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Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic": An Ecological Extension Of Albert Schweitzer's "Reverence For Life", John Lee Weaver

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

As a member of the world community, and in the process of becoming a professional ecologist, I have begun a search for a personal ecological ethic to guide my actions. Two of the paths I have taken in my search are Albert Schweitzer's Reverence for Life ethic and Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic. They are relevant because each has extended the scope of ethics beyond Homo Sapiens. Their thoughts, with similarities and dissimilarities, form herein my travels.

The Ias Bulletin, V6n1, January 1972, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Last Call for Papers for the Annual Sessionsat Iowa City
--- Preliminary Planning well Underway
--- Another new Section Being Formed
--- Conservation Education Center Opens
--- Outdoor Classroom to be Part of Academy Farm
--- A Thought for the Day
--- News from the AAAS Convention
--- ISU Member has Proceedings to Give Away
--- AAAS Research Grants Awarded
--- Manuscripts Invited for Future Proceedings
--- Elections Coming up in March
--- Membership Facts
--- Water Resources of Iowa
--- Predicted Job Openings, 1970's

The Effects Of The Four Psychological Primary Colors On Gsr, Heart Rate, And Respiration Rate, Keith W. Jacobs

Masters Theses

Measurement of GSR, heart rate, and respiration rate were taken on twenty-four male S's during presentation of four colors (red, yellow, green, blue). Four sequences of color presentations were used based on a 4 by 4 latin square with six subjects receiving each presentation. Significant color effects (p < .05) were found when GSR was used as the measure of activation. The most arousing color was red, followed by green, yellow, and blue, with significant differences in arousal value found between colors. Significant trial effects, disregarding colors, were found in respiration rate. No significant effects on heart rate were found as a function of trials or color. The arousal values of the colors do not support either a linear or U-shaped function of wave length.

Variability Of Cardiorespiratory Responses To A Standardized Submaximal Treadmill Test On Successive Days, Kenneth Paul Klipp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Failure To Produce A Footshock-Electroconvulsive Shock Amnesia Gradient In A State Dependency Paradigm, Arlo C. Morgenweck

All Master's Theses

An attempt was made to produce a gradient of amnesia by varying the time interval between footshock and electroconvulsive shock treatment . Rats were trained to swim to one side of a water T maze, treated 24 hours later, and reversal tested 24 or 96 hours after treatment. Results showed negative transfer of training between training and testing, but did not support the state dependency hypothesis that Ss trained and tested in different states would show amnesia since neither amnesia nor a gradient of amnesia were found.

Physical Fitness Activities For Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Robert R. Hughes

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to construct a physical fitness program for the needs of full-time missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Two groups, a control and experimental, were selected from the missionaries entering the Language Training Mission on February 16, 1972. The experimental group, consisting of thirty-two subjects, participated in a structured physical fitness class for seven weeks. The control group, consisting of twenty students, participated in no structured program. Each group took a pre- and post-test consisting of four strength factor tests and Cooper's twelve-minute run.

Findings of the study suggested no significant …

Voluntary Control Of Gsr Using Continuous Visual Display And Simultaneous Changes In Other Autonomic Functions, Laurence E. Boyce

Masters Theses

Using 28 male undergraduate university students provided with continuous oscilloscope display of basal skin resistance, this study investigated voluntary control of the GSR and concurrent changes in respiration. It was found, given feedback, subjects could voluntarily raise or lower their GSR. Subjects instructed to increase their GSR (N-14) could do so within the first trial session. However, subjects instructed to decrease their GSR (N-14) required additional practice. With less than 20 minutes of practice all subjects were able to reach a criterion of 2,500 ohms change from their basal level. Subjects increasing their GSR were found to have a significant …

Ethnobotanical Studies On Selected Plants Of Northeastern Mexico, Wayne M. Pichon

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Reaction Times Of High And Low Level Fitness Groups Before, During And After Treadmill Exercise, Robert Bruce Bergstrom

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Nutrition Education Game For The Expanded Nutrition Program In Black Hawk County, Iowa, Linda Foster Benedict

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The problem of the study was the lack of entertaining and effective ways to teach nutrition in the youth phase of the Expanded Nutrition Program in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The question of the study was can a game be developed which will teach the participants in the youth phase certain nutritional concepts and be appealing to the youth. The author developed a game for the population in the study which was effective in teaching certain cognitive information about nutrition and appeared to be appealing to them. The development of the game included three main steps--review of commercial games, designing …

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Ias Bulletin, V5n6, November 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- An Open Letter from the President to the Members of the Iowa Academy of Science
--- Manuscripts for the Proceedings Invited
--- News from the Fall Directors' Meeting
--- Plans for 1972 Spring Meeting Shaping Up
--- Call for Papers for the 1972 Spring Meeting
--- Archeology Section Now Anthropology Section
--- What Ever Became of the Articulation Effort?
--- Future Meetings of the Academy
--- Geology Monograph Widely Distributed
--- New Officers of ISTS
--- Special Summer Study Opportunity Available
--- Do-It-Yourself Kit for Activists
--- 56% of …

