Midwest Research Institute Research Articles

Large truck accident rates: Another viewpoint : W.D. Glauz and D.W. Harwood, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO, 1985

Large truck accident rates: Another viewpoint : W.D. Glauz and D.W. Harwood, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO, 1985

4411989 Processes and devices for detection of substances such as enzyme inhibitors: Ann E Grow assigned to Midwest Research Institute

4411989 Processes and devices for detection of substances such as enzyme inhibitors: Ann E Grow assigned to Midwest Research Institute

4411989 Processes and devices for detection of substances such as enzyme inhibitors: Ann E Grow assigned to Midwest Research Institute

4411989 Processes and devices for detection of substances such as enzyme inhibitors: Ann E Grow assigned to Midwest Research Institute

Recreational Travel Impacts. William D. Glauz and Andrew D. St. John. Midwest Research Institute, 425 Volker Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64110. August 1978. 179p

Recreational Travel Impacts. William D. Glauz and Andrew D. St. John. Midwest Research Institute, 425 Volker Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64110. August 1978. 179p

Carcinogenesis in Rats of Combined Ethylene Dibromide and Disulfiram

To the Editor.— A study of the toxicity of inhaled ethylene dibromide (EDB; 1,2-dibromoethane), a widely used industrial chemical, is currently being performed for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by the Midwest Research Institute (MRI), Kansas City, Mo. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats are being exposed to EDB at the current US Occupational Standard of 20 ppm or to filtered air (controls) for seven hours a day, five days a week. There are four groups of animals in the study, each group containing 48 male and 48 female rats. The group designations are as follows: (1) control/control—filtered air exposed, standard rat diet; (2) control/disulfiram—filtered air exposed, diet containing 0.05% disulfiram by weight; (3) EDB/control—20 ppm EDB, standard rat diet; and (4) EDB/disulfiram—20 ppm EDB, diet containing 0.05% disulfiram by weight. Disulfiram was chosen as a potential modifier of toxicity because of its known effect as an enzyme

Factors influencing willingness to comply and actual compliance with medication regimens: Kathleen A. O'Connell, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Factors influencing willingness to comply and actual compliance with medication regimens: Kathleen A. O'Connell, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Collaborative testing of a manual sodium arsenite method for measurement of nitrogen dioxide in ambient air

Collaborative tests conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Midwest Research Institute prove that the sodium arsenite method for 24-hr integrated measurement of NO/sub 2/ in ambient air is accurate and precise. Simultaneous sampling of ambient air and the same air spiked with NO/sub 2/ indicated that the method had 1) a bias of -3% of the NO/sub 2/ concentration over the measured range of 84-312 micrograms/m/sup 3/, and 2) a lower detectable limit of 8 micrograms/m/sup 3/.

(TSM) Leisure, recreation and travel research at Midwest Research Institute: Midwest Research Institute (425 Volker Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA), 1975, 24 pp. (spiral bound) Free

(TSM) Leisure, recreation and travel research at Midwest Research Institute: Midwest Research Institute (425 Volker Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA), 1975, 24 pp. (spiral bound) Free

Announcement

Abstract Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science, Inc. Fellowship Announcement. Awards are available on a competitive basis to women who hold a degree from a recognized institution of higher learning, have demonstrated outstanding ability and promise in research in one of the mathematical, physical or biological sciences, and are currently involved in research or have an approved research proposal. Appointments will be made irrespective of race, nationality, creed, or marital status. Application forms and further information may be obtained from. Grants-in-Aid: Dr. Evelyn Murrill, Physical Sciences Division, Midwest Research Institute, 425 Volker Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64110. Eloise Gerry Fellowships: Dr. Bunny Clark, 2051 Highland View Drive, Powell, Ohio 43065, ($1500 to $4500). Applications and credentials for the Gerry Fellowships must be submitted by December 1, 1976 and for the Grants-in-Aid by February 1, 1977. Announcement of awards will be made by May 1, 1977.

