A. J. LEWIS,1,2 T. J. WESTER,3 D. G. BURRIN,3 AND M. J. DAUNCEY1 1Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, United Kingdom; 2Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0908; and 3United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texa...

We report time-resolved optical flux and circular polarization spectroscopy of the magnetic DA white dwarf HE 1045−0908 obtained with FORS1 at the ESO VLT. Considering published results, we estimate a likely rotational period of P rot ≃ 2.7 h, but cannot exclude values as high as about 9 h. Our detailed Zeeman tomographic analysis reveals a field structure which is dominated by a quadrupole and...

We report time-resolved optical flux and circular polarization spectroscopy of the magnetic DA white dwarf HE 1045−0908 obtained with FORS1 at the ESO VLT. Considering published results, we estimate a likely rotational period of Prot 2.7 h, but cannot exclude values as high as about 9 h. Our detailed Zeeman tomographic analysis reveals a field structure which is dominated by a quadrupole and co...

1The authors thank A. L. Archibald, M. F. Rothschild, and the EC PiGMaP group for distribution of DNA from the PiGMaP reference families, and D. Nicholson, C. Haley, and G. J. Lee for provision of database services and linkage analyses. Published as paper no. 11989, Journal Series, Agric. Res. Div., Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0908. 2To whom correspondence should be addressed: phone: (402)...

Reproductive traits were measured for 234 bulls and 1184 heifers from matings of three dam breeds (Angus, Hereford, and MARC III) with six sire breeds (Angus, Hereford, Brahman, Boran, Tuli, and Belgian Blue) from the Germ Plasm Evaluation (GPE) Program at Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center. Male traits were yearling scrotal circumference (YSC), height (YH), and yearling BW; age at ...

Lupus nephritis (LN), characterized by immune complex formation through autoantibodies recognizing multiple autoantigens and kidney deposition, is a major cause of morbidity mortality that affects up to 60% the SLE population during disease. As aberrant B cells play pivotal roles in LN, alteration certain cell repertoire features has been revealed be closely related disease severity manifestati...