David Baltimore , a biologist who shared in the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine . Baltimore served as president of the California Institute of Technology Caltech for nine years before stepping down in 2006. He ... to the indefinite postponement of all AAAS events during that period. See American Association for the Advancement of Science History AAAS history for more information. References reflist External links http archives.aaas.org people plist.php?type President List of Presidents of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science website Use dmy dates date August 2011 Category Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ... of office as Association President. 1857 Alexis Caswell 1856 James Hall paleontologist James Hall 1855 ... more details
Image BSA Max 415 411.JPG frame right BritishScienceAssociation logo image BA science logo.gif frame right The BA logo The BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science or the BritishScienceAssociation ... Category Science festivals bg ca BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science de BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science es Asociaci n Brit nica para el Avance de la Ciencia fr BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science it Associazione britannica per l avanzamento della scienza fi BritishAssociation for the Advancement of Science ... & Engineering Week In addition to the Festival of Science, the BritishScienceAssociation organises ... them to consider higher education and careers in science. Name change In 2009 the Association rebranded itself and now uses the trading name BritishScienceAssociation instead of the BA . ref http ..., but this is not encouraged by the Association. Presidents of the BritishScienceAssociation ... Science Week Scandinavian Scientist Conference 1839 1936 1860 Oxford evolution debate Association of BritishScience Writers References reflist External links http www.britishscienceassociation.org BritishScienceAssociation http www.britishscienceassociation.org web AboutUs OurHistory index.htm BritishScienceAssociation page on the history of the BA http www.biodiversitylibrary.org bibliography ... Gallica Video clips http www.youtube.com user BritishScienceAssoc BritishScienceAssociation ... the Association s most momentous influence on science was in 1878 when a committee of the Association ... 1837 &ndash 38 . Perception of science in the UK The Association s main aim is to improve the perception ... Festival of Science The Association s major emphasis in recent decades has been on public understanding ... BritishScience Festival , is the largest public showcase for science in the United ... Week of Science, Engineering and Technology. The Association also has a young people s programme ... more details
The BritishScience Fiction Association was founded in 1958 by a group of Britishscience fiction fandom science fiction fans , authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to encourage science fiction ... winning and nominated novels Category Science fiction organizations Category Britishscience fiction Category Organizations established in 1958 ar de BritishScience Fiction Association hu BSFA d j nl BritishScience Fiction Association pl BritishScience Fiction Association pt BritishScience Fiction Association ... s writers magazine. Published twice a year. The BSFA Award s are presented annually by the BritishScience Fiction Association, based on a vote of BSFA members and members of the British national SF Fan ... 1951 the SFS was declared to be a glorious flop . By the late 1950s, Britishscience fiction fandom ... . History The BSFA was the fourth attempt to set up a national organisation of science fiction fans in Britain. The first, the Science Fiction Association SFA , was set up in 1937 by fans who attended the first Britishscience fiction convention in Leeds in May of that year and was devoted to the stimulation of interest in science fiction and scientific progress , but it had to be disbanded on the outbreak of the Second World War barely two years later. The second attempt was the British Fantasy ... of giving members who numbered nearly one hundred better access to science fiction through ... books and magazines proposed the founding of a new national fan organisation, and thus the Science ... Eastercon held in Kettering held a discussion on the whole future of British fandom. It was agreed that both British fanzines and science fiction conventions had become inward looking and had moved so far away from science fiction that they were not attractive to newcomers, and there were no routes in to British fandom anyway. It was decided that the only way forward was a new national organisation ... more details
