Note: Intro -- VORWORT -- I. THEORIE UND METHODOLOGIE -- Das Genfer Modell zur Gesprächsanalyse -- Zur Beschreibung der Dialogdynamik. Plädoyer für eine kom¬munikationshistorische Betrachtungsweise -- Einige Anmerkungen (und Wiederholungen) zu Fragen der Methodologie von Kommunikationstypologie -- Formen der Einbettung von Dialogwiedergaben in Erzähl¬texten -- HANDELN und AUSHANDELN. Einige grundsätzliche Anmerkungen zur Dialoganalyse -- Dialogues: How basic are they? -- Regeln und Dialogeinheiten -- Dynamics of dialogue -- Repetition und Assoziation in der Gesprächsent¬wicklung -- II. TYPOLOGIE -- Le lieu et le sens du dialogue philosophique -- Controversies as quasi-dialogues -- Medienspezifische Dialogsorten. Überlegungen zu ihrer Klassifizierung und Beschreibung -- Dialogsorten: Mediengespräche -- Dialog ohne Sprecherwechsel? Anmerkungen zur inter¬nen Dialogizität monologischer Texte -- III. UNTERWEISUNG -- Instruktionen in der betrieblichen Ausbildung. Analyse typischer Probleme bei der kommunikativen Vermittlung fachlicher Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten -- Der maieutische Unterweisungsdialog -- Typologische Aspekte von Unterrichtsgesprächen -- Grundzüge des Handlungsspiels UNTERWEISEN -- IV. MUSTERBESCHREIBUNGEN -- Das Verhältnis von Wissen und sprachlichem Handeln am Beispiel des Erzählens -- Zeitungen und Leser im Dialog. Ein Beitrag zur kommunikativen Analyse von Pressetexten -- Dialogische Strukturen juristischer Gebrauchstexte -- Bist du katholisch? - Intervention oder Unterbrechung in einem psychoanalytischen Gespräch -- Dialoggrammatische Beschreibung psychotherapeutischer Kommunikation. Vertiefende Interventionen im gestalttherapeuti¬schen Gespräch -- Leserbezug und dialogische Techniken in Software¬handbüchern -- Salongespräche - Kommunikationen beim Coiffeur. , Von Hasenbraten und Lammkoteletten. Überlegungen zum Funktionieren schriftlicher Anweisungstexte, zum Beispiel Kochrezepte -- Genres de discours et types de dialogue: le "talk-show -- RATGEBEN. Am Beispiel der Sendereihe "Von Mensch zu Mensch" (BR) -- Verhaltensambivalenzen im Zugangsdisplay. Vergleichen¬de Betrachtungen zu spontanen Straßendiskussionen und dem Sozialverhalten nichtmenschlicher Primaten -- 'The art of talking about nothing'. Zur Be¬schreibung phatischer Dialoge -- Gesprächstyp Blödeln -- Kommunikation mit einem geistigbehinderten Kind im Unterricht -- VERZEICHNIS DER REFERENTEN.

Note: Front Cover -- Cemented Tungsten Carbides: Production, Properties, and Testing -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Crystal Structure and Phase Equilibria -- 1.0 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE -- 2.0 BINARY SYSTEMS -- 3.0 TERNARY AND HIGHER ORDER SYSTEMS -- 4.0 PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN WC-Co CEMENTED CARBIDES WITH ALTERNATIVE BINDERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Production of Metal and Carbide Powders -- 1.0 PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN POWDER -- 2.0 PRODUCTION OF COBALT POWDER -- 3.0 SYNTHESIS OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE -- 4.0 SOME NOVEL METHODS OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE PRODUCTION -- 5.0 PRODUCTION OF OTHER REFRACTORY CARBIDES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Consolidation of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 MILLING OF CARBIDES -- 2.0 GRANULATION/SPRAY DRYING -- 3.0 GREEN CONSOLIDATION -- 4.0 DEWAXING -- 5.0 PRESINTERING -- 6.0 SINTERING OF WC-Co HARDMETALS -- 7.0 OTHER CONSOLIDATION METHODS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 Sintering Behavior of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 SOLID STATE SINTERING OF CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 