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Annual Meeting Program of the North Carolina Academy of Science, Inc.

Table of Contents
Sponsors ……………………………………………………… Inside front cover
Exhibitors …………………………………………………….. Inside front cover
Local Arrangements Committee ………………………………………………...1
Future Meeting Sites …………………………….………………………………2
Registration Fees ………………………………….…………………………….2
Friday Evening Mixer …………………………………………………………..3
Graduate School Workshop …………………………………………………….3
Graduate and Professional School Fair …………………………………………3
Speakers ………………………………………………………………………...4
Field Trips and Tours ……………………….…………………………………..5
Slate of NCAS Officers ………………………………………………………...6
Program ………………………………………………………………………...7
Poster Presentations …………………………………………………………….9
Oral Presentations ……………………………………………………………..13
Restaurants …………………………………………………………………….26
Accommodations ………………………………...……………………………27
Directions to Catawba College ………………………………………………..28
Salisbury Area Map …………………………………………………………...29
Notes …………………………………………………………………………..30
Campus Map ………….……………………………………… Inside back cover
Local Arrangements Committee
Dr. Michael Baranski, Chair
Dr. James Beard
Dr. Steve Coggin
Mrs. Dacia Cress
Mr. Kurt Cribb
Mrs. Delores Imblum
Dr. Carol Ann Miderski
Dr. Joe Poston
Dr. Mark Sabo
Dr. John Wear
Students in the following organizations:
American Chemical Society
Beta Beta Beta
Gamma Sigma Epsilon
NatureSafe

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Future Meeting Site
2005 Meredith College
On-Site Registration Fees
Collegiate Academy member - $10.00
Undergraduate (non-member) - $15.00
Graduate student - $15.00
Senior Academy member - $40.00
Non-member - $50.00

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Friday Evening Mixer
We are trying something different this year. To avoid the conflicts between posters and oral presentations and to provide additional social and networking opportunities, a Dinner Mixer will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 on Friday evening before the 7:30 Plenary Session. Heavy hors d’oeurves, sufficient for the evening meal, will be available to those who purchase a special ticket. (You won’t have to go out on the town for dinner!) Posters will be up during this time. Following the Plenary Session, a social will be held featuring No. 9 Coal
(a local bluegrass band), snacks and alcoholic beverages. Tickets for the mixer and for alcoholic beverages must be purchased in advance by pre-registration
(see the pre-registration form that is due by March 19). Alcoholic beverages will be available only to those persons of legal age. All are welcome to both events, but tickets will be necessary for the food and beverages.
Graduate School Workshop
Are you wondering what you need to do to get into graduate school? Or maybe you are just wondering what you will do after graduation. Here is an opportunity for undergraduates to find out more about getting into graduate school.
Who should attend?
If you are an undergraduate student either considering the option of graduate school or uncertain about your options, you should attend. Faculty are also welcome to attend and share their insights.
What will be covered at the workshop?
Morgan Jarvis, Center Manager at Kaplan Test Prep, will talk about applying to graduate school, graduate school admissions, and the Graduate Record Exam
(GRE). This informative presentation will be most helpful to anyone contemplating graduate school.
Graduate and Professional School Fair
The Annual Graduate and Professional School Fair will be held at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science, Saturday, March 27, from
9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. We are expecting an excellent representation from schools and departments from NC, SC, and VA. We would like to encourage all students to plan to visit the booths and displays to meet personally with the representatives. This is an exceptional opportunity for students to discuss their plans for graduate and professional school with people who are familiar with the programs and requirements for admission. Please plan to attend!!
Representatives from each booth will be distributing tickets for door prizes!!

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Speakers
Dr. Kenneth Lohmann, L. G. Hoggard Distinguished Professor of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, Plenary Speaker.
“Orientation and open-ocean navigation in sea turtles”
Kenneth Lohmann received his B.S. from Duke University, his M.S. from the
University of Florida, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He has been distinguished with several awards, including the Hettleman Prize for
Scholarly and Artistic Achievement by Young Faculty and the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. His research has been published in prestigious journals, including Nature and Science. His work has also been made available to non-scientists via several means, including radio interviews
(National Public Radio), newspaper articles (New York Times, Washington
Post), and online news agencies (ABC, BBC, National Geographic).
