Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science articles from April 1 2001

Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science archives from April 1 2001

Editor's notes.
April 1, 2001... HISTORY The Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science (NDAS) was first published in 1948, with Volume I reporting the business and scientific papers presented for the 40th annual meeting, May 2-3, 1947. Through Volume XXI, the...

Agenda: NDAS Symposium on the Little Missouri Grasslands. (Symposium).
April 1, 2001... North Dakota Heritage Center Thursday 9:45 - 12:45 p.m. Grasslands A symposium focusing on the proposed uses of the Little Missouri National Grasslands and the impacts of policy decisions. Moderator: Rich Barkosky, Minot State...

Responses of grassland birds to management practices: lessons from the literature. (Symposium).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... North American grasslands historically were maintained by fire, grazing by native ungulates, and a climate that generally discouraged woody vegetation. Since European settlement, North America's once vast grasslands have been greatly reduced....

Faunal and floral inventories and their role in land management decisions on the Dakota Prairie National Grasslands. (Symposium).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The Dakota Prairie Grasslands contains hundreds of plant and animal species. For most taxa, little information is available on habitat use or population levels and trends. This data gap hampers the Forest Service's land management ability....

Leafy spurge control--emphasizing integrated pest management. (Symposium).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... TEAM Leafy Spurge is a USDA-ARS research and demonstration program focused on the Little Missouri River drainage in Wyoming, Montana and Dakotas, and other spurge-infested drainages in the region. Its goal is to research, develop and...

Economic impacts of proposed changes in management of the Little Missouri National Grasslands in North Dakota. (Symposium).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract More than 1.1 million acres of National Grasslands, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, are located in North Dakota. Recently proposed changes in the management of these lands would reduce livestock grazing, restrict...

A state and transition classification for mixed grass prairie habit types. (Symposium).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... State and transition models have been discussed in the literature for several years. They have become an accepted means for communicating successional relationships with disturbance processes and ecological functions on rangelands....

The nature conservance and conservation by design: a framework for mission success. (Symposium).(The Nature Conservancy)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... With the accelerating loss of the Earth's biological heritage and the impairment of critical ecological processes that support life on the planet, the work of The Nature Conservancy on an international scale and within the state of North Dakota...

Agenda: NDAS Symposium on the Art and Science of Alternative Medicine. ((Symposium).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... North Dakota Heritage Center Friday 9:20 - 12:00 p.m. Alternative Medicine A symposium discussing Native medicine, and the scientific investigation of some alternative medicinal compounds Moderator: Jon Jackson, University of North...

On the role of alternative medicine in pain management. (Symposium).
April 1, 2001... Undoubtedly, complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies have caught the attention of both the health care consumer and provider. In some circles, however, these approaches are viewed with skepticism, condescension and disregard while...

Native healing as alternative medicine--art as a science. (Symposium).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The traditional "American Indian" teaching method will be used to discuss some of the ideas and concepts of traditional medicine people and healers. That is no one should take notes, but rather all should focus their total being on listening,...

Chinese herbal medicine and the cardiovascular system: looking through the mirror. (Symposium).
April 1, 2001... Cardiovascular Disease and Chinese Herbal Medicine Cardiovascular diseases, the top killers in the US, encompass conditions afflicting the cardiac and vascular system such as coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart...

A. Rodger Denison competition--undergraduate division. ((Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Moderators: 1:00 Welcome and Overview 1:10 "Effect of auxin transport inhibitors on leaf expansion in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)." Traci Tranby * and Christopher P. Keller, Minot State University. ...

Effect of auxin transport inhibitors on leaf expansion in the common bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris). (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Auxin (indole acetic acid), a plant growth hormone, is synthesized primarily in the apical bud (1). Transported downward it controls stem elongation and outgrowth of lateral branches. Auxin control of stem elongation is known...

Biological control of leafy spurge on the Medora Ranger District of the Dakota Prairie National Grasslands. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) was introduced to the northeastern United States approximately 200 years ago. Since then, it has experienced multiple introductions to other parts of the United States, including the northern Great Plains, where...

