Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science articles from April 2004

Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science archives from April 2004

Biological Sciences.
April 1, 2004... VERTEBRATE ROAD-KILL SURVEY OF THE MOBILE-BAY CAUSEWAY III. David H. Nelson, Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. Cynthia Scardamalia-Nelson, Counselor, Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL 36608. A systematic...

Chemistry.
April 1, 2004... SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION OF SOME 4-AZA-20[alpha]-AMINOPREGNANES AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, Norman J. Doorenbos, Department of Pharmacal Sciences, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849 and Fuad H. Jawad, College of...

Geography, forestry, conservation, and planning.
April 1, 2004... DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN SEDIMENT OF THE SNOW CREEK WATERSHED, CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA, David Steffy, Jeremy Franklin, Joshua Lang, Rachael McCoy, Charity Novick, Charles Stinson, and Alfred Nichols. Department of Physical and Earth Sciences,...

Physics and Mathematics.
April 1, 2004... SOME EXTREMAL FAMILIES OF EDGE-REGULAR GRAPHS. Kenneth Roblee, Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, Troy State Univ., Troy, AL 36082. Tom Smotzer, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State Univ., Youngstown, OH 44555. We build on...

Industry and Economics.
April 1, 2004... WIRELESS STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS. Paulette S. Alexander, Dept. of Computer Information Systems, Univ. of North Ala., Florence AL 35632. Wireless technologies have experienced tremendous change related to both voice communications and data...

Science education.
April 1, 2004... FUTURE FACULTY EXPERIENCING THE REALITIES OF TEACHING IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY. Joe L. March and Larry K. Krannich, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Ala. at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240. A program has been designed and implemented to help...

Behavioral and Social Sciences.
April 1, 2004... ASSESSING THE NEED FOR A CAMPUS CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR MEDIATION SERVICE: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SURVEY RESULTS FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY MONTGOMERY. Cheryl K. Bullard and Gloria J. McPherson, Dept. of Justice & Public Safety, Auburn University...

Health Sciences.
April 1, 2004... OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND QUALITY OF CARE: NURSES PERSEPTIONS IN THE NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE AND STEP-DOWN UNITS. Elizabeth Mosley, Dept. of Nursing, Uni. of Ala., Birmingham, AL 35294. There is no existing research that consistently...

Engineering and Computer Science.
April 1, 2004... TRANSPORT IN GRASS SWALES. Yukio Nara and Robert E. Pitt, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. I am conducting research in investigating the effectiveness of grass swales for sediment transport. Grass swales...

Anthropology.
April 1, 2004... A PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CARBONIZED PLANT MATERIALS FROM THE HAMMONDS SITE, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA (1DK71). Heather McCoy, Mijitaba Hamissou, Harry Holstein, Hunter Johnson, and Keith Little, Jacksonville State University,...

Bioethics and History & Philosophy of Science.
April 1, 2004... THE FATE OF THE SCIENCES. Gerard Elfstrom, Dept. of Philosophy, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL, 36849-5210. By and large, those who discuss the fate of the sciences divide into two camps. The first includes those convinced that the sciences will...