The Missoula-Vitas Quality-of-Life Index (MVQOLI) is a unique tool specifically designed to measure quality of life (QOL) in advanced illness in a palliative care setting. The aim of this study was to explore its cross-cultural validity. We used a culturally adapted version in a local language, Luganda, and tested the MVQOLI-M in 200 patients with advanced AIDS in urban Kampala, Uganda. Content...

A series of fire experiments were carried out in a wind tunnel at the United States Forest Service’s Fire Science Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. The experiments involved tines cut out of pieces of cardboard. The pieces were laid out in comb-like strips parallel to each other along a testbed. They were ignited at the windward end of the testbed. The progress of the fire was monitored by thermo...

J. D. Crounse, P. F. DeCarlo, D. R. Blake, L. K. Emmons, T. L. Campos, E. C. Apel, A. D. Clarke, A. J. Weinheimer, D. C. McCabe, R. J. Yokelson, J. L. Jimenez, and P. O. Wennberg Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, ...

P. Lloyd ([email protected]), Percy FitzPatrick Inst., DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, Univ. of Cape Town, P/Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, and Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd, PO Box 1376, Cleveland 4163, Australia. – F. Abadi, South African National Biodiversity Inst., P/Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa, and School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Univ. of Wit...

This research focuses on the use of Esri’s ArcFuels and Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory’s FlamMap to produce a wildfire exposure analysis on structures affected by the Charlotte Fire. Exposure analysis involves producing both conditional flame length and burn probability, which are combined to determine a structure’s wildfire risk. The individual datasets within the model were tested for accu...

Sonia Altizer,1 Charles L. Nunn,2 Peter H. Thrall,3 John L. Gittleman,4 Janis Antonovics,4 Andrew A. Cunningham,5 Andrew P. Dobson,6 Vanessa Ezenwa,6,7 Kate E. Jones,4 Amy B. Pedersen,4 Mary Poss,8 and Juliet R.C. Pulliam6 1Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322; email: [email protected] 2Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, C...

In a study to learn whether or not poor nutrition, as indicated by low hemoglobin levels, affects intelligenCe and behavior, 113 Head Start children in Missoula, Montana took part. Group testing with the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test and individual testing with the Wechsler and Primary Scale of Intelligence or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children provided 10 information. An experimental...

Jinfang Wu,1 Md. Riyaz Basha,1 Brian Brock,1 David P. Cox,2 Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez,2 Christopher A. McPherson,3 Jean Harry,3 Deborah C. Rice,4 Bryan Maloney,5 Demao Chen,5 Debomoy K. Lahiri,5 and Nasser H. Zawia1 1Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, 2Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Envi...

There are a large number of ornithological societies in North America, some dating back to the 1880s. Although they differ in part by history, region, scientific approach and taxonomic focus, many of the memberships overlap and the societies are increasingly holding joint meetings. The largest of these is the North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC). Since 1994, NAOCs have convened rough...