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Advances In The Radiation Therapy Of Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Joel Elliot White

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Basic principles of radiation biology and radiation tolerance are reviewed. The Implications for radiation therapy of newer staging techniques in carcinoma of the prostate such as exploratory laparotomy, lymphangiography, and bone marrow acid prosphatase are discussed. A technique for treating the prostate and para-aortic lymph nodes in continuity is presented. Complications and results of therapy are discussed.

Changes In Serum Testosterone After Bilateral Orchiectomy In Patients With Metastatic Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Richard Senn, Riad Farah, Julius Ohorodnik, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

From a study of 38 patients, it may be concluded that, first, changes in serum testosterone levels of patients undergoing orchiectomy for metastatic carcinoma of the prostate are unrelated to the clinical course of the patient; second, no clear correlation exists between quantitative Leydig cell counts and levels of plasma testosterone; and, third, exacerbation of metastatic disease is observed while plasma testosterone remains in the castrate range. These observations question the exact function of the Leydig cell and its role in androgen production, and indicate that prostatic neoplasms have varying degrees of response to reduced androgen levels and/or androgen-Iike substances …

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Partial Purification & Kinetic Properties Of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase Of Phycomyces Blakesleeanus, Thomas Hartz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

NADP⁺-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (alcohol:NADP⁺:oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.2.) was partially purified from a cell-free extract of Phycomyces blakesleeanus (+ mating type, Vanderbilt strain). The fungus was grown in shake cultures containing glucose-asparagine broth, and crude cull-free enzyme extracts were prepared. The crude enzyme extracts were partially purified by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitations and heat precipitation. Purification resulted in a 40;5 recovery of the enzyme with an increase in specific activity from 0.64 units per milligram of protein to 0.25 units per milligram. The partially-purified enzyme extracts were used to determine the kinetic properties and substrate specificity …

Tobacco Farming: The Persistence Of Tradition, Eugene Umberger Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The culture of tobacco has been associated with the history of Kentucky almost from the beginning and remains to this day a vital force in the state’s economy. In this age of scientific and technological advances – of increasing automation – we find that in tobacco farming, hand labor still figures prominently in the production of a major staple crop. This has resulted in the retention of traditional method, technology and terminology, long since lost in the culture of other crops which lent themselves more easily to mechanization.

The study is divided into three parts. Chapter I deals briefly with …

Ultraviolet Radiation Effects On Rotifers, Syed Asim Hussain

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this investigation was to study ultraviolet radiation effects on rotifers. The rotifer studied was Philodina acuticornis odiosa Milne. Isolation cultures were used to grow the rotifers individually in separate U-plate depressions. The source of ultraviolet radiation consisted of four mercury germicidal lamps used in combination to deliver a uniform flux of 315 uW/cm² over the sample. Five groups of rotifers, one control and four experimental groups of 96 each, were used. The rotifers used were 2-10 hours of age at the beginning of the experiment. The experimental groups were exposed to uv radiation for 3 minutes, …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1975) 43(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Spring Waterfowl Migration in Lancaster County - 1970.................. 70

Merlin Nest in Nebraska ..................78

A Groove-billed Ani Seen Again in Nebraska.................. 79

A Brown Creeper's Nest in Nebraska.................. 80

First Pleistocene Record of the Golden Eagle from the Central Great Plains.................. 84

Notes.................. 84

Index of Volume XXX XIII ..................85

Contents Of Chlorophylls A And B In Chlorophyll-Deficient Mutants Of Sweetclover, James E. Specht, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Agronomy & Horticulture -- Faculty Publications

Leaf extracts from twelve chlorophyll-deficient mutants of sweetclover (Melilotus alba Desr.) were compared spectrophotometrically and chromatographically with extracts from normal plants to determine contents of chlorophylls a and b Total chlorophyll contents in cotyledons and leaves of all mutants were significantly lower than those in corresponding tissues of normal plants. Chlorophyll contents were generally higher in later emerging leaves of both normal and mutant plants. Chlorophyll alb ratios in first trifoliolate leaves were similar to normal in mutants ch₇ and ch₈, higher in mutants ch₈, ch₉, ch₁₀, and ch_{11 …}

The Study Of The Pathology Of The Middle One Third Of The Small Intestine Of The Spontaneously Diabetic Chinese Hamster, Patrick Murray

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Fractionation Of Ribosomal Proteins From Mesophilic And Thermophilic Bacteria, Raymond J. Knaus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Membrane Associated Glucose And Gluconate Oxidase Enzymes In Pseudomonas Fluorescens: Characterization And Regulation, Scott D. Feighner

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Biology And Management Of River Herring And Shad In Virginia : Annual Report, Anadromous Fish Project 1975, Walter J. Hoagman, William H. Kriete

Reports

The number of pound nets and the catch of· alosines per net continued to decline in 1975. Effort by sta.ke gill nets.· increased but catch estimates declined. The James River · yielded an estimated 853,847 pounds of American shad (down 47% from 1974) with the peak of the run at the end of March. Stake gill nets landed 246,036. pounds of American shad in the York River, a decrease from 1974. Estimates of Hickory shad landings declined 83% in the York River. Pound nets in the Rappahannock River had a 75% reduction in American shad catch and stake gill net …

Effects Of Variations In Peeling On The Recovery Of Water-Soluble Pigments, Betanin And Vulgaxanthin, From Red Beet Peel (Beta Vulgaris L.), Ola Goode Sanders

Masters Theses

Objectives of this study were to measure the effects of three peeling methods on the recovery of water-soluble pigments from peels of two lots of table beets using whole beets as a control.

