128 research outputs found
Addressing counselors' personal issues in supervision : perceived impact of experience level on various aspects of the supervisory relationship
This study examined the impact that counselors' level of experience (i.e., entry-level and advanced) and discussion of counselors' personal issues had on four variables (i.e., supervisory relationship, supervisor's interactional style, supervision session quality, and postsession mood). The interaction between and main effects for level of experience and treatment were explored. Through an analogue study, participants viewed two treatment vignettes of segments of supervision sessions, one in which the supervisor focused on the counselor's personal issues and the other in which the supervisor focused on the counselor's behavior. Participants rated the four variables on previously established instruments. Entry-level (master's-level students or graduates who had completed one master's-level, supervised internship) and advanced (doctoral-level students or graduates who had completed one supervised internship at the doctoral level) counselors were from one CACREP-approved counselor education program in North Carolina. Responses were received from 20 master's-level and 20 doctoral-level counselors. Correlations on the scales of the three instruments were compared. Relationships were examined between the scores on each of the instruments and on experience level and treatment. Comparisons of responses given by entry-level and advanced counselors were investigated for interaction effects with the two treatments
Cyclin E and Its Associated cdk Activity Do Not Cycle during Early Embryogenesis of the Sea Urchin
Female sea urchins store their gametes as haploid eggs. The zygote enters S-phase 1 h after fertilization, initiating a series of cell cycles that lack gap phases. We have cloned cyclin E from the sea urchin Cyclin E is synthesized during oogenesis, is present in the germinal vesicle, and is released into the egg cytoplasm at oocyte maturation. Cyclin E synthesis is activated at fertilization, although there is no increase in cyclin E protein levels due to continuous turnover of the protein. Cyclin E protein levels decline in morula embryos, while cyclin E mRNA levels remain high. After the blastula stage, cyclin E mRNA and protein levels are very low, and cyclin E expression is predominant only in cells that are actively dividing. These include cells in the left coelomic pouch, which forms the adult rudiment in the embryo. The cyclin E present in the egg is complexed with a protein kinase. Activity of the cyclin E/cdk2 changes little during the initial cell cycles. In particular, cyclin E-cdk2 levels remain high during both S-phase and mitosis. Our results suggest that progression through the early embryonic cell cycles in the sea urchin does not require fluctuations in cyclin E kinase activity
Far-Ultraviolet Observations of RR Lyrae Stars in the Core of NGC 1851
There are extraordinarily few far ultraviolet observations of RR Lyrae stars
in the literature. We present Hubble Space Telescope FUV (~1600 A) imaging of
the core of the globular cluster NGC 1851. Eleven new variables whose light
curves are consistent with those of RR Lyr stars are discovered, increasing the
total number of RR Lyr known in this cluster by a substantial amount. In
agreement with basic physical theory, the observed amplitude of the variables
in the FUV is enormous compared with the century of past optical observations,
ranging up to 4 mag. HST STIS FUV observations of cluster cores may prove an
especially effective means of obtaining a near-complete census of RR Lyr stars,
combining high angular resolution, suppression of luminous red stars, and data
where the stellar pulsation amplitudes are greatly enhanced. Attention is also
drawn to a peculiar blue object in the cluster that is most probably a low mass
x-ray binary system in quiescence.Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 128, Nov.
2004, 13 pages, 4 figures, AASTeX v5.
Image-Subtraction Photometry of Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441
We have applied Alard's image subtraction method (ISIS v2.1) to the
observations of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 previously analyzed
using standard photometric techniques (DAOPHOT, ALLFRAME). In this reanalysis
of observations obtained at CTIO, besides recovering the variables previously
detected on the basis of our ground-based images, we have also been able to
recover most of the RR Lyrae variables previously detected only in the analysis
of Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 observations of the inner region of NGC6441. In
addition, we report five possible new variables not found in the analysis of
the HST observations of NGC 6441. This dramatically illustrates the
capabilities of image subtraction techniques applied to ground-based data to
recover variables in extremely crowded fields. We have also detected twelve new
variables and six possible variables in NGC 6388 not found in our previous
ground-based studies. The revised mean period for RRab stars in NGC 6388 is
0.676 day, while the mean period of RRab stars in NGC 6441 is unchanged at
0.759 day. These values are among the largest known for any galactic globular
cluster. Additional probable type II Cepheids were identified in NGC 6388,
confirming its status as a metal-rich globular cluster rich in Cepheids.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures. AJ, in pres
Image-Subtraction Photometry of the Globular Cluster M3: identification of new double-mode RR Lyrae stars
We have applied the image subtraction method to the M3 dataset previously
analyzed by Corwin & Carney (2001; CC01). The new analysis produced light
curves and periods for 15 variables, bringing to 222 the total number of RR
Lyrae stars in CC01 M3 dataset. We have identified three new candidate
double-mode (RRd) variables (V13, V200, and V251) in M3. Of the newly
discovered RRd's V13 is unusual in that it has the fundamental as the dominant
pulsation mode. Two of the new candidate RRd's (V13 and V200) have period
ratios as low as 0.738-0.739. They lie separated from all previously known
RRd's in the Petersen diagram, in positions implying a large spread in mass
and/or, less likely, in heavy element mass fraction, among the M3 horizontal
