Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor; Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. Paul Farmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.419 pp.
Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer,. Man Who Would Cure the World. Tracy Kidder. New York: Random House, 2003. 336 pp.     

Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology

Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology. Tracy L. Sweety. ed. New York: Routledge, 1999.210 pp.     

Questioning Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition/Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess.

Questioning Ramayanas:. South Asian Tradition. Paula Richman. ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 452 pp.
Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess. Tracy Pintchman. ed. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. 254 pp.     

Earth Worm: Biomass Measurement: A Science Activity for Middle School

Ridgely, Robert S. A Guide to the Birds of Panama Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976 394 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by Karl L. Trever

Weiner, Michael A. Man's Useful Plants New York: Macmillan Co., 1976 137 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Carolyn M. Levin

Bendick, Jeanne How Animals Behave New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1976 64 pp., $4.96. Reviewed by Robert Deitchman

Bayne, B. L., ed. Marine Mussels: The Ecology and Physiology New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976 506 pp., $49.50. Reviewed by Brother Nicholas Sullivan

Brown, Vinson The Explorer Naturalist Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1976 288 pp., $10.00. Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Sheldon, William G. The Wilderness Home of the Giant Panda Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1975 196 pp., $12.50. Reviewed by Harold W. Puffer

Rudolph, Joachim (translated by H. C. Grinter) Chemistry for the Modern Mind New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973 359 pp., $8.95. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Flora Hellenica, edited by A. Strid and Kit Tan.
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons, 2nd Edition. Vol. IV. Saxifragales, edited by D.F. Cutler and Mary Gregory.
Chemical Fungal Taxonomy, edited by Jens C. Frisvad, Paul D. Bridge and Dilip K. Arora
Plant Crib 1998, by T.C.G. Rich and A.C. Jermy.     

Book Reviews

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig. Marilyn R. London; illustrated by Robert L. Humphrey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1998. 348 pp. (hardcover) $35. ISBN: 1-56098-763-4; (paperback) $17.95. ISBN: 1-56098-790-1.

Art in Chemistry: Chemistry in Art. Barbara R. Greenberg and Dianna Patterson. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 259 pp. (paperback) $26.50. ISBN: 1-56308-487-2.

Teacher's Weather Sourcebook. Tom Konvicka. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1999. 321 pp. (paperback) $25. ISBN: 1-56308-488-0.

Transforming Middle School Science Education. Paul de Hart Hurd. New York: Teachers College. 2000. $19.95. ISBN: 0-8077-3922-7.

Plays of Exploration and Discovery for Grades 4-6. L. E. McCullough. Lyme, N.H.: Smith and Kraus. 1999. 157 pp. (paperback) $14.95. ISBN: 1-575-25113-2.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed
Diana Fritz Cates and Paul Lauritzen (ed.), Medicine and the Ethics of Care
Mark G. Kuczewski and Ronald Polansky, (ed.) Bioethics: Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues
M.L. Tina Stevens, Bioethics in America: Origins and Cultural Politics     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Davis , L. S., & J. T. Darby, eds. (1990): Penguin biology (Biologie der Pinguine). Academic Press, London. Labhardt , F. (1990): Der Rotfucns (The red fox). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin — Hamburg. Mech , L. D. (1990): Der weiße Wolf. Mit einem Wolfsrudel unterwegs in der Arktis (Arctic wolves. The pack). Frederking & Thaler, München. Sieg , J., & W. Wägele, eds. (1990): Fauna der Antarktis (Marine invertebrates of Antarctica). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin und Hamburg. Selkirk , P. M., R. D. Seppelt , & D. R. Selkirk (1990): Subantarctic Macquarie Island (Die subantarktische Macquarie-Insel). Studies in polar research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Naveen , R., C. Monteath, T. de Roi , & M. Jones (1990): Wild ice — Antarctic journeys (Reisen in die Antarktis). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington—London. Krause , G. (1990): Biogenetische Interphänotypen — Wegweiser durch die Stammeslinien der Tiere (Phylogeny as seen by a comparative embryologist). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin — Hamburg. Jeßberger , R. (1990): Kreationismus. Kritik des modernen Antievolutionismus (Creationism. A criticism of modern anti-evolutionary thinking). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin und Hamburg.     

