1985 PROCEEDINGS: NINTH COTTON DUST RESEARCH CONFERENCE
	Jan. 7-11, New Orleans, LA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
TABLE OF CONTENTS

NINTH COTTON DUST RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Cotton Dust Standard Update P.J. Wakelyn	3
Cotton Dust Control: Dust Reduction Attempts Prior to Engineering John D. Neefus	6
Optimizing Air Cleaning System for Yarn Manufacturing Areas: Primary and Secondary Filtration Paul F. Gundlach and A.L. Ivester	8
Cotton Dust Control: Opening and Blending Andrew G. Schauder	13
Cotton Dust Control: Carding D.L. McKay	15
Cotton Dust Control: Drawing Melvin R. Witcher, Jr.	17
Cotton Dust Control: Wastehouses Miller T. Jones, Jr.	19
Dust and Lint Control with Modular Filtration F. Raymond Childress and Frederick M. Shofner	20
Removal and Collection of Microdust and Respirable Dust from Cotton Fibers F.M. Shofner and G.F. Williams	25
Factors Affecting the Size Distribution of Cotton Dust Particles: A Progress Report J.B. Cocke, R.E. Harrison, and J.D. Bargeron III	28
Proximate, Elemental, and Microscopical Analyses of "Standard Cotton Dusts" R.J. Berni, L.N. Domelsmith, W.R. Goynes, and M. Karol	32
Chemical Differentiation of Card Dusts from the 1983 Area of Growth/Varieties Study I. Proximate and Elemental Analyses L.N. Domelsmith, R.J. Berni, J.B. Cocke, and H.H. Perkins, Jr.	37
Chemical Differentiation of Card from the 1983 Area of Growth/Varieties Study. II. Capillary Gas Chromatographic Analyses of Derivatized Extracts L.N. Domelsmith, R.J. Berni, H.H. Perkins, Jr., and J.B. Cocke	42
Volatile Terpene Content of Glanded and Glandless Cotton Cultivars and Lines G.W. Elzen, H.J. Williams, A.A. Bell, R.D. Stipanovic, and S. B. Vinson	47
From L-Phenylalanine to Condensed Tannins: A Brief Review of Tannin Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Report on its Distribution in Cotton Plant Parts Bock G. Chan	49
High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Cotton Dusts, Flax Dusts, and Gossypium Tannins John P. McCormick and Karen A. Ryan	53
Experiments with Bracts and Bract Dusts Philip R. Morey, Janet J. Fischer, K.K. Foarde, M. D. Attfield, and D. Riffle	58
A Replica-Plating Method for Assessment of the Bacterial Composition of Cotton Dust P.D. Millner, K.E. Powers, H.H. Perkins, Jr., and M. Kinoshita	63
Rate of Opening of Cotton Bolls - A Preliminary Study of a Possible Secondary Causal Factor in Byssinosis P.B. Marsh, M.E. Simpson, T.W. Culp, and D. Harrell	67
Exceptionally Low Bacterial Counts Common on Raw Cotton Fiber from The, San Joaquin Valley of California M.E. Simpson and P.B. Marsh	69
Contribution of Fungal Materials to Cotton Mill Dusts Wilton R. Goynes, Joseph G. Montalvo, Jr., and Lloyd B. DeLuca	72
Observations on Byssinotics Diagnosed in the United Kingdom Between 1974 and 1980 G.B. Rooke, A.N. Dempsey, V.F. Hillier, J. Jeacock, and R. McNamee	75
Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Ex-Cotton and Flax Workers P.C. Elwood, P.M. Sweetnam, J.H. El.wood, and M. Campbell	81
A Role for Chest Radiography in Evaluation of COPD in Long-Term Cotton Workers Philip C. Pratt	86
Reproducibility of Shift Decrements in FEV(1) in Textile Workers B. Boehlecke and R. Jacobs	88
The Characterization of Oxo-Octadecenoic Acids from Human Lung: Correlation with Byssinosis Nancy J. Phillips, David G. Lynn, and William S. Lynn	91
Biologic Activities of Four Oxo-Octadecenoic Acids Found in Cotton Worker Lungs at Autopsy William S. Lynn, David G. Lynn, Clifford Sachs, Jr., and Alan R. Jacobs	96
Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Pulmonary Responses after Cotton Dust Exposure Ragnar Rylander and Per Haglind	101
