Receiving chemicals

Cells communicate with each other in order to form and maintain the vertebrate body. Cells must know when and where to move, and what to do once they get there. This is accomplished by sending and receiving chemical, tactile, and perhaps even electrical signals (Cooper and Schliwa, 1986). Cells can be observed responding to at least some of these environmental cues in tissue culture, and also responding to each other. The response of cells to these factors is known as cell behavior. 

A large number of proteins present in the outer surfaces of cells serve as receptors that receive chemical messages and other signals from outside the cell. The receptors, which are sometimes enzymes, respond by generating internal signals that control metabolism and cell growth. Such molecular signaling is another major area of contemporary biochemistry. 

Potatoes have potential as a poultry feed but are more widely used in pig and ruminant feeding, because they are more difficult to incorporate into poultry feed mixtures than other feed ingredients. On a worldwide basis this crop is superior to any of the major cereal crops in its yield of DM and protein/ha. The potato is especially susceptible to disease and insect problems and may have received chemical treatment. Therefore, all potatoes should meet organic guidelines, including those from non-GM varieties. 

SIMS is a very surface-sensitive technique because the emitted particles originate from the uppermost one or two monolayers. The dimensions of the collision cascade are rather small and the particles are emitted within an area of a few nanometers diameter. Hence, SIMS can be used for microanalysis with very high lateral resolution (50 nm to 1 pm), provided such finely focused primary ion beams can be formed. Furthermore, SIMS is destructive in nature because particles are removed from the surface. This can be used to erode the solid in a controlled manner to obtain information on the in-depth distribution of elements.109 This dynamic SIMS mode is widely applied to analyze thin films, layer structures, and dopant profiles. To receive chemical information on the original undamaged surface, the primary ion dose density must be kept low enough (<1013 cm-2) to prevent a surface area from being hit more than once. This so-called static SIMS mode is used widely for the characterization of molecular surfaces (see Figure 3.10). 

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Most neurons have multiple dendrites which are specialized to receive chemical signals from axon termini of other neurons. Particularly in the CNS, neurons have very long dendrites with complex branches, which allows them to form synapses with a large number of other neurons (approx. 1000]. 

Insects communicate by releasing pheromones—chemical substances that other insects of the same species detect with their anteimae. There are sex, alarm, and trail pheromones, and many of these are alkenes. Interfering with an insect s ability to send or receive chemical signals is an environmentally safe way to control insect populations. For example, traps with synthetic sex attractants have been used to capture such crop-destroying insects as the gypsy moth and the boll weevil. Many of the flavors and fragrances produced by certain plants also belong to the alkene family. 

The ES H Division maintains LANL s Automated Chemical Inventory System (ACIS). Only those personnel authorized by their supervisor, who are knowledgeable of the effects of hazardous chemicals, can procure and receive chemicals. All chemical containers must have an owner, and this owner must be a qualified chemical w orker. Individuals with appointments of less than 1 year, visitors, undergraduate, and high school students may not be chemical owners. The immediate supervisor for the latter classifications of workers is the chemical owner. 

Your company probably receives chemicals from several manufacturers. These manufacturers will label containers differently. For this reason, your company may have developed or adopted a single labeling system to help you recognize and understand labels, which can make it easier for you to identify potential hazards. Original labels may remain on the original container along with or instead of a uniform label. Learn how to understand whatever labels, are in use. 

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