Island Lives: Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean

Island Lives: Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean. Paul Farnsworth. ed. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2001. 378 pp.     

Marginality and Modernity: Ethnicity and Change in Post-Colonial Balochistan

Marginality and Modernity: Ethnicity and Change in Post- Colonial Balochistan. Paul Titus. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.332 pp.     

Reliability of transferrin and leucine aminopeptidase phenotyping in wild meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Replicate plasma samples from wild Microtus pennsylvanicus were typed by gradient polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the transferrin and leucine aminopeptidase polymorphisms. Phenotypes remained the same through major seasonal changes in reproductive activity and environmental conditions. Possible explanations for the anomalous phenotypic variation seen in Microtus ochrogaster [McGovern M., and Tracy, C. R. (1981). Oecologia 51:276] are discussed.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Smiths' Sea Fishes. Editors: S mith , M. M., H eemstra ., P. C. 6th ed. 1986.
A ustin , B.; A ustin , D.A., Bacterial Fish Pathogens: Disease in Farmed and Wild Fish. Ellis Horwood Ltd Chichester (pp. 364) 1987.
C appetta , H.: Chondrichthyes II. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii.-Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3B. Stuttgart, New York
Integrated Warm Water Aquaculture. Editors: L ittle , D., M uir , J. University of Stirling: Inst. of Aquaculture Publications 1987. 238 pp.
The Freshwater Fishes of Europe. Vol. 9: L elek , A., Threatened Fishes of Europe. Wiesbaden: Aula Verlag 1987. 343 pp., 85 Fig., 236.-DM.
U ntersuchungen an mittelalterlichen Fischresten aus Schleswig. Ausgrabung Schild 1971–1975.
S chwoerbel , J. (ed.): Einführung in die Limnologie (Introduction into Limnology). 6. Edition. Stuttgart-New York
P lisnier , P.-D.; M icha , J.-C.; F rank , V.: Biologie et exploitation des poissons du lac Ihema
Electroreception. Editors: B ullock , T h . H., H eiligenberg , W. New York-Chichester-Brisbane-Toronto-Singapore
Scheuer, P. (ed.): Bioorganic Marine Chemistry. Volume 2. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-London-Paris-Tokyo-Hong Kong     

REVIEWS

Molds, Yeasts and Actinomycetes. By C. E. S kinner , C. W. E mmons and H. M. T suchiya
Probit Analysis: A Statistical Treatment of the Sigmoid Response Curve. By D. J. F inney . With a foreword by F. T attersfield
Leguminous Forage Plants. By D. H. R obinson
Cytologie Végétale et Cytologie Générale. Par P ierre D angeard
German-English Science Dictionary for Students in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Agriculture and Related Sciences. By L. D e V ries     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products , vol. 51. Founded by L. Z echmkister . Ed. by W. H erz , H. G risebach , G. W. K irby and C. T amm .
Immobilized Cells: Principles and Applications. By J. T ampion and M. D. T ampion .
Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry, Volume 3. Case Histories: Gymnosperms, Angiosperms and Palms. Ed. by J. M. B onga and D. J. D urzan .
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons. Second Edition. Vol III. Magnoliales, Illiciales, and Law ales. By C. R. M etcalfe .
The Ecology of the Nitrogen Cycle. By J anet I. S prent .     

西沙群岛的腐生半知菌

Fourteen species of saprotrophic fungi isolated from various substrates from Xisha Islands are reported, including a new record species-Curvlaria tuberculata Jain. The others are: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler. A. phragmospora van. Emden, Aspergillus niger van. Tiegh., Cladosporium arysporum Berk. & Curt., C sphaerospormum Penz., Curvularia affinis Boedijn, C. geniculata (Tracy & Earle) Boedijn, C. lunata (Walk.) Boedijn, Exserohilium turcicum (Pass.) Leonard & Suggs.,Humicola grisea Traaen, Botryodip…     

Voltage-dependent gap junction channels are formed by connexin32, the major gap junction protein of rat liver.

