Ecologists have been warning of the risks we face from global warming for decades, but it is only in recent years that the role of physiologists as key players in conservation management has begun to emerge. With the opportunities to identify vulnerable species and direct conservation strategies based on sound physiological principles, ecophysiologists are increasingly beginning to guide the de...

This paper presents an informal discussion of my attempts to escape the bonds of paper (bad pun). It recalls my experiences with a traditional PC, a PocketPC, and finally a TabletPC. The goal of this paper is to provide an anecdotal form of a “selfethnography” to share with others who have already made, or have future plans that include, exploring moving to a more paperfree environment.

As in a cops and robbers play we discover new mycotoxins and metabolites everyday and we are forced to develop new molecules quickly as chemo- or biosensors or to modify existing molecules able to recognize these new hazardous compounds. This will result in an enormous cost saving to agro-food industry through the prevention and reduction of product recalls and reduced treatment costs. Here we ...

Ensuring the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products is one of the top challenges in healthcare today. With drug recalls continuing to make headlines, consumers and other stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem are demanding more oversight and regulators around the globe are responding to these pressures by increasing their scrutiny and compliance requirements fro...

BACKGROUND Dietary assessment methods that can provide high quality data while limiting participant burden and resource requirements in epidemiological research are highly sought after and continue to evolve. The use of mobile phone technology in research has increased rapidly over the last decade and offers multiple advantages to the researcher over traditional data collection methods. This st...

Recent research in relational learning has suggested that simple training instances may lead to better generalization than complex training instances. We examined the perceptual-encoding mechanisms that might undergird this "simple advantage" by testing category and perceptual learning in adults with simplified and traditional (more complex) Chinese scripts. In Experiment 1, participants learne...

Morbidity due to foodborne illnesses in the US has decreased over the last ten years. During the same time period recalls affecting the meat and poultry industry have increased from 38 in 1993 to a peak of 128 in 2002. Recalls due to L. monocytogenes (LM) and E. coli O157:H7 have accounted for the majority of recalls in recent years, while incidence rates for these pathogens have decreased. Inc...

 Pasteur Institute of Iran (PII) is known for its history of benefaction by exquisite characters, the most prominent of who is the family of Farman Farmaian. Dr. Sabar Mirza Farman Farmaian, born in 1912 in Tehran, resided as the director of PII for a period of six years (1971-1977). Furthermore, he devoted his house (located in Shemiranat) for the establishment of a center to study and c...