Survival of vertebrate animals is dependent on uninterrupted heart function in all but extreme
cases (eg, freeze-tolerant frogs, Ref. 330). Cardiac muscle is therefore of particular interest …

Cyclin, also known as PCNA or the auxiliary protein of mammalian DNA polymerase δ, is a
stable cell cycle regulated (synthesized mainly in S‐phase) nuclear protein of apparent M r …

Background Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a highly contagious infection of the
ocular surface. 316 cases were diagnosed in Germany in the first 8 months of 2010, …

Background The investigational 9-valent viruslike particle vaccine against human papillomavirus
(HPV) includes the HPV types in the quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine (6, 11, 16, and …

… Gina Gesser died unexpectedly, shortly after collecting the data for this chapter. This
chapter is dedicated to her in memory of her contributions to research on death attitudes. …

Aerogels are extremely porous, low-density materials, consisting of inorganic oxides such as
silica, alumina, zirconia, stannic or tungsten oxide, or a mixture of these oxides. They have …

In recent years, sustained efforts have been made in many parts of the world to find a
substitute for gasoline as a transportation fuel. Gasoline-alcohol blends (ga-sohols) have been …

This review is concerned mainly with the applications of chelating polymeric resins for the
separation and concentration of trace metals from oceans, rivers, streams and other natural …

Four orthogonal factors were identified by principal component factor analysis: Fear of Death/Dying,
Approach-Oriented Death Acceptance, Escape-Oriented Death Acceptance, and …

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease in which the inflammation is characterized
by the influx of lymphocytes into the dermis. It is generally believed that atopic dermatitis is a …