Browsing Scientia Discipulorum vol. 4 (2009) by Issue Date
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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 ... -
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 ...
