MYLES EDWARD WENTWORTH NORTH, 1908-1967

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Leon Chesley (1908-2000)

Leon Chesley studied hypertension, or high blood pressure, in pregnant women during the mid-twentieth century. Chesley studied preeclampsia and eclampsia, two hypertensive disorders found in approximately five percent of all US pregnancies. In New Jersey and New York, Chesley devoted over forty years to researching preeclampsia and eclampsia, and conducted several long-term studies using the sa...

Changes in Breeding Bird Populations in North Dakota: 1967 to 1992-93

-We compared breeding bird populations in North Dakota using surveys conducted in 1967 and 1992-93. In decreasing order, the five most frequently occurring species were Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglects), Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), and Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). The five most abundant spe...

Survey of alimentary radiology findings in the North-east of Scotland Region (1967-70).

This report describes a survey of all barium contrast radiological examinations carried out in the years 1967-70 by the unit that serves 99% of the adult population of North-east Scotland. The survey method used yields useful estimates, not otherwise available, of the occurrence of some forms of alimentary lesions within a whole community. Rates of occurrence by age and sex were recorded for al...

1908 Scheme I + - CHOC

A synthetic strategy for the preparation of the quinone antibiotic naphthyridinomycin is outlined. An efficient synthesis of key tricyclic intermediate 6 is described. Naphthyridinomycin (I) is an architecturally interesting broad spectrum antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lusitanus. 9 1 2 The structure elucidation of 1 in I974ia,b revealed its unique hexacyclic structure which shared a quino...