Selected Papers
June 28, Symposium: Contributions of Czechs and Slovaks to Science and Technology of the 21st Century. Chair: Karel Raška, Jr., New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Václav Pačes, The Learned Society of the Czech Republic, Prague:
Importance of Non-University Research for Technology Transfer - Jan Svoboda, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences, Prague:
Retroviruses and Our Genome: Builders or Parasites? - Mojmír Petráň and Milan Hadravský, Charles University, Prague and Pilsen:
Confocal Microscope – An Idea That Worked - Marcela Krečmerová, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague:
Therapeutics from the Family of Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogs: A Contribution of Czech Science to World Medicine - Marcela Munzarová, Elmarco, Liberec:
Nanofibers in Medical Applications
June 29, Medicine I. Chairs: Karel Raška, III, Morristown, New Jersey and Petr Hausner, Baltimore, Maryland
- Petr Hausner, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland:
Indirect and Direct Evidence in Medical Decision Making - Karel Raška, III, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey:
The Biology of Heart Disease - Josef Machac, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York:
Yttrium – 90 SIR-Sphere Treatment of Unresectable Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors - Karel Raška, Jr., Saint Peter’s University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
Reminiscences of the Beginning of AIDS Epidemic in New Jersey - Kelley L. Davis, Nova Southern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
The Myths and Realities of Post-Disaster Infections - Cecelia Rokusek, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nutrition for Positive Aging
July 1, Medicine and Public Health. Chair: Vlado Šimko, Downstate Medical Center, New York, New York
- Vlado Šimko, New York, New York:
Health of Central Europeans After the Fall of Communism - Richard Rokyta, Charles University, Prague:
The New Types of Pharmacological and Other Treatments of Pain - David Alcid, St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
Incidence of Carbapanemase Resistance Among Klebsiella Pneumonia at St. Peter’s University Hospital: Clinical Implication in the Management of Patients - Eugene Martin, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
A New Paradigm for HIV Testing in the United States - Eva Hausnerová, M.D Ph.D., Maryland:
How to Predict and How to Prevent Heart Disease - Cecelia Rokusek, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
A New Academic Discipline: Emergency Preparedness
July 1, Biology, Ecology and Natural Sciences. Chair: František Sehnal, Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budĕjovice
- Ivan Raška, Charles University and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague:
Chromatin Position in Human Cells: Although Non-Random, it is Significantly changed in Daughter Cells - Ivo Sauman, University of South Bohemia, České Budĕjovice:
Illuminating the Circadian Clock in Monarch butterfly Migration - Hana Šantrůčková, Jiří Šantrůček and Miloslav Svoboda, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská, České Budĕjovice and Czech University of Agriculture, Prague:
Carbon Isotopes in Tree Rings of Norway Spruce (Šumava Mnts.) Exposed to Atmospheric Pollution - Karel Prach, University of South Bohemia, České Budĕjovice:
Restoration Ecology in Human Disturbed Sites: Examples From the Czech Republic - Arika L. Kulhavy, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas:
Czech Settlements and Cemeteries in Texas Related to Soils - Zdenko F. Danes, Universityof Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington:
Gravity Exploration in the State of Washington, USA
July 1, Current Issues in Geriatric Medicine Across the Atlantic. Chair: Naushira Pandya, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Jessica DeLeon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Ethnocultural Attitudes Towards the Elderly - Pavel Weber:
Geriatric Syndromes and Frailty
July 2, History II. Chair: Margaret H. Peaslee, University of Pittsburgh, PA
- Margaret H. Peaslee, University of Pittsburgh, Titusville, Pennsylvania:
Scientists in Germany, Contemporaries of Mendel - Margaret H. Peaslee, University of Pittsburgh, Titusville, Pennsylvania:
Uncle Klácel’s Box: Tribute to a Great Czech Lady
July 2, Educational Challenges in Geriatric Education: Comparison between the US and the Czech and Slovak Republics. Chair: Naushira Pandya, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Cecilia Rokusek, and Sona Hromulak, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Geriatric Patients - Stefan Krajcik and Naushira Pandya, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Geriatrics Fellowship Training: Transatlantic Comparisons
