Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repairs parts and special tools list (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) : disperser, riot control agent, portable, M3, FSN 1040-711-8296.

"27 April 1972."

Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repairs parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for receiving set, countermeasures AN/ALQ-133 (NSN 5865-00-134-2601).

"December 1978."

Unit maintenance, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : truck, lift, fork, electric, solid rubber tires, 2,000 pound capacity, Army model MHE-197, Baker model FTD-020-EE, NSN 3930-00-724-4058, 100 in. lift ....

"August 1992."

Unit maintenance direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : tractor, full tracked, low speed, diesel-engine driven, sectionalized and non-sectionalized w/angle dozer, winch and rops, model D5BNS, NSN 2410-01-1267-7902 ....

"September 1992."

Unit maintenance, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools list) : 8V71T engines, engine w/container, model 7083-7391 (2815-01-335-4579); engine w/container, model 7083-7395 (2815-01-260-0211) ....

"October 1992."

Hand receipt covering contents of components of end item (COEI), basic issue items (BII), and additional authorization list (AAL) for 2-1/2 ton, 6X6, M44A1 and M44A2 series trucks (multifuel) : truck, cargo: M35A1, M35A2, M35A2C, M36A2; truck, tank, fuel: M49A1C, M49A2C; truck, tank water: M50A1, M50A2, M50A3; truck van, shop: M109A2, M109A3; truck, repair shop: M185A2, M185A3; truck, tractor: M275A1, M275A2; truck, dump: M342A2; truck, maintenance, pipeline construction: M756A2; truck, maintenance, earth boring and polesetting: M764.

"This manual supersedes TM 9-2320-209-20-2-HR, 8 March 1979"--P. i.

Operation, installation and reference data, operator level, 2 1/2 -ton, 6x6, M44A1 and M44A2 series trucks (multifuel) : truck, cargo, M35A1 , M35A2, M35A2C, M36A2, truck, tank, fuel, M49A1C, M49A2C, truck, tank, water, M50A1, M50A2, M50A3, truck, van, shop, M109A2, M109A3, truck, repair shop, M185A2, M185A3, truck, tractor, M275A1, M275A2, truck, dump, M342A2, truck, maintenance, pipeline construction, M756A2, truck maintenance, earth boring and polesetting, M764.

Includes index.

Unit maintenance, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : truck, forklift, DED, pneumatic tire, articulated, frame steer, 4000 lb capacity, rough terrain, Army model MHE 237, NSN 3930-01-076-4237, J.I. Case model M4K.

"April 1992."

Organizational and direct support maintenance manual : general repair procedures for clothng and individual equipment.

"June 1970."

Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance : care, maintenance, and repair of pneumatic tires and inner tubes.

Includes index.

Primary composition, alteration, and origin of Cretaceous volcaniclastic rocks at DSDP Site 89-585

An upper Aptian to middle Albian series of volcaniclastic rocks more than 300 m thick was drilled at Site 585 in the East Mariana Basin. On the basis of textural and compositional (bulk-rock chemistry, primary and secondary mineral phases) evidence, the volcaniclastic unit is subdivided into a lower (below 830 m sub-bottom) and an upper (about 670-760 m) sequence; the boundary in the interval between is uncertain owing to lack of samples. The rocks are dominantly former vitric basaltic tuffs and minor lapillistones with lesser amounts of crystals and basaltic lithic clasts. They are mixed with shallow-water carbonate debris (ooids, skeletal debris), and were transported by mass flows to their site of deposition. The lower sequence is mostly plagioclase- and olivine-phyric with lesser amounts of Ti-poor clinopyroxene. Mineralogical and bulk-rock chemical data indicate a tholeiitic composition slightly more enriched than N-MORB (normal mid-ocean ridge basalt). Transport was by debris flows from shallow-water sites, as indicated by admixed ooids. Volcanogenic particles are chiefly moderately vesicular to nonvesicular blocky shards (former sideromelane) and less angular tachylite with quench plagioclase and pyroxene, indicating generation of volcanic clasts predominantly by spalling and breakage of submarine pillow and/or sheet-flow lavas. The upper sequence is mainly clinopyroxene- and olivine-phyric with minor plagioclase. The more Ti-rich clinopyroxene and the bulk-rock analyses show that the moderately alkali basaltic composition throughout is more mafic than the basal tholeiitic sequence. Transport was by turbidity currents. Rounded epiclasts of crystalline basalts are more common than in the lower sequence, and, together with the occurrence of oxidized olivine pseudomorphs and vesicular tachylite, are taken as evidence of derivation from eroded subaerially exposed volcanics. Former sideromelane shards are more vesicular than in the lower sequence; vesicularity exceeds 60 vol.% in some clasts. The dominant clastic process is interpreted to be by shallow-water explosive eruptions. All rocks have undergone low-temperature alteration; the dominant secondary phases are "palagonite," chlorite/smectite mixed minerals, analcite, and chabazite. Smectite, chlorite, and natrolite occur in minor amounts. Phillipsite is recognized as an early alteration product, now replaced by other zeolites. During alteration, the rocks have lost up to 50% of their Ca, compared with a fresh shard and fresh glass inclusions in primary minerals, but have gained much less K, Rb, and Ba than expected, indicating rapid deposition prior to significant seafloor weathering.

