Japan and US both claim lead

The both of us.

Editorial Cet article se trouve aussi en français à la page 526. E very good story needs some conflict, and I think the old western films did it best. They always had a great setting—the dusty streets, the hastily constructed wooden buildings, and the townspeople just trying to survive in the new frontier. Inevitably tensions would rise, and the powers-that-be would face off across the main str...

Lead exposure and periodontitis in US adults.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lead is known to have significant effects on bone metabolism and the immune system. This study tested the hypothesis that lead exposure affects periodontitis in adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study used the data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-94). It analyzed data from 2500 men and 2399 women, 20-56 yr old, who rec...

Co-ordinating Lead Authors: TSUNEYUKI MORITA (JAPAN),

This chapter reviews three scenario literatures: general mitiga-tion scenarios produced since the Second Assessment Report (SAR), narrative-based scenarios found in the general futures literature, and mitigation scenarios based on the new reference scenarios developed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES). Scenarios A long-term view...

The Changing US-Japan Security Alliance

Where does axon guidance lead us?

During neural circuit formation, axons need to navigate to their target cells in a complex, constantly changing environment. Although we most likely have identified most axon guidance cues and their receptors, we still cannot explain the molecular background of pathfinding for any subpopulation of axons. We lack mechanistic insight into the regulation of interactions between guidance receptors ...