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Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 8, No. 7, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File

This issue includes articles:

• Gifts Will Provide Endowed Professorship
• Enrollment Tops 15,000
• MedBen Self-Insurance
• WKU Alumni Hall of Fame Adds Five - Stephen Henry, Frank Moxley, Herbert Wassom, Billy Miles, Zuheir Sofia
• Scholarship for Children of Tobacco Farmers
• Endowment Benefits Art Department
• Gift will Aid Jazz Program
• '59 Grad Brings Jazz Trio - Mike Longo
• Glory Days Homecoming '98
• Nearby Out-of-Staters Get Kentucky Tuition

The Probe, Issue 193 – October 1998

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Recollections, 1966-1996 -- James E. Forbes, Past President, NADCA
Giles Resigns as NADCA President
Executive Committee to Appoint President
Call for Papers: 14th Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Conference; Theme: "Solving Conflicts between People and Exotic Wildlife"
Book Reviews: 'The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife", Edited by John Hadidian, Guy Hodge, and John W. Grandy, Humane Society of the United States. Fulcrum Press, 1997. 255 pags with indices. $16.95 Softcover.
Review by Stephen Vantassel, NWCO Correspondent
Review by Gregory A. Giusti, Forest & Wildlands Advisor, Cooperative Extension, University of California

Volume 27, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

No abstract provided.

Wcro Fall 1998

West Coast Regional Office

• Vote "Yes" on Proposition 4 and Proposition 6 in California
• Make this holiday season fur free
• First Strike goes to Oregon
• City of Los Angeles to host First Strike course
• Welcome to new staff
• Illegal animal fighting subject of 1998 Humane Officers' Academy course
• California officially recognizes needs of animals in disasters
• Penalties for bear poachers stiffened in California
• WCRO attends the National Conference of State Legislators
• Legislative Update
• Shooting birds for "fun" and profit (Eric Sakach)

Impact Of An Ecological Factor On The Costs Of Resource Acquisition: Fighting And Metabolic Physiology Of Crabs, L. U. Sneddon, F. A. Huntingford, A. C. Taylor

Ethology Collection

1. Current game theory models and recent experimental evidence suggests that the strategy an animal adopts in agonistic encounters is determined by individual state. Therefore manipulation of an individual’s state should elicit different behavioural responses. In this paper, mechanisms are examined that underlie state-dependent strategies using Shore Crabs, Carcinus maenas, and how, by altering the environment, behaviour and physiology are affected.
2. Fights were staged between pairs of male crabs under normoxic and severely hypoxic (< 15 torr) conditions to determine if the metabolic costs of fighting and resource acquisition are affected by water P_O2. After fighting, blood and tissue samples from each crab were taken and analysed for metabolites associated with anaerobiosis (L-lactate, glucose and glycogen).
3. The spectrum …

Hsus News Volume 43, Number 04

HSUS News 1989-92

• Responding to the challenges of dog ownership (Paul G. Irwin)
• The Editor's Eye (Deborah J. Salem)
• Trust us [The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust]
• A tree grows in Washington [International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)]
• The state at the door [Gray wolves]
• A better way [Canada geese management in the Detroit metropolitan area]
• Irwin's new role
• Is it sinking in? [National Dog Bite Prevention Week]
• Hail the safe haven [National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week]
• Snow geese in peril? Agency proposal could lead to massive killing (Susan Hagood)
• Check out our library! Models, videos prove popular alternatives to dissection
• Opening more homes …

Assessment Of Side Effects Induced By Injection Of Different Adjuvant/Antigen Combinations In Rabbits And Mice, P.P.A.M. Leenaars, M. A. Koedam, P. W. Wester, V. Baumans, E. Claassen, C. F.M. Hendriksen

Biomedicine and Animal Models in Research Collection

We evaluated the side effects induced by injection of Freund's adjuvant (FA)and alternative adjuvants combined with different antigens. Rabbits and mice were injected subcutaneously, intramuscularly (rabbits) and intraperitoneally (mice)with different adjuvants (FA, Specol, RIBI,TiterMax, Montanide ISA50)in combination with several types of antigens (synthetic peptides, autoantigen, glycolipid, protein, mycoplasma or viruses). The effects of treatment on the animals' well-being were assessed by clinical and behavioural changes (POTand LABORASassays) and gross and histopathological changes. In rabbits, treatment did not appear to induce acute or prolonged pain and distress. Mice showed behavioural changes immediately after (predominantly secondary) immunization. Injection of several adjuvant/antigen mixtures …

Animal Organs In Humans: Uncalculated Risks And Unanswered Questions, Gillian R. Langley, Joyce D'Silva

Biomedicine and Animal Models in Research Collection

This report, produced jointly by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and Compassion in World Farming, fills a number of significant gaps in the current debate about xenotransplantation.