Dr. David L. Carroll, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the
Center for Nanotechnology at Wake Forest University, Luncheon Speaker.
“Nanotechnology: realizing the promise.”
Dr. David Carroll received his Ph.D. at Wesleyan University, CT, in the field of condensed matter physics. His postdoctoral training in nanoscale microscopy was at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. From there Dr. Carroll became research staff at the Max-Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany where he continues to be a frequent visiting scientist. In 1997, Dr. Carroll established the Laboratory for Nanotechnology at Clemson University, which at the time was considered one of the largest efforts in Nanotechnology in the southeast.
While at Clemson he was awarded the Sigma Xi young investigator award
(2001) and the University's Young Investigator of the Year Award (2002). In
2003, Dr. Carroll moved to Wake Forest and the Center for Nanotechnology at
Wake Forest University was established with the goal of obtaining national prominence in the Nanosciences through research, education, and economic development. Within the first six months of its existence, NANOTECH has attracted over half a million dollars in new funding, and its work has been featured in Science Magazine, New Scientist, and C&E News. Dr. Carroll is the author of a new textbook on conducting polymers, and over 110 research articles. He has organized a number of international meetings on
Nanotechnology and is a frequent invited speaker at APS, MRS, and SPIE.

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Field Trips and Tours
Sign up for Sunday morning field trips and tours at the registration desk.
Attendance is limited. All field trips will assemble in the lobby of the Center for the Environment.
Bird Walk through the Catawba College Ecological Preserve: 6:45-9:45 AM
Dr. Joe Poston, Catawba College biologist, will lead a walk through the
College’s 198-acre Ecological Preserve. Catawba College was the first college in the state and one of the first in the nation to put its property under a permanent conservation easement. The Preserve is home to a variety of habitats, both natural and created, that provide a haven for more than 150 species of birds.
Participants will have an opportunity to observe lingering winter birds, including
Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Whitethroated Sparrow. Early migrants arriving from the south may also be present, including Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Black-and-White
Warbler. Year-round residents include a nesting pair of Red-shouldered Hawks.
Participants should dress appropriately for the weather. Trails may be muddy.
Bring binoculars and field guides.
Green Building Design Lecture and Tour: 10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
Dr. John Wear, Director of the Catawba College Center for the Environment and the person who provided the oversight for the design of the Center, will talk about elements of green building design as it relates to the facility. Everything about the building - from the site design to the environmentally friendly building materials, from energy and water conservation issues to recycling and waste management - is grounded in principles of sustainability. A behind-the-scenes tour of the facility will conclude the presentation.
Visit to North Carolina’s Largest WILD Education Site: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lisa Wear, natural science specialist at Horizons Unlimited Education Center, will lead a tour of the 600-acre N.C. WILD Education Site at Buck Steam
Station on the Yadkin River. Duke Power, Ducks Unlimited, Horizons
Unlimited, and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission partnered to develop this unique environmental education outdoor learning site. The site is used for outdoor education programming in the schools and to encourage citizen participation in short- and long-term research. Ms. Wear will discuss site-based research projects, including an amphibian and reptile conservation initiative, bluebird habitat studies, wildlife management activities, monarch butterfly migration and tagging studies, population monitoring of tree frog populations, and the heron rookery observation station.

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Slate of NCAS Officers for 2004-2005
The NCAS Nominating Committee has selected the following nominees to fill vacant positions on the NCAS Board for 2004-2005:
President-Elect – Gregory P. Copenhaver, UNC-Chapel Hill
Vice-President – Charles A. Singhas, East Carolina University
Executive Secretary – Susan H. Manahan, Gardner-Webb University
Gerhard W. Kalmus, East Carolina University
Member of the Board – Anthony A. Capehart, East Carolina University
Biographies will be available at the NCAS Business meeting when the election will be held.

