This paper provides a technical introduction to the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) DTD currently under development by the author. It is consciously modeled on the highly successful Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) DTD. The primary purpose of the MEI DTD is the creation of a comprehensive yet extensible standard for the encoding and transmission of music documents in electronic form.

1. In an experiment twenty-four cross-bred does were used, six in each of four physiological states: non-pregnant (NP), pregnant (P), lactating (L) or concurrently pregnant and lactating (CPL). They were offered a diet of high nutrient density (crude protein (nitrogen x 6.25) 272 g/kg dry matter (DM), metabolizable energy 15.5 MJ/kg DM) at one of two intakes on a scale based on metabolic body-w...

DNA repair-defective alleles of the mei-9, mei-41, mus-104 and mus-101 loci of Drosofihila melanogaster were introduced into stocks bearing the UZ and SZ marker sets. Males with the UZ marker set, z1 (zesle allele) and w + ( ' ~ ) (genetically unstable white allele presumably caused by a transposable element), or the SZ marker set, z ' and w + ~ (semistable white allele caused by partial duplic...

In rice (Oryza sativa), hybrids between indica and japonica subspecies are usually highly sterile, which provides a model system for studying postzygotic reproductive isolation. A killer-protector system, S5, composed of three adjacent genes (ORF3, ORF4, and ORF5), regulates female gamete fertility of indica-japonica hybrids. To characterize the processes underlying this system, we performed tr...

We examined the effect of two levels of exercise-induced hypotension on esophageal (Tes) and active and nonactive muscle temperatures during and following exercise. Seven males performed an incremental isotonic test on a Kin-Com isokinetic apparatus to determine their peak oxygen consumption during bilateral knee extensions (VO2sp). This was followed on separate days by 15-min of isolated bilat...

The Shugoshin (Sgo) protein family helps to ensure proper chromosome segregation by protecting cohesion at the centromere by preventing cleavage of the cohesin complex. Some Sgo proteins also influence other aspects of kinetochore-microtubule attachments. Although many Sgo members require Aurora B kinase to localize to the centromere, factors controlling delocalization are poorly understood and...

Mei-Hsing Chuang1,2, Yao-Min Hung2,3 and Pesus Chou2* 1Department of Community Medicine, Division of Family Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan 2Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan *Corresponding author: Mei-Hsing Chuang, Taipei City H...