Job-related stress, social support, and burnout among classroom teachers.
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Preclinical studies were performed in mice, rats and dogs of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (CDDP) and its derivatives cis-1,1-di(aminomethyl) cyclohexane platinum(II) sulphate (TNO-6), cis-diammine-1,1-cyclobutanedicarboxylate platinum(II) (CBDCA) and cis-dichloro, trans-dihydroxybis-isopropylamine platinum(IV) (CHIP). In mice toxicity and antitumour activity were determined. All three derivatives were at least as toxic as CDDP for haemopoietic stem cells and were less active than CDDP against the mouse tumours leukaemia L1210 and osteosarcoma C22LR. Toxicology studies in rats revealed no renal toxicity after a single dose of TNO-6. Fractionated doses of TNO-6 and CBDCA did cause renal toxicity but less than CDDP. CHIP produced little or no kidney damage. In dogs, TNO-6 (1.5 mg/kg) produced more severe kidney damage--although this was reversible--than CDDP (2 mg/kg). Half-lives of distribution were 4.0-5.1 min for TNO-6 and 9.7 min for CDDP, while half-lives of elimination were 3.6-6.6 days and 5.9 days respectively. Plasma levels, normalized for the dose, were at least two times higher after TNO-6 than after CDDP. Twelve weeks after drug administration, plasma levels were undetectable, while tissue concentrations could still be measured. The platinum concentration in kidney cortex was higher after CDDP than after TNO-6.
To identify evaluation procedures for selection of radiology residents, this study was performed to describe the criteria that indicate successful resident performance. The critical incident technique, a method previously used in industrial settings, was applied. Structured interviews with 22 senior radiology staff members produced descriptions of resident behavior that fell into the following six categories: knowledge, technical skills and abilities, attitudes toward self, interpersonal skills, conscientiousness, and curiosity. The majority of behavioral factors appraised were in the last four categories, which describe personality variables and social skills. The results have implications for the evaluation and selection of residents.
Puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-treated rats developed a severe nephrotic syndrome. Morphometric analysis of the hearts revealed significant differences between treated and control rats regarding nuclear index, reticulin index, nuclear and myocellular transsectional area, capillary number and transsectional area of capillaries. These differences were comparable with those induced by adriamycin. It is suggested that PAN can induce morphometrically measurable abnormalities in hearts of rats comparable to the morphometric changes seen after adriamycin treatment. The question of whether nephropathy, a result of both DOX and PAN treatment of rats, adds to or perhaps even causes doxorubicin - induced cardiomyopathy remains unclear.