It has been suggested that the release of clathrates rather than expansion of wetlands is the
primary cause of the rapid increases observed in the ice-core atmospheric methane record …

Gas hydrates are ice-like deposits containing a mixture of water and gas; the most common
gas is methane. Gas hydrates are stable under high pressures and relatively low …

Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized as an emerging bacterial pathogen because of traits
such as prolonged survival in a desiccated state, effective nosocomial transmission, and an …

Adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) is one of many animal models of rheumatoid arthritis, a
disease characterized by a T-lymphocyte and macrophage cellular infiltrate. We have …

Miombo and mopane woodlands are the dominant land cover in southern Africa. Ecosystem
services from these woodlands support the livelihoods of 100 M rural people and 50 M …

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the potential of the EXODUS evacuation model
in building environments. The latest PC/workstation version of EXODUS is described and is …

BRCA1 is a breast and ovarian tumor suppressor. Given its numerous incompletely understood
functions and the possibility that more exist, we performed complementary systematic …

Charcoal briquettes are solid fuel made from carbonized biomass, or densified biomass that
is subsequently carbonized. In spite of clear advantages of charcoal briquettes that include …

Background Psychological stress increases the circulating levels of the stress hormones
cortisol and norepinephrine (NE). Chronic exposure to elevated stress hormones has been …

An extensive study of Late Pleistocene continental slope submarine mass movements was
undertaken. Twenty-six well-dated mass movements occurred during the last 45kaBP in the …