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An Age Comparison Study : Using the Maxilla as an Alternative Age Determination Method for Lake Michigan lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush
(Kalamazoo College, 9-1-2014)The understanding of fish population dynamics is essential to conservation efforts and the regulation of fishing individual species. The capture of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum) and the extraction of calcified ... -
A Study of the Biotic and Abiotic Factors of a Line Transect of the Kalamazoo Nature Center
(Kalamazoo College, 1962)The purpose of the study undertaken was to observe the various communities in this area, the residents of each and the characteristic conditions, both biotic and abiotic, under which they survive . From these observations ... -
Indirect Effects of Insect Control
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)In writing this paper I have tried to support the view that there are indirect effects to pest control, and that there is a great deal of evidence to support this statement. Due to the immensity of the world of ... -
A Study of the Causes of Hypertension Including the Involved Control Mechanisms of the Pituitary Gland and the Adrenal Cortex and Medulla
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)Hopefully from this paper the reader will receive an inkling of the factors leading to, the work being done with, and the possible theories regarding hypertension. Presently, no one factor is more significant than other ... -
Dieldrin; The Problem and Recommended Research with a Discussion of Natural Control Methods for Insects
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)This paper will cover firstly, a short history of the Japanese beetle to acquaint the reader with the insect at the base of the problem in Michigan; secondly, a summary of a situation similar to the one in Michigan in ... -
Indirect Effects of Insect Control
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)I have tried to support the view that there are indirect effects to pest control, and that there is a great deal of evidence to support this statement. Due to the immensity of the world of pesticide controls, I have largely ... -
General Considerations of the Secretions of the Neurohypophysis and Related Systems in Invertebrates
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)This paper will concern itself with the neurosecretory substances, their origin and actions. -
A Search for the Precursors of Argyrophilic Cells in Mammalian Gastric Mucosa
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)The purpose of this project was to outline the possible sources of argyrophilic cells in mammalian gastric mucosa. The general outline of the paper follows that of a journal article written in the biological fields. A ... -
The Reticular Formation of the Brain Stem
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)The following discussion attempts to clarify and correlate current research data concerning the brain stem reticular formation. The primary criterion for selection of studies cited in this paper was their pertinence ... -
A Symposium of Neurophysiological and Neurochemical Theories of Schizophrenia, Leading to a Somatic Method for Treatment
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)The purpose of this paper is to present a theory of s schizophrenia which relies on chemical and neuroanatomical evidence in an attempt to define and pinpoint a disease which has, since its naming (dementia praecox) by ... -
Special Help for Special Children
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)This paper will be concerned with the problems in relation to learning of a group of children who are more homogeneous in regard to major area of difficulty than any other group at the school. These ten youngsters make ... -
An Evaluation of the Inhibitory Action of 4-Tertiary-Butyl-Pyrocatechol on Aerobacter Aerogenes, Bacillus Megaterium and Pseudomonas Fluorenscens and a Soil Isolate
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)The topic for this thesis developed from exploratory work undertaken during a six month experimental work period at the Biochemical Research Laboratory, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan. As an assistant to ... -
The Physical, Trophic, and Behavioral Structure of the Fish and Carols of the Coral Reef Community
(Kalamazoo College, 1964)The purpose of this paper is to give a visual picture of the coral reef community. It attempts to show the important members of the community, what they do and how they act. This paper is an ecological study of the coral ... -
Congenital Aphasia: A Description and Discussion
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The Mutual Toxic Effects of Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, and Oxygen When Respired Under High Pressure
(Kalamazoo College, 1964-01)In the past sixty years with the advent of submarines, spaceflights, and new diving apparatus, there has been considerable work on the toxic effects of Carbon Dioxide (C02), Oxygen (02), and Nitrogen (N2), when they are ... -
Basic Research in Benthic Ecology in Hadley Harbor, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, with Special Emphasis on the Order Cumacea
(Kalamazoo College, 1965)The biological spectrum is that arrangement of living material in an order proceeding from the lowest level of organization to the highest level. That biological spectrum might well read 1n the following order; protoplasm, ... -
The Hereditary Factor in the Etiology of Certain Types of Human Cancer
(Kalamazoo College, 1965)With a disease such as cancer, examination of all etiological possibilities especially deliniation of its hereditary extent is necessary to facilitate control of the disease. This paper, however, necessarily is limited to ... -
Regeneration of the Spinal Cord: A New Approach
(Kalamazoo College, 1965)The nervous elements of the peripheral nervous system are basically the same as those of the central nervous system. Hence, this experiment was undertaken to determine whether or not the superimposition of the natural sheath ... -
The Pathogenesis and localization of the Atherosclerotic Plaque
(Kalamazoo College, 1965)Perhaps a combination of the aspects of several theories presented a more accurate and meaningful description of the atherosclerotio condition. This is no doubt the case. However, with present research facilities and ...