ion. For example, when moving through the model, a LOA management based on the camera distance would need to select high detail geometry in near regions, and coarse geometry in far regions. We found that transparency blending works best when switching between different geometries, compared to other approaches such as morphing. With this technique, generalized virtual 3D landscape models can be ...

Volume 25, Issue 1, WInter 2015 • CanadIan onCology nursIng Journal reVue CanadIenne de soIns InfIrmIers en onCologIe AbstrAct Complex support needs are involved in coping with a diagnosis of melanoma. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived social support levels and utilization of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies by Canadian melanoma patients. The impact of social su...

So far, ecotoxicological studies used biomarkers of exposure or of effects in order to investigate the impacts of contaminated areas on biota (Peakall, 1994 [6]). However, although these results are important in the ecotoxicological risk assessment, biomarkers are very specific and only provide information on the biological processes or physiological pathways targeted by the biomarkers experime...

BACKGROUND SEDLIN, a 140 amino acid subunit of the Transport Protein Particle (TRAPP) complex, is ubiquitously expressed and interacts with the transcription factors c-myc promoter-binding protein 1 (MBP1), pituitary homeobox 1 (PITX1) and steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1). SEDLIN mutations cause X-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDT). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We investigated the...

Marek's disease (MD) is a highly contagious, lymphoproliferative disease of chickens caused by the cell-associated MD virus (MDV), a member of the alphaherpesvirus subfamily. In a previous study we showed that the absence of the serine/threonine protein kinase (pU(S)3) encoded in the MDV unique-short region resulted in accumulation of primarily enveloped virions in the perinuclear space and sig...

The ability of climate models to predict extremes is determined by its ability to adequately simulate certain environmental conditions both spatially and temporally. Some of the conditions conducive to the occurrence of extreme weather can be quantified from the convective available potential energy (hereafter referred to as CAPE) and vertical shear of the horizontal wind from 0-6 kilometer (he...

Wild boar are an important reservoir of Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in several European countries, where most of the primary outbreaks in domestic pigs are directly related to the endemic disease situation in the wild boar population. Oral immunisation has been introduced as an additional control measure to accelerate CSF eradication in wild boar in Germany since 1993. Immunisation with ...