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Friday, March 26
Finance Committee Meeting 1:00-2:00 PM, CENV 312
Board of Directors Meeting 2:00-5:00 PM, CENV 312
CANCAS Graduate School Workshop 5:00-6:00 PM, CENV 300 B,C
Poster Judges meeting
Posters
5:45-6:00 PM, CENV 117
6:00-11:00 PM, Crystal Lounge
Poster presenters present 6:00-7:30 PM
Registration (both academies) 5:30-7:30 and 9:00-10:00 PM, Keppel Lobby
Dinner Mixer (heavy hors d’oeurves)†
Plenary Session
6:00-7:30 PM, Crystal Lounge
Opening remarks 7:30 PM, Hedrick Theatre
Plenary Address 7:40 PM, Hedrick Theatre
(Kenneth Lohmann: “Orientation and open-ocean navigation
in sea turtles” )
Social (wine/beer/bluegrass)†
Saturday, March 27
8:45-11:00 PM, Crystal Lounge
Registration (both academies) 8:00-10:00 AM, Keppel Lobby
Moderators and Judges meeting
Posters
8:15-8:30 AM, CENV 300 D
8:00-10:00 AM, 3:00–4:30 PM, Crystal Lounge
Exhibits
Refreshments
8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Keppel Lobby
8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Keppel Lobby
Graduate and Professional School Fair
Announcements from Moderators
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, CENV 319
8:35-8:45 AM
Section
Section
Section II: Zoology I
CENV 300 B,C
CENV 224
SSB 305
SSB 205
Break
Oral presentations
Section
Section
10:15-10:30 AM
10:30 AM- Noon
CENV 300 B,C
CENV 224
Section SSB 305
Section SSB 205

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Saturday, March 27 (continued)
Banquet luncheon† 12:15 PM, Crystal Lounge
Banquet speaker (David Carroll: “Nanotechnology: realizing the promise” )
Annual meeting photograph 1:50 PM, front of Keppel Auditorium
Announcements from Moderators 2:05-2:15 PM
Section CENV 300 B,C
Section X: Environmental Sciences CENV 224
Section XI: Mathematics/Computer Science/Physics SSB 305
Section SSB 205
Section 107
Meetings to elect Section Chairs 4:00-4:30 PM, locations TBA
Social 4:30-5:00 PM, Brady Courtyard
CANCAS awards ceremony 5:00-5:30 PM, Hedrick Theatre
CANCAS Business Meeting 5:30-6:30 PM, CENV 300 B,C
NCAS Business Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
5:30-6:30 PM, Hedrick Theatre
6:30-7:00 PM, CENV 312
Sunday, March 28
Early-Bird Walk through the Catawba College Ecological Preserve
6:45-9:45 AM (meet in CENV Lobby)
Green Building Design Lecture and Tour
10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON (meet in CENV Lobby)
Visit to North Carolina’s Largest WILD Education Site
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (meet in CENV Lobby)
† tickets required
* denotes Collegiate Academy member eligible for Derieux Award
CENV = Center for the Environment, SSB = Shuford Science Building

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Friday, March 26 / 6:00 – 11:00 PM
Saturday, March 27 / 8:00 – 10:00 AM, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
BEHAVORIAL SCIENCES
Crystal Lounge
ATTEA, M.F.*, A.O. LOPEZ* and S. BROWNLOW. Catawba College.
Techniques of self-enhancement manifested in the name-letter effect.
VALENTINE, S.E.*, A.M. OWUSO* and S. BROWNLOW. Catawba College.
Can self-efficacy for mental rotation nullify stereotype threat in women athletes?
BOTANY
JONES, D.*, J.S. COKER and E. DAVIES. North Carolina State Univ.
Analysis of V-ATPase c-subunit transcript accumulation after flame wounding.
STUCKY, J.M. and A. KRINGS. North Carolina State Univ. Vulpia – a new online journal of botany of interest to teachers.
CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
AUGUSTINO, K.L., J.L. SCEMAMA and C.A. SINGHAS. East Carolina
Univ. Characterization of hoxa1 a during early embryonic development of the striped bass, Morone saxatilis.
GAVRILOVA, N.* and R. BUKOSKI. North Carolina Central Univ.
Identifying nerve fibers in kidneys using laser-confocal microscopy.
