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Pigeon Associated People Diseases, Walter Weber

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Feral pigeons (Columbia livia) are not harmless birds. Many potential infections of humans silently exist in pigeons which are not apparent. They have the potential for transmission of over 30 diseases to humans plus another ten to domestic animals. Environmental pollution from pigeon droppings is quite evident. Air pollution involves more than noxious gases from automobile exhausts and belching smokestacks. One serious air pollutant is air-borne fungi, which are agents for infectious diseases. There is much information written about the problem, but it remains primarily in the professional journals and technical references, neatly stacked away on library shelves. …

Vital Signs, November, 1979, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Maternal Vascular Compliance Of Placentas In Rabbits, Gwen Matthews Brownfield

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The incidence of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality has led to a continued study into the physiology and pathophysiology of the placenta, the seat of life for the developing fetus. For several decades investigation has been made into the morphology and exchange functions of the placenta and blood flow in the uterus and placenta, but only recently has compliance begun to have been studied. Recognizing the important part it plays in affecting circulation, compliance has been studied in the fetal circulation of the placenta, the fetal placental vascular bed, and the umbilical vasculature, The purpose of the present study …

Central Auditory Processing In Children With A History Of Chronic Middle Ear Problems, Beverly S. Schnabel

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the central auditory processing of children who had sustained chronic middle ear problems during their early language-learning years. A 60% compressed recording of the NU-6 speech discrimination word lists was administered to twenty eight and nine year old normal hearing public school children, reported by their parents to have had repeated middle ear problems during their early years, and to twenty control subjects matched for age from the same public school classes. Differences in compressed and uncompressed word discrimination scores between the experimental and control groups were not found to be statistically …

Ariel - Volume 10 Number 3, Lenny Nasca, Sue Kucirka, Ellen Feldman, James O'Brien, Chris Donnelly, John Guardiani, Edward G. Zurad, Paul Jurkowski, Robert P. Hinks, Thomas Wargovich, John C. Gardner, Albert W. Gillespy, Stuart Singer, Eli R. Saleby, Mary White, Ron Setzkorn, Jeff Metz, George F. Smith

Ariel

Executive Editors

Madalyn Schaefgen

David Reich

Business Manager

David Reich

News Editors

Medical College

Edward Zurad

CAHS

John Guardiani

World

Mark Zwanger

Features Editors

Meg Trexler

Jim O'Brien

Editorials Editor

Jeffrey Banyas

Photography and Sports Editor

Stuart Singer

Commons Editor

Brenda Peterson

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1979), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1979 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• The President's Page
• Million Dollar Grant
• Radiology Department
• The Class of '83
• Fall Sports
• Open House
• Faculty Notes
• Registration & Orientation
• PCOM Opens New Building
• Division of Special and Continuing Education
• New Appointments
• News from the Hospital and Health Care Centers
• News from the College
• News from the School of Allied Health
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam

The Development Of Techniques For The Enumeration Of Selected Pathogenic Bacteria In Lynnhaven Estuarine Sediments, Mark T. Frank

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Methodologies for the improved recovery of selected pathogenic bacteria from estuarine sediments were investigated. Laboratory and field studies were conducted to document the sensitivity of the techniques for isolating Salmonella species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Vibrio parahaemolyticus-like organisms were enriched in a seawater yeast extract broth and isolated from Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose plated media. Enrichment procedures with and without elevated temperatures and subsequent transfers to selective and differential plated media have been examined for the isolation of Salmonella species and P. aeruginosa. These pathogens were initially assayed for utilizing primary enrichments of asparagine …

The Synthesis And Evaluation Of The Potential Antineoplastic Activity Of The Semicarbazone And The Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives Of The Di-2-Pyridyl Ketone And The 1,8-Diazafluorenone Ring Systems, Adriene Y. Principe

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

A number of' a-(N)-heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones have been synthesized and evaluated for potential antineoplastic activity since Brockman and colleagues2 reported the antineoplastic activity of' 2-f'ormylpyridine thiosemicarbazone (1). The primary objective of' this research project has been the synthesis and characterization of' the semicarbazone and the thiosemicarbazone derivatives of' the di-2-pyridyl ketone, (9-a) and (9-b), and the 1,8-diazaf'luorenone, (10-a) and (10-b), ring systems, as well as the evaluation of' these compounds for both in vitro and in vivo antineoplastic activity against Ehrlich ascites tumor cells in mice. These studies have suggested that di-2-pyridyl ketone thiosemicarbazone (9-b) is as effective as 2-formylpyridine …

Study Of The Relationship Between Maternal Nutrition And Neonatal Iron Status Using The Rat As An Animal Model, Sunil G. Anaokar

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

This study was designed to develop an animal model, using rats, to study the relationship between the iron concentration of maternal diet during lactation and maternal iron status, the effect of iron and ascorbic acid supplements on the iron content of maternal milk and the relationship between the iron content of maternal milk and neonatal iron status.

