Influenza virus a t t ached to chicken red cells a t 37°C. is eventual ly eluted into the medium. The virus appears to be unchanged as a result of this experience, bu t the red cells are thereafter unable to adsorb new virus (1). Although much a t ten t ion has been devoted to this reaction, and some of its enzymat ic aspects elucidated, s tudy of the mechanism has been hindered b y lack of a s...

New transient suppressors using meta l oxide varistors offer improved protection of appliances and consumer electronics against overvoltages. This improvement, however, could be at t h e risk of imposing excessive duty on t h e suppressor in case of a very severe lightning s t roke near the house where these suppressors a r e installed. A simulated house wiring system was subjected to three lev...

l!v WILLIAM M. FKLNI II K.lil.i, ill I In, I. M V'l'l( "Ml-,.I NKWS ( h e a l s l r id rs f o r w a r d in tincdin•ai inmi l f ield may conf ident ly be expected o f State College w i t h i n the next lew years, a s u m m a r y u f the address In President \ . K. Brubacher before the eastern d ist r ic t a l umn i association Saturday, shows. A long w i th the projected expansion in physical eq...

The importance of the sulphydryl compound, glutathione, as one of the thermostable components of the oxidation-reduction system of living cells has been established by Sir F. G. Hopkins ( i) and his assoda t e s in the Biochemical Labora tory , Cambridge, and recent ly a me thod for the quant i ta t ive estimation o f S H groups in tissue has been proposed by Tunnicliffe (2). In a s tudy of the...

The presen t s tudy examines the s eman t i c problems involved in comput ing the meaning of the non s tandard uses of if. The cen t r a l ques t ion is whe the r or not it is necessary to in t roduce d i f f e r en t meanings of if. Austin proposed two non s tandard meanings for if. We show that these can be accoun ted for by the s t andard meaning t oge the r with shi f ts in the posi t ion o...

Middle East Technical Assistance Center (METAC) has arranged a two-phase capacity development (CD) for the Libyan Customs Administration (LCA) of Ministry Finance. The purpose this mission is to assess status ASYCUDA World (AW) prototype piloted in Port Tripoli and identify areas short-term CD support enabling LCA fully exploit AW functionalities. It will be followed by study tour promote peer ...

Background: Treatments f or Acute Lymphoblastic L eukemia (A.L.L.) cause significant side effects in children. Symptom alleviation affects treatment adherence and success. Purposes: Examine i n t wo co untries, during can cer t reatments, b y p arent report: (a) symptom occurrence and severity on the Therapy-Related Symptom Checklist for Ch ildren (TRSC-C); a nd ( b) s trategies to r elieve s y...

In this lecture I shall try to serve two p u r p o s e s : (1) I hope to give you an impression of the way ethologists s tudy the behaviour of fish, (2) I want to show you why fish can be extremely valuable subjects for the s tudy of a number of behaviour problems of crucial fundamental importance. As this special suitability is based on the capacity of changing rapidly and reversibly the body ...