Michigan Academician articles from March 2002

Michigan Academician archives from March 2002

Developing Students' Leadership Effectiveness in the New Millennium. (Administration).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Developing Students' Leadership Effectiveness in the New Millennium. Jack D. Cichy, Davenport University, Department of Management, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503; 616/451-3511, ext 1366 This paper presentation focuses on popular research...

Orchestrating a Business Advisory Board. (Administration).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Orchestrating a Business Advisory Board. Monica C. Holmes, Central Michigan University, Department of Management, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858; 989/774-4364 Colleges and departments are being strongly urged to have advisory boards that provide...

Students as Customers and Compatriots: Enhancing Student Interaction and Feedback through an Electronic Bulletin Board System. (Administration).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Students as Customers and Compatriots: Enhancing Student Interaction and Feedback through an Electronic Bulletin Board System. Gail E. Sype *, Shiv K. Arora, and Jill Wetmore, Saginaw Valley State University, College of Business, University...

Missing Ingredient of Internet Design: Communication Component. (Administration).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Missing Ingredient of Internet Design: Communication Component. Joseph M. Kayany, Western Michigan University, Department of Communication, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/387-3139; kayany@wmich.edu With the growing popularity of the World Wide...

Evolving Accounting Practices for Intangible Assets. (Administration).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Evolving Accounting Practices for Intangible Assets. Marilyn Kintzele *, Indiana University Kokomo, School of Business, Kokomo, IN 46903; Philip Kintzele and Vernon Kwiatkowski, Central Michigan University, College of Business Administration,...

Material Manifestations of Social Control. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Material Manifestations of Social Control. Jared Barrett, Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Social control in society has been prevalent throughout history. That is why it is only logical that an...

Systematic Surface Collections and GIS Intrasite Spatial Analysis: The Coy Mound Site, Arkansas. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Systematic Surface Collections and GIS Intrasite Spatial Analysis: The Coy Mound Site, Arkansas. William G. Hill, Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/387-3969; wOhill@wmich.edu This paper will...

What is Dieffenderfer Ware?: Research on the Ceramic Assemblage at the Dieffenderfer Site (20SJ179) in St. Joseph County, Michigan. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... What is Dieffenderfer Ware?: Research on the Ceramic Assemblage at the Dieffenderfer Site (20SJ179) in St. Joseph County, Michigan. Timothy L. Bober, Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/387-3969 ...

Preliminary Investigations of Faunal Material from the Late Woodland Site of Dieffenderfer (20SJ179). (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Preliminary Investigations of Faunal Material from the Late Woodland Site of Dieffenderfer (20SJ179). Alan Curtis, Todd Kesselring, Jamie Roberts, and Monika Trahe *, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/544-2576 Previous...

Mid-Nineteenth Century Chippewa (Ojibwa) Subsistence: Interpreting the Archaeological and Historical Evidence from Central Michigan. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Mid-Nineteenth Century Chippewa (Ojibwa) Subsistence: Interpreting the Archaeological and Historical Evidence from Central Michigan. Mary T. Bonhage-Freund, K. J. Johnson, and Aimmi Knarr *, Alma College, Sociology and Anthropology Department,...

Of Apples and Traders: A Small Fur Trade Period Encampment on Apple Island, Oakland County, Michigan. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Of Apples and Traders: A Small Fur Trade Period Encampment on Apple Island, Oakland County, Michigan. Michael Stafford, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Science Department, 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801 Materials...

Portraits of Class, Rank and Reputation: An Ethnography of Three Fiji Secondary Schools. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Portraits of Class, Rank and Reputation: An Ethnography of Three Fiji Secondary Schools. Carmen M. White, Central Michigan University, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Anspach 139, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859; 989/774-3410;...

Cultural and Religious Determinates of Sexual Behaviors: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Available Literature. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Cultural and Religious Determinates of Sexual Behaviors: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Available Literature. Alicia C. Mindlin*, Erin E. Wallace*, and Matthew Kapell, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Anthropology Department, Dearborn, MI...

Selling the Community: Local Responses to Deindustrialization and Downsizing. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Selling the Community: Local Responses to Deindustrialization and Downsizing. Peter J. Lawson, Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; pjlawson@hotmail.com The rapid shifts in industrial production in the...

