This issue of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) offers fresh perspectives on the relationships among life stages, health behavior, and chronic disease. We include several reports from a survey of childbearing women in Cameron County, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, designed to support action by the United States-Mexico Border Health Association (1). PCD has addressed border health prev...

I first comment on some recent advances in computing equipment for CPU-intensive numerical simulations, and on possible developments in the near future. I then discuss some particularly important and yet unsolved problems in dynamics and evolution of galaxies, on which analytical, numerical and observational effort should be focused.

1962 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2014 P Cezanne was a visionary who bridged 19th century impressionism with 20th century cubism and other modern styles. Born in Aix-en-Provence, France, into the family of a successful banker, Cezanne had a comfortable childhood, culminating in studies at the College Bourbon. There he met lifelong friends with Emile...

The extracellular matrix (ECM) provides structural support and organization for cardiomyocytes and the vasculature of the heart. Under normal conditions, the ECM scaffold facilitates efficient force transduction for mechanical work, while mediating intercellular communication and metabolic exchange. This follows the unique 3-dimensional disposition of myocyte bundles and fibrillar collagens wit...

The phenomenon of pancreatic regeneration in mammals has been well documented. It has been shown that pancreatic tissue is able to regenerate in several species of mammal after surgical insult. This tissue is also known to have the potential to maintain or increase its β-cell mass in response to metabolic demands during pregnancy and obesity. Since deficiency in β-cell mass is the hallmark of m...