Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Ae. japonicus (Theobald) are important container-inhabiting mosquitoes that transmit disease agents, outcompete native species, and continue to expand their range in the United States. Both species deposit eggs in natural and artificial containers and thrive in peridomestic environments. The goal of our study was to examine the types and characteristics of container...

During the rainy season of 2001, the incidence of the dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus was examined in different habitats of two cities (Rio de Janeiro and Nova Iguaçu) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and in two cities (Palm Beach and Boca Raton) in Florida. Oviposition trap collections were performed in urban, suburban, and rural habitats in both areas. Our hypothesis that the ...

Aloe-emodin (AE), one of the main bioactive anthraquinones of Rheum palmatum, possesses potent antitumor properties. Our previous proteomic study revealed that AE-induced apoptosis was associated with oxidative stress and oxidation of many redox-sensitive proteins. In this study, we aimed to further dissect the cell death-signaling pathways in AE-induced apoptosis. AE was found to cause redox i...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk factors and prognosis associated with acute exacerbation (AE) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). DESIGN A retrospective case-control study. SETTING A single academic hospital. PARTICIPANTS 51 consecutive patients diagnosed with RA-ILD between 1995 and 2012. All patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria o...

OBJECTIVE Clinical practice is an activity accompanied by risks and uncertainties. The objectives are: to determine the incidence of patients with adverse events (AE) in a general surgery unit; to analyse the associated factors; to consider their impact and to identify the prevention possibilities. PATIENTS AND METHOD Ambispective study in patients taken care of in a general surgery unit in a...

Internet Appli ations Fugui Wang Computer S ien e and Engineering Department Mi higan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 wangfugu se.msu.edu Prasant Mohapatra Department of Computer S ien e University of California Davis, CA 95616 prasant s.u davis.edu Sarit Mukherjee and Dennis Bushmit h Panasoni Information and Networking Te hnologies Lab Two Resear h Way Prin eton, NJ 08540 fsarit, dbg ...

We present high spectral-resolution optical spectra of 49 Herbig Ae/Be stars in a search for the [O i] 6300.2 ˚ A line. The vast majority of the stars in our sample show narrow (FWHM < 100 km s −1) emission lines, centered on the stellar radial velocity. Some stars in our sample show double-peaked lines profiles, with peak-to-peak separations of ∼ 10 km s −1. The presence and strength of the [O...