Palestine and Pan-Arabism: Toward Post-Gulf War National Identity in Jordan. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Palestine and Pan-Arabism: Toward Post-Gulf War National Identity in Jordan. David C. Chaudoir, Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/473-6009 Since the 1991 Gulf War, Jordanian postures of national...

Barely Understood: A Qualitative Ethnic Analysis of Midwestern Women's Opinions Regarding Nudity in Advertising. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Barely Understood: A Qualitative Ethnic Analysis of Midwestern Women's Opinions Regarding Nudity in Advertising. Marisa A. Ferrara, Eastern Michigan University, Anthropology Program, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; 440/255-3534 Given that visual...

Martyrdom and Violence: The Body as a Locus for Power Struggles. (Anthropology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Martyrdom and Violence: The Body as a Locus for Power Struggles. Rory G. McCarthy, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo MI 49008-5201 A relatively recent development in anthropology has been the recognition that...

Binding of a Fluorescent Ligand to Dimeric Bovine Phenol Sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1) is Biphasic, pH-, and Temperature Dependent. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Binding of a Fluorescent Ligand to Dimeric Bovine Phenol Sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1) is Biphasic, pH-, and Temperature Dependent. Joe D. Beckmann *, Billie A. Schultz, Meghann K. Devlin, and Rebecca Burkett, Alma College, Biochemistry...

Transient Kinetic Study of the Specificity of DNA Binding by the Drosophila melanogaster Deformed Homeodomain. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Transient Kinetic Study of the Specificity of DNA Binding by the Drosophila melanogaster Deformed Homeodomain. Ronald J. Stamper *, Dawn Bruce, and Richard W. Frazee, University of Michigan--Flint, Chemistry Department, Flint, MI 48502 In...

Over-expression, Purification, and Initial Characterization of the Rat IsI-1 Homeodomain. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Over-expression, Purification, and Initial Characterization of the Rat IsI-1 Homeodomain. Matthew P. Boyd *, Monique Wilhelm, and Richard W. Frazee, University of Michigan-Flint, Chemistry Department, Flint, MI 48502 The insulin enhancer...

Molecular Markers for Estimating the Effects of Inbreeding and Genetic Drift in Highway Island Vole Populations. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Molecular Markers for Estimating the Effects of Inbreeding and Genetic Drift in Highway Island Vole Populations. Karen Wilder *, Gary M. Lange, and David J. Stanton, Saginaw Valley State University, Biology Department, University Center, MI...

Molecular Markers for Estimating Genetic Diversity in Pine River Fish Populations Contaminated with DDT. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Molecular Markers for Estimating Genetic Diversity in Pine River Fish Populations Contaminated with DDT. Robert Teachout * and David J. Stanton, Saginaw Valley State University, Biology Department, and David Karpovich, Saginaw Valley State...

Iron Hydrogenase: A Protein Involved in the Energy Metabolism of Giardia lamblia. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Iron Hydrogenase: A Protein Involved in the Energy Metabolism of Giardia lamblia. Amanda Larson, University of Michigan-Flint; home address: 6707 Williams Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48329; 248/623-6226; alarsonll@netscape.net Giardia lamblia...

Characterization of Riboflavin Binding Protein Gene Structure. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Characterization of Riboflavin Binding Protein Gene Structure. Michael J. Williams * and Marilee Benore-Parsons, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Department of Natural Sciences, Dearborn, MI 48128 Riboflavin Binding Protein (RBP) is...

Active Use of Molecular Models in Teaching Biochemistry. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Active Use of Molecular Models in Teaching Biochemistry. James H. Hageman, Central Michigan University, College of Graduate Studies, 251 Foust Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858; hagem1jh@cmich.edu Building molecular models is widely regarded...

Generation of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Stably Overexpressing Proprotein Convertase 7. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Generation of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Stably Overexpressing Proprotein Convertase 7. Beth A. Ziemba*, Holly R. Sucic, and Joseph F. Sucic, University of Michigan-Flint, Biology Department, Flint, MI 48502-1950; 810/762-0890;...

Update on Analysis of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Polymorphism in Control Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Down Syndrome (DS) Populations. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Update on Analysis of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Polymorphism in Control Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Down Syndrome (DS) Populations. John C. Markey*, O. Rudnik, R. Nowak, S. Decker, S. J. James, M. Pogribna, V. L. Wilson, D....

Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria that Utilize Gasoline as a Carbon Source. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria that Utilize Gasoline as a Carbon Source. Anthony July*, Shelly Hayes, Jacob Meganck, and Jerry Sanders, University of Michigan-Flint, Biology Department, 303 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502-1950...

