Observations on iron uptake by reticulocytes led Fletcher and Huehns to suggest differences in the behavior of the two iron-binding sites of the transferrin molecule. To clarify the continued controversy relating to this hypothesis, the original studies employing control plasma labeled with radioiron and the same plasma preincubated with reticulocytes were reexamined. Regardless of whether huma...

PURPOSE To evaluate a method of reducing computed tomography (CT) metal artifacts due to the Fletcher-Suit applicator. METHODS AND MATERIALS We apply a projection-interpolation algorithm to CT images containing artifacts from the brachytherapy applicator. Regions of projection data containing the applicator are interpolated, removing the metal from the projections. A new image is then reconst...

This study is motivated by two major considerations. First, the Fletcher and Taylor (1996) approach has yet to be applied to short-date markets to assess the diminishing role of transaction costs in explaining the deviations of observed forward foreign exchange prices from interest parity forward prices. Second, the role of transaction costs in one-way arbitrage-based interest parity has not be...

Mycobacterium avium complex-serotype 6 was isolated in pure culture on blood agar plates from inocula taken from the heart blood, lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen of a naturally infected captive female opossum (Didelphis marsupialis virginiana). Repeat cultures from stored tissues and transfer of colonies from original blood agar plates revealed that the mycobacterium grew on tryptose, brillia...

In this article we apply signal detection theory to qualitatively unify the intensity justnoticable difference (JND) and masking data of Wegel and Lane (1924), Fletcher and Munson (1933 – 1938), Miller (1947), and Egan and Hake (1950). We do this by treating the loudness as the first moment, and the intensity JND as the second moment, of the random variable we call the single-trial loudness. Fr...

Disease Myoepithelioma tumours of soft tissue cover a wide range of tumours of various behaviour. While most are of intermediate aggressivity, some metastasize. There is no sex ratio predominance. Mean age at diagnosis is 38 years; with a range of 3-83 years. Of a hundred of cases reviewed by Hornick and Fletcher (2003), 60% were benign and classified as myoepitheliomas or mixed tumors, and 40%...

Nancy T. Artinian, PhD, RN, FAHA, Chair; Gerald F. Fletcher, MD, FAHA, Co-Chair; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, FAHA; Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, FAHA; Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, FAHA; Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, FAHA; Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, FAHA; William E. Kraus, MD, FAHA; Jerome L. Fleg, MD, FAHA; Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA; Janet C. Meininger, PhD, RN; JoAnne Banks, RN, PhD; Eile...