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Item Factors influencing the pattern of female lawlessness and contributing to the emergence of the violent female offender(1978-12) Jaber, Melinda Ann; Albert, Charles Rodney; Davis, Ethelyn; Gilbert, NormaItem Marital satisfaction: A comparative study of black and white college students' attitudes toward marriage(1978-12) An, Judy Yi-Bii Li; Albert, Charles Rodney; Davis, Ethelyn; Johansen, Elinor; McGeehon, Carl; Malhotra, ValerieItem Atomic fluorination of selected organic compounds(1978-12) Shariff, Syeda Ruqia; Sams, Lewis C.; Hamilton, Walter; Hurdis, Everett; Johnson, James; Mecay, WilliamItem The status of the sociology of aging as evidenced in a content anlysis of the Journal of Gerontology and the Gerontologist(1978-12) Stern, Ruth Byers; Johansen, Elinor; Albert, Rodney; Davis, Ethelyn; Martin, Cora; McGeehon, CarolNo abstract availableItem Language Instruments and Measures for Evaluation of Children and Adolescents: A Handbook for Speech and Language Clinicians(1979-05-30) Barbee, Jeanette Patterson; Ryan, Don; Dobson, Mary; Deal, RandolphItem The Federal Equal Rights Amendment as an issue in the Texas Legislature 1971-1975(1979-12) Ross, Charlotte Guinn; Yarborough, Kemp; Gilbert, NormaItem Police officer: The person and the role an exploratory study of the extent to which the role affects the person(1979-12) Adams, E. R. (Rae) Banks; Albert, Rodney; Johansen, Elinor; McGeehon, Carl; Jolly, Virginia; Davis, EthelynItem Dimension of familism: A study of roles and relationships(1980-05-31) Goodman, Patsy; Davis, Ethelyn; Fuller, Marie; Johansen, Elinor; Benson, Leonard; Amos, IrisPurpose. The major focus of this study was to clarify the problem proposed by Nye and Rushing (1969) of conceptualization and measurement of integration into one's family. Familism and integration into one's kin-network were identified as one and the same concept. The dimensions of familism were specified as attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors (the same as Nye and Rushing's use of the terms consensual, affectual, and association integration), and the sum of these or cumulative familism. Methodology. A mailed questionnaire was used to collect data from residents in one Texas community. The sampling method chosen was systematic random sampling using the Denton telephone directory as the sampling frame. Data were collected during July and August 1979. The two weighted samples yielded a 51 percent return rate. The final sample on which the study was based consisted of 145 persons. While not representative of the ethnic or sexual characteristics of the community, the sample approximated the modal characteristics present. Hypotheses and Findings. The hypotheses were relational and non-directional in nature. Hypothesis I. "Age and role-position will be associated with the dimensions of familism" was in general substantiated. Hypothesis II. "A relationship will exist between Heller's familism scale and a derived attitudinal scale" was also supported, although the derived attitudinal scale was more highly associated with and predictive of other components of familism than was Heller's scale. Hypothesis III. "A relationship will exist between the familistic dimensions" was also supported. Attitudes and behaviors together were found to be predictive of r('2) .88 or almost 90 percent of the variation in cumulative familism. Perceptions, while related to both perceptions and behaviors, were not highly predictive of cumulative familism. In addition, data used to analyze Research Question I. "What will be the pattern of familism among the sample," revealed that the study sample reflects patterns of the companionate family (Burgess) and the conjugal family (Goode). Summary and Conclusions. The model was supported. Familism appears to be both a composite of several dimensions and to consist of separate components. The interactive effect between attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors was demonstrated, and the multivariate analyses were used to form a heuristic model of familism. Familism appears to be embedded within a network of family relationships, and while changes in components of familism change throughout the life cycle, cumulative familism appears to be age independent.Item A spectrophotometric procedure for phytate determination(1980-12) Erwin, Kathy Jean; Wendel, Carlton; Barton, Janice; Stewart, GeorgeNo abstract availableItem A catalytic model of collective behavior(1980-12-30) Deneen, Jeffrey; Malhotra, Valerie; Fuller, Marie; Johansen, ElinorThe purpose of this thesis was to develop a model of collective behavior based on the process of catalysis that would be descriptive as well as yield testable hypotheses, A review of the past theories in the field revealed that each presented a unique view of collective behavior, but none adequately described the phenomenon in a comprehensive manner. The catalytic model was tendered, based on the symbolic interaction school of thought in sociology. The model was used to describe the events in a religious gathering as well as the generalizations made about riots by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Finally, the Model was used to create a series of hypotheses dealing with collective behavior that can be tested. The viability of the model was said to rest on the researcher's ability to test it,Item Cross antigenicity of proteins released from peripheral nerves of four classes of vertebrates: a fluorescent