Field metabolic rate (FMR), using the doubly labelled water (DLW) method, was measured in free-ranging adult kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) early and late in the chick-rearing period at Svalbard, Norway. Individual variation in FMR was analysed by comparing FMR with body mass, sex, nest attendance, chick age, brood size, and basal metabolic rate (BMR). Mean FMR of kittiwakes during the chick-rea...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that mitral valve (MV) enlargement occurring in chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) prevents functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). BACKGROUND Chronic AR causes left ventricular (LV) dilation, creating the potential for FMR. However, FMR is typically absent during compensated AR despite substantial LV enlargement. Increased mitral leaf...

Immimofluorescence data are presented which confirm the previously reported cytotoxic antibody studies suggesting that Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher (FMR) virus-induced lymphomas possess similar surface antigens, not shared by Gross lymphomas. It is not known, however, whether the antigenic relationship demonstrable serologically is, or should necessarily be, demonstrable by transplantation stu...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term caries preventive effects of school-based fluoride mouth rinse (FMR) program in adults aged 20 years and older. 637 mothers aged from 20 to 39 years were surveyed. Clinical examinations were carried out for subjects to obtain data on dental caries prevalence when they visited local health centers to take their children for medical and dent...

Environmental and behavioral factors have long been assumed to affect variation in avian field metabolic rate (FMR). However, due to the difficulties in measuring continuous behavior of birds over prolonged periods of time, complete time-activity budgets have rarely been examined in relation to FMR. Our objective was to determine the effect of activity (measured by detailed time-activity budget...

BACKGROUND Recently, it has been hypothesized that mitral leaflet remodelling may play a role in the pathophysiology of functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). We investigated the characteristics, determinants, and relation of mitral leaflet remodelling to FMR severity. METHODS AND RESULTS Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiographic data of the mitral valve (MV) were studied in 30 pat...

OBJECT The goal of this study was to investigate discordance between the location of speech arrest during awake cortical mapping, a common intraoperative indicator of hemispheric dominance, and silent speech functional magnetic resonance (fMR) imaging maps of frontal language function. METHODS Twenty-one cases were reviewed retrospectively. Images of silent speech fMR imaging activation were ...