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A Feminist Understanding Of Sex-Selective Abortion: Solely A Matter Of Choice, April L. Cherry

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This essay consists of five sections. The first section describes the problem of sex-selective abortion, including an analysis of sociological data regarding adult preference for male children and its current effects. Section Two discusses various philosophical paradigms and analyses of sex-selective abortion with the goal of developing a coherent philosophical base from which to argue for a policy regarding sex-selective abortion which furthers the goals of gender equality. Section Three addresses the constitutionality of sex-selective abortion prohibitions in light of the Supreme Court's pronouncement in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. Section Four outlines the liberal feminist response to …

Cervical Cancer: Is Herpes Simplex Virus Type Ii A Cofactor?, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Approximately 1.6% of all women will develop cancer of the cervix during their lifetime (4). Cervical cancer is the second leading type of cancer in women and accounts for approximately one-sixth of all cancer deaths in females. In many ways, cervical cancer behaves as a sexually transmitted disease. The major risk factors associated with cervical cancer are the early onset of sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners, and/or sexual contact with promiscuous partners (66, 94). The disease is composed of several pathological stages ranging from cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) to invasive squamous carcinoma. Substantial evidence suggests that CIN is a precursor …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1995), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1995 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• PCOM Begins New Era of Research Development
• Alumni Board Profile
• College Board Profile
• PCOM Makes a Splash at Fall Conventions
• Annual Report 1995
• Foundations for Leadership
• Academic Update
• The PCOM Mission
• Master Facilities Plan
• PCOM Financial Review
• PCOM Board of Trustees
• Students Get Involved
• PCOM Tees off for Cambria Street Healthcare Center
• PCOM’s Ever-changing Campus
• A Call for Action in Pennsylvania
• Morris Named Family Medicine Chairman
• Ambulatory Care Network Expands
• Capital Campaign Developments
• Class Acts
• In Memoriam
• PCOM Mail Order Catalog

Vital Signs, Fall 1995, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A twenty four 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.

La Ventilation Par Extraction Basse Dans Les Porcheries, Jacques Lavoie, Geneviève Marchand, Gaétan Gingras

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Phage Infection, Transfection And Transformation Of Mycobacterium Avium Complex And Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis, Ellen M. Foley-Thomas, Diane L. Whipple, Luiz M. Bermudez, Raul G. Barletta

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Mycobacterium avium complex strains and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis are closely related intracellular pathogens affecting humans and animals. M. avium complex infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients, and M. paratuberculosis is the agent of Johne's disease in ruminants. Genetic manipulation of these micro-organisms would facilitate the understanding of their pathogenesis, the construction of attenuated vaccine strains and the development of new drugs and treatment methods. This paper describes the replication of mycobacterial shuttle phasmids and plasmids, and the expression of the firefly luciferase reporter gene in M. avium complex and M. paratuberculosis. The mycobacteriophage TM4 …

Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay Of Catechin In Human Blood Serum, Jay Fedorowicz

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

( +)-Catechin is a type of polyphenolic compound, and it is enriched in fruits, plants, and various beverages. Polyphenolic compounds also play an important role in the human diet. Many scientists, especially wine researchers, have proposed that(+)catechin and its polymers could have many positive health effects. Thus, it is essential to learn more about (+)-catechin and other polyphenolics. Presently, high performance liquid chromatography is the only method to detect ( + )-catechin levels in human blood serum, but this method has the high cost of instrumentation and does not provide good sensitivity. The objective of this project is to develop …

Biochemical And Molecular Characterization Of The Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (Psma), John Karl Troyer

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in males in the United States. Additionally, the number of deaths attributed to prostate cancer is increasing at a rate of approximately 8% a year. Development of new diagnostic and therapy strategies are needed in order to improve the life expectancy of patients with this disease. One tool which may allow for improvements in prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy is the monoclonal antibody (MAb) 7E11-C5.3 which was first described in 1987. Since then, the antigen recognized by MAb 7E11-C5.3 has been named the prostate specific …

Mmpi And Rorschach Findings Of Individuals Approved For Gender Reassignment Surgery, Gregory Ralph Caron

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Both clinical experience and empirical data from psychological tests present a picture of extreme clinical variation among those individuals who request gender reassignment surgery. Results of past empirical studies utilizing the MMPI and the Rorschach Test have tended to be equivocal regarding the level and nature of psychopathology associated with samples of gender dysphorics. These past studies are considered limited particularly in terms of methodological problems related to statistical power. This present study examined the nature and degree of psychopathology in a sample of candidates approved for gender reassignment surgery as reflected on their MMPI-2 clinical scale values and scores …

