Lavery splines are examined in the univariate and bivariate cases. In both instances relaxation based algorithms for approximate calculation of Lavery splines are proposed. Following previous work Gilsinn, et al. [7] addressing the bivariate case, a rotationally invariant functional is assumed. The version of bivariate splines proposed in this paper also aims at irregularly spaced data and uses...

Two new species of potamid freshwater crabs of the genus Ovitamon Ng & Takeda, 1992, are described from the islands of Mindoro and Panay, Philippines. The two new species can easily be distinguished from congeners by the morphologies of their carapaces and male first gonopods. Six species of Ovitamon are now known from the islands of central and western Philippines.

s | 47 of oxytocin. Moreover, the degree of neural overlap was significantly low in ASD model mice. These findings offer insight into our understanding of the neural mechanisms of empathy and the development of therapeutic treatment of ASD. PT677 c-Fos immunoreactivity in hypoactive and hyperactive Dopamine-deficient mice Taishi Takeda, Masayo Fujita, Yoko Hagino, Kazutaka Ikeda, Masashi

Recent skin self-examination and doctor visits in relation to melanoma risk and tumour depth L.J. Titus, K. Clough-Gorr, T.A. Mackenzie, A. Perry, S.K. Spencer, J. Weiss, S. Abrahams-Gessel and M.S. Ernstoff Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, U.S.A. Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hood Center...

K. Matsuo, E. T. Bagarinao, T. Iidaka, A. Takeda, and T. Nakai Dept. Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, Dept. Gerontechnology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Ohbu, Aichi, Japan, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Dept. Psychiatry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aich...

Dongping Wang,1 Mingsheng Qi,1 Bernarda Calla,1 Schuyler S. Korban,2 Steven J. Clough,1,3 Peter J. A. Cock,4 George W. Sundin,5 Ian Toth,4 and Youfu Zhao1 Department of Crop Sciences, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.; USDA Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.; Cellular and Molecular...

Qiming Shao, Bin Ren, Vijayan Elimban, Paramjit S. Tappia, Nobuakira Takeda, and Naranjan S. Dhalla Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre and Departments of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine; Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and Aoto Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei Univers...