The Fine Particle Emissions Information System: A New Public Data Bank

The Fine Particle Emissions Information System (FPEIS) is a computerized follow-on of the Fine Particle Emissions Inventory developed by Midwest Research Institute in 1971 as part of the Particulate Systems Study. A plan to update the 1971 inventory was initiated in July 1974 by the Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (IERL) at Research Triangle Park, NC. By early 1975, the planned update of the Fine Particle Emissions Inventory was supplanted by the concept of a computerized information system on fine particle emissions from stationary sources. The Fine Particle Emissions Information System is designed to contain source test data including particle size distributions; chemical, physical, and bioassay testing results performed on particulate samples; design and performance data on particle control systems applied; process descriptions of the sources; and descriptions of the sampling equipment and techniques employed.

A REVIEW OF: ”RESOURCE RECOVERY - THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY” Prepared for Council on Environmental Quality by Midwest Research Institute

A REVIEW OF: ”<i>RESOURCE RECOVERY - THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY</i>” Prepared for Council on Environmental Quality by Midwest Research Institute

In vitro anaphylactic response to staphylococcal enterotoxin: Max E. McIntosh and Dean D. Watt, Toxicon, 1971, 9, 163. (Laboratory of Neurological Research, Los Angeles County—University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. and Division of Biological Sciences, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.).

In vitro anaphylactic response to staphylococcal enterotoxin: Max E. McIntosh and Dean D. Watt, Toxicon, 1971, 9, 163. (Laboratory of Neurological Research, Los Angeles County—University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. and Division of Biological Sciences, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.).

Allyl Isothiocyanate in Mustard Seed

Abstract A new GLC method for the determination of allyl isothiocyanate in mustard seed was compared to a method of the Midwest Research Institute and to a combination of the AOAC official method and the proposed method. Twelve collaborators compared the AOAC method and the GLC method, using whole mustard seeds. Each collaborator assayed three seed portions by both methods. The range, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation are less for each seed portion by the proposed than by the official method. The average recovery value of allyl isothiocyanate in the prepared standard solutions is lower, using the proposed GLC procedure, but seed assay values are significantly and consistently higher for each seed portion when compared with the results for the AOAC method. Reports from the collaborators also indicate that the proposed method is rugged, as the GLC column preparation was subjected to many changes. It is recommended that the GLC method be adopted as official first action.

Fracture Energy of Polycrystalline Beryllium Oxide

Journal of the American Ceramic SocietyVolume 51, Issue 10 p. 602-602 Fracture Energy of Polycrystalline Beryllium Oxide PAUL L. GUTSHALL, PAUL L. GUTSHALLSearch for more papers by this authorGORDON E. GROSS, GORDON E. GROSSSearch for more papers by this author PAUL L. GUTSHALL, PAUL L. GUTSHALLSearch for more papers by this authorGORDON E. GROSS, GORDON E. GROSSSearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1968 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1968.tb13332.xCitations: 5 Supported in part by the Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy under Contract N00019–68–C-0127. At the time the work was done the writers were, respectively, senior physicist and manager, Physics Branch, Midwest Research institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110. P. L. Gutshall is now rcsearch physicist, Physics Department, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri 64110. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume51, Issue10October 1968Pages 602-602 RelatedInformation

Pyrimidines. XX. A convenient preparation of orotaldehyde and thymine‐6‐carboxaldehyde

Journal of Heterocyclic ChemistryVolume 4, Issue 1 p. 163-165 Note Pyrimidines. XX. A convenient preparation of orotaldehyde and thymine-6-carboxaldehyde Kwang-Yuen Zee-Chen, Kwang-Yuen Zee-Chen Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110Search for more papers by this authorC. C. Cheng, C. C. Cheng Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110Search for more papers by this author Kwang-Yuen Zee-Chen, Kwang-Yuen Zee-Chen Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110Search for more papers by this authorC. C. Cheng, C. C. Cheng Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1967 https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.5570040138Citations: 26AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume4, Issue1March 1967Pages 163-165 RelatedInformation

