Kicheon Kang,1,* Sam Young Cho, Ju-Jin Kim, and Sung-Chul Shin Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, Chonbuk, Korea Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701, Korea ~Received 14 September 2000; revised manuscript received 30 November 200...

This study investigated heavy metals in water and sediment from contamination sites between Rimi Kabawa axis by Lower Benue River, Ibi, Taraba state. Heavy metal levels was using atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) Bulk Scientific Model 210 VGP techniques. The highest concentration of Zinc (Zn) September/October, (0.1667 mg/kg) while Cadmium (Cd) recorded a lower mean value (0.0013 December/Ja...

BACKGROUND It is commonly asserted that the average American gains 5 lb (2.3 kg) or more over the holiday period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, yet few data support this statement. METHODS To estimate actual holiday-related weight variation, we measured body weight in a convenience sample of 195 adults. The subjects were weighed four times at intervals of six to eight weeks, so that...

At monthly intervals from February 1983 to January 1984 two Angora goats, two Boer goats, one grysbok, Raphicerus melanotis, one common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia, one greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, and four scrub hares, Lepus saxatilis, were killed on a farm in Valley Bushveld in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and examined for ticks. Seven ixodid tick species were collected, ...

Ten Chios ewe lambs and 10 Damascus she-kids born in October-November and similar numbers born in February along with eight multiparous females from each species, were used to examine pubertal events and reproductive seasonality. Reproductive activity was monitored by determining serum progesterone concentrations once a week for 12 months. The mean date of onset of ovulation (puberty) in autumn...