Seminar on Climatic Environment: Influence on PhysiologicalFunctions - African Association of Physiological Sciences Nairobi, Kenya (Science in Developing Countries).

这笔会议赠款支持国际和平协会和八位非洲环境生理学家在一个题为“气候环境：对生理功能的影响”的研究研讨会上发言的旅费。这次研讨会将于1992年9月21日至28日在肯尼亚内罗毕举行，在非洲生理科学协会第一届国际大会期间举行，这是一个新的、覆盖整个大陆的组织。这次大会由国际生理科学联合会主办。研讨会将讨论目前与非洲国家特别相关的问题，其中许多国家正在经历不寻常的天气变化。除了这笔资金资助的科学家外，还将有另外8名来自发达国家的科学家参加。整个大会的主要目标是促进非洲生理学家之间的科学交流和合作研究，并促进发达国家科学家与非洲同事之间的合作研究。该研讨会有望为美国和非洲的科学家提供一个交流各种物种的热生理学数据的论坛，并促进对干旱生理适应的理解，从而对美国和非洲的科学家互惠互利。在整个非洲建立活跃的专业协会将促进整个区域的研究合作和联网。该项目与发展中国家科学计划(SDC)有关加强发展中国家科学基础设施的目标有关，并提高美国科学家与发展中国家科学家之间的合作水平。

This conference grant supports the travel costs of the PI and eight African environmental physiologists speaking at a research seminar on "The Climatic Environment: Influence on Physiological Functions". This seminar will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, September 21-28, 1992, during the First International Congress of the African Association of Physiological Sciences, a new, continent-wide organization. The congress is sponsored by the International Union of Physiological Sciences. The seminar will address issues currently particularly relevant to African countries, many of which are experiencing unusual weather changes. Besides the scientists funded under this grant, an additional eight scientists from developed countries will participate. The main objectives of the overall congress are to stimulate scientific interchange and cooperative research among African physiologists, and to promote collaborative research between scientists based in developed countries with colleagues in Africa. The seminar promises to be mutually beneficial for U.S. and African scientists by providing a forum for exchange of data on thermal physiology in various species, and advancing understanding of physiological adaptation to drought. The establishment of active Africa- wide professional societies will promote research cooperation and networking throughout the region. This project is relevant to the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries (SDC) Program with regard to strengthening the scientific infrastructure in developing countries, and increasing the level of cooperation between U.S. scientists and their counterparts in developing countries.