Parliamentary News: (October 1982–December 1982)

Menstrual regulation in Nairobi between October 1982 and October 1985.

The efficacy and complication rate of menstrual regulation with the hand-held Karman cannula was tested on 223 women with amenorrhea up to 56 days in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya from October 1982-January 1983. 195 women had positive pregnancy tests, while menstrual regulation was done on the others because of concern over late menses. the procedures we...

NIEHS News October 2003

Background: Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM) is an autosomal recessive, adult onset, non-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder with no effective treatment. The causative gene, GNE, codes for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, which catalyzes the first two reactions in the synthesis of sialic acid. Reduced sialylation of muscle glycoproteins, such as α-dystrogl...

Published in Interfaces, 12 (October 1982), 62-74

Our hypothetical experiment is an extension of the Kosinski study [Ross 1979, 1982]. In 1979, Ross typed up Jerry Kosinski s novel Steps and submitted it, untitled, to fourteen major publishing houses and thirteen literary agents. This novel, which had won the prestigious National Book Award for fiction in 1969, was rejected by all, including Random House, its original publisher. No one recogni...

Animal Science E-News - October 2009

The Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Laminitis is a painful lameness condition that can affect any breed of horse or pony. Although the exact mechanics of...

Hans Grüneberg: 26 May 1907-23 October 1982.