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THE Year BOOK for 1945 of the American Philosophical covering the year January 1, 1945–December 1945, includes as usual the minutes of the meetings and of the executive sessions, together wfi\i $n& reports of standing committees, that on ragea'rch containing classified reports from recipients orVgrants. Among these may be mentioned the following: R. N. Jones on factors influencing the ultra-violet absorption spectra of aromatic compounds; E. J. Schremp on the fine-structure pattern of directional cosmic ray intensity; S. Ochoa's studies on respiratory enzymes; W. J. Eversole's investigation of the relation of carbohydrate-deficient diets to the effectiveness of hormones of the adrenal cortex; H. J. Muller on age in relation to the frequency of spontaneous mutations in Drosophila; S. McGregor Pady on the biology of Melanosporella; R. Beutner and T. C. Barnes qn a general explanation for the therapeutic action of *the drugs which act on the nervous system; R. P. Forster on the effect of general anaesthetics on renal function in the Jabbit; I. M. Korr on the relation between tissue metabolism, and physiological activity and O. Meyerhoff's studies on intermediary enzymatic reactions of carbohydrate breakdown.
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American Philosophical Society: Year Book for 1945. Nature 158, 338 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158338b0
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