Provide a point-by-point response to all reviewer comments, structured as: B author’s response to the reviewer (in a respectful tone); B changes to the paper (whether and where). Provide a marked revision of your paper. In case of rejection: B do not get frustrated and motivate yourself to move on quickly; B improve your paper if possible, based on the reviewers’ comments; and B submit the new ...

1. Green plants have been found to emit light of approximately the same color as their fluorescent light for several minutes following illumination. This light is about 10(-3) the intensity of the fluorescent light, about one-tenth second after illumination below saturation or 10(-6) of the intensity of the absorbed light. 2. The decay curve follows bimolecular kinetics at 6.5 degrees C. and re...

For any enumeration degree a let D a be the set of s-degrees contained in a. We answer an open question of Watson by showing that if a is a nontrivial Σ2-enumeration degree, then D a has no least element. We also show that every countable partial order embeds into D a.

A strain F1 with high cellulase activity obtained from the deadwood stack was characterized as Ceriporia lacerate by examination of the general taxonomical characteristics and phylogenetic sequence analysis of rDNA ITS gene. The endoglucanase (EG) and filter paper cellulase (FPase) activities of the strain showed remarkable stability in the pH range of 4.0-7.0, and maintained about their maxima...

Quantitative analyses of the pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and Farfantepenaeus paulensis) fisheries were carried out using data collected from July 1999 to July 2001 from the trawling operations of the fishing fleet based in Santos/Guarujá, SP. According to classical models, the fishery is at its maximum sustainable yield. Therefore, reduction of the fishing effort and adequate seas...

Destruction of the articular cartilage is the first change seen on gross examination of the knee in osteoarthritis. Weight-bearing radiographs are conventionally taken with the knee in full extension. Biomechanical studies have shown, however, that the major contact stresses in the femorotibial articulation occur when the knee is flexed about 28 degrees. Arthroscopy has confirmed that cartilage...

In the midwestern and eastern U.S. populations of Drosophila melanogaster, the Standard gene arrangements show higher frequencies in the north than in the south. In a Missouri population, and to a lesser extent in a south Texas population, the frequencies of Standard chromosomes regularly rise during the cold season and drop during the warm season, thus paralleling the north-south frequency dif...

In 12 infants aged under 16 months with unilateral club foot we used MRI in association with multiplanar reconstruction to calculate the volume and principal axes of inertia of the bone and cartilaginous structures of the hindfoot. The volume of these structures in the club foot is about 20% smaller than that in the normal foot. The reduction in volume of the ossification centre of the talus (4...

We developed MicroGen, a multi-database Web based system for managing all the information characterizing spotted microarray experiments. It supports information gathering and storing according to the Minimum Information About Microarray Experiments (MIAME) standard. It also allows easy sharing of information and data among all multidisciplinary actors involved in spotted microarray experiments.