2.0 LIQUID PHASE SINTERING OF CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 3.0 WC BASED CEMENTED CARBIDES CONTAINING ALTERNATE BINDERS -- 4.0 CUBIC REFRACTORY CARBIDES CONTAINING CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 5.0 TiN CONTAINING CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 6.0 Ti(C,N) CONTAINING CEMENTED CARBIDES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 Microstructural Aspects of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 REFRACTORY CARBIDE PHASES -- 2.0 BINDER PHASE -- 3.0 ETA PHASE -- 4.0 PRECIPITATES -- 5.0 PORES -- 6.0 MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 Mechanical Behavior of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 HARDNESS -- 2.0 TRANSVERSE RUPTURE STRENGTH (TRS) -- 3.0 FRACTURE TOUGHNESS -- 4.0 CREEP -- 5.0 FATIGUE -- 6.0 DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Magnetic Properties -- 1.0 COERCIVE FORCE -- 2.0 MAGNETIC SATURATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Wear and Erosion of Cemented Carbides. , 1.0 WEAR IN MACHINING -- 2.0 WEAR IN ROCK DRILLING -- 3.0 ROLE OF BINDER METAL ON WEAR RESISTANCE -- 4.0 EROSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Thermal Shock Resistance -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Corrosion and Oxidation of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 CORROSION -- 2.0 OXIDATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 Joining of Cemented Carbides -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 Testing and Quality Control -- 1.0 RAW MATERIALS TESTING -- 2.0 SINTERED PROPERTIES EVALUATION -- 3.0 MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 Classification and Applications of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 CLASSIFICATION OF HARD METALS -- 2.0 MACHINING APPLICATIONS -- 3.0 NON-MACHINING APPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 Coatings -- 1.0 CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION (CVD) -- 2.0 PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION (PVD) -- 3.0 THERMAL DIFFUSION -- 4.0 PROPERTIES OF COATED CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 5.0 ULTRAHARD COATINGS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 Fine Grained and Functionally Graded Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 SUBMICRON GRADE CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 2.0 ULTRAFINE GRAIN CEMENTED CARBIDES -- 3.0 NANOSIZE HARDMETALS -- 4.0 APPLICATIONS OF FINE GRAINED WC BASED HARDMETALS -- 5.0 FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CEMENTED CARBIDES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 Reclamation of Cemented Carbides -- 1.0 SORTING -- 2.0 COLD STREAM PROCESS -- 3.0 THE ZINC PROCESS -- 4.0 CHEMICAL PROCESSES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18 Toxicity in Cemented Carbide Production -- 1.0 TOXICITY IN POWDER PREPARATION STAGE -- 2.0 TOXICITY IN PRESSING AND SINTERING STAGE -- 3.0 TOXICITY IN MACHINING AND JOINING STAGE -- REFERENCES -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Vorwort -- Ellipsen und Fragmente. Eine Einleitung zu den vorliegenden Bänden -- Ellipse, Fokusgliederung und thematischer Stand -- Ellipse als Mittel zum Ausdruck der Thema-Rhema-Struktur -- Kann asyndetische Koordination gelegentlich als elliptischer Ausdruck einer Kausalitäts-Verknüpfung aufgefaßt werden? -- Zur Ellipse im gesprochenen Finnisch -- Zur Verbal(Phrasen)Ellipse im modernen Russischen -- NP-Ellipse und pragmatische Strukturen in Texten des yukatekischen Maya -- Grammatische Prinzipien sogenannter Ellipsen und ein neues Syntaxmodell -- Das Problem der Ellipse vom Standpunkt der Satzgenerierungsregeln aus betrachtet -- Index nominum -- Index rerum.

