Kelly, Dekker, and Stumpf Reply:

Reply to Kelly et al

REPLY: We thank Kelly and coworkers (3) for their comments. We agree that some of the Ren-2 animals in our study did develop malignant hypertension, as discussed in our report (see the penultimate paragraph of the DISCUSSION in Ref. 1). We included all animals which survived to the end of the study in the final analysis because we feel that the exclusion of animals with malignant hypertension w...

Reply to Sullivan and Kelly and Skowronski et al.

TO THE EDITOR—We appreciate the in-sightful comments of Sullivan and Kelly and Skowronski et al concerning our article on influenza vaccine effectiveness in households during the 2010–2011 season. The comments of Sullivan and Kelly overall confirm, in another setting and influenza season (2012), that past vaccination may have a negative effect on current season vaccine effectiveness (VE). They ...

Science -- May and Stumpf 290 (5499): 2084

One of the earliest accomplishments of theoretical ecology was the discovery of a relationship between the number of species (of plants, birds, beetles, or whatever) on a given island and the area of that island (1). For example, a 10-fold increase in island area approximately doubles the number of species. This species-area relationship (SAR) is often used by conservation biologists to assess ...

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The Paterson-kelly Syndrome.

Dysphagia localized to the post-cricoid region occurring mainly in middle-aged women was first fully described in the papers of Paterson (1919) and Kelly (1919). Kelly noted an association with anaemia, superficial glossitis, and angular stomatitis, while Paterson remarked on " the not infrequent supervention of malignant disease at the mouth of the gullet." Vinson (1922) observed the developme...