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The Calendar - May 1992, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Lying: A Failure Of Autonomy And Self-Respect, Jane Zembaty

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society - March 19, 1992.

Cytolytic T Lymphocytes Specific For Tumors And Infected Cells From Mice With A Retrovirus-Induced Immunodeficiency Syndrome., Jennifer G. Erbe, Kathy A. Green, Karen M. Crassi, Herbert C. Morse, W R. Green

Dartmouth Scholarship

LP-BM5 retrovirus complex-infected C57BL/6 mice develop immunodeficiency, somewhat analogous to AIDS, termed murine AIDS (MAIDS). After secondary stimulation with syngeneic B-cell lymphomas from LP-BM5-infected mice, C57BL/6 mice produced vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for MAIDS-associated tumors. An anti-LP-BM5 specificity was suggested because spleen and lymph node cells from LP-BM5-infected mice served as target cells in competition assays, and cells from LP-BM5, but not ecotropic, virus-infected mice functioned as secondary in vitro stimulators to generate cytotoxic T lymphocytes to MAIDS tumors.

Ada Code Of Ethics (May 1992), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Transformation Of A Continuous Rat Embryo Fibroblast Cell Line Requires Three Separate Domains Of Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen., Jiyue Zhu, Philip W. Rice, Lisa Gorsch, Marina Abate, Charles N. Cole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Mouse C3H 10T1/2 cells and the established rat embryo fibroblast cell line REF-52 are two cell lines widely used in studies of viral transformation. Studies have shown that transformation of 10T1/2 cells requires only the amino-terminal 121 amino acids of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen, while transformation of REF-52 cells requires considerably more of large T antigen, extending from near the N terminus to beyond residue 600. The ability of a large set of linker insertion, small deletion, and point mutants of SV40 T antigen to transform these two cell lines and to bind p105Rb was determined. Transformation …

Medicine And The Elderly, Leslie Boyce-Embrey

Whittier Scholars Program

This project is a questionnaire about health care and age which was specifically structured in order to obtain frank answers from physicians interviewed. Questions included asking medical professionals the way patients described their ailments, their personal opinions on health care, and segregation of age groups. Research included interviews with several members of medical staff from physicians to nurse practitioners.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1992

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Perceived Social Support And Burnout Among Nurses Working With Chronically Ill And Dying Pediatric Patients, Jean Johnson

Capstone Research Projects

This study focuses on the prevalence of burnout and its relationship to social support among nurses caring for chronically and terminally ill children. A convenience sample of 30 pediatric nurses were given surveys consisting of a demographic sheet, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Social Support Scale, and open-ended questions. The 14 completed and returned questionnaires were used in this nonexperimental, correlational study. Using the student "t" distribution it was determined that the mean emotional exhaustion burnout subscore was significantly (.05 confidence level) higher in the tested sample than in the normative sample. God/Higher Power and co-workers were rated as the most helpful …

Ua66/14 Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Program for the WKU nursing pinning ceremony listing graduates.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1992, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1992 nursing class: Sheila Abney, Cynthia Aud, Katrina Boggess, Janice Brown, Mechelle Campbell, Sharon Carrico, Sandra Clements, Kim Cooke, Vicki Denney, Chevelle Emberton, Nancy Fink, Lynn Fly, Patricia Gilpin, Michael Grace, Shirley Grace, Stephanie Gregory, Sherri Harlow, Anita Harrison, Brad Humm, Jane Lash, Lorie Lawrence, Karole Marshall, Donna McCubbin, Brenda Miller, Shenna Minix, Kim Owen, Michelle Poteet, Diane Shoemake, Alisa Simmons, Juliana Simmons, Susan Spivey, Monique Taylor, Rashmi Thapa, Sandra Thompson, Tabitha Thompson, Marsha Towe, Linda Vochatzer, Rebecca Warden, Mary Watkins, Daniel Watterson, Lisa Whitehead, Brenda Wood and Tommie Wood.