The Nascent-Polypeptide-Associated Complex: Having A "Nac" For Fidelity In Translocation., William Wickner

Dartmouth Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Claim For Third Party Standing In Malpractice Cases Involving Repressed Memory Syndrome, Sheila F. Rock

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rationing Health Care And The Need For Credible Scarcity: Why American's Can't Say No, Wendy K. Mariner

Faculty Scholarship

With adequate cost containment unlikely in the foreseeable future, health care use will have to be curtailed, ideally with open and explicit criteria for equitably allocating resources or rationing. Yet, consensus on any such criteria appears remote because Americans cannot say no to health care. Americans may refuse to accept rationing for two reasons. The absence of any global limitation on health care resources may encourage patients to believe that health care resources are not scarce and do not need to be rationed. A belief in vitalism--that everyone is morally entitled to unlimited longevity and good health--may discourage setting limits …

Temporal Changes In The Levels Of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid In The Brain Of The Cockroach, Leucophaea Maderae, Jonathan Newton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Circadian rhythms have been shown to exist in all studied species and play an important role in their survival. The cockroach is an excellent model organism in which to study circadian systems because of the wealth of background information regarding both its anatomy and circadian system. Clock activity measured electrophysiologically in the cockroach system is 180 degrees out of phase with locomotor activity, with the maximum neural output occurring in the morning, twelve hours prior to the onset of locomotor activity. This inverse relationship of locomotor and neural activity suggests that the clock output may be inhibitory. In vertebrates, the …

Fish Tissue Contamination In Maine Lakes : Data Report, Jeanne Difranco, Linda Bacon, Barry Mower, David Courtemanch

Maine Collection

Fish Tissue Contamination in Maine Lakes : Data Report

by Jeanne DiFranco, Linda Bacon, Barry Mower and David Courtemanch

Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP)

State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land and Water Quality, Division of Environmental Assessment, State House Station 17, Augusta, Maine 04333 (September 1995).

Contents: List of Figures and Tables / I. Introduction / II. Goals and Objectives / III. Experimental Design / IV. Methods / V. Data / VI. Quality Assurance-Quality Control / Appendices A-H

Expression Of Genes Encoding Antioxidant Enzymes In Preimplantation Mouse And Cow Embryos And Primary Bovine Oviduct Cultures Employed For Embryo Coculture., M B Harvey, M Y Arcellana-Panlilio, X Zhang, G A Schultz, A J Watson

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Publications

Preimplantation embryos from a variety of mammalian species contrast markedly in their response to culture in vitro. Murine preimplantation embryos display a wider tolerance than other mammalian species to culture environments, and this has contributed to the development of several effective defined culture media. Embryo coculture on somatic cells remains the most effective method of supporting reasonable rates of bovine preimplantation development in vitro. The patterns of gene expression for several antioxidant enzymes during preimplantation murine and bovine development were examined by use of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique to determine whether the differential developmental capacity of mammalian preimplantation …

The Fourth Circuit's Baby K Decision: Plain Language Does Not Make Good Law, David Zell Myerberg M.D.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Toxoplasma Gondii-Derived Factor(S) Stimulates Immune Downregulation: An In Vitro Model., Sakhina Haque, Azizul Haque, Lloyd H. Kasper

Dartmouth Scholarship

Suppression of the T-cell lymphoproliferative response and downregulation of interleukin 2 (IL-2) production by Toxoplasma gondii has been observed following in vivo infection. In this study, an experimental in vitro murine system was developed to evaluate the kinetics of these responses. Normal splenocytes from uninfected mice were stimulated with either concanavalin A or an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody and cocultured with Toxoplasma tachyzoites either directly or separated by a transwell. A progressive decline in the lymphoproliferative response was observed as the concentration of parasites in culture increased. Neither heat-killed nor formaldehyde-fixed parasites stimulated this downregulatory response by the splenocytes. A decline …

Involvement Of P59FynT In Interleukin-5 Receptor Signaling, Mark W. Appleby, James D. Kerner, Sylvia Chien, Charles R. Maliszewski, Subbarao Bondada, Roger M. Perlmutter

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

Previous studies implicate the nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) p59fyn in the propagation of signals from the B cell antigen receptor. To elucidate the functions of this kinase, we examined B cell responsiveness in mice engineered to lack the hematopoietic isoform of p59fyn. Remarkably, antigen receptor signaling was only modestly defective in fyn^Tnull B cells. In contrast, signaling from the interleukin (IL)-5 receptor which ordinarily provides a comitogenic stimulus with antiimmunoglobulin, was completely blocked. Our results document the importance of p59fyn^T in IL-5 responses in B cells, and they support a general model …

