Remote sensing of highly turbid finfish aquaculture impoundments using the Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner (CAMS) mounted on a Lear jet flown at 900 m was conducted in central Mississippi on 16 May 1990. Concurrent in situ data consisted of phytoplankton pigment concentrations and standing crop, water color, turbidity, and surface‐water temperature. Surface and near‐surface assemblages of cyanophytes and chlorophytes varied dramatically among impoundments; total chlorophyll concentrations and standing crop values ranged from 8 to 483 mg·m−3 and 8.0 × 102 to 2.2 × 106 cells‐mL−1, respectively. Regression models fit to CAMS data provided reliable estimates for and produced accurate digital cartographs of total chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations, phytoplankton standing crop, and turbidity. Although a model to effectively estimate in situ c‐phycocyanin concentrations was not identified, the lack of a suitable model may have resulted from variability of pigment extraction during quantification rather than failure of remotely sensed imagery to detect c‐phycocyanin. Models derived from imagery of impoundments directly beneath the aircraft sufficiently described in situ parameters in imagery of adjacent series of impoundments not directly below the aircraft. High‐resolution airborne remote sensing provides a means for monitoring local phytoplankton dynamics in temporal and spatial scales analogous to biotic and abiotic processes affecting such dynamics and necessary for applications to ecological research and fisheries or aquacultural management.

A commercial, canned cheese caused a botulism outbreak. This product readily becomes toxic when contaminated by C botulinum spores and left at room temperature. Mild botulism caused by unusual vehicles may be misdiagnosed. Botulism should be included in the differential diagnosis of persons with signs or symptoms of acute cranial nerve dysfunction.

This report provides the results of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) technical assessment led by the Savannah River National Laboratory and conducted by a team of experts in pertinent disciplines from SRNL and

The purpose of the present paper was to explore the concept and experience of God in relation to recovery from drug addiction from a scientific perspective. Examination of a diverse literature was undertaken, including five key threads: the universality of the experience of God; the induction of spiritual experiences of God through hallucinogenic drugs; the nature of drug addiction from an evolutionary neurobiological perspective; the 12 Step movement as the prototype for the place of God in recovery from drug addiction; and identified ingredients for successful recovery from addiction. The diverse threads of literature examined can be integrated around the concept of higher power as an important factor in recovery from drug addiction. Higher power can be manifested in individuals in diverse ways: religious, ethnic, spiritual including the use of entheogens, as well as cognitive behavioural development, but a common final pathway for all is the strengthening of executive functions (the brain's 'higher power'). Practical implications for assisting people with drug addiction to achieve recovery through their own experience of God/development of higher power are outlined.

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