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Date:         Sat, 31 Oct 1992 15:42:50 CST
From:         jgardner <JGARDNER@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      call for papers

                                                   October 31, 1992


                         PHI ALPHA THETA
             INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN HISTORY
                      ALPHA-OMICRON CHAPTER

                         CALL FOR PAPERS
                      Advance Announcement

     The Alpha-Omicron chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at the
University of Kansas is pleased to announce a call for papers for
the annual Regional Meeting of the Kansas chapters of Phi Alpha
Theta, to be held on April 17th, 1993, at Washburn University of
Topeka, Topeka Kansas.  The Regional Meeting of the Kansas
chapters of Phi Alpha Theta provides an excellent opportunity for
undergraduate and graduate students of history to meet and
discuss matters of interest.  Papers in all fields of study are
welcome, and we encourage anyone wishing to participate to begin
planing at this time for the conversion of a seminar, honors, or
existing paper, into a presentable piece.
     Paper proposals should be double spaced typed, no longer
than three hundred words, and should be sent to Dr. Kenneth Cott,
University of Washburn, Department of History, Topeka KS, 66621,
no later than March 15th, 1993.  Additionally, we would be most
pleased if all those who participate in the Regional Meeting
would submitted an electronic copy of their paper, saved in
ASCII, to Prof. Lynn H. Nelson (e-mail LHNELSON at UKANVM), for
placement in the KU ftp cite, MALIN.
     We would like to ask all faculty members to encourage their
undergraduate and graduate students to participate and/or attend
this Regional Meeting.  If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact either Professor Strikwerda or Jeff Gardner at
the Department of History, 3001 Wescoe Hall (e-mail JGARDNER at
UKANVM).

Sincerely

Jeff Gardner
President, Alpha-Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta

Jeff Gardner
University of Kansas
Department of History
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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: alt.activism
Subject: Re: Anthropological News Network
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 22:36:35 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

There's an activist newsletter for anthropologists you may be interested in.
It's called the ACPAC Newsletter and is published by the American
Committee for Preservation of Archeological Collections.  They fight
the efforts of people who want artifacts to be returned to native peoples
for reburial, etc.  There have been several outrageous cases of modern
native Americans demanding and receiving artifacts which have absolutely
no connection to existing tribes.

The newsletter is free.  Write to:
ACPAC, P.O. Box 1171, Whittier CA 90609-1171
From: boozer@gallant.apple.com (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Where can I get basic science equiptment for school age children?
Keywords: catalogs
Date: 24 Nov 92 01:13:20 GMT
Organization: I is a writur


Where can I get the basic science [physics/chemestry] equiptment for teaching
grade school children?

Addresses of places in the San Francisco 
Addresses of mail-order companies

Glenn Boozer
Boozer@apple.com
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Completion time of Calvin cycle...?
From: marder@agri.huji.ac.il
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:18:19 IST
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Agriculture

In article <1992Nov14.220319.12688@ncsu.edu>, happy@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Rusty Soots) writes:
>
>   Got a question.  Given a ideal photosynthetic temp. (e.g. 75F) and
> an average plant such as an oak tree, how long would it take to
> complete six turns of the Calvin cycle to produce one molecule of glucose?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

Not really a very good question.  The Calvin cycle is a complicated web of
biochemical reactions each with its own kinetic parameters, and some under
regulatory control.
However, I can answer a slightly different question i.e. how long does it
take for CO2 fixed from the atmosphere to turn up in glucose?  The answer
is a few minutes.
--
                                 '      Jonathan B. Marder
Internet: MARDER@AGRI.HUJI.AC.IL |      Department of Agricultural Botany
Bitnet:   MARDER@HUJIAGRI        | /\/  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Phone:    (08 or +9728) 481918   |/  \  Faculty of Agriculture
Fax:      (08 or +9728) 467763   /      P.O.Box 12, Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Question about yogurt culture
From: richard@technology.com (Richard Murphy)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:44:53 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

I'm actually posting this for high school student who is doing
a science fair project related to culturing yogurt. This person
has found that skim milk consistantly produces a dense yogurt
while whole milk give terrible results. This is not what he
is studying but does anyone have any ideas as to why this would
happen? Someone told me that the fat content retards the 
action of the culture, but this is only speculation. Please
e-mail me directly if you can help. Many thanks.