We report here experiments undertaken in pairs of hepatocytes that demonstrate a marked voltage sensivity of junctional conductance and, thus, contradict earlier findings reported by this laboratory (Spray, D.C., R.D.ginzberg, E.A., E. A. Morales, Z. Gatmaitan and I.M. Arias, 1986, J. Cell Biol. 101:135-144; Spray C.D. R.L. White, A.C. Campos de Carvalho, and M.V.L. Bennett. 1984. Biophys. J. 45:219-230) and by others (Dahl, G., T. Moller, D. Paul, R. Voellmy, and R. Werner. 1987. Science [Wash. DC] 236:1290-1293; Riverdin, E.C., and R. Weingart. 1988. Am. J. Physiol. 254:C226-C234). Expression in exogenous systems, lipid bilayers in which fragments of isolated gap junction membranes were incorporated (Young, J.D.-E., Z. Cohn, and N.B. Gilula. 1987. Cell. 48:733-743.) and noncommunicating cells transfected with connexin32 cDNA (Eghbali, B., J.A. Kessler, and D.C. Spray. 1990. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87:1328-1331), support these findings and indicate that the voltage-dependent channel is composed of connexin32, the major gap junction protein of rat liver (Paul, D. 1986. J. Cell Biol. 103:123-134).     

PilJ Localizes to Cell Poles and Is Required for Type IV Pilus Extension in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</Emphasis>

Twitching motility allows Pseudomonas aeruginosa to respond to stimuli by extending and retracting its type IV pili (TFP). PilJ is a protein necessary for this surface-associated twitching motility and bears high sequence identity with Escherichia coli methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCP). Here, we report that whereas wild-type P. aeruginosa PAO1 cells have extended pili at a single pole, pilJ mutant cells have shortened pili often at both poles despite normal levels of pilin accumulation, suggesting that PilJ is required for full TFP assembly/extension. Using yellow fluorescent protein fusions (pilJ-yfp), both plasmid born and in-frame chromosomal constructs, we determined that PilJ localizes to both poles of the cell. Overexpression of pilJ-yfp resulted in the protein accumulating between the poles. Paul DeLange and Tracy Collins contributed equally to this work.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this Article:
Ethics and Biotechnology , edited by Anthony Dyson and John Harris. Routledge
Human In Vitro Fertilisation- A Case Study in the Regulation of Medical Innovation by Jennifer Gunning and Veronica English.
Philosophical Perspectives on Psychiatric Diagnostic Classification , edited by John Z. Sadfer, Osborne P. Wiggins and Michael A. Schwartz
Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies , by John A. Robertson.
Religious Methods and Resources in Bioethics , edited by Paul F. Camenisch.
Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences , by Arthur Caplan.
Wo lfgang Wagner(ed.). Arzneimittel und Verantwortung. Grundlagen und Methoden der Pharmaethik prugs and Responsibility — The Foundations and Methods of pharmaethics].
GenEthics. Technological Intervetion in Human Reproduction as a Philosophical Problem by Kurt Bayertz.
The Virtue in Medical Ethics , by Edmund D. Pellegrho and David C. Thomasma     

Rethinking Power and Culture in Anthropology

Who Can Compete against the World? Power-Protection and Buddhism in Shan Woridview. Nicola Tannenbaum. Ann Arbor, MI: Association of Asian Studies, 1995.228 pp.
State Power and Culture in Thailand. E. Paul Durrenberger. ed. Yale Southeast Asia Studies Monograph, 44. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. 200 pp.     

The Roots of Ayurveda: Selections from Sanskrit Medical Writings and Essential Subtleties of the Silver Sea: The Yin-hai jing-wei: A Chinese Classic on Ophthalmology.

The Roots of Ayurveda: Selections from Sanskrit Medical Writings. Dominik Wujastyk. ed. and trans. New Delhi: Penguin Classics, 1998 (paper), xvi. 389 pp.
Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea: The Yin-hai jing-wei:. Chinese Classic on Ophthalmology. Jürgen Kovacs and Paul U. Unschuld. annotators and trans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xii. 503 pp.