| state regulation of abortion upon minors: the supreme court permits parental notification statutes. | in hodgson v. minnesota and ohio v. akron center for reproductive health, the us supreme court upheld state regulations requiring pre-abortion notification of a minor's parents. however, these 2 cases provide little assistance to physicians and doctors that must deal directly with minors seeking abortions. since roe v. wade the court has had 7 chances to deal with the 2 types of minor's rights cases: those dealing with parental notification and those dealing with parental consent. when forming t ... | 2007 | 2230616 |
| is leprosy spreading among nine-banded armadillos in the southeastern united states? | in the united states, nine-banded armadillo (dasypus novemcinctus) populations are derived from two sources: (1) a continuous range expansion from mexico led to western populations, some of which, particularly along the western gulf coast and west side of the mississippi river delta, exhibit persistently high rates of leprosy infection, and (2) a small group of animals released from captivity in florida gave rise to eastern populations that were all considered leprosy free. given that western an ... | 2009 | 19204343 |
| prevalence of eimeria acervulina, eimeria necatrix, eimeria brunetti and eimeria tenella in georgia (usa) as demonstrated by immunity challenge techniques. | eimeria acervulina, e. necatrix, e. brunetti and e. tenella were found to be widely distributed in north-east georgia. 2. using immunity challenge techniques 17 flocks from 12 to 72 weeks of age showed significantly lower lesion scores for the first three species compared with susceptible control flocks similarly challenged. only one flock was found to be susceptible to e. tenella. no mortality occurred in the field flocks after challenge while 20 to 60% mortality occurred in the susceptible con ... | 1977 | 890528 |
| potential oversummering and overwintering regions for the wheat stripe rust pathogen in the contiguous united states. | epidemics of wheat stripe rust, caused by puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (pst), are more frequent in the regions where pst can oversummer and overwinter. regions for potential oversummering and overwintering of pst were determined in the contiguous united states using a survival index (si) ranging from 0 (most unfavorable) to 10 (most favorable) developed based on long-term weather data. the pathogen can survive in cool summer in the most regions north of latitude 40°n, particularly washing ... | 2014 | 23722926 |