Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science articles from April 2008

Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science archives from April 2008

Anthropology paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... ABSTRACTS The 85th Annual Academy of Science Meeting Samford University Birmingham, AL March 19-22, 2008 19TH CENTURY LAND SURVEYS IN THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER VALLEY, AN EXAMINATION. Christina Breeden and John Cottier, Dept....

Behavioral and Social Sciences paper abstract.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... HOLY OR HOLIER THAN THOU: EFFECTS OF PRAYER ON MMPI-2 SCALES. Daphne O. Garner, Brianna Morton and Larry W. Bates. Dept. of Psychology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 35632. Prayer is one of the most common behaviors within most...

Behavioral and Social Sciences posters abstract.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Analysis of Factors Associated with the Municipal Bankruptey of Pritchard, Alabama. Christopher Robin Kelley, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. Prichard, Alabama presents a textbook analysis of how financial distress factors can lead to...

Bioethics, history, and Philosophy of science paper abstracts.
April 1, 2008... BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS COURSES. Michelle Sidler, Department. of English, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. Teaching biotechnology within the humanities as well as the sciences is vital because of its...

Biological Sciences paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... "DETECTION OF TOTAL AND PATHOGENIC SALMONELLA IN OYSTER USING REAL-TIME PCR" Maulshree Gangwar, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr.Asim K.Bej, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Birmingham, AL...

Biological Sciences poster abstracts.
April 1, 2008... ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE SURVEY AMONG BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM AEROBIC DIGEST FROM A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. R, Glynn Stephens and Lisa Ann Blankinship, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy University, Troy,...

Chemistry paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Binding of All-trans Retenoic Acid to Retinoic Acid Receptor. Alexander E. Vaughn, Tracy P. Hamilton, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294. Members of the retinoid family...

Chemistry posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... A THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC STUDY OF ACTINOMYCIN D BINDING TO ATYPICAL-T(G)nT-SEQUENCES IN DOUBLE STRANDED DNA. Jason Hudson and David Graves, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294. The...

Chemistry (Alabama undergraduate research symposium) paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... HEAVY METAL MOBILIZATION FROM COMPOST MANURE. Nixon O. Mwebi, Jacob W. Boydston, Megan Dingler, Department of Physical & Earth Sciences, jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265. Compost is relatively inexpensive compared to...

Chemistry (Alabama Undergraduate Research Symposium) posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Butamben Synthesis: The Fischer Esterification reaction revisited. Nagarajan Vasumathi, Haley Booker and Christopher Goodwin, Dept. of Physical and Earth Sciences, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265. Esters of...

Earth science posters abstracts.(Author abstract)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... ICE-AGE MAMMALS OF ALABAMA AND THE STATE'S PALEOBIOGEOGRAPIIICAL POSITION. Dennis R. Ruez, Jr., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305. Ice-Age (Pleistocene) terrestrial mammals are known from at least...

Engineering and Computer Sciences paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Microstructural characterization of titania coated glass microballoons and cenospheres Melissa L. Jones(1), M. Koopman(1), K.K. Chawla(1), R. Martens(2), G. Thompson(2), W. Ricci(2), M. Lalor, (1) University of Alabama at Birmingham,...

Engineering and Computer Sciences poster abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... BIOMIMETIC SELF ASSEMBLED NANO MATRIX FOR CARDIAC TISSUE REGENERATION Meenakshi Kushwahal, Joel Anderson (1), Adinarayana Andukuri (1), Will Minor (1), Wayne Bradley2, Eiji Yahiro (2), Louis Dell'Italia (2), Ahsan Hussain (2), Ho-Wook Jun (1),...

Geography, Forestry, Conservation, and planning paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE STRESS RESPONSE OF FERAL PIGS. BRIAN L. WILLIAMS and STEPHEN S. DITCHKOFF, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Al 36849. MICHAEL S. MITCHELL,Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit,...

Health Sciences paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... ALABAMA HIV SCHOOL HEALTH POLICIES: RELATING CONTENT STANDARDS TO VITAL STATISTICS. Dr. Gayle L. Bush, PhD, Troy University; Terry Watkins, RN, FNP Candidate, Troy University; Vernon Shank, MS Candidate, Troy, AL 36082. According to the...

Health Sciences posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Adolescent Diabetes Self-Management Beverly Myers, RN, MSN, MA, AHNP Advisor: Carol Dashiff, RN, PhD, LMFT. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-1210. Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative descriptive pilot study...

Physics and Mathematics paper abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR OPTIMUM WATER DISTRIBUTION IN A REMOTE CITY WITH A WATER TOWER. Arjuna I. Ranasinghe and Fayequa Majid, Dept. of Mathematics, Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL 35762. A mathematical model will be developed for...

Physics and Mathematics posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF FREE AND BOUND ELECTRONS IN DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS IN INTERMEDIATE CONCENTRATION REGION. Akshaya Kumar and P.C. Sharma, Department of Physics, College of Engineering, Architecture and Physical Sciences, Tuskegee...

Science Education paper abstract.(Report)
April 1, 2008... INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY OF CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AS AN APPROACH TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE SCIENCE STUDENTS AND ASSESS LEARNING IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM. Nicholas Daniel, Luverne HS, Luverne, AL., Marian J. Parker, Dept. Curriculum & Teaching,...

Science education posters abstract.(Author abstract)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... INTEGRATED LEARNING: FIRST-YEAR READING INITIATIVE AND PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY. Michael Wayne Morris, Rachael N. Koigi, and Christi Magrath, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy University, Troy, AL 36082. During the...

Gorgas competition posters abstracts.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2008... Chemistry of the Black Sea: The Role of Manganese in the Separation of Hydrogen Sulfide from Oxygen. Kirstin Sockwell, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School. 6100 Old Leeds Road, Birmingham, AL 35210. Research conducted by...

In Memoriam.(In memoriam)
April 1, 2008... Samford professor of biology, Dr. Ronald Lee Jenkins, passed away on April 27, 2007, at age 54. "Dr. J" had taught at Samford for the past nineteen years. The Samford Crimson, issue of May 2, 2007, reported: "The admired professor will always...

Minutes of Alabama Academy of Science Spring Executive Committee Meeting Samford University.
April 1, 2008... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008, PM; ROOM 033, SCIENCE CENTER Call to order: 6:40 pm Attending meeting; Safaa Al-Hamdani, Jim Bradley, Ellen Buckner, George Cline, Anne M. Cusic, Mijitaba Hamissou, Virginia Hughes, Richard Hutiburg, George...