McGill University Thèses et mémoires publiés en 1993

This study is intended to investigate the concept of pleasure as developed by Nasir-i Khusraw, a prominent Isma'ili philosopher and theologian of the fifth century hijrah. This concept seems to be one of the central themes of Nasir's thought system. From Nasir's works, it appears that according to him the concept of pleasure is not simply an ethical problem but a cosmic principle active and functional on all the existential levels. Every being experiences pleasure in its specific way by performing the function assigned to it. Through this function or activity every being perpetuates its existence and preserves its well-being. …  Read more

Heat penetration data were obtained for a canned food model (gelatinized waxy maize starch) during processing in an agitating retort under various conditions to evaluate the effect of process variables on the heat penetration parameters (f$ sb{ rm h}$ and j$ sb{ rm ch}$) and resulting process lethality (F$ sb{ rm o}$) and cook value (C$ sb{ rm o}$). Overall heat transfer coefficient (U$ sb{ rm o}$), Hunter L, a and b values were determined. The study indicated that f$ sb{ rm h}$, j$ sb{ rm ch}$, F$ sb{ rm o}$, C$ sb{ rm o}$ and U$ sb{ rm o}$ …  Read more

This thesis deals with the crisis of political loyalty in Somalia. The analysis is based on an elitist perspective which permits a more satisfactory integration of all levels of Somali society than is possible with familiar "clanist" or "social theory" interpretations. The paper gives details of the three leading ideological groups in Somalia over the past three decades--the Tribalists, Nationalists and Islamists. It demonstrates how the future of the nationalists' imported models of government and policies to contain tribalism culminated in the re-emergence of tribalism, now in more militant political form. The author presents Islam as an important political component …  Read more

Nodal sections of the winter-hardy 'John Franklin' rose cultivar from field-grown plants were cultured on a modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) nutrient medium. Very high levels of contamination from the surface of the initial sections required that plants be grown under greenhouse conditions. Rose plantlets obtained from subsequent subcultures were used for the first time in a radiotracer experiment with $ sp{32}$P to study the kinetics of phosphorus (P) uptake as a function of temperature of the nutrient medium. P uptake increased with time for rooted and non-rooted plantlets in a linear fashion that did not reach an equilibrium value …  Read more

"Des boutures de noeuds prélevées sur le rosier rustique 'John Franklin' élevé en plein air ont été mises en culture sur un milieu Murashige et Skoog modifié. Un taux élevé de contamination a exigé que le prélèvement des boutures soit effectué sur des plantes cultivées sous-serres. La technique de traçage radioactif a été appliquée, pour la première fois, sur les pousses de rose obtenues in vitro par plusieurs repiquages successifs dans le but d'étudier la cinétique de 1 'absorption du phosphore, en fonction de la température de la solution nutritive. On a trouvé que le taux d'absorption par les pousses …  Read more

The biblical narrative of Jephthah and his daughter (Judges 11:31-40) recounts the story of the judge, Jephthah, who vowed to sacrifice to God whatever came to greet him upon his return from a victorious battle with Ammon, and whose daughter became the victim of this vow. The goal of this thesis is to examine a sample of the Jewish responses to this biblical narrative from ancient and medieval times through the twentieth century. The analysis demonstrates the difficult nature of this text, its linguistic and conceptual ambiguities, the solutions to a well-defined series of problems proposed by more than two …  Read more

Forecasts for the first fungicide application to manage cercospora blight of carrot (Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffim) Arcang) caused by Cercospora carotae (Passerini) Solheim were evaluated during the summers of 1991 and 1992. In the forecast based on infection, the blight severity values (BSV) were calculated for each day using duration of leaf wetness, relative humidity and temperature. The first fungicide was applied when the cumulative blight severity value reached 14 (CBSV 14) and 18 (CBSV 18). The forecasts were compared with the 50% disease incidence threshold method where the first fungicide was applied when the middle leaf of …  Read more

This dissertation constructs a computable general equilibrium model for Ghana using the social accounting framework. The model is used to examine the macroeconomic effects of policies that alter the sectoral terms of trade in the Ghanaian economy. The study shows the macroeconomic effects at a greater level of disaggregation for this country than previous studies on the Ghanaian economy and achieves this through using updating techniques to construct social accounting matrices for three periods. The results show that though improvements in the terms of trade for the Cocoa sector through currency devaluations, increases in the domestic price of exportables or …  Read more

The effect of quench conditions on the properties of fumed silica generated using an arc process was studied. The process consisted of vaporizing quartz particles in a batch transferred arc reactor using the radiative energy from an Ar/NH$ sb3$ thermal plasma. Ammonia was used to increase the vaporization rate of quartz. The hot gas stream exiting the reactor contained a mixture of the decomposition products of NH$ sb3$ and SiO$ sb2$. This included SiO$ sb{ rm (g)}$, O$ sb2$, H$ sb2$ and N$ sb2$. Rapid quenching of this gas stream with steam resulted in the production of a fumed silica …  Read more

By combining a descriptive meihod with a comparative one, this thesis attempts to understand the ideas of method of Muslim learning as illustrated in a medieval Muslim treatise, Ta'lim al-Muta'allim Tariq al-Ta'allum (Instruction of the Student: the Method of Learning), of Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji (flourished circa 620/1223). It is apparent throughout the present study that the method of Muslim learning is not simply a technique by which a student seeks to deal, in an appropriate manner, with any academic assignment, but rather, an approach, the very heart of which rests on the problem of ethics, which brings a student into …  Read more

Two major subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been identified in the nervous system. One site is bound by $ alpha$-bungarotoxin ($ alpha$-BGT), while the other has a higher affinity for agonists and does not bind the $ alpha$-toxin. Muscle nAChRs, which also bind $ alpha$-BGT, had been reported to be sensitive to a thymus-derived polypeptide, thymopoietin (TPO). The present work was therefore done to determine whether this agent might also interact with the different nAChR populations in neuronal cells. Initial studies involved thymopentin (TP-5), a 5 amino-acid peptide which may represent the active site of TPO. TP-5 inhibited …  Read more

The goal of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is to provide protein and non-protein energy in order to promote nitrogen retention and meet energy requirements. Controversy exists on whether glucose or lipid is the optimal source of non-protein energy. A randomized clinical trial was conducted for one week to compare the effects of TPN providing 34% of non-protein energy as lipid (Group 1; n = 7) to those of hypertonic glucose TPN (Group 2; n = 6). Indices of nitrogen retention, metabolic abnormalities, physiologic stress, and fat clearance were measured. The energy and protein intakes of Group 1 exceeded those of …  Read more

This thesis examines the political thought of Dr. Israr Ahmad and the organizations founded and led by him, namely, Markazi Anjuman-i Khuddam al-Qur'an, Tanzim-i Islami, and Tahrik-i Khilafat. He is an intellectual and reformer born in the Indian subcontinent who witnessed the struggle for independence and migrated to Pakistan. During his medical studies he was a member of the Jam'iyat-i Talabah, and after becoming a doctor, he joined the Jama'at-i Islami formed by Mawlana Mawdudi but later left it. The objectives of this thesis are to analyze the main influences on him. This study focuses particularly on Dr. Israr Ahmad's …  Read more

A substrate structure rule to predict the enantioselectivity of Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) towards $ alpha$-substituted carboxylic acids is proposed. Lipase from Candida rugosa resolved methyl $ alpha$-substituted phenylacetates -5. These substrates were examined to understand the influence of steric and the electronic nature of the substituents at the chiral center on the enantioselectivity. Crude CRL was partially enantioselective towards substrates -3, and highly selective towards and, E $>$ 100. Partial purification of crude CRL by 2-propanol extraction and separation by an ion exchange chromatography, dramatically improved the enantioselectivity towards -3, E $>$ 100. One main lipase fraction, F$ sb{ …  Read more

The problem of flutter is first introduced. The equations of motion of an airfoil with two degrees of freedom, in pitch and plunge, are obtained. Then, the unsteady aerodynamic theories for different flow regimes are presented. The traditional solutions to the flutter problem, namely, the p-k and U-g methods, are formulated, and the Laplace transformation method for flutter analysis is also introduced. Then, the effect of different design parameters of an airfoil on the flutter speed is analyzed, both in the incompressible and transonic regimes. Furthermore, the effect of the relative values of the design parameters on the occurrence of …  Read more

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Reasoning with uncertain information has received a great deal of attention recently, as this issue has to be addressed when developing many expert systems. In this thesis we study the literature of uncertainty in AI. The approaches taken by the researchers in this field can be classified into two categories: non-numeric approaches and numeric approaches. From non-numeric methods, we summarize The Theory of Endorsements, and non-monotonic logics. From numeric methods, we elaborate on MYCIN certainty Factors, Dempster-Shafer Theory, Fuzzy Logic, and Probabilistic Approach. We point out that probability theory is an adequate approach if we interpret probability values as beliefs …  Read more

The response of target cells to the polypeptide hormone, prolactin, is initiated by the inaction of the hormone with a cell surface receptor that belongs to the class of receptors with a single membrane-spanning domain, designated as the cytokine/GH/PRL receptor family. The mechanism of signal transduction for this family of receptors is not yet determined. Cloning and functional analysis of different forms of the prolactin receptor (PRL-R) were carried out to elucidate the mechanism of signal transduction. The protein sequence deduced from cDNAs isolated from a rat ovarian cDNA library revealed the existence of a long form of the PRL-R …  Read more

Multivariate ordination techniques were used to characterize the direction and magnitude of coral community changes on west coast reefs in Barbados between 1982 and 1992, and to relate these changes to coastal eutrophication and variation in Diadema antillarum densities (grazing pressure). D. antillarum densities were substantially lower in 1992 than in 1982, reflecting the 1983 mass mortality event. Reductions in urchin density were greater on less eutrophic reefs than eutrophic reefs. Cover by macrophytic algae increased, cover by crustose coralline algae decreased, and the number of coral species decreased between 1982 and 1992. With the notable exception of the most …  Read more

The design of single-mode fibers for wideband communication networks is of considerable current interest. The triangular-index fiber with a capability of shifting the zero-dispersion wavelength from 1.3$ mu m$ to 1.55$ mu m$ has been attracting much current attention. In this work, we direct our attention to the bending loss property of the triangular-index fiber with a depressed or elevated cladding ring and present some near-optimal designs. Reliable vector-mode methods are used for the calculation of both dispersion and bending losses. Results show that the presence of a depressed or elevated ring can yield a reduction in the level of …  Read more

This thesis is an analysis of National Socialist violence and anti-Semitism as propaganda from 1928-1934. It states that the primary role of NSDAP violence and anti-Semitic propaganda was to mute public opinion in Germany, and to manipulate the German population into a state of apathy regarding National Socialist policy. To this end, the effects of National Socialist violence end anti-Semitism on Germans, Jews, and the British foreign press are analyzed.  Read more

Children's participation and motives in sport relative to their perceived athletic competence were investigated. One hundred and sixty-three grade 5 and 6 children from a suburban elementary school completed questionnaires designed to assess perceived athletic competence (PAC), sport participation, and participant motives. The sample, when divided into groups by level of sport involvement, revealed that participants at the higher levels had greater PAC than those at the lowest level. Boys and girls did not differ significantly in PAC. The children rated fun and skill/fitness as the most important motives for their participation in sport. When divided on the basis of …  Read more

Bilateralism, as implied by the unsuccessful multilateral attempt of the Chicago Conference, is the regulatory framework of international air transport's economic side. Yet, the question arises as to whether this system still constitutes a valid model. The scope of the present essay is then to examine the variant theoretical alternatives in their ability to liberalize such a conservative approach. In the light of the geopolitical cleavages of the end of the century, it seems that this system will survive, in spite of its numerous shortcomings and alleged obsolescence. Hence, it will have to be considered by any liberalizing trend, as …  Read more

This thesis consists of two papers, dealing with complementary applications of the Feynman-Vernon influence functional formalism to describe different thermal effects in quantum fields. In the first paper, a black body of finite extent is treated as an unobserved environment in the course of a microscopic derivation of black body radiation. In the second paper, a quantum field is treated as an environment probed by a pointlike accelerating detector, which experiences the thermal Unruh effect (apparent heating of the vacuum). Issues of locality and directionality in quantum field theory are treated in both papers.  Read more

