Footprints on the foundation road of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in seventy years / 中国针灸

The exploration and representative achievements of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences are reviewed during the past 70 years since its foundation in the basic research field, e.g. theoretic innovation, literature research, cultural relic study and museum construction, as well as acupuncture-moxibustion standardization. Besides, the analysis is conducted on the relevant aspects that needs to be improved or enhanced. Facing the future and reviewing the original aspiration, the approaches to the new journey of inheritance and innovation in Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion have been explored, i.e. discovering rules, creating innovation methods, constructing platform and refining essence.

A special issue to mark the 90th Anniversary of College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

The College of Life Sciences (CLS) remains one of the most prestigious-and the oldest-colleges in Zhejiang University. This special issue, which includes 16 reviews contributed by our alumni and faculties, is dedicated to mark the 90th Anniversary of CLS. The reviews provide a glimpse of current progresses in the areas of life sciences such as biochemical processes and their association with diseases (Ding et al., 2019; Hu et al., 2019; Jin et al., 2019; Nie and Yi, 2019), cancer biology (Feng, 2019; Huang et al., 2019; Leonard and Zhang, 2019; Zhu F et al., 2019), plant and environmental microbiology (Li et al., 2019; Yang et al., 2019; Zhu XR et al., 2019), cell cycle (Gao and Liu, 2019; Zhang et al., 2019), RNA biology (Gudenas et al., 2019; Luo et al., 2019), and protein structural biology (Yang and Tang, 2019).

Tumor immunology and immunotherapy: a journey I started from Hangzhou / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

This short article is dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of the School of Life Sciences at Zhejiang University, China. Immunotherapy of cancer is currently a hot topic in the biomedical field, and a re-search focus of my laboratory is on developing new and effective combinatorial immunotherapeutic strategies for liver cancer. Of note, my interest in immunotherapy of cancer stems from the training as an undergraduate student at Hangzhou University, China, almost 40 years ago.

Commemorating the 40-Year Journey of the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

@#The School of Medical Sciences of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is the launching pad for this journal. From the school’s humble beginning at the USM Main Campus in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, it has grown in stature at its current location in the USM Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. Commemorating its 40th anniversary, this editorial aims to recollect, although not exhaustively, the wealth of returns for the USM, as well as for the nation, which the school has managed to deliver in that period. Resolute to its vision and mission, this article highlights the outstanding accomplishments in various core aspects of the school’s academic, research and professional growth as we continually strive to train globally competitive and compassionate medical graduates, medical specialists and scientists, skilled to serve nation’s needs and broader markets worldwide. Currently guided by the Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint (2015–2025), the school shall remain ingenious in its duties in the many more years to come, as we head for a world-class trajectory.

A Retrospective and Prospective Follow-up Study of Psychological Distress in the Danwon High School Survivors of the Sewol Ferry Disaster

OBJECTIVE: We monitored a group of students from Danwon High School who survived the Sewol ferry disaster for 27 months to examine the course of their psychological symptoms. METHODS: We performed a chart review at the Danwon High School Mental Health Center at the following time points (T): 9 months (T1), 12 months (T2), and 15 months (T3) after the disaster. Additionally, we performed a follow-up review at 27 months (T4). Subjects completed the ‘State’ section of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression assessment, the Child Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms, and the Inventory of Complicated Grief. Data from the 32 subjects who completed all four assessments were used in the statistical analyses. RESULTS: Scores of psychological variables tended to increase until T2 and then slowly decreased until T4. The severity of anxiety and complicated grief symptoms changed significantly over time, but the severity of depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms did not. CONCLUSION: We found that the symptoms of anxiety and complicated grief reported by Sewol ferry survivors from Danwon High School were exacerbated at the first anniversary of the disaster, but these symptoms subsided after the students graduated from high school.

Toward the ‘new century’ of handedness in biology: In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Francis Crick.

