The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of cyclone Gonu on species diversity and abundance of gastropods in the Qeshm Island, northern Persian Gulf, on the occasion of the occurrence of super cyclonic and strongest reported storm- Gonu- during 1-4, June 2007 in the eastern Arabian Sea. Samples were collected before the Gonu storm (late May and early June 2007) and twice ...

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The Rocky Flats Beryllium Health Surveillance Program (BHSP), initiated in June 1991, was designed to provide medical surveillance for current and former employees exposed to beryllium. The BHSP identifies individuals who have developed beryllium sensitivity using the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT). A detailed medical evaluation to determine the prevalence of chronic beryllium ...

We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.

SYNOPSIS. The rocky intertidal zone is among the most physically harsh environments on earth. Marine invertebrates and algae living in this habitat are alternatively pounded by waves and exposed to thermal extremes during low tide periods (Denny and Wethey, 2001). Additionally, they must deal with strong selective pressures related to predation and competition for space (Connell, 1961). As a re...

A new family of planets is considered which is in between the rocky terrestrial planets and the gaseous giants, “Ocean-Planets”. We present the possible formation, composition and internal structure of these putative planets. We consider their oceans, as well as their possible exobiology interest. These exoplanets should be detectable by Space missions such as Eddington, Kepler, and possibly CO...

Rocky shorelines are commonly punctuated, with alternating high relief cliffs and incised embayments which host “pocket beaches”. While multiple cases of ancient rocky associated low ravinement surfaces have been documented in the geological record, deposits formed pocket beaches joint-cut coves more rarely described. This poses question “are coastlines their not preserved or they previously ov...

We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s. A retrospective serosurvey of febrile patients showed that > 21% of the serum samples had antibodies aaainst spotted fever group rickettsiae.

We report the observation of a multi-chord stellar occultation by the dwarf planet (136199) Eris. The event was observed on November 6, 2010 UT, from two sites in Chile. Our observation is consistent with a spherical Eris with radius RE=1163±6 km, density ρ=2.52±0.05 g cm−3, and visible geometric albedo pV=0.96 −0.04. Besides being remarkably similar in size to Pluto, Eris appears as one of the...

Voelz et al. conducted a study of 7,112 white male workers employed at Rocky Flats between 1952 and 1979. Deaths in workers were compared with those in the U.S. white male population. Fewer deaths were observed than expected based on rates in the U.S. population from most causes. The only cause of death significantly elevated in these workers was brain cancers. There were eight deaths in the Ro...