Note: Front Cover -- Stochastic Wave Propagation -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Mathematical Preliminaries -- 1. Probability and Random Variables -- 2. Random Functions -- 3. Stochastic Differential Equations -- 4. Functional Derivatives -- Chapter II. Stochastic Media -- Models and Analysis -- 5. Introduction. Phenomenological Deterministic Models -- 6. Stochastic Media -- 7. Homogenization -- Effective Parameters -- 8. Hierarchy Equations for Moments -- 9. Equations for the Mean Field -- the Dyson Equation -- 10. The Bethe-Salpeter Equation -- Chapter III. Wave Propagation in Continuous Stochastic Media -- 11. Introduction -- 12. Method of Small Perturbations -- the Born Approximation -- 13. Geometrical Optics in a Stochastic Medium -- 14. Rytov Method and Its Validity -- 15. Diffusion (Parabolic) Approximation -- 16. Smoothing Method -- Effective Parameters -- 17. Reflection and Transmission by a Bounded Stochastic Medium -- 18. Functional Approach to Stochastic Wave Analysis -- 19. Perturbation Theory a»d the Diagram Technique -- 20. On Probability Distributions of a Scattered Field -- 21. Other Related Problems -- Chapter IV. Wave Propagation in Discrete Stochastic Media -- 22. Introduction -- 23. Scalar Waves -- Foldy's Approximation -- 24. Elastic Vector Waves -- Random Distribution of Inclusions -- 25. Wave Propagation in Layered Stochastic Media -- 26. Reverberation Processes -- 27. Other Related Problems -- Chapter V. Scattering of Waves at Stochastic Surfaces -- 28. Introduction -- 29. Wave Scattering at Rough Surfaces -- Basic Methods -- 30. Scattering of Scalar Waves -- the Kirchhoff Method -- 31. Scattering of Elastic Rayleigh Waves -- the Method of Small Perturbations -- 32. Reflection from Surfaces with Random Impedance -- 33. Other Related Problems -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Solar Optical Materials -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- SESSION I: TRANSLATENT MEDIA FOR ADVANCED WINDOW APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 1. PRINCIPLES AND PROPERTIES OF HEAT MIRROR COATINGS FOR DOMESTIC WINDOWS -- REQUIREMENTS -- MATERIALS -- TECHNIQUES -- EXTENSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- GENERAL REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF LOW EMISSIVITY COATINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHITECTURAL GLASS COATINGS -- LOW Ε COATING TYPES -- PRODUCTION OF LOW Ε GLASS -- PROCESS PROBLEMS -- THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 3. PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE FILMS FORMED BY RF SPUTTERING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- CHAPTER 4. OPTICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS ON ADVANCED GLAZINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- GLAZING CASE ANALYSIS = FROM OPTICAL FACTOR TO FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC -- THE SPECIFIC CASE OF COATED GLASSES -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 5. SUPERGLAZING, U-VALUE=0.9 -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENTS ON THE SUPERGLAZING -- GLAZING SIMULATION MODELS. WINDOW 2.0 AND MULTB -- COMMENTS ON RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. FORWARD SCATTERING OF INSOLATION THROUGH TRANSPARENT AND TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- ANALYSIS -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOMENCLATURE -- REFERENCES -- SESSION II: OPTICAL SWITCHING FILMS AND NOVEL MATER-ΪALS FOR THE CONTROLLED CONVERSION OF SOLAR RADIATION -- CHAPTER 7 . ELECTROCHROMIC PROPERTIES OF TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF WO3 MULTILAYER STRUCTURES -- REPORTED RESULTS FOR WO3 -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DEGRADATION MEASUREMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. NEW FUNCTIONAL WINDOW COATINGS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS -- INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION -- OPTIONS WITH PRESENT COATING TECHNOLOGY. , OPTIONS WITH EMERGING COATING TECHNOLOGY -- SOME EXAMPLES OF EMERGING COATINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PYROLYTICALLY SPRAYED TINDIOXIDE COATINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREPARATION -- MEASURING TECHNIQUES -- EFFECT OF DOPING CONCENTRATION -- TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF MOBILITY -- RESULTS OF OPTIMIZING -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER SURFACES - PRESENT AND FUTURE -- INTRODUCTION -- ABSORBER COATINGS: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE COATINGS -- TABLE ONE -- FUTURE SELECTIVE ABSORBERS -- SESSION III: SELECTIVE ABSORBER SURFACES, DURABILITYAND SERVICE LIFETIME PREDICTION -- CHAPTER 10. