Xylariales (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) of the Boston Harbor Islands

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (sp9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roo Vandegrift
Keyword(s):  
Boston Harbor

c-K-ras Oncogenes: Prevalence in Livers of Winter Flounder from Boston Harbor

2018 ◽  
pp. 229-236
Author(s):  
L. Gerald McMahon ◽  
Julie Huber ◽  
Michael J. Moore ◽  
John J. Stegeman ◽  
Gerald N. Wogan
Keyword(s):  
Winter Flounder ◽  
Boston Harbor ◽  
Ras Oncogenes

scholarly journals Insights on geochemical cycling of U, Re and Mo from seasonal sampling in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, USA

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 895-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Morford ◽  
William R. Martin ◽  
Linda H. Kalnejais ◽  
Roger François ◽  
Michael Bothner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boston Harbor ◽  
Geochemical Cycling

Induced Cytochrome P4501A in Winter Flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Offshore and Coastal Sites

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Monosson ◽  
John J. Stegeman
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Winter Flounder ◽  
Boston Harbor ◽  
Pleuronectes Americanus ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Cytochrome P4501a ◽  
Passamaquoddy Bay ◽  
Specific Activities

Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A), Aroclor 1254 (A1254), and 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) were measured in liver of winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Boston Harbor, Mass., Hempsted Harbor, N.Y., Niantic, Conn., and an offshore site, Georges Bank. We also measured CYP1A content and activity in flounder from Passamaquoddy Bay, N.B. Concentrations of A1254 and TCB were the least in fish from Georges Bank (0.46 and 0.002 μg∙g dry weight−1, respectively); concentrations in fish from Boston, Niantic, and Hempsted ranged from 7.6 to 11.3 μg∙g−1 and from 0.013 to 0.024 μg∙g−1. Immunodetected microsomal CYP1A contents (expressed as scup P450E equivalents) were 0.17 and 0.19 nmol∙mg−1 in fish from Georges Bank and Passamaquoddy and 0.25–0.41 nmol∙mg−1 in fish from Boston, Niantic, and Hempsted. Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase specific activities likewise were greater in fish from Boston, Niantic, and Hempsted (1.7–2.4 nmol∙min−1∙mg−1) than in fish from Georges Bank or Passamaquoddy (0.83 and 0.61 nmol∙min−1∙mg−1). CYP1A content and activity were correlated with hepatic concentrations of A1254 and TCB. These data, together with data reported in previous studies, indicate that strong induction of CYP1A protein occurs in winter flounder populations along most of the industrialized east coast and that induction of CYP1A is common, but less strong, at sites distant from the urban centers of the Northeast.

A HISTORY OF THE BOSTON FLOATING HOSPITAL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-638
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Boston Harbor ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Teaching Institution ◽  
Summer Heat ◽  
History Of

The Boston Floating Hospital had its origin in 1894 as a rented excursion boat towed around Boston Harbor to give indigent mothers and their sick babies relief from the summer heat. Since that year it has devoted its attention exclusively to pediatric care, and has made a substantial contribution to our basic knowledge of infant feeding and disease, particularly of infectious summer diarrheas and dysentery. Today the Boston Floating Hospital, now in permanent landlocked buildings, serves the community as a pediatric teaching institution, an infant and child care hospital and a pediatric research center. By examining the logs and records of the old boat, and by reminiscing with physicians who worked on the boat, it has been possible to recreate its history. All quotations in this article, except the letter eulogizing Dr. H. I. Bowditch, are extracted from annual logs published by the hospital. This article is published to chronicle an important era in the development of American pediatrics. THE Boston Floating Hospital began in the 1890's when organized philanthropy first became fashionable. Edward Everett Hale, the forceful New England writer, wrote two books, Ten Times One Is Ten and In His Name, which instigated the formation of dozens of philanthropic societies (Lend-A-Hand Clubs, King' Daughters Circles and Ten Times One Societies). These groups were dedicated to helping the destitute, the sick, the aged and the malnourished. On a hot summer night in 1893, a close friend of Edward Everett Hale, the Reverend Rufus Tobey, returned home to Quincy, Massachusetts after a tiring day in Boston.

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