Gluon fragmentation to heavy J C = 2 quarkonia is studied herein. We compute these D-wave states’ polarized fragmentation functions and find that they are enhanced by large numerical prefactors. The prospects for detecting the lowest lying D2 charmonium state at the Tevatron are discussed. 10/94 1 Work supported in part by a DuBridge Fellowship and by the U.S. Dept. of Energy under DOE Grant no...

Darier disease (DD) is an autosomal-dominant skin disorder that is characterized by multiple keratotic papules, loss of epithelial adhesion, and abnormal keratinization. We describe an unusual case of late-onset unilateral segmental DD that follows the lines of Blaschko. Our patient did not exhibit other classic findings of DD. Our case and review of the literature suggest that lesions previous...

p-SINE1 was the first plant SINE element identified in the Waxy gene in Oryza sativa, and since then a large number of p-SINE1-family members have been identified from rice species with the AA or non-AA genome. In this paper, we report two new rice SINE elements, designated p-SINE2 and p-SINE3, which form distinct families from that of p-SINE1. Each of the two new elements is significantly homo...

Plasmic degradation of crosslinked fibrin has been studied to identify the proteolytic cleavages that convert the clot into a soluble lysate and also to identify the derivatives that are likely to circulate during clot dissolution. Initial polypeptide chain cleavages do not disrupt the solid clot matrix. With continued exposure to plasmin, high molecular weight derivatives are produced that rem...

BACKGROUND Current classification of unipolar depression reflects the idea that prognosis is essential. However, do DSM categories of major depressive disorder (MDD), dysthymic disorder (Dysth) and double depression (DD=MDD+Dysth) indeed adequately represent clinically relevant course trajectories of unipolar depression? Our aim was to test DSM categories (MDD, Dysth and DD) in comparison with ...

This study sought to characterize temperament traits in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ages 3-7 years old, and to determine the potential association between temperament and sensory features in ASD. Individual differences in sensory processing may form the basis for aspects of temperament and personality, and aberrations in sensory processing may inform why some tempe...

The self-perceived physical health of mothers raising children with developmental delay (DD; N=116) or typical development (TD; N=129) was examined across child ages 3-9 years, revealing three main findings. First, mothers of children with DD experienced poorer self-rated physical health than mothers of children with TD at each age. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that mothers in the DD ...

Growth of flue-cured tobacco as influenced by Meloidogyne javanica and the effectiveness of DD and ethoprop to manage this nematode were evaluated over two growing seasons. Populations of M. javanica, root galling, plant height, steam crown diameter, whole plant weight, and yield were monitored at approximately 2-week intervals beginning 28 days after transplanting. Treatment influence on nemat...

The ability to respond properly to Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands may be impaired by polymorphisms within the TLR family of genes, which results in an altered susceptibility to cancers. However, the results of epidemiological studies remained inconsistent. To assess the effect of four selected polymorphisms (rs5743708, -196 to -174 del polymorphism, rs3804099, and rs3804100) in TLR-2 on cance...

Phase shifting of circadian systems by light has been attributed both to parametric effects on angular velocity elicited by a tonic response to the luminance level and to nonparametric instantaneous shifts induced by a phasic response to the dark-light (D>L) and light-dark (L>D) transitions. Claims of nonparametric responses are partly based on "step-PRCs," that is, phase response curves derive...