Imaging in the restframe ultraviolet has proven to be an effective and vital means of tracing dynamical patterns of star formation in galaxies out to high redshifts. Using images from the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and complementary groundbased telescopes, we have investigated the starburst activity and associated dynamics in nearby early-type disk galaxie...

This study provided an initial characterization of Na(+) uptake in saline freshwater by the endangered pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius. This species occurs only in several saline water systems in the southwestern USA and northern Mexico, where salinity is largely controlled by water-management practices. Consequently, understanding the osmoregulatory capacity of this species is important for the...

Deep sub-millimetre observations using SCUBA are presented of the central regions of four high redshift clusters which have been extensively studied optically: CL0023+0423 (z = 0.84), J0848+4453 (z = 1.27), CL1604+4304 (z = 0.90) and CL1604+4321 (z = 0.92). 10 sub–millimetre sources are securely detected towards these four clusters at 850μm, with two further tenuous detections; the raw 850μm so...

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OBJECTIVE To compare updated weight and height percentiles of 6-17-year-old children from all socio-economic levels in Kayseri with previous local references and other national/international data. METHODS The second study "Determination of Anthropometric Measurements of Turkish Children and Adolescents study (DAMTCA II)" was conducted in Kayseri, between October 2007 and April 2008. Weight an...

A new method of evaluating relative (arm with respect to the interarm disk) star formation rates and relative star formation efficiencies, together with spiral arm-amplitudes, as a function of the galactocentric radius, using broad-band photometry is derived. The classical method for obtaining star formation rates from Hα photometry is discussed, and a new method is derived for diagnosing the p...

Increased evidence suggests that cancer-associated inflammation supports tumor growth and progression. We have previously shown that semaphorin 4D (Sema4D), a ligand produced by different cell types, is a proangiogenic molecule that acts by binding to its receptor, plexin B1, expressed on endothelial cells (Conrotto, P., D. Valdembri, S. Corso, G. Serini, L. Tamagnone, P.M. Comoglio, F. Bussoli...

We describe an imaging method that makes use of interference filters to provide integrated stellar spectral indices for spiral disks to faint surface brightness limits. We use filters with bandpasses ∼ 60Å FWHM, centered on the Mg and Fe features (λλ5176Å and 5270Å respectively) allowing the determination of the spatial distribution of the Lick indices Mg 2 and Fe5270. These two indices have be...

OBJECTIVES Most studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence and prevalence among workers have been limited by small sample sizes or restricted to a small subset of jobs. We established a common CTS case definition and then pooled CTS prevalence and incidence data across six prospective studies of musculoskeletal outcomes to measure CTS frequency and allow better studies of etiology. MET...

We present spectroscopic confirmation of the Cl 1604 supercluster at z ∼ 0.9. Originally detected as two individual clusters, Cl 1604+4304 at z = 0.90 and Cl 1604+4321 at z = 0.92, which are closely separated in both redshift and sky position, subsequent imaging revealed a complex of red galaxies bridging the two clusters, suggesting that the region contained a large scale structure. We have ca...