Mark’s parents were worried. Their 14-year-old son, who recently had entered a new school, was a small, clumsy child who was poor at games and had odd mannerisms. He was unable to enunciate his words clearly or quickly and became flustered when provoked. He had problems making friends. After a few months in his new school, he became known as Mark the Martian because of his mannerisms. He was un...

A nurse wishes her son and family had received it after his cancer diagnosis.

I dedicate my dissertation to my family and friends. I would especially like to express my deepest gratitude to my parents Abdul Ghani and Monwara Begum for making me who I am and for their unconditional love that motivates me to set ambitious goals. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Amyn S. Teja for his continuous help and guidance in my research. His...

A father and his two sons each presented with atrial tachycardia in the newborn period. The father went on to develop dilated cardiomyopathy. The first son (who also had transposition of the great arteries) died from the arrhythmia after surgery. The second son is currently successfully managed pharmacologically.

Theoretical weights for prediction of a son's genetic evaluation from genetic evaluations of his sire and dam are derived. Weights for sire and dam are equal and depend on number of daughters of the son when the bull evaluation is from his daughters alone and cow evaluation is from her records alone. Mixed model procedures which incorporate records of other relatives change theoretical weights....

Mussel adhesive proteins have been suggested as a basis for environmentally friendly adhesives for use in aqueous conditions and in medicine. However, attempts to produce functional and economical recombinant mussel adhesive proteins (mainly foot protein type 1) in several systems have failed. Here, the cDNA coding for Mytilus galloprovincialis foot protein type 5 (Mgfp-5) was isolated for the ...