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Expression Of A Streptococcus Mutans Glucosyltransferase Gene In Escherichia Coli, James P. Robeson, Raul G. Barletta, Roy Curtiss Iii

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Chromosomal DNA from Streptococcus mutans strain UAB90 (serotype c) was cloned into Escherichia coli K-12. The clone bank was screened for any sucrosehydrolyzing activity by selection for growth on raffinose in the presence of isopropyl- β-D-thiogalactoside. A clone expressing an S. mutans glucosyltransferase was identified. The S. mutans DNA encoding this enzyme is a 1.73-kilobase fragment cloned into the HindIII site of plasmid pBR322. We designated the gene gtfA. The plasmid-encoded gtfA enzyme, a 55,000-molecular-weight protein, is synthesized at 40% the level of pBR322-encoded β-lactamase in E. coli minicells. Using sucrose as substrate, the gtfA enzyme catalyzes …

A Proposed Format For Mandibular Displacement Analysis In Fixed Prosthodontics, Timothy O. Hart

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Tissue Culture Medium (T199) On The Local Condylar Growth Of The Rabbit In Vivo, Nouraddin Ali Nuseir

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Selected Properties Of Hard Setting Calcium Hydroxide, Mohamed S. Hwas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relative Effectiveness Of Selected Pre-Game Meals In Providing Substrates For Energy Production In A Competitive Setting, Michael Francis Mcguire

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to examine the relative effectiveness of selected pre-game meals in providing substrates, specifically free fatty acids and glucose, for energy production during a competitive event. The meals selected were a high carbohydrate meal consisting primarily of pancakes and syrup, a high fat/protein meal which consisted of steak and potatoes, the the third was Nutrament, a commercially available liquid meal. Subjects for the present study were 30 varsity athletes competing for the University of Northern Iowa.

Three blood samples were drawn from a forearm vein of each subject at times preceeding ingestion, one hour following …

Interactions Between Murine Peritoneal Macrophages And Naegleria Fowleri, Leigh Ann Belcher

Theses and Dissertations

In the present study, we have examined the differences among Corynebacterium parvum-activated, thioglycollate-elicited, and resident macrophages from (C57BL/6 X C3H)F1 mice utilizing two microcytotoxicity assays. Macrophage and Naegleria fowleri were interchangeably employed as effector and target cells. To assess the ability of the macrophage to lyse N. fowleri, the amoebae were labeled with 5 μCi of 3H-uridine per 5 x 10^5 cells for 18 h prior to co-culturing with adherent macrophage monolayers. Although the macrophage-induced lysis was density and time dependent, C. parvum macrophages consistently demonstrated an increased cytotoxic response to N. fowleri after 24 h co-incubation at a 10:1 …

1983 Annual Reports And Resolutions, American Dental Association

ADA Transactions

This item is part of the Annual Reports and Resolutions subtitle of the ADA Transactions, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT) made up of three separate subtitles: Annual Reports and Resolutions, Supplements, and Transactions. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Older versions include reports from all departments as subsections, while more recent versions include only those of councils, commissions, and committees.

Priorities In Planning Educational Responses To The Demand For Educational Mobility By Nurses., Claudette Goulet Varricchio

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Brain Laterality And Information Processing Regarding Human Sexuality (Nursing, Perception, Learning)., Susan M. Cohen

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Microbiological Water Quality Of Impoundments: A Literature Review, G. Allen Burton Jr.

United States Public Health Resources

Assessing the microbiological water quality of impoundments and the potential for waterborne disease outbreaks is a difficult task when using traditional sampling programs. Problems associated with using fecal coliform bacteria as indicators of human pathogen presence complicates assessments of future water quality in preimpoundment areas. Reliable determination of future and present microbiological water quality requires knowledge of how the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of the watershed and impoundment interrelate to influence microbial indicator and pathogen densities. Accurate estimates of microbial indicator and pathogen densities, obtainable by using the enumeration methods and their modifications suggested in this report, will allow …

Ariel - Volume 12(13) Number 1, Sheila Grossman, Gary Fishbein, Sam Markind, Grace Goracci, Richard Spiegel, Sue Sajer, Joe Dankoff, Gary Gilman

Ariel

Executive Editor

Gary E. Fishbein

Associate Editor

Sam Markind

Business Manager

Rich Davis

Sports Editor

Dave Cohen

Photography Editor

Ben Alman

Layout

Sheila Grossman

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Winter 1982-1983), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Winter 1982-1983 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• The Many Sides of Dr. Guest
• 1983 Founders Day/Alumni Weekend
• Reflections on Yesterday
• The Cathie Museum
• Remembering Dr. Cathie
• The Reunion Scrapbook
• Flounders Day Follies
• Saluting the OMCP's Employees
• New Emphasis on Child Restraints
• Appointment
• Worth Mentioning
• News from the OMCP
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Dec, 1982), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline 1, vol 2 (Dec, 1982)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Hospital Notes First Anniversary; New Psychiatric Unit Opens"
• "Gearing Up for the Partners" by William B. Luttrell
• "Their Only Paycheck is a Smile and a Thank You"
• "Welcome Physicians"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Runners Promote Fitness Center"
• "Dr. Bill Bright Greets a COF Employee"

In Vitro Fertilization, William F. Colliton

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Oct, 1982), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline 1, vol 1 (Oct 1982)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Major COF Marketing Thrust Begins"
• "The State of Our Institution" by James Winslow, M.D.
• "Hospital Receives Accreditation"
• "Optical Clinic Opens"
• "Fitness Center Goes Public"
• 'New Physicians"
• "New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Residents"
• "Hinshaw Named Medical School Dean"
• "Medical School Departments Move to City of Faith"
• "City of Faith to Pioneer Pre-paid Health Care in Tulsa"

