A process-based ecosystemmodel (Vegetationeatmosphere Interface Processes (VIP) model) is expanded, and then validated against three years’ biometric, soil moisture and eddy-covariance fluxes data over awinter wheatesummer maize cropping system in the North China Plain (NCP). The results show that the model is capable of simulating satisfactorily the evolution of crop biomass, phenological deve...

Case reports of cancer of the ear began to appear about 1875. Furstenberg (19240 stated that carcinoma of the ear was first reported around 1775 by Wilde, Schwartze and others, but this statement is wrong: first because histopathology was not available in 1775; and second because Wilde was not born until 1815 and Schwartze not until 1837! This typographical error was later copied by others and ...

High-grade pediatric gliomas (HGGs) remain devastating tumors, with the vast majority of afflicted patients succumbing to disease within 5-years. Conventional treatments such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy certainly have important roles in the management of these tumors, but are rarely curative by themselves. Indeed, it is humbling that the outcomes of pediatric patients afflicted by H...

MJM: Please describe how your divide you practice on a week-to-week basis. Dr. Stein: I actually spend about 90% of my time in the hospital system. I've done it that way since 1974. Our group has always had a community clinic. I don't like to use the word " private " clinic, it's a bit of a misnomer because until about quite recently, patients didn't have to pay for the imaging that was availab...

Several authors have treated kinetic effects associated with the ion-acoustic soliton; e.g., Ott and Sudan investigated linear electron Landau damping and Karpman and Lotko have looked at damping due to ion reflection. Here an O'Neil-type frozen wave calculation that includes effects associated with electron orbits in a soliton is presented. This calculation differs from previous ones in that t...

359 We, the Editors of the Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) and the Medical Journal of Malaysia (MJM), have noted a number of duplicate submissions to our respective journals over the recent year. This is a dishonest and unethical practice that is deplored by editors of medical and scientific journals. In addition, we feel that punitive measures should be applied to authors found guilty of dupli...

185 Koh and others have reported (in this issue of the MJM) the high prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on doctors’ neckties. As they have pointed out, this is nothing new, and like other studies with similar findings. They also point out that patient’s confidence and satisfaction are not affected by doctor’s not wearing neckties. They also referred to the British ...

Review of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Effects on Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound, Alaska E. L. Brannon a , K. Collins a , M. A. Cronin b , L. L. Moulton c , A. L. Maki d & K. R. Parker e a Center for Salmonid and Freshwater Species at Risk, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA b Animal Science, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, USA c MJM Research, Lopez Island, Washington, USA d A....