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OP USING SELECTIVE SURFACES ON MASS WALL COLLECTORS -- 1. SUMMARY -- 2. BACKGROUND -- 3. DESIGN BRIEF -- 4. ANALYSIS OF FORM -- 5· PASSIVE SYSTEM ASSESSMENT -- 6. OPTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS WALL -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 9. REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. ACCELERATED AGEING OF SOLAR ABSORBER SURFACES: TEST METHODS AND DEGRADATION MECHANISMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 12. DURABILITY TESTING AND SERVICE LIFE TIME PREDICTION OF SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS -- INTRODUCTION -- ACCELERATED AGEING TESTS -- TEST PROCEDURES -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13. Innovative test procedure for assessment of the durability of solar collectors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Test description -- 3. Test method -- 4. Data evaluation -- 5. Qualification -- 6 . Results -- 7. Conclusions -- SESSION IV: MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE CHARACTERISATION -- CHAPTER 14. ERRORS IN INTEGRATING SPHERE MEASUREMENTS DUE TO SPHERE GEOMETRY AND SAMPLE TEXTURE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SPHERE AND SAMPLE GEOMETRY -- MATHEMATICAL MODEL -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. , REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15. SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT OF THE INFRARED REFLECTANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASURING DEVICE -- REFLECTION STANDARDS AND EVALUATION -- PROPERTIES OF THE MEASURING DEVICE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16. GONIOMETR1C MEASUREMENTS OF REFLECTANCE AT SOLAR WAVELENGTHS AND OF EMITTANCE AT THERMAL WAVELENGTHS -- INTRODUCTION -- DIRECTIONAL TOTAL EMITTANCE ε (θ,ø -- Τ) -- BDRF o" (θi, øi: θr, ør -- λ) -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TWO EXAMPLES -- CHAPTER 17 . COMPOSITIONAL DEPTH PROFILING IN SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS USING MEV ION BEAM ANALYSIS -- DEPTH PROFILING FOR DEPOSITION AND AGEING STUDIES -- MEV ION BEAM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.

Note: Front Cover -- Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Pau l E. Carson-In Memoriam -- PART I: G6PD DEFICIENCY AND HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA -- CHAPTER 1. DRUG-INDUCED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA AND NON-SPHEROCYTIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA -- I. DRUG INDUCED HEMOLYSIS -- II. MECHANISM OF HEMOLYSIS -- III. HEREDITARY NONSPHEROCYTIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. PHARMACOGENETIC INTERACTION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY WITH ACETYLATION AND HYDROXYLATION -- THE MYSTERY -- OUR STUDY OF METABOLIC INTERACTIONS -- A REMAINING MYSTERY -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. FAVISM: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA -- 3. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- 4. LABORATORY DATA -- COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. ETIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FAVISM -- I. THE FAVIC CRISIS -- II. GENETIC ASPECTS -- III. HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS OF VICIA FABA -- IV. RED CELL GLUTATHIONE IN FAVISM -- V. METABOLIC MODIFICATIONS IN FAVISM -- VI. CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS IN FAVISM -- VII. RHEOLOGY AND MEMBRANE CROSS BONDING IN FAVISM -- VIII. ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS IN FAVISM -- IX· CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. DIVICINE AND G6PD-DEFICIENT ERYTHROCYTES: AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF CYTOTOXICITY IN FAVISM -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. AUTOOXIDATION OF DIVICINE -- III. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIVICINE AND THE HEMOGLOBIN-METHEMOGLOBIN SYSTEM -- IV. INTRACELLULAR DAMAGING EFFECTS OF DIVICINE ON G6PD-DEFICIENT ERYTHROCYTES -- V. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. G6PD-RELATED NEONATAL JAUNDICE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. REGULATION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN NORMAL AND VARIANT RED BLOOD CELLS -- I. THE HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE 5HUNT AND GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE -- II. A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN OBSERVED AND EXPECTED ACTIVITIES. , III. EXTENSIVE BINDING OF INTRACELLULAR NADP -- IV. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. INTRAERYTHROCYTIC STABILITY OF NORMAL AND MUTANT G6PD -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. OXIDANT-INDUCED MEMBRANE DAMAGE IN G-6-PD DEFICIENT RED BLOOD CELLS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. STUDIES OF THE MECHANISM OF CHRONIC HEMOLYSIS -- III. