Background Lung cancer and cardiovascular disease are major causes of death in the United
States. It has been proposed that carotenoids and retinoids are agents that may prevent …

The American Fisheries Society herein provides an update of their now decade‐old list of
rare North American fishes. The 1989 list adds 139 new taxa to the list developed by Deacon …

9 Titanium Matrix Composites Page 1 9 Titanium Matrix Composites Titanium matrix
composites (TMCs) consist of a titanium matrix containing continuous reinforcing fibers. …

High-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
(GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is 2550 …

This paper examines the progress in aircraft and aircraft engines from the standpoint of the
role that better materials and processing has played. Such progress includes the relatively …

Background: Evidence has accumulated from observational studies that people eating more
fruits and vegetables, which are rich in β-carotene (a violet to yellow plant pigment that acts …

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) herein provides a list of all native freshwater mussels
(families Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) in the United States and Canada. This report also …

… FERRIS1, JAMES S. WILLIAMS1,2, and CHWAN-LI SHEN3 1Departments of Physiology;
2Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences; and 3Department of Pathology, Texas Tech …

… The right of the James D. Williams to be identified as author of this work has been asserted
by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988…

Since the introduction of the first commercial inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(ICP-MS) instruments in 1983, the technique has gained rapid and wide acceptance in …