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    Examining mesozooplankton patch structure and its implications for trophic interactions in the northern Gulf of Mexico (2016)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2016-08-20
    Description: Plankton patch dynamics strongly influences rates of trophic transfer and many ecological processes, yet patchiness is poorly described, especially on fine-scales (cm to 10s of m). We deployed the In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System beneath the Mississippi River plume to measure horizontal distributions of zooplankton across three depth zones (10, 25 and 35 m). We found that larval fishes were significantly aggregated in the shallow (10 m) and deep (35 m) waters, but were randomly distributed at 25 m. In contrast, gelatinous organisms were typically randomly distributed, but shrimps and chaetognaths showed a strong degree of aggregation on fine-scales at all depths. One deep-water transect (35 m) was marked by a ~1.5-km zone of hypoxia (O 2  〈 2.0 mg L –1 ) that contained no larval fishes and few zooplankton that were otherwise abundant throughout the sampling area. The exceptions to this trend were the shrimps and cumaceans, which aggregated within the hypoxic zone, suggesting they were able to tolerate those conditions. Correlation analyses of zooplankton showed differing relationships of zooplankton abundance to physical variables among sampling depths; however, zooplankton were consistently positively correlated with one another, indicating the presence of taxonomically heterogeneous patches.
    Print ISSN: 0142-7873
    Electronic ISSN: 1464-3774
    Topics: Biology
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    Membrane occlusion of KRAS effector-binding site [Biophysics and Computational Biology] (2015)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2015-05-27
    Description: K-RAS4B (Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog 4B) is a prenylated, membrane-associated GTPase protein that is a critical switch for the propagation of growth factor signaling pathways to diverse effector proteins, including rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (RAF) kinases and RAS-related protein guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator (RALGDS) proteins. Gain-of-function KRAS mutations occur...
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Primary carbonatite melt from deeply subducted oceanic crust (2008)
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
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    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
    Description: Partial melting in the Earth's mantle plays an important part in generating the geochemical and isotopic diversity observed in volcanic rocks at the surface. Identifying the composition of these primary melts in the mantle is crucial for establishing links between mantle geochemical 'reservoirs' and fundamental geodynamic processes. Mineral inclusions in natural diamonds have provided a unique window into such deep mantle processes. Here we provide experimental and geochemical evidence that silicate mineral inclusions in diamonds from Juina, Brazil, crystallized from primary and evolved carbonatite melts in the mantle transition zone and deep upper mantle. The incompatible trace element abundances calculated for a melt coexisting with a calcium-titanium-silicate perovskite inclusion indicate deep melting of carbonated oceanic crust, probably at transition-zone depths. Further to perovskite, calcic-majorite garnet inclusions record crystallization in the deep upper mantle from an evolved melt that closely resembles estimates of primitive carbonatite on the basis of volcanic rocks. Small-degree melts of subducted crust can be viewed as agents of chemical mass-transfer in the upper mantle and transition zone, leaving a chemical imprint of ocean crust that can possibly endure for billions of years.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walter, M J -- Bulanova, G P -- Armstrong, L S -- Keshav, S -- Blundy, J D -- Gudfinnsson, G -- Lord, O T -- Lennie, A R -- Clark, S M -- Smith, C B -- Gobbo, L -- England -- Nature. 2008 Jul 31;454(7204):622-5. doi: 10.1038/nature07132.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK. m.j.walter@bris.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18668105" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Antigenic and genetic characteristics of swine-origin 2009 A(H1N1) influenza viruses circulating in humans (2009)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2009-05-26
    Description: Since its identification in April 2009, an A(H1N1) virus containing a unique combination of gene segments from both North American and Eurasian swine lineages has continued to circulate in humans. The lack of similarity between the 2009 A(H1N1) virus and its nearest relatives indicates that its gene segments have been circulating undetected for an extended period. Its low genetic diversity suggests that the introduction into humans was a single event or multiple events of similar viruses. Molecular markers predictive of adaptation to humans are not currently present in 2009 A(H1N1) viruses, suggesting that previously unrecognized molecular determinants could be responsible for the transmission among humans. Antigenically the viruses are homogeneous and similar to North American swine A(H1N1) viruses but distinct from seasonal human A(H1N1).〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250984/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250984/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garten, Rebecca J -- Davis, C Todd -- Russell, Colin A -- Shu, Bo -- Lindstrom, Stephen -- Balish, Amanda -- Sessions, Wendy M -- Xu, Xiyan -- Skepner, Eugene -- Deyde, Varough -- Okomo-Adhiambo, Margaret -- Gubareva, Larisa -- Barnes, John -- Smith, Catherine B -- Emery, Shannon L -- Hillman, Michael J -- Rivailler, Pierre -- Smagala, James -- de Graaf, Miranda -- Burke, David F -- Fouchier, Ron A M -- Pappas, Claudia -- Alpuche-Aranda, Celia M -- Lopez-Gatell, Hugo -- Olivera, Hiram -- Lopez, Irma -- Myers, Christopher A -- Faix, Dennis -- Blair, Patrick J -- Yu, Cindy -- Keene, Kimberly M -- Dotson, P David Jr -- Boxrud, David -- Sambol, Anthony R -- Abid, Syed H -- St George, Kirsten -- Bannerman, Tammy -- Moore, Amanda L -- Stringer, David J -- Blevins, Patricia -- Demmler-Harrison, Gail J -- Ginsberg, Michele -- Kriner, Paula -- Waterman, Steve -- Smole, Sandra -- Guevara, Hugo F -- Belongia, Edward A -- Clark, Patricia A -- Beatrice, Sara T -- Donis, Ruben -- Katz, Jacqueline -- Finelli, Lyn -- Bridges, Carolyn B -- Shaw, Michael -- Jernigan, Daniel B -- Uyeki, Timothy M -- Smith, Derek J -- Klimov, Alexander I -- Cox, Nancy J -- DP1 OD000490-01/OD/NIH HHS/ -- DP1-OD000490-01/OD/NIH HHS/ -- HHSN266200700010C/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jul 10;325(5937):197-201. doi: 10.1126/science.1176225. Epub 2009 May 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉WHO Collaborating Center for Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19465683" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Antigens, Viral/genetics/*immunology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Evolution, Molecular ; Genes, Viral ; Genetic Variation ; Genome, Viral ; Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Humans ; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/classification/*genetics/*immunology/isolation & ; purification ; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/genetics ; Influenza A virus/genetics ; Influenza, Human/epidemiology/immunology/*virology ; Mutation ; Neuraminidase/genetics ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/veterinary/virology ; Phylogeny ; Reassortant Viruses/genetics ; Swine ; Swine Diseases/virology ; Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Deep mantle cycling of oceanic crust: evidence from diamonds and their mineral inclusions (2011)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2011-09-17
    Description: A primary consequence of plate tectonics is that basaltic oceanic crust subducts with lithospheric slabs into the mantle. Seismological studies extend this process to the lower mantle, and geochemical observations indicate return of oceanic crust to the upper mantle in plumes. There has been no direct petrologic evidence, however, of the return of subducted oceanic crustal components from the lower mantle. We analyzed superdeep diamonds from Juina-5 kimberlite, Brazil, which host inclusions with compositions comprising the entire phase assemblage expected to crystallize from basalt under lower-mantle conditions. The inclusion mineralogies require exhumation from the lower to upper mantle. Because the diamond hosts have carbon isotope signatures consistent with surface-derived carbon, we conclude that the deep carbon cycle extends into the lower mantle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walter, M J -- Kohn, S C -- Araujo, D -- Bulanova, G P -- Smith, C B -- Gaillou, E -- Wang, J -- Steele, A -- Shirey, S B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Oct 7;334(6052):54-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1209300. Epub 2011 Sep 15.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK. m.j.walter@bristol.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21921159" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
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    Presynaptic alpha-receptor subsensitivity after long-term antidepressant treatment (1978)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1978-10-20
    Description: After 3 weeks of twice-daily administration of desipramine to rats, the frequency-response curve for field stimulation of adrenergic neurons in isolated left atrial strips was shifted markedly to the left and the efflux of [3H]norepinephrine was enhanced greatly. After 1 day of treatment, only slight shifts in the frequency-response curve and small increases in [3H]norepinephrine efflux occurred although inhibition of [3H]norepinephrine uptake was already maximal, and phenoxybenzamine caused a further shift to the left in the frequency-response curve similar to that which occurred after 3 weeks of desipramine treatment alone. A gradual decrease in the sensitivity of the presynaptic alpha receptor would explain the delay in the onset of the linical effect of the tricyclic antidepressants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Crews, F T -- Smith, C B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Oct 20;202(4365):322-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/211589" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Desipramine/*pharmacology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Kinetics ; Neuromuscular Junction/drug effects ; Norepinephrine/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Phenoxybenzamine/pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, Adrenergic/*drug effects ; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/*drug effects ; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects ; Synaptic Membranes/drug effects ; Synaptic Transmission/*drug effects ; Time Factors