Richard Murphy
From: Vida Tigrani <veeduh@leland.stanford.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Reference book
Date: 21 Nov 1992 03:30:09 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: world
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From: jmartin@clark.edu (John Martin)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Myelination optic nerve
Date: 20 Nov 92 18:12:36 GMT
Followup-To: sci.bio
Organization: Clark College

Since the optic nerve is an outgrowth of the diencephalon region of the
brain, is it myelinated by oligodendrocytes, as part of the CNS, or by
Schwann cells as peripheral nerves are?

jmartin@clark.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.cognitive,sci.engr.biomed,sci.med,sci.med.physics
From: sl14z@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: PCR thanks
Date: 23 Nov 92 18:05:42 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Thanks for the information on PCR it was much needed.
I am hoping to go up to 2500 bp.  I think with the information
I recieved I will be able to achieve this amplitude.
		You people grok well.

				Steve Albee
From: briscoe@cco.caltech.edu (Duke P. Briscoe)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: More on new spider species
Date: 21 Nov 1992 05:13:13 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu

This could have been handled by email, but the reply address of the
person asking for more information about the spider wouldn't work.
"9210946@cuslm.ca@jupiter.Sun.CSD.unb.ca", you should check with your
system administrator to find out why your return address doesn't work.
I don't think it should have two "@" characters.

Here is what I wanted to send you, might be of interest to others
also:


It has been almost twenty years since I saw it, but as I remember it,
it was a dark colored spider (probably black), with a body of about 2
or 3 millimeters in diameter, about 1 cm diameter with legs.  The web
had a radial structure, about the size of the palm of your hand, and
had only one web ball anchor, the other anchors being to stuff on the
bank of the small creek.  This was in Athens, Georgia, which is in
northern Georgia not too far from the foothils of the Appalachians,
about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta.  The web ball floater was about 3
mm in diameter.
                                                                             
Hope this helps your identification.  Of course, I would be interested
in hearing about any other spiders which use a similar web anchoring
technique.
      
Duke                                                                  
briscoe@alumni.caltech.edu 
Newsgroups: sci.bio
From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
Subject: Is the fruitfly DNA sequence available
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:51:53 GMT
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A friend of mine is interested in getting a machine readable
copy of a fruitfly's DNA.  Is one available?

Please EMail.

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.wa.com
From: ewstroup@cc.utah.edu (ERIC W. STROUP)
Subject: Re: Biomechanics of Running
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Distribution: inet
Date: 19 Nov 1992 12:28 MST  

In article <9211191835.AA15899@nettlesome.berkeley.edu>, Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU> writes...
{----------------------------Original message----------------------------
{I would like any information you may have on the Biocechanics of Running.
{Including gait,form,stride,and impact. I would also would appreciate any
{information on accessing your bulletin board.
{ 
{Thank you very much for your help.
{ 
{Leslie French

Try Muscles, Reflexes, and Locomotion by Thomas A. McMahon
    ---------------------------------
-Eric
ewstroup@cc.utah.edu
From: LESLIE.FRENCH@GTE.SPRINT.COM
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Biomechanics of Running
Date: 19 Nov 92 18:37:09 GMT
Reply-To: Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I would like any information you may have on the Biocechanics of Running.
Including gait,form,stride,and impact. I would also would appreciate any
information on accessing your bulletin board.

Thank you very much for your help.

Leslie French
From: spart@well.UUCP (Richard Soennichsen)
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Biotech Companies in the Portland, OR area
Date: 16 Nov 92 13:22:14 GMT
Reply-To: Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

I am looking for a list of biotech firms in the Portland area (ie Northern
Oregon).  I would appreciate anyone's help in locating these firms.

Thanks in advance.
From: ykrz08@rhrk.uni-kl.de
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Re: Medical Informatics
Date: 16 Nov 92 13:26:39 GMT
Reply-To: Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Dear Mr. Ortiz

Thera are:

          Prof. Dr. med. J.R. Moehr
          Health Information Sience
          University of Victoria
          Victoria B.C. V8W 2Y2
          PO Box 1700
          (Canada?)

and

          Prof. Dr. R. Haux
          Institut fuer Med. Biometrie und Med. Informatik
          University Heidelberg
          Im Neuenheimer Feld 400
          6900 Heidelberg
          Germany

Dr. Reinhard Corr
From: GBRANDSBERG@IRRI.CGNET.COM
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Elementary background info on biotechnology
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:27:47 GMT
Reply-To: Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Greetings!

An editor at the International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI) in the Philippines has been asked to prepare
a background article about biotechnology in terms that
a nonscientist lay audience would understand.

He will explain what biotechnology is and describe some
of the major techniques used in plant breeding, especially
as applied to rice.

If you have any brief information that would be helpful to
him, kindly send copies to me personally, as I am not a
member of this forum and I'll forward them to him.  Any
examples should involve plant breeding, but not necessarily
limited to rice.

Thanks in advance for any assistance rendered.

