The human-biting adult stage of the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) can cause tick paralysis in humans and domestic animals and is the primary tick vector in the intermountain west of the pathogens causing Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia. We conducted drag sampling studies in Poudre Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park of Larimer County, CO, ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the bone mineral density of residents of a mountain village with that of residents of a fishing village in Mie Prefecture, Japan. METHODS Microdensitometry was used to measure bone mineral density of the second metacarpal bone of 202 participants living in a mountain village and of 852 participants living in a fishing village to identify contributory factors for osteoporo...

This paper spotlights on determining the concentrations and distribution of radionuclides in paleozoic lateritic paleosol samples from El-Gor area, southwestern Sinai, Egypt, using high-resolution gamma spectrometry. The concentrations of eU (ppm), eTh (ppm), and K (in percentage) were determined. The obtained data of eU, eTh and their ratios were used for calculations of uranium migration tend...

BACKGROUND Certain Native American populations have high rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We aimed to determine the disease spectrum and risk factors of White Mountain Apache adults (age, >or=18 years) with IPD and the use and effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) in this population. METHODS We conducted active surveillance for IPD between 1991 and 2005. Medi...

INTRODUCTION Social factors have been proved to be main determinants of individuals' health. Recent studies have also analyzed the contribution of some of those factors, such as education and job status, to socioeconomic inequalities in health. The aim of this paper is to provide new evidence about the factors driving socioeconomic inequalities in health for the Spanish population by including ...

Nucella lapillus imposex levels and organotin (OT) concentrations in water and female tissues were measured in samples collected from the Ria de Aveiro (NW Portugal) between 1997 and 2007. Vas deferens sequence index (VDSI), relative penis size index (RPSI), mean female penis length (FPL) and percentage of imposex affected females (%I) were used to determine imposex levels at each site. A signi...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to quantify the intensity of competition during two professional bicycle stage races: the Tour de France (Tour) and Vuelta a España (Vuelta). METHODS The HR responses of 18 world class cyclists were recorded during the races and compared with HR ranges that corresponded to four intensities of exercise that were measured in the laboratory with an incremental t...

This study considered specific market, firm, and project-level factors that exert important influences on the success of R&D projects under the EU Framework Programme. A quantitative analysis in a cross-European sample of collaborative R&D projects, supported with relevant qualitative evidence, indicated that partnering firm innovation experience, innovation protection mechanisms, effective man...