A statement prepared by 40 Kansas University medical students in favor of sex education. Presented at School Health Symposium, Kansas University Medical Center, October 1969. (KH)

The head of Research at Thames Television (London) discusses in some detail the way the body's sight mechanism perceives color and the implications of this process for television. (LS)

Suggests that sound pollution constitutes a severe problem to the urban dweller. Excessive exposure of humans to noise produces both physical and psychological manifestations. Suggests that control of industrial, aircraft, and community noise must be recognized and accepted as a major factor in urban planning and development. Bibliography. (LC)

Basic research in autism is reviewed. Reports that there is mounting indication, but as yet inconclusive evidence, of unique physiologic disturbances etiologically related to autism and that some of the physiologic disturbances found in autistic children are also present in children with other developmental disorders. (Author/SBH)

Individuals react differently to caffeine intake but tests indicate that ingesting coffee has a minimal influence on motor performance. (JD)

The University of Hartford planned fitness trail will allow students to develop their bodies by providing a jogging route to improve cardiovascular fitness and exercise stations designed to provide warm-up exercises and improve strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance. (Author/MLF)

Better distance runners perform at a higher percentage of their maximal aerobic power than do distance runners of poorer ability. (JD)

The physiological mechanics of kayaking and canoeing are examined. (JD)

A report is given on alterations in blood pressure, heart rate, left ventricular ejection time, and myocardial oxygen consumption during isometric contraction in a closed heated environment. (JD)

Physical activity combined with proper diet will lead to weight loss without strenuous exercising. (JD)

Proposes a hypothesis suggesting that parts of the central nervous system that contain norepinephrine and dopamine are dynamically interrelated under stressful conditions in a compensatory way. (MLH)

Outlines methods for manipulating multiple gas data so as to gain the greatest amount of insight into the properties of ventilation-perfusion distributions. Refers to data corresponding to normal and abnormal lungs. Uses a two-dimensional framework with the respiratory gases of oxygen and carbon dioxide. (CS)