Polar oceans are chemically sensitive to anthropogenic acidification due to their relatively low alkalinity and correspondingly weak carbonate buffering capacity. Here, we compare unique CO2 system observations covering complete annual cycles at an Arctic (Amundsen Gulf) and Antarctic site (Prydz Bay). The Arctic site experiences greater seasonal warming (10 vs 3°C), and freshening (3 vs 2), ha...

This work presents first quantitative results of a method for automatic liver segmentation from CT data. It is based on a 3D deformable model approach using a-priori statistical information about the shape of the liver gained from a training set. The model is adapted to the data in an iterative process by analysis of the grey value profiles along its surface normals after nonlinear diffusion fi...

A 1-year randomized controlled trial of deferasirox vs deferoxamine for myocardial iron removal in b-thalassemia major (CORDELIA) Dudley J. Pennell, John B. Porter, Antonio Piga, Yongrong Lai, Amal El-Beshlawy, Khawla M. Belhoul, Mohsen Elalfy, Akif Yesilipek, Yurdanur Kilinç, Tomasz Lawniczek, Dany Habr, Marianne Weisskopf, Yiyun Zhang, and Yesim Aydinok, on behalf of the CORDELIA study invest...

 Though conception rates within 2 weeks of Eazi-BrEEd CIDR removal were lower for treated cows (27.7% vs 36.2% for controls, P < 0.083), overall pregnancy rates did not differ between treatment groups (P = 0.32). [Conception can be reduced by: 1) an older, unknown-aged egg being ovulated after an extended progesterone period; 2) vaginitis, so cleanliness and proper insertion technique are impo...

● Importance of Iron in the Body ● Iron-storage Protein and Control of the Amount of Iron in the Body ● Graphical Molecular Representations ■ Importance of Molecular Visualization ■ Different Types of Representations and What Information They Give ● Structure of Ferritin ■ Amino Acids ■ Peptide Subunits ■ 24-Subunit Structure ● Removal of Fe from Ferritin ■ Crystal-lattice Mineral Structure ■ C...

1. Adult (A x C(57)Bl/1)F(1) hybrids regularly show runt disease when injected with adult spleen cells from A strain donors. This also occurs when A strain spleen cells are administered to adult C(3)H mice made tolerant of A strain tissue in the neonatal period. 2. Mice undergoing the graft versus host reaction fail to form antibodies to an intraperitoneal challenge of T(2) bacteriophage. This ...

In order to determine possible differences in serum gangliosides content and composition before and after surgical removal of tumor, gangliosides isolated from preoperative and postoperative sera of patients with brain tumors were analyzed. Serum samples were collected from patients with glioblastoma, meningioma, acoustic neurinoma, haemangioma, oligodendroglioma and astrocytoma, one week befor...

Two low level aeration schemes (intermittent vs. continuous) were investigated on a laboratory scale, in conjunction with swine manure pH adjustment using sodium hydroxide (1.0 M), for manure phosphorus (P) removal. According to the data, an 80% reduction in soluble P was observed when the manure pH was increased to 8. Both intermittent and continuous aeration treatments could raise manure pH a...