Georgia Journal of Science articles from December 2004

Georgia Journal of Science archives from December 2004

GAS president's comments and report from the Academy council.(Editorial)
December 22, 2004... Happy New Year! I hope all of your resolutions come true! Speaking of New Year's resolutions, I would like to state a couple of my Academy-related resolutions. Not to sound like a broken record, but we still need to focus our attention on...

Court: disclaimers must come out of Cobb County textbooks, but ...(NEWS FROM A.I.B.S.)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2004... On 13 January 2005, United States District Judge Clarence Cooper issued a 44 page ruling in the case of Selman et al versus Cobb County School Board. Briefly, the case was brought by parents that objected to the Cobb County School Board's...

In the states: evolution education related legislation surfaces across the country.(NEWS FROM A.I.B.S.)
December 22, 2004... In January, members of state legislatures returned to their capitols and began introducing legislation that reflects their policy priorities. Not surprisingly given the increased public profile of evolution education, legislators in many states...

New in BioScience: "environmental science sacrificed in latest US budget".(NEWS FROM A.I.B.S.)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2004... The January 2005 Washington Watch column in BioScience explores how research funding for key environmental biology programs was cut in final FY 2005 spending bill passed by Congress. "In early December, President George Bush told Canadians that...

A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources Thursday & Friday, October 27-28, 2005.(ANNOUNCEMENT)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2004... Mercer University School of Medicine will be hosting a free training course for life sciences educators, scientists and researchers interested in searching molecular sequence databases. Instructors from the National Center for Biotechnology...

82nd Annual Meeting Georgia Academy of Science.
December 22, 2004... 82nd Annual Meeting Georgia Academy of Science Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 2005 Gordon College 419 College Drive, Barnesville, Georgia Gordon College, located in Barnesville, GA, is approximately 55 miles south of...

An evaluation of the University of Florida 2003 Environmental Health Partnership workshop.
December 22, 2004... ABSTRACT This study consisted of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to evaluate an Environmental Health Partnership (EHP) workshop for high school science teachers. A pre-test was given prior to the start of the workshop and a...

A redescription of the mature larva of Thermonectus basillaris (Harris) (coleoptera: dytiscidae: dytiscinae).
December 22, 2004... ABSTRACT Mature larvae collected from Georgia ephemeral habitats were cultured into the adult stage and identified and described as Thermonectus basillaris. The legs of T. basillaris have fewer spiniform sensilla than reported for Acilius...

A redescription of the mature larva of Neoporus clypealis (Sharp) (coleoptera: dytiscidae).
December 22, 2004... ABSTRACT Mature larvae of Neoporus were collected from lower Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain lotic habitats in Georgia. Specimens were cultured into the adult stage and identified as N. clypealis. The larval head is characterized by an...

Photoelectric magnitude measurements of the lunar eclipses on May 16, 2003 and Oct. 28, 2004.
December 22, 2004... ABSTRACT The Moon's brightness dropped by 10.73[+ or -]0.07 and 10.61[+ or -]0.15 magnitudes during the total lunar eclipses on May 16, 2003 and Oct. 28, 2004 respectively. These magnitude drops are close to the corresponding value for the...

The impact of ozone on the survivability brine shrimp.
December 22, 2004... ABSTRACT Ozone ([O.sub.3]) is a strong oxidizing agent that is routinely used as a disinfectant in water treatment for bacteria, viral infections, and algae. Brine shrimp are used in many aquaculture environments as fish food. Typically...