Of a similar mind was Dr. Emmett Dent, for many years Superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital. After segregating a number of patients for a time and recording the effects of especially selected music upon them, Dr. Dent became an enthusiastic user of music as a means of alleviating some of the symptoms of the unsound mind. He said : "Music is responsible for cures among the insane, and i...

This new section will contain review articles that focus on a particular disease or public health policy. This month there are two public health reviews. The first, by Philippe G. Kestelyn & Emmett T. Cunningham Jr, deals with the ocular problems associated with HIV/AIDS. It is followed by a review, by John P. Whitcher, M. Srinivasan, & Madan P. Upadhyay, of the global problem presented by corn...

Moisture sorption studies have been carried out on 16 low moisture foodstuffs at 27°C and based on the major type of constituent, viz starch. fat, protein and high hygroscopicity. the isotherms have been divided into four groups. The moisture sorption behaviour over 0.060.92 water activity of the foods has indicated that the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) equation is applicable generally up to 0....

This study investigates the feasibility of using ethylene oxide chain adsorption to determine the surface area of an expandable clay, montmorillonite. Experimental results indicate that high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) or nonionic surfactant with long ethylene oxide chain should be used to provide reasonable estimations for monolayer capacity. The method has advantages over Brunauer, ...

Nano-sized ZnO particles of specific morphology were synthesized using the plant leaf extracts of Aloe vera. The structures, morphology, optical properties, surface area and thermal behavior of these fabricated ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Ultravioletvisible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Photoluminescence (PL)/flourescence spectro...

Contributions of the Medical Corps of the Army to Special Articles: the Public Health Laboratory: COLONEL EDGAR ERSKINE HUME........................... 293 The Effect of Tryptophane D ficiency on Reproduction: DR. ANTHONY A. ALBANESE, ROMAINE Thomas Jefferson, the Scientist: FREDERICK E. MCI. RANDALL and DR. L. EMMETT HOLT, JR. BRoasCHfero,.300tnts:FRDRIEE Influence of Fever upon the Action of ...

When Sugiura and Benedict (1) concluded from their work with pigeons and squabs that vitamin A was not required for avian nutrition, a fundamental distinction, if true, in the nutritional requirement of birds and mammals was made. It would seem, of course, that such an observation could not go unchallenged for any length of time, especially when the entire gamut of avian life was included. Cons...

The measured dynamic surface tension of a water drop in air saturated by heptane vapor shows a sharp decrease from about 60 mN m−1 to 40 mN m−1, and less after a certain adsorption time. The observed adsorption kinetics is analyzed by a theoretical model based on multilayer adsorption of alkanes from the vapor phase at the water surface. The model assumes a dependence of the kinetic coefficient...

Nickel molybdate (NiMoO₄) nanoparticles were synthesized via calcination of an oxalate complex in static air at 500 °C. The oxalate complex was analyzed by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The as-synthesized nickel molybdate was characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technique (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron micros...