The Tropical Bookshelf This Zoonotic World " What I love about my work. .. is that it gives me the privilege of spending time with people whose jobs are so interesting, whose work is so important, whose brains and bodies are so tough. I've said it before. .. but some people, you know, admire medical missionaries, firemen, astronauts. I admire field biologists. " " I have a great job because I g...

I love you, I love you, always. Hut not alone, cigar smoking executive burned my eyes open as assembly-line statistics flash on his distorted mohair suit; a better idea cun never be.,., until.... a housewife starlet bitches her automatic washer under eyes of the plastic-wax grapefruit who winks at the grapes wondering when they will become bio-dcgradeable and the lemon wax will wear off them in...

For my loving parents and anyone who is interested in the work performed. and the staff of the Morgan Library for their assistance. Thanks also to my parents Mar-garet and Dave, my partner, Jennifer Goldberg, and good friend Alasdair Muckart who pointed me towards Linux in the first place.

In this paper we present a large Scale Community detection and analysis of Facebook, which gathers more than one billion active users in 2012. Characteristics of this online social network have been widely researched over these years. Facebook has affected the social life and activity of people in various ways. One major fact in today's technical world, people are very active users of Online So...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of ultralow radiation dose single-energy computed tomographic (CT) acquisitions with Sn prefiltration and third-generation iterative reconstruction on density-based quantitative measures of growing interest in phenotyping pulmonary disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of both decreasing dose and different body habitus on th...

Science is a career where you do what you love everyday. Our science is built on the shoulders of those who came before us, and in turn we provide shoulders for our students and colleagues to build upon. Of course, seeing the seeds of ideas that we plant bear fruit as interesting science is why I love being a scientist. Looking back it also has been a particularly gratifying challenge to mentor...

Objectives. This study examined how the love variables (intimacy, passion, commitment and the six love styles) are differences between genders and relationship stages. In addition, associations between love variables and relationship satisfaction among local romantic partners were studied. Method. Participants were eighty-two couples who have involved in a romantic relationship (dating or marri...

This paper explores and tests the claims made by Chapman (1992) in his popular press book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to your Mate. One of Chapman’s fundamental claims is that couples where partners receive their respective preferred love languages experience higher quality relationships than couples who do not. Couples (N = 83) reported their preferences for a...

OBJECTIVE Myringotomy with insertion of pressure equalization tubes has proven to be extremely effective in treating persistent serous otitis media (SOM). This study compares the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure when performed in the operating room or with a laser in an office setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients selected either traditional myringotomy and tube (M & T; n = 29)...