primarysources date June 2008 Image ABSWlogo.png thumb The ABSW logo. The Association of BritishScience Writers ABSW is the UK society for Science writing science writers , journalists and communicators ... Rights Alliance . External links http www.absw.org.uk Association of BritishScience Writers ABSW ... science and technology, and to improve the standard of science journalism in the UK. Membership There are three ... of the Committee . Ordinary members open to people whose principal source of earnings is science ... the public awareness of science and technology, but who do not qualify as ordinary members. Associate ... in a full or part time educational course directed towards advancing the public understanding of science .... Current annual subscription is 5. Journal The association produces a newsletter for members, called The Science Reporter. This appears every two months. Careers The ABSW provides career advice to aspiring science writers, in the form of a helpful and recently updated booklet, So you want to be a science writer . Awards The ABSW administers the annual ABSE Science Writing Awards. Sponsored by Syngenta until 2007, the ABSW Science Writers Awards seek to set standards of excellence in science writing across seven categories in addition, in conjunction with BBC Radio Science, an award ... award this year, with the inauguration of the Parliamentary Science Communicator of the Year Award. The awards ... judging panel, produced the highest quality science journalism each year, and highlighted ... years and are the world s oldest established awards for science writing. Student bursaries The ABSW Bursaries aim to identify and train the science communicators of the future. Every year, seven bursaries .... When the scheme operates, the bursaries cover Course fees and living expenses for post graduate science ... attended by students of science communication, and are an opportunity to network with working journalists ... Chapter in Manchester. Affiliations The ABSW is a member of the European Union of Science Journalists ... more details
The Advancement of Sound Science Center TASSC , formerly the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, is an industry funded lobby group which promotes the idea that environmental science on issues including smoking, pesticides and global warming is junk science , which should be replaced by sound science . It was operated by Steven Milloy . ref name tnr cite news url http www.freepress.net news print.php?id 13581 title Smoked Out Pundit For Hire last Thacker first Paul D. date 27 January 2006 work The New Republic publisher The New Republic page 1 accessdate 23 July 2010 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060719211120 http www.freepress.net news print.php?id 13581 archivedate 19 July 2006 ref History TASSC was created in 1993 by the APCO Worldwide public relations firm, and was funded by tobacco company Philip Morris now Altria Group Altria to help fight against smoking regulations. ref name ong glantz cite journal author Ong EK, Glantz SA title Constructing sound science and good epidemiology tobacco, lawyers, and public relations firms journal Am J Public Health volume 91 issue 11 pages 1749 57 year 2001 month November pmid 11684593 pmc 1446868 doi 10.2105 AJPH.91.11.1749 url http www.ajph.org cgi pmidlookup?view long&pmid 11684593 ref TASSC s links to the tobacco industry were minimized as part of APCO s strategy to establish an image of a national grassroots coalition. ref name monbiot cite news work The Guardian first George last Monbiot authorlink George Monbiot title The Denial Industry date September 19, 2006 accessdate August 11, 2010 url http www.guardian.co.uk environment 2006 sep 19 ethicalliving.g2 ref The group has been described as an effort by tobacco companies ... quietly formed a coalition of industries that would challenge every aspect of government science ... Science advisors and board members Garrey Carruthers , former governor of New Mexico , served as chairman ... in 1995. ref TASSC, 16 August 1995, http tobaccodocuments.org pm 2047070975 0976.html Sound Science ... more details
Image FastLogo.png thumb FAST The Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology FAST was established in 1980, as a private national institution. The Foundation is registered with the Central Board of Revenue CBR and the Government of Pakistan as a charitable institution. FAST established the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences NUCES or NU in July, 2000, so as to expand the activities of existing institutes, to establish more campuses throughout the country, and to maintain its tradition of academic excellence. The University has been established chartered by the Government of Pakistan under ordinance No.XXIII of 2000 on 1 July 2000 and is currently one of the leading technology universities in Pakistan . The Foundation spends over one hundred million rupees annually to achieve its aims and objectives. It is the resolve of the Foundation that an indigent candidate, after he she fulfills the selection criteria, should never be turned away from the doors of the University for want of resources, the Foundation currently spends over ten million rupees per year for financial support for the needy. The university has campuses at Karachi , Lahore , Islamabad and Peshawar . FAST is a direct result of untiring efforts of Agha Hasan Abedi founder and Chairman of BCCI Bank. See also National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences FAST Institute of Computer Science External links http www.nu.edu.pk Official Site of NUCES Category National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Category Education in Pakistan ur ... more details