--George Brandsberg
  Visiting Editor
  IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines
From: kn836572@LONGS.LANCE.COLOSTATE.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Re: biotech in Colorado
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:24:59 GMT
Reply-To: Biotechnology Discussion List <BIOTECH%UMDD.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Hi

        Contact

        Ginny Orndorff at (303) 620-4777. She heads Colorado Institute for
Research in Biotechnology, a state funded agency. I think she has a list of
biotech companies in Colorado.

                                Kumar
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
From: eschen@molbio.cbs.umn.edu (Art Eschenlauer)
Subject: Help: GC-rich PCR?
Summary: I need help with getting a GC-rich region to amplify!
Keywords: PCR, Polymerase Chain Reaction
Organization: University of Minnesota
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Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:32:32 GMT

Has anyone out there much experience with doing PCR on GC-rich
DNA? I am having a devilishly difficult time of it. I'm trying
to amplify three genes from a 68% G+C region from Alcaligenes
eutrophus and none of the six primer pairs that I have tried
have given me even fair accumulation of amplified product.
Even 10% formamide and a 4 minute 100 degree C denaturation
(with Vent, a more stable polymerase than Taq) did not work.
I've extensively analyzed my primers, but I do not see how
they could be the problem in all six cases.
  An emailed response to eschen@molbio.cbs.umn.edu would be
appreciated. Thanks. -Art
From: tuttle@pine.circa.ufl.edu (Dan Tuttle)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Yeast intermediate filaments?
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:33:09 GMT
Reply-To: tuttle@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Organization: Univ. of FL - Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

I am using methyotrophic yeasts as cell biological models to study 
degradation of intracellular proteins--particularly, comparing them to 
mammalian systems.  In mammals, intermediate filaments have been 
implicated in degradation of organelles; on the other hand whether 
yeast even possess intermediate filaments is controversial.  Anyone 
who is aware of information regarding I.F. in yeast, please reply.

Thanks--Dan 
Newsgroups: sci.bio
From: andrewt@watson.ibm.com (Andrew Taylor)
Subject: Re: More on color vision
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:30:20 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center


In article <1992Nov19.220904.7146@u.washington.edu> jespah@carson.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) writes:
>And since you mentioned the pitohuis.... One thing that immediately leapt
>to mind when I read that paper was "Are these birds monomorphic?"  You'd
>think that both males and females would want to advertise their toxicity,
>so that both males and females would have the bright coloration. ...

The suggestion that the Hooded Pitohui's coloration evolved to advertise
their toxicity seems dubious to me. Their coloration didn't look that striking
(in the picture on the cover of Science), especially for a New Guinea bird.
Other (presumably non-toxic) members of the same family are much more
striking than the Hooded Pitohui e.g. Crested Shrike-Tit (monomorphic),
male Golden Whistler (dimorphic, female is drab).

It'll be interesting to find out if predators recognise Hooded Pitohuis
by sight (they also have a strong odour).

Andrew Taylor
Newsgroups: sci.bio
From: naldret@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dr. D. Naldrett)
Subject: WANTED: ostracode ecology info
Summary: Wanted: info on modern ostracode chemical habitats
Keywords: freshwater ostracode, ecology, hydrochemistry
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:46:42 GMT

I am starting a paleolimnology project looking at ostracode
shell geochemistry to reconstruct ancient lake environments.
I am looking for mofern ostracode information on hydrochemistry,
water circulation, temperature, salinity (TDS), pH, etc.

I would like to eventually construct a database using hydro-
chemical data to sort ostracodes by their environments. Any
information on their present habitats (by species) would be
quite helpful.

If anyone has information on modern freshwater ostracodes, or knows 
of any accessible source of information on this, please post or 
reply by email (or snail)
-- 
Dana L. Naldrett               Internet: naldret@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Dept of Geological Sciences    
University of Manitoba         Phone: (204) 474-8252 or -9371(messages)
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2   Fax:   (204) 261-7581
From: rajat@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor,P303,2124)
Subject: H2O2 as a disinfectant 
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:12:18 GMT


For sci.bio `ers

There has been a debate going on in sci.chem on use of peroxide
on wounds. Somebody suggested that this is so because its strong 
oxidizing nature kills anerobic bacteria...

Maybe. But if water can sustain aquatic life through dissolved
(molecular) oxygen, I have trouble reconciling that H2O2 can kill
"anerobic" bacteria. I, however, do concede that nascent oxygen can play
a dominant role..

Suggestions ? Comments ?

Kapoor
From: sl14z@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: PCR
Date: 23 Nov 92 10:58:17 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Would anybody be interested in dabbling in a little discussion of PCR
technique?  If so please contact me here at USU via the mail system.

I am having trouble PCRing 1000 Kb Dna fragments.  I would be 
enjoy a little feed back on method.