In this report we also summarise the ethical and welfare issues concerning experiments on animals for xenotransplant research and their possible use as source animals for organs. Both these aspects are responsible for much pain and distress caused to many animals. We prefer the term “source animals” to “donor animals”, because animals do not choose to donate their organs for xenotransplantation.

Profile: In Transition The Morris Campus Reaffirms Its Mission, University Relations

Profile (1996-)

Inside: Interim Chancellor Schuman takes the helm; A new director for the Minority Student Program; Admissions and Financial Aid: facelift and football; The Semester Conversion

Effect Of Larval Swimming Duration On Growth And Reproduction Of Bugula Neritina (Bryozoa) Under Field Conditions, Dean E. Wendt

Biological Sciences

A growing body of evidence indicates that even subtle events occurring during one portion of an animal's life cycle can have detrimental, and in some cases, lasting effects on later stages. Using a laboratory-field transplant design, postmetamorphic costs associated with the duration of larval swimming were investigated in the bryozoan Bugula neritina. Larvae were induced to metamorphose in the laboratory after swimming for either less than 1 h or between 23 and 24 h; colonies that developed from these two groups of larvae are referred to hereafter as "1-h colonies" and "24-h colonies," respectively. After completing metamorphosis, individuals were …

Abraham's Camels Come Home (Archaeology), Randall W. Younker

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Chironian Fall/Winter 1998, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

Storm And Base Flow Water Quality For Bear, Calf, And Tomahawk Creeks, Kenneth F. Steele, David N. Mott

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Because of the conversion of 92,780 acres of forest to pasture land in the Buffalo River watershed over a 27 year period, there is concern about the affect of agricultural activities on the water quality of the river. Three tributaries (Bear, Calf and Tomahawk creeks) located about mid-length of the Buffalo River were chosen to investigate the affect of agricultural activity on water quality because these streams provide the greatest amounts of fecal bacteria, nitrate+nitrite and phosphorus to the river, despite comprising only 13% of the watershed.

Before Cyberspace: Legal Transitions In Property Rights Regimes, Richard A. Epstein

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Tomato Hrpw Protein Has Domains Similar To Harpins And Pectate Lyases And Can Elicit The Plant Hypersensitive Response And Bind To Pectate, Amy O. Charkowski, James R. Alfano, Gail Preston, Jing Yuan, Sheng Yang He, Alan Collmer

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty Publications

The host-specific plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae elicits the hypersensitive response (HR) in nonhost plants and secretes the HrpZ harpin in culture via the Hrp (type III) secretion system. Previous genetic evidence suggested the existence of another harpin gene in the P. syringae genome. hrpW was found in a region adjacent to the hrp cluster in P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000. hrpW encodes a 42.9-kDa protein with domains resembling harpins and pectate lyases (Pels), respectively. HrpW has key properties of harpins. It is heat stable and glycine rich, lacks cysteine, is secreted by the Hrp system, and is able to elicit …

Using Public Nuisance Law To Protect Wildlife, Siobhan O'Keeffe

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Nova Quarterly: The University Of Texas At El Paso, News And Publications Office, Utep

NOVA

Fall 1998, Vol. 35, No. 1; No. 135

Distinguished Alumnus

Grizzly Bear Digging: Effects On Subalpine Meadow Plants In Relation To Mineral Nitrogen Availability, Sandra E. Tardiff, Jack Arthur Stanford

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) affect plant distributions and mineral nitrogen availability when they forage by digging for the bulbs of glacier lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum) growing in subalpine meadows of Glacier National Park, Montana, United States. Our working hypothesis is that grizzly bears structure plant communities and influence nitrogen availability when they selectively dig for preferred plants. In this paper, we report on differences found in recently disturbed digs (<5 yr old) when compared to adjacent, undisturbed meadow.

