Ethanol i s a known tes t i cu la r tox in and i s known to impai r reproduc t ive per formance in exper imenta l an imals and humans . Our p rev ious s tudy wi th Wis ta r rats demonstrated the deleterious effects of e thanol in t es tes inc lud ing tes t i cu la r atrophy, germ cell apoptosis, oxidative stress and reduced steroidogenesis (1, 2) . We had also reported alcohol abuse in men resu...

NBC N ig h tly News a nch o r Tom Brokaw w ill be the princ i­ pal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws de­ gree at N o tre D am e ’s 148 th com m encem ent exercises on May 16. The Em m y A w a rd w in n e r serves as bo th a n ch o r and m anag ing e d ito r o f “ NBC N ig h tly News w ith Tom Brokaw” and also anchors “The B rokaw R e p o rt,” a series o f p e rio d ic p ri...

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

A lth ou g h m ost in d iv id u a ls who move off-campus make the move w ith a group o f friends, off-campus students must often face a sense o f isolation from on-campus life and events, ac­ cording to Cecelia I3urger, a se­ nior who moved off-campus in the sum m er betw een her sophomore and jun io r years. " I f you re a lly w a n t to be a round people a ll the tim e , don't move off-campus...

Saint Mary’s College students w ill select class officers from a variety of tickets tomorrow. The Class o f 1994 w ill have four tickets to choose from this T hu rsda y in c lu d in g c u rre n t ju n io r class p re s id e n t, Beth Petrovic. A ll candidates w ant to sup­ p o rt the Saint M ary ’s sesquicentennial com m ittee’s events surrounding the Class of 1994. P e trov ic , i f e lected ,...

A te c h n iq u e o f passive h em ag g lu tina tion in h ib itio n (P H I) has b e e n u sed to m on ito r lev e ls o f carc ino em bryon ic a n tig en (CEA) in h u m an sera follow ­ in g surg ical th e rap y . C E A w as co u p led to h u m an ty p e O -negative e ry th ro ­ cytes in th e p re sen ce o f b is-d iazo tized b e n z id in e . P re-op era tive an d post­ o p e ra tiv e se ra fro...

We start by describing two of the main proposals for duality in Abelian gauge theories, namely F (ield strength)-duality approach and the S-duality formalism. We then discuss how F -duality and S-duality can be applied to the case of linearized gravity. By emphasizing the similarities and differences between these two type of dualities we explore the possibility of combining them in just one du...

Radioarsenic labeled radiopharmaceuticals cou ld add sp ecial features to molecular im agingwith positron emission tomography (PET). For example the long phy sical half-lives ofAs(T1/2 = 26 h) and As (T1/2 = 17.8 d) in conjunction with their high positron branching rates of88 % a nd 29 % respecti vely, all ow the investigation of slow p hysiological or metabolicalprocess...

Ba c k g ro und: Ch ro nic air w ay dis e as e s ar e ofte n as s o-ciated w ith m arke d m ucus p r oduction , h ow eve r, little is kn ow n abo ut th e r e gulation of s ecr etory activity by locally re leas ed en dogen ous m ediators. Aim: Th is in ves tigation w as p e r fo r m ed to de te r m in e th e r ele as e o f MUC5AC m ucin fr o m h um an br o nch ia l p r ep aratio ns us in g th e ...

W e s tu d ie d s h o r tte rm c h an g e s in v e g e ta tio n fo r tw o y e a rs fo llo w in g a s u m m e r w ild fire o n th e w in te r ra n g e s o f S ie rra N evada b ig h o rn s h e e p {Ovis canadensis sierrae). Forbs d o m in a te d b u rn e d a re a s a n d s h ru b s d o m in a te d u n b u rn e d a reas . G re en fo rage (n e w -g ro w th o f a ii fo rage c ia sses ) b io m a ss r...