Historically, patient days were used to assess pharmacy staffing levels at Albany General Hospital. It was the impression of the director of pharmacy that patient days were an incomplete and therefore unacceptable indicator of personnel requirements. Therefore, a study was initiated to: 1) develop a methodology that would document and...
Data were taken from 47 animals consisting of five
breeds: Border Cheviot, Columbia, Dorset Horn, Suffolk,
and Willamette. Both sexes were represented in each breed,
although in unequal numbers. The pituitaries were assayed
for gonadotropic and thyrotropic hormone content by injecting
a suspension of the macerated gland in saline into...
The relationships of serum T₄
(thyroxine) levels and liver
nicotinamide nucleotide coenzyme (NAD and NADP) levels with production
of traits of beef cattle were investigated at both weaning (182
kg) and following performance testing (363 kg). In addition, the value
of these parameters as selection criteria for improved performance
was...
Tuberous sclerosis is a serious heritable human disorder
that involves many organ systems. It was first recognized as a
disease entity over a century ago. Its mode of transmission in
familial cases has been fairly well established to be that of a single
gene locus autosomal dominant trait. However, the...
From the 1860s into the 1920s Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925) was a staunch advocate of Darwinian evolution and of science education in the U. S. and likewise for several years in Japan. He had a major impact on the American public’s understanding of evolution, both before and after he became...