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    Metabolic mapping of functional activity in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system of the rat (1979)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1979-08-17
    Description: Physiological stimulation of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system by salt loading of rats resulted in a dramatically increased glucose utilization in the posterior pituitary but not in the paraventricular or supraoptic nuclei. The good correlation between glucose utilization and neural activity in the posterior pituitary (that is, nerve terminals) contrasted with the lack of correlation in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei (that is, the sites of the cell bodies of the same neurons). This difference in the metabolic response to functional activity between the two regions of these neurons can be explained by the differences in surface-to-volume ratios of these regions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schwartz, W J -- Smith, C B -- Davidsen, L -- Savaki, H -- Sokoloff, L -- Mata, M -- Fink, D J -- Gainer, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Aug 17;205(4407):723-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/462184" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/metabolism ; Deoxyglucose/metabolism ; *Energy Metabolism/drug effects ; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/*metabolism ; Male ; Nerve Endings/metabolism ; Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/metabolism ; Phenoxybenzamine/pharmacology ; Pituitary Gland, Posterior/metabolism ; Rats ; Supraoptic Nucleus/metabolism ; Water Deprivation ; Water-Electrolyte Balance
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    Remote sensing of the middle atmospheric aerosol (1980)
    Springer
    Pure and applied geophysics 118 (1980), S. 35-57 
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    ISSN: 1420-9136
    Keywords: Solar occultation technique ; Analysis of technique ; Inversion procedures
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Summary This article analyzes the nature of the aerosol information that current or planned spacecraft measurements could contribute toward the required input data for studies of natural anthropogenic influences on the middle atmosphere, and their consequent effects on our weather and climate. The analysis is conducted with particular reference to the solar occultation sounding technique as applied by the SAGE I experiment on the Atmospheric Explorer Mission B spacecraft. Its conclusions should prove to be of use in both the interpretation of the SAGE I data, and in the design of the follow-on mission on the Earth Radiation Budget satellite. Our analysis shows, in particular, that further studies are required in: the choice and number of sounding channels; the data taking sequence in relation to the atmospheric regions probed; the accuracy and vertical resolution of the atmospheric profiling, and their dependence on both the instrument/spacecraft parameters and the data inversion techniques; and the data reduction procedures. Neither of the selected channels is in a one-to-one relationship with an atmospheric constituent; hence, unless further assumptions are introduced, inversion techniques based on such a property are not applicable. The aerosol wavelengths are not satisfactory as they are only sensitive to the large size tail of the aerosol size distribution rather than to the predominant sizes; for these, UV wavelengths would be required. Owing to the change of the Sun's shape due to atmospheric refraction as the Sun either sets or rises, the higher altitudes will be scanned fewer times than the lower altitudes. Also, because transmission approaches rapidly unity above ∼40 km, the same high altitudes are more sensitive to measurement errors-errors that will propagate to lower altitude determinations when inverted profiles are reconstructed from the top of the atmosphere. These two factors, combined with the small air mass values at the high altitudes, are the cause of the mathematical ill-conditioning of the inversion problem. They point toward the need for a data-taking sequence strategy that would trade off between data storage and transmission constraints, larger accuracy at the high altitudes, and proper division of the atmosphere in order to overcome the ill-conditioning. Likewise, and as a result of the above considerations, there is a need for a detailed trade off study between data accuracy and vertical resolution of the reconstructed profiles. This should take into account the seasonal and geographical variations in the distribution of atmospheric constituents, as well as a representative statistical set at any given location and time, appropriate error measures and their vertical profiles, and several inversions utilizing as initial guesses profiles that depart from the true ones. It is also shown that the aerosol and ozone number densities cannot