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Fall 1997

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Jamaican Cave Vertebrates, Donald A. Mcfarlane

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

Limestone caves in the tropics are typically associated with a more diverse assemblage of vertebrates than are caves in temperate regions. Chapman [87] for example, has reported 37 species from the caves of Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, whereas Bailey [43] lists only 13 for the equally cavernicolous Guadeloupe Mountains National Park, New Mexico, USA. Twenty-eight vertebrate species have been recorded from Jamaican caves. The relative importance of the five Classes differ in these three areas as shown in Table 1 (overleaf).

Whitworth College Catalog 1997-1999, Whitworth University

Whitworth Catalog

No abstract provided.

Evidence For Cholinergic Inhibitory And Serotonergic Excitatory Neuromuscular Transmission In The Heart Of The Bivalve Mercenaria Mercenaria, Kiyoaki Kuwasawa, Robert A. Hill

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The heart of Mercenaria mercenaria is innervated bilaterally at the atria. A pair of cardiac nerves arise as a branch of the cerebro-visceral connective and run to the posterior end of the junction between each atrium and its efferent branchial vessel. Innervation evidently spreads over the heart, since both inhibitory and excitatory junctional potentials (IJPs and EJPs) can be recorded from the atria, the atrio-ventricular (AV) valve or the ventricle.

The cardiac nerves contain inhibitory and excitatory axons. Neural stimulation can cause increases in the frequency or amplitude of beating, depending on the strength and frequency of stimulation. Electrical stimulation …

Chemistry Journal Use And Cost: Results Of A Longitudinal Study, Tina E. Chrzastowski, Brian M. Olesko

Staff publications, research, and presentations

Journal-use studies were conducted in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chemistry Library in 1988, 1993, and most recently in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, the cost of purchasing the journal collection rose 66.9% while use of the collection rose 34.2%. These increases occurred during the cancellation of over 180 chemistry journals between 1988 and 1996. The data point to a collection with obvious "top" journals that generate most of the use. While the data confirm the 80/20 rule ( 84% of use was generated by the top 100 journals in 1996, approximately 20% of the journal collection), journal use …

Ballast Quarterly Review, V13n2, Winter 1997-98, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Helping Adolescents Deal With Loss, Benita J. Mertens

Graduate Research Papers

Adolescents can learn to cope with loss and grief through group counseling, individual counseling, family counseling, or talking with friends and family members. Because all people do not grieve in the same manner, is one of these methods of grieving suitable for all, or is one healthier than another? What feelings are common to adolescents working through loss issues? What are the age-specific variables related to loss? What types of interventions are most effective when dealing with adolescents who are mourning? All of these questions must be answered in order to learn more about how adolescents work through loss and …

A Noble Legacy: Physical Education Major 1937-1987, Bridgewater State College, Catherine E. Comeau

Histories of Bridgewater State University

No abstract provided.

Back Matter

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Opuntia Fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. (Cactaceae) In Stearns County, Minnesota, Eric Ribbens, Jeremy Myrom

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

We surveyed the distribution of Opuntia fragilis ( Nutt.) Haw. in Steam County, MN, where it is restricted to a few rock outcrops. To compare the populations within three sites, we mapped clusters of pads and measured each individual pad within each cluster. Pads tended to be located in a narrow band of shallow soil between the bare rock and the angiosperm-dominated plant communities growing on adjacent deeper soils. Significant differences existed between the three populations in pad widths, average pad cluster sizes, and pad appearances. Although several pads flowered, none of the flower set seed, indicating that persistence of …

Radiant Rewarming For Hypothermia: Pilot Canine Study Model, Linda M. Shecterle, John A. St. Cyr

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The purpose of this feasibility study was to determine if a radiant heat device could be used to rewarm hypothermic canines. Twenty canines were first cooled to varying degrees of hypothermia and then rewarmed. An ice water bath was used to create mild (> 32' C), moderate (29 to 32' C), or severe ( < 29· C) hypothermia, as assessed by measuring the animal's core body temperature. Two radiant heat devices, an IAD450 animal device or a thermal recovery unit (TRU), suitable for humans, were used for rewarming animals. There were no deaths or lasting significant complications during the treatment or follow up interval. Rewarming rates were: mild- 2.2· C during the first hour and 4.9' C during the second hour, moderate- 2.1" C during the first hour and 5.5' C during the second hour, or severe- 0.8' C during the first hour and 4.4' C during the second hour and 4.1' C during the third hour. Rewarming rates were comparable in either mild or moderate hypothermic conditions, however, in the severely hypothermic state, a slower rate of rewarming occurred during the first hour. Both devices proved capable of rewarming animals within acceptable time frames with no lasting clinically significant toxicity. Data accumulated and monitoring done during this study included: complete blood count, serum chemistries, blood gases, physiological hemodynamic parameters, and multiple temperature site assessment. This technique should be further explored as an alternative method of rewarming from a hypothermic to a normothermic state.

Front Matter

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Symposia

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Abstracts from the Symposia Papers given at the Annual Meeting for the Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.

Winchell Papers

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Abstracts from the Winchell Papers given at the Annual Meeting for the Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.

Rowan Image 1997, Rowan College Of New Jersey

Yearbooks

Rowan College of New Jersey yearbook for the Class of 1997; 192 pages.