branch (HB) stars. We explore mass transfer and helium enhancement as possible
explanations for the apparent spread in HB masses. We also note that the masses
derived from the RRd analyses now favor little mass loss on the red giant
branch. V200 has changed its dominant pulsation mode from fundamental to first
overtone, while V251 has changed its dominant mode from first overtone to
fundamental in the interval 1992 to 1993. Together with M3-V166 this is the
first time that RRd variables are observed to switch their dominant pulsation
modes while remaining RRd's. The phenomenon is found to occur in a one year
time-span thus suggesting that these stars are undergoing a rapid evolutionary
phase, and that both redward and blueward evolution may take place among the HB
stars in M3. The unusual behavior of the M3 RRd's is discussed and compared to
that of the RRd's identified so far in globular clusters and in the field of
our and other Local Group galaxies. We find lack of correlation between the
presence of RRd variables and any of the cluster structural parameters.Comment: 38 pages, 16 figures, AJ in pres
Horizontal Branch Stars: The Interplay between Observations and Theory, and Insights into the Formation of the Galaxy
We review HB stars in a broad astrophysical context, including both variable
and non-variable stars. A reassessment of the Oosterhoff dichotomy is
presented, which provides unprecedented detail regarding its origin and
systematics. We show that the Oosterhoff dichotomy and the distribution of
globular clusters (GCs) in the HB morphology-metallicity plane both exclude,
with high statistical significance, the possibility that the Galactic halo may
have formed from the accretion of dwarf galaxies resembling present-day Milky
Way satellites such as Fornax, Sagittarius, and the LMC. A rediscussion of the
second-parameter problem is presented. A technique is proposed to estimate the
HB types of extragalactic GCs on the basis of integrated far-UV photometry. The
relationship between the absolute V magnitude of the HB at the RR Lyrae level
and metallicity, as obtained on the basis of trigonometric parallax
measurements for the star RR Lyrae, is also revisited, giving a distance
modulus to the LMC of (m-M)_0 = 18.44+/-0.11. RR Lyrae period change rates are
studied. Finally, the conductive opacities used in evolutionary calculations of
low-mass stars are investigated. [ABRIDGED]Comment: 56 pages, 22 figures. Invited review, to appear in Astrophysics and
Space Scienc
Developing Biotemplated Data Storage: Room Temperature Biomineralization of L1<inf>0</inf> CoPt Magnetic Nanoparticles
L10 cobalt platinum can be used to record data at approximately sixfold higher densities than it is possible to on existing hard disks. Currently, fabricating L10 CoPt requires high temperatures (≈500 °C) and expensive equipment. One ecological alternative is to exploit biomolecules that template nanomaterials at ambient temperatures. Here, it is demonstrated that a dual affinity peptide (DAP) can be used to biotemplate L10 CoPt onto a surface at room temperature from an aqueous solution. One part of the peptide nucleates and controls the growth of CoPt nanoparticles from solution, and the other part binds to SiO2. A native silicon oxide surface is functionalized with a high loading of the DAP using microcontact printing. The DAP biotemplates a monolayer of uniformly sized and shaped nanoparticles when immobilized on the silicon surface. X-ray diffraction shows that the biotemplated nanoparticles have the L10 CoPt crystal structure, and magnetic measurements reveal stable, multiparticle zones of interaction, similar to those seen in perpendicular recording media. This is the first time that the L10 phase of CoPt has been formed without high temperature/vacuum treatment (e.g., annealing or sputtering) and offers a significant advancement toward developing environmentally friendly, biotemplated materials for use in data storage
The coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor acts as a tumour suppressor in malignant glioma cells
Personalised dosing: Printing a dose of one's own medicine
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Ink-jet printing is a versatile, precise and relatively inexpensive method of depositing small volumes of solutions with remarkable accuracy and repeatability. Although developed primarily as a technology for image reproduction, its areas of application have expanded significantly in recent years. It is particularly suited to the manufacture of low dose medicines or to short production runs and so offers a potential manufacturing solution for the paradigm of personalised medicines. This review discusses the technical and clinical aspects of ink-jet printing that must be considered in order for the technology to become widely adopted in the pharmaceutical arena and considers applications in the literature
Enzymatically-Controlled Biomimetic Synthesis of Titania/Protein Hybrid Thin films
Although it is widely recognised that enzymes play a significant role in sculpting complex silica skeletons in marine sponges, the potential for exploiting enzymes in materials synthesis has not yet been fully harnessed. In this work we show that the digestive enzyme papain can self-assemble into monolayers on oxide surfaces, where they then drive the formation of crystalline titanium dioxide nanoparticles. This dual functionality of thin film formation and mineralization promotion has the potential to enable the construction of hierarchical inorganic/organic structures in the form of continuous amorphous titania/protein films which can be refined to 93% anatase post annealing. Additional control over the film thickness is afforded by layer-by-layer processing using a simple dip-coating approach. Papain's TiO₂-mineralizing activity displays complex kinetics that deviates from the native Michaelis–Menten kinetic activity, yet deactivation studies demonstrate that this activity relies upon residues that are essential for catalytic site function. These parameters provide unique insight into enzymatic biomineralization, allowing a flexible route to achieving bioengineered titania heterostructures, and potentially providing a green-chemistry solution to photovoltaic cell development
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