Hypothalamic Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors Mediate Stress-Induced Tachycardia In Rats, Robert P. Soltis, Joseph A. Dimicco

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

The role of hypothalamic excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors in mediating the cardiovascular response to stress was examined using conscious chronically instrumented rats. Microinjection of the EAA agonists N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA; 1-10 pmol), alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isooxazolepropionic acid (AMPA; 0.3-3.0 pmol), or kainic acid (0.1-1.0 pmol) into the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) elicited dose-related increases in heart rate and modest elevations in arterial pressure. Local microinjection of the NMDA antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5; 100 pmol) selectively blocked NMDA-induced cardiovascular changes, whereas the non-NMDA EAA antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX; 50 pmol) selectively blocked the responses to AMPA and kainic acid. In the stress trials, microinjection of …

The Influence Of Marketing Strategies On Employee Perception Of A Small Rural Kentucky Hospital, Renee Perkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A well-known fact relating to health care in the 1990s is the delimma being faced by small rural hospitals across the United States. They are now at a crossroads between survival and closure. This thesis addresses the influence that effective marketing strategies can have on the outcome of rural hospitals if such strategies are targeted to the right populations Although the patients, the community, and the physicians are important target groups, this thesis addresses the impact marketing can have on the employee population and how that population can, in turn, affect community perception.

This is the first study to be …

The Calendar - April 1992, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Bringing Back The Librarian, Part Three, Richard A. Lyders

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Oasis, Barbara Cloud, Lisa Story

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of The Formate (For) Locus, Which Encodes The Cytosolic Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase Of Neurospora Crassa., C. Robertson Mcclung, Cynthia R. Davis, Karen M. Page, Sylvia A. Denome

Dartmouth Scholarship

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) occupies a central position in one-carbon (C1) metabolism, catalyzing the reaction of serine and tetrahydrofolate to yield glycine and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate. Methylenetetrahydrofolate serves as a donor of C1 units for the synthesis of numerous compounds, including purines, thymidylate, lipids, and methionine. We provide evidence that the formate (for) locus of Neurospora crassa encodes cytosolic SHMT. The for+ gene was localized to a 2.8-kb BglII fragment by complementation (restoration to formate-independent growth) of a strain carrying a recessive for allele, which confers a growth requirement for formate. The for+ gene encodes a polypeptide of 479 amino acids which shows …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xli, Number 3, Spring 1992

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLI, Number 3, Spring 1992

State of the division 1992, page 2

Interviews with two distinguished faculty members, page 5

Programs link Alumni and students, page 9

Robert Gallo, ’63 and the human element, page 10

On campus, page 14

Drawing on his medical knowledge, page 17

American psychiatric association chooses Joseph T. English, ’58 as president, page 19

Class notes, page 24

The Role Of Host Management In Tick Population Changes On Rusinga Island, Kenya, D. K. Punyua, S. M. Hassan

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Contrary to patterns described elsewhere, tick numbers on Rusinga Island cattle drop markedly after the onset of the rainy season. One possible explanation is that this is related to seasonal differences in host behaviour since cattle grazing on the island are restricted during the crop-growing season (the rainy season) and free grazing afterwards. In a field experiment, cattle were divided into two groups, free grazing and restricted, for 2 months each during the rainy season and during the dry season, and the number of ticks infesting each group was compared. In both seasons, the free-grazing group carried more ticks than …

Inhibitory Effect Of Trypanosoma Brucei Brucei On Glossina Morsitans Midgut Trypsin In Vitro, M. O. Imbuga, E. O. Osir, V. L. Labongo

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The ability of Trypanosoma brucei brucei to inhibit trypsin or trypsin-like enzymes in crude midgut homogenates of Glossina morsitans morsitans was studied in vitro. The isolated parasites caused a concentration-dependent decrease in midgut trypsin activity. Furthermore, trypanosomes lysed by repeated freeze-thawing had a similar effect on trypsin activity. In both cases, the inhibition by either intact or lysed parasites was partial as revealed by Dixon plots. Similarly, trypanosome membrane proteins stoichiometrically inhibited trypsin activity, suggesting that the enzyme interacts specifically with a moiety on the parasite surface. The Km and Ki values obtained in this case were 35 μm and …

