Obituary: Norman R. F. Maier (1900-1977).

Norman R. F. Maier was born in a small town in Michigan on November 27, 1900. He was educated in the Michigan public schools and received his BA from the University of Michigan in 1923. After a year of graduate work at the University of Berlin (1925-1926) he completed his PhD in 1928 at the University of Michigan. Following a year of teaching, Dr. Maier was for two years a National Research Council Fellow in Zoology at the University of Chicago, where he worked with Professor K. S. Lashley. In 1931 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he worked for the rest of his life, dying of a heart attack on September 24, 1977. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Coiled‐Coil‐Mediated Activation of Oligoarginine Cell‐Penetrating Peptides

A supramolecular approach was undertaken to create functionally activatable cell‐penetrating peptides. Two tetra‐arginines were assembled into an active cell‐penetrating peptide by heterodimerizing leucine zippers. Three different leucine‐zipper pairs were evaluated: activation was found to depend on the association constant of the coiled‐coil peptides. The weaker‐binding peptides required an additional disulfide linkage to induce cell‐penetrating capability, whereas for the most‐stable coiled‐coil no additional stabilization was needed. The latter zipper pair was used to show that the induced formation of the coiled coils allows control over the uptake of an oligoarginine CPP‐conjugated cargo protein.     

Hot Backup for a Programmable Controller

A standard product which provides a highly available programmable controller is described. The system has no impact on the application programmer and features the ability to have a failed portion of the system replaced without stopping its operation.     

Proceedings of the American Psychological Association, Incorporated, for the year 1970: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives. September 6, 1970 Miami Beach, Florida and October 3 and 4 1970 Washington, D.C.

Presents the minutes of the 1970 American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives. The Council of Representatives met in Miami Beach, Florida on September 6, 1970 at the APA Annual Convention, and again in Washington, D.C., on October 3 and 4. These minutes constitute the official record of actions of the Association taken during the year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Inferring students' cognitive structures and their development using the "ordered tree technique."

Presents a new method of inferring students' cognitive structures and their development in a college course. The method, a modification of J. S. Reitman and H. H. Rueter's (see record 1980-31828-001) ordered tree technique, generates a unique structure that displays important relationships assumed to be in a student's memory about concepts taken from a specific field of study. The usefulness of this method was assessed in 2 studies that used subject matter from a university course in which 253 students were enrolled. Results show that the technique differentiated between Ss with different levels of achievement. In addition, the 4 measures produced by the method—grouping, hierarchical structure, directionality of the structure, and similarity to the instructor—showed development throughout the course and were related to academic performance. The characteristics of the method are discussed in light of other ways of inferring cognitive structure. (22 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)