Infobox Organization name Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence image Aaai logo.jpg image border size 140x103 caption formation 1979 type headquarters Menlo Park, California location language leader title President leader name Henry Kautz key people num staff budget website http www.aaai.org The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence or AAAI is an international, nonprofit, scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI also aims to increase public understanding of artificial intelligence AI , improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance for research planners and funders concerning the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions. History The organization was founded in 1979 under the name American Association for Artificial Intelligence and changed its name in 2007 to Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence . It has in excess of 6,000 members worldwide. In its early history, the organization was presided over by notable figures in computer science such as Allen Newell , Edward Feigenbaum , Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy computer scientist John ... Category Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Fellows of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence List of artificial intelligence conferences References ... intelligence associations Category Computer science organizations Category Organizations established in 1979 Category Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence American Association for Artificial Intelligence Category Menlo Park, California AI stub es American Association for Artificial Intelligence fa ja sv Association for the Advancement ... Press in association with the MIT Press in 1979 to produce books of relevance to artificial intelligence ... more details
The Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy AAP is a professional organization created to advance methods of psychotherapy among members of the medical profession and to familiarize members with progress in the field. ref name nas1968 National Academy of Sciences 1968 . Scientific and technical societies of the United States, Volume 8. Volume 1499 of Publication National Research Council U.S. . page 77. ref Organized in 1939, Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy publishes the quarterly American Journal of Psychotherapy . Their 1954 annual meeting was the site of an emerging debate between Harry Benjamin and AAP co founder Emil Gutheil over the causes and treatment of transsexualism , with Gutheil advocating an environmental cause and therapy to dissuade pursuit of medical options. ref name meterowitx2004 Meyerowitz, Joanne 2004 . How Sex Changed A History of Transsexuality in the United States, p. 106. Harvard University Press, ISBN 9780674013797 ref ref name green1969 Green R, Money J 1969 . Transsexualism and sex reassignment, p. 4. Johns Hopkins Press, ISBN 9780801810381 ref In 2001 the organization subsumed the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research into its journal. The organization is currently based at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, New York. References reflist External links http www.ajp.org Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy prof assoc stub Category Professional associations ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 AAAM may also refer to the AIM 152 AAAM air to air missile. Unreferenced date December 2008 The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM , is a non profit education and research organization founded in 1957 by the Medical Advisory committee to the Sports Car Club of America . It is the first and premier professional multidisciplinary organization dedicated entirely to the prevention and control of injuries from motor vehicle crashes. AAAM is an international association with professionals representing more than 20 countries committed to reducing motor vehicle trauma and improving highway safety around the world. Its strength lies in its membership representing medicine, engineering, biomechanics, law, education, and public policy. This combination of clinical, research and administrative backgrounds forms a unique blend of leaders in traffic injury control and it is these professionals who comprise the AAAM membership. The AAAM has furthered the development and publishes the Abbreviated Injury Scale AIS , a widely used description system for individual injuries. The Abbreviated Injury Scale is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the letality of injury severity of individual injuries. It contains no information on injury aggregation. The AIS codebook is protected by copyright. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine www.aaam.org DEFAULTSORT Association For The Advancement Of Automotive Medicine Category Safety organizations Category Medical and health organizations based in the United States Category Organizations established in 1957 Category Automobile associations US org stub de Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine ... more details
