During pregnancy the sheep conceptus produces various proteins, most notably oIFNr (ovine trophoblast protein-1, oTP-1). Their production is enhanced by various cytokines/growth factors. To study the role of GM-CSF in the ...
Mustela nivalis is an uncommon mustelid in Kansas. Collection records for the state reveal that only 25 specimens have been collected since the first record in 1964. A live specimen obtained from Ottawa County, Kansas was ...
Previous studies designed to investigate odor production and utilization by rat subjects have typically used doub1ealternation schedules of reward versus nonreward (i.e., RRNNRRNN, where R is a reward trial and N is a ...
Many researchers in the area of odor-mediated runway performance have suggested that frustration (as spoken of by Amsel, 1958, 1962) may be the mechanism whereby nonreward odors are produced. The present research was ...
Eighteen male Holtzman rats served as SUbjects. One group of 9 rats (Group CAD) was maintained on a .15 % saccharin solution having 90 ppm cadmium chloride for 80 days. Another group of 9 rats (Group SAC) served as a ...
Traditional animal learning theories have predominantly been based upon research which failed to account for the influence of odor cues exuded by animal subjects. A review of the literature clearly indicated that odor cues ...
From its origins in the fifth and sixth centuries, Arthurian legend has been a source of material for writers from a breadth of times and cultures. Sir Thomas Malory used earlier Arthurian treatments to compose his ...
This thesis is intended for an audience familiar with basic linear algebra. The topic covered is the assignment problem. Chapter I is the introduction to the problem and the assumptions made. Chapter 2 discusses Kuhn's ...
For what seemed to be one of history's shorter interludes, the Christian mission movement to China resurrected itself after World War II. As resurrections go, it did not appear much, for just as quickly, its subject died ...
This study examined the statistical and clinical differences between 40 men and 40 women when administered an oral and a written version of the MMPI-2. The oral version was presented face to face in a one-on-one setting, ...
A study of organic carbon, soil bulk density, and microbial biomass in a native prairie and reseeded old fields was conducted from May 1988 through September 1989. All study cites were located on the Kenoma soil series in ...
This study explored student perception of attachment and institutional multicultural initiative awareness in relation to student demographics. Participants were 150 undergraduate students in one Northeast Kansas public ...