Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science articles from January 2005

Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science archives from January 2005

Fishes and macroinvertebrates of the upper Cahaba River: a three-year study.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT In order to assess their degree of impairment, fish and macroinvertebrate communities were examined at fifteen sites on the upper Cahaba River during Summer 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, and Summer 2003. Fishes were sampled by...

Activity of cytochrome P-450 in Xenopus laevis embryos as determined by modified enzyme assay.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Cytochrome P-450 is an important enzyme involved in detoxification of xenobiotics. The objective of these experiments was to measure its activity in early stage Xenopus laevis (South African clawed frog) embryos. In order to...

UAB Honors Program.(Transcript)
January 1, 2005... Ada Long Today we brought the most recent syllabus for the annual fall-term interdisciplinary course offered by the UAB Honors Program. Every other year this 9-semester-hour, team-taught course has a science emphasis, and this year the...

University Honors College, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849.(Transcript)
January 1, 2005... I would like to express my appreciation for the invitation to talk about Auburn University Honors College. The program at Auburn began 25 years ago in the School of Arts and Sciences, becoming a university-wide program in the early 1980s. It...

University of Alabama in Huntsville.
January 1, 2005... I would like to begin with a brief statement about the role of Honors Programs in the American higher education system. As we all know, state-supported colleges and universities provide academic opportunities at a cost that makes them...

The Harte Honors curriculum: a special program at Stillman College.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION In recent years, it has become common practice for colleges and universities to establish honors programs. However, some programs exist without a structured curriculum. At Stillman College, a structured honors curriculum is in...

Honors education in Alabama undergraduate student presentations and publications.(Transcript)
January 1, 2005... It is my joy to be here today. I agree with Judy Stout who was here this morning that doing the honors program in nursing has absolutely been the most exciting thing I have done professionally. It continues to surprise me what the students are...

University of Alabama.
January 1, 2005... The University of Alabama is rare, perhaps even unique, in having three separate university-wide honors programs. The University Honors Program (UHP), which I direct in addition to being the Honors College's dean, is the largest of the three,...

UAB Engineering Honors Program.
January 1, 2005... We are trying something new with Departmental Honors in the School of Engineering. Previously, three of our five programs had an honors experience, but we had some difficulty in tracking students all the way through this program. Many times...

FISHES OF ALABAMA--A NEW CLASSIC?(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Fishes of Alabama, Herbert Boschung and Richard Mayden. Illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri. 640pp. plus glossary and index, Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Books, 2004. INTRODUCTION Dr.'s Herbert Boschung, Richard Mayden and Joseph...