Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from October 2002

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from October 2002

Editorial.(Poem)
October 1, 2002... Emily Bronte is not generally known for her poetry but I came across this poem and thought it worth sharing. It was written on 17 May 1839.--Ken Curry I AM THE ONLY BEING I am the only being whose doom No tongue would ask, no eye...

Life on Mars: past, present and future.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... 2003 Annual Meeting Dodgen Lecture Christopher P. McKay, a Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames since 1982, researches the relationship between the chemical and physical evolution of the solar system and the...

A comparison of ten serological tumor markers for the detection of gastric cancer.
October 1, 2002... Gastric cancer comprises only 2% of cancer cases in the United States but represents the most prevalent cancer in less developed countries and the fourth most prevalent cancer world wide. Early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention could...

Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) recorded from mist-net and bridge surveys in southern Mississippi.
October 1, 2002... We surveyed communities of bats in southern Mississippi using mist nets and searches of bridges. We captured 41 individuals representing five species of bats over 28 nights of trapping. Nycticetius humeralis was the species most frequently...

Echinacea cultivar evaluation in southwest Mississippi.
October 1, 2002... Echinacea species grown as medicinal plants are a potential economic crop for farmers in Mississippi. Field experiment was used to compare the survival, growth, and mineral composition of E. angustifolia, E. pallida, and E. purpurea. This...

The terrestrial Coleoptera of Point Clear Island and surrounding Marshlands, Hancock county, Mississippi.
October 1, 2002... A general survey of the terrestrial beetles of Point Clear Island and surrounding marshlands was conducted using a wide variety of collection techniques. A list containing at least 279 species, representing 39 families, was compiled, with the...

President's column.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... I am looking forward to a large and exciting meeting in Hattiesburg in February and hope you and your students are making plans to join us. The annual meeting is always a good place for students to present their work and look at the...

Executive Officer's Column.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Money is the root of all evil; money makes the world go around; money can't buy true happiness. Whatever. The essential point is that money always has our attention. This has never been more true these days in Mississippi and the country. If...

Zoology and Entomology. (Divisional Report).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The Zoology and Entomological Division met on the morning of Friday, Feb. 22, 2002. During this sixty-sixth annual meeting of MAS, five oral presentations were made. This was a decreased from the previous years. In the year 2000, ten oral...