Assessing post-fire recovery is essential to forecast how ecosystems will respond future warmer conditions and higher fire severity. Such assessments must consider site the of trees shrubs. We used tree-ring data intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) quantify responses a tree (Pinus pinea) shrub (Juniperus phoenicea) in Mediterranean coastal dunes located Doñana protected area, SW Spain. compar...

Mineral element concentrations are presented in leaf and bark material from six woody species growing at a single site on the subantarctic Auckland Islands. Foliar total mineral element concentrations range from 5.81% (Olearia lyallii) to 2.71 % (Dracophyllum longifolium), the lowest concentrations occurring in slow growing species tolerant of nutrient-poor soils. The browse preference of intro...

In order to analyze data from cancer genome sequencing projects, we need to be able to distinguish causative, or "driver," mutations from "passenger" mutations that have no selective effect. Toward this end, we prove results concerning the frequency of neutural mutations in exponentially growing multitype branching processes that have been widely used in cancer modeling. Our results yield a sim...

“In 2003, we had 119 total new identifications,” Todd said, referring to the number of physicians identified as candidates for PHP assistance. “That number rose to 196 in 2004 and through the first six months of 2005, we have had 103 identifications. Our needs are continuing to grow, and one of the biggest changes – a real plus – is we’re getting more self-referrals because physicians are feeli...

evidence acquisition a systematic literature searching of databases medline, embase, and google scholar was done from 1982 and updated in december 2015. search terms were “cholecystectomy”, “laparoscopic cholecystectomy”, “four port laparoscopic cholecystectomy”, “single-incision laparoscopic surgery”. context laparoscopic approach with its several techniques has become the standard method for ...

Aerial images were obtained on 22 July 1999 and 4 August 2000 from five cotton sites infested with Meloidogyne incognita. Images contained three broad bands representing the green (500-600 nm), red (600-700 nm), and near-infrared (700-900 nm) spectrum. Soil samples were collected and assayed for nematodes in the fall at these sites. Sampling locations were identified from images, by locating th...

Idiopathic vesicular disease was reported in pigs of all ages during a 7-month period on an 1840-sow, three-site farrow-to-finish swine herd in Indiana. In 8to 10-weekold growing pigs recently moved from the nursery (Site 3) to Sites 1 and 2, erosions occurred primarily on the coronary band, causing coronary separation and lameness. Some growing pigs also had lesions on the snout and in the ora...