Kansas City: New Medical Complex, University Should Complement Midwest Research Institute

Kansas City: New Medical Complex, University Should Complement Midwest Research Institute

Ablation of refrasil-phenolic nozzle inserts in solid propellant exhausts

4-5570-M-454, Aerojet-General Corp., Sacramento, Calif. (March 1964). 9 Sabadell, A. J., Wenograd, J., and Summerfield, M., 'The measurement of temperature profiles through solid propellant names using fine thermocouples, AIAA Preprint 64-106 (January 1964); also AIAA J. (to be published). 10 Ciepluch, C. C., The effect of rapid pressure decay on solid propellant combustion, ARS J. 31, 1534-1586 (1961). 11 Mathews, S. F. and St. John, A. 1)., Unsteady state solid propellant burning, Kept. RTD-TDR-63-1028, Contract AF 04(611)5171, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. (April 1963). 12 Paul, B. E., Lovine, R. L., and Fong, L. Y., ballistic explanation of the ignition pressure peak, AIAA Preprint 64-121 (January 1964). 13 Summerfield, M., Sutherland, G. S., Webb, M. J., Taback, H. J., and Hall, K. P., Burning mechanism of ammonium perchlorate propellants, Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry: Solid Propellant Rocket Research, edited by M. Summerfield (Academic Press Inc., New York, I960), Vol. 1, pp. 141-182. 14 Aon Elbe, G., Theory of solid propellant ignition and response to pressure transients, 19th JANAF Meeting, Vol. Ill, pp. 95-127 (July 1963). 15 Bircumshaw, L. L. and Newman, B. H., The thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate, Part I. Proc. Royal Soc. (London) A227, 115-132 (1954). 16 Rosser, W. A. et al., Study of the mechanisms of fire extinguishment of propellants, Aeronautical Systems Div., Rept. ASD-TR-61-143, Contract AF 33(616)6853, Stanford Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. (July 1961). 17 Survey of recent research on flame extinguishment, Aeronautical Systems Div., Rept. ASD-TR-61-408, Dir/Aeromechanics, Flight Accessories Lab., Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (December 1962). 18 Sibbett, D. J., private communication, Aerojet-General Corp., Azusa, Calif. (April 1963). 19 Ryan, N. W., Mitchell, R. C., Keller, J. A., and Baer, A. D., Ignition and combustion of solid propellants, Final TR AFQSR 2225, Contract AF 49(638)-170, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, (September 1961). 20 Markstein, G. H., A shock tube study of flame front-pressure wave interaction, 6th Symposium (International) on Combustion (Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1956).

Assay of T3 phage by plaque count.

Werly, Emil F. (Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo.), and Anne Monley. Assay of T(3) phage by plaque count. J. Bacteriol. 87:1177-1179. 1964.-T(3) phage-count determinations were made by the agar layer method, with various media being used for serial dilutions, plate media, and overlayer media. Plaques produced with Tryptose-phosphate-dextrose hard agar as plate and overlayer media were small, distinct, sharply defined, and easily counted. With the media described, several hundred plaques per plate can be counted, after either 4 or 20 hr of incubation.

International conference on the nature of solid friction : Midwest Research Institute, September 26–28, 1960

International conference on the nature of solid friction : Midwest Research Institute, September 26–28, 1960

Small-angle x-ray scattering by metals

An important event on the science calendar of Kansas City, Missouri, occurred last fall when the International Conference on Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering by Metals was held at the Midwest Research Institute on September 23–25, 1958. It was the first major scientific conference to be held in Kansas City, and it resulted, indirectly, from the intense interest of Kansas City's civic leaders in having their city recognized as a scientific center as well as for its steaks.