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Centers forDiseaseControl, Atlanta, GA, 1982.(The manual may be obtained by writing Dr. Gerald R. Cooper, Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control,Atlanta, GA 30333.) 3. Hutt Y, Kior HU, WechslerJG, DitschuneitH. Three different methods for estimating high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Clin Chim Acta 128, 173-176 (1983). 4. Chicaud P, LambertD, Mejean L, eta!. Comparative...

Großer Müggelsee and Langer See are limnologically similar but during an investigation from 1990 until 1993 marked differences were observed in the species that dominated during the summer blooms. Two distinct planktonic communities could be recognised, one dominated by ”Planktothrix agardhii” and the other by ”Aphanizomenon flos-aquae/Microcystis spp.”. A sensitive moment for the differentiati...

The long-term strategy of the academic library community needs to focus on improved cost effectiveness rather than becoming preoccupied with the short-term effects of budget reductions. Fortunately, the rise of consortia and the maturing of the automation environment provide a conducive environment for substantial gains in the cost-benefi t ratio over a wide range of library services. Examples ...

We recently developed a highly effective immunization procedure for the generation of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (E. Weiland, M. Wieczorek-Krohmer, D. Kohl, K. K. Conzelmann, and F. Weiland, Vet. Microbiol. 66:171-186, 1999). The same method was used to produce a panel of 16 MAbs specific for the equine arteritis virus (...

In a commentary in Vol. 20. No. 3, ofthis joumal, Ashby and Lcigibcl [ 19921 warned of possible confusion in the understanding of gcnotoxic and nongenotoxic carcinogens becausc thc ncw transgenic mutation assays might open thc possihility of dctecting mutagenic activitics of chemieals unrclated to their presence in the cell at the momcnt of mutation initiation. They reasoncd that carcinogcns ab...

LONDON (AP) — Global lead ­ ers today reminded Bill Clinton of W ashington’s responsibilities as the sole superpow er and said revitalizing the U.S. economy is im portant to the entire world. Iraqis danced in the streets to celebrate President Bush’s loss, but Kuwaitis were heartbroken. Across the continents, reaction was generally upbeat, although s e v e ra l le a d e r s e x p re s s e d con...

Antigenic sites for six monoclonal antibodies that bind to the alpha subunit (G alpha) of the photoreceptor guanyl nucleotide-binding protein (G-protein or transducin) have been determined. Five of these antibodies (4A, 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D) were shown in the preceding paper (Hamm, H. E., Deretic, D., Hofmann, K. P., Schleicher, A., and Kohl, B. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 10831-10838) to block G-...

BACKGROUND: On March 22, 2002, Internet-based reports (IBRs) were added to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to allow rapid, expedited reporting of adverse events (AEs) in anticipation of wider use of counter-bioterrorism vaccines such as those against smallpox and anthrax. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of IBRs on the timeliness and completeness of vaccine AE reporting. ME...

It is my pleasure to offer you the first issue of the Newsletter under the new editorship. The team, which includes Brooke Harrington as book review editor, Sebastian Kohl as editorial assistant and Christina Glasmacher who puts it all together, will publish this and the next two issues. We will keep the spirit of the Newsletter, and have a thematic structure of each issue. In the three issues,...