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The health effects of smoking: misreading the evidence. by Peter D. Finch
No full texttag=1 data=The health effects of smoking: misreading the evidence. by Peter D. Finch.
tag=2 data=Finch, Peter D.
tag=3 data=Policy.
tag=6 data=Spring 1990
tag=7 data=22-25.
tag=8 data=SMOKING
tag=10 data=Health promotion policies have popularised the view that smoking is a major cause of fatal disease. Peter Finch argues that evidence cited to show that smoking is harmful to health has been distorted by the anti-smoking lobby in a way that exaggerates the risks and costs associated with smoking.
tag=11 data=1990/2/9
tag=12 data=296
tag=13 data=CABHealth promotion policies have popularised the view that smoking is a major cause of fatal disease. Peter Finch argues that evidence cited to show that smoking is harmful to health has been distorted by the anti-smoking lobby in a way that exaggerates the risks and costs associated with smoking
REWARD-100
No full textREWARD-100 for the arrest and delivery to the undersigned in Trinidad, Colorado, or the arrest and delivery to F. D. Healey, Sheriff, at Beaver City, Oklahoma, on or before Sept. 1, 1896, of the following described individual: Commonly known as Sam Smith, light hair, grey eyes, height about 5 feet and 8 inches, weight 160 pounds, smooth face, age 20 years. When last seen, attired in light checkered suit, a cow¬ boy by occupation. Broke jail at Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, February 26th, 1896. Under conviction for stealing Ike Like's horses and wanted for theft of certain calves.
D. D. FINCH, Sheriff.
March 12th, 189
Activity-dependent plasticity in visual forebrain areas of the zebra finch
No full textRollenhagen A, Bischof H-J. Activity-dependent plasticity in visual forebrain areas of the zebra finch. Behavioural Brain Research. 1996;81(1-2):207-213
Telegram from Bertha Wells Mead, Washington, D. C., to Lucine Finch and Edwin W. Finch, Greenwich, Connecticut, September 29, 1926
No full textNotes and correspondence of sympathy written the Julia Neely Finch's family on her death
Engraved print of Edward Finch (b. after 1584, d. 1641/2)
No full textEngraved print of Edward Finch (b. after 1584, d. 1641/2) by William Richardson (active 1777-1814
Letter from Bertha Wells Mead, Washington, D. C. , to Edwin Finch and Lucine Finch, September 30, 1926
No full textNotes and correspondence of sympathy written the Julia Neely Finch's family on her death
Visual wulst influences on flash evoked responses in the ectostriatum of the zebra finch
No full textEngelage J, Bischof H-J. Visual wulst influences on flash evoked responses in the ectostriatum of the zebra finch. Brain Research. 1994;652(1):17-27.Anatomical data suggest that visual information from the thalamofugal pathway contributes to visual processing in the tectofugal pathway. We addressed the question of the functionality of anatomically described connections to the visual system of a laterally eyed bird, the zebra finch. The study shows the contribution of visual wulst efferents to visual processing in the ectostriatum by recordings of visually evoked slow field potentials. Suppression of visual wulst activity resulted in a selective reduction of distinct potential components in contralaterally evoked slow field potentials. A clear reduction was observed in the maximum amplitude of short latency components in the negative wave. Long latency components of the negative wave and the entire positive wave of the contralaterally flash evoked potentials were almost abolished. Ipsilateral visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were not significantly affected. Cooling and spreading depression of the optic tectum resulted in a uniform amplitude reduction of the negative wave. The positive wave was almost abolished. Ipsilateral VEPs disappeared completely during suppression of optic tectum activity. The results showed that the visual wulst has a significant, most likely facilitatory, influence on the processing of contralateral visual information in the ectostriatum. Ipsilateral stimulus processing was partly independent from visual wulst activity. A model for thalamo- and tectofugal connectivity in the ectostriatum is suggested
Isolation-dependent enhancement of 14C-2-deoxyglucose uptake in the forebrain of zebra finch males
No full textBischof H-J, Herrmann K. Isolation-dependent enhancement of 14C-2-deoxyglucose uptake in the forebrain of zebra finch males. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 1988;49(3):386-397.In a previous study (H. J. Bischof and K. Herrmann (1986), Behavioral Brain Research, 21, 215-221) we demonstrated that four forebrain areas of the zebra finch male are activated in situations which arouse the animal, for example when the birds are chased around the cage or when they are exposed to a female. These areas, the hyperstriatum accessorium-dorsale (HAD), a part of the medial neo-hyperstriatum (MNH), the lateral neo-hyperstriatum (LNH), and a portion of the caudal archi-neostriatum (ANC), show enhanced 2-[14C]deoxyglucose (2-DG) uptake according to the experimental situation. On the basis of these experiments, we examined whether the activation of the areas is correlated with motor activity and is influenced by different isolation times prior to a 2-DG experiment, where courtship of the male birds is elicited by exposing them to a female zebra finch. For this purpose, we isolated male zebra finches for 1 day, 1 week, or 8 weeks, respectively, before we injected the 2-DG and exposed the birds to a female. During the experiment, besides other activities, the number of song motifs performed by the bird and the frequency of changing perches was recorded. Our experiments demonstrate that there is a weak negative correlation between motor activity and 2-DG uptake, and a positive correlation between isolation time and 2-DG uptake. We suggest that long isolation blocks courtship behavior by some unknown mechanisms, and that the "internal drive" of the animal, which possibly corresponds with the activity of the four forebrain areas, is enhanced by isolation and by the fact that the birds do not perform the consummatory behavior. Our results also demonstrate that the 2-DG method can show up small differences in the internal state of an animal, which cannot easily be detected by behavioral measurements
Arousal enhances [14C]2-deoxyglucose uptake in four forebrain areas of the zebra finch
No full textBischof H-J, Herrmann K. Arousal enhances [14C]2-deoxyglucose uptake in four forebrain areas of the zebra finch. Behavioural Brain Research. 1986;21(3):215-221.The activity pattern of the forebrain of male zebra finches was investigated by the [14C]2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) method in 4 different behavioral situations. (1) Sitting alone in the cage (control); (2) courtship by experienced birds; (3) first courtship of inexperienced birds (100 days of age), and (4) chasing the birds around the cage. The primary sensory areas (ectostriatum, field L) were active above background in each experiment. Vocal-motor control areas were at background activity (RA, HVc, MAN), or below background (area X), all unaffected by the type of experiment. In contrast, 4 different areas were active in Expts. 3 and 4, but not in 1 and 2: (a) part of the neostriatum intermedium; (b) part of the lateral neostriatum, both with adjacent parts of the hyperstriatum ventrale, (c) hyperstriatum accessorium and hyperstriatum dorsale, (d) a portion of the caudal neo/archistriatum. It is concluded that the enhanced activity of these areas is not due to distinct external stimulation or enhanced motor activity, but correlates with high arousal levels of the animals
Robert D. Finch
No full textPhotograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "And he announced the appointment of Robert D. Finch as reservoir manager for Broken Bow Dam and Reservoir on the mountain Fork River.
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