Dihydroxycoumarin Probes the Active Site of SULT1A1. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Dihydroxycoumarin Probes the Active Site of SULT1A1. Sundari Chodavarapu* and Joe D. Beckmann, Alma College, Biochemistry Department, Alma, MI 48801 Phenol sulfotransferase (SULT1A1) catalyses sulfuryl group transfer from...

Exogenous [Fe.sup.+2] Fails to Enhance Ethanol-Induced Lipid Peroxidation in Developing Chick Brains. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Exogenous [Fe.sup.+2] Fails to Enhance Ethanol-Induced Lipid Peroxidation in Developing Chick Brains. Robert R. Miller, Jr.*, and Daniel J. Coughlin, Hillsdale College, Biology Department, 33 East College Street, Hillsdale, Ml 49242;...

The Effects of Exogenous Ethanol and Vitamin E on SOD and Catalase Activities in Developing Chick Brain and Liver. (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Effects of Exogenous Ethanol and Vitamin E on SOD and Catalase Activities in Developing Chick Brain and Liver. Robert R. Miller, Jr.*, and Matthew Weiland, Hillsdale College, Biology Department, 33 East College Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242;...

Genomic Analysis of Chino del Tomate Virus Using Agroinfection. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Genomic Analysis of Chino del Tomate Virus Using Agroinfection. Abdo J. Najy * and John C. Thomas, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Department of Natural Sciences, Dearborn, MI 48128 The new world bipartite Chino del Tomate virus (CdTV) has...

Analysis of Amino Acid and Protein Insecticides for Transgenic Crops. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Analysis of Amino Acid and Protein Insecticides for Transgienic Crops. John C. Thomas, Joe Tychewicz *, Shashank Saxena *, and Eric Mengel, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Department of Natural Sciences, Dearborn, MI 48128 White flies...

Systematics of Amanita: An Exploration of Molecular Methods. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Systematics of Amanita: An Exploration of Molecular Methods. Heather E. Hallen*, Michigan State University, Plant Biology Department, and Gerard C. Adams, Michigan State University, Plant Pathology Department, East Lansing, MI 48824 The...

Identifying and Tracking the Importation of Dogwood Anthracnose in Michigan. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Identifying and Tracking the Importation of Dogwood Anthracnose in Michigan. Zack Blankenheim* and Gerard C. Adams, Michigan State University, Plant Pathology Department, East Lansing, MI 48824 Dogwood Anthracnose has been slowly moving...

Isolation and Identification of the Beech Bark Disease Pathogens in Michigan. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Isolation and Identification of the Beech Bark Disease Pathogens in Michigan. Gerard C. Adams, Michigan State University, Plant Pathology Department, East Lansing, MI 48824 Several species of fungi in the genus Nectria occur on American...

The Influence of Genotype, Soil Type, and Location on Growth and Reproductive Parameters of Reciprocal Transplants in the Big Sagebrush Hybrid Zone (Artemisia tridentata tridentata x A. t. vaseyana) of Salt Creek Canyon, Utah. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Influence of Genotype, Soil Type, and Location on Growth and Reproductive Parameters of Reciprocal Transplants in the Big Sagebrush Hybrid Zone (Artemisia tridentata tridentata x A. t. vaseyana) of Salt Creek Canyon, Utah. Kathleen J....

Floral Development in the Capparales: Lepidium virginicum L. (Brassicaceae) and Tropaeolum majus L. (Tropaeloaceae). (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Floral Development in the Capparales: Lepidium virginicum L. (Brassicaceae) and Tropaeolum majus L. (Tropaeloaceae). Katherine Kantz and Christine M. Gwinn, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401...

An Update to the Vascular Flora of Hog Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... An Update to the Vascular Flora of Hog Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan. C. Elizabeth Whately * and Daniel E. Wujek, Central Michigan University, Biology Department, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Historically to the present day, vascular...

Competitive Relations of Purple Loosestrife and Cattail. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Competitive Relations of Purple Loosestrife and Cattail. Gregory M. Zimmerman and Carolyn Rajewski, Lake Superior State University, Biology Department, Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783 Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is an invasive plant...