Motivated by the problem of aircraft and space-shuttle landing on an underlying unpaved soil surface in an emergency, a time-dependent mathematical formulation of high-speed wheel mobility on soil is developed and solved by a control-volume-based finite element method. The wheel-soil contact forces are determined solely on the basis of the physics of the problem. Thus, none of the usual assumptions or simplifications regarding the distribution of interfacial normal and/or shear stresses, albeit in the context of quasi-static wheel mobility, is made. The formulation allows for the incorporation of arbitrary soil constitutive equations, hence strain-rate effects. Soil and wheel inertia are …  Read more

Commercial food proteins were used in order to study the relationship between hydrophobicity and two functional properties: emulsification and foaming. Hydrophobicity determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) binding method and the cis-parinaric acid (CPA) fluorescence probe method gave poor statistical correlation with foaming and emulsification. The SDS binding method gave higher hydrophobicity and higher correlation values with foaming and emulsifying, than the fluorescence probe CPA method. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to study the secondary structures, of the commercial food proteins. Infrared spectra of the protein samples with or without denaturing agents (SDS, urea, and guanidine) in the …  Read more

As a consequence of the American deregulation policy, combined with the effects of the economic crisis and that of the realization of the "unique market", the European airline industry is undergoing a large movement of re-structuralization. The European Commission admitted the inevitable character of this trend towards concentrations among transporters but wished to control the issue, to prevent any infringement to the principles of competition as stated in the EEC Treaty. Initially elaborated by a consequent jurisprudence of the European Communities Court of Justice, this control led to the adoption in 1989, of a specific regulation on concentrations. Considered as …  Read more

A three year field study was undertaken to assess the influence of water table management, namely subsurface irrigation and controlled drainage, on the movement of pesticides through the soil profile into ground water. The herbicides under investigation were prometryn on an organic soil, and metolachlor on a sandy soil. Both soil and groundwater were collected and analyzed. The results presented are those obtained in the first two years of the project. In the organic soil, herbicide leaching was greatly reduced due to the management of the water table. The pesticide remained higher in the soil profile, preventing leaching to the …  Read more

The time course of texture segregation was studied for three different measures of segregation (detection, localization and identification of an embedded texture region) under three different raster width conditions (26$ sp prime$, 43$ sp prime$ and 61$ sp prime$ of arc) by using a backward masking paradigm. The masking data were described with an exponential model the parameters of which represent rate of performance improvement and asymptotic performance level. The results indicate that: (1) information supporting localization accrues more rapidly than information supporting identification, (2) increasing element spacing had a more detrimental effect on identification than on localization, (3) under …  Read more

This thesis tries to bring together al-Ghazali's thoughts about different aspects of education, scattered in numbers of works of different kinds and aims at presenting his educational theory in its complete picture. His life, his intellectual career, his mental crises, as well as the solution to these crises were deeply influential in the formation of his educational thought; and it appears that al-Ghazali was remarkably successful in absorbing the conflicting schools of thought of his time. The theoretical aspect of his educational thought consists of a psychology that focuses on a series of mental operations by which man attains knowledge. …  Read more

Nitrogen fertilizer use suffers from low efficiencies and increased residual NO$ sb3$ in the soil. The purpose of this study was to compare N fertilizer efficiency by a comparison of three N sources, three rates of N fertilization, and three application times of N fertilizer. Grain corn yields increased with increases in N rates, and split applications of N were superior to preplant incorporated (PPI) fertilizer. Grain N uptake was associated to grain yield and N uptake. Stover yields increased with increased N and varied with application times of N, but the effects were not as pronounced as with grain …  Read more

This thesis deals with the history of the Acehnese Islamic empire, focusing on the events leading up to its decline in both its internal stability and its hegemony in the surrounding regions in the second half of the seventeenth century. During the given period (1641-1699) the empire was ruled successively by four female rulers. The thesis deals with the political and economic developments in this period. Aceh was an Islamic empire in the Indonesian archipelago which emerged as the greatest and most influential Islamic power in the region from the middle of the sixteenth century to the early seventeenth century. …  Read more

In Telemula, a highland village of Sardinia, Italy, the concept of 'modernity' has been assigned a positive moral meaning which is used in opposition to the concept of 'tradition'. This dissertation examines the phenomenological dimension of strategic repositionings deployed by local people, as they strive to represent themselves as persone brave (good persons). Alternative representations of shepherds carry different moral connotations. Villagers who have to decide whether or not to become, or to continue to be shepherds, also wish to represent themselves positively. Thus, they manipulate the meanings which had been originally ascribed by national and supranational agencies, but that …  Read more