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS -- IV. THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART II: G6PD VARIATION -- CHAPTER 10. ORIGIN OF G6PD POLYMORPHISM: MALARIA AND G6PD DEFICIENCY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. G6PD VARIANTS IN SOUTHERN ASIAN POPULATIONS -- INCIDENCE OF G6PD DEFICIENCY AND DESCRIPTION OF VARIANTS BY POPULATION GROUPS -- COMMON G6PD VARIANTS IN SOUTHERN ASIAN POPULATIONS -- CLINICAL PICTURES OF THE VARIANTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 12. GLUC0SE-6-PH0SPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY AND MALARIA IN CENTRAL THAILAND -- CHAPTER 13. G6PD VARIATION IN INDIA -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE VARIANTS IN JAPAN -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16. GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE FROM LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MOLECULAR PROPERTIES -- III. KINETIC STUDIES -- IV. BINDING STUDIES -- V. REGULATION -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 17. G6PD OF DROSOPHILIA MELANOGASTER -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DROSOPHILA G6PD -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 18. GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE AND HEXOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE: AN EVOLUTIONARY ASPECT -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DIVERGENCE OF H6PD FROM G6PD. , III. FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF G6PD AND H6PD -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 19. SIGNALS REGULATING GLUC0SE-6-P DEHYDROGENASE LEVELS IN RAT LIVER -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 20. HEPATIC GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE: NUTRITIONAL AND HORMONAL REGULATION OF mRNA LEVELS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES -- III. RESULTS -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21. TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF UTERINE GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE BY ESTRADIOL -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REGULATORY SEQUENCES INVOLVING G6PD AND HMP PATHWAY ACTIVITIES IN THE ESTROGEN-INDUCED UTERUS -- III. MOLECULAR EVENTS THROUGH WHICH THE AMOUNT OF UTERINE G6PD APOPROTEIN IS REGULATED BY ESTRADIOL -- IV. MECHANISMS BY WHICH UTERINE G6PD SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATIONS MAY BE REGULATED BY ESTRADIOL -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART III: EXPRESSION OF Gd LOCUS -- CHAPTER 22. G6PD AS A TOOL AND A TARGET FOR STUDIES ON X-CHROMOSOME LINKAGE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 23. X-INACTIVATION IN FEMALES HETEROZYGOUS FOR G-6-PD VARIANTS -- I. THE ORIGIN OF THE CONCEPT OF X-INACTIVATION -- II. EXPRESSION OF G-6-PD DEFICIENCY IN THE RED CELLS OF HETEROZYGOUS FEMALES -- III. DIAGNOSIS OF THE HETEROZYGOUS DEFICIENT STATE -- IV. TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF GENE PRODUCTS IN HETEROZYGOTES -- V. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN HETEROZYGOTES -- CHAPTER 24. MECHANISM OF MAMMALIAN X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DNA METHYLATION AND CONTROL OF GENE ACTIVITY -- III. DNA METHYLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION -- IV. MOLECULAR STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF X-INACTIVATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 25. INSIGHTS INTO G6PD REGULATION FROM STUDIES OF X DOSAGE COMPENSATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 26. POLYCLONAL TUMORS -- INTRODUCTION -- POLYCLONAL GROWTH AS AN INITIAL STAGE IN HEREDITARY TUMORS. , POLYCLONAL MALIGNANT TUMORS -- LEIOMYOMAS OF THE UTERUS -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 27. G-6-PD AS A MARKER FOR TUMORS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 28. GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE AND MOSAIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HUMAN G6PD -- CHAPTER 29. STRUCTURE OF HUMAN GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 30. IDENTIFICATION OF A REACTIVE LYSINE RESIDUE IN HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RESULTS -- III. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 31. KINETICS AND MOLECULAR ABNORMALITIES OF HUMAN G6PD VARIANTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 32. ANALYSIS OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF HUMAN G6PD DEDUCED FROM THE cDNA SEQUENCE -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 33. MOLECULAR CLONING OF cDNA FOR G6PD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Note: Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1   An Overview of Insect-Parasitic and Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 2   Biological Control of Sirex noctilio using the Nematode Deladenus siricidicola -- 3   Parasitism of the Brown Planthopper by the Mermithid Nematode Agamermis in Rice -- 4   Noctuidonema guyanense (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae): Host Range and Pathogenicity to the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). -- 5   Biological Control of Tree Borers (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) in China with the Nematode Steinernema carpocapsae -- 6   Development of a System for the Control of the Banana Weevil Borer, Cosmopolites sordidus with Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 7   Biological Control of Scarabs with Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 8   Control of the Peach Fruit Moth, Carposina niponensis, using Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 9   Post-application Biology of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Soil -- 10   Factors