Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from July 2002

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from July 2002

Editorial.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Laws, theories, and hypotheses. I am teaching biological evolution this semester, and my students have made me particularly aware of the use and misuse of the word theory. Many of them refer to evolution with one popular sense of the word...

Structure visualization in biochemistry education.
July 1, 2002... Modern biochemistry and the other molecular biosciences have been fundamentally changed by the sequencing of the genomes of numerous organisms including humans. This genomic sequence information has led to structural genomics, which attempts to...

Breast cancer among women in Mississippi: a preliminary report of excess mortality in African Americans.
July 1, 2002... Breast cancer, a major contributor to morbidity and mortality among women, occurs more frequently in the United States than any other type of cancer Breast cancer incidence and mortality rates vary among racial and ethnic groups in the United...

Chiller water treatment from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) processing plants with ultrasound, ozone, and pulsed-light.
July 1, 2002... High-frequency ultrasound, ozone, and pulsed-light were studied as alternative disinfecting treatments for catfish chiller water. Chlorination of process water is done on site, by processors, or by municipalities. However, contaminated water...

President's column.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... It is with great enthusiasm that I write my first column as MAS President. For those of you who don't know me, I have been in the USM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for fourteen years. I am a biochemist, with research interests in...

Executive officer's column.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... These are trying times in Mississippi. The colleges and universities in the state are experiencing sharp declines in their budgets. The students at these institutions are experiencing several years of continuing tuition increases. The economy...

Marine and atmospheric sciences. (Divisional Report).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The recent MAS annual meeting featured 20 oral and 7 poster presentations in our division on a wide variety of topics from fisheries to global ocean circulation. About half of the presentations were by students including several by...