Abstract 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 …

The current state of understanding of the lunar interior is the sum of nearly four decades of
work and a range of exploration programs spanning that same time period. Missions of the …

The current status of ion beam processing of GaN is reviewed. In particular, we discuss the
following aspects of ion implantation into GaN:(i) damage build-up and amorphization,(ii) …

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 …

Titanium matrix composites (TMCs) consist of a titanium matrix containing continuous
reinforcing fibers. Development of these materials began more than 20 years ago when the …

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 Effect of Acute Exercise on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels and
Cognitive Function Page 1 Copyright @ 2007 by the American College of Sports Medicine …

Abstract 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 …

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 many …