Farm Managerial Characteristics Scales : A Supplement To Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 30, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Department Of Economics, South Dakota State University

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This publication contains material that supplements data and analysis in South Dakota Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 30. It is necessary to examine a copy of that publication to follow the material in this publication. The material in this publication is composed of the scales and questions that were selected and developed for analysis of Farmers Home Administration and Production Credit Association borrowers. The presentation also includes statistical coefficients and, where involved, specific methodology used in developing new scales. In the first three sections of this publication questions comprising validated scales are presented with questions and new scales which were developed …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 2, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly magazine created for WKU alumni. Regular features are Hilltopics, Sports, Alumni Newsgrams and Notes and In Memoriam. This issue includes:

• Graduate School (College) is On Its Way
• Evening Class is Thataway
• The Hilltopper Hundred to the Rescue
• ETV - Keep Watching, It's All in Color
• Student Interns Learn How Government Works
• Significant Statements: The New Year Begins
• Good News for Fishermen: Reservoir Research
• There it Was! Your Homecoming - 1971
• Performing Arts Illuminate the Campus Scene
• Discovery 1 - Uncovering the Kentucky of Antiquity
• Discovery 2 - Reviving the Heritage of Kentucky
• Discovery 3 - The Intercultural Studies Program …

State-Dependent Learning As A Function Of The Temporal Relationship Between Noncontingent Footshock And Electroconvulsive Shock, T. Scott Shutt

All Master's Theses

Rats were given a noncontingent footshock followed at various intervals by electroconvulsive shock. Twentyfour hours later they were trained on a non-shock passive avoidance task and tested for retention 72 hours later. When the interval between NCFS and ECS was short the animals showed an amnesia which reduced as the interval was lengthened. An interval of .5 seconds produced the most pronounced amnesia and intervals greater than 10 seconds produced virtually no amnesia. The results were consistent with a state dependent retrieval failure hypothesis.

The Ias Bulletin, V5n5, September 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Proceedings Progress
--- Business Manager for Proceedings Appointed
--- Submit Manuscripts for Proceedings at Any Time
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal Will Have Limited Distribution
--- Staff Changes at Drake Involve Academy "Activists"
--- Status of the Iowa State Preserves Advisory Board Uncertain
--- Darling Foundation Issues Catalog of Conversation Education Facilities
--- Are you a Member of AAAS?
--- AAAS Research Grants Awarded
--- AAAS Governance Changes Being Proposed
--- Guide to Upper Iowa River Published By George Knudson of Luther College
--- AAPT-Iowa Section
--- Student Programs …

The Degree And Time-Course Of Stress In The Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Hulda Esther Serra, Patricia Jo Yvonne Tygret

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An important nursing objective is to assist patients through stressful experiences. It has been assumed that cardiac surgery constitutes such a stress situation. For this reason, twenty-two patients undergoing cardiac surgery at Loma Linda University Hospital studied for the purpose of exploring the degree and time-course of were psychological stress.

The methodology consisted of administration of psychological tests before and after surgery; determination of urine catecholamines (UCA) before, during and after surgery; administration of a coping assessment tool before surgery, and a recall interview on the fifth day after surgery. The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL)-Today form, and the …

Autoradiographic Studies Of The Distribution Of Serotonin In The Rat Brain, Brent D. Wagstaff

Theses and Dissertations

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), considered to be a synaptic transmitter within the central nervous system, has been shown to be localized mainly in the paleocortex of the brain. Others have shown disturbances of normal 5-HT metabolism to be associated with mental illness and disease. Attempts to inject tritium labelled 5-HT into cerebrospinal fluid of the rat brain for anatomical localization studies were·made. The following observations were noted, (1) there exists a perivascular space in which fluid flows and distribution is relatively uninhibited as compared to subarachnoid space, (2) the labelled 5-HT penetration of brain tissue parenchyma is restricted and radioactivity is …

The Influence Of Selected Individuals On The Acquisition Of Fundamental Motor Skills Of Girls, Laura Susan Clapp

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of selected individuals on the acquisition of fundamental motor skills of girls. Specific problems were: 1. To develop a device for measuring influences exerted by selected individuals. 2. To measure fundamental motor skills. This study was limited to all ninth grade girls attending Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo, California. This study was limited to one administration of the questionnaire and one administration of the motor ability test per girl.

The Cathartic Effects Of Aggressive Responses Directed Toward An Inanimate Object, Timothy William Creston

All Master's Theses

This study was intended to test the catharsis of aggression hypothesis which in part holds that aggressive responses directed towards an inanimate object will have a tension reducing effect and result in a lowering of residual hostility.

