Performance of historic stone building materials and systems : observations by architects, engineers and building conservators : excerpts from workshop discussions held on August 10, 1987, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Acid Rain Research Program.

"June 1988."

Translation of documents presented by William R. Hearst before the Special Committee appointed pursuant to S. Res. 7, a resolution relative to the alleged payment of large sums of money by the government of Mexico to influence the official action of certain United States Senators.

David A. Reed, Chairman.

A system for improving the performance and safety of helicopters powered by turboshaft engines.

Caption title.

A bibliography of research on human tracking performance, by Richard A. Monty [et al.]

AD 420186.

Performance audit of payments to the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce by state agencies /

Contains performance audit of state moneys provided by or through Illinois state agencies to the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., under contracts or grant agreements in fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Performance audit : Funding provided by state agencies to Heartland Human Services /

"House Resolution Number 1307 directed the Office of the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided by or through State agencies to Heartland Human Services (Heartland). Heartland is a non-profit corporation in Effingham, Illinois that provides outpatient services and 24-hour residential services to adults with mental illness."

Constitution of the International Labor Organization instrument of amendment. Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, first session, on providing for acceptance by the United States of America of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization instrument of amendment, and further authorizing an appropriation for payment of the United States share of the expenses of membership and for expenses of participation by the United States. May 19, 1947.

Arthur H. Vandenberg, chairman.

Equal pay act. Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on H.R. 3861 and related bills to prohibit discrimination, on account of sex, in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce and to provide for the restitution of wages lost by employees by reason of any such discrimination ...

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Here she goes and there she goes, an Ethiopian farce in two scenes. Edited and arranged for performance, with all the "Gags" and "Stage business" as given by Schoolcraft and Coes ...

Mode of access: Internet.

The timing of airport traffic control as influenced by weather and aircraft performance.

"Meteorological study sponsored by Air Navigation Development Board under Contract Cwb-8175 with the U.S. Weather Bureau."

Payment of tax by electronic fund transfer.

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Measurement of free drug and clinical end-point by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry: Applications and implications for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies

Free drug measurement and pharmacodymanic markers provide the opportunity for a better understanding of drug efficacy and toxicity. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful analytical technique that could facilitate the measurement of free drug and these markers. Currently, there are very few published methods for the determination of free drug concentrations by HPLC-MS. The development of atmospheric pressure ionisation sources, together with on-line microdialysis or on-line equilibrium dialysis and column switching techniques have reduced sample run times and increased assay efficiency. The availability of such methods will aid in drug development and the clinical use of certain drugs, including anti-convulsants, anti-arrhythmics, immunosuppressants, local anaesthetics, anti-fungals and protease inhibitors. The history of free drug measurement and an overview of the current HPLC-MS applications for these drugs are discussed. Immunosuppressant drugs are used as an example for the application of HPLC-MS in the measurement of drug pharmacodynamics. Potential biomarkers of immunosuppression that could be measured by HPLC-MS include purine nucleoside/nucleotides, drug-protein complexes and phosphorylated peptides. At the proteomic level, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (TOF) MS is a powerful tool for identifying proteins involved in the response to inflammatory mediators. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Sustained swimming performance and muscle structure are altered by thermal acclimation in male mosquitofish

Males of the eastern mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrooki) possess one of the widest reproductively active temperature ranges for any ectotherm, ranging across seasons from at least 18degreesC to 34degreesC. In this study, we tested the ability of male G. holbrooki to acclimate their sustained swimming performance following long-term exposure to 18degreesC or 30degreesC. We also investigated some of the possible physiological mechanisms associated with thermal acclimation responses in swimming performance, including changes in slow muscle fibre size and abundance and the expression of myosin heavy chains (MyHC). We found that U-crit, of 18degreesC-acclimated G. holbrooki was 20% greater at 18degreesC than 30degreesC-acclimated fish, and the Ucrit of the 30degreesC-acclimated group was more than 15% greater at 30degreesC. Slow, fast and intermediate muscle fibres were identified on the basis of their myosin ATPase staining reaction. Although the number of slow and intermediate muscle fibres was similar between groups, the total cross-sectional area of aerobic fibre types was 40% greater in 18degrees-than 30degreesC-acclimated fish, reflecting an increase in the average fibre diameter. An S58 antibody raised against chicken slow skeletal muscle myosin stained a sub-set of the slow fibres identified by myosin ATPase staining. The number of S58-positive muscle fibres was 50% greater in 30degreesC-than 18degreesC-acclimated fish, implying that different MyHCs are being expressed in cold and warm acclimated individuals. Given the sexually coercive mating system of this species, increases in the sustained swimming performance via thermal acclimation may benefit the ability of males to maintain a high rate of sneaky copulations. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.