Localization of non-specific phosphatases in the testes ofMeriones hurrianae jerdon,the Indian desert gerbil,andSuncus murinus sindensis anderson,the house shrew

Zusammenfassung Der Sitz der Aktivit?t alkalischer und saurer Phosphatase in den Hoden vonMeriones undSuncus war meist identisch, doch wurde beiSuncus auch festgestellt, dass da wo die hintere Kernkappe in verschiedenen Keimzellen auftrat, die Kernmembranen und der Nucleolus des Zellkerns der Zwischenzellen stark positiv reagierten.      

A new solution of the equilibrium equation for an isothermal gas sphere

Zusammenfassung Eine neue Lösung der Gleichgewichtsgleichung in der (, )-Ebene wurde für eine isotherme Gaskugel gefunden.     

Tissue specific biochemical alterations prior to spinning in the eri-silkworm,Philosamia ricini

Summary Silkgland, fatbody, hemolymph and midgut of eri-silkworm present tissue specific turnover in their biochemical correlates in preparation for spinning of the cocoon which is followed by larval-pupal transformation.Acknowledgment. The authors are thankful to Dr R. N. Singh, Principal, for providing the necessary facilities, to Dr A. B. Das, Zoology Dept. Visvabharti University for valuable suggestions and to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India, for financial assistance.     

Behavioural differences between native DNA and denatured DNA

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Test angewendet, der native und denaturierte DNS unterscheiden lässt. Er besteht auf einer Verklumpung nativer DNS bei Zugabe von kationisierten Stoffen, während denaturierte DNS nur eine Trübung, respektive einen Niederschlag gibt.     

FORECASTING AUTOMOBILE WARRANTY PERFORMANCE IN PRESENCE OF ‘MATURING DATA＇ PHENOMENA USING MULTILAYER PERCEPTRON NEURAL NETWORK

Automobile companies that spend billions of dollars annually towards warranty cost, give high priority to warranty reduction programs. Forecasting of automobile warranty performance plays an important role towards these efforts. The forecasting process involves prediction of not only the specific months-in-service (MIS) warranty performance at certain future time, but also at future MIS values. However, ‘maturing data‘ (also called warranty growth) phenomena that causes warranty performance at specific MIS values to change with time, makes such a forecasting task challenging. Although warranty forecasting methods such as log-log plots and dynamic linear models appear in literature, there is a need for applications addressing the well recognized issue of ‘maturing data‘. In this paper we use an artificial neural network for the forecasting of warranty performance in presence of ‘maturing data‘ phenomena. The network parameters are optimized by minimizing the training and testing errors using response surface methodology. This application shows the effectiveness of neural networks in the forecasting of automobile warranty performance in the presence of the ‘maturing data‘ phenomena.     

Respiratory burst in peritoneal exudate cells in response to a modified tuftsin.

Intraperitoneal administration of tuftsin-M [Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-NH-(CH2)2-NH-CO-C15H31] to Balb/C mice has been shown to induce a respiratory burst in the peritoneal exudate cells. The macrophages exhibited enhanced levels of O2-, H2O2, NADPH oxidase and myeloperoxidase, but the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase remained virtually unchanged. The magnitude of the oxidative burst depended directly on the dose of tuftsin-M; higher activity was observed at higher doses of the peptide. Tuftsin-M enhanced the generation of both O2- and H2O2 under in vitro conditions, as did phorbol myristate acetate. These results suggest that tuftsin-M could enhance non-specific defence against infections by activating the macrophages.     

Effect of certain alcohols on cytology of DaturaInnoxia mill

Zusammenfassung Nachweis, dass Butylalkoholeinwirkung und anschliessender Temperaturschock auf die Samen vonDatura innoxia Polyploidie und Veränderungen in Alkaloidgehalt der Pflanze verursachen und zu charakteristischen Chromosomenaberrationen führen.

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The authors are grateful to Drs.C. K. Atal andAkhtar Husain for their interest in the work.