Red beets are a good source of red pigments which are natural pigments and can replace artificial dyes and lakes available on the market and those which have been restricted.

Two lots of red beets were peeled by three peeling methods and the peels were used for analysis of water-soluble red and yellow pigments in the beets. Vulgaxanthin-I recovery (yellow pigment) was not affected by the peeling …

Strangea Cynanchicarpa (Meisn.) F.Muell., W. B. Williams

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Sciurus Richmondi, J. Knox Jones Jr., Hugh H. Genoways

Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum

Sciurus richmondi Nelson, 1898
Richmond's Squirrel

Sciurus richmondi Nelson, 1898:146. Type locality Escondido River, 50 mi. above Bluefields, Nicaragua (Nelson, 1899:100).

Context and Content
Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae. The genus Sciurus is widely distributed in both the Old and New worlds. S. richmondi is a monotypic species closely related to S. granatensis; both species are members of the subgenus Guerlinguetus.

Dipodomys Phillipsii, J. Knox Jones Jr.

Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum

Dipodomys phillipsii Gray, 1841
Southern Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys phillipsii Gray, 1841:522. Type locality "near Real del Monte," Hidalgo.
Dipodomys ornutus Merriam, 1894:110. Type locality Berriozi-bal, Zacatecas.
Dipodomys perotensis Merriam, 1894:111. Type locality Perote, Veracruz.

Sturnira Thomasi, J. Knox Jones Jr., Hugh H. Genoways

Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum

Sturnira thomasi de la Torre and Schwartz, 1966
Guadeloupe Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira thomasi de la Torre and Schwartz, 1%6:299. Type locality Sofaia, 1,200 ft., island of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.

Context and Content: Order Chiroptera, Family Phyllostomatidae, Subfamily Stenoderminae. The genus Sturnira contains about 10 species and is confined to the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World. Sturnira thomasi is a monotypic species.

Jasminum Humile L., Carl Ervin

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Aloysia Juss., Maria M. Schiavone, A. R. Cuezzo, Marie B. Figueroa

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Lantana L., Maria M. Schiavone, A. R. Cuezzo

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Myrica Pubescens Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd., Maria Schiavone, A. R. Cuezzo

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Beach Erosion, May-June, 1974, Central And South Coast, Nsw, Edward A. Bryant, R. Kidd

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Between May 24th and June 18th 1974, three periods of erosive wave conditions dramatically changed the character of many beaches along the central and southern New South Wales Coast. This paper documents and evaluates regional variations in the responses of beaches to these erosional events for selected portions of this coast (Figure 1).

Costs Of Solid Waste Management In The Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Area, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Irving Dubov, Gerald E. Smolen

Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Marine Resource Information Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 7, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Experiment Station News November 1975

Agricultural Research Division News & Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR'S DESK
GREETINGS FROM THE FROLIKS
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS – October 1975

Reevaluation Of Common Wheats From The Usda World Wheat Collection For Protein And Lysine Content, K. P. Vogel, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The protein and lysine content of wheat can be altered by breeding only if genetic variability exists for these traits. Lysine is a nutritionally limiting amino acid in wheat protein. Protein and lysine analyses of the common wheats of the USDA World Wheat Collection indicated that variability does exist for these traits. Some of the variability for protein and lysine among wheats of the World Collection may not be genetic in origin, because all the 12,000 wheats analyzed were not grown in the same environment. The purpose of this study was to reevaluate selected lines from the World Wheat Collection …

Additional Records Of The Stenodermine Bat, Sturnina Thomasi, From The Lesser Antillean Island Of Guadeloupe, Hugh H. Genoways, J. Knox Jones

Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum

Sturnira thomusi was named and described by de la Torre and Schwartz (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79: 297-303, 1966) on the basis of a single male from the island of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, that was captured by Richard Thomas in 1963. The holotype of S. thomasi has until now been the only known specimen of this unique species. In late July of 1974, a field party from the Museum of Texas Tech University (supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, GB-41105) collected bats on Guadeloupe and took four additional individuals of S. thomasi, all …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 51, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Acid-Treated Vs. Dried Corn With And Without Zeranol Implants For Finishing Cattle, L. B. Embry, R. C. Ward

South Dakota Cattle Feeders Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1975

Corn grain is frequently harvested at a moisture content too high for safe keeping under conventional grain storage conditions. While this may be a desirable or necessary practice, the grain must be dried, stored under oxygen-limiting conditions, stored to produce ensiled grain or treated with an effective preservative to prevent spoilage during storage. Each of these methods is being used for preservation and storage of corn when harvested at a high-moisture content (20 to 30%) and used for feeding livestock. Total costs including storage structures, losses in processing and storage and comparative feeding value are factors involved in choice of …

Soybean Meal Or Urea During Feedlot Adaptation And Growing Of Calves, R. N. Gates, L. B. Embry

South Dakota Cattle Feeders Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1975

This experiment investigated the response by calves to different levels of protein during the first four weeks of feedlot adaptation using soybean meal, urea or a combination of the two sources. Following the adaptation period, the calves were continued on experiment for a growing phase to compare soybean meal and urea as supplements to corn silage.