The distribution of denitrification was investigated in the hypolimnion of the east and west lobes of permanently ice-covered Lake Bonney, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Anomalously high concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN; nitrate, nitrite, ammonium and nitrous oxide) in the oxygen-depleted hypolimnion of the east lobe of the Lake implied that denitrification is or was active in th...

BACKGROUND Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome is a dominantly inherited multisystem cancer syndrome caused by a heterozygous mutation in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Previous studies suggested that similar populations of Caucasian and Japanese patients have similar genotype or phenotype characteristics. In this comprehensive study of East Asian patients, we investigated the genetic and clinical...

Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (M.M., P.R.O.); Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); and Plant Resilience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty...

Infections (SSTI) in Obese Patients Hao Nguyen, MD; Kaushal Shah, MD; Manjit Dhillon; Michael Gooch, PharmD; Paul Cook, MD; Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; Infectious Disease, East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; Infectious Diseases, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Pharmacy, ...

The East Palaearctic genus Sibirocosa Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 is surveyed and three species S. koponeni sp. n. (Maritime Province), S. nadolnyi sp. n. and S. trilikauskasi sp. n. (both from Khabarovsk Province) are described from the Russian Far East. Illustrations to all six species found in East Asia are provided.

L. Morgus,* T. Morgus, T. Drake, and J. Huennekens Department of Physics, 36 Madison Avenue, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey 07940, USA Department of Physics, 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301, USA Department of Physics, 16 Memorial Drive East, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA Received 6 November 2007; published 10 M...

150. Changes in Nursing home Reimbursement Associated with Improvement of Antibiogram Data in an Urban Community Hospital Kevin Mcdonough, BS, PharmD, MPA; Samya Shafi, MD; Elizabeth MammenPrasad, MD; Diana Finkel, DO; Pharmacy, Cardinal Health. Pharm. Services, East Orange, NJ; East Orange General Hospital, Butler, NJ; East Orange General Hospital, Irvington, NJ; Cross Roads Medical, Clifton, NJ

Serakinci N1* and Can Erzik2 1Near East University, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Head of Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Near East Avenue, 99138, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 2Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Turkey *Address for Correspondence: Nedime Serakinci, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Lef...

The role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its influence on peace conflict dynamic in Middle East has always been a discussed controversial issue. While United States countries NATO Southern flank are active discussions engagement region, perspectives Eastern is often forgotten. This work contributes to discussion with comparative analysis four member states from Central Europe: Cze...

As diabetes and obesity rates continue to climb at astronomical rates in the Middle East, future generationsare at an even greater risk for diabetes and the associated complications. Many factors are at play and it isclear that creative solutions are needed to retool provider resources in the Middle East towards preventionof diabetes and its complications while leveraging technology to maximize...