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Henry M. Ramirez (May 17, 1972)
No full textHenry M. Ramirez was the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish Speaking People at the time of the interview. He did not know the president directly. According to Ramirez, the Nixon store served Mexican families working in the citrus groves
A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members
No full textBackground: the PELICAN Multidisciplinary Team Total Mesorectal Excision (MDT-TME) Development Programme aimed to improve clinical outcomes for rectal cancer by educating colorectal cancer teams in precision surgery and related aspects of multidisciplinary care. The Programme reached almost all colorectal cancer teams across England. We took the opportunity to assess the impact of participating in this novel team-based Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members.Methods: the impact of participating in the programme on team members' self-reported job stress, job satisfaction and team performance was assessed in a pre-post course study. 333/568 (59%) team members, from the 75 multidisciplinary teams who attended the final year of the Programme, completed questionnaires pre-course, and 6-8 weeks post-course.Results: across all team members, the main sources of job satisfaction related to working in multidisciplinary teams; whilst feeling overloaded was the main source of job stress. Surgeons and clinical nurse specialists reported higher levels of job satisfaction than team members who do not provide direct patient care, whilst MDT coordinators reported the lowest levels of job satisfaction and job stress. Both job stress and satisfaction decreased after participating in the Programme for all team members. There was a small improvement in team performance.Conclusions: participation in the Development Programme had a mixed impact on the working lives of team members in the immediate aftermath of attending. The decrease in team members' job stress may reflect the improved knowledge and skills conferred by the Programme. The decrease in job satisfaction may be the consequence of being unable to apply these skills immediately in clinical practice because of a lack of required infrastructure and/or equipment. In addition, whilst the Programme raised awareness of the challenges of teamworking, a greater focus on tackling these issues may have improved working lives furthe
M. ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ – New Varieties of Mussaenda [RESEARCH NOTE]
No full textAn outstanding selections of Mussaenda developed in the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) were registered to the National Seed Industry Council as new varieties. These are Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and Mussaenda ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’, named after an ornamental plant breeder and a National Scientist, respectively, in recognition to their significant contributions in the fields of genetics and plant breeding. Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ is a hybrid and a progeny from a cross between M. ‘Maria Makiling’ and M. ‘Diwata’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, numerous, and hairy. Petaloids are creamy white (157C) with visible midrib and pale yellow-green veins underneath, are ovate to suborbicular in shape, and are 5.0 - 9.3 x 3.7 - 7.5 cm in size. M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ is also a hybrid from the cross M. ‘Maria Makiling x M. ‘Doña Trining’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, two to three of which are more enlarged while the rest are partially expanded in a cluster, are elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-orbicular in shape, 4.5 - 9.0 x 0.3 - 6.2 cm in size, and are empire rose (48A) with prominent pinkish white veins above and orient pink (36D) below with a tinge of yellow-green (145A) towards the apex
M. ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ – new varieties of Mussaenda
No full textAn outstanding selections of Mussaenda developed at the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) were registered to the National Seed Industry Council as new varieties. These are Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and Mussaenda ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’, named after an ornamental plant breeder and a National Scientist, respectively, in recognition of their significant contributions to the fields of genetics and plant breeding. Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ is a hybrid and a progeny from a cross between M. ‘Maria Makiling’ and M. ‘Diwata’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, numerous, and hairy. Petaloids are creamy white (157C) with visible midrib and pale yellow-green veins underneath, are ovate to suborbicular in shape, and are 5.0–9.3 x 3.7–7.5 cm in size. M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ is also a hybrid from the cross M. ‘Maria Makiling x M. ‘Doña Trining’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, two to three of which are more enlarged while the rest are partially expanded in a cluster, are elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-orbicular in shape, 4.5 ˗ 9.0 x 0.3 ˗ 6.2 cm in size, and are empire rose (48A) with prominent pinkish white veins above and orient pink (36D) below with a tinge of yellow-green (145A) towards the apex
Experimental and analytical studies of hydrocarbon yields under dry-, steam-, and steam with propane-distillation
