J. C. Eilbeck,1 V. Z. Enolski,2 S. Matsutani,3 Y. Ônishi4 and E. Previato5 1Department of Mathematics and the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS UK, 2Institute of Magnetism, Vernadski blvd. 36, Kiev-142, Ukraine, 38-21-1 Higashi-Linkan, Sagamihara, 228-0811, Japan, 4Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-34, M...

scissor dynamics: predicting the effects of the parasitic plant Rhinanthus minor on host plant communities Duncan D. Cameron*, Andy White and Janis Antonovics† Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; and Department of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburg...

A case of the hands and face dermatitis in a patient employed in a store with motor-car spare parts is presented. Both the patient and her doctor were convinced that skin lesions were caused by the contact with metals, oils and greases. After detecting allergy to primine (after 48 and 96 h, + +), the patient recalled that two months earlier she had started to grow primrose (Primula obconica) at...