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Kurarinol, tyrosinase inhibitor isolated from the root of Sophora flavescens: Abstract It is well known that flavanones, sophoraflavanone G 1, kurarinone 2, and kurarinol 3, from the root of Sophora flavescens, have extremely strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity. This study delineates the principal pharmacological features of kurarinol 3 that lead to inhibition of the oxidation of L-tyrosine to melanin by...; Tags: F., Hatayama, K., Kim, Komatsu Ltd., Lee, M., R., Ryu, S., T.; Research articles 2008-08-01
A Role for Internal Water Molecules in Proton Affinity Changes in the Schiff Base and Asp85 for One-way Proton Transfer in Bacteriorhodopsin[dagger]: ABSTRACT Light-induced proton pumping in bacteriorhodospin is carried out through five proton transfer steps. We propose that the proton transfer to Asp85 from the Schiff base in the L-to-M transition is accompanied by the relocation of a water cluster on the cytoplasmic side of the Schiff base from a site...; Tags: A., Brown, C., D., E., F., Fig, G., H., J., L, L., M, M., Maeda Corp., N, N., P., S., Smith, T., W.; Research articles 2008-07-01
The effect of season of fire on density of female garden orbweavers in Florida scrub: In his landmark book on fire ecology, Whaley (1995, p. 209) states: "the question of whether the absolute abundance of invertebrate populations changes after fire still remains" unresolved. As he details, the reasons for this dilemma are several, but inadequate experimental design and non-quantitative sampling methods are pervasive problems in...; Tags: A., Archbold, F., J.; Research articles 2008-06-01
Dyslexia speed problems in a transparent orthography: Abstract This study was intended to help clarify the nature of dyslexia in Spanish. A sample of 30 children, 8 to 16 years old, participated in this study. Dyslexic children were compared to two control groups, a chronological age-matched control group and a reading level-matched control group. Measures included nonword...; Tags: A., C., E., Ed, English, F., G., H., International Dyslexia Association, J., Journal, K., L., M., P., R., Reading, S., Spanish, T., Ziegler Inc.; Research articles 2008-06-01
Evolutionary analyses of ethnic solidarity: an overview: The author presents an overview of the contribution that evolutionary theory has made, and can make, to studies of ethnically based social cohesion in the social sciences. INTRODUCTION Evolutionary approaches have a minor though persistent place in the study of ethnicity and nationalism, probably due to the social...; Tags: A., C., Culture, D., E., Ed, Electronic Data Systems Corp., F., H., J., L., M., Oxford University Press, P., Press, S., Social, W., Wilson; Research articles 2008-06-01

A shilling for Queen Elizabeth: the era of state regulation of church attendance in England, 1552-1969: Throughout Christian history, churchgoing has been widely regarded as one of the most important and tangible expressions of religious observance. Yet, before the Reformation, failure to attend services was subject solely to ecclesiastical sanctions, such as admonition, penance, and excommunication, as applied by the Episcopal courts. Partly as a consequence,...; Tags: Church, D., E., Easter, English, F., G., Gilbert, God, History, House, J., Jacob, James, John, Joseph, Journal, Lincoln, Lord, M., Macmillan, Oxford, Oxford University Press, P., Social, Society, T., Thomas, W., Wales, William, York; Research articles 2008-03-22
Books received: EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS Bonarelli, Guidubaldo. Phyllis of Scyros. Ed. and trans. Nicolas J. Perella. New York: Italica Press, 2007. xxviii + 304 pp. bibl. $25. ISBN: 978-0-934977-61-6. Bruno, Giordano. De la causa, principio et eno/Uber die Ursache, das Prinzip und das Eine. Ed. and trans. Thomas Leinkauf. Giordiano...; Tags: A., American, Cambridge University Press, David, De, E., Ed, F., G., History, INTRODUCTION, J., James, John, King, La, Les, Letters, Life, Maria, Medieval, Memory, Oxford University Press, Paul, Politics, Reformation, Renaissance, Rome, Strasbourg, Susan, Trans, Walter; Research articles 2007-12-22
Orality and literacy 25 years later: 1. Introduction Walter Ong, S.J., published Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word 25 years ago, in 1982. The book appeared in Methuen Press's New Accents series, under the general editorship of Terence Hawkes, along with titles on literature, literary criticism, and popular culture. The series holds particular...; Tags: African, American, Asian, Communication, E., Ed, English, F., G., History, INTRODUCTION, J., Journal, Oxford University Press, REFLECTIONS, Research, Science, T., Trans, Walter; Research articles 2007-12-01
Comparison of the [[sup.2][H.sub.5]]phenylalanine model with the [1-[sup.13]C]leucine method to determine whole body protein synthesis and degradation in sheep fed at two levels: ABSTRACT : The [[sup.2][H.sub.5]]phenylalanine model was compared with the [1-[sup.13]C]leucine method to determine whole body protein synthesis WBPS and degradation WBPD in sheep fed at two levels. The animals were fed either 103 (M-diet) or 151 (H-diet) kcal ME/[kg.sup.0.75]/day once daily in a crossover design for 21 days ere simultaneously...; Tags: A., E., F., Fujita Corp., G., Harris, J., L, T.; Research articles 2007-10-01
Books received: Alazard, Florence, and Frank La Brasca, La Papaute a la Renaissance. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2007. Alfonsi, Petrus, Dialogue against the Jews. Translated by Irven M. Resnick. The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation 8. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2006. Alvis, Robert E., Religion...; Tags: A., American, Cambridge University Press, Catholic, Church, Culture, D., David, E., Early, F., Faith, God, History, J., James, John, Life, Medieval, Oxford University Press, Politics, Reformation, Routledge, S., Theology, Thomas, William; Research articles 2007-09-01
Hegel, idealism and God: philosophy as the self-correcting appropriation of the norms of life and thought: Hegel can be said to have taken philosophical idealism to its most extreme point, the point of absolute idealism, and, from the perspective of much contemporary philosophy, this has been enough to damn him. (1) However, an adequate approach to what such a philosophical stance entails, as well as what...; Tags: Aristotle, Berkeley, Cambridge University Press, Critique, Durkheim, E., F., G., God, Hegel, J., Kant, Kantian, Leibniz, Nature, Newton, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Press, Robert, Space, Spirit, W.; Research articles 2007-07-01
Kibris'ta kadin/toplumsal cinsiyet calismalari ve kadin hareketi uzerine bir degerlendirme: Abstract This article deals with women's movements and studies in Cyprus, focusing on the latest developments in these fields. In Cyprus women's movements, academic women study groups, centres and initiatives have adopted the views of social gender that has been put forward by European Union and United Nations in...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, Cyprus, F., Gender, M., Mediterranean, S.; Research articles 2007-07-01
Hegel's theory of moral action, its place in his system and the 'highest' right of the subject: 1 INTRODUCTION There is at present, amongst Hegel scholars and in the interpretative discussions of Hegel's social and political theories, the flavour of old-style 'apology' for his liberal credentials, as though--prior to any attempt to engage with the social ethics he proposes--there exists a real need to prove Hegel...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, Critique, F., Freedom, G., H., Hegel, J., Kant, Kantian, M., Morality, Oxford University Press, Philosophy, Political, Press, R, Responsibility, S., Social, Stewart, W., Wood; Research articles 2007-07-01
Works planners read: findings from a Canadian survey: Abstract This article reports on a survey of the readings that have most influenced the professional development of Canadian planning practitioners. Results indicate that influential writings originate from a wide diversity of sources, both inside and outside the discipline. We also detect a relationship between the age of respondents...; Tags: A., Berkeley, E., Ed, F., G., History, House, J., Journal, Ma, Nature, Oxford University Press, Power, Research, Robinson, T.; Research articles 2007-06-22
Books received: EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS: d'Aubigne, Agrippa. Les Tragiques. Champion Classiques Serie "Litteratures" 4. Ed. Jean-Raymond Fanlo. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2006. 1120 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. chron. bibl. [euro]25. ISBN: 2-7453-1475-0. Durning, Louise, ed. Queen Elizabeth's Book of Oxford. Trans. Sarah M. Knight. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2006. 128...; Tags: A., Cambridge University Press, Catherine, Chapel, Church, Court, David, De, E., Ed, Education, English, F., History, II, INTRODUCTION, J., John, La, Les, Maria, Medieval, Nature, Nicholas, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Paul, Politics, Rome, Science; Research articles 2007-06-22
All'ombra di Giulietta: Il Refugio de' mixeri e il giallo dell'acronimo F. P: a Luigi Monga, in memoriam Nell'estate del 1985, Luigi Monga si trovava a Venezia con un generoso sussidio della Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation di New York. Scopo di quell'soggiorno era una bella raccolta di novelle quattrocentesche, tutte caratterizzate dal suicodio finale dei protagonisti e note, a quei pochi che...; Tags: A., E, E., F., G., J., La Quinta Corp., Ma, Oxford, S., Yale University; Research articles 2007-06-22
Books received: EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS: Bideaux, Michel, ed., and Herberay des Essarts, trans. Amadis de Gaule. Book 1. Textes de la Renaissance 116. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2006. 706 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. gloss. bibl. [euro]63. ISBN: 2-7453-1422-X. Cardano, Girolamo. Liber de ludo aleae. Filosofia e scienza nell'eta moderna....; Tags: Alexander, Cambridge University Press, Culture, D., David, De, Ed, English, F., History, INTRODUCTION, J., James, John, King, La, Les, M., Mann, Martin, Michel, Oxford University Press, Paul, Poetry, Rome, Thomas, Venice; Research articles 2007-03-22
Neoliberalism, inequality and politics: the changing face of Australia: The 1980s and 1990s saw the most profound transformation of Australian public policy since World War II and one that fundamentally reworked a framework in place since Federation (Castles et al 1996; Kelly 1994). This transformation was underwritten by two principles: liberalism--the view that citizens are autonomous individual actors whose...; Tags: A., Allen, American, Australian, D., E., Education, F., G., Gender, J., L., M., Oxford University Press, P., Research, S., Science, Social, Western; Research articles 2007-03-22
From divergence to convergence: the sex differential in life expectancy in Canada, 1971-2000: DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, mortality in the Western world and in Japan declined to unprecedented levels (Coale, 2003; Preston, 1976; Tuljapurkar, Li and Boe, 2000; White, 2002; White and Preston, 1996; Wilmoth, 1998; Riley, 2001; Vallin and Mesle, 2005). In this generalized context of improved survival probabilities, female life expectancy...; Tags: F., G., J., Oxford University Press, Science, T., Waldron Co.; Research articles 2007-02-01
The shadow side of social gift-giving: miscommunication and failed gifts: I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. --Porchia (1969) 1. Gifting as Dilemma: Gifts Do Not Speak for Themselves From the day you are born until the day you die, you stand in the midst of gift-giving and gift-receiving...; Tags: A., American, Belk Inc., C., Christmas, D., F., Gender, J., Journal, Jr., Levy, M., McGrath, Men, R., Ruth, S., Sherry, Smith, Social, T., W., Wilson; Research articles 2006-09-01