immunohistochemical study(1981-05-31) Garwood, Margaret Mary; Hines, John; Rudick, MichaelThe efflux protein from frog sciatic nerve was purified, quantitated, and its electrophoretic properties were determined. The 8th and 9th dorsal root ganglia and attached sciatic nerves from 6 frogs were excised and placed in a two-compartment chamber. The ganglia were incubated in ('3)H-leucine in Ringer (2000 (mu)Ci/ml) and oxygenated for the duration of the run (22 hours). The axons were bathed in oxygenated frog Ringer with cycloheximide to inhibit the incorporation of isotope into protein by non-neuronal cells. At the end of the run, the nerve trunk preparations were removed and placed into 10% trichloroacetic acid to fix the nerve for axonal transport studies and remove any unincorporated radioactivity. The efflux-containing solution in the outer compartment (containing the nerve trunks) was collected and purified of plasma proteins ("treated") by "batch" immunoaffinity chromatography. Protein quantitation revealed that the amount of protein released from the nerve trunks was approximately 5 (mu)g protein per 100 mg tissue per 24 hours. Electrophoretic characterization of the efflux protein was accomplished by SDS and Tris polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The efflux protein, in both electrophoretic systems, was separable into three peaks. On SDS polyacrylamide gels, the three peaks were shown to have molecular weights of 110,000, 65,000, and 55,000 daltons. For the immunological and histological studies of the efflux protein, antibodies to purified efflux protein were produced for use with the indirect fluorescent antibody technique. By this technique, the released efflux protein was immunologically cross-reactive across a range of vertebrate classes; also, the three-dimensional distribution of the efflux protein in tissue sections appeared tube-like and suggests a possible association with axolemmal or myelin membranes.Item Sadat: The man of peace: Ruler of Egypt, 1970-1980(1981-08-31) Floyd, Patsy Marie; Belfiglio, Valentine; Yarborough, Kemp; Bulls, DerrellItem Modification of fecundity and fertility during oogenesis by gamma radiation and/or ozone with a cytological analysis in the ectoparasitic wasp, Habrobracon juglandis (Ashmead)(1984-05) Ofuoku, Edith; Erdman, Howard; Hupp, Eugene; Aboul-Ela, Mohamed; Fuerst, Robert; Schwalm, FritzIn Experiment I, adult female wasps were exposed to 44.1 ppm ozone for 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, and 27 h. The results indicated that the 27 h of ozone exposure produced 100% lethality on the first day. Exposures below 27 h progressively decreased life span with increasing length of exposure. In Experiment II A, adult virgin Habrobracon females were exposed to 44.1 ppm ozone for 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, and 24 h to determine the effects of ozone on fecundity (egg laying ability) and fertility (egg hatching ability). The results showed that ozone significantly decreased fecundity and fertility in all meiotic stages except metaphase I. In Experiment II B, adult virgin Habrobracon females were exposed to 0, 25, 35, 45, and 65 Gy of Co-60 gamma radiation. All treated wasps showed significant progressive decreases in fecundity and fertility with increases in radiation dose; females given 45 and 65 Gy experienced temporary infecundity and permanent sterility, respectively. The results indicated the differential sensitivity of the various meiotic stages. In Experiment II C, adult virgin Habrobracon females were exposed to 0, 22.5, or 45 Gy of Co-60 gamma radiation; to 0, 8, or 16 h of 44.1 ppm ozone; or to combinations thereof to determine the effects of these insults on fecundity and fertility. Together or singly ozone and radiation reduced fecundity and fertility. The co-insult treatments resulted in additive or synergistic effects. In Experiment III, adult virgin Habrobracon females were exposed to the conditions of Experiment II C to correlate by cytological examination of the ovarioles the effects of ionizing radiation and/or ozone on the germ cells at specific meiotic stages. The ovarioles from females exposed to 8 and 16 h ozone had gaps in the series of developing reproductive units and these abnormalities increased with time. Radiation doses above 22.5 Gy caused destruction of germ cells and degeneration or atrophy of the ovarioles; while, the co-insult treatments resulted in more adverse effects on the ovarioles than the single insults. Results obtained from the cytological study explain the fecundity and fertility observations.Item World War II and Camp Howze: The impact upon Gainesville and Cooke County, Texas(1984-08) Burns, Barbara K.; Collins, Michael; Swain, Martha; Belfiglio, ValentineItem Morphological and histochemical observations of hepatic peroxisomes and lysosomes of rats after treatment with methylmercuric chloride, hydrogen peroxide and gamma radiation(1985-08) Chowdhury, AnisuzzamanThe ultrastructure of cytochemically identified hepatic peroxisomes and lysosomes was studied at days 2, 7 and 21 following treatment with hydrogen peroxide (HP), methylmercuric chloride (MMC) and gamma radiation (I). The HP group received five daily intraperitoneal (IP) injections of 1.8 ml of 1.5% HP; the MMC group received a single IP injection of 6 mg MMC per kg body weight; the I group received 750 R whole body irradiation. Morphometric parameters were quantitated by stereological methods. The volume, surface and numerical densities on unbiased