Rajiv Saran,* Elizabeth Hedgeman,* Laura Plantinga, Nilka Rios Burrows, Brenda W. Gillespie, Eric W. Young,* Josef Coresh,** Meda Pavkov, Desmond Williams, and Neil R. Powe, for the CKD Surveillance Team *Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, and Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan, and Veterans’ Administration Ann Arbor Healt...

1 Department of Dermatology, Charité – University Medical Centre Berlin, Charité Platz 1, Berlin, D-10117, Germany 2 Department of Dermatology, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, ML6 0JS, UK 3 Department of Dermatology, University of L’Aquila, Via Vetoio Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy 4 Service de Dermatologie Allergologie, Hôpital Cochin, 89 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris, France and Univer...

Abstract Small convective vortices occur ubiquitously on Mars, frequently as dust devils, and they produce detectable signals in meteorological data—in pressure, temperature, wind speed direction. In addition to being important contributors the Martian budget, may serve probes of boundary layer, providing clues instability, layer diurnal evolution, surface–atmosphere interactions. Using require...

Disclosure: Thomas Bieber has received sponsorship from La Roche-Posay, Galderma, Bioderma, Novartis, Regeneron, Pfizer, Celgene, Anacor, and Chugai. Brigitte Dréno has received sponsorship from Galderma, Meda, La Roche-Posay, Fabre, Bioderma, GSK, Roche, and BMS. Sophie Seité is an employee of La Roche-Posay Dermatological Laboratories (Asnières, France). Acknowledgements: Writing assistance w...

1 Department of Dermatology, Charité – University Medical Centre Berlin, Charité Platz 1, Berlin, D-10117, Germany 2 Department of Dermatology, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, ML6 0JS, UK 3 Department of Dermatology, University of L’Aquila, Via Vetoio Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy 4 Service de Dermatologie Allergologie, Hôpital Cochin, 89 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris, France and Univer...

French articles published in 1978 and covered in the Science CiratioriIndexmwere studkd. Citations to these “source” items from 1978 to 1982 were compiled. Resufts were compared to an earlier amdysis for 1973articles, which indicated that French research was deelining. The new data indicate that significant changes have occurred. French researchers publish in English more than ever before. And ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown the association of disproportionate body size measurements with noncommunicable diseases like diabetes. This concept is described in Ayurveda (1500 BC), which uses Anguli Parimana (the breadth of one's own finger as 1 unit) to measure the body proportions. Excessive tallness or shortness (deviation from the reference value of Anguli Parimana) indicated deran...