Supplement 18, Part 4, Parasite-Subject Catalogue: Parasites: Nematoda And Acanthocephala

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, National Animal Parasite Laboratory, Veterinary Sciences Research Division, Agricultural Research Servic

Supplement 18, Part 3, Parasite-Subject Catalogue: Parasites: Trematoda And Cestoda

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, National Animal Parasite Laboratory, Veterinary Sciences Research Division, Agricultural Research Servic

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Supplement 19, Part 6, Parasite-Subject Catalogue: Subject Headings And Treatment

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Animal Parasitology Institute, Agricultural Research Servic

Supplement 18, Part 7, Parasite-Subject Catalogue: Hosts

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Animal Parasitology Institute, Agricultural Research Servic

Supplement 19, Part 1, Authors: A To Z

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industr

Trust in Emergency Management Authorities and Individual Emergency Preparedness for Tornadoes

The risks associated with disasters can be significantly reduced if individuals are well prepared according to the orders and recommendations of emergency management authorities such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local government. Despite this fact, there is evidence that individuals are not cooperative with these authorities and are therefore underprepared for an emergency. This article argues that individual trust in emergency management authorities may affect their cooperation with emergency preparedness recommendations. Using unique survey data, this study finds a nuanced relationship between individual emergency preparedness for tornadoes and trust in emergency management authorities. Although trust in FEMA in isolation does not explain variations in individual preparedness for tornadoes, increased preparation for a tornado is explained by trust in local government contingent upon a low baseline level of trust in FEMA. This article concludes with some practical and theoretical implications for emergency management authorities and scholars