Forty pregnant and thirteen non-pregnant female albino rats were obtained at the age of 77 days, and fed a control diet containing 250 ppm iron as ferrous sulfate.

Two days after parturition Iitters of 5 dams were sacrificed to obtain blood and liver …

A Method Of Studying Leukocytic Functions In Vivo, John W. Rebuck, James H. Crowley

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Lymphocytes: 1979, Sudhir Gupta, Robert A. Good

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Rapid progress has been made in understanding the complexity of the immune system. The current status of lymphocyte subpopulations with regard to ontogenic development, their surface and intracellular markers, and functions in various Immunologic phenomena has been reviewed. Heterogeneity of T lymphocytes as defined by receptors for immunoglobulin isotypes is discussed in detail. Various cell types and their products involved in immunoregulatlon are also presented.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Role Of High Molecular Weight Kininogen (Fitzgerald Factor) In The Activation Of Various Plasma Proteolytic Enzyme Systems, R. Waldmann, A. G. Scicli, J. Guimaraes, G. Scicli, Oscar A. Carretero, H. Kato, Y. N. Han, S. Iwanaga

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Bovine high molecular weight kininogen (bHMWK) partially corrects the aPTT of Fitzgerald-trait plasma, which is congenitally deficient in HMWK. The relationship between the structure and activity of HMWK was clarified by studying the effects of different fragments of bHMWK on the aPTT of Fitzgerald-trait plasma. The peptides studied, all in equimolar concentrations, were lys-bradykinin-free HMWK, bradyk In In-fragment 1-2-tree HMWK, heavy chain, fragment 1 -2-Hght chain, and light chain. Bradykinin- fragment 1-2-free HMWK, heavy chain, and light chain have little or no correcting activity upon Eitzgeraldtrait plasma aPTT. Fragment 1-2 light chain has the same correcting activity as intact bHMWK, …

The Chediak-Higashi Syndrome: Spectrum Of Giant Organelles In Peripheral Blood Cells, James G. White, C. C. Clawson

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The presence of giant organelles in the cytoplasm of peripheral blood elements is diagnostic for the Chediak-Higashi syndrome. These abnormal cytoplasmic inclusions are found within neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, and platelets. Their fine structural characteristics differ. Neutrophils demonstrate striking variability in the size, shape, and internal features of their giant organelles. Lymphocytes contain two different types of giant inclusions, one with a smoothly homogeneous substructure, the other with structures resembling microtubules. Emphasizing the ultrastructural similarities and differences of these anomalous granulations may provide valuable clues for understanding the basic defect of this inherited disorder.

Newsletter, Volume 24, Number 05, September - October 1979, Daniel L. Stout Phd, Frederick L. Becker Md, Norah Duv Tapley Md, Keith A. Aldinger Md

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Progressive DNA Damage in Hepatic Nodules during Acetylaminofluorene Carcinogenesis
• Radiation Therapy with the Electron Beam
• Thoracic Oncology Clinic
• History of Human Cytogenetics Published
• Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Prolactin Levels in Breast Cancer
• New Books on Nutrition Published
• Regents Appoint New Chair and Professorship

Draize: A Blueprint For Change, Henry Spira

Draize Test Campaign

As coordinator, I prepared the following pages for the campaign to abolish the Draize rabbit blinding test. The plan includes background information, short and long range goals and step by step initiatives. This working blueprint was circulated to individuals and organizations interested in supporting the campaign. And we made a point of sharing copies of our plan with the cosmetics industry and any interested observers. It has always been our policy to have an up-front, open agenda.

Behavioral Assessment And Treatment Of Pediatric Feeding Problems, Mary M. Riordan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Time-Related Changes In Rat Androgen Binding Protein Following A Sterilizing Dose Of 3-Chloro-1, 2-Propanediol, Shirley J. Stein

Masters Theses

Androgen binding protein (ABP) is produced by the Sertoli cell, regulated by FSH and androgens, secreted into the testicular fluid, and transported into the caput epididymis where it is thought to play a role in sperm maturation. In this study, the response of ABP to a lesion created chemically by administration of a single, oral 60 mg/kg dose of alpha-chlorohydrin was examined in ninety day old male rats. Total testicular ABP content increased progressively for four days after treatment and there after declined whereas, epididymal ABP concentration decreased immediately. Serum testosterone showed no significant variation from controls, however, serum FSH …

Prostaglandin E2: A Study Of Intestinal Secretion As A Mechanism Of Action For The Gastric Antisecretory Property In The Rat, Cleo Lancaster

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Application Of Techniques For Specific Staining And Enhancement To The Ultrastructural Study Of The Pancreatic Islands Of Langerhans, Vern Leonard Shellman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Consciousness, Neurons, And Laughing Gas, Dody Michelson Orendurff

Dissertations and Theses

Psychological and physiological effects of nitrous oxide resemble those of eight other drug categories. Lipid solubility or hydrate microcrystal theories correlate behavioral measures with measurable parameters of the molecule N₂O. N₂O, a spindle poison, halts mitosis in metaphase, producing widespread physiological consequences. N₂O affects the microtubules of the spindle in a number of specific ways. Microtubules are utilized in other parts of eukaryotic cells, in a wide variety of functions. In neurons, microtubules build and maintain dendritic sensory processes. Since microtubules are built of two dissimilar proteins, constantly assemble and disassemble, and maintain a …

What's Happening: July 25, 1979, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Exercise And Nutrition In The Rehabilitation Of The Geriatric, Robert R. Ladd

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract not included]

Pancreatic Function In Cystic Fibrosis: As Measured In The Chronically Reserpinized Rabbit Model, Mitchell L. Shiffman

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Pancreatic juice was collected from rabbits treated for seven days with reserpine and from untreated controls. In the treated animals the volume of pancreatic juice secreted, the flow rate and the bicarbonate output were all significantly less, while the total protein concentration, the amylase activity and the calcium concentration of the juice were all significantly elevated. This elevation in the protein concentration was due to increased amounts of protein and decreased amounts of water. Histological sections of the pancreas of treated animals revealed the presence of large amounts of PAS-positive material within the duct lumen. Since these secretory and morphological …

Newsletter, Volume 24, Number 04, July - August 1979, Gerald P. Bodey Md, Emil J. Freireich Md, Kenneth B. Mccredle Md

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Prolonged Remissions in Adults with Acute Leukemia
• Conference on Sexual rehabilitation
• Citation Classic Designated
• Regional Hyperthermia
• Therapy-Related Sequelae for Childhood Urologic Cancer
• Hilkemeyer Honored
• Staff Members Honored
• Portrait Univeiled
• Clark Attends Dubrovnik Meeting

What's Happening: June 6, 1979, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Letters To The Editor

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Isolation Of An Acid-Fast Organism From The Aqueous Humor In A Case Of Sarcoidosis, C. L. Barth, M. S. Judge, L. H. Mattman, P. C. Hessburg

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The anterior chamber fluid from the eye of this patient with sarcoidosis was found to contain microcolonies of a cellwall-deficient organism that was propagated and identified as acid-fast by the Intensified Acid-Fast stain. The colonies were inoculated into mice and retrieved from the dead or sacrificed animals. This report suggests that the acid-fast microbe in the aqueous humor of this case of uveitis-sarcoidosis may be the same organism as that found in the blood in sarcoidosis. Thus, it may be associated not only with the primary disease, but also with the complications of Boeck's sarcoidosis.

1978 Publications Of The Staff Of Henry Ford Hospital

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Bulletin 3967 - Cyanogenetic Plants Of Western Australia, T E H Aplin

Bulletins - 3000 - 3999

This article deals with those native, naturalized and cultivated plants, which by virtue of contained cyanogenetic glycosides, are known to be poisonous or potentially poisonous to livestock in Western Australia.

Cyanogenetic glycosides are chemical compounds which contain a cyanogen (cyanide) radical combined with a sugar molecule. The sugar moiety may differ in glycosides obtained from different plants, and as a consequence glycosides from different plants, containing different sugar moieties, may be given different names.

When a cyanogenetic glycoside is broken down by enzyme action, through injury to the plant or by microbial action in the digestive system of the animal, …