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Title: SEMIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1960

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4127073

? < : 3 esented from research in progress on the following studies: the isolation and cultivation of single-beating rat hean cells: physiological mechanism studies of acute pulmonary edema: the dosimetry of fast neutrons as determined by effects on semiconductors: the fate of lymphocytes that rapidly disappear from the blood after whole-body irradiation: the sensitivitv of a largesample gamma scintillation counter: the role of the reticulo-endothelial system in the pathogenesis of the anemia of inflammation, neoplasia, and radiation exposure: levels of nucleic acids in mouse leukemia: the protective effects of certain drugs against radiation injuries; studies of bone metabolism using radioisotopes: the design of a total-body counter facility: tracer studies in experimental liver disease; the chemical dosimetry of neutrons and gamma radiation: tracer studies of hepatobiliary disease using radiogold and rose bengal: the use of hippuran-I/sup 133/ as an indicator of the functional impairment of one or both kidneys: the effects of x irradiation upon spontaneous and evoked brain electrical activity in cats: the toxicity of hafnyl chloride; the pharmacology of gadolinium and samarium chlorides; the effect of radiation from Sr/sup 90/ beads implanted within the rat femur; thiamine transport across the isolated rat intestine: cell interaction studies in cell culture: effects of high specific activity tritiated compounds on E. coli: direct and indirect effects of irradiation on rabbit-liver mitochondria: effect of whole-body irradiation on liver mitochondria in chicken embryos; the metabolism of Zn in irradiated rats: the effect of dose fractionation on longevity of irradiated rats; life-shortening following 800 r x irradiation to the pelvis and hind extremities of rats: the effect of right and left body shielding on longevity of irradiated rats: the late effects of low-dose whole-body x irradiation on 4-day- old rats; mitochondrial effects on liver glycolysis: the effect of acetyl derivatives of thyroxin on acyl phosphatase: the effects of gamma radiation on dilute aqueous solutions of potassium oleate: the catalytic hydrogenation products of cis-9.l0-epoxystearic acid: the metabolism of 8.11.14-eicosatrienoic acid; alterations in the lipids of the aging and chronically irradiated brain; the metabolism of 12-octadecenoic-1-C/sup 14/ acid; the biogenesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish: the biohydrogenation of fatty acids: the biogenesis of plant waxes: the mechanism of the Kolbe electrolytic reaction; the chemistry of macromolecules: the analysis of tissues for trace amounts of zinc, potassium, chlorine, phosphorus, copper, iron, calcium, and stable strontium: the effect of radiation on Dowex-50 resin; the importance of various primary products in the radiation-induced decomposition of ferriprotoporphyrin: the effect of pH and solution composition in the destruction of ferriprotoporphyrin by gamma radiation: the reaction of ferriprotoporphyrin with H/sub 2/O/sub 2/; radioinduced changes in nuclear fatty acids; the effect of irradiation on developing protein-symthesizing systems in chicken embryos: the ecology of the black-tailed jack rabbit at the Nevada Test Site: the role of ingestion and accumulation on fur on the radioactivity of animals ex posed to fall-out; radiation effects on the growth of a population of native deer mice: the effect of the osmotic component of moisture stress upon the mineral composition of plants: the effect of soil moisture tension upon the mineral composition of plants: the influence of potassium and cesium on the uptake of Ce/sup 137/ by bean plants grown in nutrient solution: the influence of chelating agents on the uptake of fission products by plants: problems in evaluation of data on Sr/sup 90/ environmental contamination: the characteristics of fall-out from a nuclear power source (Kiwi A): the biological availability of Sr/sup 90/ in selected locations along delineated fall-out patterns from continental weapons tests: the weathering of fall-out in selected areas

Research Organization:
California. Univ., Los Angeles. School of Medicine
DOE Contract Number:
AT-04-1-GEN-12
NSA Number:
NSA-15-000016
OSTI ID:
4127073
Report Number(s):
UCLA-460
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English