Affecting Physiological Fitness and Modes of Survival Employed by Dauer Juveniles and their Relationship to Pathogenicity -- 11   Ecological Genetics of Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 12   Soil Microorganisms Affecting Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- 13   Integrated Control of Insect Pests by Steinernema carpocapsae -- 14   Temperature Responses of Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Implications for the Success of Biological Control Programmes -- 15   Bacterial Symbionts of Entomopathogenic Nematodes - the Power behind the Throne -- 16   The Phages and Bacteriocins of Xenorhabdus spp., Importance for the Specificity of their Bacterial Host to the Nematodes Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae -- 17   Fimbrial Attachment of Xenorhabdus nematophilus to the Intestine of Steinernema carpocapsae -- Conclusion   Future Prospects for Entomogenous and Entomopathogenic Nematodes -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Chapter 1: Basic Notions on Probability Measures -- 1. Decomposition of probability measures -- 2. Distances between probability measures -- 3. Topologies and σ-fields on sets of probability measures -- 4. Separable sets of probability measures -- 5. Transforms of bounded Borel measures -- 6. Miscellaneous results -- Chapter 2: Elementary Theory of Testing Hypotheses -- 7. Basic definitions -- 8. Neyman-Pearson theory for binary experiments -- 9. Experiments with monotone likelihood ratios -- 10. The generalized lemma of Neyman-Pearson -- 11. Exponential experiments of rank 1 -- 12. Two-sided testing for exponential experiments: Part 1 -- 13. Two-sided testing for exponential experiments: Part 2 -- Chapter 3: Binary Experiments -- 14. The error function -- 15. Comparison of binary experiments -- 16. Representation of experiment types -- 17. Concave functions and Mellin transforms -- 18. Contiguity of probability measures -- Chapter 4: Sufficiency, Exhaustivity, and Randomizations -- 19. The idea of sufficiency -- 20. Pairwise sufficiency and the factorization theorem -- 21. Sufficiency and topology -- 22. Comparison of dominated experiments by testing problems -- 23. Exhaustivity -- 24. Randomization of experiments -- 25. Statistical isomorphism -- Chapter 5: Exponential Experiments -- 26. Basic facts -- 27. Conditional tests -- 28. Gaussian shifts with nuisance parameters -- Chapter 6: More Theory of Testing -- 29. Complete classes of tests -- 30. Testing for Gaussian shifts -- 31. Reduction of testing problems by invariance -- 32. The theorem of Hunt and Stein -- Chapter 7: Theory of estimation -- 33. Basic notions of estimation -- 34. Median unbiased estimation for Gaussian shifts -- 35. Mean unbiased estimation -- 36. Estimation by desintegration -- 37. Generalized Bayes estimates. , 38. Full shift experiments and the convolution theorem -- 39. The structure model -- 40. Admissibility of estimators -- Chapter 8: General decision theory -- 41. Experiments and their L-spaces -- 42. Decision functions -- 43. Lower semicontinuity -- 44. Risk functions -- 45. A general minimax theorem -- 46. The minimax theorem of decision theory -- 47. Bayes solutions and the complete class theorem -- 48. The generalized theorem of Hunt and Stein -- Chapter 9: Comparison of experiments -- 49. Basic concepts -- 50. Standard decision problems -- 51. Comparison of experiments by standard decision problems -- 52. Concave function criteria -- 53. Hellinger transforms and standard measures -- 54. Comparison of experiments by testing problems -- 55. The randomization criterion -- 56. Conical measures -- 57. Representation of experiments -- 58. Transformation groups and invariance -- 59. Topological spaces of experiments -- Chapter 10: Asymptotic decision theory -- 60. Weakly convergent sequences of experiments -- 61. Contiguous sequences of experiments -- 62. Convergence in distribution of decision functions -- 63. Stochastic convergence of decision functions -- 64. Convergence of minimum estimates -- 65. Uniformly integrable experiments -- 66. Uniform tightness of generalized Bayes estimates -- 67. Convergence of generalized Bayes estimates -- Chapter 11: Gaussian shifts on Hilbert spaces -- 68. Linear stochastic processes and cylinder set measures -- 69. Gaussian shift experiments -- 70. Banach sample spaces -- 71. Testing for Gaussian shifts -- 72. Estimation for Gaussian shifts -- 73. Testing and estimation for Banach sample spaces -- Chapter 12: Differentiability and asymptotic expansions -- 74. Stochastic expansion of likelihood ratios -- 75. Differentiable curves -- 76. Differentiable experiments -- 77. Conditions for differentiability. , 78. Examples of differentiable experiments -- 79. The stochastic expansion of a differentiable experiment -- Chapter 13: Asymptotic normality -- 80. Asymptotic normality -- 81. Exponential approximation and asymptotic sufficiency -- 82. Application to testing hypotheses -- 83. Application to estimation -- 84. Characterization of central sequences -- Appendix: Notation and terminology -- References -- List of symbols -- Author index -- Subject index.