June 8th of this year marks the 100th birthday of one of the 20th century’s most influential scientists, Francis Crick (1916–2004). Together with James Watson, he discovered the double-helix structure of DNA (Watson and Crick 1953) and led the way for cracking the genetic code, laying the foundation formolecular biology. For the last 28 years of his life, he focused on human consciousness. Life and consciousness were the main themes of Francis Crick’s impressive body of work. The energy and brilliance he exuded throughout his life has been likened to the ‘incandescence of an intellectual nuclear reactor’ (Sacks 2005). The groundbreaking discovery of the ‘right-handed’ double-helix structure of DNA byWatson and Crick might also have been the dawn of the age of ‘Molecular Handedness’. The DNA of every organism on Earth forms a right-handed double helix, but the reason for this preference remains a mystery to date. Life is composed asymmetrically. Natural proteins comprise left-handed amino acids, whereas nucleic acids possess right-handed sugars. The ribosome has been shown to be a ribozyme and, therefore, the evolutionary transition from the putative ‘RNA world’ to ‘RNA/protein world’ would be a key step in the establishment of life. tRNA aminoacylation exists as a bridge between both worlds and chiral-selective nonenzymatic aminoacylation has been shown to occur depending on RNA chirality (Tamura and Schimmel 2004). Crick’s final paper with Christof Koch proposed that the claustrum may be involved in consciousness (Crick and Koch 2005). (The first draft of this manuscript was completed by Crick on July 19th, 2004, and he was still refining it in the hospital on the day he died, July 28th. It is said that he ended the first handwritten draft with the urgent words, ‘What could be more important? So why wait?’ (Ridley 2006)) The claustrum is a thin sheet of grey matter on each side of the head, located concealed between the inner surfaces of the neocortex. The functions of the brain are also asymmetrical. As generally accepted, leftbrain thinking is verbal and analytical, whereas right-brain thinking is non-verbal, intuitive, and visual. Although the claustrum is present on both sides of the brain, is the origin of the human consciousness based on ‘Brain-Handedness’? Crick maintained that the only unsolved problem is the one on consciousness and free will, which might be related to brain-handedness (Crick 1994). He tried to break the shell of scientists and paved the way for thorough investigations on consciousness. In the future, the detailed local circuit diagram of the claustrum would be elucidated, which might contribute to understanding its actual function in terms of ‘Molecular Handedness’. Francis Crick remained indomitable until his last moment. He had no interest in being famous and wealthy. His passion for science will continue to inspire scientists now and forever. Crick offers that, ‘Nature isn’t conspiring against us to make important problems difficult, so given a finite life span, aim high – go after fundamental problems.’ Let us celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The ‘new century’ has the potential for profound discoveries in ‘Handedness’.

Luis Díaz Soto, hombre de ciencia y conciencia, en el aniversario 110 de su natalicio / Luis Díaz Soto, a man of science and conscience, on his 110th Anniversary

En el aniversario 110 del natalicio de Luis Díaz Soto (1904-1958), como testimonio de admiración y respeto a su memoria, se ofrece una reseña de la breve y fecunda vida de este médico. Fue fundador del Centro Benéfico Jurídico de los Trabajadores de Cuba y uno de los mejores directores de hospitales que ha tenido Cuba. Integró las filas del Partido Socialista Popular desde muy joven. Participó junto al pueblo español en su lucha por la libertad, durante la guerra civil de 1936-1939, en la que alcanzó el grado de Capitán del Ejército Republicano en la Brigada Internacional "Abraham Lincoln”. Su actitud comprometida con la Patria, así como con la libertad y la justicia social, ha servido de paradigma a generaciones de jóvenes, especialmente a los médicos militares, quienes han imitado su ejemplo y perpetuado su nombre en el Hospital Militar Central “Dr. Luis Díaz Soto” ubicado en el municipio Habana del Este.

An overview of the brief and fruitful life of Luis Díaz Soto (1904-1958), is provides on the 110th anniversary of his birth, as a testimony of admiration and respect for his memory. He founded the Charity Law Center of Cuban Workers and he was one of the best hospital directors in Cuba. He joined the ranks of the Popular Socialist Party when he was very young. He participated with the Spanish people in their struggle for freedom during civil war (1936-1939), where he attained the rank of Captain of the Republican Army in the Abraham Lincoln International Brigade. His commitment to his country, as well as freedom and social justice attitude, he has served as paradigm to young generations, especially military doctors, who have imitated his example and perpetuated his name at Central Military Hospital located in the municipality of Habana del Este.

Eighty Years of the Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

  The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine (JSBCPM) was founded in 1935 with the aim of researching the scientific bases of balneotherapy. The Society was admitted as the 15th affiliated member of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences, which consists of 123 medical societies today. The scientific meeting of the Society has been held annually and the 80th anniversary meeting was celebrated in 2015.   The number of members has gradually increased over the past 30 years due to rising interest in balneotherapy. The members counted 1914, including 976 balneotherapists who had completed a training course for balneotherapy of which 221 were Society-certified balneotherapy specialists in 2015. The Society has held a training course for balneotherapy and study meetings in 7 areas of Japan once a year to promote balneology. The official journal (J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med.) has been issued quarterly and several textbooks relating to spa treatment have been published by the committee of the Society.   In the annual scientific meeting, several special lectures and an average of 50 free papers have been presented. The main concerns of the members, assumed from the percentage of titles of papers appearing in J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med., had been spa bathing treatment followed by climatology and the chemistry of hot springs water up until volume 50; however, they have recently shifted to the physiology of heat stimuli, health promotion with spa bathing and mox and acupuncture instead of climatology and chemistry.   The Society reported “the indications and contra-indications of spa treatment” in 2010 after 5 years’ research into medical references on balneology by request of the Ministry of the Environment. Based on this report the official notification for indications and contra-indications of balneotherapy was changed in 2014 by the Chief of Natural Environment in the Ministry of the Environment. The organization of balneotherapists has performed several studies on the effect of balneotherapy and reported the results of them in J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med., volumes 65 and 74.   The 39th Congress of the International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology (ISMH) was successfully held in Kyoto under the sponsorship of JSBCPM in 2014.

