(1) It is found that, in contrast to most metallic materials yet in keeping with many ceramics, there are no distinct fracture morphologies in pyro-carbons which are characteristic of a specific mode of loading; fracture surfaces appear to be identical for both catastrophic and subcritical crack growth under either sustained or cyclic loading.
(2) Studies of a monoclonal IgA (lambda) protein with both cryo- and pyro-precipitability show that it belongs to the IgA2 subclass and is positive for the A2m(2) allotypic marker.
(3) Based on the assumption that amino acid residues which are critical for function are preferentially conserved, we predict from the sequence that glycine residue 15 rather than residue 12 is important for (pyro)phosphate binding.
(4) The Michaelis constant, Km, for hydrolysis of pyro-Glu-Pro-Arg-p-nitroanilide by thrombin was increased 1.8-fold, from 130 to 230 microM, as a result of the binding of protein Z and the Km for H-Val-Leu-Arg-p-nitroanilide 1.4-fold, from 390 to 560 microM.
(5) No cross-reactivity of (3--10) LH-RH, pyro-His-Trp-SerOMe and TRH was recorded with LH-RH, whereas slight cross-reaction was observed for (Lys8) LH-RH and (Ala4) LH-RH showed marked cross-reaction.
(6) The ratio of rates of production of pyro to isopyro derivatives is 2:1 throughout.
(7) However, the cytochrome c reduction by the electron transport system was inhibited in the presence of inorganic (pyro)phosphate.
(8) The activities of the pyro- and orthophosphate fractions were used to calculate the amount of acidic calcium phosphate present in the nascent mineral.
(9) (Pyro)-Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2 appears to account for most of all of the LHRH and FSHRH activity found.
(10) From the crude venom we have isolated several pyro-glutamate containing peptides, two of which are relatively good inhibitors of the toxins.
(11) The structure of pGlu-Phe-Pro (where p-indicates pyro-) amide was confirmed by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry.
(12) More than 150 hypothalamic fractions were reassayed for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and follicle stimulating hormone-releasing hormone (FSHRH) activities in search for LHRH and FSHRH which differ from the decapeptide (pyro)Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Try-Gly-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2 (I).
(13) Exophthalmos has been induced in carp by injecting thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) (PYRO-glutamyl-histidyl-prolinamide) into the coelom.
(14) Modifications of the Komnick potassium (pyro)antimonate precipitation method have been widely used for the subcellular localization of a variety of cations.
(15) The localization of pyro-antimonate-precipitable Ca2+ in the undecalcified femur and calvaria of neonatal rats was examined.
(16) Homogenates of brain, pituitary, liver, lung, ovary, and testes were incubated with [pyro Glu1-3,4-3H]luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone ([3H]LHRH), and the profiles of metabolites generated as a function of time were determined.
(17) Based on these results, we suggest to call these substances (adenosine and pyro-glutamic acid) "selective modulators".
(18) The isolated light chain of factor XIa retained greater than 90% of its amidolytic activity against the oligopeptide substrate pyro-Glu-Pro-Arg-pNA (S-2366), but only 3.8% of its clotting activity in a factor XIa assay and 1% of its factor IX activating activity in an activation peptide release assay.
(19) Furthermore, electroplax membranes contain a whole set of enzymes responsible for the dephosphorylation of thiamine tri-, pyro- and monophosphate.
(20) The binding and uptake of the GnRH agonist D-Lys6-GnRH and of the antagonists [N-Ac-D-(pyro)-Cl-Phe1,2-D-Trp3-Lys6-D-Ala10]-GnRH and D-p-Glu1-D-Phe2-D-Trp3-D-Lys6-GnRH by dispersed pituitary gonadotropes was studied with electron microscopy.
Pyromania
Definition:
(n.) An insane disposition to incendiarism.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(2) The period of 1924-1985 can be viewed as a repetition of the period between 1840-1890 in terms of the evolution of the place of pyromania in the lexicon of psychiatry, of its existence as a disease entity, and of its implications for personal responsibility for destructive acts.
(3) A case study is presented in which a maternity patient with a history of schizophrenia and pyromania informs a hospital social worker that she and her infant will live temporarily with a clergyman and his family.
(4) From the 19th century and early writings on the subject, psychosexual factors have been reported to play a role in pyromania.
(5) However, consistent with these studies was the rarity of the diagnosis of pyromania.
(6) The review focused on the demographic and clinical characteristics, phenomenology, family history, biology, and response to treatment of individuals with intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, pathological gambling, pyromania, and trichotillomania.
(7) After a brief review of the literature on firesetting and pyromania, two cases of arsonists are presented in which fire appears to be part of a fetish.
(8) Pyromania, at the hands of those physicians who limited insanity to disorders of the brain, might have received the same fate as other diseases of the mind or will: it could have simply been dismissed.
(9) These observations as well as clinical reports in the literature suggest some insights into fantasies of pyromania.
(10) Biological studies indicate that intermittent explosive disorder and pyromania may share serotonergic abnormalities similar to those reported in mood disorders.
(11) The importance of multifactorial etiological models will be illustrated by a case report of a boy displaying symptoms of Pyromania and Enuresis nocturna.
(12) A historical review illustrates that since the mid-19th century a purely psychopathological model of pyromania has been found unsatisfactory, and suggests that psychodynamic aspects should not be over-emphasized.
(13) Unfavourable conditional constellations in the socio-emotional, cognitive, or physical realm can cause developmental defects which manifest themselves in certain target symptoms, for instance Pyromania and Enuresis.
(14) And like the preceding period, the conception of pyromania as a specific disorder wanes but never dies, as advocacy for the psychodynamic (replacing moral) approach diminishes but does not disappear.
(15) The development of psychoanalytic theory which followed allowed for the re-emergence of pyromania as a disease entity.
(16) Thus, the Americans With Disabilities Act (AWDA), scheduled to be fully implemented by July 1992, covers claustrophobia, personality problems, and mental retardation, though unlike DSM-III-R it excludes kleptomania, pyromania, compulsive gambling, and transvestism.
(17) None of the patients had childhood history of pyromania, enuresis, nor cruelty to animals.
(18) Analysis of the different motivation and abnormalities of arsonists could render the term pyromania obsolete.
(19) During this period pyromania was variously labeled as a form of monomania, moral insanity, impulsive mania, or instinctive mania.
(20) Studies on phenomenology, family history, and response to treatment suggest that intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, pathological gambling, pyromania, and trichotillomania may be related to mood disorders, alcohol and psychoactive substance abuse, and anxiety disorders (especially obsessive-compulsive disorder).