A series of Astatotilapia burtoni photographs were used to investigate the ontogenetic development of male egg-spots, a putative evolutionary key innovation of haplochromine cichlids. Four stages of egg-spot development were defined and all males had developed true egg-spots (stage 4) before reaching a standard length of 25 mm. Raising condition only slightly influenced the timing of the first ...

OBJECTIVES Collection of physical measurements and biospecimens in the home may be an efficient way to obtain objective health measurements. This study assesses differences between collection in the home and a standardized setting. METHODS Participants had physical measurements and biospecimens taken in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mobile examination center (MEC). Then...

Increasing the tourists is important at sightseeing spots. There are two types of reasons people visit sightseeing spots again: Because they are particularly interesting or something interesting was overlooked. The latter is based on a “feeling of regret.” The feeling of regret can actually change people’s behavior. The feeling of regret involves the difference between the ideal and reality, an...

Arterial smooth muscle myosin contains nonphosphorylated and phosphorylated light chains that appear as 4 spots on two-dimensional, Coomassie blue-stained gel electrophoretograms at the 20,000-molecular weight level (referred to as spots 4 through 1 in order of decreasing isoelectric points). Anti-light chain recognizes the proteins in all 4 light chain spots. Complete dephosphorylation of ligh...

Thermal management of future heterogeneous electronic packages with extreme heat fluxes relies on effective spreading in the package lid. Intra-lid integration vapor chambers is a promising strategy for simultaneous dissipation large total loads and localized high-flux hot spots. However, conventional comprising single core require relatively thick evaporator wicks to prevent dry out at high lo...

The tumor microenvironment plays an important role in the tumor biology. Overall survival of tumor patients after resection is influenced by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) as a component of the tumor stroma. However, it is not clear how to assess TILs in the tumor stroma due to heterogeneous methods in different cancer types. Therefore, we present a novel Quantification of the Tumor immu...

In late 2013, Trinidad & Tobago Police Service conducted the first randomized experiment ever to test a hot spots patrol strategy across large areas, as distinct from testing extra patrols one hot spot at a time. The Hot Spots Patrol Strategy (HSPS) experiment required, and helped to refine, a formal theory of both the causes and effects of directed patrols in hot spots. This paper presents an ...

Due to sheer volume of advertising stimuli and increasingly sophisticated consumer demands it’s not sufficient enough for marketers to build up a unique image of their brand. Even more they have to create a character behind their brand – a brand personality. Although the concept of brand personality is quite popular for existing brands across cultures the aim of this study is to address the res...

BACKGROUND State laws in the USA mandate that blood be drawn from all newborn infants to screen for health-threatening conditions. These screening assays consume only a small portion of the blood samples, which are collected on filter paper ('Guthrie') cards. Many states archive unused blood spots, often in unrefrigerated storage. OBJECTIVES While individual RNA transcripts have been identifi...