We used ion exchange resin bags to determine the availability of mineral nitrogen in grizzly bear digs compared to undisturbed meadow. Soil in digs contained significantly …

Effective Recovery Of Bacterial Dna And Percent-Guanine-Plus-Cytosine-Based Analysis Of Community Structure In The Gastrointestinal Tract Of Broiler Chickens, Juha H. A. Apajalahti, Laura K. Särkilahti, Brita R. E. Mäki, J. Pekka Heikkinen, Päivi H. Nurminen, William E. Holben

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

A DNA-based, direct method for initial characterization of the total bacterial community in ileum and cecum of the chicken gastrointestinal (GI) tract was developed. The efficiencies of bacterial extraction and lysis were >95 and >99%, respectively, and therefore the DNA recovered should accurately reflect the bacterial communities of the ileal and cecal digesta. Total bacterial DNA samples were fractionated according to their percent G+C content. The profiles reflecting the composition of the bacterial community were reproducible within each compartment, but different between the compartments of the GI tract. This approach is independent of the culturability of the bacteria in the …

Transient Expression Of A Translation Initiation Factor Is Conservatively Associated With Embryonic Gene Activation In Murine And Bovine Embryos., P A De Sousa, A J Watson, R M Schultz

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Publications

In the present study the abundance of mRNAs for eukaryotic translation initiation factors eIF-1A (formerly known as eIF-4C), -2alpha, -4A, -4E, and -5 was examined in in vivo-derived mouse embryos throughout preimplantation development using a semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. Although the mRNA profile for each gene is unique, only mRNA for eIF-1A transiently increases during embryonic gene activation (EGA) at the 2-cell stage, and this was confirmed by an independent hybridization-based assay. In in vitro-developed bovine embryos, mRNA for eIF-1A was transiently detected at the 8-cell stage, when the major activation of the genome occurs in this species. …

Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.

Using Narrative Picture Books To Build Awareness Of Expository Text Structure, Mary C. Mcmackin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

For many students, reading in the content areas presents quite a challenge. The transition from an emphasis on narrative texts in the lower grades to expository texts in the upper grades is not always easy. This article describes a system I use for introducing expository text structure through the use of narrative picture books. My goal is to develop an understanding of expository text structure with simple texts so that students will be able to transfer these understandings to more cognitively dense content area materials.

Benefits Of Literacy Field Experiences: Three Views, Kathy Everts Danielson, Wilma Kuhlman, Jarene Fluckiger

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Three professors of literacy education reflected upon their varied field experiences with preservice teachers enrolled in their reading/language arts methods courses. After describing each field experience and discussing its impact on classroom teachers, elementary students, college students, and college professors, authors offer some general conclusions regarding literacy field experience.

The Role Of International Equity In A Sustainable Future: The Continuing Problem Of Third World Debt And Development, Todd Johnston

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Western News, Oct. 1, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Floyd lays out vision; planning details for BOT, Student families on campus this weekend for annual Family Festival celebration activities, Nursing chair named for Lacey, Upton aide tapped for legislative affairs post, Coming Out Day marked, Africa's economic impact is visiting scholar's topic, Stoltman honored by national geography group, Day-long arts festival planned for Oct. 10.

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 1998, Volume 4, No. 4

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

Subirrigated Meadow Management Pratices by Jerry Volesky, West Central Research and Extension Center, UNL

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program by Craig Derickson and Gerald Jasmer, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Effect of Planting Date on Turfgrass Seed Production in the High Plains by Rebecca Harms, Turfgrass Project Coordinator, UNL

Beef Home Study Courses Begin Fifth Year

Plan Now to Attend SRM/AFGC Joint Meeting

Religious Hybrids In The Lower Courts: Free Exercise Plus Or Constitutional Smoke Screen, William L. Esser Iv

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ard News October 1998

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Comments from the Dean
The North Central Region (NCR) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
Revised Guidelines far ARD Travel Reimbursement Program far Prospective Graduate Students
Mussehl Endowment
Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board Funding July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999
Nebraska Grain Sorghum Development, Utilization and Marketing Board Funding July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999
Nebraska Dry Bean Development, Utilization and Marketing Board Funding July 1, 1998 -June 30, 1999
Nebraska Soybean Development, Utilization and Marketing Baard Funding Oct. 1, 1998 - Sept. 30, 1999
Proposals Submitted far Federal Grants
Nebraska Wheat Baard Funding …

The Social Contexts Of Tutoring: Mentoring The Older At-Risk Student, Jeanne B. Cobb

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This qualitative research study targeted fourth grade at-risk children in a culturally diverse elementary school in a mid-sized city in the southwestern United States. The purpose of the study was to describe the nature of social interactions within the context of tutorial sessions and to identify common characteristics of highly-effective tutors in their interactions with older, at-risk readers.

Inscape Fall 1998, Morehead State University

Inscape: Art & Literary Magazine Archive

The Fall 1998 edition of the Inscape: Literary and Art Magazine.