						Thanks,
						Steve Albee
Newsgroups: sci.bio
From: onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam)
Subject: Help! I am caught in a strange attractor!
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:20:32 GMT

Lately I have been drawing a phase-space diagram over my day-rythm, and it was
schocking. Normally the 24-hour cycle is a very strong attractor. But in my
rythm it seems to be completely absent! I have periods of normal rythmic
behaviour, and then suddenly -bang- my rythm becomes totally chaotic. I do not
yet have sufficient data to draw a conclusion, but it seems "slightly"
disordered, maybe even governed by a a strange attractor! :)


^24h
|
|
| x x
|   x
|  x  x
|
|        x 
|      x  x
|       x  x 
|                    24h
|_______________________>
"normal" rythm centering around two points on the 24-hour line

    x
^
|
| x      x
|      x      x       x
|
| x
|   x        x
|     x                   x
|  x   x        x x
|           x
|_________________________>
My rythm. Completely havoc.






Onar.

"Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the lord my soul to keep. If I die before I
wake, pray the lord my soul to take."
From: rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Attenborough [again]
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:08:24 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

I haven't been able to keep up here, so I missed it when Jim Rising
brought this back up.  However, I saw this response, and since I was
one of the principals in the original discussion I figured I should
comment.

In article <simonb.720947992@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
   simonb@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Simon Blomberg) writes:

>rising@zoo.toronto.edu (Jim Rising) writes:
>
>>Perhaps enough has been said about this, but to try to answer a 
>>question posted, in the first quote (the one about the spiders), 
>>the part where he writes:  "But in terms of the success of the
>>species...that individual disaster is of limited consequence:  he
>>lost his life after...he had completed his purpose."  My objection
>>to this is that it implies that the purpose of the spider's 
>>reproductive behavior is to assure the success of the species,
>>& most evolutionary biologists think that that's backwards.

I agree completely with Jim's sentiments--the male is *not* performing
his actions for the good of the species.  I didn't get that message
out of the passage in question because I respect Attenborough and thus
gave the quote a charitable reading.  Given the later quote, however,
I'm perfectly willing to concede that Attenborough may have been
thinking exactly what Jim read into the passage.

I hope that this doesn't put people off in terms of reading what
Attenborough has written--he compiles a lot of great descriptive
information about animals and their behavior--but I also hope that
Jim's exposition will alert readers to a big misconception that may
pervade said writings.

>Simon Blomberg                        simonb@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU

Mickey Rowe     (rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu)
From: Vida Tigrani <veeduh@leland.stanford.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Reference book
Date: 21 Nov 1992 03:34:53 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
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I want to buy a book for my brother who is a zoology major who is
planning to go to med school.  Can you recommend a good
biology/science/medical reference book/dictionary?  Please respond
directly to veeduh@leland.stanford.edu.  Thanks!
Newsgroups: sci.bio
From: jpalmier@rvgs.vak12ed.edu (Jim Palmieri)
Subject: Middle School Life Science
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Roanoke)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 19:26:36 GMT

HELP!  I aam a biologist teaching upper school biology, 
AP biology, evolution and microbiology at one of the local
colleges.  In our middle school (North Cross School, Roanoke,
VA) they are being pressed to find a book that is appropriate
for them.  I just reviewed a book, Middle School Life Science
by Capra and Pratt.  It was horrible.  The whole organization
of the book was poor.  No wonder we have a problem with science
in this country, but enough of the "soap Box".  

Is there anyone using a text that takes a complete vview of the
life sciences?  Something that combines information and hands
on activity.  I would appreciate hearing from you esspecially
id you have a good text.  Thanks, Dr. Jim Palmieri
-- 



   Dr. Jim Palmieri   
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,alt.3d,comp.graphics
From: pgt@fc.hp.com (Paul Tobin)
Subject: Re: Request for Human Skeleton
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:14:53 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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Steve Dyer (dyer@spdcc.com) wrote:
: Not to dwell on the macabre, but the big science museum in Chicago
: (the one on the lake--I forget its name) has a (very, very, very old)
: exhibit where a cadaver has been sliced top-to-bottom in something like
: 1/2" slices and encased in lucite or something similar.  These are then
: mounted on a hinge, so you can "flip thru" them like the pages of a book.

Yes, it's the Museum of Science and Industry on Lake Shore Drive, just
south of downtown Chicago.  By all means an excellent museum!  I
especially like touring the captured submarine (WWII ?).

: This must date from before the 50's.

I'd have to agree.  It's been 4 years or more since I saw the exhibit,
but it was definitely pretty old.  Fascinating, though.

	Paul Tobin
	pgt@fc.hp.com
Newsgroups: sci.bio,talk.environment,ak.general