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Animal-rights groups want to get rid of Santa's reindeer: Pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals forced the National Park Service to remove reindeer from their annual Mall Christmas pageant.
Table 2presents the maximum likelihood estimates of dynamic random effects models for weight, and HDL and LDL cholesterol; the results for diastolic and systolic blood pressure are presented in Table 3. In all cases, the dependent variables were transformed into natural logarithms; the independent variables age, height, and weight were also transformed into logarithms.
The Los Angeles Times leads with the news that senior Clinton administration types are turning up the pressure on Saddam Hussein and reluctant European allies for inspection access to about 80 Iraqi presidential "palace" sites.
The pattern of residue conservation seen within this core of 250 amino acids is thought to be due to selective evolutionary pressure to preserve the major function of this gene family: catalysis of phosphate transfer from ATP to a protein substrate.
Altered tissue feel can be validated in part by measuring skin moisture, temperature, friction, and resistance to pressure.