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Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Jones Junior High School fifth grade students, Toledo, Ohio, 1965
No full textTerms associated with the photograph are: Jones Junior High School (Toledo, Ohio) | junior high schools | class portraits | 1965-1966 | fifth grade | students | Chizmar, Danny | Barker, Roger | Lerch, Sam | OLarry, Linda | Pariseau, Patrick | Ganslein, David | Trumbull, Terry | Howard, Rebecca | Fellers, Jeffrey | Kent, Dennis | Lockett, William | Holman, Carol | Shelley, Ted | Filipovich, Debra | Middlebrooks, David | Johnson, Veronica | Young, Bonnie | Callahan, Timothy | Castro, Danny | Dupree, Pamela | Lewinski, William | Smith, Herman | Cothren, Edward | Scanlan, Patricia | Staton, David | Gonzales, Juanita | teachers | Momany, Marian M
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones & Staff
No full textLieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, full-length portrait, seated in chair in front of building, three men in uniform standing and seated on the steps in front of him.Title transcribed from verso.Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line at top. DLC"No. 41" written or printed above line. DLCRestricted access: Materials extremely fragile; Served by appointment only.Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944.Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, K.C.B.
No full textLieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, half-length portrait, standing with arm resting on stone wall.Title transcribed from verso.Photo marked for cropping with vertical line on the left. DLC"212" written or printed to the left of the vertical line. DLCRestricted access: Materials extremely fragile; Served by appointment only.Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944.Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 59
Lives and limbs : re-membering Robert Jones : a biography
No full textThis is a biography of Robert Jones, 1857-1933. He was a surgeon, and is credited
with bringing orthopaedics from its quack past into its scientific present. This work
explores Jones’ life and times, and examines whether he is entitled to the epithet
‘father of orthopaedics’.
It looks at the history of bonesetting, the influences on Jones’ development
and medical training, and some key moments in his career – notably his involvement
in the building of the Manchester Ship Canal, the planning of Heswall Children’s
Hospital, and the Great War. It argues that although there are other medical men
who could have been credited with fathering orthopaedics, he is indeed the father –
at least of orthopaedics in Britain, if not internationally.
This version of Jones’ life begins with something of his biographer’s journey,
before it explores what and who influenced Jones, and in turn what his legacy has
been to the medical profession.
The accompanying Critical Commentary explores whether or not it is possible
to offer a definition of biography as a genre in the light of its history and purpose. It
examines critical views, considers the mythology that grows up around historical
figures, and also explains the rationale for the structure chosen for organising the
material presented in this new biography of Robert Jones, Live and Limbs: Re-membering Robert Jones
Roger Gillis' Ranch
No full textPhotograph of E. B. Keng, Wm. Jones (SCS technician), and Bob Gulley (Gillis' son-in-law) examining slender grama on Roger Gillis' Ranch
Managing the self: a grounded theory study of the identity development of 14-19 year old same-sex attracted teenagers in British Schools and Colleges
No full textThe process of Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB) identity formation is a complex one. There are many barriers in place which, implicitly or otherwise, seek to control and regulate same-sex attraction. An essential part of LGB identity formation is the process of disclosure to others, which can elicit a variety of reactions, from instant rejection to intense camaraderie. An examination of the ways in which LGB teenagers manage the visibility of their sexual identities, in the face of heterosexual control and regulation, will have profound implications for the work of those professionals who work with these young people. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach (Charmaz 2005, 2006), this study examines the experiences of 14-19 year old LGB teenagers concerning self-discovery, disclosure to others, coping with negative pressures and school responses to LGB visibility. Students, teachers and school managers were asked about the promotion of heterosexual and LGB-friendly assumptions and values in a school context. Thirty-five LGB young people were asked about how these assumptions had affected their lives. Some participants seemed able to manage anti-LGB pressures much better than others and, in order to determine why, participants were asked to identify the social, verbal and non-verbal strategies they have adopted in order to manage their LGB visibility in the face of these pressures. The emergent theory is entitled ‘A Constructivist model of LGB youth identity development’. By focusing on self-presentation and the management of homonegative pressures, this study highlights the need for a greater awareness of the ways in which LGB teenagers cope with social stigmatisation and manage disclosure in order to gauge the likely reactions from others. By developing an awareness of LGB visibility management, it will be possible for those who work with young LGB teenagers to circumvent some of the adverse interpersonal and psychological effects of homonegative stigmatisation
