President Obama has challenged Americans to improve their communities and country through
service to others. 1 There are many ways one can serve others but few ways one can do …

According to the 2010 US Census, 80.7% of the population lives in urban areas. 1 This large
percentage is due, in part, to the inclusion of not only those who live within the city limits but …

The terms health disparities and health inequities are often used interchangeably but
actually refer to different measures. Disparities are differences in health outcomes among …

PURPOSE: As expenditures for cancer care continue to grow substantially, value-based
payment models are being tested to control costs. The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is the …

The gene structure of an orthomyxovirus RNA segment has been analyzed. Nucleotide
sequence analysis of RNA segment 7 of influenza B virus indicated that in addition to the reading …

The grain of the self-pollinating diploid barley species offers two modes of producing
recombinant enzymes or other proteins. One uses the promoters of genes with aleurone-specific …

BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer has a different prognosis between early (I and II) and advanced
stage (III and IV). The mechanism of disease progression is unknown, but patients with …

The mechanisms responsible for the plasma membrane associated block to polyspermy in
mouse eggs were studied. Reinsemination experiments using zona‐free eggs indicated that, …

The neuronal circuits involved in the regulation of feeding behavior and energy expenditure
are soft-wired, reflecting the relative activity of the postsynaptic neuronal system, including …

The pericentromeric regions of human chromosomes pose particular problems for both
mapping and sequencing. These difficulties are due, in large part, to the presence of duplicated …