In this thesis, a widened X-branch optical waveguide by K$ sp+$-Na$ sp+$ ion-exchange in glass, to be used as a single mode-optical wavelength division demultiplexer (WDM) at the wavelengths 1.31$ mu$m is designed, fabricated, and tested. The widened X-branch is a channel guide structure. To carry out the design, the effective-index method (EIM) together with the 2D-beam propagation method (FD-BPM), are employed. In order to get an accurate model for the lateral effective index in the channel guide, in the EIM, the diffusion process related to the ion-exchange is numerically simulated using an explicit 3D finite difference scheme. Experimentally, extinction …  Read more

This study investigated nonverbal communication patterns in siblings in the prosocial, neutral, and agonistic conditions. Sixty-four children aged 3 years 3 months to 9 years 6 months (16 same-gender and 16 mixed-gender sibling dyads) participated. All children's behaviors were coded using the system for Identifying Affect Expressions by Holistic Judgments (AFFEX, facial expressions) and the Behavioral Coding System (BCS) for behaviors. The major finding was that all children were as likely to imitate positive facial expressions in the prosocial as in the aggressive conditions. However, they were more likely to imitate positive behaviors in the prosocial condition and negative behaviors …  Read more

Andrews, M. P. (Supervisor)  Read more

Yue, S. (Supervisor)  Read more

A review of automation, robotics and communications technology has established the need for the development of a communications infrastructure capable of supporting future underground hard rock mine automation systems. A series of underground experiments were undertaken at Copper Cliff North Mine to evaluate the design criteria and performance of several communications infrastructures. The work successfully demonstrated the capability of real-time operation of voice, data and stationary video communication as well as surface-to-underground tele-operation of a load-haul-dump machine. This was achieved with a communications system consisting of a broadband bus linked to leaky feeder coaxial cables by means of distributed antenna …  Read more

Over the past number of years, the study of language has been engaged in increasingly by a wide variety of academic disciplines and fields. Perhaps this bears witness to the growing appreciation of the pivotal role that language plays in our formation as individual persons, as peoples and as cultures. As a particular kind of speech, liturgical language takes seriously the multi-dimensional nature of human reality, and, among other things, addresses itself to the profound questions of meaning posed by the human condition, as well as the 'needs' that arise in the posing of these questions. Further, as a rich …  Read more

Intercropping of a short-cycle legume crop and a longer-cycle non-legume crop has been suggested as a potentially beneficial intercrop combination. Most studies have concerned cereal and legume corps. Few have involved horticultural crops. In 1990 and 1991, a 56-day semi-leafless pea crop (Curly) and a 75-day lettuce crop (Paris Island Cos) were grown both as monocrops and as intercrops. Intercrops consisting of alternating rows of each crop, represented additive populations (56:100) of peas and lettuce. Three lettuce transplanting dates (June 19, 25 and July 4) and three nitrogen fertilizer rates (0, 50, 100 kg ha$ sp{-1}$) were tested. Peas were …  Read more

This thesis deals with Islam and nation formation in Indonesia. It attempts to describe the particular relationship between Islam and the development of the Indonesian nation. It examines the role of Islam in promoting the process of nation formation in Indonesia until the early 1930's. Since the coming of Islam to the Archipelago, the 'ulama' and their writings played a central role in the integration of the Malay world. The use of the Malay language as a lingua franca accelerated the process of integration as well as the process of mutual understanding among the people, the majority of whom were …  Read more

Acylation Stimulating Protein (ASP) a été purifié jusqu'à homogénéité et identifie comme étant C3adesArg par analyse de séquence en acides aminés N-terminales, composition en acides aminés et détermination de masse par spectrométrie à ionisation à jet d'ions. Le mécanisme de transduction du signal de I'ASP a aussi été étudié. Il a été démontré que l'effet de I'ASP sur la synthèse des triglycérides agit à l'intérieur de la cellule par l'activation de la protéine kinase C. Finalement le concept que la capacité de la synthase de triglycéride des tissus périphériques peut influencer la disparition des triglycérides plasmatiques a été illustre en …  Read more

