This investigation was undertaken to develop methods for studying and characterizing the behavior of fibrinogen in healthy animals. For this purpose, two groups, consisting of young (3 to 5 month) and older (6 to 12 month) rabbits, were selected. Homologous rabbit fibrinogen 93 to 97 per cent clottable was prepared...
This dissertation examines training methodology for improving native English speakers’ comprehension of foreign-accented speech. The training tasks, imitating and paraphrasing accented speech, were developed out of theoretical considerations about bottom-up and top-down processes in speech perception. Paraphrasing speech encourages a focus on the meaning and leads to practice of top-down...
This dissertation is a descriptive reference grammar of Wanano, an Eastern Tukano language spoken by approximately 1600 people living on the Vaupes River in northwestern Amazonia (Brazil and Colombia). Typologically, Wanano is a polysynthetic, agglutinating, nominative/accusative language whose prominent characteristics include suprasegmental nasalization and tone, an elaborate system of noun...
The corporate mortgage is a product of the vast development of corporations initiated by the Industrial Revolution. The introduction of machinery led to the aggregation of large amounts of capital under single control and direction. As these units of capital enlarged, increasing dependence was placed on borrowed funds. The development...
This is a study of the standardization process and establishment of technical standards that define virtually every artifact of the modem world. In the information and communication technology field, such standards specify everything from the prongs on plugs to software protocols that make the Internet work. Historically, standards have been...
In the laboratory, cycling has been a common model for studying the physiological responses to physical activity due to its popularity as a recreational activity, the ability to precisely quantify the exercise stimulus through measures of power and work, and the diverse physiological demands imposed by competitive cycling events. To...
Insulin was extracted from pancreases obtained at autopsy from non-diabetic subjects (normal insulin) and from adult-onset diabetic subjects (diabetic insulin). Two pancreases were extracted with I M acetic acid, and the insulin containing fraction of the fluid portion of the extract was separated using Sephadex G 50. This fraction was...
The effects of intracerebrally administered gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and related compounds and the anticonvulsant activity of systemically and intracerebrally administered GABA were studied in mice. Systemic administration of GABA in doses of 1 g/kg or less did not induce neurotoxicity or exhibit anticonvulsant activity. Intracerebrally administered GABA, glycine, B-alanine and...
Fifty one patients who were subjected to at least an hour of surgery were chosen for this study. Twenty nine of these were carried on thiopentone-nitrous oxide anesthesia. Seven of the twenty nine had secobarbital for induction. Twenty two were carried on pethidine-nitrous oxide anesthesia. In seventeen cases of the...
The problem in this investigation was to determine whether or not serial quantitative determinations of the circulating eosinophil leucocytes could be used as an index in following the clinical course of reactivated prostatic carcinoma. In patients that showed reactivation of their disease, the eosinophil leucocyte count average approximately one-third less...