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•atef vecorc ^ expected in research expenditures
ionlJniversity officials say Texas A&M will exceed $245 million
Univprsitv Nfiws Sfirvirfi
University News Service
esearch expenditures at Texas A&M
for fiscal year 1988 are expected to ex-
tes and their;.^d $245 million — a record amount,
er they’re ri. University officials expressed confi-
■d voter is alie-H 106 Monday that A&M will for the
Wst time be ranked among the top 10 in-
finutions in the annual fall listings of the
ettlly ARE stup National Science Foundation.
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jf’igures from the fiscal year that ended
A|g. 31 show an increase of about $26
million in 1986-87 for A&M and its as
sociated research agencies of the A&M
System.
HMthough still officially considered
preliminary, the figures are expected to
vary little from the initial tabulations
emocrats orRfl w h en completed, University officials
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^The A&M figures that will be in-
tion, straightpelded in forthcoming NSF compilations
e the best orvJS based on the most current period for
lave to look(}B> c h national comparative figures are
til political nrli"Plete — the 1987 fiscal year, in
„1 case.
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i ight Ol ngli ] u( j e rcscarc h expenditures in areas out-
party ballot sirM 6 of science and technology, institu-
traclition oriB 15 ma y not h ;ivc ah erf their research
, i dollars counted in the ficures compiled
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by \Sh officials said
ec tmg the Msigk&M administrators said that the Uni-
,et clown VOUpmsitv should retain the position it has
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party affiliatioa
held for more than a decade as the re
search leader in the South and South
west.
Officials also said that the institution
had risen dramatically in its volume of
industry-sponsored research, moving to
a national ranking of ninth in the 1986-
87 fiscal year (with $13.4 million) from
20th the previous year ($7.9 million).
During that same two-year period,
graduate enrollment in science and engi
neering fields at A&M rose from 17th
nationally to 14th, and overall graduate
enrollment at the University this fall set a
new record of 7,500. Officials viewed
the developments as further evidence of
A&M’s growing commitment to grad
uate education.
The $245 million in research expendi
tures in the past fiscal year, when ad
justed with a standard multiplier effect,
resulted in an economic impact gener
ated by the A&M System of at least $750
million during 1987-88, A&M President
William H. Mobley said.
Each additional million dollars in re
search typically creates an average of
five new faculty or professional posi
tions, six technical or clerical positions
and support for 10 graduate students,
Mobley said. Last year’s increase trans
lates into nearly 300 new jobs and sup
port for a similar number of graduate stu
dents, he said.
“We are obviously proud to be a na
tional leader in research,” Mobley said.
“In addition to being a vital element of
the higher education process, research
can be a significant economic factor for
our state and nation as exemplified by
the some three-quarters of a billion dol
lars attributed to our volume when the
multiplier effect is added.
“More importantly, however, the in
stitution’s position near the top in re
search volume means that we are busily
creating and adding to new knowledge in
keeping with the mandate of research
universities. Learning for its own sake is
justification enough, but this new exper
tise will be needed to keep Texas and the
U.S. competitive in a global village situ
ation.”
University officials say expenditures
for the fiscal year just ended include
$206.6 million in sponsored grants and
contracts from federal, state and private
organizations.
Professor: U.S. can work with Japan
By Richard Tijerina
Staff Writer
United States and Japanese trade
relations are steadily growing apart,
and the United States must act soon to
counter this economic trend, manage
ment professor Jay Barney said Mon
day.
In a speech given to the MSC Stu
dents Conference On National Af
fairs, Barney said the only way to re
solve this disturbing trend is through
improved quality of American prod
ucts and an understanding of Japa
nese culture and management sys
tems.
Barney was the third and final
speaker in a series of speeches on the
Japanese economy.
Barney said the primary reason
why Japanese products are dominat
ing U.S. and Japannese markets is
their superior quality.
“In the sixties, Japanese products
were laughed at, but now they are the
best in the world,” Barney said.
“Since then, one product after an
other has become extremely success
ful on the consumer market. VCR’s
and CD players are all Japanese now.
There are virtually no consumer elec
tronics products nowadays that are
not made in Japan.”
