[This corrects the article on p. 65 in vol. 52, PMID: 28149394.].

Question: Can lichen communities be used to assess shortand long-term factors affecting seral quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) communities at the landscape scale? Location: Bear River Range, within the Rocky Mountains, in northern Utah and southern Idaho, USA. Method: Forty-seven randomly selected mid-elevation aspen stands were sampled for lichens and stand conditions. Plots were characteri...

Observers misperceive the orientation of a vertical rod when it is viewed in the context of a tilted frame (the rod and frame illusion, or RFI). The pitch and roll of the surrounding surfaces have independent influences on this illusion (Nelson and Prinzmetal, 2003). Experiment 1 measured the RFI when the pitch and roll of the floor that supported the observer was varied, and the observer was e...

One proposed method for reducing exposure to mobile source air pollution is the construction or preservation of vegetation barriers between major roads and nearby populations. This study combined stationary and mobile monitoring approaches to determine the effects of an existing, mixed-species tree stand on near-road black carbon (BC) and particulate matter concentrations. Results indicated tha...

The goals of this research were to (1) determine if there is agreement both amongst viewers, and between viewers and the performer, about the extent to which performances are authentic, and (2) ascertain whether or not performers and/or viewers can distinguish between authenticity and skill. An authentic performance is one that is natural or genuine, while an inauthentic performance feels faked...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the kinematic profiles of flexion of the upper lumbar and lower lumbar (LL) spine and hip and 3 sagittally dominant functional tasks (lifting, stand-to-sit, and sit-to-stand). METHODS Fifty-three participants were recruited for this study. Four sensors were attached to the skin over the S1, L3, T12, and lateral thigh....

OBJECTIVE To determine whether postnatal mother-infant sleep proximity affects breastfeeding initiation and infant safety. DESIGN Randomised non-blinded trial analysed by intention to treat. SETTING Postnatal wards of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVI), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. PARTICIPANTS 64 newly delivered mother-infant dyads with a prenatal intention to breastfeed (vaginal deliveries, ...

The permeation of technology into our daily lives has resulted in new types of criminal activity and new ways of committing old crimes. As with traditional crime, fundamental to the apprehension of offenders that have adopted technology, is the ability to identify the magnitude of the incident, assess its importance and response in a timely and appropriate manner. Over the past decade many auth...

Concentrations of NO2 and O3 were measured inside and outside a dense broad-leaved forest canopy adjacent to a busy traffic route in the City of Gothenburg, Sweden, with duplicate passive diffusion samplers during six one-week periods starting well before leaf senescence and ending when leaves were largely senescent. Concentrations of NO2 were lower inside the forest canopy during all periods (...

Pukepuke Lagoon is one of a series of shallow dune-lakes in the Manawatu district of New Zealand. Its open water area has been reduced by about 90% during the last century by sand drift from adjacent dunes, man-made changes to the local drainage, and the spread of macrophytes) especially Typha, Superimposed upon these changes are others due to the influx of exotic plants and animals. The vegeta...