Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 341)

This bibliography lists 133 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during September 1990. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance

Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 324)

This bibliography lists 200 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during May, 1989. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance

Explorations, Vol. 3, No. 3

Cover: Artwork by Marcia Spencer, University of Maine art student. Articles include: Characterization of Normal and Carcinogen Induced Neoplastic Cells of Teleost Origin, by Tim Lyden Attitutdes and Opinions of Maine Dairy Farmers, by John Muth and James Leiby Background: the quest for the eighteen month oyster, by Kevin Scully The Quest for the Eighteen Month Oyster, by Kevin Scully Measurement of Surface Tension of Kraft Black Liquor, by Jayalakshmi Jaya Krishnagopalan From the former student, by Jayalakshmi Krishnagopalan From the faculty advisor, by Ivar H. Stockel Aquatic Fungal Decomposers in Two Adjacent Maine Lakes of Different Acidity, by Peter Wagner Studies on a New Mouse Mutation, by Luanne L. Peters Opportunities for Students: Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Research Programs, by Mark W. Anderson Experimental Embryogenesis in Red Pine, by Judy C. Gates The V-Notched Lobster in Maine, by Cheryl Waltz Undernutrition in a Pediatric Population, by Paula Quatromoni From the Advisor Archaeology of the Central Maine Coast, by Douglas Kellogg Marketing Strategies for Computer Consultants in Small Business, by Kimberly Dagher Our Cover Artist From the Advisor, by James Lineha

Group Lesson Training Packet(s) on the Selection and the Uses of Personal Computers in ther Home

The purpose of this project report was to provide a group lesson training packet on the selection and the uses of personal computers in the home including information on their history, their basic components, the criteria to evaluate the need for one, and resource materials available on the topic. The instructional materials developed included: a leader\u27s guide, visual aids, a videocassette tape, an activity sheet, information sheets, two evaluation tools, and a partial listing of existing Extension instructional materials on microcomputers

A Radiotelemetry Study of Colonic Motility in Patients With Diverticular Disease

Diverticular disease of the colon has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Reduced intake of dietary fibre resulting in a corresponding increase in intracolonic pressure is one hypothesis which has been suggested to be of importance in the pathophysiology of the disease. Fibre supplements have been prescribed empirically for this condition and promote symptomatic relief in the majority of patients. However, the relationship between fibre and colonic motility remains uncertain. Studies performed using open-ended or balloon-tipped catheters have shown that diverticulosis is associated with raised parameters of colonic motility, although more recent work in asymptomatic patients with diverticular disease has failed to confirm this. The discrepancy may be due to the difference in technique used to measure colonic motility. A non-invasive system for measuring colonic motility, based on a traditional pressure sensitive radiotelemetry capsule has been developed and validated. Patterns of intracolonic pressure associated with the pathophysiology of diverticular disease and fibre therapy have been reexamined . Data from the studies described in this thesis has shown a link between certain parameters of colonic motility in the left hemicolon and severity of diverticular disease. One parameter, the motility index increased with the severity of diverticular disease at rest, following food, and during sleep. The motility index of the right hemicolon has also been found to rise as the number of diverticula increase in the left hemicolon. In another study reported here, four weeks of ispaghula therapy in patients with diverticular disease was shown to reduce whole gut transit time and increase motility, primarily by its effect in the right hemicolon. The studies described in this thesis demonstrate changes in colonic motility associated with diverticular disease. Whether these changes are causal or result from the disease process cannot be established from the data. However, the technique for assessing colonic motility characterised here can be applied to future studies of diverticular disease and other colonic disorders

US monkey and rat experiments flown on the Soviet Satellite Cosmos 1514

On December 14, 1983, the U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 1514, an unmanned spacecraft carrying biological and radiation physics experiments from nine countries, including five from the United States. This was the fourth flight with U.S. experiments aboard one of the Soviet unmanned spacecraft. The Cosmos 1514 flight was limited to five days duration because it was the first nonhuman primate flight. Cosmos 1514 marked a significant departure from earlier flights both in terms of Soviet goals and the degree of cooperation between the U.S.S.R. and the United States. This flight included more than 60 experiments on fish, crawfish eggs, plants and seeds, 10 Wistar pregnant rats, and 2 young adult rhesus monkeys as human surrogates. United States specialist participated in postflight data transfer and specimen transfer, and conducted rat neonatal behavioral studies. An overview of the mission is presented focusing on preflight, on-orbit, and postflight activites pertinent to the five U.S. experiments aboard Cosmos

Monitor Newsletter September 09, 1991

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Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 325)

This bibliography lists 192 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during June, 1989. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance