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The Crystal Structure Of A Neurotoxic Protein From The Scorpion Centruroides Sculpturatus At 3 Angstroms Resolution., Juan Carlos Fontecilla-Camps Jan 1980

The Crystal Structure Of A Neurotoxic Protein From The Scorpion Centruroides Sculpturatus At 3 Angstroms Resolution., Juan Carlos Fontecilla-Camps

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Immunologic And Biochemical Studies On The Influenza A Virus Nonstructural Protein (Ns1)., Michael William Shaw Jan 1980

Immunologic And Biochemical Studies On The Influenza A Virus Nonstructural Protein (Ns1)., Michael William Shaw

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Determinants Of Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction During Retirement And The Relationship Among Life Satisfaction, Self-Concept, And Health In Black Retirees., Delois Hughes Skipwith Jan 1980

Determinants Of Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction During Retirement And The Relationship Among Life Satisfaction, Self-Concept, And Health In Black Retirees., Delois Hughes Skipwith

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Physical And Chemical Probes Of The Secondary Structure Of Supercoiled Dna - Relationship Of Structure To Biological Function., Richard Silva Woodward Jan 1980

Physical And Chemical Probes Of The Secondary Structure Of Supercoiled Dna - Relationship Of Structure To Biological Function., Richard Silva Woodward

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Seasonal Variation In Benthic Community Structure In Mobile Bay, Alabama., Paul George Johnson Jan 1980

Seasonal Variation In Benthic Community Structure In Mobile Bay, Alabama., Paul George Johnson

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The community concept in benthic marine ecology has long been a subject of intense interest. Peterson (1918) was one of the first investigators to recognize and attempt to characterize benthic com- munities in his extensive surveys of the Skagerrak and Baltic Sea. According to Thorson (1957), Peterson recognized communities as "statistical units," based on the recurrence of a few "conspicuous" organisms inhabiting large discrete areas of his survey.


Copper Complexes Which Catalyze The Air Oxidation Of Organic Substrates., Etim Effiong Eduok Jan 1980

Copper Complexes Which Catalyze The Air Oxidation Of Organic Substrates., Etim Effiong Eduok

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The oxidations of o-diphenols to corresponding o-quinones are known to be important reactions in some biological, industrial, and pollution studies. Proton magnetic resonance (pmr) and optical [visible (vis) and ultraviolet (uv)) spectroscopy are often the techniques of choice for studying the reaction. They require a knowledge of pmr and optical spectral parameters. The studies in Part I were carried out to obtain the spectral parameters for future studies.


An Evaluative Study Of The Federal Housing Act Of 1937; Its Amendments; And Concomitant Housing Assistance Payments Program., Sarah Jane Stephens Jan 1980

An Evaluative Study Of The Federal Housing Act Of 1937; Its Amendments; And Concomitant Housing Assistance Payments Program., Sarah Jane Stephens

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This thesis will evaluate the effectiveness of selected programs created under 1974 amendments to the National Housing Act of 1937. It examines housing subsidy and housing assistance payments intended to provide safe, decent, and sanitary housing conditions for low and moderate income families. The thesis focuses on elderly families living in Jefferson County, encompassing the city of Birmingham, and Brighton, Alabama. Specifically, the thesis will show whether the implementation of the housing subsidy and/or housing assistance payments programs has significantly reduced the number of elderly families who are living in substandard housing between Fiscal Years 1976 and 1978.


Synthesis And Characterization Of 1-Methyl-4-Substituted-3-Piperidine-Carboxylic Acid N, N-Diethyamide., Al Mukendi Panu Jan 1980

Synthesis And Characterization Of 1-Methyl-4-Substituted-3-Piperidine-Carboxylic Acid N, N-Diethyamide., Al Mukendi Panu

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Following the suggestion by Smythies that the major hallucinogens, mescaline, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and d-lysergic acid diethylamide (d-LSD) all act at the same site, namely, the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) receptor in the brain, it was found that 1-methyl-1,2,5, 6-tetrahydropyridine-3-(N,N-diethylcarboxamide) (THPC), a compound similar in structure to the D-ring of LSD (Figure 1), blocked the behavioral disruption in rats induced by LSD as measured by Bovet-Gatti profiles on a Sidman avoidance schedule. Further studies by Christian et al. firmly established that THPC acts as a LSD antagonist since binding of LSD to a high affinity site on thesynaptosomal membrane is completely blocked by …


