Upper lip defects caused by animal bites can result in serious oral and facial functional compromise. The management of such large defects in a way that an optimal functional and cosmetic outcome is reached remains a major reconstructive challenge. We present the upper lip reconstrucion of a 57-year-old woman who was attacked by her dog. The attack caused severe scalp and facial injuries, inclu...

opposite responses to elevated O3, and include increased photosynthesis and decreased stomatal conductance Tropospheric O3 can cause foliar injury, decreased growth, and (Jones et al., 1984; Jones et al., 1985; Rogers et al., 1983a; decreased yield, whereas CO2 enrichment generally causes opposite effects. Little is known about plant response to mixtures of O3 and CO2. Sionit et al., 1984), dev...

In two experiments with the PDG we manipulated the Campbell (1958), or Wertheimer (1923), indices of entitativity (common fate, proximity, and similarity) to examine when a set of individuals interacts with another set of individuals in the competitive manner that is characteristic of group-on-group interactions. Experiment 1 found that interactions between two 3-person sets were more competiti...

Introduction Changes in land surface shape in active tectonic  zones result from interplay between tectonic forces and surface processes (Keller and Pinter, 1996; Keller et al., 1999). Salt Domes  are dome-shaped Geological structures whose central core is composed of salt. Their economic importance is due to the location of oil tanks in structures with salt domes and also the presence of sulf...

This study explored peer support among grade 5 learners of English as a foreign language (N = 24) interacting during regular lessons. Grounded in sociocultural theory and applying mixed-method research methodology, this to what extent how young one another classroom tasks targeting lexical phrases. Moreover, it investigated such accounts for learning opportunities. Students relied mainly on lin...

Mathematical models of the renal cortex and medulla are developed. The glomerular filtration rate is treated as an input parameter. The differential equations for transfer of water and solutes are developed under the assumption that the primary driving forces are the osmotic effect of the plasma proteins and the active transport of one solute across the walls of the nephric tubules. The system ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of relative humidity, light management levels, minimum ventilation rates, CO2 enrichment and canopy size on energy consumption in three different greenhouse systems (conventional, open-loop heat pump, and confined heat pump) in winter, spring, and summer months. No difference was observed in energy consumption with relative humidity set po...

Climate change refers to any significant shift or variability in temperature, precipitation, humidity, light, or wind. These changes may be of relatively short duration or last for an extended period that could be decades or longer [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007)]. Throughout history, earth’s climate has been changing naturally. However, the rapid warming we have been w...

People often find it more difficult to distinguish ethnic out-group members compared with ethnic in-group members. A functional approach to social cognition suggests that this bias may be eliminated when out-group members display threatening facial expressions. In the present study, 192 White participants viewed Black and White faces displaying either neutral or angry expressions and later atte...

Social groups take a myriad of forms, reflecting the countless different ways in which animals can interact and associate (Wilson, 2000). This diversity calls for broad dynamic toolkit that is both robust allowing rigorous quantification societies but also flexible its ability to account control nuances associated with each ecological system. Since Sade (1972) first used social network analysis...