Cell division is an integral part of tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis, and control of the orientation of cell division is essential to proper development and maintenance of tissue architecture (Gillies and Cabernard, 2011; Morin and Bellaïche, 2011). In 2D cultures, when a cell rounds to divide, it maintains numerous short retraction fibers that link the cell body to the substratum. The ret...

Tepfer, M. 1993. Viral genes and transgenic plants. What are potential environmental risks? Bio/Technology 11:1125–1132. Truve, E., A. Aaspollu, J. Honkanen, R. Puska, M. Mehto, A. Hassi, T.H. Teeri, M. Kelve, P. Seppanen, and M. Saarma. 1993. Transgenic potato plants expressing mammalian 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase are protected from potato virus X infection under field conditions. Bio/Tec...

Present day systems, intelligent or otherwise, are limited by the conceptualizations of the world given to them by their designers. This thesis explores issues in the construction of adaptive systems that can incrementally reformulate their conceptualizations to achieve computational e ciency or descriptional adequacy. A detailed account of a special case of the reformulation problem is present...

It is widely held that a sexual double standard exists such that women are evaluated more harshly than men for engaging in sexual activity. Previous research, however, has failed to document this sexual double standard reliably. We argue that previous research has been unable to identify the double standard because it has focused on the individual rather than the interpersonal dynamics that tak...

As urachal adenocarcinomas are rare cancers, experience with diagnosing and staging them are limited. To help illustrate CT and PET imaging findings and the role they each play in the workup of urachal adenocarcinomas, we present the case of a 43 y.o. male who was diagnosed at our institution with a T3aN0M0 high grade mucin-producing urachal adenocarcinoma. Merissa Zeman, Ethan Silver and Esma ...

—Identification of the factors limiting inland salmonid populations, such as those of the threatened bull trout Salvelinus confluentus in the Pacific Northwest, can be particularly challenging due to substantial gaps in our understanding of population demographics, population structure in the presence of multiple life history forms, and vital rates. We implemented a large-scale mark–recapture p...

-Passive capture methods, such as minnow traps, are commonly used to capture fish for mark-recapture population estimates; however, they have not been used for removal methods. Minnow traps set for 90-min periods during three or four sequential capture occasions during the summer of 1996 were used to capture coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch fry and parr, Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma, cutthroat...

Genetically modified (GM) food and crop stories continue to appear in the popular media across the globe. In the United States, recent news on the topic was dominated by GM food labeling initiatives in various states, efforts in Hawaii to restrict or ban the cultivation of GM crops, and plans by food companies to eliminate GM ingredients from their products. Chipotle Mexican Grill, a popular ch...

In a rejoinder to Rakos (1989), I discuss three inter-related problems: scientifically inappropriate reductionism, a culturally biased concept of human nature, and a bourgeois view of capitalism and socialism. I argue that these three problems result from the Cartesian (positivistic) world outlook in which the part is held to be ontologically prior to the whole, a pervasive philosophical perspe...

Tuberculosis of the genitourinary tract is a well-known cause of male infertility. However, infertility from infection by nontuberculous mycobacterium has not been reported. Herein, we present a case of seminal vesiculitis due to Mycobacterium gastri in a diabetic patient leading to male infertility. Improvement in semen quality was noticed after 6 months of therapy with isoniazid, ethambutol a...