No full textRecent experimental and simulation studies -conducted at the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University - confirm oil production is accelerated when propane is used as an additive during steam injection. To better understand this phenomenon, distillation experiments were performed using seven-component synthetic oil consisting of equal weights of the following alkanes: n-C5, n-C6, n-C7, n-C8, n-C9, nC10, and n-C15. For comparison purposes, three distillation processes were investigated: dry-, steam-, and steam-propane-distillation, the latter at a propane:steam mass ratio of
0.05. The injection rate of nitrogen during dry-and steam-distillation was the same as that of propane during steam-propane distillation, 0.025 g/min, with steam injection rate kept at 0.5 g/min. The distillation temperatures ranged from 115��C to 300��C and were increased in steps of 10��C. The cell was kept at each temperature plateau (cut) for 30 minutes. Distillation pressures ranged from 0 psig for dry distillation to 998 psig for steam-and steam-propane distillation. The temperature-pressure combination used represented 15��C superheated steam conditions. Distillate samples were collected at each cut, and the volume and weight of water and hydrocarbon measured. In addition, the composition of the hydrocarbon distillate was measured using a gas chromatograph. Main results of the study may be summarized as follows. First, the hydrocarbon yield at 125��C is highest with steam-propane distillation (74 wt%) compared to steam distillation (58 wt%), and lowest with dry distillation (36 wt%). This explains in part the oil production acceleration observed in steam-propane displacement experiments. Second, the final hydrocarbon yield at 300��C however is the same for the three distillation processes. This observation is in line with the fact that oil recoveries were very similar in steam- and steam-propane displacement experiments. Third, based on the yields of individual hydrocarbon components, steam-propane distillation lowers the apparent boiling points of the hydrocarbons significantly. This phenomenon may be the most fundamental effect of propane on hydrocarbon distillation, which results in a higher yield during steam-propane distillation and oil production acceleration during steam-propane displacement. Fourth, experimental K-values are higher in distillations with steam-propane for the components n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, and n-nonane. Fifth, vapor fugacity coefficients for each component are higher in distillations with steam-propane than with steam. Finally, Gibbs excess energy is overall lower in distillations with steam-propane than with steam. The experimental results clearly indicate the importance of distillation on oil recovery during steam-or steam-propane injection. The experimental procedure and method of analysis developed in this study (for synthetic oil) will be beneficial to future researchers in understanding the effect of propane as steam additive on actual crude oils
Colors 1981
No full textCONTENTS
Untitled, John I. C. Ramirez 2;
Love will fly, Tim Furness 3;
Untitled, Palmer Hoovestal 4;
The wave, Jerome Lightbourne 6;
The land*lord, R. Lea 7;
Song of the newborn, Heidi Muller 8;
Untitled, Mary Ostervold 9;
Good crops, Gina Larson 10;
Come, challenge the sea, Paula Schafer 12;
Untitled, Pat Dooris 14;
Untitled, Eric Peterson 16;
A flight of fancy, Tony Schaan 17;
Ode upon a london tube, Kit Warfield 18;
Sponge, Debbie Court 19;
Untitled, Debbie Court 20;
Untitled, John I. C. Ramirez 21;
Untitled, Joyce Lowry 21;
Untitled, Mary Taft 22;
Thank you, Lord [unidentified author] 23;
From generation to generation, Denise Marsh 24;
Untitled, S. M. 25;
Untitled, M. F. 26;
Brain Cramp, Francine Bergeron 27;
Untitled, Pat Dooris 28;
Untitled, Tom Mertes 30;
Untitled, John I. C. Ramirez 31;
Untitled, Dolores Bock 31;
Untitled, Christopher Perez 32;
Untitled, Pat Dooris 33;
Echoes of Innocence, Kelly Cosgrove 35;
Beloved, M. Bowen 36;
Untitled, Mary Ostervold 36
Effect of amino acid supplementation of low protein diets for layers and all-plant protein diets for broilers
No full textThe first study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of supplementing low protein diets with the two most commonly limiting amino acids in laying diets methionine and lysine. Individually caged incrossbred pullets were subjected to eight different treatments for twelve 28-day periods. A positive control diet containing 16.3% animal and plant protein, 2068 kcal./kg. productive energy, 0.778%, lysine and 0.536% methionine plus cystine, was compared to a negative control 14% plant protein diet formulated to contain 0.656% lysine, 0.460% methionine plus cystine and 2068 kcal./kg. productive energy. This diet was supplemented with 0.075% and 0.125% methionine; 0.050% and 0.100% lysine; 0.075% methionine plus 0.050% lysine and 0.125% methionine plus 0.100% lysine, respectively. Egg production, egg size and feed efficiency were approximately equal for the unsupplemented 14% protein and for this diet supplemented with either 0.075%, 0.125% methionine or 0.050%, 0.100% lysine. The combination of methionine plus lysine at the lower level significantly improved these economic traits and was greater than or equal to the response to the higher of both or to the positive control diet. The second study was undertaken to study the performance of commercial broilers. Fourteen diets containing either glandless cottonseed meal (GCSM), cottonseed meal (CSM), sesame meal (SM), soybean meal (SBM), or combination of these plant protein sources, with and without amino acid supplementation, (methionine and/or lysine) end in each case contributing the same total amount of crude protein, were compared to each other and to a positive animal and plant protein control diet. ..
