Female mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis holbrooki) downstream from Kraft paper mills in Florida display masculinization of the anal fin, an androgen-dependent trait. The current investigation was designed to determine if water contaminated with pulp-mill effluent (PME) from the Fenholloway River in Florida displayed androgenic activity in vitro and to relate this activity to the reproductive stat...

Many benefits could be obtained by bringing together sources of knowledge so that informtion could be shared and greater understanding generated. The KRAFT project is investigating the re-use and fusion of constraint-based knowledge in particular. This paper describes the approach being taken by the project, and examines the ontological structures involved.

Michel Belyk, Shelly Jo Kraft and Steven Brown Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Department of Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, Maastricht, Limburg 6200 MD, The Netherlands Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Wayne State University...

Kraft et al. (Reports, 24 October 2008, p. 580) used a variety of metrics describing the distribution of functional traits within a tropical forest community to demonstrate simultaneous environmental filtering and niche differentiation. We discuss how these results could have arisen from sampling design and statistical assumptions, suggesting alternative approaches that could better resolve the...

Mit der Novellierung des Berufskrankheitenrechts zum 01.01.2021 traten neben dem Wegfall sogenannten „Unterlassungszwangs“ als Anerkennungsvoraussetzung bestimmter Berufskrankheiten (BK) weitere Änderungen in Kraft.