This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants,
pathophysiology, assessment, prevention and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of obesity …

In 2000, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)
was congressionally established, with representatives from Federal regulatory and …

This paper explores the conduct of performance appraisals of nurses in a New Zealand
hospital, and how fairness is perceived in such appraisals. In the health sector, performance …

Fanconi anemia (FA) is one of a group of disorders characterized at the cellular level by a
combination of hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents, chromosomal instability, and …

We describe an efficient synthesis (summarised in Schemes 8 and 10) of an advanced
intermediate (34) suitable for the synthesis of gelsemine. The key steps in the synthesis are (i) the …

This study describes the characterization of oxylepitoxin-1 (MW 6789), the first postsynaptic
neurotoxin isolated from the venom of the Inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), which is …

Our routine health-surveillance program is based on use of the Swiss Webster mouse, with
sentinels submitted for testing every 7 weeks. Athymic nude (nu+/nu+) mice are used as an …

What exactly is tentmaking? To appreciate fully the panorama of Christian service and
experience which is identified by the term, we need to consider the variables and diversity by …

This paper argues that the analysis of the tradeoff between current wages and pension
benefits offers key insights into the problem of pension accounting. The paper examines this …

An increased cytoplasmic Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+ ] i ) has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis. We compared the [Ca 2+ ] i levels of normal and cystic fibrosis …