An Immediate Implant Stability And Pull-Out Study Comparing Two Different Surgical Techniques : Conventional Drilling Versus Trabecular Compaction : A Pilot Study, Yong Chang Choi

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Poor bone quality at an implant site and the lack of initial implant immobilization are considered the two main factors for first stage implant failure. Modalities are needed to improve the initial stability of implants in poor bone quality situations. The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate implant stability and the pull-out force of implants placed in fresh frozen human alveolar jaw bones by two different surgical techniques: 1) a conventional drilling technique and 2) a trabecular compaction technique. The initial lateral stability (assessed by Periotest values, PTVs), the uniaxial pull-out force (measured by Instron machine) and …

Identification Of Gene Products Encoded By The Latency-Related Gene Of Bovine Herpesvirus 1, Ashfaque Hossain, L. M. Schang, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) establishes a latent infection in sensory ganglionic neurons of infected animals. Expression of latency-related (LR) gene products is controlled by a 980-bp fragment (LR promoter). DNA sequence analysis revealed that two major open reading frames (ORFs) are in the LR gene. Antibodies directed against both ORFs were generated in rabbits by using synthetic peptides. Antibody P2, which is directed to sequences near the amino terminus of ORF 2, recognized a 41-kDa protein in lytically infected cells, suggesting that ORF 2 encodes a protein. When the LR gene was inserted into a mammalian expression vector and subsequently …

Colloquium - Gender, Law And Health Care: New Perspectives For Teaching And Scholarship: The Role Of Gender In Law And Health Care, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Louisiana State University Medical Center - 1995 - Summer Commencement, Office Of The Registrar, Lsu Health Sciences Center-No

Graduation & Commencement Programs

The program for the 1995 Summer Commencement of LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans held August 12, 1995.

Education In Wholesome Chastity: National Federation Of Catholic Physicians' Guilds' Position Paper On Sex Education, National Federation Of Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Antibody Response To Trypanosoma Cruzi During The Course Of Infection In Mice Held At Elevated Environmental Temperature, Lianyong Gao

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It has been demonstrated that changes in environmental temperature can influence the resistance of mice to Trypanosoma cruzi (the causative agent of Chagas' disease in humans) infection. This increased resistance is not only reflected by decreased parasitemias and increased longevity but also by enhanced parasite-specific and nonspecific immune responsiveness in infected mice. The antibody response to heterologous antigen has been demonstrated to be greatly enhanced in infected mice held at elevated temperature. However, the parasite-specific antibody response was reported to be lower in infected mice maintained at 36°C than at room temperature (RT) during early stage of infection, although it …

The Effect Of Dietary Supplemented Vitamin E And Selenium On Experimental Chagas' Disease, Brenda Bennett

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Dietary supplementation with increased levels of vitamin E can enhance the immune system of C3HeB/FeJ mice to enable many of them to survive an otherwise lethal dose of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease. To study the role of diet on the course of experimental Chagas' disease, C3HeB/FeJ mice were fed pelleted, synthetic food containing no vitamin E and selenium, 800 IU/kg vitamin E, 2 ppm selenium, or food containing 800 IU/kg vitamin E plus 2 ppm selenium. Mice on synthetic food were compared to control mice fed a commonly used Purina rodent chow # 5001. After diet …

Site Directed Mutagenesis Of A Putative Protease Cleavage Site Within The 105 Kilodation Protein Of Southern Bean Mosaic Virus, Jingyu Shi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There are four open reading frames (ORF) in three positive-sense translational phases of Southern Bean Mosaic Virus (SBMV). ORF2 codes for a 105 KDa polyprotein which is proposed to be autocatalytically cleaved into smaller functional proteins. Amino acid sequence homology between the SBMV and poliovirus, foot and mouth disease virus, and cowpea mosaic virus reveal that SBMV has a similar genomic organization to picornaviruses with a conserved order: Vpg (Viral protein, genome-linked )-protease-replicase. Two Gln-Ser (QS) amino acid pairs within the 105 KDa polyprotein, C75= 930-936, C60= 1305-1310, are proposed to be the cleavage sites based on 1) similar structural …

In Vitro Fertilization: Destroyer Of Christian Marriage, Joseph Howard

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] The Troubled Dream Of Life: Living With Mortality, By Daniel Callahan, Robert J. Barnet

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Living A Christian Life, By Germain Grisez, John Hartley

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Race, Family, And Obligation, Rodney C. Roberts

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, January 16, 1995.