Recently developed methods for analyzing mark–recapture data allow simultaneous modeling of information from a variety of animal encounters. Incorporating this extra information in an analysis requires use of a more complicated model but can lead to improved precision of estimates. An important aspect of such joint models is that movement of animals to and from the banding site can be incorpora...

Nuclear stress granules are subnuclear compartments that form in response to heat shock and other stress stimuli. Although many components of nuclear stress granules have been identified, including HSF1 and pre-mRNA processing factors, their function remains a mystery. A paper in this issue describes the stress-induced transcriptional activation of one of the nuclear stress granule target sites...

Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) is a rare medical emergency, mainly caused by encapsulated bacteria, shortly progressing from a mild flulike syndrome to a fulminant, potentially fatal, sepsis. The risk of OPSI is higher in children and in patients with underlying benign or malignant hematological disorders. The identification of Howell-Jolly bodies on peripheral blood examination ...

Population size and annual survival probabilities for the killer whales (Orcinus orca) inhabiting inshore waters of Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean, were estimated through mark-recapture modelling. Capture histories generated from a set photographs taken under photo-identification protocol opportunistically, between 1964 2002. Photographs selected according to their...