This article analyzes contemporary American evangelical children’s fiction with respect to the portrayal of Jews and Judaism. Some of the themes that appear in these novels for children include Jewish religiosity, anti-Semitism, Christian proselytizin . . .

Background The current study examined the independent and interactive effects of HIV and marijuana (MJ) use on brain structure and cognitive function among a sample of HIV-positive (HIV + ) and HIV-negative (HIV-) individuals. Methods Participants (HI . . .

In eukaryotic cells, microtubules are 24-nm-diameter tubular structures composed of a class of conserved proteins called tubulin. They are involved in numerous cell functions including ciliary motility, nerve cell elongation, pigment migration, centro . . .

Scott Kurnit, founder of the Mining Company and president of its current incarnation, About.com, Inc., was the morning keynote speaker. About.com [http://www.about.com] has 700 different communities on its Web site and Kurnit claims it's the fifth lar . . .

The current situation in medicine has been described as a crisis of credibility, as the profit motive of industry has taken control of clinical trials and the dissemination of data. Pharmaceutical companies maintain a stranglehold over the content if . . .

This paper describes a method for estimating larval supply of a temperate reef fish, the kelp bass Paralabrax clathratus, that is simple, inexpensive, requires relatively low effort, and integrates larval supply over time, Using this method, we sample . . .

We report on observations of 11 transit events of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b by the SuperWASP North observatory. From our data, obtained during 2004 May-September, we find that the XO-1b orbital period is 3.941634 +/- 0.000137 days, the pl . . .

The study extends previous work by Gross and Sheth (1989), providing evidence of continued U.S. advertiser emphasis on timeoriented advertising appeals. Additionally, the specific character of time-oriented appeals has changed consistent with recent s . . .

It is found that the sharp resistivity peak observed near the Curie temperature TC in the manganites R1-xAxMnO3 is closely correlated to the residual resistivity ρ0 of the sample, suggesting that nonmagnetic randomness plays an important role in deter . . .

Since the final approval of the criteria for ABET accreditation of Information Systems (IS) programs in December 2001, only seven institutions have been awarded specialized accreditation for their undergraduate IS degrees. To date only, only one under . . .