NEUMAN, R.B.* and K. BERND. Davidson College. Identifying receptors that mediate GCP-170/Golgi localization.
RICHMOND, A.T., J. ATWOOD, J. BREAM, C.H. MJAATVEDT, S.
HOFFMAN and A.A. CAPEHART. East Carolina Univ. Effect of versican
(cspg-2) on migration of nerve and muscle cells in vitro.
SNOW, H.E., L.M. RICCIO, S. HOFFMAN, C.H. MJAATVEDT, C.A.
SINGHAS and A.A. CAPEHART. East Carolina Univ. Versican expression and patterning of muscle and nerve in the embryonic mouse limb.
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TULL, R., B. SINGHAS, A. CAPEHART, J.L. SCEMAMA and C.A.
SINGHAS. East Carolina Univ. Alterations in the expression of glycoconjugates in selected tissues during early development of the striped bass,
Morone saxatilis .
WILSON, A.R.*, J. NEILL, E. STEVENS, and K.K. BERND. Davidson
College. Analysis of purine derivatives for antimicrobial activity.
CHEMISTRY
BORAK, B.*, M.D. SCHUH and K. BERND. Davidson College. Kinetics of horseradish peroxidase catalyzed reaction of p -cresol in aqueous solution containing trifluoroethanol.
CHEUY, D.M.* and F.A. CARROL. Davidson College. An LSER correlation of the aqueous solubility of organic compounds with empirical molecular solute parameters.
CLEMENT, M.E.* and D.N. JUDGE. Gardner-Webb Univ. Hot! Hot! Hot!
Determination of Scoville heat values using selected hot sauces by HPLC.
PINKSTON, D.S.* and C.A. MIDERSKI. Catawba College. Analysis of damage to gold alloys from exposure to bleach.
ECOLOGY
AMORE. A.M.*, M. HARRY, W. WOOD and P.A. PERONI. Davidson
College. Effects of seed age and gibberellic acid on germination in white campion ( Silene latifolia ).
BEAMER, D.A. and J.G. HALL. East Carolina Univ. A novel method for sampling herptofauna-portable drift fences.
BUDISCHAK, S.A.*, J.G. RIPPERTON and P.A. PERONI. Davidson College.
Effects of seed age on germination and growth in white campion ( Silene latifolia ).
BURKHART, J.Q.* and C.J. PARADISE. Davidson College. Bottom-up effects on processing chains in treehole communities.
CHECK, M.S.*, S.R. HATFIELD* and M.T. STANBACK. Davidson College.
Nest depredation in suburbia: effects on bluebirds, effects of predator guards.
MAHALEY, S.E.* Catawba College. Biogeography of extreme halophilic bacteria in North Carolina.
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RIPPERTON, J.G.*, S. BUDISCHAK and P.A. PERONI. Davidson College.
Effects of burial and location on germination and seedling performance in Silene latifolia .
SPRAGUE, M.O.* and W.K. SMITH. Wake Forest University. Seasonal and daily variation in incident sunlight on single-leaved ramets of Hydrocotyle bonariensis .
THAWLEY, C.J.*, K.N. NEWTON*, M.S. SLINKARD* and P. PERONI.
Davidson College. Effects of species density and composition on acorn predation of Quercus alba and Quercus phellos .
THREATT, N.* and S. MANAHAN. Gardner-Webb Univ. Bacterial counts and heavy metal counts using A.A. in the Broad River.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABU-ATA, N.K.*, S. EDDINS and V. TOTTEN. Gardner-Webb Univ.
Determination of copper and iron in drinking water.
HARTRIDGE, C.* and C.J. PARADISE. Davidson College. Relationship between resource use and environmental studies curricula at southeast US colleges.
MCCLANAHAN, A.M. and J. STILLER. East Carolina Univ. Environmental
PCR targets algal components using new phytoplankton-specific primers.
HEALTH SCIENCES
ROBINSON, K.* and S. MANAHAN. Gardner-Webb Univ. Environmentally induced microbial existence.
SCIENCE EDUCATION
COKER, J.S. and C.G. VANDYKE. North Carolina State Univ. Evaluation of teaching and research experiences undertaken by botany majors at N.C.S.U.