He said even though the Japanese
product may be more expensive, the
consumer is willing to pay the extra
cost.
“You take a General Motors car
and a Honda and there’s no compari
son,” he said. “Despite the fact that
the cost of Japanese products is be
coming more expensive than their
U.S. counterparts, the fact is we like
their products and they like their
products better. We still have a ways
to go to catch up.”
Only understanding their culture
better and improving the quality of
our own products can reverse this
trend, Barney said.
“We have to make something the
Japanese will want more than their
own products,” he said. “We must
come up with the awesome product.
We must out-Japanese the Japanese.
We can only do this by drastically im
proving our quality.”
Barney said he does not expect Ja
pan to stay on top of the economic
world for long. He said he expects its
position to be overtaken by other
Asian countries.
“I predict in ten years, Korea will
be the rising economic power in the
world,” he said. “In 20 years, China
will be moving from communism to
capitalism.”
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By Jacquelyn Smith
Reporter
I Researchers are beginning to unravel a
SHedical “whodunit” that seems to leave
'Tits holding the bag.
I “Cat scratch disease,” or CSD, has left
veterinarians and physicians puzzled for
Bars, Dr. John R. August said.
■ August, a veterinarian and head of
small animal medicine and surgery in the
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Center,
id the disease has been recognized for
Jars, but that the bacteria that cause the
sease were discovered only recently in
jj^ople who have the illness.
“It’s a historic disease and physicians
have known about it for years, but it’s
Bily been identified in the last four
ifears,” he said.
B CSD is a bacterial infection that is
.ffcansmitted to humans, especially chil
dren, through cat scratches — cats carry
the bacteria on their claws.
The disease is not contagious, and the
CSD bacteria live only two or three
weeks.
Although CSD isn’t life-threatening,
August said some of its symptoms are
similar to those of more serious diseases
such as brucellosis, mononucleosis,
syphilis, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis, tu
laremia and several kinds of cancer.
Symptoms of CSD include fever,
headaches, loss of appetite, tender or
painful muscles, inflamed lymph glands
and a pus-filled blister at the site of the
scratch.
“Most people who get the symptoms
of the disease have a rather mild case that
comes and goes by itself without treat
ment,” August said.
Physical reactions to CSD usually be-
“It’s one of those diseases that’s been a mystery right
up until the mid-1980s. Finally the mystery has been
solved.”
Dr. John R. August,
head of small animal medicine and surgery
Texas Veterinary Medical Center at Texas A&M
gin with the appearance of a small pus
tule in the scratch, followed by enlarge
ment of the lymph glands, he said.
Swelling also occurs around the wound,
which usually disappears within two
weeks, but the lymph glands may stay
swollen for months, he said.
The lymph glands are responsible for
draining foreign organisms from the
body.
August said the disease is harmful
only to someone who already has a
crippled immune system or whose resis
tance to infection has been weakened by
drugs or other infections.
Investigation of the disease is difficult
because when people finally realize they
are sick, the disease is usually in its latter
stages and the bacteria are beginning to
die, August said.
A skin test using purified pus from in
fected lymph nodes is used to diagnosis
the disease.
“The test is a sensitive procedure, and
at this time is relatively painless and has
no side effects,” he said.
August said investigators do not know
whether the bacterium they are dealing
with previously has been identified, but
it is known that the organism thrives at a
temperature slightly below normal hu
man body temperature.
Subsequently, researchers have found
that the Texas nine-banded armadillo is
an ideal candidate for use in tests to de
termine how the bacteria behave because
the armadillo’s normal body temperature
allows the bacteria to thrive.
August said an active research pro
gram has not yet been established at
A&M.
In the past, bites and scratches from
dogs, rabbits, monkeys, porcupines,
thorns and splinters were thought to
cause CSD. But, researchers now have
an increased interest in culturing bacteria
from cats’ mouths because cats were in
volved in 99 percent of the reported CSD
cases, August said.
“It’s one of those diseases that’s been
a mystery right up until the mid-1980s,”
he said. “Finally the mystery has been
solved.”
No vaccine for cats is available, but
August said a vaccine is not necessary
because the disease is sporadic.
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