Smith (Iain R.) : The Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1886-1890 ; Jones (Roger) : The Rescue of Emin Pasha. The Story of Henry M. Stanley and the Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1887-1889
No full textDeschamps Hubert. Smith (Iain R.) : The Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1886-1890 ; Jones (Roger) : The Rescue of Emin Pasha. The Story of Henry M. Stanley and the Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1887-1889. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 61, n°223, 2e trimestre 1974. p. 332
Smith (Iain R.) : The Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1886-1890 ; Jones (Roger) : The Rescue of Emin Pasha. The Story of Henry M. Stanley and the Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1887-1889
No full textDeschamps Hubert. Smith (Iain R.) : The Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1886-1890 ; Jones (Roger) : The Rescue of Emin Pasha. The Story of Henry M. Stanley and the Emin Pasha Relief Expédition, 1887-1889. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 61, n°223, 2e trimestre 1974. p. 332
Development of Diagnostic Tools for the Seed Potato Industry
Get PDFThe Australian potato industry is threatened by inadequate measures to control the virus health of seed potatoes. Potatoes are vegetatively propagated; therefore infection can result in disease spreading through generations. This has the potential to cause significant economic losses. Virus testing on tuber sprouts is currently conducted by ELISA, however a significant time delay of several weeks can occur while tubers sprout. There is a considerable need for a rapid, quantitative and cost effective virus test directly on bulked samples of dormant tubers to identify infected lots during seed multiplication.
The potato viruses of economic importance in Western Australia are Potato virus S, (PVS), Potato virus X, (PVX), Potato leafroll virus, (PLRV) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). The main aim of this project was to develop reliable PCR-based methods for multiplex real-time quantitative detection of these viruses in bulked potato tuber samples for seed certification for domestic and export markets.
Knowledge of the distribution of the viruses within tuber tissue was needed to develop more effective methods of RNA extraction. The distribution of the viruses in histological sections of potato tubers was investigated using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. All four viruses were found to be distributed at the stolon end of freshly harvested infected potato tubers. Extraction of RNA from tuber tissue is problematic because it contains starches and phenolics which inhibit RT-PCR. Extracting RNA from the tuber peelings would overcome this problem; however one of the viruses, PLRV, is restricted to the phloem in potato tubers. The distribution of the phloem in the superficial tissue of potato tubers was therefore investigated using histological staining and transmission electron microscopy. The vascular tissue was found to be within 2 mm below the epidermis of the tuber. With this knowledge, total RNA was extracted rapidly and efficiently from bulked potato peelings equivalent to 300 dormant tubers to detect single infections of PLRV, PVX, PVS and TSWV.
For the quantitative detection of these viruses in potato leaves and tuber tissue, specific primers and fluorescent-labeled TaqMan® probes were designed. A realtime multiplex, single tube RT-PCR assay was developed. The main tasks involved primer design, optimization of reagents, standardization of RNA samples from which standard curves for analysis were generated, and identification of a baseline on which to interpret results.
Limits of detection sensitivity were established using a range of virus transcript copy numbers (8 x 101 to 8 x 109 copies of PVX and PVS, 1 x 102 to 1 x 1010 copies of PLRV and 1 x 103 to 1 x 1010 copies of TSWV). The multiplexed assay was validated in blind studies. This high-throughput test is accurate and sensitive, and as a result this test is in the process of being commercialized and used by the seed potato industry of Western Australia as a cost-effective diagnostic tool to detect viruses reliably in bulked samples of dormant potato tubers
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