Intein mediated purification of protein
No full textThe present invention includes methods, compositions, uses, and kits for purifying a protein of interest (POI) comprising contacting a first fusion protein comprising the POI fused to the C-terminus of an intein C-fragment with a second fusion protein comprising an intein N-fragment and a purification tag to form a complex between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein, cleaving the POI from the intein C-fragment, wherein the protein is released from the complex; and isolating the POI; the present invention also includes fusion proteins and vector.U
Plasma levels of M-CSF are increased in ANCA-associated vasculitides with active nephritis.
No full textMazzaella canaliculata N. Arakaki & M. E. Ramirez, comb. nov.
No full textMazzaella canaliculata (C.Agardh) N.Arakaki & M.E.Ramírez comb. nov. Basionym: Sphaerococcus canaliculatus C. Agardh 1822, 260. Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana. Homotypic Synonyms: Chondrus canaliculatus (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lv, Gigartina chilensis D.H. Kim 1976: 39. Holotype: LD 23179, cystocarpic specimen, leg. Binder Type locality: Valparaiso, Chile. Additional specimens examined: CHILE. Coquimbo, Puerto Aldea, cystocarpic and tetrasporic, submareal, 30° 15’ S, 14.vi.94 and 18.i.95, N. Arakaki. Valparaíso, Caleta Horcón, 32° 42’ S, 26.v.94, 31.i.95, cystocarpic, intertidal, N. Arakaki. Valparaíso, Agardh Herbarium, LD 23180, LD 23181, LD 23182, LD 23183. PERU. Ica, Paracas, Playa Mendieta, cystocarpic, drift, coll. A. Peters & C. Acleto (SGO 109805), vi.1989. Ica, Paracas, Playa Mendieta, cystocarpic and tetrasporic plants, 14° 3’ S, 15.iii.94 and 11.iii.95, coll. N. Arakaki (SGO pending). Ica, Marcona, Playa Siete Huecos, 27.iv.2016, coll. N. Arakaki (SH-139, SH-146, IMARPE). Ica, Marcona, Playa Hermosa, 23.x.2016, coll. N. Arakaki (IMARPE-05-001408-2) and 28.iv.2016, coll. G. Vega (IMARPE-05000783-2). Ica, Marcona, Reserva Nacional San Fernando, 29.iv.2016, coll. G. Vega (IMARPE-05-000765 and IMARPE-05-000771). Ica, Marcona, Poza de Lapa, 21.x.2016, coll. G. Vega (IMARPE-05-001393) and 27.iv.2016, coll. G. Vega (IMARPE-05-000689). Ica, Paracas, Playa Mendieta, 27.v.2017, coll. D.Márquez & S. Suárez (USM 322398). Ica, Paracas, Playa Mendieta, 26.x.2017, coll. S. Suárez (USM 322397), Ccan-men-2pob, Ccan-men-3pob). Lima, Bahía de Pucusana, 14.iii.2018, coll. N. Arakaki (IMARPE-05-001235). Ica, Paracas, Playa Mendieta, 28.iii.2019, coll. N. Arakaki (USM 322399).Published as part of Arakaki, Natalia & Ramirez, Maria Eliana, 2021, Mazzaella canaliculata comb. nov. based on Chondrus canaliculatus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Peru and Chile, pp. 211-228 in Phytotaxa 497 (3) on page 219, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.497.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/542394
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