of a thesis at the University of Miami. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are the largest and most highly prized among the tuna family. They are highly pelagic, undertaking transoceanic migrations throughout the Atlantic, but the main spawning grounds are the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Given their mobility, management for this species is handled through international ...

Hsu et al. (1) provided a comprehensive and informative overview of the existing literature pertaining to BMI, body composition differences, and type 2 diabetes prevalence and incidence in Asian Amer-ican adults. We commend the authors' excellent policy recommendation based on the data available and further applaud the American Diabetes Association for its subsequent change of the BMI cutoff fo...

the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry, Cetus' scientists contribution, which ultimately ended up in a drawer of Making PCR. A Story of Biotechnology. history, proved significant enough to justify an expola-rion of this issue. Hence, more than an account of the invention of PCR, Rabinow's working approach should be viewed as " an pp. $22.50 experiment in posing the problem of who has the author-ity...

On December 24, 1888, a patient was admitted to the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Arles, France, brought in by the police because of reports that he had cut off his ear and given it to a woman. The patient was the Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh. The doctor on call was Dr. Felix Rey, a young “interne en medicine,” age 21 (Figure 1). Van Gogh had mutilated the lower part of his ear. Dr. Rey had earlier...

Recommended Citation Liu, Yinxiao. "New algorithms for in vivo characterization of human trabecular bone: development, validation, and applications." PhD iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS After six years, Iowa City is the place where I have spent the longest time ever besides my hometown. It is not just a span of time to pursue a Ph.D. degree, but a lifelong memory and treasure that I will cherish and enjoy....

The three-year leadership cycle of our Journal is about to start anew. It was introduced by the founders of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) to ensure a cycle of fresh ideas, innovations and strategies by successive editors in order to stay flexible and on top of evolving trends. However, to avoid abrupt changes, the founders also installed a programme of overlapping succession ...

o undertaking, however vast, has ever surpassed my courage, " professed Peter Paul Rubens, whose work comprised cathedral domes and altarpieces, portraits , landscapes, and designs for sculpture and architecture. Courage also drove his exuberant style of fl amboyant color and movement. " That Homer of painting, the father of warmth and enthusiasm in art, " said of him Eugene Delacroix, eclipsed...

The main objective of this study was to develop an automated agricultural vehicle guidance system that can be easily transplanted from vehicle to vehicle. The proposed solution to this problem is to first perform a tractor model identification, and then use a pole placement technique to place the closed loop dominant poles in their desired locations. One of the most difficult aspects of designi...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human,1 the document that launched the modern patient-safety movement. Although the movement has spawned myriad initiatives, its main theme, drawn from studies of other high-risk industries that have impressive safety records, boils down to this: Most errors are committed by good, hardworking people trying to d...

superficial for classroom use. But I did enjoy it, and finally decided it would be a good book to recommend to students considering public health careers. The glory and complexity of the public health profession are laid out in readable vignettes that should inspire a new generation of public health advocates. The book's author, a journalist whose previous most recent book concerned emerging vi...