Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from October 2003

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from October 2003

Guest editorial.(Editorial)
October 1, 2003... "Literary or scientific, liberal or specialist, all our education is predominantly verbal and therefore fails to accomplish what it is supposed to do. Instead of transforming children into fully developed adults, it turns out students of the...

Initiating a field biology program for undergraduates.
October 1, 2003... Starting a new field biology program at a location remote from one's home campus is a complex undertaking. Considerable advance planning is necessary to bring the site, the equipment and the people together in a productive working arrangement....

Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the order Diptera in two distinct sites in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
October 1, 2003... A baseline study of the insect order Diptera (flies) was conducted in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico (Latitude: 20.0 N Longitude: 90.0 W) in which diversity was compared between two distinct sites: (1) the land immediately surrounding a former...

A list of Coleopteran families found in disturbed and undisturbed areas in Yucatan, Mexico.
October 1, 2003... Department of Biology, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 39210 Families of the order Coleoptera found in two areas of Yucatan, Mexico were listed in an effort to establish a baseline for coleopteran diversity and to determine if unique families...

A comparative study of Hymenopteran Diversity between Kiuic Research Station and Hacienda Tabi in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
October 1, 2003... Department of Biology, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 39210 A survey of families within the order Hymenoptera was performed in two distinct locations in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to determine if a correlation exists between ecological...

Geology of the Walnut Miss.-Tenn. 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle.
October 1, 2003... Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute 220 Old Chemistry Building, University, Mississippi 38677 Stratigraphic units of Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary age crop out within the geographic bounds of the Walnut Miss.-Tenn. 7.5 minute...

Mississippi Academy of Sciences Board Meeting Minutes: June 28, 2003.
October 1, 2003... [Every few years the Board has a retreat to assess the direction of the Academy. These are the unofficial minutes of that meeting.-ed.] The regularly scheduled Board Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences was held on June 28, 2003,...

President's Column.
October 1, 2003... "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."--Theodore Roosevelt Let me start by expressing my gratitude for the opportunity to serve as this year's president. I am confident that the...

Executive Officer's Column.
October 1, 2003... The Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) is supported and influenced by a wide variety of scientists residing largely in Mississippi. Without the active participation of these professionals the MAS becomes an irrelevant exercise and serves...

The Jackson Heart Study confronts the Heart of an Epidemic.
October 1, 2003... Herman A. Taylor, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., Professor of Medicine Dodgen Lecture February 19, 2004 Dr. Herman A. Taylor, Jr., currently serves as Director and Principal Investigator of the new Jackson Heart Study, a landmark project...