representative micrographs were estimated by point counting. The mean volume densities of hepatic peroxisomes of HP, MMC and I rats fell in the range of 0.94 (+OR-) 0.13 to 1.31 (+OR-) 0.14% of hepatocyte cytoplasm; surface densities ranged from 0.104 (+OR-) 0.013 to 0.127 (+OR-) 0.016 (mu)m('2)/(mu)m('3); numerical densities were in the range of 0.106 (+OR-) 0.013 to 0.128 (+OR-) 0.003 (mu)m('-3). The estimated mean volume densities of hepatic lysosomes of HP, MMC and I rats ranged from 0.45 (+OR-) 0.03 to 0.74 (+OR-) 0.04% of hepatocyte cytoplasm; mean surface densities ranged from 0.052 (+OR-) 0.002 to 0.077 (+OR-) 0.004 (mu)m('2)/(mu)m('3); mean numerical densities were in the range of 0.052 (+OR-) 0.004 to 0.070 (+OR-) 0.033 (mu)m('-3). None of the parameters showed any significant difference (P (LESSTHEQ) 0.05) between treated and control animals. Morphological observations revealed severe cytoplasmic degradation at day 2 after HP treatment which persisted to a moderate extent at day 7; no signs of toxic effect were observed at day 21. Livers of MMC treated rats demonstrated disruption of peroxisomal, lysosomal and mitochondrial membranes and formation of different shapes and sizes of peroxisomes at day 2. Damage appeared to be mild at day 7 and no apparent damage persisted until day 21. Following the whole body irradiation of 750 R, granularity in hepatic peroxisomes, accumulation of rough endoplasmic reticulum, loss of mitochondrial cristae and presence of polyribosomes and/or glycogen were observed at day 2. Seepage of hydrolytic enzymes from disrupted lysosomal membrane and persistence of polyribosomes or glycogen and dissolution of mitochondrial cristae were observed at day 7. Diffusion of reaction products from peroxisomes and apparent dissolution and peripheral movement of crystalline cores was observed at day 21 after irradiation.Item The role of poly (adp-ribose) metabolism in cell survival following various forms of stress(1985-08) Smith, Janice; Jacobson, Elaine; Robert, P.; Kendrick, MichaelThe role of poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism in cell survival following DNA damage and/or hyperthermia was examined. The effects of inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase on the recovery of cell division in C3H10T 1/2 cells following N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitroso-guanidine (MNNG) were examined. 3-methoxybenzamide (MBA), 3-aminobenzamide, and benzamide blocked recovery of cell division more effectively than did theophylline or caffeine. Three noninhibitory compounds, 3-methoxybenzoic acid, 3-aminobenzoic acid, and benzoic acid had no effect on the recovery of cell division. MBA synergistically enhanced the cytotoxicity of MNNG. In the presence of MBA, cells progressively lost the ability to resume cell division during the first 24 to 36 h following DNA damage. In the presence of MBA, the rates of RNA and protein synthesis following MNNG treatment were slightly higher than those in cells treated with MNNG alone while a dramatic decrease in the rate of DNA synthesis occurred approximately 16 h after MNNG treatment. These results suggested that poly(ADP-ribose) is required for subsequent rather than ongoing rounds of DNA synthesis following DNA damage. The effect of MBA on the survival of quiescent cells following MNNG treatment was examined. Quiescent cells effected repair of potentially lethal damage (PLD) over a 48 h period following 68 (mu)M MNNG treatment. In contrast to observations made with dividing cells, MBA had no effect on PLD repair. These results suggest that poly(ADP-ribosylation) is required to coordinate DNA repair with cell cycle progression following DNA damage in dividing cells. The effect of MBA following acute hyperthermia (45(DEGREES)C) was also examined. MBA synergistically potentiated the cytotoxicity of a 40 min, but not a 10 min, heat treatment. The time course of the development of thermotolerance was altered by the presence of MBA. When treatment with 34 (mu)M MNNG for 20 min was preceeded by a 10 min 45(DEGREES)C treatment, the cytotoxicity of MNNG was synergistically enhanced. The presence of MBA for 48 h following the combined heat and MNNG treatment further enhanced the observed cytotoxicity.Item Influence of niacin metabolism in malignant transformation in vitro(1985-12) Smith, DebraThe potential role of niacin metabolism in the prevention of carcinogen-induced malignant transformation was investigated. The conversion of niacin to NAD, and its subsequent conversion to poly(ADP-ribose) was blocked by using an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) or by nutritional depletion of the cellular NAD pool. Transformation frequency in exponentially dividing cells treated with the carcinogen, N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), was elevated 12-fold in the presence of 3-methoxybenzamide (MBA), a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. A two-fold increase in transformation frequency was observed in exponentially dividing, NAD-depleted cells treated with MNNG. In contrast, the transformation frequency of confluent cultures treated with MNNG was not affected by either method of perturbing niacin metabolism. However, a significant increase in spontaneous, noninduced transformations occurred in confluent cultures when niacin metabolism was perturbed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors or by niacin deprivation. These data suggest that poly(ADP-ribose) plays a critical role in