One Cold Autumn Day

Autumn senescence in aspen is not triggered by day length.

Autumn senescence in mature aspens, grown under natural conditions, is initiated at almost the same date every year. The mechanism of such precise timing is not understood but we have previously shown that the signal must be derived from light. We studied variation in bud set and autumn senescence in a collection of 116 natural Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula) genotypes, from 12 populations in ...

On a cold winter's day.

One day more

While I was suffering from a severe case of the flu this winter, I was desperate for a suitable remedy. Then I was reminded of Victor Hugo's words: " Those who live are those who fight. " As the year 2012 draws to a close, it is worth turning our attention to a remarkable flu fighter, Dr. Ron Fouchier. He is a virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and was liste...

One Last Day.

475 August 2015 Anesthesiology, V 123 • No 2 475 August 2015 FFor many generations, people have posed the question, “What would you do if you had one day left to live?” Of course, this kind of question often leads to more questions about how to spend that day. “Who would you call to say goodbye? Would you make one last visit to family to say I love you? Would you try to reconnect with those wit...

One-day triage course for nurses, it is essential

Objective: Triage procedure is one of the most important aspects of emergency departments as it has an undeniable role on the management of patients. It includes 5 categories based on the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) according to the condition of severity. For better decision making and management, it is important to have skillful and experienced nursing staff. In the current...