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Invertebrates Associated With The Pincushion Moss (Leucobryum Glaucum) And Underlying Soil, Timothy R. Leffler

Masters Theses

A faunal study of soil invertebrates collected from pincushion moss (Leucobryum glaucum) and underlying soil in a mixed deciduous forest of Charleston, Illinois, was performed because it was discovered that moss habitats have been largely overlooked by investigators.

The results from this study suggest that moss habitats provide a buffer area from the external physical environment, provide protection from predators, a place for oviposition and may be used as a food source. Twenty-seven orders of invertebrates were collected (66,023 individuals). Acarina (57.9%) and Collembola (37.9%) made up the majority of the invertebrate population. Three abiotic factors (temperature, moisture …

The Effect Of Caloric Restriction And Exercise On Plasma Lipid And Lipoprotein Concentration, Jeffrey J. Zachwieja

Masters Theses

The independent and combined effects of exercise training and caloric restriction on the plasma concentration of lipid and lipoprotein was studied. Thirty-two female volunteers were assigned to one of three treatment groups; exercise only, diet only or diet plus exercise. The exercise only group participated in a walk/jog program three days per week. For 30 to 45 minutes these individuals either walked or jogged at a intensity which elicited a heart rate that was 70% of the max heart rate reserve. The diet only group participated in a behavior modification weight loss program which restricted caloric intake to 1200 kcals …

Characterization Of The Lipopolysaccharides From Rhizobium Phaseoli Symbiotic Mutants, Francisca Garcia

Masters Theses

The lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of the Rhizobium phaseoli CE3 and its mutants CE109, CE309 and the transconjugate Rhizobium leguminosarum LB2/109.11 were isolated and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. CE3 is the wild type strain which is nodulation-proficient (Nod⁺). Strain CE109 and CE309 have a transposon, Tn5, inserted into Region I and Region III of their respetive chromosomes. Mutants CE109 and CE309 are defective in nodule development (Ndv^-). Transconjugate R. leg. LB2/109.11 has the DNA of the R. leg. LB2 wild type and also Region I portion of the CE109 …

Ecology And Interspecific Relationships Of The Painted Turtle, (Chrysemys Picta) In A Marsh-Fen Ecosystem, Eric S. Mcgee

Masters Theses

An ecological study of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) was conducted at the Fox River site in Chain O' Lakes State Park in northeastern Illinois from March to September in 1987. Findings were compared to two studies in 1986 concerning the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and Blandings turtle (Emydoidea blandingi) also present in the area. Population densities and composition were evaluated to determine the degree of interspecific competition.

Two hundred-forty five turtles were captured in 1986 and 1987. Painted turtles comprised 75 percent of the chelonian population, while Blandings turtles and snapping turtles …

The Southern Redbelly Dace, Phoxinus Erythrogaster (Rafinesque), In Clark County, Illinois, Susan C. Darrow

Masters Theses

Population and feeding ecology of the southern redbelly dace, Phoxinus erythrogaster (Rafinesque), was studied at Rocky Branch Nature Preserve, sections 29 and 30, T12N, R12W in Clark County, Illinois. Three stations designated along the eastern portion of Rocky Branch stream were seined bimonthly July through September, 1987. The length/frequency distribution curve constructed for the 358 dace collected determined Age class 0 to be dace less than 39mm, age classes I and II were indistinguishable because of overlap of fish lengths, and age class III was determined to be dace between 69 and 74mm. Other species encountered in abundance during this …

Zora Neale Hurston’S Search For Identity In Moses, Man Of The Mountain, Joan E. Sebastian

Masters Theses

Zora Neale Hurston, Afro-American writer of the 1920s and 1930s, has gained critical recognition for her novels and studies about the Afro-American masses. Hurston, also an anthropologist and folklorist, worked directly with southern Afro-Americans through her research in both of these fields. Her folklore collecting journeys enabled her to see and to capture the cultural traditions and oral heritage of Afro-Americans. It was her search into the cultural traditions, moreover, that led her to find her own identity. Hurston, therefore, depicted her protagonists as searching for an identity in most of her novels, with this quest especially apparent in Moses, …

Jean Toomer's Cane: A Work In The American Grotesque Genre, Kathryn M. Olsen

Masters Theses

In my thesis I will discuss the fact that Jean Toomer’s Cane is a grotesque work, one which in several ways resembles Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. While Jean Toomer never specifically alludes to any of the characters in Cane as grotesques, they consistently exhibit three of the strongest, most characteristic elements of the grotesque: physical and/or psychic deformities, alienation from the reader/viewer, and, most importantly, unrelenting conflict from two opposing elements. In fact, the figures in Cane show even more development of grotesque themes than the characters in Winesburg, Ohio, a collection known for its portrayals of modern …

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Grand Prairie Friends News (December 1987), Grand Prairie Friends

Newsletters

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Daily Eastern News: November 24, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: November 10, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: November 06, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: November 03, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Volume 16, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

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Daily Eastern News: October 26, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 22, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 21, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 12, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 07, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: October 05, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 22, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 21, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 16, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 11, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 10, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: September 09, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Volume 16, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Domestic Violence Victims to Have a Place to Turn; Kaleidoscope Bashing in Bloomington-Normal; 67 Arrested in Suburban Protest Rally; Police Pester Posters; Draft Resister Imprisoned for Non-Registration, Activism; Everybody Needs Some Body, Sometime; Michigan Womyns Music Festival; Keep Your Hands to Yourself; Iran-Scam Explained; Pope Go Home; Reagan's AIDS Commission; AIDS Needs Aid; Community News, Classified Ads and Book Review, Sexual Diversity: A Better Answer, For the Love of Animals; The Underground Vegetarian

Daily Eastern News: August 31, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

August

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Daily Eastern News: August 28, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: August 27, 1987, Eastern Illinois University

August

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