| rhode island medical society v. whitehouse. | the united states district court for the district of rhode island, on 30 august 1999, enjoined enforcement of rhode island's partial-birth abortion ban act. the act defined partial-birth abortion as "an abortion in which the person performing the abortion vaginally delivers a living human fetus before killing the infant and completing the delivery." the act also provided that a physician could perform an aborton on a viable fetus if necessary to save the mother's life only if "no other medical p ... | 1999 | 15584139 |
| public health: tobacco taxes and internet sales--2005. end of year issue brief. | raising tobacco taxes is an action that resonates with lawmakers, public health and anti-tobacco advocates, and the majority of the electorate. the relatively broad base of support for increasing excise taxes and the potential for increased tax revenue mitigate the concerns over targeting tobacco-users--23 percent of the population--to pay for state programs and the unreliability of the tobacco tax as a permanent source of revenue. tobacco excise taxes generated $10.2 billion, or about 1.5 perce ... | 2005 | 16715554 |
| bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of mercury in striped bass (morone saxatilis) and tautog (tautoga onitis) from the narragansett bay (rhode island, usa). | we examined the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of mercury in two marine finfish species, striped bass (morone saxatilis) and tautog (tautoga onitis), collected from the narragansett bay (rhode island, usa). for each of these target fish, white muscle tissue was analyzed for total mercury (hg) and results were evaluated relative to fish age, body size, and hg content of preferred prey. dietary and stable isotope analysis was also used to elucidate the effect of trophic processes on hg conce ... | 2009 | 19150736 |
| 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 |