Citations missing date September 2008 Infobox Political Party party name Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights party logo leader Albert Risso br Joshua Hassan br Adolfo Canepa founded 1942 dissolved 1992 ideology position international european europarl colours headquarters website country Gibraltar Politics of Gibraltar The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights AACR is a now defunct political party in Gibraltar . Like all Gibraltar political parties, it opposed transfer of sovereignty over Gibraltar from the United Kingdom to Spain . As the name of the group implied, it was in favour of greater civil rights for Gibraltarian people Gibraltarians , removing many of the political disabilities inherent in any territory with colony colonial status. The AACR was the first political party created in Gibraltar. It dates back to the Second World War , when most of the Military history of Gibraltar during World War II Gibraltar population had been evacuated and only a small number of Gibraltarians remained on Rock of Gibraltar The Rock . At the same time, the colony was crowded with British soldiers, sailors and airmen. In September 1942, a group of fellow Gibraltarians, clerks and workers, led by Albert Risso came together to form an association advocating the civil rights of the local inhabitants of Gibraltar. They asked a young lawyer who was then serving in the Gibraltar Defence Force , Joshua Hassan , to join them. Initially named The Gibraltarian Association , upon Hassan s advice, the group took a much more ambitious name The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights in Gibraltar . They received wide support from the Governor of Gibraltar Governor , Noel Mason Macfarlane General Mason MacFarlane later a Labour MP in the United Kingdom , who allowed them to fulfill the representative role that the Committee of the Exchange and the Commercial Library used to fill. The Governor also left the AACR with the responsibility of managing the leave scheme ... more details
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians AACM is a non profit organization , founded in Chicago , Illinois , United States, by pianist composer Muhal Richard Abrams , pianist Jodie Christian , drummer Steve McCall drummer Steve McCall , and composer Phil Cohran . The AACM is devoted to nurturing, performing, and recording serious, original music, according to its charter. It supports and encourages jazz performers, composers and education educators . Its motto is, Great Black Music, Ancient to the Future. Early members included Henry Threadgill , Anthony Braxton , Jack DeJohnette , Chico Freeman , Wadada Leo Smith , Leroy Jenkins jazz musician Leroy Jenkins , and the Art Ensemble of Chicago Lester Bowie , Roscoe Mitchell , Joseph Jarman , Famoudou Don Moye , and Malachi Favors . The AACM was formed in May 1965 by a group of musicians centered around pianist Muhal Richard Abrams who had organized an Experimental Band since 1962. The musicians were generally steadfast in their commitment to their music, despite a lack of performance venues and sometimes indifferent audiences. From 1969 the AACM organised a music education program for inner city youths. ref cite book author Litweiler, John title The Freedom Principle Jazz After 1958 publisher Da Capo year 1984 isbn 0 306 80377 1 ref In the 1960s and 1970s AACM members were among the most important and innovative in all of jazz, though the AACM s contemporary influence has waned some in recent years. Many AACM members have recorded widely in the early days on the Delmark Records Avant Garde Jazz series http www.delmark.com delmark.history.htm and later on the Black Saint Soul Note and India Navigation labels, and to a lesser ... Stronger Than Itself The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians by George Lewis trombonist ... jazz ensembles Category Free jazz ensembles de Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians fr Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians pl Association for the Advancement of Creative ... more details
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation AAMI founded in 1966, is a voluntary consensus organization which promotes knowledge and use of medical instrument ation. It creates standards, educates and certifies technicians, and publishes technical documents, books, periodicals, and software. AAMI membership is over 6,000 individuals and 375 organizations. Focus Committees of manufactures, health care professionals, regulators, scientists, academics, and other interested parties research and develop new or revise existing Recommended Practices and Standards that address the use, care and processing of devices and systems. Committees also develop standards for manufacturers that recommend the labeling, safety, and performance requirements to be met by products they produce. Although AAMI is a voluntary organization, its Recommended Practices and Standards are considered to be a major resource of health care guidelines, and noncompliance with these standards is cited by regulatory organizations that inspect health care facilities. External links http www.aami.org AAMI Official web site Category Organizations established in 1966 Category Scientific organizations sci org stub ... more details
