Housing and urban development energy research abroad : a bibliography /

Mode of access: Internet.

Determining the future mobility needs of the elderly: development of a methodology. Volume II. Second year final report.

Transportation Department, Office of University Research, Washington, D.C.

A literature survey of boundary-layer development on smooth and rough surfaces at zero pressure gradient.

"Project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research under Contract N8onr-500."

Annual report to Congress on the Urban Development Action Grant Program, FY 1989.

"March 1990."

Renewal and revenue; an evaluation of the urban renewal program in Detroit.

Includes bibliographical references.

Crime, suicide and social well-being in your state and city

"Texas Christian University diamond jubilee edition."

Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science in the City of New York.

Frequency varies.

New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages

Mode of access: Internet.

Work and life; a study of the social problems of today,

"Some of the chapters of this book, in substance but not in form, have appeared in various magazines...The ideas advanced have also been presented in a series of popular lectures delivered in ...cities of the middle West."--Pref.

Financial statistics of cities having a population of over 100,000.

Title varies slightly.

Statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000: 1905[-1908]

Contains also studies in governmental accounting; also (in 1905 and 1907) statistics of city departments and public improvements.

Data resources in housing and urban development.

"HUD-570-PDR (2)."

Implementing community development : a study of the Community Development Block Grant Program /

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Resistance to persuasive messages as a function of majority and minority source status

Three experiments examined the extent to which attitudes following majority and minority influence are resistant to counter-persuasion. In Experiment 1, participants' attitudes were measured after being exposed to two messages which argued opposite positions (initial pro-attitudinal message and subsequent, counter-attitudinal counter-message). Attitudes following minority endorsement of the initial message were more resistant to a (second) counter-message than attitudes following majority endorsement of the initial message. Experiment 2 replicated this finding when the message direction was reversed (counter-attitudinal initial message and pro-attitudinal counter-message) and showed that the level of message elaboration mediated the amount of attitude resistance. Experiment 3 included conditions where participants received only the counter-message and showed that minority-source participants had resisted the second message (counter-message) rather than being influenced by it. These results show that minority influence induces systematic processing of its arguments which leads to attitudes which are resistant to counter-persuasion. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Molecular structure and function of the glycine receptor chloride channel

The glycine receptor chloride channel (GlyR) is a member of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor family of ligand-gated ion channels. Functional receptors of this family comprise five subunits and are important targets for neuroactive drugs. The GlyR is best known for mediating inhibitory neurotransmission in the spinal cord and brain stem, although recent evidence suggests it may also have other physiological roles, including excitatory neurotransmission in embryonic neurons. To date, four alpha-subunits (alpha1 to alpha4) and one beta-subunit have been identified. The differential expression of subunits underlies a diversity in GlyR pharmacology. A developmental switch from alpha2 to alpha1beta is completed by around postnatal day 20 in the rat. The beta-subunit is responsible for anchoring GlyRs to the subsynaptic cytoskeleton via the cytoplasmic protein gephyrin. The last few years have seen a surge in interest in these receptors. Consequently, a wealth of information has recently emerged concerning Glyl? molecular structure and function. Most of the information has been obtained from homomeric alpha1 GlyRs, with the roles of the other subunits receiving relatively little attention. Heritable mutations to human GlyR genes give rise to a rare neurological disorder, hyperekplexia (or startle disease). Similar syndromes also occur in other species. A rapidly growing list of compounds has been shown to exert potent modulatory effects on this receptor. Since GlyRs are involved in motor reflex circuits of the spinal cord and provide inhibitory synapses onto pain sensory neurons, these agents may provide lead compounds for the development of muscle relaxant and peripheral analgesic drugs.