Sheyenne River Bioassessment at Faust Dam. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Four VCSU Ecology students conducted a bioassessment of the Sheyenne River at Faust Dam Park for twelve weeks between September 5 and November 21 of 2000. The study area is located six miles upstream from Valley City and six miles downstream...

Influence of IGF-1 supplementation on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in diabetes. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Diabetes is one of the major risk factors leading to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity due to heart failure and vascular dysfunction (1). Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a myopathic state independent of macrovascular coronary...

The effects of food, temperature, and light on growth, metamorphosis, and sexual maturation in the mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum). (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Paedomorphosis is the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage or sexually mature stage of development. The mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) is one of the few animal species said to be facultatively...

Using a geographic information system to address the "selfish herd" hypothesis in Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni). (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) are social ground squirrels, living in complex colonies in the southwestern United States. Coloniality entails energy costs for individual members associated with competition for reduced...

Cox-2 activity is required for AB-dependent neuronal toxicity. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Although senile plaques represent a defining hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains their role in disease pathophysiology remains unclear. Plaque core constituents are proteolytically derived fibrillar aggregates of [beta]-amyloid peptides...

Influence of insulin-resistance on insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1)-induced cardiac contractile response in ventricular myocytes from sucrose-fed rats. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Introduction: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) is known to promote cardiac growth and contraction. However, both a decrease in the circulating levels and a resistance to the action of IGF-1 have been observed in diabetes (1). Furthermore,...

Herpetotherium valens from the Medicine Pole Hills Local Fauna (Chadron Formation: late Eocene) Bowman County, ND. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Faunal lists for the Medicine Pole Hills (MPH) Local Fauna have been reported (1,2), however, the only element of the fauna that has been studied in detail is the artiodactyl, Leptomeryx (3). The current study is the first...

A. Rodger Denison competition--graduate division. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Moderator: Dr. Margaret Nordlie, University of Mary 1:00 Welcome and Overview 1:10 "An allelism test for species cytoplasmic specific (scs) genes." Sarah Gehlhar *, SF Kianian, SS Maan, and KJ Simons,...

An allelism test for species cytoplasmic specific (scs) genes. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Wild related species have been and will be a useful reservoir of genetic diversity in the development of emerging wheat germplasms. Lack of genetic recombination and hybrid sterility are obstacles that commonly occur with the...

Characterization of excitation-contraction coupling in diabetic hypertensive cardiomyopathy in adult rat ventricular myocytes. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Diabetes and hypertension are among the major risk factors leading to the increased mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular dysfunction (1, 2). Both clinical and experimental evidence has demonstrated the existence of independent and...

Hogback Ridge, McHenry County, ND: revelations from a trench. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(mechanics of glaciation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In southeastern McHenry County near the town of Balfour, ND, is a series of long linear landforms whose origin has long been of interest to geologists attempting to understand the mechanics of glaciation in the Northern Plains. Other...

Analysis of scleral collagen fibrils in normal and lumican-deficient mice. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... PURPOSE Our purpose was to compare collagen fibrils in lumican knockout and heterozygous (control) sclera. Parameters used for comparison were collagen fibril diameter, center-to-center spacing, and edge-to-edge spacing. METHODS ...

Fine structure mapping of the species cytoplasmic (scs) gene in durum. (Collegiate Communications--Graduate).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION A better understanding nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions has direct applications to plant breeding and crop improvement. Understanding nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions and compatibility would permit more extensive use of alien...

Cultivating the Civic Scientist. (Feature).
April 1, 2001... - Fewer than one-third of all Americans understand the term "DNA." - Fewer than 15 percent understand the term "molecule." - Only about 50 percent know that humans didn't live at the time of the dinosaurs. + Science & Engineering...

NDAS Senior Academy Program. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Thursday, April 26th Moderator: Chris Keller, Minot State University 1:00 Welcome and opening remarks, Chris Keller, Department of Biology, Minot State University 1:10 "Influences of muskrat predation on population...

Historical explanations of phenotypic variation in the plethodontid salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Because body size varies as a correlate with life history among populations of southern Appalachian salamanders (and amphibians in general), it is important that the biogeographic consequences of the evolution of body size be...