Phylogenetic Relationships in Cantua (Polemoniaceae): Inferences from cpDNA, nrDNA ITS, and Pollen Morphology. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Phylogenetic Relationships in Cantua (Polemoniaceae): Inferences from cpDNA, nrDNA ITS, and Pollen Morphology. Anna W. Monfils * and L. Alan Prather, Michigan State University, Herbarium and Plant Biology Department, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312...

The Effect of the Dis-integrin Peptide Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid on Protoplasts of Boergesenia forbesii. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Effect of the Dis-integrin Peptide Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid on Protoplasts of Boergesenia forbesii. Mark P. Staves, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 Integrins are plasma membrane proteins that...

Gravitropism and Phototropism of the Internodal Cells of Chara corallina. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Gravitropism and Phototropism of the Internodal Cells of Chara corallina. Mark P. Staves * and Angela Faber, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 The mechanism of plant gravity sensing is currently a topic...

Cyclodextrin Enhancement of Hydrophobic Pollutant Biodegradation. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Cyclodextrin Enhancement of Hydrophobic Pollutant Biodegradation. Rachada Settavongsin, Crop and Soil Science Department, Chris Saffron, Chemical Engineering Department, Tom Voice, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Clayton...

Engineering of Plants for Symbiotic PCB Biodegradation. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Engineering of Plants for Symbiotic PCB Biodegradation. Sarah Kinder *, Pulla Kaothien, and Clayton Rugh, Michigan State University, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, East Lansing, MI 48824 PCBs are persistent environmental pollutants that...

Novel Soybean Glutaredoxin Gene Responds to Aluminum Toxicity in Soil. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Novel Soybean Glutaredoxin Gene Responds to Aluminum Toxicity in Soil. Kisha Thomas-Bostic * and Lowry Stephenson, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 Oxidative stress generated by aerobic metabolism or...

Heavy Metal Tolerance Using a Yeast Metallothionein and a Synthetic Phytochelatin. (Botany & Plant Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Heavy Metal Tolerance Using a Yeast Metallothionein and a Synthetic Phytochelatin. John C. Thomas, Viktoriya Ioffe *, and Wendy N. Wiesend, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Natural Sciences Department, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 Soils from...

The Detroit Movie Scene: Visual Pleasure and the Black Spectator, 1910-1930. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Detroit Movie Scene: Visual Pleasure and the Black Spectator, 1910-1930. Leslie Campbell, Michigan State University, English Department; home: P.O. Box 6523, East Lansing, MI 48826; campb185@msu.edu By 1910 there were forty-three...

A Matter of Feeling: Moral Imagination and the Motion Picture. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... A Matter of Feeling: Moral Imagination and the Motion Picture. Peter Porter, Grand Valley State University; home address: 1225 Ottawa Avenue, Grand Haven, MI 49417; porterp@gvsu.edu "Moral imagination," Mark Johnson writes, involves...

Globalization and Movie Emotions. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Globalization and Movie Emotions. Carl R. Plantinga, Calvin College, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Grand Rapids, MI 49546; cplantin@calvin.edu It is by now a commonplace that with the waning of the cold war world affairs...

From Delight to Disaster: Images of New York City in Feature Films. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... From Delight to Disaster: Images of New York City in Feature Films. Henry B. Aldridge, Eastern Michigan University, Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; Henry.Aldridge@emich.edu The recent terrorist attacks in...

Scenarios of Nuclear Terrorism. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Scenarios of Nuclear Terrorism. Toni A. Perrine, Grand Valley State University, School of Communications, Allendale, MI 49401; perrinet@gvsu.edu One of the most credible scenarios of nuclear terrorism ever produced by Hollywood was the...

Cribbing Cleopatra, or How to Turn an Acclaimed Novel Into a Bad TV Movie. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Cribbing Cleopatra, or How to Turn an Acclaimed Novel Into a Bad TV Movie. Brad Chisholm, St. Cloud State University, Film Studies Program, St. Cloud, MN 56301; bchisholm@stcloudstate.edu Harry Potter notwithstanding, film adaptations of...

Baltic Rim Cinema: An Emerging Redefinition and Search for Artistic Vision by a New Generation in the Former Soviet Republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Baltic Rim Cinema: An Emerging Redefinition and Search for Artistic Vision by a New Generation in the Former Soviet Republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Lucyann Kerry, Central Michigan University, Department of Broadcast and Cinematic...