ZOOLOGY
FOWLER, A.J.* and E.F. MENHINICK. UNC-Charlotte. A comparison of the freshwater fish distribution in the different drainages and physiographical provinces of the Carolinas.
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MENHINICK, E.F. UNC-Charlotte. The North American Freshwater Fishes
Polyclave Project.
VANDEN HERIK, L.N.* and E.F. MENHINICK. UNC-Charlotte. A comparison of the distribution of fishes in states west of the Mississippi.
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ECOLOGY I
CENTER for ENV 300 B,C
8:45 DORNBLAZER, E.L.* and E.P. LACEY. UNC-Greensboro. Effects of temperature on pollen tube growth in Plantago lanceolata.
9:00 LANDRY, N.* North Carolina Wesleyan College. The effects of competition and predation in tadpoles.
9:15 WELLS, T.* North Carolina Wesleyan College. How male fish pigment affects female’s mate choice in Betta splendens.
9:30 TRICE, J. III.* North Carolina Central Univ. The role of severe storms on telotroch formation and dispersal in peritrich ciliates.
9:45 MORA, D.A.* Catawba College. Floristic survey and comparison of maintenance treatments on rights-of-way in Iredell County, North
Carolina.
10:00 LLEWELLYN, J.B. Brevard College. Late afternoon counts of bird species, Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, Asheville, NC.
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ZOOLOGY I
CENTER for ENV 224
8:45 FOWLER, A.J.* and E.F. MENHINICK. UNC-Charlotte. A comparison of the freshwater fish distribution in the different drainages and physiographical provinces of the Carolinas.
9:00 VANDEN HERIK, L.N.* and E.F. MENHINICK. UNC-Charlotte. A comparison of the distribution of fishes in states west of the
Mississippi.
9:15 HOSKINS, M.S.* Meredith College. Ovipositioning habits of Aedes albopictus and egg viability under differing conditions.
9.30
LONG, S.P.* Catawba College. Determination of activating threshold temperature in big brown bats ( Eptesicus fuscus ) during hibernation.
9:45 LEAVITT, S.E.*, R.A. ECKSTEIN and V.P. COLLINS. Warren
Wilson College. The effect of handling on the growth of piglets on the
Warren Wilson College farm.
10:00 MURIEL, J.* and A. BRASWELL. North Carolina Central Univ.
Investigations of a possible salamander species.
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 305
8:45 ALFORS, S.M.* Lenoir-Rhyne College. Correlating transformation efficiency with optimal heat shock time in Escherichia coli T7 transformed with pFluoroGreen.
9:00 BEANE, K.* and J. WOLF. Peace College. Examination of nitrite reductase from Ochrobactrum anthropi 49187 by nondenaturing
PAGE.
9:15 JOHNSON, E.R.* and T.K. RIFE. Lenoir-Rhyne College and James
Madison University. The role of nerve growth factor and forskolin in the regulation of nitric oxide synthase I transcription.
9:30 NEWTON, S.* Catawba College. The effects of antioxidants on the activity of superoxide dismutase in Escherichia coli.
9:45 MOON, S.* and J. WOLF. Peace College. SDS-PAGE analysis of a growth inhibitor from Bacillus cereus GS1.
10:00 SIGMON, R.C.* Lenior-Rhyne College. Evaluation of tetracycline sensitivity on clinical bacterial isolates from acne patients.
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CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY I
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 205
8:45 CHOI, D.H.* and M.A. CAMPBELL. Davidson College. Assessing the use of unmodified 40-mer nucleotides in barcode microarray technology.
9:00 HELLER, M.* and J. HOLMES. Warren Wilson College. Chemotaxis in the true slime mold, Physarum polycephalum.
9:15 MCCORD, R.P.*, K.K. BERND and J.N. YUKICH. Davidson
College. Using optical tweezers to measure the force exerted by original and regenerated flagella of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
9:30 HANKS, A.J.* and D.A. FANTZ. Wake Forest University.
Identification of the mks-1 tumor suppressor gene in Caenorhabditis elegans.
