Introduction During the field season of 1983, a field party from the University of California investigated the faunas of the Kayenta and Moenave formations in northeastern Arizona, on lands of the Navajo and Kaibab-Paiute nations. This fieldwork was a continuation of paleontological, sedimentologic, and biostratigraphic reconnaissance of the region begun in 1981 and supported by grants from the...

A new species of Scyphophyllidium inhabits Mustelus mento near La Paloma, Uruguay. It resembles Scyphophyllidium giganteum from the Atlantic Ocean and specimens identified as S. giganteum from California by having anapolytic strobilae 155-258 mm long, 250-300 craspedote proglottids, scoleces 1.2-1.4 mm wide, necks 34-41 mm long, immature and mature proglottids wider than long, gravid proglottid...

Day NP, et al. Activities of daily living associated with acquisition of melioi-dosis in northeast Thailand: a matched case–control study. Variability of Burkholderia pseudomallei strain sensitivities to chlorine disinfection. To the Editor: Soft-tissue injuries sustained during wars are subject to environmental contamination and, thus, to a high risk for infection. Efforts to describe the epid...

The financing of SUS in a scenario of financialization O financiamento do SUS sob os " ventos " da financeirização Resumo O artigo reconstitui o processo de institu-cionalização do financiamento do SUS, prejudica-do, em primeira instância, pelas condições da polí-tica macroeconômica desenvolvida ao longo dos anos 1990 e 2000, e, em última instância, pelos efeitos provocados pela atual fase do c...

OBJECTIVES Astrodaucus persicus, Apiaceae, is used as vegetable or food additive in some parts of Iran. The essential oils of different parts of Astrodaucus persicus from Kordestan province were analyzed for the first time and compared with other regions. In this study, antioxidant activities and total phenols determination of aerial parts essential oils and root fractions of A. persicus were i...

Background: Anthropogenic activities release high concentrations of heavy metals into the aquatic ecosystems, which can be absorbed by the aquatic organisms. In this study, the accu-mulation of cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) was compared in liver, gill and muscle tissues of toothed carp (Aphanius sophiae) in fresh and salt water. Methods: A total of 175 fish samples were collected from the Sh...