This work examines the historical records of red tides in the western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) as they pertain to the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis (Davis) G. Hansen and Moestrup. K. brevis commonly causes major fish kills, human respiratory distress, and significant economic disruption in the Gulf of Mexico. It can also lead to illness by consumption of contaminated shellfish. The nearly ann...

Felix Kreier and Ruud M. Buijs Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas Universidad National Aútonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Six species of the genus Stethantyx Townes are found to occur in Mexico. One species, S. mexicana sp. n., is described as new, and four recently described Neotropical species, S. alajuela Khalaim & Broad, S. heredia Khalaim & Broad, S. osa Khalaim & Broad and S. sanjosea Khalaim & Broad, are new records from Mexico. A key to species of Stethantyx occurring in Mexico is provided.

1 INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padua, Italy, 2 Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain, 4 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, 5 Belgrade Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Serbia, 6 INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e...

OF THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Computer Science The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May, 2005 Machine Learning Approaches to siRNA Efficacy Prediction by Sahar Abubucker B.E., Madras University, 2000 M.S., Computer Science, University of New Mexico, 2005

Corresponding author: Dr. Víctor Alfonso Francolugo Vélez. Pericón esquina Angélica 5o piso-502. Colonia Miraval. Cuernavaca, Mor. Telephone and Fax: (777) 314 0555. Email: [email protected] 1 Urologist. Sanatorio Henri Dunant, Professor at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Mexico. 2 Pathologist. Hospital Carlos Calero Elorduy, ISSSTE. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. Urinary tract...

E de la Cruz-Hernandez, E Perez-Cardenas, L Taja-Chayeb, A Chavez-Blanco, C TrejoBecerril, J Trujillo, JL Medina-Franco, A Dueñas-Gonzalez* Unidad de Investigación en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Mexico City, and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, ISSEMYM Cancer Center, Toluca, Mexico. Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway...

Introduction: Cleft lip and palate, the most common developmental deformity, is seen worldwide and the etiology involves a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the maternal risk factors associated with the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Materials and Methods: We conducted a case control study at the Women’s Hospital in Culiacan...

CONSUELO PLATA,1 DAVID B. MOUNT,2 VERENA RUBIO,1 STEVEN C. HEBERT,2 AND GERARDO GAMBA1 1Molecular Physiology Unit, Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán and Department of Medicine, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, National University of Mexico, Mexico City CP 14000, Mexico; and 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine...