Bulletin of Hipanic Studies

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

This article examines the *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra, a unique text in the raksạ̄ genre of Buddhist literature dating to the early centuries of the common era. In addition to exploring special features of the vocabulary and meaning of this text, the article places the *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra in the wider context of Buddhist textual and ritual practice in the first, second and third centuries CE.

Bulletin of Magnetic Resonance NMR STUDIES OF MEMBRANE SURFACES

Biological membranes are usually composed of a limited number of phospholipid types, often mixed with other, non-phosphate containing lipids and proteins. Magnetic resonance methods have proved particularly useful in the study of the acyl chain behaviour of* phospholipids in membranes, in particular in the study of how lipids and proteins interact at the molecular level as reviewed by Marsh and...

postnatal studies of bats (pipistrellus kuhlii and miniopterus schreibersii) & histomorphology and histochemistry studies of organs and diseases of (neurergus microspilotus and n. kaiseri)

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

BULLETIN OF THE McGILL CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN AGING

rodegenerative disease diagnosed in the elderly. As the disease progresses, these people gradually lose the ability to learn, to remember and to judge. What leads to the dementia that these people develop? The brains of people with AD are scattered with amyloid plaques. These plaques disrupt the brain's normal tissue organization and cause neuronal cell death. Often, the cholinergic neurons, wh...

Bulletin No. 307 - Progeny Studies with Hereford and Shorthorn Cattle