proud of my father-in-law... big shoes to fill for the Buffles

vbcgfcCover Description: Vol. 43, Iss. 19 - Environmental Science & Technology (ACS Publications)

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October 1, 2009: Vol. 43, Iss. 19

For nearly four decades, Jacques Buffle has built sensors and assembled models on the fundamentals of aquatic environmental chemistry. In this Tribute Issue, a bevy of researchers, including Buffle himself, present overviews and updates on the nature of aqueous colloids and the mechanisms involving dissolved organic matter. Read the Perspective interview and the Guest Comment by the editors of this Tribute. Cover photo of Jacques Buffle by Didier Perret; layout by Rhonda Saunders. View the article.

Seems I've been senile since my first bill...

Balancing the checkbook as a diagnostic tool:

Balancing the checkbook as a diagnostic tool: Here's another potential medical tool, this one diagnostic. Many elderly adults suffer from mild cognitive impairment, but only some of them progress to full-blown dementia. A year-long longitudinal study suggests a potential diagnostic indicator: basic financial competence. Anyone suffering from mild impairment wound up performing below controls in a test called the Financial Capacity Instrument, but those who wound up diagnosed as suffering from dementia at the end of the year did much worse, and had problems with financial concepts, cash transactions, bank statement management, and bill payment.