Resource Review of Walking the Equity Talk: A Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities

Resource Review of: Walking the Equity Talk: A Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities by Robert Brownell II.

The impact of cognitive control on children's goal monitoring in a time-based prospective memory task

Peer reviewed

Prolonged production of NADPH oxidase-corrected granulocytes after gene therapy of chronic granulomatous disease

Little is known about the potential for engraftment of autologous hematopoietic stem cells in human adults not subjected to myeloablative conditioning regimens. Five adult patients with the p47phox deficiency form of chronic granulomatous disease received intravenous infusions of autologous CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) that had been transduced ex vivo with a recombinant retrovirus encoding normal p47phox. Although marrow conditioning was not given, functionally corrected granulocytes were detectable in peripheral blood of all five patients. Peak correction occurred 3–6 weeks after infusion and ranged from 0.004 to 0.05% of total peripheral blood granulocytes. Corrected cells were detectable for as long as 6 months after infusion in some individuals. Thus, prolonged engraftment of autologous PBSCs and continued expression of the transduced gene can occur in adults without conditioning. This trial also piloted the use of animal protein-free medium and a blood-bank-compatible closed system of gas-permeable plastic containers for culture and transduction of the PBSCs. These features enhance the safety of PBSCs directed gene therapy.

Retroposon analysis of major cetacean lineages: The monophyly of toothed whales and the paraphyly of river dolphins

SINE (short interspersed element) insertion analysis elucidates contentious aspects in the phylogeny of toothed whales and dolphins (Odontoceti), especially river dolphins. Here, we characterize 25 informative SINEs inserted into unique genomic loci during evolution of odontocetes to construct a cladogram, and determine a total of 2.8 kb per taxon of the flanking sequences of these SINE loci to estimate divergence times among lineages. We demonstrate that: (i) Odontocetes are monophyletic; (ii) Ganges River dolphins, beaked whales, and ocean dolphins diverged (in this order) after sperm whales; (iii) three other river dolphin taxa, namely the Amazon, La Plata, and Yangtze river dolphins, form a monophyletic group with Yangtze River dolphins being the most basal; and (iv) the rapid radiation of extant cetacean lineages occurred some 28–33 million years B.P., in strong accord with the fossil record. The combination of SINE and flanking sequence analysis suggests a topology and set of divergence times for odontocete relationships, offering alternative explanations for several long-standing problems in cetacean evolution.

An activity gel assay detects a single, catalytically active histone acetyltransferase subunit in Tetrahymena macronuclei.

Macronuclei of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila possess a histone acetyltransferase activity closely associated with transcription-related histone acetylation. Nothing definitive is known concerning the polypeptide composition of this activity in Tetrahymena or any comparable activity from any cellular source. An acetyltransferase activity gel assay was developed which identifies a catalytically active subunit of this enzyme in Tetrahymena. This activity gel assay detects a single polypeptide of 55 kDa (p55) in crude macronuclear extracts, as well as in column-purified fractions, which incorporates [3H]acetate from [3H]acetyl-CoA into core histone substrates polymerized directly into SDS polyacrylamide gels. p55 copurifies precisely with acetyltransferase activity through all chromatographic steps examined, including reverse-phase HPLC. Gel-filtration chromatography of this activity indicates a molecular mass of 220 kDa, suggesting that the native enzyme may consist of four identical subunits of 55 kDa. Furthermore, p55 is tightly associated with di- and greater polynucleosomes and therefore may be defined as a component of histone acetyltransferase type A--i.e., chromatin associated.

Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.

Common trees / by J. Francis Macbride, Asst. Curator, Taxonomy, Dept. of Botany.

no.11(1936)

Common weeds / by Paul C. Standley, Assoc. Curator of the Herbarium.

no.17(1934)

University of Michigan Women's Golf Team, 1996/97

Front Row: Sharon Park, Jennifer Baumann, Molly Vandenbark, Laura Hess, head coach Kathy Teichert

Back Row: assistant coach Shannon McDonald, Nicole Green, Ashley Williams, Sarah Lindholm, Judi Smith, Wendy Westfall

Health and physical education series of the state of Ohio, Department of education ... prepared with the approval of B.O. Skinner, director of education.

Includes bibliographies.

The pioneer heroes of the New world : from the earliest period (982) to the present time /

Mode of access: Internet.

B. Jo. Alberti Fabricii ... Opusculorum historico-critico-literariorum sylloge : quae sparsim viderant lucem nunc recensita denuo et partem aucta Indice instruuntur

Contiene los discursos: I. Decas decadum, sive Plagiariorum & pseudonymorum centuria. -- II. Summikta peri ton? ebdomek?outa. -- III. De antiquorum philosophorum, Stoicorum maxime, cavillationibus. -- IV. De platonismo Philonis Judæi. -- V. Specimen elencticum historiæ logicæ. -- VI. De recordatione animæ humanæ post fata superstitis, diss. cum programmate Jo. Fr. Mayeri. -- VII. De laudibus malignis. -- VIII. De observantia sacra. -- IX. De hæresi & morbius Bogomilorum. -- X. De brachmanibus philosophis Indorum. -- XI. De religione Erasmi. -- XII. De hominibus orbis nostri incolis, specie & ortu avito inter se non differentibus. -- XIII. De sæculi numeratione & celebratione. -- XIV. Veteresne recentibus, an priscis nostra ætas palmam ingenii concedere debeat? -- XV. De chimæris scientiarum. -- XVI. De frequentia & infrequentia scholarum. -- XVII. De exercitiis oratoriis. -- XVIII. De votis mortalium.-- XIX. De Deo ex oculi contemplatione demonstrando. -- XX. De pulchro & gustatu bono. -- XXI. De amore patriæ. -- XXII. De grato erga Deum animo. -- XXIII. De theatro an sit schola morum. -- XXIV. In obitum Constantini Ambrosii Lehmanni. -- Index auctorum & rerum

Criticism,

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