An Investigation On The Corrosion Susceptibilities Of Multi-Alloy Total Hip Replacements., Linda Chambers Lucas Jan 1980

An Investigation On The Corrosion Susceptibilities Of Multi-Alloy Total Hip Replacements., Linda Chambers Lucas

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The design of new prosthetic devices with dissimilar metals or alloys in direct physical contact is now being investigated. Previously, the use of dissimilar alloys for the construction of surgical implants has been strongly discouraged because of the opinion that the combinations of alloys was likely to provoke more rapid corrosion of one alloy. With the advent of electrochemical corrosion analyses, accurate predictions can now be made as to the corrosion susceptibilities of materials thus permitting combinations to be considered.Presently there is a design for a total hip replacement prosthesis which combines titanium-aluminum-vanadium and cobalt-chromium-molybdenum surgical alloys in contact. There …


The Uniformly Tapered Circular Beam As A Dynamic Vibration Absorber., Phillip Britton Davidson Jan 1980

The Uniformly Tapered Circular Beam As A Dynamic Vibration Absorber., Phillip Britton Davidson

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Many standard texts treat in detail the lumped parameter dynamic vibration absorber. Typical examples are the translating mass vibration absorber, the pendulum vibration absorber, and the bifilar pendulum vibration absorber. The common characteristic of these single degree-of-freedom subsystems is that their natural frequencies are set equal to the frequency of sinusoidal excitation of the primary system which is to have its vibration reduced or eliminated.It appears that Vance and Woodward, and, were the first to utilize continuous systems in dynamic vibration absorption. Their work dealt with hanging and spinning cables used as rotational vibration absorbers. Springfield described translational vibration absorption …


A Burn Ratio That Predicts The Relative Extent Of Combustion In Metallic Materials., Raymond W. Monroe Jan 1980

A Burn Ratio That Predicts The Relative Extent Of Combustion In Metallic Materials., Raymond W. Monroe

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The objective of this work was to gain an understanding of the severity of combustion of metals in oxygen environments. Fires have occurred in oxygen compressors, pipelines, valves and storage tanks. A thermodynamic burn ratio is proposed that predicts the severity of combustion of metals in oxygen environments and is favorably compared with published results and with experimental work described. The experimental work measures the severity of combustion using silver, copper-nickel, tin babbitt, carbon steel and aluminum. The thermodynamic burn ratio is the ratio between the heat released during oxidation and the heat required to melt or vaporize the material.


An Examination Of Two Possible Delineations Of The Rems-Consolidation Hypothesis., Frederick Theodore Agricola Iii Jan 1979

An Examination Of Two Possible Delineations Of The Rems-Consolidation Hypothesis., Frederick Theodore Agricola Iii

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Research done in the 1950's demonstrated that sleep was not a homogeneous state, in fact, that it consisted of periodically recur- ring stages (Aserinsky and Kleitman, 1953). One of these stages is readily identifiable due to concurrent physiological changes: elevated temperature, increased metabolic rates, electrical brain patterns similar to those in the arousal state, and rapid eye movements. This stage has been termed "rapid eye movement sleep" (REMS), or "paradoxical sleep" (PS) due to the unusual physiological changes. Perhaps the most intriguing characteristic of REMS is its close relationship to the dream process. Subjects awakened from REMS are much more …


The Effect Of Incentive Spirometry On Selected Physiological Indices Of Atelectasis In Obese Patients Following Cholecystectomy., Becky Ann Devillier Jan 1979

The Effect Of Incentive Spirometry On Selected Physiological Indices Of Atelectasis In Obese Patients Following Cholecystectomy., Becky Ann Devillier

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Age Differences In Judging The Frequency Of Events., Sheila Ann Mitchell Jan 1979

Age Differences In Judging The Frequency Of Events., Sheila Ann Mitchell

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It is generally recognized by layman and scientist alike that memory functioning decreases to some extent due to aging. Most of the available literature focuses on age changes in memory with respect to storage and retrieval deficits. However, a lack of evidence exists related to some of the more basic characteristics of memory decline due to aging.


