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Articles 1 - 18 of 18
Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
If You Don't Fit In, Poem 1/1/2016, Charles Kay Smith
If You Don't Fit In, Poem 1/1/2016, Charles Kay Smith
Charles Kay Smith
Can those who stand awry their culture best serve society?
Availability Of Residual Fertilizer Phosphorus And Its Evaluation In Iowa Soils, Charles Mortimer Smith
Availability Of Residual Fertilizer Phosphorus And Its Evaluation In Iowa Soils, Charles Mortimer Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith
Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Efficiency Of Testing Schemes In Swine , Charles Smith
Efficiency Of Testing Schemes In Swine , Charles Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Investigations And Management Of Epizootic Plague At Ice House Reservoir, Eldorado National Forest, California, 1994 And 1995, Kenneth R. Townzen, Malcolm A. Thompson, Charles R. Smith
Investigations And Management Of Epizootic Plague At Ice House Reservoir, Eldorado National Forest, California, 1994 And 1995, Kenneth R. Townzen, Malcolm A. Thompson, Charles R. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
The occurrence of plague (Yersinia pestic) at Ice House Reservoir in 1994 and 1995 was characteristic of widespread epizootics in high use recreational areas of California. Staff of the Vector-Borne Disease Section investigated these epizootics and found dense populations of plague susceptible California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) with high numbers of fleas, primarily Diamanus montanus, the most important plague vector. This combination indicated a high risk of plague exposure to campground users. A non-fatal human case of plague, contracted at Mountain Camp II, was reported after the initial epizootic investigation. The patient's exposure occurred prior to the reporting of the …
What's In A Word? On Reading--And Misreading--Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles H. Smith
What's In A Word? On Reading--And Misreading--Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles H. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Merci Beaucoup, Mercy Barracuda, Charles Smith, Virginia Midyette
Merci Beaucoup, Mercy Barracuda, Charles Smith, Virginia Midyette
Charles Kay Smith
A children's book of 45 pp for ages 9-12. The story is about a friendly Barracuda named Mercy who teaches environmentalism to schools of fish, and three children who fall in love with her.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Journalist, Charles H. Smith
Alfred Russel Wallace, Journalist, Charles H. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Further Additions To The Bibliography Of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), Charles H. Smith
Further Additions To The Bibliography Of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), Charles H. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
No abstract provided.
Assessing Sequential Oncogene Amplification In Human Breast Cancer, Laura E. Janocko, Joseph F. Lucke, David W. Groft, Kathryn A. Brown, Charles A. Smith, Agnese A. Pollice, Sarita G. Singh, Robert Yakulis, Robert J. Hartsock, Stanley E. Shackney
Assessing Sequential Oncogene Amplification In Human Breast Cancer, Laura E. Janocko, Joseph F. Lucke, David W. Groft, Kathryn A. Brown, Charles A. Smith, Agnese A. Pollice, Sarita G. Singh, Robert Yakulis, Robert J. Hartsock, Stanley E. Shackney
Charles Kay Smith
Studies of amplification and/or overexpression of c-myc, HER-2/neu, and H-ras in breast cancer have shown that each is associated with a poor prognosis. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that there is a preferred sequence of amplification of these oncogenes in breast cancer. The frequencies of amplification and patterns of co-amplification of c-myc, HER-2/neu, and H-ras were studied in a group of 84 breast cancers. The data suggested a preferred sequence of amplification that consisted of c-myc amplification-HER-2/neu amplification-H-ras amplification. This model was supported by loglinear analysis. In addition, the levels of amplification of JC-A, a …
Assessing Sequential Oncogene Amplification In Human Breast Cancer, Laura E. Janocko, Joseph F. Lucke, David W. Groft, Kathryn A. Brown, Charles A. Smith, Agnese A. Pollice, Sarita G. Singh, Robert Yakulis, Robert J. Hartsock, Stanley E. Shackney
Assessing Sequential Oncogene Amplification In Human Breast Cancer, Laura E. Janocko, Joseph F. Lucke, David W. Groft, Kathryn A. Brown, Charles A. Smith, Agnese A. Pollice, Sarita G. Singh, Robert Yakulis, Robert J. Hartsock, Stanley E. Shackney
Charles Kay Smith
Studies of amplification and/or overexpression of c-myc, HER-2/neu, and H-ras in breast cancer have shown that each is associated with a poor prognosis. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that there is a preferred sequence of amplification of these oncogenes in breast cancer. The frequencies of amplification and patterns of co-amplification of c-myc, HER-2/neu, and H-ras were studied in a group of 84 breast cancers. The data suggested a preferred sequence of amplification that consisted of c-myc amplification-HER-2/neu amplification-H-ras amplification. This model was supported by loglinear analysis. In addition, the levels of amplification of JC-A, a …
Review Essay Of Two Books On The History Of Science, Charles Kay Smith
Review Essay Of Two Books On The History Of Science, Charles Kay Smith
Charles Kay Smith
