Radiation carcinogenesis in experimental animals

Exposure of man to relatively high doses of ionizing radiation is generally restricted to accidental situations, with very limited knowledge about the actual doses received. Animal experiments can be performed under standardized and controlled conditions and can provide information on the dose-response relationships for radiation carcinogenesis. The risk of inducing neoplastic late effects after total-body irradiation with relatively high doses has been demonstrated for larger animals, such as monkeys and dogs. The bone marrow, the mammary glands and the lungs are among the tissues with the highest susceptibility for radiation carcinogenesis. Experimental results on tumour induction in rodents are summarized with emphasis on the effectiveness in dependence on radiation quality and fractionation or dose rate.     

PAX6 haploinsufficiency causes cerebral malformation and olfactory dysfunction in humans.

PAX6 is widely expressed in the central nervous system. Heterozygous PAX6 mutations in human aniridia cause defects that would seem to be confined to the eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and smell testing reveal the absence or hypoplasia of the anterior commissure and reduced olfaction in a large proportion of aniridia cases, which shows that PAX6 haploinsuffiency causes more widespread human neuro developmental anomalies.     

The design of an epistemology for the management discipline which resolves dilemmas among ethical and other imperatives

We outline an epistemology to resolve dilemmas among conflicting imperatives which arise in management situations involving action programs which are “useful” economically and technically but which, at the same time, must satisfy, among others, aesthetic, ethical, and legal requirements. These “situations” occur in problem domains such as management science, environmental management, conservation management (the science devoted to the protection and preservation of our cultural and historical heritage), urban planning, government administration, and the like. Basically, these actions programs are designed to “improve the state of the real world” and take into account the inevitable conflicts and tradeoffs which inhibit maximization of objectives. In the end, the epistemological framework which is proposed leads to the formulation of a methodology to reconcile the economic, scientific, political, legal, ethical, epistemological, and aesthetic imperatives, in the context of a strategic and pragmatic framework.     

Force generation in glycerinated insect-flight muscles without ATP

Zusammenfassung Durch Zugabe und durch Auswaschen von Mg-Pyrophosphat (0,5 mM) oder Mg-Tripoly-Phosphat (1 mM) konnten (in Abwesenheit von ATP) in glyzerinextrahierten Fasern von fibrillären Insektenmuskeln (Lethocerus maximus) reversible Kontraktionszyklen und Änderungen des Dehnungswiderstandes bewirkt werden.

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Supported by Grant No. Ru 154/b of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The excellent technical assistance of Mrs.Helgard Jung is gratefully acknowledged.     

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz und Emil Wiechert

Ohne Zusammenfassung Vorgelegt von S. Flügge     

Studies on the modulation of the desensitization of the pituitary gland by luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in the ovariectomized rat

In ovariectomized rats the desensitization of the LH cells in vivo, which develops during constant rate infusion of LHRH, 1) does not depend on a concomitant depletion of the pituitary LH stores, 2) proceeds normally when the hypothalamo-pituitary connection has been severed and 3) is a process in which LH itself is not involved.     

Astrocladistics: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Galaxy Evolution II. Formation and Diversification of Galaxies

This series of papers is intended to evaluate astrocladistics in reconstructing phylogenies of galaxies. The objective of this second paper is to formalize the concept of galaxy formation and to identify the processes of diversification. We show that galaxy diversity can be expected to organize itself in a hierarchy. In order to better understand the role of mergers, we have selected a sample of 43 galaxies from the GALICS database built from simulations with a hybrid model for galaxy formation studies. These simulated galaxies, described by 119 characters and considered as representing still undefined classes, have experienced different numbers of merger events during evolution. Our cladistic analysis yields a robust tree that proves the existence of a hierarchy. Mergers, like interactions (not taken into account in the GALICS simulations), are probably a strong driver for galaxy diversification. Our result shows that mergers participate in a branching type of evolution, but do not seem to play the role of an evolutionary clock.     

Histologische und zytologische Untersuchungen über das Ependym und seine Abkömmlinge (insbesondere die Epiphyse und den Saccus vasculosus) bei niederen Vertebraten

Summary In the brain wall of different vertebrate species, ependymal cells of different type occur. These cells possess protuberances which protrude into the ventricle.Although cytologically these structures are all variations of one theme, they must at present be interpreted in different ways as regards function.Probably these cell types form a complex system for the regulation of the cerebrospinal fluid. It remains possible that one or more of these cell types act as light receptors.