Mass spectrometric glycan rearrangement is problematic because it provides misleading structural information. Here we report on a new reagent, a methylated free radical activated glycan sequencing reagent (Me-FRAGS), which combines a free radical precursor with a methylated pyridine moiety that can be coupled to the reducing terminus of glycans. The collisional activation of Me-FRAGS-derivatize...

INTRODUCTION Premature ejaculation (PE) is the most common male sexual dysfunction. Monosymptomatic enuresis (ME) is nocturnal bed wetting, without any daytime symptoms. Recent clinical studies report an association between lifelong PE and ME. The purpose of this study was to compare the intravaginal ejaculatory time (IELT) between lifelong PE in men with and without ME. The goal was to determi...

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The work in this thesis would not have been possible without the aid of a great many people, most importantly my research advisor, Professor John Manak. When I did my second rotation more than four years ago, John showed his great kindness and patience by answering all of my questions regarding the project I was working on. It was his kindness and patience that made me decid...

OBJECTIVES This study explores the analytic implications of using questions about difficulty with daily activities that do not specify whether to consider assistance. METHODS For 1,054 Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old Study Wave 2 respondents, we compared responses to questions about difficulty without reference to assistance (ambiguous difficulty) to those about difficulty without...

ACKNOWLEDGEIVIENTS I would like to thank my thesis advisor Drs. Shubhra Gangopadhyay and Jordan Berg for their support, encouragement and valuable guidance throughout this work. I would not have been able to finish this work without their guidance and moral support. I am grateful to Dr. Gangopadhyay, La Pierre Chair Professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia, for giving her valuable ti...

an experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of thyroid gland activity modulation (hyper or hypothyroidism) on energy utilization in broiler chickens. two hundred and forty one-day-old cobb broiler chicks were distributed into three dietary metabolizable energy (me) treatment groups (80 chicks each). the control group (e0) was fed basal diet (3150 kcal/kg diet), the second group (e1) w...

DISCLAIMER: This is just a draft. I am not sure of the final purpose of this document, so at the moment I have included lots of known results, in particular proofs of the usual Fundamental Theorem of Galois theory (in the finite and then the algebraic case). Seeing such proofs helps (me) to understand the analogies between the Fundamental Theorem presented here and the usual cases. Also, CAVEAT...

Carum carvi (CC) is a grassy plant which is believed to have several therapeutic effects, including anti-asthmatic properties. We have therefore studied the bronchodilatory and anticholinergic effects of this plant. The bronchodilatory effects of the aqueous extract (AE), macerated extract (ME), essential oil (EO), and 4µM theophylline (T) in comparison with saline (S) were examined by the...

here did Mr. B. go? I've been watching him watch me for the last 4 hours and now that it's finally his turn to be seen he's gone. The least these people could do is tell someone before they leave. But I waited for 8 hours and you never came to see me. First of all — you only waited 7 hours. Don't exaggerate. Second — I was busy seeing other patients. I was saving lives! Yeah, right! I could see...