Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Collected in Grand Traverse and Adjacent Counties, Michigan

Thirty-two (32) species of hawkmoths (Sphingidae) are reported from Grand Traverse and adjacent counties, Michigan, based on collecting carried out in 1979-1997 and an inventory of museum records

Northerly-Outlying Records of Two Species of Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Michigan

(Excerpt) The Grand Traverse Region of Lower Michigan is of special interest zoo- geographically in that it includes the northernmost known localities for various species of organisms characteristic of the Carolinian Biotic Province (Douglass 1977, 1983; McCann 1979)

Dynamical simplices and Fra\"iss\'e theory

We simplify a criterion (due to Ibarluc\'ia and the author) which characterizes dynamical simplices, that is, sets $K$ of probability measures on a Cantor space $X$ for which there exists a minimal homeomorphism of $X$ whose set of invariant measures coincides with $K$. We then point out that this criterion is related to Fra\"iss\'e theory, and use that connection to provide a new proof of Downarowicz' theorem stating that any Choquet simplex is affinely homeomorphic to a dynamical simplex. The construction enables us to prove that there exist minimal homeomorphisms of a Cantor space which are speedup equivalent but not orbit equivalent, answering a question of D. Ash

Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Collected in Grand Traverse and Adjacent Counties, Michigan

Thirty-two (32) species of hawkmoths (Sphingidae) are reported from Grand Traverse and adjacent counties, Michigan, based on collecting carried out in 1979-1997 and an inventory of museum records

Dynamics of gas bubbles in an oscillating pressure field Quarterly report, Jul. - Sep. 1965

Mechanism of bubble formation and dynamics of bubble behavior in vibrating liquid

Development and characterization of compatible cellulose and cellulose blended with soy protein membranes using a novel solvent system

A new environmentally friendly solvent system has been developed to make cellulose and cellulose blend membranes. Current industrial methods for making cellulose membranes are relatively expensive, use toxic or dangerous solvents, and have environmental concerns regarding hazardous waste production

Atrazine biodegradation potential in a created wetland

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Filial factors of kwashiorkor survival in urban Ghana: Rediscovering the roles of the extended family

This paper discusses the findings of two field studies in urban Accra, Ghana that investigated the social and familial factors that were associated with survival of childhood kwashiorkor, a protein-caloric deficiency form of malnutrition that is endemic in that nation. Data was collected from qualitative interviews with family groups that included teenaged survivors of kwashiorkor, and the adults who were involved in the young person’s childhood rearing, including those who were  responsible for compliance with the Ghana Ministry of Health malnutrition  rehabilitation effort. Extensive interviews were documented in audio and video tape and field notes by a team that included the fields of social work, public health, nursing and sociology. All members of the participating families who were involved in the data collection were offered compensation for their time as well as full protection of privacy through the human subjects informed consent protocol and oversight of the University of Ghana, Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University. The findings included reporting of a consistently critical role of the grandmothers and other senior women in the family units. The senior women either managed the economics and maintenance of the extended household, or took  principal responsibility for sustaining the malnourished children’s participation in rehabilitation efforts. In some cases, the mothers were deceased and two or more senior women in the family carried out roles of parenting as well as familial  economic support and coordination of care for the afflicted child. The findings  suggest that full compliance with rehabilitation efforts for a single mother with multiple children and no extended familial support system would be very difficult and more likely to result in non-compliance and failure of the child to survive.   Suggestions are offered for family oriented, community health education regarding the irony of this form of malnutrition being endemic in communities that do not lack appropriate food. Implications for increased recognition and support for the elderly and senior family members to enhance child survival are discussed within the  context of changing social and epidemiological profiles of urban centers in Ghana and elsewhere among developing nations of sub- Saharan Africa.Keywords: Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition, Rehabilitation compliance, Grandmothers, Endemic malnutritio