"Forming" an Argument: Mr. Smith's Plea for Conservatism. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... "Forming" an Argument: Mr. Smith's Plea for Conservatism. Jonathan Cavallero, Penn State University; home: 1010 B Walnut Street, State College, PA 16801; jon_cavallero@hotmail.com Since Joseph McBride's Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of...

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Reintegrating Post-War Vets. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Reintegrating Post-War Vets. Grant Tracey, University of Northern Iowa, Department of English and Literature, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0502; Grant.Tracey@uni.edu The Best Years of Our Lives addresses the...

Open Workshop: When Teaching Film Studies Goes Digital. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Open Workshop: When Teaching Film Studies Goes Digital. Steven Lipkin, Western Michigan University, Department of Communication, Kalamazoo MI 49008; lipkin@wmich.edu; Heather Addison, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Humanities Department, 3901...

Teaching Reverence for the Real: Cautionary Values in Contemporary Docudrama. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Teaching Reverence for the Real: Cautionary Values in Contemporary Docudrama. Steven Lipkin, Western Michigan University, Department of Communication, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; lipkin@wmich.edu Feature film docudramas made within the last two...

Multitasking at the Multiplex: Watching Timecode. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Multitasking at the Multiplex: Watching Timecode. Gary Thompson, Saginaw Valley Stare University, English Department, University Center, MI 48710; glt@svsu.edu Mike Figgis' 2000 film Timecode is highly unconventional. For most of its...

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Neopagan Feminist Spirituality. (Cinema Studies).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Neopagan Feminist Spirituality. Mark J. Galik, Michigan State University, English Department; home address: 1595 Okemos Road, Okemos, MI; galikmar@pilot.msu.edu In her book The Birds, Camille Paglia makes...

A Traffic Model for Reduced Jamming. (Computers).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... A Traffic Model for Reduced Jamming. Suchindran Maniccam, Eastern Michigan University, Computer Science Department, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; maniccam@emunix.emich.edu This paper proposes a new traffic model for movement of autonomous objects...

Alternatives for Programming under Windows Environment for Undergraduate Graphics Courses. (Computers).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Alternatives for Programming under Windows Environment for Undergraduate Graphics Courses. Sushil K. Sachdev, Eastern Michigan University, Computer Science Department, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; 734/487-1088 The introduction of Borland's BGI...

Routing for Wireless and Mobile Hosts. (Computers).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Routing for Wireless and Mobile Hosts. Aby Tehranipour, Eastern Michigan University, Computer Science Department, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; 734/487-1063 In the last several years, we have witnessed the infiltration of wireless technology in the...

Intuitive Decision Making and Decision Support System: A Comparative Study. (Computers).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Intuitive Decision Making and Decision Support System: A Comparative Study. Monica C. Holmes and Padmashree Mohanty *, Central Michigan University, BIS Department, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858; monica.c.holmes@cmich.edu The primary purpose of...

Northern Leopard Frog Declines in Caribou National Forest: Using Modeling to Assess Habitat Availability? (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Northern Leopard Frog Declines in Caribou National Forest: Using Modeling to Assess Habitat Availability? Stephen R. Burton, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 In southeast Idaho, northern leopard frog...

Population Dynamics of Turtles in the Campus Lake at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Population Dynamics of Turtles in the Campus Lake at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Orin G. Gelderloos *, Sam Zorkot, and Tracy Swatsenbarg, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Department of Natural Sciences, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491;...

Black-throated Blue Warbler Foraging Strategies: Effects of Habitat Alteration Due to Browsing by White-tailed Deer. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Black-throated Blue Warbler Foraging Strategies: Effects of Habitat Alteration Due to Browsing by White-tailed Deer. Michelle Lesperance Kolozsvary, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Dana Building, 430 East...

Bioaccumulation of Toxins in Rodents Residing on "Highway Islands" in Michigan's Saginaw and Bay Counties. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Bioaccumulation of Toxins in Rodents Residing on "Highway Islands" in Michigan's Saginaw and Bay Counties. Brandon Lemuel *, Karen Wilder, Kasee Clement, Tania Fliter, and Gary M. Lange, Saginaw Valley State University, Environmental Science...

Evaluating the "Representative Reach" Component of Rapid Bioassessment Protocol: Variation among Candidate Stream Reaches. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Evaluating the "Representative Reach" Component of Rapid Bioassessment Protocol: Variation among Candidate Stream Reaches. Mike Buth * and James P. Dunn, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401; 616/844-5433 ...