Note: Front Cover -- Trace-Element Contamination of the Environment -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. TRACE-ELEMENT CONTAMINANTS -- 1.1 General Considerations -- 1.2 Lead -- 1.3 Cadmium -- 1.4 Mercury -- CHAPTER 2. FACTORS AFFECTING THE TRACE-ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF SOILS -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Effect of Parent Material -- 2.3 Effects of Lime and Fertilizers -- 2.4 Depletion from Cropping -- 2.5 Sulfur -- 2.6 Assessing Availability -- 2.7 Urban and Rural Soils -- CHAPTER 3. TRACE-ELEMENT CONTAMINATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- 3.1 General Considerations -- 3.2 Lead from Petrol -- 3.3 Mercury -- 3.4 Fluorine -- CHAPTER 4. SOURCES OF TRACE-ELEMENT CONTAMINATION OF SOILS -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination -- 4.3 Dumped Wastes -- 4.4 Waste Materials Deliberately Added to the Soil -- 4.5 Pesticides -- CHAPTER 5. AVAILABILITY OF TRACE-ELEMENTS IN THE SOIL -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Relationship between Plant Uptake and 'Available' Level in Soil -- CHAPTER 6. CONSEQUENCES OF TRACE ELEMENT CONTAMINATION OF SOILS -- 6.1 General Considerations -- 6.2 Composition of Herbage in Urban Areas -- 6.3 Composition of Cabbages in Urban Areas -- 6.4 Effects of Application of Sewage Sludge to soil on Plant Composition -- 6.5 Effects of Applications of Municipal Compost on Plant Composition -- 6.6 Effects on Crops and Animals -- 6.7 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 7. TRACE-ELEMENT CONTAMINATION OF THE HYDROSPHERE -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Pollution Potential of Trace Elements -- 7.3 Problems of Inadequate Dispersal -- 7.4 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 8. PREVENTION OF DISPERSION OF METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Need to Recycle Metals -- 8.3 Disposal of Municipal Refuse -- 8.4 Municipal Wastewaters and Sewage Sludge -- 8.5 Measures Required to Minimize Dispersal of metals -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX. , SUBJECT INDEX.

Note: Arsenic in Drinking Water -- Copyright -- Other Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE CHARGE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE -- THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE -- THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S EVALUATION -- Health Effects -- Recommendations -- Disposition (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) -- Recommendations -- Mechanism or Mode of Action -- Recommendations -- Variation in Human Sensitivity -- Recommendations -- Other Considerations -- Recommendations -- RISK CHARACTERIZATION -- Recommendations -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 1988 Risk Assessment for Arsenic -- OVERVIEW OF THE EPA 1988 SPECIAL REPORT -- Hazard Identification -- Dose-Response Assessment -- Nutritional Essentiality -- EPA'S 1988 RISK ASSESSMENT: 10 YEARS LATER -- Data Limitations -- Estimating Risk in the United States -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3 Chemistry and Analysis of Arsenic Species in Water, Food, Urine, Blood, Hair, and Nails -- SUMMARY OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS IN WATER AND FOOD -- RELEVANT CHEMICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Is Arsenic Similar to Phosphorus? -- Affinity Of Arsenic For Sulfur -- Biomethylation of Arsenic -- Some Geo-chemical Considerations: Absorption and Redox -- Microbial Activity and Arsenic Mobilization -- Free Radical and Peroxy Species -- ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS -- Hydride Generation with Speciation -- Hidden Arsenic Species -- Arsenic(III) Species -- Chromatographic Separation of Involatile Arsenic Species -- Mass Spectrometry for Arsenic Speciation -- ARSENIC IN WATER -- Arsenic in Groundwater -- Arsenic in Fresh Surface Water -- Arsenic in Estuarine