Scientia Discipulorum vol. 5 (2011)

 

Recent Submissions

  • An ecological and cultural review of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Dreamtime - present 

    Carroll, Rory; Martine, Christopher (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 

    Schelling, Lilly; May, Shane; Martine, Christopher (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 

    Kryza, Maria (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 

    McGonagle, Annmarie (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 

    Binggeli, Casey; Waring, Allison; Mihuc, Timothy (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 

    Freedberg, Michael; Lynch, Joseph; Ryan, Jeanne (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 

    Shearman, Timothy; Adams, Kenneth (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) ...