Contrary to what I was taught in high school in the mid-1940s, science is no longer defined as an inductive methodology for immaculately conceiving culture-free truth after sifting through a huge data base of objective facts. For without some prior hypothesis to guide her, a scientist would not be able to decide which facts were relevant. Nowadays hypotheses can come from anywhere in the imagination or culture within which the scientist is working. The importance of a scientific hypothesis is that it be framed in such a way that it can be falsified when tested. Science now has a history …
A Model For Understanding The Evolution Of Mammalian Behavior, Raymond P. Coppinger, Charles Kay Smith
A Model For Understanding The Evolution Of Mammalian Behavior, Raymond P. Coppinger, Charles Kay Smith
Charles Kay Smith
Unlike reptiles, who are born with species-specific morphology and behavior that hardly changes as they grow into adults, mammals are born with a class-specific neonatal phase that renders the morphology and behavior of each species different from the physiology and behavior of their species-specific adulthood. Mammals must undergo a transformation phase, called youth, between the neonate and the adult. This youthful metamorphic and meta-behavioral phase is necessary while the mammal is remodeling from sucking milk to munching grass or hunting meat. During its youthful phase a mammal is not simply growing linearly into its adult form and behavior but is …
Degree Of Behavioral Neoteny Differentiates Canid Polymorphs, R Coppinger, J. Glendinning, E. Torop, C. Matthay, M. Sutherland, C. Smith
Degree Of Behavioral Neoteny Differentiates Canid Polymorphs, R Coppinger, J. Glendinning, E. Torop, C. Matthay, M. Sutherland, C. Smith
Charles Kay Smith
As with juvenile wolves or coyotes, adult livestock conducting dogs displayed the first-half segment of a functional predatory system of motor patterns and did not express play or social bonding toward sheep; whereas, like wolf or coyote pups, adult livestock protecting dogs displayed sequences of mixed social, submissive, play and investigatory motor patterns and rarely expressed during ontogeny (even when fully adult) predatory behaviors. The most parsimonious explanation of our findings is that behavioral differences in the two types of livestock dogs are a case of selected differential retardation (neoteny) of ancestral motor pattern development.
Observations On Why Mongrels May Make Effective Livestock Protecting Dogs, R. P. Coppinger, C. K. Smith, L. Miller
Observations On Why Mongrels May Make Effective Livestock Protecting Dogs, R. P. Coppinger, C. K. Smith, L. Miller
Charles Kay Smith
In Canid ontogeny from puppies to adults there is a very young phase before any species-specific predatory behavior has been expressed. This phase has been ontogenetically selected as a breed of neotenic adults which are ideal for protecting sheep. At a more advanced phase of canid ontogeny older puppies have begun to express separate pieces of species-specific predatory behavior, such as eye, stalk and chase but not the complete adult sequence so that crush bite kill and consume is as yet unexpressed. This intermediate phase was also ontogenetically selected as a breed such as border collies used in Britain to …
The Domestication Of Evolution, Raymond P. Coppinger, Charles Kay Smith
The Domestication Of Evolution, Raymond P. Coppinger, Charles Kay Smith
Charles Kay Smith
A coming ‘Age of Interdependent Forms’ seems destined to mark the success of what could be called ‘despecialized/interspecific fitness’ among neotenic strains (perpetuating juvenile traits) of species such as humans and domestic animals. Humans as well as the first domesticants underwent a neotenic evolution in the wild during the repeated interglacial periods which, acting on a number of mammalian forms, selected against adult species-specific ancestral adaptations to a stable environment. Neotenic species continue to look and behave more like ancestral youths than adults—even after sexual maturity and throughout their life-history. As they retain lifelong youthful dependency motivations, they can easily, …
Forever Young: Upon Reading Growing Young By Ashley Montagu, Raymond Coppinger, Charles Smith
Forever Young: Upon Reading Growing Young By Ashley Montagu, Raymond Coppinger, Charles Smith
Charles Kay Smith
We argue that the evolutionary process of neoteny -- the natural selection of regulatory gene mutations that retain a youthful ontogenetic system of physiological and behavioral characteristics, and thus never activates the full species-specific features of the ancestors’ adulthood. The resulting new behavio-morph retains infant/young features throughout ontogeny and never displays the adult behavior or physiology of the adult ancestor. This kind of neotenic adulthood defines the human character. We not only inherit our ancestors’ youthful anatomy and physiology but the ancestors’ youthful motivations and proclivities such as docility and social dependency, curiosity and learning as well. We retain our …
Logical And Persuasive Structures In Charles Darwin's Prose Style, Charles Kay Smith
Logical And Persuasive Structures In Charles Darwin's Prose Style, Charles Kay Smith
Charles Kay Smith
This paper analyzes Charles Darwin's characteristic writing behavior. Darwin was a more interesting and dedicated writer than he is commonly credited for being. This essay will reassess the importance of his writing. The surface characteristics of Darwin's prose (conventionally referred to as his "style") seem at first glance so plain and ordinary that Darwin's writing rarely interests students of style. Exceptions such as Theodore Baird in an essay entitled "Darwin and the Tangled Bank"1 and Stanley Edgar Hyman in a longer study of Darwin's writing, The Tangled Bank,2 both make a point of the current general disregard of Darwin as …