To evaluate the sensitivity of diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in
pre-school aged children involved in a gas explosion, post-traumatic symptoms of the …

Background The proportion of low birthweight babies (LBW: 1500–2499 g) in Japan
decreased steadily from 1950 to the 1970s. However, since then it has started to increase …

Background: Maternal smoking during the third trimester reduces the birthweight of the full‐
term neonate. We assessed the relationship between the timing of exposure to maternal …

Background Smoking bans in public places have been shown to have an impact on smoking
habits, however the potential influence of a university smoking ban on faculty and staff …

Metallothionein (MT) was separated from the livers of two species of seals, ribbon seal
(Histriophoca fasciata) and harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), by high performance liquid …

Hexokinase from pyloric caeca of the starfish, Asterias amurensis, was purified to a specific
activity of 148 units/mg protein. The purified enzyme appeared to be homogeneous on SDS …

1. Only one molecular form of hexokinase is resolved when tissue extracts of six lower
deuterostomians (starfish, brittle star, sea cucumber, sea urchin, ascidian and lamprey) are …

Homology of Starfish and Vertebrate Hexose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenases (With 4 Text-figures
and 4 Tables) Page 1 Instructions for use Title Homology of Starfish and Vertebrate Hexose …

Materials and Methods Enzyme preparation: The animals used in this study are listed in
Table 1. Parts or whole bodies of the animals (mostly livers in vertebrates) were …

Sir—I was very interested to see the article by John Haybittle1 on use of the Gompertz
function to relate changes in life expectancy to the standardized mortality ratio and I agree …