In 2005, Denver District Attorney Mitchell Morrissey had DNA samples from three unsolved rape cases, but a search in the national DNA database had failed to turn up any matches. Typically, such a search looks for perfect identity between a crime-scene sample and a known offender using thirteen genetic markers. However, the software used for matching returns can return not only perfect matches, ...

Now that the world has well and truly crossed the threshold to the 21st century, it seems timely to review the progress of lithospheric seismic imaging and comment on recent developments in the field. In the context of this special issue, lithospheric seismic imaging refers to any kind of seismic study that gives rise to multidimensional (2-D or 3-D) views of the Earth's interior, from the shal...

IN 1824 Abraham Montefiore journeyed to the Continent in a vain attempt to restore his failing health. He was accompanied by Dr. Thomas Hodgkin. They proved incompatible , so Hodgkin was pleased when he heard that they were to be joined by Abraham's elder brother, Moses, whom he had previously met in Paris. Thus began their close association. They were of different types. Hodgkin was small and ...

THIS DUAL biographical essay concerns two outstanding men of the seventeenth century, an Englishman and a Scotsman. They made their reputations in very different walks of life and in different countries. Both were proteges of royalty; Sir Francis Crane of James I and Charles I, and William Davison of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, as well as of the kings of France and Poland, to whom he w...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Hyperammonemia is a known cause of encephalopathy due to neurotoxic effect. While predominantly attributed hepatic cirrhosis, other non-cirrhotic causes hyperammonemia such as malignancy, infection with urea-producing bacteria, and metabolic disorders have also been described. 1 Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) lesser understood su...

One of the most tantalizing unresolved questions in plant hydraulics is: where does water evaporate within the leaf? While several studies have explored experimental routes to answer this question (e.g. Sheriff & Meidner 1974; Farquhar & Raschke 1978), none have been able to provide a clear answer. In this issue of Plant, Cell & Environment, Tom Buckley has presented a new mathematical model in...

Im Film ist das Kostüm eines der prominentesten Gestaltungselemente, um Aussagen über eine Rolle, deren Charakter, Stimmung und Transformation, wie auch über Ortund Zeitgegebenheiten zu kommunizieren. Durch Kostümmuster sollen Kostümbildner befähigt werden, effizient auf bewährte Designlösungen zurückgreifen zu können. Diese Demo zeigt, wie generelle Designprinzipien aus einer großen Anzahl an ...