BACKGROUND Somatolactin (Sl) is a fish specific adenohypophyseal peptide hormone related to growth hormone (Gh). Some species, including salmonids, possess two forms: Sl alpha and Sl beta. The somatolactin receptor (slr) is closely related to the growth hormone receptor (ghr). Sl has been ascribed many physiological functions, including a role in sexual maturation. In order to clarify the role ...

Sea level rise (SLR) along Virginia’s coasts and around the Chesapeake Bay as measured by tide gauges is analyzed and discussed. It is shown that the SLR rates vary between one location to another and in most locations the rates increase over time (i.e., SLR is accelerating). The latest science of SLR is reviewed and the causes of the high SLR rates in Virginia are discussed. The impacts of lan...

We present a new method – Speculative Lock Reordering (SLR) – that enables multiple threads to concurrently and speculatively execute within a critical section. Its novel feature is to exploit that there is no a priori execution order between separate invocations of a critical section that speculatively executed threads must respect. In contrast to previously proposed speculative synchronizatio...

In recent years numerous researchers have proposed a wide variety of approaches to incorporate security concerns into software design. Unfortunately a systematic literature review (SLR) providing a detailed overview of the state of the art and defining interesting research opportunities is lacking. This creates an extra barrier for (new) researchers to enter the domain and contribute to it. We ...

Sea Level Rise (SLR) caused by climate change is impacting coastal wetlands around the globe. Due to their distinctive biophysical characteristics and unique plant communities, freshwater tidal wetlands are expected to exhibit a different response to SLR as compared with the better studied salt marshes. In this study we employed the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM), which simulates reg...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the validity over time of the fingertip-to-floor test (FTF) and the straight leg raising test (SLR) using the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and correlation coefficient (r), and to assess the predictive value of factors related to the change in RMDQ over 12 months using multivariate regression analysis. DESIGN Longitudinal study. SETTING Outpatient p...

Circulatory levels of growth hormone (GH) were estimated at 0600 h, 1200 h, 1800 h and 2400 h in each of 10 subjects of sea level residents (SLR) in New Delhi (226 m) and in high altitude natives (HAN) settled at an altitude of 3650 m. Both in SLR and HAN the GH secretion showed an identical pattern, the values were lowest at 0600 h and highest at 2400 h. Nevertheless, in HAN the GH levels at d...

[1] Sea level rise (SLR) is an inescapable consequence of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, with potentially harmful effects on human populations in coastal and island regions. Observational evidence indicates that global sea level has risen in the 20th century, and climate models project an acceleration of this trend in the coming decades. Here we analyze rates of future SLR on regiona...

Little information exists about the intensity of contraction required from knee and hip musculature during common therapeutic exercises used for patient populations. This study, therefore, was designed to compare electromyographic data obtained from the vastus medialis, rectus femoris, gluteus medius, and biceps femoris muscles during maximally resisted straight-leg-raising (SLR) exercises with...

Most infrastructure, settlements and facilities are located near the coast and are highly vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR), coastal erosion and storms. Continued population growth in low-lying coastal areas will increase vulnerability to these hazards. The impacts of SLR are highly variable across regions and difficult to predict over time and space. Principally, due to constraints on the ada...