To each its own meaning: an introduction to biblical criticisms and their application

Reviewed Book: Haynes, Stephen R. To each its own meaning: an introduction to biblical criticisms and their application. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993

Meet the Prophets: A Beginner\u27s Guide to the Books of the Biblical Prophets--Their Meaning Then and Now

Reviewed Book: Miller, John W. Meet the Prophets: A Beginner\u27s Guide to the Books of the Biblical Prophets--Their Meaning Then and Now. New York: Paulist Press, 1987

Aids to the Psalms: Cycle C

Reviewed Book: Drennan, Hugh H. Aids to the Psalms: Cycle C. Lima, Ohio: CSS Pub, 1991

Spiritual life: the foundation for preaching and teaching

Reviewed Book: Westerhoff, John H. Spiritual life: the foundation for preaching and teaching. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994

Israel and the politics of land: a theological case study

Reviewed Book: March, W Eugene. Israel and the politics of land: a theological case study. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994

Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament

Reviewed Book: Westermann, Claus. Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991

Strong, loving and wise: an ordination sermon

2 Timothy 1:1-1

Moth Species New to Michigan

This is a compilation of moth species previously unrecorded from Michigan. Moore\u27s (1955) publication has been critically examined necessitating some specific changes. All questionable material has been determined by present day specialists in their particular fields. The McDunnough (1938) checklist is followed in the arrangement of the new data together with most of the recent changes in nomenclature as presented by Forbes (1948, 1954, 1960), Hardwick (1970), Hodges (1971), and Covell (1970, 1971). With the advent of more sophisticated collecting equipment and the easier access to Michigan\u27s Upper Peninsula a total of 154 species has been added. Many institutional and private collections have been examined including the large collection at Michigan State University which was not considered in the Moore publication

Site-saturation studies of β-lactamase: Production and characterization of mutant β-lactamases with all possible amino acid substitutions at residue 71

A mutagenic technique that "saturates" a particular site in a protein with all possible amino acid substitutions was used to study the role of residue 71 in β-lactamase (EC 3.5.2.6). Threonine is conserved at residue 71 in all class A β-lactamases and is adjacent to the active site Ser-70. All 19 mutants of the enzyme were characterized by the penam and cephem antibiotic resistance they provided to Escherichia coli LS1 cells. Surprisingly, cells producing any of 14 of the mutant β-lactamases displayed appreciable resistance to ampicillin; only cells with mutants having Tyr, Trp, Asp, Lys, or Arg at residue 71 had no observable resistance to ampicillin. However, the mutants are less stable to cellular proteases than wild-type enzyme is. These results suggest that Thr-71 is not essential for binding or catalysis but is important for stability of the β-lactamase protein. An apparent change in specificity indicates that residue 71 influences the region of the protein that accommodates the side chain attached to the β-lactam ring of the substrate

Characterisation of porous solids using small-angle scattering and NMR cryoporometry

The characteristics of several porous systems have been studied by the use of small-angle neutron scattering [SANS] and nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR] techniques. The measurements reveal different characteristics for sol-gel silicas, activated carbons and ordered mesoporous silicas of the MCM and SBA type. Good agreement is obtained between gas adsorption measurements and the NMR and SANS results for pore sizes above 10 nm. Recent measurements of the water/ice phase transformation in SBA silicas by neutron diffraction are also presented and indicate a complex relationship that will require more detailed treatment in terms of the possible effects of microporosity in the silica substrate. The complementarity of the different methods is emphasised and there is brief discussion of issues related to possible future developments