The Effect of Voids in Mineral Aggregate (VMA) on Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavements

This research project investigates the level of Voids in the Mineral Aggregate (VMA) in Minnesota paving projects. Researchers analyzed 10 paving projects from 1996 to determine if a VMA decrease occurred, the magnitude of the de =crease, and the potential causes of the decrease. Potential causes include the generation of fines, high-production temperatures, and long storage or cure times. Three of the 10 projects had a VMA decrease of 1.9 or more. These three projects also had the highest plant temperatures and fairly long storage times, which makes increased asphalt absorption a likely cause of the VMA decrease. Five projects showed a moderate drop in VMA. Most had some increases in fines, and some had moderately high plant temperatures and storage times. The two projects with little or no changes in VMA had very little change in gradation, and moderate to low plant temperatures and storage times

Cellular and genetic analysis of mouse blastocyst development

The development of mouse embryos was studied by both cellular and genetic approaches. In the cellular analysis, determination of cell fate in blastocysts and in cell populations derived from them was studied in an attempt to estimate the time that these cells become committed to their fate. In the genetic analysis, existing mutations that are lethal to mouse embryos were used to discern essential features of early development. In this review, the timing of cell determination in the inner cell mass and the primary ectoderm, and the manifestation of defects in mouse embryos that are homozygous for the A/sup y/ allele of the agouti locus were considered

ヒト角化細胞の分裂軸方向性に対する変様RhoGDIβの影響

修第806号生命システム科学修士（生命システム科学）県立広島大