What's Happening: September 29, 1982, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Immunological Involvement In Porcine Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration: Preliminary Studies, Rollin H. Heinzerling, Paul D. Stein, Jeanne M. Riddle, Donald J. Magilligan Jr., John J. Jennings

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Preliminary animal model studies have indicated that porcine bioprosthetic valves can be recognized by the immune system. This report presents the results of a preliminary investigation on the implanted valves of 27 patients. While none of the 27 demonstrated an immune response to porcine serum proteins, five patients developed antibodies against the implanted valve leaflets. Cells were enzymatically eluted from a degenerated bioprosthetic valve and were classified by means of monoclonal antibodies. Although these cells were not found to be of T-lymphocyte lineage, they did express la determinants and had the morphologic appearance of plasma cells. We therefore conclude that …

[Book Review Of] Toward A Reformulation Of Natural Law, By Anthony Battaglia, Patrick Lee

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] New Religions And Mental Health: Understanding The Issues, Edited By Herbert Richardson, Joseph H. Determan

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Easily Administered Recognition Of Linguistically-Handicapped Youngsters, Robin J. Webb

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study investigates the feasibility of involving parents as evaluators using an objective screening test for their children who are 36 to 42 months of age. A more available and nonthreatening assessor is needed as physicians, dentists and other allied health professionals who are typically used to screen children for speech, language and hearing have not been effective with this age group. This is partially due to the limited contacts they have with these children and the environmental limitations for eliciting an adequate speech and language sample (Behrens, 1978; Webb, 197B; Hirsch, 1981).

An objective-type screening instrument has been designed …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Summer 1982), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Summer 1982 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• Commencement
• Commencement Families
• Honorary Degree Recipient
• Master of Science
• Pre/Post Commencement
• Commencement Dinner
• Awards
• Class of 1982
• Class of 1982 Internships
• $4 Million Capital Campaign Special Section
• Hospital Honors Graduating House Staff
• Volunteers Honored
• Osteopathic Discovery
• Faculty Notes
• News from the OMCP
• News from the Alumni Office
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam

1982 Commencement For College Of Allied Health Sciences

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

No abstract provided.

1982 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College And College Of Graduate Studies

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Isoenzyme Update: Creatine Kinase And Lactate Dehydrogenase, Craig C. Foreback

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) are isoenzymes that have been measured in clinical laboratories for over 20 years; their separation has proved valuable in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and other cardiac-related diseases. Although, historically, electrophoresis was the preferred method to measure both isoenzymes, there has been controversy over the best method for separating the CK isoenzyme. lon exchange chromatography has been used successfully to isolate CK isoenzymes, and the procedure was adapted to determine CK-MB activity in serum. New methods to quantify CK-MB have also been tested, including an automated column technique, the immunoinhibidon/ immunoprecipitadon technique, and …

A Contest Of Values: A Cultural History Of Approaches Toward Alcohol, John E. Tropman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This is a smaller version of a manuscript prepared for the special seminar on Alcohol and Social Policy, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Winter 1978. The assistance of Kim Hoa Granville and Craig King is gratefully acknowledged. The support and encouragement of Dr. Edith Gomberg also needs to be recognized; without it, this paper never would have materialized.

The Influence Of Lamaze Classes And Delivery Room Presence On Paternal Attachment Behavior, Cherie Sammis-Gonzales

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine the significance of attendance of Lamaze classes and(or presence in the delivery room on paternal attachment behaviors. Seventeen white, first-time fathers, ages 20 to 35, were observed in the mother's hospital room within 72 hours of birth using a modified paternal attachment tool. The behaviors observed included verbalization, inspection, holding, en face, smiling, and tactile response. Observations were scored on 30-second intervals for a total of 15 minutes. Fathers were then placed into one of the following groups: Group I (n 10) — Fathers from Lamaze classes and present in the delivery …

Evaluation Of The Perceived Usefulness And Effectiveness Of Psychoeducational Testing Reports At Intermountain Intertribal School, Marvin Bryce Fifield

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

By law and according to conventional practice. individual psychoeducational testing is an essential part of the identification and placement process of handicapped students. However, evidence reported in the literature suggests that testing results, especially in the form of testing reports, are rarely fully utilized.

This study was conducted at Intermountain Intertribal School at Brigham City, Utah and demonstrated a method of collecting objective data about the use of psychoeducational testing reports as well as the opinions and suggestions of staff members who used them. More specifically, this study documented:

1. Who the primary users of testing reports were and for …

Regulation Of Protein Synthesis By Leucine And Amino Acid Balance., John Patrick Mcgowan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The effects of a physiologically balanced mixture of amino acids on the synthesis of proteins has been investigated. The roles of leucine and tryptophan, both implicated in the regulation of protein synthesis, were also studied. The balance of amino acids is important under specific rate-limiting conditions; the physiological balance "protects" the protein synthesizing system from the stressed condition of leucine limitation. Leucine is an important regulator of protein synthesis and the tryptophan effect on translation is dependent on the concentration of leucine. Thus tryptophan is a secondary regulator. The relative concentration of amino acids, described as balance, alterned the synthesis …

Vital Signs, Spring 1982, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A seven 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, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 1982), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 1982 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• Philadelphia's Tricentennial
• An Era Ends
• Housecalls Take him back in Time
• Program Provides Chance of a Lifetime
• New Facilities at the OMCP
• News from the OMCP
• Faculty Notes
• Nurses' Reunion
• In Memoriam
• News from the Alumni Office
• Alumni News Briefs
• College Honors Its Athletes