The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a small canid currently listed as endangered in the state of Nebraska. Current and future construction of the Heartland Expressway Corridor (HEC) through the Nebraska panhandle may be a cause for concern for resident swift fox populations. Current swift fox presence along the roadway will be documented before construction continues. We surveyed for swift foxes wi...

Introduction: Ultrashort echo-time (UTE) imaging (1) and sweep imaging with Fourier transformation (SWIFT) (2) are techniques for imaging hard tissues with short T2 relaxation times on the order of a few tens to hundreds of microseconds, due to their very short acquisition delays (in the range of 0.01-0.5 ms). Such short T2 components are not easily detected with conventional imaging techniques...

In the redshift range z = 0−1, the gamma ray burst (GRB) redshift distribution should increase rapidly because of increasing differential volume sizes and strong evolution in the star formation rate. This feature is not observed in the Swift redshift distribution and to account for this discrepancy, a dominant bias, independent of the Swift sensitivity, is required. Furthermore, despite rapid l...

Swift foxes (Vulpes velox) and coyotes (Canis latrans) are sympatric canids distributed throughout many regions of the Great Plains of North America. The prevalence of canid diseases among these two species where they occur sympatrically is presently unknown. From January 1997 to January 2001, we collected blood samples from 89 swift foxes and 122 coyotes on the US Army Piñon Canyon Maneuver Si...

Several correlations among observables derived from modelling the high-energy properties of GRBs have been reported in the literature. We show that well-known examples of these have common features indicative of an origin in selection effects. In particular, we focus here on the possible origin of the Epk-Eiso correlation in Swift data due to detector threshold truncation. The existence of fain...

BACKGROUND Timely provision of an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) orthotist customized for individuals early after stroke can be problematic. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a therapist-made AFO (SWIFT Cast) for walking recovery. METHODS This was a randomized controlled, observer-blind trial. Participants (n = 105) were recruited 3 to 42 days poststroke. All received conventional physical t...