Further Experience with the Inhalation of Cotton Dust Extracts in Human Volunteers D.A. Johnson, T.A. Thomson, P.J. Nicholls, and M. McDermott	104
Newer Approaches to the Study of Byssinosis E. Neil Schachter	108
Cotton Bract Lung Constricting Agent(s) Marion G. Buck, James H. Wall, and E. Neil Schachter	110
Acute Respiratory Reactions to Cotton Dust in Healthy Non-Textile Workers Robert M. Castellan, John L. Hankinson, and Joseph B. Cocke	113
Respiratory Function in Cotton Workers Exposed to Dust from Glanded and Glandless Cotton Dust Ragnar Rylander and Per Haglind	118
Gossonorol Induction of Prostaglandin F2, in Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages R.L. Ziprin, K.R. Beerwinkle, and H.J. Williams	120
The Effect of Cotton Tannins on Prostaglandin and Histamine Release G.A. Greenblatt and M.H. Elissalde	122
Effect of Endotoxin and Tannin on Canine Tracheal Epithelium and Shunt Pathway M.M. Cloutier, J.A. Russell, and M.S. Rohrbach	125
Tannin Mediated Release of Neutrophil Chemotactic Factor from Alveolar Macrophages Michael S. Rohrbach, Rebecca A. Rolstad, Teresa Kreofsky, and James A. Russell	128
Cotton Bracts Tannin Is a Cytotoxin for Porcine Endothelial Cells Christopher M. Johnson, Michelle Nyberg Hanson, and Michael S. Rohrbaqh	130
Cotton Dust and Bracts as Releasers of Arachidonate Metabolites from Alveolar Macrophages N. El-Mahdy, P.J. Nicholls, R.C. Brown, and A. Poole	134
Endotoxins in Airborne Dusts from Cottons of Different Varieties or Areas of Growth S.A. Olenchock, R.M. Castellan, P. Sasser, and J.B. Cocks	138
Prostaglandin Production Following Aerosol Exposure to Enterobacter agglomerans Endotoxin (LPS) and Endotoxoid Robert Burrell and Ilkka Helander	142
Endotoxin Activity and Microbial Study of Cotton Dust Particles of Known Sizes J.J. Fischer, M. Ellakkani, P. Thorne, D. Weyel, Y. Alarie, and M. Karol	144
Comparison of the Respiratory Response of Guinea Pigs to Cotton Dust and Endotoxin from Enterobacter agglomerans M. Karol, M. Ellakkani, M. Barnett, Y. Alarie, and J.J. Fischer	146
The Effect of Repeated Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Aerosol Exposure on the Structure of the Distal Lung R. Clark Lantz, David E. Hinton, and Robert Burrell	148
The Action of Endotoxin and Flax Dust Extract on Airway Smooth Muscle and Human Platelets J.A. Russell, E.J. Simons, T. Kreofsky, and M.S. Rohrbach	151
The Effect of Complement on the LPS Aerosol Generated Tissue Responses of the Lung R. Burrell, R.C. Lantz, and D.E. Hinton	154
Stimulation of Interleukin 1 Production by Alveolar Macrophages by Endotoxin from Various Bacterial Species Daniel M. Lewis	157
Platelet Activating Factor in Alveolar Macrophages after Exposure to Standard Cotton Dust Lena Beijer and Ragnar Rylander	160
Use of a Parallel Stage Impactor to Assess the Particle Size Distribution of Cotton Dusts D. Weyel, M. Ellakkani, Y. Alarie, and M. Karol	163
Potencies of Selected Cotton Dusts as Assessed by the Human and the Guinea Pig Model M. Karol, M. Barnett, M. Ellakkani, Y. Alarie, and D. Weyel	165
Effects from 12-Month Inhalation of Cotton Dust M.A. Ellakkani, Y. Alarie, D. Weyel, and M. Karol	167
Respiratory Parameters Which Characterize the Response of Guinea Pigs to Inhalation of Cotton Dust Y. Alarie, M. Ellakkani, D. Weyel, and M. Karol	171
Pulmonary Function Analysis of Bronchoconstriction: A Survey of the Potential Etiological Agents and Mediators Following Cotton Dust Extract Inhalation in Rabbits M.P. Bishop, P.A. Pilia, W.J. Moorman, and S.K. Ainsworth	178

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