This paper describes a pilot study designed to examine the effect of “Writing Across the Curriculum” on students’ writing in the Information Systems discipline. Students enrolled in an introductory Computer Information Systems course in a large urban university in the southeastern United States were provided with a set of materials (Grading Rubric, Paper Format, Writer Review, Writing Rules, an...

A male rat showing intermittent circling behayior was discovered among the Jcl:Wistar rats in our laboratories, and among its backcross offspring individuals howing the same behavior were found. The abnormaLities in these animals were characterized by intermittent circling behavior (walking andlor running in circles) and head tossing with the neck twisted. No abnormalities were obseryed in feni...

By H. H. BIn:Iu I. N, Ml)., K. H. KELLY, Ml)., F. L. ( oRDES, BA., N. [4. PETIU K1S, M.i)., II. Kss, MA. .ND E. L. SuIII , 1 3.A. R EPEATED leukod-yte cotnnuts from ear lol)e or flnsgertip blood made ins rapid successioni will fnequnenstiy sisow mam-ked differenuces at times varyinug -more thans 100 per censt. above or below the inuitial value)3 Many aunthorities have attributed these variatid)...

BACKGROUND:Moisture has an essential role at threshing of breeding material corn, as when mois-ture is too low (material dry) shattering corn seed takes place while and becomes inapplicable to use, whereas increased moisture leads underthreshing microtraumas, invisible the na-ked eye, that significantly reduces germination material.
 AIMS:To define dependence kernel strength on moisture, c...

While theoretical models predict a decrease in the cost of capital from depositary receipt offerings, the economic benefits of this liberalization have been difficult to quantify. Using a sample of 126 firms from 32 countries and a size and country matched control sample, we document a statistically and economically significant decline in returns of 42 percent. This decline is driven by the pre...

Abiotic and biotic factors determine success or failure of individual organisms, populations and species. The early life stages are often the most vulnerable to heavy mortality due to environmental conditions. The deer ked (Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus, 1758) is an invasive insect ectoparasite of cervids that spends an important period of the life cycle outside host as immobile pupa. During winter,...

The solution properties of human plasma apolipoprotein C-II (apoC-11) have been studied by analytical ultracentrifugation, circular dichroic spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. ApoC-Il self-associates in solution, even though no rigorous thermodynamic analysis of the mode of self-association could be established. The reversible denaturation of apoC-Il by guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) pr...