Three solution thermodynamic models are studied: the first one, FHV, is the classical Flory-Huggins using the Flory-Huggins combinatorial and in which the interactional term is a function of the molecular volumes. The second one, FHS, uses the same combinatorial but considers the interactional term as a function of the molecular surfaces. The third one, MCS, changes the combinatorial with "s", the surface/volume ratio, keeping the interactional term as a function of the surfaces. These models are first tested with the classical system polystyrene-cyclohexane. The FHV model predicts good phase separation temperatures but gives wrong coexistence curve shape and critical compositions. …  Read more

To better define the differences between laparoscopic (LC) and mini cholecystectomy (MC) in treating cholelithiasis, we conducted a randomized controlled trial with 70 patients (LC:38, MC:32). Both groups were comparable at baseline. The median length of post-operative hospital stay and time to full diet were significantly shorter in LC than MC (p $<$ 0.005 for both). Mean duration of convalescence was 11.9 ($ pm$9.1) days for LC and 20.2 ($ pm$16.5) days for MC (p = 0.04). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis confirmed these results. Using Cox's proportional hazards model, duration of convalescence was only found to be associated with the type …  Read more

The following thesis sets out to analyse the holocaust speech given by former Bundestag president Philipp Jenninger on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Reichskristallnacht in 1988. Through international media attention, pragmatics, and rhetorical analysis, I shall interpret a speech which has brought both national and international condemnation as well as point out pragmato-rhetorical errors, both of which forced Mr. Jenninger's resignation. The first chapter is a stenographic copy of the speech, supplied by the West German Parlamentary Archives. The second chapter divides international media reports into sub-headings, which distinctly exemplify the importance of a strong knowledge of pragmatism …  Read more

A number of organometallic and biological systems have been investigated by infrared and Raman spectroscopy. The IR and Raman spectra of 17$ beta$-estradiol have been assigned. In pressure-tuning IR studies, hydrogen bonding of 17$ alpha$-ethinylestradiol through the 17$ alpha$-ethinyl group was detected, while in organometallic estradiol derivatives, the effect of substitution mainly affected the region near the point of substitution. In analogous pressure-tuning studies of $ alpha$- and $ beta$-(Cr(CO)$ sb3$) estradiol derivatives, differences between the two diastereomers were observed and the steric effect of the $ alpha$-diastereomer on hydrogen bonding was observed. In surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) work, …  Read more

This thesis discusses the implementation of inheritance and nesting in a relational database. The purpose of this is to integrate object-oriented concepts into the relational model. RELIX is a database progamming system based on the relational model. Inheritance and nesting are two important features which are desirable to have in a database. Therefore, our aim was to incorporate these features in RELIX. The implementation was done using RELIX's existing relational functionality, without any modification. Inheritance and nesting were implemented using the natural join, showing that they could be implemented using relational operations. New syntax was added to RELIX to enable …  Read more

In this thesis, I examine the use of medical technology as the product of, among other things, value systems and individual and collective needs; technological use therefore is shown to be culturally influenced and subject to change according to historical and social context. I describe and discuss the use of the Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitor (EFM)--a state of the art form of electronic information technology--in obstetrical care in a rural Canadian hospital and community. The central issue I examine is why this technology was obtained and repeatedly used despite local medical opinion and scientific evidence that it was ineffective …  Read more

Long-fibre reinforced thermoplastics are one of the fastest growing segments in the composites industry. Thermoplastic pultrusion compounding is one of the techniques used to manufacture this injection mouldable material. The pultrusion compounding process used in this research consists of pulling a continuous glass roving over a series of staggered cylindrical pins immersed in a molten thermoplastic bath. This research reports on the effect of several key pultrusion compounding parameters (roving pulling speed, number and diameter of pins, melt temperature and initial roving tension) on the impregnation of nylon 6.6 melt into glass roving. The interlaminar shear strength of pultruded strands …  Read more

The retina of a newborn rabbit is not fully mature in terms of morphology, chemical composition or capabilities. Taurine is the predominant component of the free amino acid pool of vertebrate retinas. In the rabbit it is present at birth and increases four-fold by maturity reaching levels close to 50 mM in the adult. However, until the present studies its cellular localization was unknown. This study confirmed the postnatal (PN) increase in retinal taurine levels and examined PN changes in the immunocytochemical localization of retinal and optic nerve taurine. I have localized taurine immunoreactivity (taurine-IR) of developing and adult retinas …  Read more