The reports were prepared by the individual Principal Investigators in a standard format. In some cases several projects are combined into a single report. Reports were not received for a small number of projects. The reports are listed alphabetically by surname of the Principal Investigator, as in the preceding Tables.

Erratum After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that Mark A. van de Wiel’s name was spelled incorrectly due to a misinterpreted correction submitted at proofing stage. The author’s middle initial and family name had been combined inadvertently. Mark A. van de Wiel’s name is spelled correctly in this erratum, and the original article has been updated to r...

We examine the problem of family size statistics (the number of individuals carrying the same surname, or the same DNA sequence) in a given size subsample of an exponentially growing population. We approach the problem from two directions. In the first, we construct the family size distribution for the subsample from the stable distribution for the full population. This latter distribution is c...

OBJECTIVE To describe the enrollment rates and characteristics of Hispanics and non-Hispanics from Kaiser Permanente Colorado invited to participate in a web-based intervention promoting increased fruit and vegetable consumption. DESIGN Hispanics were identified by the Passel-Word Spanish surname list. Characteristics associated with the likelihood of enrollment overall and by ethnicity were ...

CORRECTION It has been highlighted that the original manuscript [1] contains a typesetting error in the surname of Caspar David Roelofs. This was incorrectly captured as Caspar David Roelefs in the original manuscript which has since been updated.

Author index Authors’ names will normally be arranged alphabetically under their family name and this is commonly their last name. Prefixes (van, de etc.) will only be taken into account in the alphabetization if they begin with a capital letter. Authors wishing their names to be alphabetized differently should indicate this below. Author names may appear more than once in this list; it is not ...

Nanotechnology is the formation, running and use of operation at the nanomaterial size scale (1-100 nm). Nanoscale materials can also be obtained by biological synthesis materials via eco-friendly green chemistry based technique. Current development and numerous strategies involved in the green synthesis of nanoparticles were focussed. This review mainly focused on plants which include scientif...