large amounts of aluminum-containing particles are introduced into the respiratory tract.18’19 While metallic aluminum and M203 dusts seem to have a fibrogenic potential in the lungs, the risk in most occupational settings is believed to be small. The patient described in this report worked in confined quarters aboard ship, where he was exposed exelusively to aerosols of oxidized aluminum. Conc...

Using color-coded Doppler sonography, we studied the vertebral arteries of 42 persons without history or physical signs of vertebrobasilar disease. The intertransverse portion of the vertebral artery was visualized in all persons on both sides. Its origin was visualized in 37 persons (88.1%) on the right side and in 28 (66.7%) on the left; the atlas loop was visualized in 32 persons (76.2%) on ...

Expanded access to measles vaccination was among the most successful public health interventions of recent decades. All WHO regions currently target measles elimination by 2020, yet continued measles circulation makes that goal seem elusive. Using Demographic and Health Surveys with generalized additive models, we quantify spatial patterns of measles vaccination in ten contiguous countries in t...

Previous results suggested that the hobo transposable element is active predominantly in the germline of Drosophila. We investigate germline restriction of hobo transposition by testing in vitro modified elements for their ability to mobilize marked elements in vivo. Although intact hobo elements are germline specific, an hsp70 promoter-hobo transposase fusion is active in the soma. Analysis of...