Contents: Image is Everything p. 2, Seniors p. 17, Sports p. 87, Activities p. 134, Faculty & Administration p. 164, Farewell p. 181, Yearzine 1997 p. 182.

Yearbook staff members are not identified.

Articulations 1997, Som School Of Osteopathic Medicine, Umdnj University Of Medicine And Dentistry Of Nj

Yearbooks

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Osteopathic Medicine yearbook for the class of 1997. 114 pages.

Contents: Poem: "Janet and Tony" p. 1, UMDNJ-SOM Campus p. 2, University Affiliated Medical Centers p. 3, Dean's Message p. 4, Administration p. 5, Faculty p. 6, Candids p. 7, Class of 1997 p. 34, Convocation and Graduation p. 96, Class of 1997 Directory p. 102, Yearbook Staff p. 102, Osteopathic Oath p. 104.

1997 Didascaleion, State University Of New York College At Cortland

Didascaleion (1926-2003)

College yearbook.

1997 Scholar's Day Schedule, State University Of New York At Cortland

Transformations

Scholars' Day was established in 1997 and is a day-long conference devoted to showcasing the wide array of scholarship, research and creative activities occurring on campus. In 2012, a new emphasis on student research lead to a name change to Transformations: A Student Research and Creativity Conference. This event focuses on student research, which is defined as an original investigation or creative activity through the primary efforts of a student or group of students. The work should show problem-solving skills and demonstrate new conceptual outcomes.

1997 Scholar's Day Abstracts, State University Of New York At Cortland

Transformations

Scholars' Day was established in 1997 and is a day-long conference devoted to showcasing the wide array of scholarship, research and creative activities occurring on campus. In 2012, a new emphasis on student research lead to a name change to Transformations: A Student Research and Creativity Conference. This event focuses on student research, which is defined as an original investigation or creative activity through the primary efforts of a student or group of students. The work should show problem-solving skills and demonstrate new conceptual outcomes.

Alterations In The Microbiota Of Nestling Tree Swallows And The Effects On Their Growth And Development, Natasha Brock

McNair Scholars Journal

A subclinical dose of broad-spectrum antibiotics (Bactrim and Clavarnox) we re given to one-half of nestling Tree Swallow (Tacbycineta bicolor) brood s on nestling day (ND) 3 and 4 while the other half of the brood received a placebo. Cloacal swabs were taken on ND5 and D15 to monitor changes in the gastrointestinal microbial community. Physical measures to track growth and development of nestlings were taken on ND5, ND15, and ND19 . Bacterial counts were low on ND5 in both treated and untreated birds. By ND15 the only component of the microbial community that was altered was the number of …

Usable Pasts, Tad Tuleja

All USU Press Publications

In Usable Pasts, fourteen authors examine the manipulation of traditional expressions among a variety of groups from the United States and Canada: the development of a pictorial style by Navajo weavers in response to traders, Mexican American responses to the appropriation of traditional foods by Anglos, the expressive forms of communication that engender and sustain a sense of community in an African American women's social club and among elderly Yiddish folksingers in Miami Beach, the incorporation of mass media images into the "C&Ts" (customs and traditions) of a Boy Scout troop, the changing meaning of their defining Exodus-like migration to …

Environment And Sex Ratios Among Alaska Natives: An Historical Perspective, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Carole L. Seyfrit, Christina Bellinger

Sociology

Human-environment interactions can affect the sex ratios of resource-dependent societies in a variety of ways. Historical and contemporary data on Alaska Native populations illustrate such effects. Some eighteenth and early nineteenth century observers noted an excess of females, which they attributed to high mortality among hunters. Population counts in the later nineteenth century and well into the twentieth found instead an excess of men in many communities. Female infanticide was credited as the explanation: since family survival depended upon hunting success, males were more valued. Although infanticide explanations for the excess of males have been widely believed, available demographic data …

Plantsman, Dec 1996/Jan 1997, New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Plantsman

A newsletter of the New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Master's Degree Programs In: Marine Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Coastal Zone Management 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Institute Of Extended Learning Catalog 1997-1998, Taylor University Fort Wayne

Institute of Correspondence Studies

The 1997-1998 catalog of the Institute of Extended Learning at Taylor University Fort Wayne.

Hinge And Amino-Terminal Sequences Contribute To Solution Dimerization Of Human Progesterone Receptor, Marc J. Tetel, Soryung Jung, Patricia Carbajo, Teri Ladtkow, Debra F. Skafar, Dean P. Edwards

Faculty Research and Scholarship

We and others have shown previously that progesterone receptors (PR) form homodimers in solution in the absence of DNA and that dimers are the preferential form of receptor that binds with high affinity to target DNA. To determine the sequence regions involved in solution homodimerization, wild type PR and truncated PR proteins were expressed in an insect baculovirus system. The expression constructs included the ligand-binding domain [LBD, amino acids (aa) 688–933], the LBD plus hinge (hLBD, aa 634–933), the hLBD plus the DNA-binding domain (DhLBD, aa 538–933), and the full- length A and B isoforms of PR. PR-PR interactions were …

Jeffersonian Teledemocracy, Howard Delong

The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable

No abstract provided.

1997 Modulus, Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology

Modulus (Yearbooks)

1997 Yearbook for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 47803

@Govst.Edu, 1997-01, Office Of Public Affairs

@govst.edu

Monthly newsletter published by Governors State University between 1996-2001.

Health Professions Division Catalog Academic Year 1997-1998, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.