s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r i a t e g r o u n d m o t i o n i s a k e y e l e m e n t w i t h i n a n y s e i s m i c a s s e s s m e n t o f s t r u c t u r e s. m a n y m e t h o d o l o g i e s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d i n o r d e r t o s e l e c t a n d s c a l e g r o u n d m o t i o n r e c o r d s f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f r e s p o n s e h i s t o r y a n a l y s i ...

John Rita, the Notre D am e Law g r a d u a te ac c u s e d of k ill ing th e n Notre D am e f r e s h m a n M a ra Fox with his ca r in the ear ly m orn ing hours of Nov. 13, 1993, will plead guilty on Feb. 6 to a m isdem eanor charge similar to his original felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. After deliberating for nine hours, a jury acquitted Rita in 1994 of caus­ ing F o...

T he m o la r ra tio o f R u B P carb o x y lase /o x y g en ase to th e C F , com plex w as d e te rm in ed in the wild type N. tabacum var. JW B an d in v a rio u s N. tabacum m u ta n ts , w hich d iffer w ith respect to th e ir c h lo ro p las t s tru c tu re an d th e ir p h o to sy n th e tic an d p h o to re sp ira to ry activ ity . It a p ­ pears th a t the ra tio R u B P carb o x y las...

In tro d u c tio n It is ju s t o v er six a n d a h a lf d ecad es ago tiia t th e f irs t q u ah fied s is te r tu to r (now d esig n a ted n u rse tu to r ) w as a p p o in te d in th is c o u n try . S o u th A fr ic a ’s f irs t siste r tu to r , a single y o u n g fem ale , w as recru ited fro m E n g lan d an d held th e d is tin c tio n o f b e ing a g o ld m ed a lis t o f th e N ig h ...

C ell lines and derived clones o f the m ouse plasm acytom a M OPC-315 w ere analyzed for: (1) oncogenicity in vivo , (2) doubling tim es in vitro , (3) differences in im m unoglobulin structure and secretion and (4) viral enzym e activity. Seven clones derived from the J27-3a line of M OPC-315 w ere less on­ cogenic than the original tum or and th e p aren t cell line. F our caused 80 to 90 p ...

Development of experimental models of proteins sustained release is a promising trend in modern biochemistry and biopharmacology. Application of proteins sustained release systems based on biopolymer microparticles allow to model prolonged protein action in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, the use of these devices in biopharmacology can eliminate the most of the drawbacks of traditional medicines: ...

Recently, much attention has been focused on t h e e ffe c t s of pes ticides on human health. This work was conducted to s tudy the effects of high maternal serum organochlorine pes ticides levels on umbilical cord serum pes ticides levels , neonatal birth weight and ges tational age. The present s tudy was carried out on 123 n ormal pregnant women from El-Kasr El-Eini Hospital and their newbo...

N otre Dame freshm an, Tom H am ilton , announced the for­ m ation o f the S tuden ts for Biafran Relief, a national o rgan­ ization designed to funnel funds to th e Nigerian Red Cross, w hich is conducting relief opera tions in Biafra. “ We are appalled by the con ­ d itions in the form er Biafran enclave. It is o u r objective to help alleviate these problem s. We hope th a t everybody will w...

a l t h o u g h m o s t c o m p a n i e s s p e n d l e s s o n p r o d u c t d e s i g n, e x p e r i e n c e s h o w s t h a t, t h e s e c o m p a n i e s h a v e t o p a y h i g h e r c o s t s d u e t o p r o d u c t i o n p r o b l e m s o r l o s s o f m a r k e t. l i t e r a t u r e s t u d i e s s h o w t h a t t h e d e s i g n f o r s i x s i g m a i s a p o w e r f u l a p p r o a ...