Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science articles from January 2002

Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science archives from January 2002

President of the Tennessee Academy of Science for 2002.
January 1, 2002... This space is customarily reserved for the Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) president to provide an autobiographical sketch of his or her professional activities. For those of you who are interested, this account of my professional career can...

Proceedings of the Tennessee Academy of Science 2001.
January 1, 2002... TENNESSEE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 20 April 2001 President Martin V. Stewart called the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) to order at 7:10 PM CST in the Boardroom of the...

The one hundred eleventh meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science.
January 1, 2002... 8-10 November 2001 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro The annual meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) was held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 8-10 November 2001, as a joint meeting with the Kentucky Academy of...

Host of the 111th meeting: Middle Tennessee State University.
January 1, 2002... Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is the oldest and largest public university in the area. The campus occupies 500 acres at the geographic center of the state in Murfreesboro. The General Education Bill of 1909...

Distinguished College/University Scientist Award: 2001.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Dr. David J. Wilson of Nashville was the recipient of the prestigious 2001 Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) Distinguished College/University Scientist Award. Dr. Wilson's many papers published in the Journal of the Tennessee Academy of...

Tennessee Academy of Science Distinguished Service Award.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Dr. Richard J. Raridon of Oak Ridge was the recipient of the prestigious 2001 Tennessee Academy of Science Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Raridon, a research chemist with Oak Ridge National Laboratories from 1962-1992, received the award on...

Distinguished secondary school Science Teacher Award: 2001.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Gary W. Barrigar was the recipient of the prestigious 2001 Tennessee Academy of Science Distinguished Science Teaching Award. Mr. Barrigar, a chemistry, physics, and ecology teacher at Elizabethton High School, Elizabethton, Tennessee, received...

Agricultural sciences section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF SELECTED HYPERICUM SPECIES WITH AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM AND HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSES. Mary Cherry, A. Naseer Aziz, Deborah Long, and Roger J. Suave, Cooperative Agricultural...

Botany section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... MICROHABITATS OF THE RARE DALEA FOLIOSA AND ITS CONGENER DALEA GATTINGERI IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. Jennifer N. Thompson, Jeffrey L Waick, and Siti N. Hidayati, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The microhabitat of the...

Cell and molecular biology section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... THE ROLE OF BST1p IN PROTEIN SORTING AND VESICLE FORMATION AT THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER) IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. Chris Kaiser and Matt Elrod-Erickson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Middle...

Chemistry section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... ANALYSES OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF METHANOL IN WOOD DISTILLATES. Eugene A. Kline and Daniel J. Swartling, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. Analyses for small amounts of organic components in ppm levels were studied with the...

Engineering and engineering technology section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... SEDIMENT LEVELS IN THE HARPETH RIVER WATER SHED: A PROGRESS REPORT. Dorene A. Bolze, Richard E. Lockwood, and David J. Wilson, Harpeth River Watershed Association, Franklin, Tennessee (DB), Advent Group, Brentwood, Tennessee (RL), and...

Ethics in science and technology section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... TAMING A TWO-HEADED BEAST: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE USE OF GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES. Matt Elrod-Erickson, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The early part of the twenty-first century likely will be known as the "Genomics...

Geology and geography section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... IMPLICATIONS OF CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC RATIOS IN PALEOZOIC CHERT AND HOST CARBONATE ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. Habte Giorgis Churnet, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Variation of...

History of science section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-1918. George E. Webb, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. Between the 1914 announcement of the selection of Victoria, British Columbia, as the site of the...

Mathematics and computer science section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A CHARACTERIZATION OF PRIME NUMBERS BASED ON DIFFERENTIATION. Dennis P. Walsh, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. We present a Differentiation-based test for primality, which uniquely characterizes prime numbers....

Mathematics and science teachers section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PLANETARY TEMPERATURE INCLUDING THE INFLUENCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE. Earl F. Pearson, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A model is described that calculates the expected temperature of a planet...

Medical science section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... PHOTOLYASE: A DNA REPAIR ENZYME. Michael DeGuypere and S. K. Ballal, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. Enzymatic photoreactivation is a direct mechanism to repair UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. Exposure to...

Microbiology section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... AN UNUSUAL POLYUNSATURATED C27 HYDROCARBON FROM THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE PYROCYSTIS LUNULA. Jeffrey Leblond and Peter Chapman, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee and United States Environmental Protection Agency...

Physics and astronomy section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... HOW TO ROTATE EINSTEINIAN SPACE. Ling Jun Wang, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The rotational behavior of Einsteinian space is discussed in the context of rotational transformation between the Schwarzschild...

Physiology and biochemistry section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... SEASONAL CHANGES IN RED CELL NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE LEVELS IN MALE FENCE LIZARDS. Matthew Klukowski, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Elevated levels of red blood cell nucleoside triphosphates (NTP) decrease the...

Zoology section. (Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 111th Meeting).
January 1, 2002... AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERLOCALITY VARIATION IN CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS OF BLACK BEARS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. Binh Tran, Melvin L. Beck, and Michael L. Kennedy, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. Relationships of morphologic...

Best student presentation awards at the 2001 annual meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Oral presentations Botany First place--Dwayne Estes. The Vascular Flora of Rattlesnake Falls, Maury County, Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Second place--Linn Ann Welch. Preliminary Report on...