CC:DA Report from ALA Mid-Winter

A mid-winter night's dream ….

Winter Soil CO2 Flux from Different Mid-Latitude Sites from Middle Taihang Mountain in North China

Winter soil respiration is a very important component of the annual soil carbon flux in some ecosystems. We hypothesized that, with all other factors being equal, shorter winter SR result in reduced contribution to annual soil C flux. In this study, the contribution of winter soil respiration to annual soil respiration was measured for three sites (grassland: dominated by Artemisia sacrorum, Bo...

Vitamin D A Cure for the Mid-Winter “Blahs”

Part I: Why Vitamin D? Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol or “the sunshine vitamin,” is an emerging nutrient with an array of potential therapeutic roles. In addition to its wellknown role in bone health, vitamin D is being studied as an important agent in modulating immune function, mood, and cognitive function, as well as its impact on cardiovascular risk factors and protective effects...

Mid-year Progress Report

Descriptions of dramatic scenes occur frequently in fiction books, not only describing the layout and contents of a scene, but often including details such as the speech articulated by characters in a scene, and the movements and actions performed by the characters. Provided these descriptions can be accurately identified and interpreted, they serve as instructions for populating three-dimensio...

An education opportunity for all: SNM's Mid-Winter Meeting.

I n only a few short months, the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) will host its Mid-Winter Meeting—an exceptional educational program of scientific content in nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, and clinical trials. The meeting, which will be held January 26–29, 2012, at the Hilton Orlando (FL) at Walt Disney World, brings together leading nuclear and molecular imaging physicians, radiologist...