Eighty Years of the Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

  The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine (JSBCPM) was founded in 1935 with the aim of researching the scientific bases of balneotherapy. The Society was admitted as the 15th affiliated member of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences, which consists of 123 medical societies today. The scientific meeting of the Society has been held annually and the 80th anniversary meeting was celebrated in 2015.<BR>  The number of members has gradually increased over the past 30 years due to rising interest in balneotherapy. The members counted 1914, including 976 balneotherapists who had completed a training course for balneotherapy of which 221 were Society-certified balneotherapy specialists in 2015. The Society has held a training course for balneotherapy and study meetings in 7 areas of Japan once a year to promote balneology. The official journal (J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med.) has been issued quarterly and several textbooks relating to spa treatment have been published by the committee of the Society. <BR>  In the annual scientific meeting, several special lectures and an average of 50 free papers have been presented. The main concerns of the members, assumed from the percentage of titles of papers appearing in J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med., had been spa bathing treatment followed by climatology and the chemistry of hot springs water up until volume 50; however, they have recently shifted to the physiology of heat stimuli, health promotion with spa bathing and mox and acupuncture instead of climatology and chemistry.<BR>  The Society reported “the indications and contra-indications of spa treatment” in 2010 after 5 years’ research into medical references on balneology by request of the Ministry of the Environment. Based on this report the official notification for indications and contra-indications of balneotherapy was changed in 2014 by the Chief of Natural Environment in the Ministry of the Environment. The organization of balneotherapists has performed several studies on the effect of balneotherapy and reported the results of them in J. Jpn. Soc. Balneol. Climatol. Phys. Med., volumes 65 and 74.<BR>  The 39th Congress of the International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology (ISMH) was successfully held in Kyoto under the sponsorship of JSBCPM in 2014.

Report on the 20th anniversary congress and the executive committee meeting of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

20th anniversary congress of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) was held in Beijing, China on 20-22 October 2007. The congress was characterized by 1) cerebration of 20th anniversary of WFAS, 2) distinguished guests from World Health Organization (WHO) were invited, and they gave us a lecture, 3) WFAS executive committee showed a strategic plan for future 10 years. <BR>Although WFAS strategic plan has not carried out properly in the past 10 years, it could be completed in the next 10 years. WFAS is changing from what it used to be. Therefore, JSAM has to reconsider its strategic plan for WFAS and for the worldwide spread of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Cincuentenario de la Asociación Argentina de Dermatología: (1907-1957) / Fiftieth anniversary of the Argentine Association of Dermatology: (1907-1957)

Transcurrimos en el año del Centenario de la Asociación Argentina de Dermatología, con la intención de comprender cabalmente ese momento. Hallamos en su historia hechos trascendentes, que nos muestran el camino recorrido y nos orientan hacia la concreción de objetivos, en pro del engrandecimiento de la entidad como tal. La revisión del Cincuentenario Institucional, a través de la lectura del acto oficial y evento científico, que se acompañó con la presencia de un número importante de médicos, representativo de la Medicina y Dermatología Argentina, nos nutre de información, estimula a la revisión histórica e invita a trabajar por la vigencia y consolidación del patrimonio cultural-educativo de nuestro país con proyección internacional, que concentra la Asociación Argentina de Dermatología.

We go through the year of the Anniversary of the Argentine Association of Dermatology with the intention of fully understanding this moment. Therefore, we have looked for important facts in its history, which show us the distance covered and guide us through the realization of goals, which exalt the institution as such. Through the reading of the first official ceremony and the scientific event which accompanied it -which was full of several important physicians representing Argentine foreign Medicine and Dermatology-, the review of the Fiftieth Institutional Anniversary nurtures us with information and stimulates us to work for the validity and consolidation of the educational and cultural heritage of our country that constitutes the Argentine Association of Dermatology.

Hospital Universitario de Caracas: cincuenta años de historia / Hospital Universitario de Caracas: fifty years of history

Se realizó un breve recuento histórico sobre la creación, inauguración, la atención del primer paciente y la primera intervención quirúrgica del Hospital Universitario de Caracas, con motivo de la celebración de su quincuagésimo aniversario.

It was a historical recount about the creation, opening, the first patient attention and the first surgery in the Hospital Universitario de Caracas, by reason of the 50 th anniversary.

On the Culture of University Anniversary / 中华医学教育探索杂志

The culture of university anniversary is an important,meaningful and charming part of campus culture in universities,which includes some kinds of activities,such as academy activities,entertainment activities,alumni and alumnae activities,compilation of university history and construction of museum of university.These activities should accord to university's character,level,type and the purpose of anniversary.Extravagance and waste,becoming a mere formality,and angling for fame should be forbidden during university anniversary.