The use of infrared thermography to noninvasively measure the surface temperature of polar bears during bouts of social play.

Infrared thermography or thermal imagery is a noninvasive tool that can be used to measure the temperature of surfaces. Typically, thermal imagery is used for construction or military purposes but is increasingly used as a noninvasive tool in wildlife studies. We investigated the use of thermal imagery to measure surface temperature changes as a proxy for energetic expenditure.

Improving Financial Literacy Using the Medical Mini-MBA at a Canadian Medical School.

Introduction Financial literacy correlates with less debt and better retirement planning. Medical students, residents, and physicians often have poor financial literacy and large amounts of debt. We measured baseline financial literacy and whether it improved with the administration of a financial literacy course.

Further evidence for functional recovery of AQP2 mutations associated with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is a homotetrameric water channel responsible for the final water reuptake in the kidney. Disease-causing AQP2 mutations induce nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), a condition that challenges the bodily water balance by producing large urinary volumes. In this study, we characterize three new AQP2 mutations identified in our lab from NDI patients (A120D, A130V, T179N) along the previously reported A47V variant.

Global Sources of Fine Particulate Matter: Interpretation of PM Chemical Composition Observed by SPARTAN using a Global Chemical Transport Model.

Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM) is a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease. However, uncertainty remains about PM sources. We use a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) simulation for 2014, constrained by satellite-based estimates of PM to interpret globally dispersed PM mass and composition measurements from the ground-based surface particulate matter network (SPARTAN).