Water -- Practical Quantification Level for Arsenic in Drinking Water -- ARSENIC IN FOOD. , Total-Arsenic Concentrations -- Studies of Arsenic Speciation in Food -- Higher-Level Speciation Studies of Food -- The Nature of Arsenic in Plants -- ARSENIC IN URINE, BLOOD, HAIR, AND NAILS -- Arsenic in Urine -- Total Arsenic in Urine -- Arsenic Species in Urine -- Collection and Storage of Urine Samples for Arsenic Speciation Analysis -- Arsenic Species in Blood -- Arsenic in Hair and Fingernails -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Health Effects of Arsenic -- CANCER EFFECTS -- Ecological Studies -- Cohort Studies -- Case-Control Studies -- Occupational Studies -- NONCANCER EFFECTS -- Cutaneous Effects -- Gastrointestinal Effects -- Cardiovascular Effects -- Hematological Effects -- Pulmonary Effects -- Immunological Effects -- Neurological Effects -- Endocrinological Effects -- Reproductive and Developmental Effects -- Epidemiological Associations -- Animal Data -- Placental Transfer -- Pathogenesis and Possible Mechanisms of Teratogenesis -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Disposition of Inorganic Arsenic -- ABSORPTION -- BIOTRANSFORMATION -- Arsenate Reduction and Arsenite Methylation -- Species Differences -- Factors Influencing the Metabolism of Arsenic -- TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND ELIMINATION -- Transportation in Blood -- Tissue Distribution -- Intracellular Distribution -- Elimination -- KINETIC MODEL -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Biomarkers of Arsenic Exposure -- ARSENIC IN URINE -- ARSENIC IN BLOOD -- ARSENIC IN HAIR AND NAILS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Mechanisms of Toxicity -- CANCER EFFECTS -- Results from Bioassays -- Inorganic Arsenic -- Monomethylarsonic Acid (MMA) -- Dimethylarsinic Acid (DMA) -- Relevance of Findings of Bioassays to Humans -- Mode of Action. , Genotoxic Effects Induced by Arsenic Compounds -- Mutational Spectrum -- Comutagenicity -- DNA Methylation -- Oxidative Stress -- Cell Proliferation -- Arsenic-Induced Carcinogenicity and the Shape of Dose-Response Curve-A Mode-of-Action Approach -- NONCANCER EFFECTS -- Inhibitory Effects on Cellular Respiration -- Alterations in the Heme and Porphyrin Biosynthetic Pathways -- Alterations in Cellular Gene Expression-Stress Protein Induction -- Arsenic Toxicity and Metallothionein -- Arsine Gas Toxicity -- Interactions Between Arsenic and Other Common Toxic Metals -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8 Variation in Human Sensitivity -- VARIATION IN ARSENIC METABOLISM -- Methodological Aspects -- Genetic Polymorphism -- Age, Sex, and Recreational Habits -- Effect of Dose -- Interindividual Variation -- NUTRITIONAL STATUS -- Methyl Group Donors -- Selenium -- Zinc -- Nutritional Status of Populations in Taiwan -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Essentiality and Therapeutic Uses -- DEFINITION OF ESSENTIALITY -- EVIDENCE FOR ESSENTIALITY -- Physiological Importance -- Essentiality in Humans -- Goats and Minipigs -- Rats -- Chicks -- Data Consistency and Reproducibility -- Biochemical Mechanism of Action -- Dose Aspects -- THERAPEUTIC USES OF ARSENIC -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 Statistical Issues -- A REVIEW OF DOSE-RESPONSE MODELING AND RISK ASSESSMENT -- THE EPA 1988 ANALYSIS -- Sources of Uncertainty in the EPA 1988 Analysis -- PROBLEMS WITH RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON ECOLOGICAL DATA -- INTERNAL-CANCER DATA FROM TAIWAN -- OTHER ISSUES -- DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11 Risk Characterization -- REFERENCES -- Addendum to Chapter 9 Experimental Conditions for Nutritional Studies with Arsenic -- RATS AND CHICKS. , Goats and Minipigs -- REFERENCES -- Addendum to Chapter 10 Table A10-1 Internal Cancer Data From Arsenic-exposure Studies Conducted Taiwan Region Endemic To... -- References.