1Division of Plastic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; 2Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Correspondence and reprints: Dr Jugpal S Arneja, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Division of Plastic Surgery, K3-131, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3V4. Telephone 604-875-2794,...

Vineyard leaf area is a key determinant of grape characteristics and wine quality. As is frequently the case in agriculture, available ground-based leaf area measurements employed by growers are not well suited to larger area mapping. In this study, IKONOS high spatial resolution, multispectral satellite imagery was used to map leaf area throughout two commercial wine grape vineyards (approxima...

S. Miyamura (J. Pharm. Sci. 53:604, 1964) noted inactivation of chloramphenicol in cultures of chloramphenicol-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Our recent findings (S. Okamoto and Y. Suzuki, Nature 208:1301, 1965) on drug-inactivating enzymes of Escherichia coli carrying R factor (E. coli R+) prompted this study. All strains were isolated from patients and supplied by S. Mitsuhashi. They are: S...

Introduction: As applications of robotics extend to areas that directly impact human life, such as the military and eldercare, the deployment of autonomous and semi-autonomous robots increasingly requires the input of stakeholder opinions. Up to now, technological deployment has been relying on the guidance of government/military policy and the healthcare system without specific incorporation o...