Filing Open Mar. 10 for NYC Job ALBANY March 3—Employees of the State of New York this week mustered their strength behind a pay raise proposal which they considered to be an absolute minimum. They expect to achieve a 10 per cent overall increase in the form of a bonus and are planning a forTnidable program of action. They feel the modest amount asked leaves the administration no alternative bu...

A young man with a long history of obsessional traits and food fads presented with anorexia, vomiting and marked weight loss. He showed little concern for his physical state and his vomiting was frequently witnessed as self-induced. A diagnosis of anorexia nervosa was made and he took his own discharge from hospital. He was readmitted one month later, severely cachectic and with biochemical abn...

3H-labeled glycerol triether has been suggested as a marker of the oil phase during digestion and absorption of a lipid test meal. This study examines the behavior of this isotope in the human alimentary tract. The results suggest that it is completely recovered from the gastrointestinal tract, and thus it remains solely with the oil phase of emulsions in vivo and with the oil phase of intestin...

The author considers the Man from a position of the theory of wave–particle duality of a matter. It has opened existence in a nature of ways of interaction and information interchange between genes, cells, persons, about which we did not suspect or knew a little. The concept of duality has allowed understanding the riches of the information contained in the man that has enabled to consider him ...

Measurement of mevalonic acid (MVA) concentrations in plasma or 24-h urine samples is shown to be useful in studies of the regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase and cholesterol synthesis. Plasma MVA concentrations, measured either at 7-9 a.m. after an overnight fast, or throughout the 24-h cycle, were compared with cholesterol synthesis rates that were measured...

Pathological conditions of the intima due to trauma or existing donor pathology can result in arterial thrombosis after transplantation (1). We recently encountered a case where a question was raised about the condition of the donor renal artery, in which angioscopic examination was used to establish that the artery was satisfactory. The kidney was from a 58year-old donor who died of an intracr...