“I’m a pop artist using natural history as my iconography,” Alexis Rockman has said of himself (1). Pop art, a movement that coincided with the youth and music phenomena of the 1950s and 1960s, draws its subject matter from the modern urban consumer experience, adopting popular culture icons and introducing them to the art world, much as American artist Andy Warhol incorporated and immortalized...

Global human population density is increasing, as are our abilities to assemble large ecologic datasets and perform surveillance for and respond to diseases as they emerge. Consequently, multidimensional ecologic data may help us improve public health locally and globally. This engaging book empowers disease modelers and public health policy makers by introducing them to ecologic niche models a...

After three dogs died from acute Chagas cardiomyopathy at one location, an investigation was conducted of the home, garage, and grounds of the owner. A serologic study was conducted on stray dogs, and an ecologic niche model was developed to predict areas where the vector Triatoma gerstaeckeri might be expected.

and Unintentional Firearm Deaths Name: __________________________ Date: _____/_____/_____ 1. How might the possibility that “. . . where there are more guns parents care less about their children’s welfare. . . .” influence the inference one can reach from Dr. Miller’s study? 2. Why did Dr. Miller “. . . control for state level of poverty, urbanization and regionalization”? 3. How does Dr. Mill...

Global human population density is increasing, as are our abilities to assemble large ecologic datasets and perform surveillance for and respond to diseases as they emerge. Consequently, multidimensional ecologic data may help us improve public health locally and globally. This engaging book empowers disease modelers and public health policy makers by introducing them to ecologic niche models a...

The scarcity of natural resources together with the exponentially increasing world population has made sustainable consumption food (SCF) a crucial issue, as it impacts on variety environmental, health, economic, and social dimensions. Considering rarity holistic view in previous studies, this study aims to assess current situation develop suggestions from all aspects, depending opinions expert...

“T are neither carnivores nor reptiles in Tahiti,” wrote Paul Gauguin in his journal Noa Noa. “The only ‘wild game’ on the island are the pigs which have escaped into the forest, where they have multiplied and become entirely wild.” The artist’s first impression after the long voyage, “sixty-three days of feverish expectancy,” was “nothing very extraordinary; nothing, for instance, that could b...

In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former partner appeared to Scrooge in a ghostly apparition. "You don't believe in me," observed the ghost. "I don't," said Scrooge. "What evidence would you have of my reality beyond that of your senses?" "I don't know," said Scrooge. "Why do you doubt your senses?" "Because," said Scrooge, "a little thing affects them. A slight dis...