9:45 THOMASON, R.T.*, S.M. BOSSIE and B. LOM. Davidson College.
Xenopus laevis retinal neurite extension rate in vitro is unaffected by culture duration.
10:00 GOULD, R.* and B. LOM. Davidson College. Xenopus laevis retinal ganglion cell axon extension and targeting is independent of epidermal growth factor receptor and platelet derived growth factor receptor activity.
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ECOLOGY II
CENTER for ENV 300 B,C
10:30 PENLAND, S.R.* Lenoir-Rhyne College. Do differences in muscle mechanics have survival implications for pen-raised bobwhite quail
( Colinus virginianus ).
10:45 DEAL, I.K.* and B.K. SANDERCOCK. Lenoir-Rhyne College and
Kansas State University. Life history and mark-recapture analysis of the regal fritillary ( Speyeria idalia Drury) at Konza Prairie, KS.
11:00 WILHELM, A.J.* Catawba College. Dominance relationships in
Carolina chickadees ( Poecile carolinensis ): Does size matter?
11:15 BURMAN, D.L.* Catawba College. Optimal foraging in eastern garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis , based on prey size and patch selection.
11:30 HARLAN, N.P.* and C.J. PARADISE. Davidson College. Effects of abiotic factors on insects and microbes in artificial treeholes.
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ZOOLOGY II
CENTER for ENV 224
10:30 WEBSTER, W.D. and K.M. ROMAN. UNC-Wilmington. Piping
Plover utilization of the Mason Inlet area before, during, and after the relocation project.
10:45 ROMAN, K.M. and W.D. WEBSTER. UNC-Wilmington. Colonial waterbird and shorebird nesting in the Mason Inlet area before, during, and after the relocation project.
11:00 DIMOCK, R.V., Jr. and D.C. ALDRIDGE. Wake Forest University and Cambridge University. Role reversal in a mussel-fish symbiosis: the European bitterling.
11:15 MENHINICK. E.F. UNC-Charlotte. The North American Freshwater
Fishes Polyclave Project.
11:30 ROGERS-LOWERY, C.L. and R.V. DIMOCK, Jr. Wake Forest
University. Encapsulation of glochidia larvae of freshwater mussels attached to fish.
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CHEMISTRY
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 305
10:30 JEFFERS, W.G.* and V.P. COLLINS. Warren Wilson College. The effects of poultry husbandry on carotenoid levels in egg yolks.
10:45 BINGHAM, A.C.* and D.C. KAHL. Warren Wilson College.
Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oak-aged liquors.
11:00 KLOSTERMAN, N.M.* and D.C. KAHL. Warren Wilson College.
Effective production of biodiesel fuel.
11:15 KELLER, E.* Catawba College. Analysis of alcohol content, yeast cell count, and flavor compounds in home-brewed beer.
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CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY II
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 205
10:30 SHARMA, K.C.* and K.S. KATULA. UNC-Greensboro. Effects of reduced folate levels on gene expression in two different human cell lines.
10:45 SAUNDERS, C.J.* and J. BISBEE. Lenoir-Rhyne College. The teratogenic effect of alcohol on the neurological development of Mus musculus.
11:00 LOOMER, M.R., L.M. BIANCHI, C.H. MJAATVEDT and A.A.
CAPEHART. East Carolina Univ. Versican immunodetection in the developing murine inner ear.
11:15 DISSANAYAKE, B.S.*, M.D. HENS and K.S. KATULA. UNC-
Greensboro. Effects of altered folate metabolism on Xenopus development.
11:30 WOOD, W.* and B. LOM. Davidson College. The neurofilament antibody 3A10 effectively labels Xenopus RGC axons in vitro and in situ .
11:45 TYNDALL, S.*, I.R. WILLOUGHBY and B. LOM. Davidson
College. Comparing retrograde labeling methods to visualize retinal ganglion cell dendritic arbors in vivo .
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ECOLOGY III
CENTER for ENV 300 B,C
2:15 BALSER, L.M., P.A. RUBLEE and V.C. HENRICH. UNC-
Greensboro. Construction of gene libraries for the assessment of aquatic communities – how many clones are enough?
