Recently added articles from Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science:
Preliminary investigations at the Skeleton Mountain site, 1CA157, Calhoun county, Alabama.
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT In 2007, the Jacksonville State University Archaeological Resource Laboratory and several volunteers began the investigation of a stone feature on the crest of Skeleton Mountain overlooking the former Fort McClellan in Calhoun County, Alabama. JSU-ARL researchers ...
Eastern hemlock decline and persistence of disjunct populations near its southern boundary.
Aug 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a long-lived, shade tolerant tree species that sometimes occurs in pure stands on lower slopes and stream valleys of Appalachian forests in eastern North America. The range of eastern hemlock extends from southern Quebec and Ontario ...
Twentieth century climate change in Alabama.
Aug 01, 2008; ... This study uses the United States Historical Climatology Network data set to assess climate change in Alabama over the twentieth century. Ten stations in the state have relatively complete data for this time period, for both temperature and precipitation. For each station and both ...
Abundance, identification, and prospective participation of bacteria on Gopher tortoise shell degrandation.
Aug 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Shell degradation has been described, in one species of Gopherus, to be caused by an ingested environmental toxicant, and in another species of the same genus, to be caused by a topical fungus. Both studies document the presence of several bacterial species; however, ...
Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations and distribution maps.
Aug 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This treatment includes all species of pteridophytes known to occur naturally and those that have become naturalized in southeast Alabama. A total of seventeen families, twenty-nine genera, fifty-nine species, two varieties, and four hybrid taxa are known to occur in ...
Human Perfection through Biotechnology: Should we go for it?
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, Michael J. Sandel, 128 pages plus Notes and Index. The Belnap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007. S12.85. Humans have long mystified, sanctified, or otherwise places special ...
Anthropology paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ABSTRACTS The 85th Annual Academy of Science Meeting Samford University Birmingham, AL March 19-22, 2008 19TH CENTURY LAND SURVEYS IN THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER VALLEY, AN EXAMINATION. Christina Breeden and John Cottier, Dept. of ...
Behavioral and Social Sciences paper abstract.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HOLY OR HOLIER THAN THOU: EFFECTS OF PRAYER ON MMPI-2 SCALES. Daphne O. Garner, Brianna Morton and Larry W. Bates. Dept. of Psychology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 35632. Prayer is one of the most common behaviors within most religious systems, yet data concerning ...
Behavioral and Social Sciences posters abstract.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Analysis of Factors Associated with the Municipal Bankruptey of Pritchard, Alabama. Christopher Robin Kelley, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. Prichard, Alabama presents a textbook analysis of how financial distress factors can lead to municipal bankruptcy. In the case of ...
Bioethics, history, and Philosophy of science paper abstracts.
Apr 01, 2008 ... BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS COURSES. Michelle Sidler, Department. of English, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. Teaching biotechnology within the humanities as well as the sciences is vital because of its immediate ethical, legal, and social ...
Biological Sciences paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "DETECTION OF TOTAL AND PATHOGENIC SALMONELLA IN OYSTER USING REAL-TIME PCR" Maulshree Gangwar, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr.Asim K.Bej, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Birmingham, AL 35294. Salmonella is a causative ...
Biological Sciences poster abstracts.
Apr 01, 2008 ... ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE SURVEY AMONG BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM AEROBIC DIGEST FROM A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. R, Glynn Stephens and Lisa Ann Blankinship, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy University, Troy, AL 36082. Antibiotic resistance is ...
Chemistry paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Binding of All-trans Retenoic Acid to Retinoic Acid Receptor. Alexander E. Vaughn, Tracy P. Hamilton, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294. Members of the retinoid family interact with nuclear receptors(NR). ...
Chemistry posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC STUDY OF ACTINOMYCIN D BINDING TO ATYPICAL-T(G)nT-SEQUENCES IN DOUBLE STRANDED DNA. Jason Hudson and David Graves, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294. The antitumor antibiotic actinomycin D is a DNA ...
Chemistry (Alabama undergraduate research symposium) paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HEAVY METAL MOBILIZATION FROM COMPOST MANURE. Nixon O. Mwebi, Jacob W. Boydston, Megan Dingler, Department of Physical & Earth Sciences, jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265. Compost is relatively inexpensive compared to commercially available fertilizers. This ...
Chemistry (Alabama Undergraduate Research Symposium) posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Butamben Synthesis: The Fischer Esterification reaction revisited. Nagarajan Vasumathi, Haley Booker and Christopher Goodwin, Dept. of Physical and Earth Sciences, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265. Esters of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), a class of analgesics ...
Earth science posters abstracts.(Author abstract)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ICE-AGE MAMMALS OF ALABAMA AND THE STATE'S PALEOBIOGEOGRAPIIICAL POSITION. Dennis R. Ruez, Jr., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305. Ice-Age (Pleistocene) terrestrial mammals are known from at least 16 localities in Alabama, based on ...
Engineering and Computer Sciences paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Microstructural characterization of titania coated glass microballoons and cenospheres Melissa L. Jones(1), M. Koopman(1), K.K. Chawla(1), R. Martens(2), G. Thompson(2), W. Ricci(2), M. Lalor, (1) University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, (2)University of Alabama, ...
Engineering and Computer Sciences poster abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BIOMIMETIC SELF ASSEMBLED NANO MATRIX FOR CARDIAC TISSUE REGENERATION Meenakshi Kushwahal, Joel Anderson (1), Adinarayana Andukuri (1), Will Minor (1), Wayne Bradley2, Eiji Yahiro (2), Louis Dell'Italia (2), Ahsan Hussain (2), Ho-Wook Jun (1), 'Department of Biomedical Engineering, (2) ...
Geography, Forestry, Conservation, and planning paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE STRESS RESPONSE OF FERAL PIGS. BRIAN L. WILLIAMS and STEPHEN S. DITCHKOFF, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Al 36849. MICHAEL S. MITCHELL,Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. JAMES B ....