Primary sources date December 2008 Advert date December 2007 The Association for Social Advancement ASA lang bn is a non governmental organization based in Bangladesh which provides microcredit financing. It was established in 1978 by Shafiqual Haque Choudhury and a team of people who were then working for other established NGOs ref name stiles Stiles, K. 2002 International Support for NGOs in Bangladesh Some Unintended Consequences. World Development. Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 835 846. ref but who themselves were arguing for a better, more radical way to alleviate the exploitation of rural villages caused by the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities ref name Rutherford Rutherford, S. 2009 The Pledge ASA, Peasant Politics and Microfinance in the Development of Bangladesh. New York Oxford University Press. ref The founding framework of ASA was aimed at empowering rural landless villagers from the bottom up through people s organizations . ref name Rutherford These were run by volunteers who advocated that a consciousness for solidarity amongst the village poor would lead to collective social action. ref name ford cite web last Meyer, R., Fernando, N. June 2002 title ASA The Ford Motor Model of Microfinance. url http www.adb.org documents periodicals microfinance finance 200232.pdf publisher Asian Development Bank accessdate 2011 09 11 ref For many years, ASA sought to combine social development in health, education, nutrition, sanitation with credit provision, but in 1991, these were abandoned, and ASA shifted its focus solely to microcredit lending. ref name kabeer Kabeer, N., Mahmud, S. & Castro, J.G.I. June 2010 Ngo s Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh. Working Paper 2010 343 . Brighton Institute of Development Studies. ref These was because they wanted ... Reflist DEFAULTSORT Association For Social Advancement Category Non governmental organisations based ... Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee BRAC August 2011 title Bangladesh Microfinance Review url ... more details
Multiple issues orphan April 2010 unreferenced April 2010 lead missing April 2010 primarysources April 2010 The Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery was founded in the year of 1790 in Amsterdam . The Dean education Dean is head of the Faculty of Science, directing the Faculty university faculty with the support of the Board of Directors Bart Noordam, Dean research , Jeanine Meerburg education , Deniz van Heijnsbergen support , Rudi Rust finance . Mission statement The mission of the Faculty of Science is based on that of a research university an institute for higher education where, in close interdependence, excellence in teaching and research is pursued. Links http www.science.uva.nl ngh home.cfm Website DEFAULTSORT Society For The Advancement Of Science, Medicine And Surgery Category Learned societies ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology abbreviation OCAST nativename a nativename r logo logo width logo caption seal Seal of Oklahoma.svg seal width 125px seal caption Great Seal of Oklahoma formed 1987 preceding1 preceding2 dissolved superseding jurisdiction headquarters 755 Research Parkway br Oklahoma City , Oklahoma employees 26 budget 38 million minister1 name Stephen W. S. McKeever minister1 pfo Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology minister2 name minister2 pfo chief1 name C. Michael Carolina chief1 position Executive Director chief2 name chief2 position chief3 name chief3 position parent agency child1 agency child2 agency website http www.ok.gov ocast Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology footnotes The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology OCAST is the government agency agency of the government of Oklahoma that is responsible for technology based economic development . Under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology , OCAST is responsible for fostering innovation in existing and developing business by supporting basic and applied research. The Center is led by 21 member Board of Directors, each either appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma , with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate , or ex officio members. The current Cabinet Secretary ... Henry Bellmon . Leadership The Center is overseen by the Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology ... for Aerospace Technology Oklahoma Institute of Technology Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Board External links http www.ok.gov OCAST Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology official website Oklahoma economic development agencies DEFAULTSORT Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Category State agencies of Oklahoma Science and Technology, Center for the Advancement of Oklahoma government stub ... more details
