BROOD XV. OF CICADA SEPTENDECIM IN OHIO

Distribution and Species of 17-Year Cicadas in Broods V and VIII in Ohio

The distributions of Broods V and VIII of 17-year cicadas, Magicicada spp., were surveyed in Ohio by collecting adults, recording male songs, mapping ovipositional "flagging" records, and using questionnaires. Brood limits in 1965 and 1968 showed signs of receding, primarily away from some large urban centers. Cicada populations of each brood were large and more widespread in southern Ohio. Pop...

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-Monetary policy operates in a different environment than it did a decade ago. Financial market innovations have eroded the distinctions among monetary assets, making the definition of money increasingly arbitrary. Deregulation of interest rates and banking activity is changing the behavior of the monetary aggregates, as banks pay interest on monetary assets and nonbanks offer monetary-like ass...

XV. Geriatrics

Xv. Neurophysiology*

Resting squid nerve membrane actively extrudes Na+ against a large concentration gradient, while another cation, K + , is concentrated passively within the cell by the Donnan equilibrium. During the passage of an impulse, large transient current flows across the membrane; some K + leaves, some Na + enters, but which ions carry the current at which instant, and how it is turned on and off cannot...

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The stock market crash of 1987 sent shock waves through the world's financial markets. Stock exchanges in New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and a host of other cities suffered major declines. In response, credit markets, commodity markets, and foreign exchange markets registered sharp swings. Not since the Great Depression had the world seen such turmoil in financial markets. But, dr...