The Grizzly, November 19, 1991

Founders\u27 Day Excitement • Grizzly Network Career Day • Women\u27s Choices • Volksmarching • Louisiana Election • Service Opportunities for Students • The European Situation • Jonas Salk Addresses Founders Day Convocation • Dr. Takats Awarded the Clamer Chair • Wellness Services Proposal • U.S.G.A. Minutes • Ursinus Continues Helping Habitat • Turkey Drive Needs You • Zack: The Man, The Myth, The Statue • Hocus Pocus a Success • Ursinus Students in Community Production of Gypsy • Movie Review: Hamlet • Battle of the Bands • Rollins Rocks Lower Lounge • Branker Tours to St. Petersburg • CAB Trip to New York • Writing in Good Taste • Magic: One Trick Too Many • Letters: Faculty Members Speak Out; GALA Replies to Letter; Call for Diversity; Publishing the Truth?; Student Reaction to Ronning; Response to Black Hole ; Students React to Social Life • No More Crap! • Filling in the Black Hole • One Professor\u27s Awakening • Lady Bears End Season • Men\u27s Lacrosse Awaits Chance • Women Swimmers Wash Out Washington • Spinella Takes Over as Head Coach of Basketball Team • Dickinson Defeats the Bearshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1284/thumbnail.jp

Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature

Medical Research Council (MRC) Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (MR/L004933/1– B2).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Recreational Ponds in South Carolina

Many factors influence the functionality and health of recreational ponds including water source, size, depth, structure(s), sediment accumulation, and water quality. Without maintenance, over time, ponds tend to fill with sediment, develop higher nutrient levels, and support increased aquatic plant growth. Wildlife, such as beavers and feral hogs, can cause damage or degradation of ponds and related structures. Ponds and dams should be routinely monitored to address potential issues as they arise

Adhesives for Achieving Durable Bonds with Acetylated Wood

Acetylation of wood imparts moisture durability, decay resistance, and dimensional stability to wood; however, making durable adhesive bonds with acetylated wood can be more difficult than with unmodified wood. The usual explanation is that the acetylated surface has fewer hydroxyl groups, resulting in a harder-to-wet surface and in fewer hydrogen bonds between wood and adhesive. This concept was evaluated using four different adhesives (resorcinol–formaldehyde, emulsion polymer isocyanate, epoxy, and melamine–formaldehyde) with unmodified wood, acetylated wood, and acetylated wood that had been planed. Strikingly, acetylation did not hinder adhesive bonds with a waterborne resorcinol–formaldehyde adhesive that bonded equally well to both unmodified and acetylated yellow poplar. An epoxy adhesive bonded better to the acetylated wood than to the unmodified wood, in contrast to an emulsion polymer isocyanate, which gave less durable bonds to acetylated than to unmodified wood. Planing of the acetylated wood surface prior to bonding reduced bond durability for the epoxy adhesive and increased the amount of surface hydroxyl groups, as measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis of the trifluoroacetic anhydride-treated wood. These experiments showed that wood modification is useful in understanding wood-adhesive interactions, in addition to determining how to develop adhesives for acetylated woods

Mediation, mentoring and peer support to reduce youth violence: a systematic review.

While it is clear that youth violence poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of the young people in the UK, and the population as a whole, it is unclear what strategies are effective in reducing violent crime among young people. Some initiatives have followed a 'public health approach' which attempt to address societal and attitudinal aspects and generally implies prevention of disease in the population. Many public health interventions are introduced 'upstream' of the onset of disease, and as such many are delivered by non-medical professionals. Public health interventions for youth violence prevention include early interventions with at-risk youth, for example - contact and interaction with an influential peer or positive role model that might affect a change in attitudes and behaviours towards violence. This individual might be a 'peer' (of similar age and/or background), a 'mentor' (someone with more experience, skills and abilities), or a 'peer mediator' who intervenes between youth to prevent retaliation. This review aimed to provide a comprehensive account of the range of violence prevention programmes for young people (aged up to 25 years) who have either been involved in, or are identified as being at high-risk of violence, and that included contact and interaction with a 'peer mediator', a 'mentor', or an influential 'peer' (peer support)

WILDLIFE AS NATURAL ENEMIES OF CROP PESTS

One asset of wildlife to landowners is the potential but understudied role of birds and other species as endemic natural enemies of crop pests. Enhancing such natural enemies as part of sustainable agricultural systems offers promise for maintaining agricultural competitiveness while providing wildlife habitat in intensively farmed areas. The University of Nebraska has established an agroforestry research team to address interdisciplinary questions and outreach associated with this topic. Included are studies of bird, mammal, and insect use of woody and herbaceous corridors and adjacent cropfields in east-central Nebraska. Uncultivated areas needed to sustain natural enemies of crop pests also provide other benefits. Properly planned windbreak edges, for example, can enhance stewardship of soil and water by preventing erosion, conserving moisture, and increasing dryland crop yields. Management practices that enhance endemic natural enemies of crop pests and provide other benefits can better ensure long-term continuation of agriculture and living wild resources, an opportunity for extension education and future research

Ponds in South Carolina

Four types of ponds are common in South Carolina, these include: aquaculture, irrigation, recreational, and stormwater ponds. Pond type influences the practices used to manage both water quality and aquatic biodiversity. This article provides introductory information to farmers, producers, landowners, municipalities, and pond managers related to pond type, design, regulations, and pond health