The author constructs a new concept of music education, one designed to stimulate, guide,
and support the efforts of pre-service and practicing music teachers as they tackle the many …

Zebrafish have become a popular organism for the study of vertebrate gene function 1 , 2 .
The virtually transparent embryos of this species, and the ability to accelerate genetic studies …

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Risk Factors for Mortali... : Annals of Surgery Necrotizing
Soft Tissue Infections: Risk Factors for Mortality and Strategies for Management : Annals of …

Tbx20 is a member of the T-box transcription factor family expressed in the forming hearts of
vertebrate and invertebrate embryos. We report here analysis of Tbx20 expression during …

A general geometric framework underlies the structure, evolution, and mechanical processes
associated with thrust faulting. The main purpose of this paper is to review and extend this …

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of age, gender, refractive error, and iris color on light-adapted
pupil size in humans. METHODS: Pupil diameters of 91 subjects (age range, 17 to 83 …

Background&Aims: Ulcerative colitis is most common in Western industrialized countries.
Inflammatory bowel disease is uncommon in developing countries where helminths are …

Since human embryonic stem cells were first differentiated to beating cardiomyocytes a
decade ago, interest in their potential applications has increased exponentially. This has been …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether lactate levels and base deficits in critically ill surgical
intensive care unit (SICU) patients correlate and whether either measure is a significant …

Male gametes originate from a small population of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs). These
cells are believed to divide infinitely and to support spermatogenesis throughout life in the …