Not long ago, the skeleton was viewed as a mere supporting structure appealing only to a small group of specialists. Research in the past two decades, however , has revealed marvelous intricacies concerning the formation and remod-eling of the skeleton, its intimate connections with other organs in the body, and elegant genetic circuitries that regulate skeletal cell differentiation. These new ...

Control and Optimization of Power Systems with Renewables:Voltage Regulation and Generator DispatchbyBaosen ZhangDoctor of Philosophy in Engineering-Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencesUniversity of California, BerkeleyProfessor David Tse, Chair The electric power system is undergoing dramatic transformations due to the emergence ofrenewable resources. Howeve...

tion, may mediate or contribute to these findings. colleagues (1999) is to characterize the truncated pro-any, between hypocretins and HLA-DQB1*0602 in hu-19, 248–257. mans. HLA class II molecules, such as HLA-DQB1*0602, are expressed in the nervous system and bind peptides; whether or not a particular peptide is bound depends on which antigen is expressed. If HLA-DQB1*0602 binds hypocretins, i...

he health and well-being of horses can be adversely affected during natural disasters such as severe storms, floods, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, or earthquakes. Equine practitioners are uniquely qualified to diagnose and treat injuries and stresses affecting horses during disasters and understand the logistics associated with rapid or planned evacuations of horses. Planning for disasters is o...

most areas of the world where rainfall is limiting are characterized by low agricultural output and, ironically, high population growth rates that generate increased food de-mand. arid and semi-arid regions permit a range of vegetative biomass production, from rainfed crops to native pasture, and sparse steppe shrubs to true desert. given the harsh climatic conditions in areas such as west asia...

Developing and managing today’s distributed applications is hard. Three importantreasons for the increasing complexity that characterize a large family of systems are:(1) stakeholders involved in the systems have various, often conflicting quality require-ments; (2) the systems are subject to highly dynamic and changing operating condi-tions; (3) activity in the systems is inher...

Introduction During the past 50 years, the transplantation of human organs, tissues, and cells has become a worldwide practice that has extended and greatly enhanced the quality of hundreds of thousands of lives. Transplantation is the best and most cost-effective treatment for end-stage kidney failure and remains the only available treatment for persons with end-stage failure of other solid or...

Evaluation of QOL involves assessments of a wide spectrum of human functioning, including emotional response to cancer and treatment, physical activity, and the impact of the specific cancer on physical and psychological capacities. QOL now constitutes an important part of study for epidemiology, clinical trials, and health services research. From a cancer surveillance perspective, information ...

During the past few years, our understanding of stomatal development and patterning has been advanced by the cloning of a large number of genes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). These genes encode peptide ligands (epidermal patterning factor, or EPF), and receptor proteins (TOO MANY MOUTHS [TMM] and the ERECTA family [ERf] of receptor-like kinases [ER, ERL1, and ERL2]; Nadeau and Sack, 200...