Behaviors Of First-Time Fathers At The Time Of Their Initial Acquaintance With Their Infants., Janice Templeton Gay Jan 1979

Behaviors Of First-Time Fathers At The Time Of Their Initial Acquaintance With Their Infants., Janice Templeton Gay

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The Synthesis Of C-Aryl-18-Nor-Steroids From Resin Acids And Their Derivatives., Ali Abd El-Salam Gawish Jan 1979

The Synthesis Of C-Aryl-18-Nor-Steroids From Resin Acids And Their Derivatives., Ali Abd El-Salam Gawish

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Our interest in the conversion of a resin acid to a C-aryl-18-nor-steroid was to see if this class of compounds could compete as starting materials in the medicinal chemistry field. Since resin acid derivatives are rather inexpensive compared to steroid systems, the economics seemed attractive.In order to cyclize a ring D onto the resin acid skeleton, it was important to convert the isopropyl group to an acetyl group. To achieve this goal, the Tahara modification of the Sanderson oxidation of dehydroabietonitrile was applied, to yield the 7-oxo-13-acetyl dehydroabietonitrile and the 7-oxo-13-isopropenyl derivative.Treating the diketone with formaldehyde and dimethylamine hydro-chloride, yielded …


Studies On Purine Biosynthesis De Novo: Folate Coenzyme Requirements And Nucleotide Intermediates Of The Final Two Reactions., Joseph Edmund Baggott Jan 1979

Studies On Purine Biosynthesis De Novo: Folate Coenzyme Requirements And Nucleotide Intermediates Of The Final Two Reactions., Joseph Edmund Baggott

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Properties Of N-Species Volterra Systems Satisfying The Riccati Restriction., Grace Marie Buettner Jan 1979

Properties Of N-Species Volterra Systems Satisfying The Riccati Restriction., Grace Marie Buettner

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Determining Clonal Origin Of Human Neoplasms By Use Of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes., Andrew Jackson Carroll Jan 1979

Determining Clonal Origin Of Human Neoplasms By Use Of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes., Andrew Jackson Carroll

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Molecular-Cellular Interactions In The Secretory Immune Response., Sylvia Sizemore Crago Jan 1979

Molecular-Cellular Interactions In The Secretory Immune Response., Sylvia Sizemore Crago

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The Comparison Of Ethidium Bromide With Its Photoreactive Azide Analogs., David E. Graves Jan 1979

The Comparison Of Ethidium Bromide With Its Photoreactive Azide Analogs., David E. Graves

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Immunoregulatory Effects Of Serum Lipoproteins., Kuo-Hom Lee Hsu Jan 1979

Immunoregulatory Effects Of Serum Lipoproteins., Kuo-Hom Lee Hsu

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Simulation Strategies: A Theoretical And Practical Investigation., James William Hooper Jan 1979

Simulation Strategies: A Theoretical And Practical Investigation., James William Hooper

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The Isolation And Biochemical Characterization Of Basement Membrane Collagen From Limited Pepsin Digests Of Whole Placental Tissues., Thomas Francis Kresina Jan 1979

The Isolation And Biochemical Characterization Of Basement Membrane Collagen From Limited Pepsin Digests Of Whole Placental Tissues., Thomas Francis Kresina

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Regulation Of Epstein-Barr Virus Early Antigen Expression In Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines Containing Different Numbers Of Intrinsic Viral Genomes., Bodil Inger Maria Lidin Jan 1979

Regulation Of Epstein-Barr Virus Early Antigen Expression In Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines Containing Different Numbers Of Intrinsic Viral Genomes., Bodil Inger Maria Lidin

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Nanosecond Pulse Fluorimetry Of Immunoglobulin A And Membrane Vesicles., Bang Maw Liu Jan 1979

Nanosecond Pulse Fluorimetry Of Immunoglobulin A And Membrane Vesicles., Bang Maw Liu

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Regional Vulnerability Of The Non-Human Primate Brain To A Reduction In Blood Supply., Frank Williamson Marcoux Jan 1979

Regional Vulnerability Of The Non-Human Primate Brain To A Reduction In Blood Supply., Frank Williamson Marcoux

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Role Of Rna Synthesis In Conjugational Transfer Of Chromosomal And Plasmid Dna., Larry James Maturin Jan 1979

Role Of Rna Synthesis In Conjugational Transfer Of Chromosomal And Plasmid Dna., Larry James Maturin

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A Generic Family Of Survival Distributions., David Carter Naftel Jan 1979

A Generic Family Of Survival Distributions., David Carter Naftel

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Nerve Growth Factor Synthesis By Cultured Cells Of The Vascular Wall., John Philip Naftel Jan 1979

Nerve Growth Factor Synthesis By Cultured Cells Of The Vascular Wall., John Philip Naftel

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