Pharmaceuticals are produced and used in increasingly large volumes every year. With this growth comes concern about the fate and effects of these compounds in the environment. The discovery of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment has stimulated research in the last decade. A wide range of pharmaceuticals has been found in fresh and marine waters, and it has recently been shown that even ...

Panjab plains, with numerous valleys stretching from the central vale up into the higher ranges. It lies N.W. and S.E. a long oval between Lat. 34? 7' and 33c 5' N., and Long. 74? and 75? 3' E. The actual area within the ring of hill summits surrounding Kashmir proper is about 3,900 square miles, being 116 miles long by from 40 to 75 miles wide. The valley itself is 89 miles long and 20 to 25 m...

Background. Proximity to heavy traffic has been linked to increased asthma severity. However, it is unknown whether exposure to heavy traffic is associated with the ability to maintain asthma control. Objectives. This study examines whether exposure to heavy traffic is associated with the ability to maintain asthma control in inner-city children. Methods. 756 inner-city asthmatic Hispanic child...

We are all familiar with the fact that if B is two miles from A, and if C is two miles from B, then C is not necessarily four miles from A. Only in very special circumstances are distances compounded according to the ordinary artimetical law of addition. Actually, there are many other entities which behave in this way as distances rather than as ordinary numbers; this motiviates the study of th...

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest B. Paiva reports receiving speakers bureau honoraria from Becton, Dickinson and Company, Binding Site, Celgene, Janssen, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals. J.F. San Miguel is a consultant/advisory board member for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Janssen, Merck, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. No potential conflicts of int...

May 22, 2006 issue Imagine tears, lots of tears. Imagine a trail of tears trickling across upstate New York. Judie Comerford and her husband, Michael, are in their minivan on a highway somewhere between Potsdam and their home in Buffalo. They've just bid farewell to their oldest child, Meghan, who's starting college. "I cried, and then I cried some more, and then I cried again," Judie recalls. ...

Article history: Received 18 July 2007 Revised 18 July 2008 Available online 10 September 2008 The substantial literature on access to higher education has a narrow focus: the effect of tuition on the enrollment decisions of 18-year-olds seeking bachelors degrees. But for non-traditional (i.e. older) students who tend to prefer community college, access is more about a school’s location than ab...

Autonomous vehicles are being viewed with scepticism in their ability to improve safety and the driving experience. A critical issue with automated driving at this stage of its development is that it is not yet reliable and safe. When automated driving fails, or is limited, the autonomous mode disengages and the drivers are expected to resume manual driving. For this transition to occur safely,...

IN T R O D U C T IO N A passing lane is an added lane provided in one or both directions of travel on a conventional tw o-lane highw ay to im prove passing oppo r­ tunities. T his definition includes passing lanes in level or rolling terra in , clim bing lanes on grades, and short four-lane sections. T he length of the added lane can vary from 1,000 feet as m uch as 3 miles. Figure 1 illustrate...

Travel to procure deceased donor organs is associated with risk to transplant personnel. In many instances, multiple teams are present for a given operation. We studied our statewide experience to determine how much excess travel this redundancy entails, and generated alternate models for organ recovery. We reviewed our organ procurement organization's experience with deceased donor operations ...