Covered smut of barley (Hordeum vulgare), caused by Ustilago hordei, is a seed-borne disease. To identify and map disease resistance genes, current Canadian barley cultivars, parents of six barley mapping populations, and four differentials namely ‘Hannchen’ (Ruh1), ‘Excelsior’ (Ruh2), ‘Plush’ (Ruh6), and ‘Odessa’ (universal susceptible), were evaluated. Six mated combinations of U. hordei spor...

Regression equations based on pelvic anatomy are routinely used to estimate the hip joint centre during gait analysis. While the associated errors have been well documented, the clinical significance of these errors has not been reported. This study investigated the clinical agreement of three commonly used regression equation sets (Bell et al., Davis et al. and Orthotrak software) against the ...

We exposit two previously unpublished results due to Leo Harrington. The first result says that there exist arithmetical singletons which are arithmetically incomparable. The second result says that there exists a ranked point which is not an arithmetical singleton.

P Kaul, L K Newby, Y Fu, D B Mark, S G Goodman, G S Wagner, R A Harrington, C B Granger, F Van de Werf, E M Ohman, P W Armstrong, for the VIGOUR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

A severe case of the cast syndrome is described following Harrington rod distraction and application of a body cast. The case was unusual as it presented late with no warning symptoms and progressed rapidly to death.

We published a phylogenetic comparative analysis that found geckos had gained and lost adhesive toepads multiple times over their long evolutionary history (Gamble et al., PLoS One, 7, 2012, e39429). This was consistent with decades of morphological studies showing geckos had evolved adhesive toepads on multiple occasions and that the morphology of geckos with ancestrally padless digits can be ...

Harrington-Dobinson and Blows recently provided a three-part series of articles on alcohol, its consequences for health and wellbeing, and the role of the nurse. Their third article outlined the health education and health promotion role of the nurse. They outlined basic principles for nursing practice in relation to the patient with alcohol dependence in the acute general hospital. The authors...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in 152 patients was treated by Luque L-rod instrumentation and early mobilisation without external support. This series was compared with a matched group of 156 patients treated by Harrington instrumentation and immobilised in an underarm jacket for nine months. All the operations in both groups were performed by one surgeon and the patients were followed prospec...