recovery from DNA damage in exponentially dividing cells. Moreover, niacin metabolism may be involved in the prevention of spontaneous transformation in nondividing cells.Item Neuronal viability or death after dendrite amputation within 200 μm of the perikaryon: Correlation with electrophysiologic and morphological changes and the presence or absence of extracellular calcium(1986-05) Lucas, Jen; Gross, Guenter; Schwalm, Fritz; Jacobson, ElaineThe responses of cultured mammalian spinal neurons to physical trauma were observed following UV laser amputation of primary dendrites within 400 (mu)m of perikarya. The following observations were made. First, neuronal survival is a function of lesion distance from the perikaryon and of process diameter at the lesion site. For an average lesion diameter of 3.2 (mu)m, dendrite transections at 50 (mu)m, 100 (mu)m, and 150 (mu)m were associated with survival probabilities of 31%, 54% and 70% respectively. Second, the fate of the injured cells was definitely established 24 hours after injury and very likely was determined as early as two hours. Third, phase microscopic observation revealed that the early stages of deterioration leading to cell death were associated with increased cytoplasmic phase brightness; this optical effect correlated ultrastructurally with the appearance of numerous, small, electron-lucent vacuoles and swollen mitochondria. Fourth, the magnitude and time course of injury potentials recorded at the somata were a function of the lesion distance and did not return to prelesion levels within 30 minutes after transection. Fifth, at 24 hours after surgery, the average membrane potential of lesioned neurons was 8% below that of control neurons. Sixth, at a lesion distance of approximately 300 (mu)m both anticipated injury potentials and the probability of cell death approach zero. The influence of lesion physical parameters upon neuronal survival after dendrite amputation suggests that neuronal deterioration and death after dendrite amputation trauma depend upon the magnitude of the injury currents reaching the soma. Removal of the calcium from the culture medium, however, does not protect lesioned neurons and actually decreases the probability of survival. It is, therefore, hypothesized that the influx of external sodium after physical trauma may mediate the death of injured neurons both indirectly by triggering the release of endogenous mitochondrial calcium stores, and directly by causing osmotic swelling and irreversible damage to mitochondria.Item Mutagenesis in cultured cells with altered poly (Adp-ribose) metabolism(1986-05) Nunbhakdi, ViyadaPoly(ADP-ribose) is synthesized in response to DNA damage caused by either chemicals or radiation. The biological function of this polymer is not known. However, most of the evidence for role(s) of poly(ADP-ribose) is based on the inhibition of the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase by different inhibitors. When the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) is inhibited following DNA damage, increases are observed in cytotoxicity, chromosomal aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges and malignant transformation. This investigation was conducted to study the effect of poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism on mutagenesis in C3H10T1/2 cells. Poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism was altered by the inhibitor, 3-methoxybenzamide (MBA) or by NAD-depletion. Ouabain-resistant mutations were induced by exposing cells to N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) in the presence and absence of poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis. Mutations at the Na('+)/K('+)ATPase locus were selected by growth in ouabain containing medium. In dividing cells treated with MNNG, limiting poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis by MBA or NAD-depletion resulted in significant decreases in mutation. Since inhibiting poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis is known to enhance the cytotoxicity of MNNG and cause cell cycle blocks, it was not clear whether the observed decrease in mutation frequency was the result of a block in the expression of mutations or whether poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis normally effects an SOS type of response to DNA damage. Therefore, analogous studies were conducted in non-dividing cells which eliminated cell cycling during the period of DNA repair and inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis doubled the mutation rates. These data suggest that poly(ADP-ribose) may function either directly or indirectly in limiting events which lead to mutations at the Oua('r) locus.Item "Fletcher Warren reporting for duty, sir. I have left all in order for my successor."(1986-08) Phillips, Mary Ann; DeMoss, Dorothy; Landry, Harral; Alexander, JimThe life story of Ambassador Fletcher Warren chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Texas farm boy of pioneer stock, who was among the first of his kind admitted to the Foreign Service, in his rise through the ranks to become privy to the nation's best-kept secrets. On two occasions Warren was a hero of no small dimension on the international scene, and also played an extraordinary role in national security. Warren's knowledge of Nicaraguan intrigue during the Thirties, together with his opinion of Anastasio Somoza and Augusto c. Sandino, provide a timely observation by which to appraise current events in Nicaragua.