Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science articles from September 22 2003

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science archives from September 22 2003

President's message.
September 22, 2003... Seventy-nine years old! By some measures, this would be designated "old" and possibly ready for the "home". The South Carolina Academy of Science began in 1924, seventy-nine years ago. The Academy has gained in stature, prestige and the number...

Par mediation of thrombin-induced effects on motoneurons.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT Past studies have suggested that activation of the proteolytically activated receptor (PAR-1) by thrombin or the peptide SFLLRNP results in decreased motoneuron survival. Although PAR-1 appears to be the primary receptor for...

Histological effect of Ascocotyle tenuicollis (digenea: heterophyidae) metacercarial infection on the heart of Fundulus heteroclitus (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae).
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT A total of 40 mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from 3 localities in the Massachusetts area and 9 mummichogs from Georgetown, South Carolina were examined for the presence of Ascocotyle metacercariae. All metacercariae were...

South Carolina statewide science safety project.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT Between the years 2000 and 2002, South Carolina state agencies worked with a science safety team to create a customized training program and CD-ROM package designed to address all applicable state laws, codes and professional...

Some notes on multiplicative congruential random number generators with Mersenne prime modulus [2.sup.61]-1.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT Multiplicative congruential random number generators of the form [s.sub.n] = [a.sup.*][s.sub.n-1] mod m using the Mersenne prime modulus [2.sup.61]-1 are examined. Results show that they can provide sufficiently long pseudo-random...

Maternal and sibling influences on seed germination of Aegilops triuncialis.(2002 & 2003 ANNUAL MEETING EXTENDED ABSTRACTS)
September 22, 2003... Dormancy is often a characteristic of seeds produced by annual plants, particularly those from variable environments, and is an evolutionary stable strategy for avoiding catastrophic loss of seedlings through the maintenance of a viable soil...

Critical thinking and biology instruction.(2002 & 2003 ANNUAL MEETING EXTENDED ABSTRACTS)
September 22, 2003... The structure of the shoot apex of Podophyllum peltatum L. is described in terms of a cytohistological zonation superimposed on a tunica-corpus configuration. The tunica of P. peltatum tends to be a single layer, while the corpus is indistinct...

Embryogenesis in the Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes.(2002 & 2003 ANNUAL MEETING EXTENDED ABSTRACTS)
September 22, 2003... The Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes, is a freshwater teleost belonging to the family Cyprinodontidae. The Medaka is a widely used model for observation of the stages of teleost development. The cytoplasm of the unfertilized telolecithal egg...