Halothane enhances presynaptic GABA release by increasing intracellular calcium from ryanodine sensitive stores. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Neuronal excitability is diminished during anesthesia and is believed to result in part from enhanced synaptic inhibition. Many anesthetic agents enhance synaptic inhibition, although their cellular mechanisms are not understood....

Influences of muskrat predation on population structure of Margaritifera margaritifera (Mollusca: Unionoidea) at stream sites in St. Lawrence County, New York.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The native North American freshwater mussel fauna is the most diverse in the world. Unionoid clams are a significant portion of the invertebrate biomass of many streams yet, until recently, their ecological roles in these settings have gone...

Hormonal control of leaf expansion in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). (Professional Communications).
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION The plant hormone auxin (indole acetic acid) is produced primarily in the youngest leaves of the apical bud (1). Transported basipetally (downward) it is believed critical to stem elongation and to be a principal controller of...

Purification of a photoaffinity labeled proteolytic fragment from cloned human dopamine transporter. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION The dopamine transporter is a transmembrane protein which removes dopamine from the synapse into the nerve cell aider excitation. Inhibition of this transport is considered to be the major physiological action of cocaine. To...

Paleontology and stratigraphy of the basal Fort Union Formation (Paleocene: Puercan) from Slope County, North Dakota. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to inventory the occurrence of vertebrate, invertebrate and plant specimens within the basal Fort Union Formation and to plot these occurrences relative to the Hell Creek/Fort Union formation contact....

The last freshwater molluscan assemblage of the Cretaceous? A new locality from the Ludlow Formation of North Dakota. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION The freshwater molluscan record of the uppermost Cretaceous is replete with numerous localities containing species-rich assemblages of highly sculptured freshwater unionids (Family Unionidae). Nonmarine molluscan...

Altered leptin-induced cardiac contractile response in ventricular myocytes under hypertension. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased within the United States and is becoming an epidemic problem (1). Obesity is associated with many comorbidities but hypertension is the most common (1, 2). Elevated plasma concentrations of...

Arsenic deprivation affects homocysteine remethylation in rats fed homocystine and choline. (Professional Communications).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Dietary arsenic (As) is thought to have a physiological role in methionine (Meth) metabolism (1). Some findings suggest that arsenic may be important in the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine. There are two pathways by which...

Constitution of the North Dakota Academy of Science. (Constitution and By-Laws).
April 1, 2001... Founded 1908, Official State Academy 1958 ARTICLE I--Name and Purpose Section 1. This association shall be called the NORTH DAKOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Section 2. The purpose of this association shall be to promote and conduct...

Minutes.
April 1, 2001... Minutes (unapproved) of the Annual NDAS Business Meeting--April 16, 1999 Comstock Memorial Union, Moorhead State University Moorhead, MN 12:40 pm 14 members in attendance The annual business meeting was called to order by President...

Academy officers and committees. (Officers and Committees.
April 1, 2001... ACADEMY OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Executive Committee Membership: Past-President President President-Elect Secretary-Treasurer Councilors (three-year terms) President Ronald K. Jyring Bismarck State College 1500 Edwards...

Past presidents and locations of the annual meeting. (Past Presidents).
April 1, 2001... PAST PRESIDENTS AND LOCATIONS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING NORTH DAKOTA ACADEMY of SCIENCE 1909 M A Brannon Grand Forks 1910 M A Brannon Fargo 1911 C B Waldron Grand Forks 1912 L B McMullen ...

Statement of financial status.
April 1, 2001... Contributors to the North Dakota Academy of Science Research Foundation Brant Bigger (Lincoln, NE) Virgil Carmichael (Bismarck) J. Mark Erickson (Canton, NY) George Gilles (Charlottesville, VA) Phyllis Johnson (Bethesda, MD)...

Directory of members.
April 1, 2001... A Harmon B. Abrahamson Department of Chemistry University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202 701-777-4427 harlan_abrahamson@und.nodak.edu Joseph Alessi PO Box 50643 Idaho Falls ID 83405 Bonnie J. Alexander...