0049-089X/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Inc http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.006 ⇑ Fax: +1 225 578 2697. E-mail address: [email protected] 1 See Table 2; McLanahan and Sandefur (1994) an 2 McLanahan and Sandefur (1994), p. 1 (emphasis 3 Waite (1995). 4 Gaudino et al. (1999) and Siegel et al. (1996). 5 Wilcox et al. (2005, p. 28) and Cutler et al. (2000 6 Bachman et al. (1997), Fle...

Through meticulous daily observation of the Sun’s large-scale magnetic field Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) has catalogued two (Hale) cycles solar activity. Those (∼22-year long) Hale have yielded four (∼11-year sunspot (numbers 21 through 24). Recent research highlighted persistence “Extended Cycle” (ESC) and its connection to fundamental Cycle–albeit a host proxies resulting from image analys...

BACKGROUND We compared the birth weight of newborns born to foreign-born mothers (FBMs) and Taiwan-born mothers (TBMs), using data from the 2005-2006 Taiwan Birth Registry of singleton live births. METHODS The Wilcox-Russell method, data restriction, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. The rates of low birth weight (<2500 g) with 95% confidence intervals were compute...

Many populations of marine megafauna, including seabirds, sea turtles, marine mammals, and elasmobranchs, have declined in recent decades due largely to anthropogenic mortality. To successfully conserve these long-lived animals, efforts must be prioritized according to feasibility and the degree to which they address threats with the highest relative impacts on population dynamics. Recently, Wi...