The pigeon's recognition of drawings of depth-rotated stimuli.

Four experiments used a 4-choice discrimination learning paradigm to explore the pigeon's recognition of line drawings of 4 objects (an airplane, a chair, a desk lamp, and a flashlight) that were rotated in depth. The pigeons reliably generalized discriminative responding to pictorial stimuli over all untrained depth rotations, despite the birds' having been trained at only a single depth orientation. These generalization gradients closely resembled those found in prior research that used other stimulus dimensions. Increasing the number of different vantage points in the training set from 1 to 3 broadened the range of generalized testing performance, with wider spacing of the training orientations more effectively broadening generalized responding. Template and geon theories of visual recognition are applied to these empirical results. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

IS-RT-PCR assay detection of MT-MMP in a human breast cancer cell line

The effect of the host system on the pathogenicity, immunogenicity, and antigenicity of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) was investigated. One classic (SAL) and one variant strain (IN) of IBDV were passaged separately six times in three host systems, namely BGM-70 continuous cell line, primary chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells, or embryonating chicken eggs (embryos) or one time in the bursa of Fabricius (BF) of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. Passage in BGM-70 cells or CEF cells resulted in loss of pathogenicity, but viruses passaged in embryos or BF maintained their pathogenicity. For the immunogenicity study, the viruses described above were used to prepare live and inactivated vaccines, containing 10(3) mean embryo infectious doses (EID50s) and 10(5) EID50s respectively. These vaccines induced different levels of protection. It was concluded that the antigen titration methodology employing embryonating chicken eggs was not suitable for titration of viruses propagated in other host systems because of varying degrees of adaptation and/or pathogenicity of the viruses resulting in variability in antigen mass of the tested vaccines. To test this assumption, an antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used as a titration system to compare the antigenicity of viruses propagated in BGM-70 cells or BF. Preparations containing similar antigen masses were inactivated then inoculated into two age groups of SPF chickens and antibody titers were monitored. During the experimental period, the geometric mean virus-neutralizing (VN) antibody titers of the vaccinated groups did not differ significantly (P > 0.05).     

The role of expectancy in eliciting hypnotic responses as a function of type of induction.

Combined data from a study by J. R. Council et al (see record 1983-24975-001) and from a study by the present 3rd author (1983) on cognitive skill hypnotic induction to test the hypothesis that the relationship between expectancy and suggestibility varies as a function of type of induction. Analysis of data on 100 Ss shows significant Expectancy?×?Type of Induction interactions on the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, the Creative Imagination Scale, and an inventory of hypnotic depth. Within-cells correlations revealed a significant relationship between expectancy and responses to skill induction. Correlations between expectancy and responses to a traditional trance induction were nonsignificant. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Segmental dilatation of the ileum

Three new cases of congenital segmental dilatation of the ileum are presented and added to 12 cases of segmental dilatation found in the literature. The aspect of the condition which is of particular interest is the presence in 3 of the dilated segments of heteroplastic foregut derivatives of unusual varieties. The etiology of the condition is discussed; it does not appear to be a single distinct pathological entity.     

Oxygen transfer coefficients by the dynamic method

Models useful in the dynamic method for K_La measurements are developed and compared. Particular attention is given to the gas phase dynamics and the oxygen electrode response time. Comparisons and error calculations are based on computer simulations. Correction factors are presented for a range of dimensionless parameters. In general, the errors resulting from neglecting the gas phase dynamics and the electrode response can be expected to be large.     

Chemicals from Methanol

For good reasons, there has been a spate of articles, much thinking, and a fair amount of industrial action on making chemicals and fuels from methanol, Only methane and methanol are made commercially in over 99% yields from synthesis gas.     

Computation of effective regge trajectories for high energy two-body reactions

Title of program: EFFECTIVE REGGE TRAJECTORIES Catalogue number: ABCE Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland (see application form in this issue). Computer: IBM 360/67; Installation: Northumbrian Universities Multiple Access Computer, Durham, UK Operating system or monitor under which the program is executed: MICHIGAN TERMINAL SYSTEM Programming language used: FORTRAN IV High speed storage required: 46K words. No. of bits in a word: 32 Is the program overlaid? No No. of magnetic tapes required: None What other peripherals are used? Card Reader; Line Printer No. of cards in combined program and test deck: 1381 Card punching code: EBCDIC     

Identification of kaempferol-3-rhamnoglucoside and quercetin-3-glucoglucoside in cottonseed

The flavonol glycosides, quercetin-3-glucoglucoside and kaempferol-3-rhamnoglucoside, have been separated from crushed, delinted cottonseed (kernel and hull) by extensive use of paper chromatography, ultraviolet spectrophotometry, and qualitative and quantitative analysis of their hydrolysis products. Details of the separation and identification are described. Aided by a Fellowship from the National Medical Fellowship Inc. through funds appropriated by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.