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Anthropology <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="@amp;"/> Humanism Quarterly, 1992

Photographs and musical instruments collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Exp... more Photographs and musical instruments collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition between 1909 and 1915 reveal aspects of Mangbetu and Azande musical life in the early colonial period. They also raise questions of representation and intention. Archival documentation, when compared with modern sources, shows dynamic artistic change.

This chapter examines the negotiation of material objects and singing performances as forms of cu... more This chapter examines the negotiation of material objects and singing performances as forms of cultural property through examples from the North Pacific collecting activities of late 19th-century anthropologists. Waldemar Jochelson's removal of a sacred wooden figure from the Yukagir people of Siberia is contrasted with the collection of sacred songs from American Indians by Franz Boas and others. Objects of shamanic power are distinct from documentary recordings of folklore made by and for science, yet both are transformed by the intervention of collectors and the introduction of new technology.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1990

A standard behavioral method to access central dopa-minergic receptor stimulation is the rat rota... more A standard behavioral method to access central dopa-minergic receptor stimulation is the rat rotation m0de1.l~ Rats with unilateral GOHDA lesions of the nigro-striatal bundle rotate contralaterally to the lesion in response to exposure to a direct D1 or D2 agonist. The results from this ...

Issues in the Practice of Psychology, 2002

This chapter serves as an introduction to the second part of this book. In it, we provide an over... more This chapter serves as an introduction to the second part of this book. In it, we provide an overview of the process and guidelines used to critique the 66 instruments measuring team performance and some trends found across the instruments with regard to the guideline categories. Next we discuss the statistical criteria used in evaluating the psychometric testing. Finally, we

Visual Anthropology Review, 2011

Crossing and erasing the boundaries between art and anthropology, the installations organized by ... more Crossing and erasing the boundaries between art and anthropology, the installations organized by the Ethnographic Terminalia curatorial collective evoke both the social instability and the sense of possibility embodied in the present historical moment. Constructing a bricolage of aesthetic and scientific viewpoints while instigating public art interventions grounded in critical social inquiry, this wide-ranging group of artists, anthropologists, and curators is creating a series of mobile, transnational multimedia environments which are equally global and local, virtual, and site-specific. The concatenation of distance and presence felt in the emplacement of the works reflects the linkages of contemporary networked cybercommunications. At the same time, the activist aims and productive methods used by the participants situate the Ethnographic Terminalia project within the context of a lineage of historical art movements informed by, and often in uneasy dialogic tension with, the traditional subject matter of ethnography. [art movements, cities, curation, exhibition, public art]

Transportation Research Record, 2005

Large numbers of conventionally reinforced concrete bridges remaining in service are lightly rein... more Large numbers of conventionally reinforced concrete bridges remaining in service are lightly reinforced for shear. State-of-the-art assessment of these bridges for shear requires consideration of shear and moment interaction. An assessment and risk-ranking methodology is proposed that incorporates moment–shear interaction. From analyses of vehicle loads on indeterminate bridge models, maximum moment and maximum shear are not coincident at intermediate support locations. Determining the critical combination of shear and moment requires evaluation of envelope values from shear–moment load histories for comparison with capacity curves. Capacity of the sections is determined by using AASHTO modified compression field theory, and statistical understrength is based on experimental test results. Comparison of the load effects and capacity is demonstrated for an in-service bridge to determine the reliability index (measure of relative risk) at sections along a girder. The reliability index can be used to establish rational load restrictions on the basis of a target reliability index for the inventory. The index can also be used for comparison between components and populations of conventionally reinforced concrete bridges for risk ranking. Ranking based on relative reliability indexes permits bridge engineers and managers to prioritize the bridges for repair or replacement.

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005

Earlier particle experiments in the 1970s on Pioneer-10 and -11 and Voyager-1 and -2 provided Jup... more Earlier particle experiments in the 1970s on Pioneer-10 and -11 and Voyager-1 and -2 provided Jupiter flyby particle data, which were used by Divine and Garrett to develop the first Jupiter trapped radiation environment model. This model was used to establish a baseline radiation effects design limit for the Galileo onboard electronics. Recently, Garrett et al. have developed an updated Galileo Interim Radiation Environment (GIRE) model based on Galileo electron data. In this paper, we have used the GIRE model to reassess the computed radiation exposures and dose effects for Galileo. The 34-orbit &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;as flown&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; Galileo trajectory data and the updated GIRE model were used to compute the electron and proton spectra for each of the 34 orbits. The total ionisation doses of electrons and protons have been computed based on a parametric shielding configuration, and these results are compared with previously published results.

Plant Disease, 1983

Fusiform rust resistance in loblolly pine: Artificial for 8 mo and moved to an outdoor inoculatio... more Fusiform rust resistance in loblolly pine: Artificial for 8 mo and moved to an outdoor inoculation vs. field performance. Plant Disease 67:33-34. shadehouse after all danger of natural rust infection had passed. After 7 mo in the Percentage of infection by Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme on seedlings of seven half-sib shadehouse, they were outplanted in a families of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) following artificial inoculation were compared with those of high-hazard rust area in H ouston the same families after 5 yr in a high-hazard rust area. Family ranking based on percentage of County, GA. seedlings galled were essentially the same, demonstrating the reliability of artificial inoculation as a Co res o uf means of evaluating rust resistance in loblolly pine. Aeciospores of C quercuum f. sp. fusiforme from two geographic areas were used in this study. In March 1974, eight single-gall collections were made in The identification of slash (Pinus between infection in field tests and the Georgetown County, SC, and Shelby elliottii var. elliottii) and loblolly (Pinus results obtained from the CBS tests. County, AL, and processed by the taeda) pines with genetic resistance to Possible reasons for discrepancies techniques of Roncadori and Matthews fusiform rust, caused by Cronartium between field and artificial inoculation (4). Aeciospores from these two areas quercuum (Berk.) Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp. methods have included differences in were used because the seven pine seed lots fusiforme, is one of the most important types of resistance operating at different were from parent trees that originated in components of research programs ages of the pine hosts and differences central Alabama or in coastal South addressed to reducing losses caused by resulting from the relatively high CBS Carolina and Georgia. this destructive disease. The first step in inoculum densities, which are considered Prior to inoculating oaks in November evaluating rust resistance is the selection to be so much higher than natural field 1974, equal volumes of aeciospores from of phenotypically resistant parent trees in inoculum that mechanisms of resistance each of the eight single-gall collections the field, followed by an evaluation of could be overpowered (1,7). from each location were combined to their progeny exposed to natural In this study, percentage of infection provide a South Carolina and an inoculum in field tests and by artificial on selected half-sib families of loblolly Alabama composite. Spores were inoculation of seedlings ranging in age pine inoculated by the CBS system was rehydrated in a water-saturated atmofrom 6 wk to 1 yr (1,5,7). compared with that on seedlings of the sphere for 16 hr at 20 C and used to For several years, a large proportion of same families outplanted in a highinoculate leaves of potted northern red artificial inoculations has been made hazard fusiform rust area in central oaks (Quercus rubra). Telia-bearing oak using the concentrated basidiospore Georgia. leaves were collected after 3 wk, and spray (CBS) system (2). This inoculation basidiospores were harvested. system is used by the Resistance Testing MATERIALS AND METHODS Three inoculum densities of basidio-Center, USDA Forest Service, South-The loblolly pine seedlings used in this spores from each aeciospore collection eastern Area, State and Private Forestry, study were grown from seed of seven area were used to inoculate the seedlings: at Asheville, NC, where tree improvement open-pollinated families that showed a 12,500, 31,000, and 75,000/ml as programs in the South routinely send range of responses to rust infection, from determined with a Coulter electronic seed lots for evaluation of fusiform rust susceptible to resistant, in previous field particle counter. resistance. The CBS system has been and CBS screening tests. One family (10-Each of the six combinations of two highly effective in differentiating levels of 5) ranked consistently resistant, and aeciospore sources and three inoculum resistance between pine families, partic-another (10-8) showed consistent suscepti-densities was applied, by the CBS system, ularly in the case of slash pines. Recently, bility. Two families (12-9 and 12-12) were to four replicate flats of the seven the correlation between the results of the reported as resistant in field tests, but families. One flat of seedlings of each CBS system and subsequent field preliminary artificial inoculations indi-family was randomly selected and performance of slash pine has been cated a high degree of susceptibility. The inoculated with an aeciospore sourcestrengthened by the development of a remaining three families (10-25, 7-56, and inoculum density combination until four prediction method based on additional 5-33) were considered intermediate in flats of each of the seven families had symptom types that appear after artificial resistance but varied considerably in been inoculated. This sequence was inoculation (6). In loblolly pine, however, previous greenhouse and field evaluations, repeated with the remaining five a question remains about the correlation Seed were sowed in flats containing a combinations until all seedlings were soil-sand-vermiculite (2:1:1, v/ v/ v) inoculated. Between application of each

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Physical Review Letters, 1980

For Ar*+Oâ collisions at approx. =100 eV energies an intense rainbow peak has been observed in th... more For Ar*+Oâ collisions at approx. =100 eV energies an intense rainbow peak has been observed in the neutral-product angular distribution. The surprisingly large inelasticities (1--2 eV) and the absence of elastic scattering in this small-angle feature are explained by a charge-transfer model involving transient formation of an Ar/sup +/+Oâ â» intermediate. Large product inelasticities are understood by examining the relative timing of the projectile motion and the Oâ â» vibration on the intermediate surface.

Physical Review A, 1999

Page 1. Measurement of static electric dipole polarizabilities of lithium clusters: Consistency w... more Page 1. Measurement of static electric dipole polarizabilities of lithium clusters: Consistency with measured dynamic polarizabilities E. Benichou, R. Antoine, D. Rayane, B. Vezin, FW Dalby, Ph. ... 65, 611 1993. 3 WD Knight, K. Clemenger, WA de Heer, and WA Saun-ders, Phys. ...

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 1997

The current status of sample preparation activities and AMS determination of '29 I/I ratios are d... more The current status of sample preparation activities and AMS determination of '29 I/I ratios are described. Determination of '29I/I ratios is being performed routinely at the precision of 3% (at IO-" level). A system background of 20-80 x lo-l5 of '29I/I ratio has been achieved without a time-of-flight (TOF) detector and without a low-energy electrostatic deflector. An intercomparison of '29I/I ratios for AgI samples obtained from other AMS facilities and for the round robin exercise by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) show an excellent agreement. Potential applications of '29I for tracing groundwater and ocean water are discussed.

Neurochemistry International, 1985

Nephrology, 1997

Fusidic acid has characteristics that suggest it might be a useful agent in the management of sta... more Fusidic acid has characteristics that suggest it might be a useful agent in the management of staphylococcal peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. The present investigation was undertaken to establish the relationship between serum and peritoneal dialysis effluent concentrations of fusidic acid and to determine whether therapeutic levels of fusidic acid could be achieved in the dialysate following oral administration of the agent. Concentrations of fusidic acid up to 80 times the MIC for staphylococci were found after repeated oral doses. The results have provided basic data needed to initiate clinical studies of the role of fusidic acid as an adjunctive agent in the management of staphylococcal peritonitis.

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 1991

Elevated plasma MB creatine kinase (CK) is considered the most sensitive and specific diagnostic ... more Elevated plasma MB creatine kinase (CK) is considered the most sensitive and specific diagnostic indicator of myocardial infarction. However, attempts to purify human MB CK have been unsuccessful. The need for purified human MB CK was further enhanced with the development of a radioimmunoassay for CK isoenzymes which would provide more prompt and specific detection of myocardial infarction. The major protein contaminant of MB CK is albumin which has been difficult to separate due to their similar electrophoretic mobility. Human hearts were obtained within 2 h postmortem and the tissue homogenized in 50 mM Tris-HCI (pH 7.4), 2 mM mercaptoethanol. The CK was recovered from the supematant (31,000g) by ethanol extraction (50-70%). The resuspended pellet was fractionated on DEAE Sephadex A-50 with a salt gradient (So-500 mM, pH 8.0). The MB fraction contained about 90% albumin. The preparation was bound to an Affigel blue column and contaminating proteins other than albumin were eluted with 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 2 mM mercaptoethanol. MB CK was eluted with 250 mM NaCl, but the albumin remained bound. The MB fraction with a specific activity of 453 IU/mg represented an 80-fold increase in purity and exhibited a single protein band on polyacrylamide gels. Purified MB CK labeled with iZsI exhibited no binding to human albumin antiserum, but bound to MB CK antiserum, and unlabeled MB CK competitively inhibited binding of T-MB CK in the radioimmunoassay system exhibiting a sensitivity for detection of plasma MB CK at the nanogram level.

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 1992

The basis for the hypersensitive response of glycogen phosphorylase to epinephrine stimulation wa... more The basis for the hypersensitive response of glycogen phosphorylase to epinephrine stimulation was investigated in adult rat cardiomyocytes isolated from normal and alloxan-diabetic animals. To assess potential G-protein involvement in the response, normal and diabetic derived myocytes were incubated with either cholera or pertussis toxin prior to hormonal stimulation. Pretreatment of cardiomyocytes with cholera toxin resulted in a potentiated response to epinephrine stimulation whereas pertussis toxin did not affect the activation of this signaling pathway. To determine if the enhanced response of phosphorylase activation resulted from an alteration in adenylate cyclase activation, the cells were challenged with forskolin. After 3 hr in primary culture, diabetic cardiomyocytes exhibited a hypersensitive response to forskolin stimulation relative to normal cells. However, after 24 hr in culture, both normal and diabetic myocytes responded identically to forskolin challenge. The present data suggest that a cholera toxin sensitive G-protein mediates the hypersensitive response of glycogen phosphorylase to catecholamine stimulation in diabetic cardiomyocytes and this response which is present in alloxan-diabetic cells and is induced in vitro in normal cardiomyocytes is primarily due to a defect at a post-receptor site.

Marine Geodesy, 2008

Four maps of a reef ecosystem were created using two levels of both spatial and thematic resoluti... more Four maps of a reef ecosystem were created using two levels of both spatial and thematic resolution commonly used in science and management applications. Differences among maps were quantified using ecologically meaningful landscape indices. The objective was to inform research and management activities that are based on maps of reef ecosystems. Results indicate that inferences regarding the structure and organization

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 1980

During the drought year of 1977, unusually low river flows during the summer caused the City of F... more During the drought year of 1977, unusually low river flows during the summer caused the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to institute lawn watering restrictions for six weeks as a conservation measure. Water use during the restriction period decreased 41 percent below the previous year. The effectiveness of the restrictions, however, has been unclear because abnormally wet weather also appeared to reduce evapotranspiration rates during the period the restrictions were in effect. The statistical analysis indicates that the reduction in water use due to lawn watering restrictions was 603 acre-feet and that abnormal weather reduced use by an additional 659 acre-feet during the same period. During a period of normal evapotranspiration rates, such restrictions would be expected to reduce Fort Collins municipal water usage by 19.7 percent. (KEY TERMS: municipal water use; water conservation; evapotranspiration; drought .) BACKGROUND Water conservation is being touted as a way of extending water supplies. However, when conservation is imposed through nonuse or restricted use, then tradeoffs become important. Will it be possible for homeowners to restrict water use enough to achieve significant savings? One of the possible results of using less water could be damage to landscape vegetation around homes. The effects of restrictions presented in this analysis show that simple restrictions on when water can be used may not cut actual water use as much as anticipated. Furthermore, prevailing weather conditions may be a controlling factor in reductions in water use. Many small cities and towns (and some larger ones-Denver, for instance) deliver domestic water on a flat-rate basis, based on house size, number of bathrooms, outside faucets, and yard size. Much of the summer water use is to maintain landscaping around homes and parks. During 1977, the City of Fort Collins treated 15,216 acrefeet of water at its two filter plants. The waste water treatment plants processed 11,192 acre-feet, giving a return flow of 73.5 percent. Consumptive use thus was 4,024 acre-feet. The acreage of land in the city in 1977 was 10,643 acres; hence, consumptive use of treated water in the city was 0.38 acrefoot per acre citywide and 0.55 A.F. per developed acre. This

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2008

Delirium is a common and serious acute neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of inattentio... more Delirium is a common and serious acute neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of inattention and cognitive impairment, and associated features including changes in arousal, altered sleep-wake cycle, and other changes in mental status. The main risk factors are old age, cognitive impairment, and other comorbidities. Though delirium has consistent core clinical features, it has a very wide range of precipitating factors, including acute illness, surgery, trauma, and drugs. The molecular mechanisms by which these precipitating factors lead to delirium are largely obscure. In this article, we attempt to narrow down some specific causal pathways. We propose a basic classification for the etiological factors: (a) direct brain insults and (b) aberrant stress responses. Direct brain insults are largely indiscriminate and include general and regional energy deprivation (e.g., hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, stroke), metabolic abnormalities (e.g., hyponatraemia, hypercalcaemia), and the effects of drugs. Aberrant stress responses are conceptually and mechanistically distinct in that they constitute adverse effects of stressresponse pathways, which, in health, are adaptive. Ageing and central nervous system disease, two major predisposing factors for delirium, are associated with alterations in the magnitude or duration of stress and sickness behavior responses and increased vulnerability to the effects of these responses. We discuss in detail two stress response systems that are likely to be involved in the pathophysiology of delirium: inflammation and the sickness behavior response, and activity of the limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. We conclude by discussing the implications for future research and the development of new therapies for delirium.