Highly efficient base excision repair (BER) in human and rat male germ cells

The quality of germ cell DNA is critical for the fate of the offspring, yet there is limited knowledge of the DNA repair capabilities of such cells. One of the main DNA repair pathways is base excision repair (BER) which is initiated by DNA glycosylases that excise damaged bases, followed by incision of the generated abasic (AP) sites. We have studied human and rat methylpurine-DNA glycosylase (MPG), uracil-DNA glycosylase (UNG), and the major AP endonuclease (HAP1/APEX) in male germ cells. Enzymatic activities and western analyses indicate that these enzymes are present in human and rat male germ cells in amounts that are at least as high as in somatic cells. Minor differences were observed between different cellular stages of rat spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis. Repair of methylated DNA was also studied at the cellular level using the Comet assay. The repair was highly efficient in both human and rat male germ cells, in primary spermatocytes as well as round spermatids, compared to rat mononuclear blood cells or hepatocytes. This efficient BER removes frequently occurring DNA lesions that arise spontaneously or via environmental agents, thereby minimising the number of potential mutations transferred to the next generation.

Instrumentation for measuring pavement-vehicle interaction. Volume III: Kennedy Co. operation and maintenance manual, formatter and digital tape transport. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Structures and Applied Mechanics Division, Washington, D.C.

Importance of tissue transglutaminase in repair of extracellular matrices and cell death of dermal fibroblasts after exposure to a solarium ultraviolet A source

Investigations were undertaken to study the role of the protein cross-linking enzyme tissue transglutaminase in changes associated with the extracellular matrix and in the cell death of human dermal fibroblasts following exposure to a solarium ultraviolet A source consisting of 98.8% ultraviolet A and 1.2% ultraviolet B. Exposure to nonlethal ultraviolet doses of 60 to 120 kJ per m2 resulted in increased tissue transglutaminase activity when measured either in cell homogenates, "in situ" by incorporation of fluorescein-cadaverine into the extracellular matrix or by changes in the epsilon(gamma-glutamyl) lysine cross-link. This increase in enzyme activity did not require de novo protein synthesis. Incorporation of fluorescein-cadaverine into matrix proteins was accompanied by the cross-linking of fibronectin and tissue transglutaminase into nonreducible high molecular weight polymers. Addition of exogenous tissue transglutaminase to cultured cells mimicking extensive cell leakage of the enzyme resulted in increased extracellular matrix deposition and a decreased rate of matrix turnover. Exposure of cells to 180 kJ per m2 resulted in 40% to 50% cell death with dying cells showing extensive tissue transglutaminase cross-linking of intracellular proteins and increased cross-linking of the surrounding extracellular matrix, the latter probably occurring as a result of cell leakage of tissue transglutaminase. These cells demonstrated negligible caspase activation and DNA fragmentation but maintained their cell morphology. In contrast, exposure of cells to 240 kJ per m2 resulted in increased cell death with caspase activation and some DNA fragmentation. These cells could be partially rescued from death by addition of caspase inhibitors. These data suggest that changes in cross-linking both in the intracellular and extracellular compartments elicited by tissue transglutaminase following exposure to ultraviolet provides a rapid tissue stabilization process following damage, but as such may be a contributory factor to the scarring process that results.