be recovered simultaneously without introducing some formula for the aerosol extincition or assumptions on the form of the aerosol size distribution. This problem is not resolved by the addition of sounding channels because each such channel introduces an additional unknown aerosol extinction. Thus, one is led to a separate rather than a simultaneous determination of the various constituents by resorting to complementary measurements. For a future experiment, it is suggested to determine the ozone separately from measurements at a close pair of appropriate wavelengths between which the aerosol extinction varies slowly whereas that of ozone exhibits a rapid variation. A similar technique could also be used for the separate determination of NO2. The relaxation-type of inversion suggest byChu andMcCormick (1979) does not seem to be appropriate because each channel is not sensitive selectively to an individual constituent, the aerosol channels are not sensitive to the important sizes in the distribution, and the sensitivity of the channels to the constituents of interest varies greatly with altitude. In the retrieval of the vertical profiles, the cause of the ill-conditioning of the inversion is identified. Two approaches are suggested for overconing this problem: (i) build the profile starting from the top of the atmosphere (forward procedure) but with an initial layer of sufficient air mass, or preferably (ii) reconstruct the profile from the lowest altitude reached (backward procedure) with a renormalization at the top of the atmosphere. In this process, the minimization search method (Fymat, 1976) would appear to be a better technique than the onion-peeling technique, as demonstrated byMill andDrayson (1978). In order to maximize the scientific return of SAGE I, a data inversion procedure is proposed. It assumes that (i) there are no aerosols above ∼25 km, and no NO2 below this altitude (as suggested byChu andMcCormick, 1979), (ii) below ∼25 km, ozone (and NO2, if present) could be determined separately, and (iii) the aerosol has a known refractive index at all wavelengths of interest, is assumed to be spherical (or describable in terms of ‘equivalent spheres’), and the minimum and maximum radii of its size distribution are known a priori. Under these assumptions, it is possible to retrieve the neutral density, NO2 and O3 profiles above ∼25 km, by either the forward or the backward procedure described above. Taking into consideration the power law variation of the air density with altitude, it is further possible to reconstruct the corresponding profiles at all the lower altitudes from the determinations in the altitude range ∼30–40 km. Below ∼25 km, the four SAGE I channels would then all become available for the aerosol inversion. While the profile reconstruction could proceed as for the higher altitudes, the aerosol inversion at each individual altitude presents problems of its own. Results of numerical experiments for aerosol inversion using all four SAGE wavelengths and seven different inversion routines are presented. If good a priori information is available on the sought size distribution solution, reasonably satisfactory inversions can be performed (see line 1 of Table 2, and Fig. 3c and 3d). However, in the absence of such information, there are as many solutions as inversion methods tried, in complete conformity with the well-known ill-conditioning of the problem. Among methods providing physically meaningful solutions, no method could be singled out as preferable to the others. In these inversions, the data were assumed to be exact, and 99% of the distribution were used. Under different conditions, the nonuniqueness of the inversion would be further compounded. Lastly, based on the present study, a strategy is suggested for the design and data interpretation of a follow-on SAGE-type experiment. Considering the important advantages to this problem presented by forward scattering, as demonstrated byFymat andMease (1978), a composite (extinction-forward scattering) experiment is recommended for the future experiments.
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    An x-ray diffraction investigation of age-related changes in the crystal structure of bone apatite (1977)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 22 (1977), S. 219-226 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Bone ; X-ray Diffraction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Evidence relating to the existence of crystalline bone mineral in vivo is considered, and bone apatite crystal structure investigated using an x-ray powder diffraction technique. Specimens of femoral compacta excised post-mortem from male and female subjects ranging from 3 1/2 years to 87 years of age have been studied. Values of the ratio c/a of bone apatite crystal cell axes for females are significantly higher (p〈0.05) than for males. Moreover, significant change of c/a with age is observed for males (p=0.0005) but not for females (p=0.30). Differences in c/a are interpreted as indicating substitution of constituent ions in the bone apatite crystals.
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    MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN VOLUNTEERS (1967)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 143 (1967), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1967.tb27691.x
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