Mechanisms Of Interference With Simian Virus 40 (Sv40) Dna Replication By Trans-Dominant Mutants Of Sv40 Large T Antigen, Christine M. Bentivoglio, Jiyue Zhu, Charles Cole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Mutations at multiple sites within the simian virus 40 (SV40) early region yield large T antigens which interfere trans dominantly with the replicative activities of wild-type T antigen. A series of experiments were conducted to study possible mechanisms of interference with SV40 DNA replication caused by these mutant T antigens. First, the levels of wild-type T antigen expression in cells cotransfected with wild-type and mutant SV40 DNAs were examined; approximately equal levels of wild-type T antigen were seen, regardless of whether the cotransfected mutant was trans dominant or not. Second, double mutants that contained the mutation of inA2827, a strong …

Ms211: Letter To Dr Louis Sullivan, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This was a note sent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services seeing if he would like to offer a point of contact to our efforts noting that Dr Claude Lenfant (then NIH's Director of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute) who had agreed to assist. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Effects Of Expectancy On Assessing Covariation In Data: “Prior Belief” Versus “Meaning”, Dorritt Billman, Brian H. Bornstein, Jeffrey Richards

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

A large number of researchers have addressed the question of how prior beliefs affect assessment of covariation in new data. Some have suggested that prior beliefs disrupt covariation assessment (Nisbett & Ross, 1980), while others have claimed they help (Wright & Murphy, 1984). Research in this tradition has not consistently distinguished meaningfulness of the data from expectations about the particular relationship between the variables to be assessed. We collected covariance judgments on meaningful variable pairs where subjects had a prior belief in a positive relation, had a prior belief in a negative relation, had a prior belief that the variables …

Ms211: Agenda For Penchas Visit March 1992, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This is the agenda for the March visit with Dr. Penchas who was the Director General of Hadassah from Israel. Includes schedule for Radio KTRH and various TMC and Hadassah and THMRF meetings. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Ms211: Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation (Thmrf) Board Announcing Foundation's Goals, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This looks like draft Press Release piece of the announced the affiliation with The Methodist Hospital Health Care Network. Talks about initial plans to organize a conference, list of additional member of the effort, including a Tx Congressman Martin Frost as honorary member, and a report from an Israeli scientist from Hadassah Zeev Weshler on the issue facing them with immigrants to Israel from the contaminated areas. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Information Interface - Volume 16, Issue 1 - March/April 1992, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Information Interface (1976 - 2009)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users.

The Imperative To Restore Nature: Some Philosophical Questions, Lisa Newton

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

The purpose of WMU's Center for the Study of Ethics is to encourage and support research, teaching, and service to the university and community in areas of applied and professional ethics. These areas include, but are not restricted to: business, education, engineering, government, health and human services, law, media, medicine, science, and technology.

Anion Permeation In An Apical Membrane Chloride Channel Of A Secretory Epithelial Cell, Dan R. Halm, Raymond A. Frizzell

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

Single channel currents though apical membrane Cl channels of the secretory epithelial cell line T84 were measured to determine the anionic selectivity and concentration dependence of permeation. The current-voltage relation was rectified with single channel conductance increasing at positive potentials. At 0 mV the single channel conductance was 41 ± 2 pS. Permeability, determined from reversal potentials, was optimal for anions with diameters between 0.4 and 0.5 nm. Anions of larger diameter had low permeability, consistent with a minimum pore diameter of 0.55 nm. Permeability for anions of similar size was largest for those ions with a more symmetrical charge …

Testotoxicosis: Gonadotrophin-Independent Male Sexual Precocity, A A. Aziz, S M. Jafri, N U. Haque

Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care

In this era of rapidly developing investigational tools and pharmacology, the pathophysiology of precocious puberty is becoming well defined. What was previously thought to be a form of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GNRH)-dependent central precocious puberty is now classified as GNRH-independent familial testotoxicosis. We present two such cases and review the clinical features, pathophysiology and treatment of testotoxicosis.

Hazardous Materials As Secondary Results Of Flooding: A Case Study Of Planning And Response, Elaine J. Denning

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - March 1992, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.