Threatened Homoptera of Michigan's Prairies: Rare or Elusive? (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Threatened Homoptera of Michigan's Prairies: Rare or Elusive? James P. Dunn *, Casie J. Summerfield, and Holly Hereau, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 The distribution, seasonal abundance, and host...

Treeline Responses to Physiographic and Climatic Variation, Alaska Range. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Treeline Responses to Physiographic and Climatic Variation, Alaska Range. Harold Zald, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Dana Building, 430 E University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115 Field data were...

Grapevine Compensation to Foliar Herbivory: Timing Matters. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Grapevine Compensation to Foliar Herbivory: Timing Matters. Rufus Isaacs * and Rodrigo Jose Mercader, Michigan State University, Entomology Department, 201 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824 During their annual...

Three Dimensional Distribution of Grape Berry Moth, Endopiza viteana Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), within Vineyards and Adjacent Habitats. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Three Dimensional Distribution of Grape Berry Moth, Endopiza viteana Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), within Vineyards and Adjacent Habitats. Natalia Botero-Garces * and Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University, Entomology Department, 201...

Effects of Cultural Practices on Japanese Beetle in Michigan Blueberries. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Effects of Cultural Practices on Japanese Beetle in Michigan Blueberries. Zsofia Szendrei * and Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University, Entomology Department, 201 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824 The Japanese...

Historical Trends in Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Michigan: The Kent County Case Study. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Historical Trends in Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Michigan: The Kent County Case Study. Joseph J. Jacquot, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 Deer-vehicle collisions are an all too frequent occurrence in...

Landscape Elements Associated with Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Michigan. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Landscape Elements Associated with Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Michigan. Matt VandenHeuvel *, John Ohm, Stephen Burton, and Joseph Jacquot, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 White-tailed deer (Odocoileus...

Reported and Unreported Deer-Vehicle Collisions in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, Region. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Reported and Unreported Deer-Vehicle Collisions in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, Region. Andrew R. Carlson * and Joseph Jacquot, Grand Valley State University, Biology Department, Allendale, MI 49401 The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus...

Pattern of Sand Transport and Deposition in an Actively Migrating Parabolic Dune Southwest of Holland, Michigan. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Pattern of Sand Transport and Deposition in an Actively Migrating Parabolic Dune Southwest of Holland, Michigan. Brian Yurk (*), Will Weiss, and Kevin Woloszyn, Hope College, Geology Department, Holland, MI 49423 During September and...

Impact of Gaia on Ecology. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Impact of Gaia on Ecology. Albert C. Plaush, Saginaw Valley State University, Chemistry Department, University Center, MI 48710 The concept of Gaia (i.e., the symbiotic holistic relationship that exists between the earth and everything on...

The Challenge of Bringing Environmental Sustainability to a Michigan Campus. (Environmental Science & Ecology).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Challenge of Bringing Environmental Sustainability to a Michigan Campus. Heather Svejcara, Alma College, Political Science Department, Alma, MI 48801-1599; 989/463-7203 Colleges and universities accept responsibility for educating...

The Alma College Recycling Program: The First Step Towards Sustainability. (Environmental Science & Ecology).
March 22, 2002... The Alma College Recycling Program: The First Step Towards Sustainability. April Joy LaCroix, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801-1599 Alma College in Alma, Michigan, is a small liberal arts college with a student population of approximately...

A Paleontologic Analysis of the Middle Devonian Bell Shale, Michigan. (Environmental Science & Ecology).
March 22, 2002... A Paleontologic Analysis of the Middle Devonian Bell Shale, Michigan. Jennifer Tatomir, Central Michigan University, Geology Department, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Exposures of the Middle Devonian Bell Shale at the abandoned Kelley's Island...

Helisenne de Crenne's Feminine Writing: Transgressing, Escaping, or Warning? (French & Italian Language & Literature).
March 22, 2002... Helisenne de Crenne's Feminine Writing: Transgressing, Escaping, or Warning? Caroline Jumel, Wayne State University, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Detroit, MI 48202; cjumel@wayne.edu In Renaissance society, women did not...

Theophile de Viau's La Maison de Silvie: Garden as Word-Landscape. (French & Italian Language & Literature).
March 22, 2002... Theophile de Viau's La Maison de Silvie: Garden as Word-Landscape. Julie Wegner Arnold, Department of Modern Languages, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801; arnoldjl@alma.edu The assumption that artists should no longer create unidealized views...