2:30 LESLIE, M.L. and W.D. WEBSTER. UNC-Wilmington. When do female eastern red bats ( Lasiurus borealis ) attain sexual maturity?
2:45 SCHWARTZ, F.J. UNC-Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences.
Seasonality, sizes, and ecology of clearnose skates, Raja eglanteria , captured off Shackleford Banks, North Carolina 1975-2003.
S.
1
, R. LEBLOND
2
, J. STUCKY
2,
, and T.
WENTWORTH
1
.
1
North Carolina State Univ. and
2
North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program. Wells Savannah, a recently conserved unique site with affinities to the former Big Savannah.
3:15 FLEMING, M.M. and J.M. STUCKY. North Carolina State Univ.
Intensity and importance of plant competition on survival and growth of Solidago verna , spring-flowering goldenrod, on different Coastal
Plain soils.
3:30 KINGSTON, M.B. and J.S. GOUGH. Elon Univ. Phototactic behavior of benthic microalgae on Oregon Beaches: A preliminary report.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CENTER for ENV 224
2:15 YANTIS, K.S.* Catawba College. Bird strikes on windows at
Catawba College: Who, When, Where and Why?
2:30 MCDONOUGH, P.* and D. BURNSIDE. Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Environmental considerations in the growth of mold.
2:45 ROBISON, D.L.* and M.V. BRENNER. Warren Wilson College. The effects of agriculture on the water quality of Bull Creek, North
Carolina.
3:00 HALLIGAN, A.* Warren Wilson College. Road mortality on the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
3:15 SMITH, J.* UNC-Charlotte. The effect of rainstorm events on total coliform counts in stream water and sediment.
3:30 MARSHALL, M.M., P.A. RUBLEE and V.C. HENRICH. UNC-
Greensboro. Using 18S rDNA as a molecular marker to investigate microbial diversity across spatial and temporal scales.
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MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHYSICS
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 305
2:15 SHOAF, J.M. North Carolina Central Univ. Three interior point methods for linear programming.
2:30 OLAGUNJU, A.O. St. Cloud State Univ. Effective methods for proving computer science theorems.
2:45 OLAGUNJU, A.O. St. Cloud State Univ. An efficient topological sorting algorithm and applications in relational databases.
S.C.
1
and L. ZHANG
2
.
1
The University of Texas at
Arlington and
2
Elizabeth City State Univ. An electro-optical method of detecting the charges accumulated on the interface between nematic liquid crystal and polymer matrix in PDLC materials.
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CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY III
SHUFORD SCI BLDG 205
2:15 COKER, J.S., D. JONES, K. GRANT and E. DAVIES. North Carolina
State Univ. Identification, accumulation, and functional prediction of tomato transcripts systemically up-regulated after fire damage.
2:30 SMITH, R.H. and D.A. FANTZ. Wake Forest Univ. Utilization of
Caenorhabditis elegans microarrays to identify novel targets of Ras signaling.
2:45 WILLIAMS, D.R., A.R. PRESAR, A.T. RICHMOND, C.H.
MJAATREDT, S. HOFFMAN and A.A. CAPEHART. East Carolina
Univ. Implications of a disrupted CSPG2 gene on murine limb chondrogenesis.
3:00 PENDSE, J.P. and B.L. BLACK. North Carolina State Univ.
Comparison of thyroid hormone effects on glucose transport in developing chicken and turkey intestine.
3:15 CARIVEAU, M.J., C.J. KOVACS and G.W. KALMUS. East Carolina
Univ. Correlations between radiation induced double strand breaks,
γ
-
H2AX expression, and cyclin dependent signaling in the NIH3T3 fibroblast cell line.
3:30 MOORE, S.A., G.W. KALMUS and A.J. COMBEST. East Carolina
Univ. Determination of optimal extract concentrations of Cassia occidentalis on MC/A mast cell activity.
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2:30 ROBERTSON, A.E.* and K. KANOY. Peace College. Predicting leadership among college women through role identity development, global self-worth, self-esteem, and androgyny.
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3:30 SWAB, J.C. Meredith College. Bringing botany to the masses. Can we do it? How will we know?