The chemically most primitive stars provide constraints on the nature of the first stellar objects
that formed in the Universe; elements other than hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium …

Late cerebral radionecrosis may be considered to be a specific chronic inflammatory response,
although it is unknown whether the initial damage by brain irradiation is to an endothelial …

Depression and anxiety are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and have important
consequences on quality of life. These have long been recognized as frequent accompanying …

… or equivalently with the relation tSF cc v1 cc M~j Y, … tracks with Y ~ 0.3 are used regardless
of Z [The validity of this … shape is not sensitive to the metallicity of the gas (Yoshii and …

Understanding cancer-specific metabolism is important for identifying novel targets for cancer
diagnosis and therapy. Induced acetate/acetyl CoA metabolism is a notable feature that is …

Optical and near-infrared observations of the gamma-ray burst GRB 031203, at z= 0.1055,
are reported. A very faint afterglow is detected superposed onto the host galaxy in our first …

We present the final results from a high sampling rate, multi-month, spectrophotometric
reverberation mapping campaign undertaken to obtain either new or improved Hβ reverberation …

The predicted nucleosynthesis products of Type Ia and Type II supernovae are combined with
various parameter ratios and compared with the solar abundances of heavy elements and …

… 1998b; Yoshii 2002). This project built a new 2 m optical-infrared telescope at the University
of … 1998a; Yoshii 2002). Given a narrow range of flux variations throughout our monitoring …

We have recently completed a 64-night spectroscopic monitoring campaign at the Lick
Observatory 3-m Shane telescope with the aim of measuring the masses of the black holes in 12 …