Behavioral Changes Due To Overpopulation In Mice, James Robert Hammock

Dissertations and Theses

Previous research has found that if a population were allowed to exceed a comfortable density level, then many catastrophic events occurred such as increased mortality among the young, cannibalism, homosexuality, and lack of maternal functions. The most influential researcher in this area is Calhoun (1962), after whose experimental design a pilot study was fashioned to replicate his results. The results of this pilot study inspired a more detailed research project of which this thesis is an account.

Forty-eight albino mice of the Swiss Webster strain were divided into three groups of sixteen each. Each group consisted of ten females and …

The Embryonic Viability Of The Constant Estrus Mouse, Claudia M. Hicks

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Sciences and Mathematics at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Biology by Claudia M. Hicks on July 8, 1971.

South Dakota Farm & Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Collegiate Cost-Price Squeeze [p] 2
Field Day Research Reports [p] 3
Cooling and Warming Pigs [p] 4
Tree Seed Sources Important [p] 6
Planting Ponderosa Pine [p] 9
Land Prices and Environment [p] 10
Mulch Boosts Alfalfa Yield [p] 14
Field Losses in Curing Alfalfa [p] 16

A Comparative Investigation Of Understanding Of Ecological Content Between Eighth And Tenth Grade Pupils, David Lee Herbenson

All Master's Theses

The study had two major purposes. One purpose was to determine if Covington Junior High School eighth grade pupils understood the basic ecological ideas and facts presented to them in a teacher-designed one semester course entitled Environmental Concepts Orientation (ECO). The second purpose was to find out the degree of competence attained by the eighth grade pupils as compared to tenth grade pupils taking a one year ecologically oriented course in the nationally developed Green Version BSCS biology series at Camas, Washington.

A Comparison Of The Perceptual And Motor Abilities Of Learning Disabled And Normal Students At Ages Eleven And Twelve, Rachel Adams Thompson

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Death And The Inexorably Dying: A Seminar, Stuart J. Kingma

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The panel for this seminar on "Death and the Inexorably Dying" includes DR. HANS K. VON BRAUCHITSCH, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry of Henry Ford Hospital; DR. ROBERT M. O'BRYAN, associate physician in the Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine of Henry Ford Hospital; FATHER ROBERT F. WOLLARD, Episcopal Chaplain of Henry Ford Hospital; and PROFESSOR RONALD R. KOENIG, assistant professor in social work, and associate director of the Center for the Study of Dying, Death and Lethal Behavior, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University.

An Analysis Of Cattle Grazing On Steep Slopes, William Wayne Patton

Theses and Dissertations

A field study was made to correlate cattle grazing patterns of steep terrain with the rest-rotation grazing system. Line-plot transects were positioned across each of three heavily grazed, steep canyons. The rest-rotation system as practiced on the Gooding Cattle Allotment is resulting in good forage use as the animals are grazing forage on slopes up to 60%. Level contour trails extending across slope faces made it possible for cattle to graze on steep slopes at distances up to 80 chains from water. Contour trails originate at watering loctions; hence better distribution of water could be expected to result in better …

The Ias Bulletin, V5n3, May 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Election Results
--- Attendance at 83rd Session
--- Membership at all Time High
--- Section Interests Among Academy Members
--- Visiting Scientist Program Dead
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal to be Distributed Only as Requested
--- Social Implications Committee Selects Single Concern for its Attention
--- Important Recommendations from the Academy's Committee on Governmental Cooperation and Assistance
--- Academy Farm Operating Under New Policies
--- Student Programs to be Evaluated
--- Recognition and Awards
--- Explanation of Election Ballot with Signature Space
--- Two Junior Academy Members to Represent …

The Effects Of Cs Habituation And Duration Of The Directional Modification Of The Cardiac Response In The Guinea Pig (Cavia Procellus), Ray Charles Larson

All Master's Theses

The present experiment examined the effects of CS habituation and two different levels of CS duration (60 versus 6 sec) on the directional modification of the conditioned cardiac response in the guinea pig. The results indicated that the only reaction to the CS, regardless of prior habituation or CS duration, was a decelerative conditioned HR response. However, habituation to a CS prior to classical aversive conditioning was found to attenuate the magnitude of the bradycardia CR that developed. The bradycardia CR was discussed in terms of being a cardiac component of the orienting response.

Sub-Aversive Response Contingent Foot Shock As A Positive Reinforcer, Robert Lea Fulwiler

All Master's Theses

Forty-eight rats were divided into 8 groups; four were maintained under normal conditions and the other four under sensory deprivation and tested at o, 3, 6, and 9 days after condition institution. The response was placing the head through a hole in the operant chamber and the stimulus (0, 1.2, 4, or 12 Vac) was contingent upon the response. Analysis ot variance disclosed significant differences (p<.01) between the deprived and the non-deprived groups at days 6 and 9; and a significant interaction between deprivation condition and time of test. No differences were shown between the stimulus intensities indicating that the stimulus did not have a reinforcing effect.