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The Genetic Analysis of High Risk Athletes for the Presence of the DRD4 7 Variable Tandem Repeat
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2016)This study examined the DRD4 tandem repeats within three self-described risk-taking groups ranging in expertise from students in the Expeditionary Studies program to internationally ranked Olympic Bobsledders. Prior studies ... -
Presence, Habitat Use, and Prey Selection of Champlain ValleyOwls, New York
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2016)In this study we examined species-specific owl occupancy and detection, habitat usage and distance to landscape features, as well as food availability of owl species encountered in Clinton County, New York. Through ... -
Fifteen-year Forest Structure Changes in a Sandstone Pavement Barren
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2016)The Altona Flatrock sandstone pavement barren is a rare fire-dependent ecological community geographically located at the narrow overlap of jack pine and pitch pine species ranges. We studied fifteen year post-ice storm ... -
The polymorphic ACE gene and resulting genotypes and allele frequencies within specific groups
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2016)The polymorphic angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene was one of the first genetic elements to demonstrate a significant impact on human performance. Since then, it has been shown to play a role in coronary artery ... -
Timing of Peak Acorn Yield in Northern Red Oaks at Flat Rock Forest in Relation to Small Mammals
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2015)Oak trees can produce pulsed, synchronous and large seed yields; a phenomena coined "masting" . Among the diversity of trees in northeastern forests, mast events from northern red oak (Quercus rubra) have been linked to ... -
Nearshore Fish Community Analysis On Northwestern Lake Champlain
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2013)Community surveys are necessary sources of information needed to properly manage fisheries. These surveys detail important historical data concerning past fish assemblages and the previous status of recreational game fish. ... -
Frequency of missing legs in the cave cricket, Hadenoecus subterraneus
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2013)The cave cricket (Hadenoecus subterraneus) is a keystone species in maintaining biological diversity in cave communities in Mammoth Cave National Park. Crickets must leave the cave to forage on nights when conditions are ... -
An examination of sensory input in anti-predator behavior of the American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2013)Sensing, processing, and responding to environmental cues is a fundamental process, particularly for avifauna. The degree to which signals are effectively responded to, determines an individual's and a species' ability to ... -
A Revised Key to the Zooplankton of Lake Champlain
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2013)This key was developed by undergraduate research students working on a project with NYDEC and the Lake Champlain Monitoring program to develop long-term data sets for Lake Champlain plankton. Funding for development of ... -
An ecological and cultural review of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Dreamtime - present
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)Since the first humans arrived on the continent of Australia, they have been in a symbiotic dance with the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). This member of the flightless ratite family is a testament to evolutionary adaptation ... -
Establishing records for Drosera (sundews) in Clinton County, NY
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)The focus of this study was to establish locality records and collect a herbarium specimen for the genus Drosera (sundew) in Clinton County, NY. Although there are suitable sites for Drosera in Clinton County there were ... -
Perspectives of Psychosomatic Medicine: An Integration of Psychoneuroimmunology and Epigenetics
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)After being subject to Descartes' fallacy for the past few centuries, it has now again been recognized that the mental state has an impact on health and disease, and it is becoming increasingly more evident that DNA alone ... -
A New Parameterization for Ford Circles
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)Lester Ford introduced Ford circles in 1938 in order to geometrically understand the approximation of an irrational number by rational numbers. We shall construct Ford circles by a recursive geometric procedure. The Ford ... -
Methods for Determining New Biovolumes for Copepods and Cladocerans
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)Zooplankton are an important component of the food web in freshwater lake ecosystems. Despite there being an abundance of density data for zooplankton taxa in these lakes, there is very little information that exists about ... -
Group Environments and Visuospatial Attention in Patients with TBI
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)Maintaining the attention and focus of patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a concern of many rehabilitation clinics that work with this population. The novel use of interactive video games to combat the problem ... -
A survey of northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) limestone woodlands at Point au Roche State Park, New York
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2011)Limestone woodlands are an ecological community type identified by the New York Natural Heritage Program. These communities are characterized by shallow soil over limestone bedrock. Two northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) ... -
Assessment of a Forest Stand for Old-Growth Status at Point au Roche State Park, Clinton County, New York
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2009)Potential old-growth stands continue to be located and quantified. Although there is no generally-accepted definition of oldgrowth, there is a set of attributes that describe old-growth forests. The Hemlock-northern hardwood ... -
The Impact of Meditative Practices on Physiology and Neurology: A Review of the Literature
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2009)A general awareness of meditation has grown significantly in the western world within the last fifty years yet with little accurate understanding of the nature of the practice. In addition, the broad diversity of meditative ... -
Iraq, Times Two: A Comprehensive Counterinsurgency Strategy for Afghanistan
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2009)While the United States continues to make military and diplomatic progress in Iraq, the situation in Afghanistan has gotten unquestionably worse over the last three years. Although the diversion of resources from the ... -
Long-term Impact of an Ice Storm and Restoration Cutting in a Rare Pine Barren
(Scientia Discipulorum: SUNY Plattsburgh, 2009)One of the more significant natural disturbances in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada in recent memory was the ice storm of January, 1998. In northern New York, thick accumulations of ice on tree ...
