Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from April 2004

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from April 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... We have just finished the largest annual Academy meeting since our 1999 meeting in Tupelo. The Academy had experienced several years of smaller meetings and smaller membership, and we hope that trend has ended. One of the points about this last...

Aeromonas salmonicida, freshwater wetland rhizobacterium, fish pathogen, and a potential environmental indicator.
April 1, 2004... The objective of this study was the development of potentially pathogenic bacteria as environmental indicators for freshwater wetlands. Aeromonas spp. was selected as a potential environmental indicator because these water-borne bacteria are...

Characterization of vehicle test courses by power spectra.
April 1, 2004... In the last several years, smaller robotic vehicles and all-terrain vehicles have introduced a need to re-evaluate some of the previous vehicle testing methodology that we use to test vehicles. The Mobility Systems Branch of the Geotechnical...

President's column.(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... It is with great pleasure to provide you with an update of the most recent Mississippi Academy of Sciences events. The 68th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences was held at the Broadwater Resort in Biloxi, MS on February...

Executive officer's column.(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... The annual conference in February was a success with good attendance numbers and a variety of workshops, symposia and plenary speakers. Success comes at a price, and the price consists of hours of free time donated by a variety of MAS members...

Gold booth exhibitors, 2004 annual meeting supporters of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.
April 1, 2004... Base Pairs Dr. Robin Rockhold University of Mississippi Medical Center 2500 North State St. Jackson, MS 39216-4505 601-984-1634 (phone) rrockhold@pharmacology.umsmed.edu Biomedical Solutions, Inc. Local...

Mississippi Junior Academy of Science.
April 1, 2004... http://www.mjas.org/ 2004 MJAS Competition Report The annual MJAS competition was held on February 18, 2004, at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College--Jefferson Davis Campus in Gulfport, MS in conjunction with the Mississippi...

Agriculture and Plant Science.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The 2004 meeting was a success. The first "MSU-Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute" Award was instituted thanks to the initiative of Dr. Alan Wood, Director of this institute. This award is for $500.00 for the first prize, oral...

Cellular, molecular and developmental biology.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... Summary of meeting events. The recent MAS meeting was successful, we had total of 26 oral presentations and 12 posters. Among oral presentations, 13 were given by the undergraduate students. We also had one presentation given by a high school...

Geology and Geography.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The Geology and Geography Division had a very ambitious vision of what could be accomplished this year. We started with the idea that we would put on a symposium for our division. Knowing that climate change is a science-based topic of wide...

Health Sciences.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The Health Sciences Division (HSD) at the 68th Annual Meeting was a success. Two full days of scientific sessions and activities brought together a large group of participants from a broad scientific background. The HSD was entertained with...

History and philosophy of science.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The past year (2003) proved to be an excellent period for us-the "soft scientists" who are interested in keeping track of what happened since science was born and in knowing why science exists. It climaxed in February 2004 at Biloxi where...

Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The Division of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences met for three sessions on the mornings of Thursday and Friday and on Friday afternoon, 19 and 20 February 2004, as part of the 68th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. In...

Mathematics, computer science and statistics.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... 1. All presentations listed in the meeting except poster presentation by Ms. LaTrese Davis were made as scheduled. 2. Biostatistical Analysis workshop and the workshop by Mississippi Super Computing Research were conducted as scheduled. ...

Science Education.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The Division of Science Education met on February 19, 2004 during the 68th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences at the President Casino Broadwater Towers in Biloxi, MS. There were 17 oral and five poster presentations during...

Physics and Engineering.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The 2004 MAS Physics and Engineering Division meeting, Chaired by Atef Elsherbeni, Vice Chair Robert Fritzius, hosted 14 oral presentations and two poster presentations. A presentation on Gamma-ray Bursts, given by Dr. J. Patrick Lestrade,...

Psychology and Social Science.(Divisional Reports)
April 1, 2004... The Division of Psychology and Social Science had a very successful meeting for 2004. In our third year as a combined division, we had a full day of excellent papers and posters from undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Our day...

Agriculture and Plant Science: quality of Mississippi tomatoes and its relation to the lycopene content.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Tomatoes are very common fruits, consumed by most people in many different ways. Most tomatoes mature to a deep red color, given by a pigment called lycopene. Lycopene is in the carotenoid family, a fat-soluble pigment, precursor of vitamin A,...

Agriculture and Plant Science: fatty acid composition and cold hardiness of pecan cultivars.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Low temperature is the most important factor limiting the distribution of plants. Only hardy plants can survive low temperature. During acclimation and deacclimation plants undergo a series of metabolic changes that lead to cold hardiness or...

Cellular, molecular and developmental biology: comparison of early life responses of zebrafish to benzo(a)pyrene and Retinoic Acid.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a new model organism especially suited for early life stage developmental, molecular, and genetic toxicology. The effects of water pollution caused by the chemical output from factories, everyday activities such...

Ecology and evolutionary biology: effects of sewage dumping on macrobenthos at Lawson's Bay off Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A study was conducted on macrobenthos along a gradient of sewage pollution representing 5, 10, 20, and 30 m sites at Lawson's Bay off the East Coast of India. The objectives of the study were to assess benthic species composition, abundance and...

Marine and Atmospheric Sciences: dynamics of diatoms and dinoflagellates in Tumaco Bay (Colombia) under the influence of climatic changes during the period 1995-2001.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... This analysis was based in the information gathered in Tumaco's Bay (Colombia) during the years 1995 to 2000 to obtain a general picture of the dynamics of the community of diatoms and dinoflagellates in response to climatic changes and natural...

Marine and Atmospheric Sciences: salinity tolerance of red snapper (lutjanus campechanus) eggs and larvae.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) cultures red snapper larvae at 30-35 ppt to match conditions in the wild. However, red snapper larvae require live zooplankton cultured in 5 ppt to 20 ppt. Live zooplankton may experience salinity shock...

Mathematics, computer science and statistics: a software tool developed for the classification of remote sensing spectral reflectance data.
April 1, 2004... This paper describes the development and implementation of LIP (Leaf Identification Program), a pattern recognition software tool intended to classify remote sensing spectral reflectance data of stressed soybean leaves by using neural network...

Physics and engineering: a procedural method for determining model order for feedforward neural networks.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The effects of including lateral interconnections are investigated for feed-forward neural network. The architecture consists of one hidden layer with m- hidden neurons with neuron j connected fully to the inputs, the outputs, and hidden...

Science Education: Biotechnology in community colleges.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Biotechnology program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jefferson Davis Campus, is designed to prepare students to enter the Biotechnology workforce. The curriculum is designed to allow students a "hands-on" approach to practical...