The John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science is awarded by the U.S. United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences for noteworthy and distinguished accomplishments in any field of science within the charter of the Academy . First awarded in 1931, the medal has been awarded in specific fields since 1961. List of John J. Carty Award winners 2010 Andre Geim Andre K. Geim physics 2009 Joseph Felsenstein evolution 2008 Thomas Eisner ecology 2007 Joseph R. Ecker plant science 2006 Russell Doolittle Russell F. Doolittle computational science 2005 Robert J. Cava materials 2004 Elinor Ostrom social political science 2003 David A. Freedman statistician David A. Freedman statistics 2000 Donald Lynden Bell astronomy astrophysics 1997 Patrick Vinton Kirch Patrick V. Kirch anthropology 1994 Marina Ratner mathematics 1991 Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. physics 1987 Motoo Kimura evolutionary biology 1984 Robert H. Burris agricultural sciences 1981 Shing Tung Yau mathematics 1978 John Mather mathematician John N. Mather pure mathematics 1975 John Tuzo Wilson J. Tuzo Wilson earth science 1971 James D. Watson molecular biology 1968 Murray Gell Mann theoretical physics 1965 Alfred Sturtevant Alfred H. Sturtevant biochemistry 1963 Maurice Ewing geophysics 1961 Charles Hard Townes Charles H. Townes physics 1953 Vannevar Bush 1950 Irving Langmuir 1947 Ross G. Harrison 1945 William F. Durand 1943 Edwin Conklin Edwin G. Conklin 1939 William Henry Bragg Sir William Bragg 1936 Edmund Beecher Wilson Edmund B. Wilson 1932 John J. Carty See also List of prizes Prizes named after people External links http www.nasonline.org site PageServer?pagename AWARDS carty John J. Carty Award National Academy of Sciences web site Category American science and engineering awards Category Awards established in 1932 Category United States National Academy of Sciences pt Pr mio John J. Carty ... more details
The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety IAASS is a non profit organization committed to furthering international cooperation and scientific advancement in space systems safety. Its aim is to advance the science and application of space safety. IAASS was legally established on April 16, 2004 in the Netherlands . It became a member of the International Astronautical Federation IAF in October 2004. ref Cite web url http www.iaass.org About 20IAASS.htm title About IAASS accessdate 3 January 2009 publisher International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref A 2005 report by the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute SACRI of George Washington University , titled Space Safety Report Vulnerabilities and Risk Reduction In U.S. Human Space Flight Programs suggested that the newly formed IAASS might help improve the safety of the International Space Station ISS . It also recommended NASA work with the IAASS to develop safety standards and advancement of space debris minimization and control. ref name Space Safety Report cite study url http www.spacesafety.org spacesafety05.html title Space Safety Report Vulnerabilities and Risk Reduction In U.S. Human Space Flight Programs accessdate 2009 01 04 author Peter Marshall coauthors Joseph N. Pelton David Smith Neil Helm Peter MacDoran Philip Caughran John Logsdon Justin Borodinsky Mark Evan Green C. Vyas Mamta S. Sodikumar date March 2005 publisher George Washington University Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot http www.space.com news 050323 gwu report.html Popular article at Space.com ref The first IAASS conference was held in Nice, France in October 2005. ref name Space Safety Report The European Space Agency sponsored the second IAASS Conference Space Safety in a Global World in May 2007 in Chicago . ref Cite web url http www.congrex.nl ... reflist External links http www.iaass.org International Association for the Advancement of Space ... more details
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The International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics IAAEE was a prominent group in the promotion of eugenics and Racial segregation segregation , and the first publisher of Mankind Quarterly . History POV section date October 2011 IAAEE was founded in 1959 and has headquarters in Edinburgh , Scotland . According to Russ Bellant, it was later also incorporated in the United States through the personal agency of Lord Malcolm Douglas Hamilton , a member of the British Cliveden Set which supported appeasement of Adolf Hitler prior to World War II . ref name bellant Bellant, Russ 1991 . Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party Domestic fascist networks and their effect on U.S. cold war politics. South End Press, ISBN 978 0896084186 ref ref name stophitler Staff report April 03, 1939 . http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,771598,00.html Stop Hitler. Time magazine Time ref Alger Hiss, in his autobiorgraphy, laid the brunt of the blame for his unjust persecution as an alleged Communist and traitor on The Cliveden Set as well. Other historians, including Bruce Minton, give differing evidence. ref name minton Minton, Bruce. Washington s Cliveden set. Reprinted from New masses, Feb. 24, 1942. ref A. James Gregor was a founding director of the IAAEE which was, according to Gregor, established to restore an intellectual climate in the U.S., and throughout ... p articles mi m0341 is n1 v54 ai 21107572 Science in the service of the far right Henry E. Garrett, the IAAEE, and the Liberty Lobby International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology ... that his association with the organization was based on his concerns about congenital birth defect ... his persecution to members of the British Cliveden Set run by Lord Malcolm Douglas Hamilton ... who leaked the tank movement plans of British General Montgomery directly to Nazi General Rommell ... the National Association of Manufacturers and both Ford Motor Company and Sears Roebuck, plus the Draper ... more details
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