Hemostasis abnormalities have been described in patients with Mediterranean spotted fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Evidence of the activation of the fibrinolytic system has been obtained in both diseases. After experimental Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an elevated level of fibrinogen was found in parallel with the activation of the fibrinolytic system and transient elevation of the ti...

In Late Pleistocene Italy, spotted hyenas competed in certain niche dimensions with wolves and in other dimensions with Paleolithic humans. Spotted hyenas of the Italian peninsula consumed essentially the same ungulate species as Paleolithic humans did, and both of these predators depended heavily on bone marrow. Wolves tended to consume more hillside-adapted ungulates in the same area and peri...

We examined bone marrow from myeloma patients for the presence of cells with the characteristics of the clonogenic cell in the myeloma stem cell assay. We identified a novel type of cell that contained cytoplasmic immunoglobulin of the relevant idiotype located in a cytoplasmic spot. This "spotted" Ig could be located in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Spotted cells are highly proliferative, a...

Static bioassays were performed to observe the toxic effect of malathion to Barbodes gonionotus at 0.0 to 20.0 ppm concentrations. Malathion at 5.0 ppm was harmless to B. gonionotus and concentration above 6.0 ppm were found to be lethal. Malathion at 2.06 ppm was safe for the B. gonionotus.

The Northern Spotted Owl (Strir oc.c*idcwtcrlis (*( i ; i r i / i~ Xantus I 859) hiis become a surrogate for efforts to preserve rcmaining old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. We review here il viability iinalysis prcpiired by the U. S. Forest Service which evaluates risks of extinction resulting separately from ( a ) stochastic demographic processes, (b) inbreeding and loss of genetic ...

Japanese spotted fever is an important rickettsial disease in Japan (1). Japanese spotted fever was first reported by Mahara et al. (2,3) in 1984 in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture , Japan. Since then, cases of Japanese spotted fever have been reported in many regions of the country. Yuzuruha Mountain in Awaji Island (Figure 1) is one of the areas heavily contaminated with Rickettsia japonica, ...

We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s. A retrospective serosurvey of febrile patients showed that > 21% of the serum samples had antibodies aaainst spotted fever group rickettsiae.

We developed MicroGen, a multi-database Web based system for managing all the information characterizing spotted microarray experiments. It supports information gathering and storing according to the Minimum Information About Microarray Experiments (MIAME) standard. It also allows easy sharing of information and data among all multidisciplinary actors involved in spotted microarray experiments.

Eight localities, representing four generalized environments, were sampled to determine the environmental relations of the small, byssally attached arcid bivalve Barb alia (A car) domingensis on the Bermuda Platform. The species was most abundant in turbulent environments and least abundant in the protected bays and sounds. It usually attaches to the underside of corals; occasionally it is foun...

A new nematode, Rhabdochona mexicana sp. n., is described based on specimens recovered from the intestine of two species of fishes, Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi) (type host) and Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier) (Characidae: Characiformes) in central Mexico. This species is characterised by the following characters: 10 anteriorly directed teeth in the prostom, a larger (left) spicule which is slend...