J.E. McPherson – A Career of Exemplary Service and Contributions to the Entomological Society of America

(excerpt) Scientific societies are a vital component of the infrastructure that fosters progress in science. They play a vital role in the exchange of information through the publication of scientific journals and by organizing scientific meetings and symposia at which results and ideas are shared and discussed, professional contacts are made, and networks established and maintained. Scientific societies provide a plethora of professional development opportunities for both young and established scientists. They are volunteer organizations comprised of and led by practicing scientists, teachers, and practitioners who provide the vision, leadership, governance, scientific and ethical standards, scientific programming, and educational training opportunities that lie at the core of their mission. Exceptional service to scientific societies is often a hallmark of outstanding scientists and educators. It is therefore no surprise that outstanding service to the Entomological Society of America (ESA) spanning over 30 years is a hallmark of J. E. (Jay) McPherson’s career (Fig. 1)

Waterfowl Harvest and Hunter Use at Carlyle Lake During the 1972 Season

Division of Wildlife Resources Migratory Bird Section, Periodic Report No. 1Report issued on: March 26, 197

Waterfowl Harvest and Hunter Use at Carlyle Lake During the 1973 Season

Division of Wildlife Resources Migratory Bird Section, Periodic Report No. 7Report issued on: April 15, 197

The challenging problem of disease staging in human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): a new approach to a circular question

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, puts millions of people at risk in sub-Saharan Africa and is a neglected parasitic disease that is almost always fatal if untreated or inadequately treated. HAT manifests itself in two stages that are difficult to distinguish clinically. The problem of staging in HAT is extremely important since treatment options, some of which are highly toxic, are directly linked to the disease stage. Several suggested investigations for disease staging have been problematic because of the lack of an existing gold standard with which to compare new clinical staging markers. The somewhat arbitrary current criteria based on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell (WBC) count have been widely used, but the new potential biomarkers are generally compared with these, thereby making the problem somewhat circular in nature. We propose an alternative ‘reverse’ approach to address this problem, conceptualised as using appropriate statistical methods to test the performance of combinations of established laboratory variables as staging biomarkers to correlate with the CSF WBC/trypanosomes and clinical features of HAT. This approach could lead to the use of established laboratory staging markers, potentially leading to a gold standard for staging and clinical follow-up of HAT

Alien Registration- Kennedy, George (Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County)

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Characteristics of Waterfowl Harvest at Horseshoe Lake, Madison County, Illinois

Division of Wildlife Resources Migratory Bird Section, Periodic Report No. 13Report issued on: April 21, 197

The response of coarse and fine coal-mine discards under controlled load triaxial testing

The aim of the project was to investigate the behaviour of coarse and fine colliery discards with respect to liquefaction potential, using controlled load triaxial testing. It was hoped to relate the behaviour in these tests to measured material properties such as strength, shape, chemistry and mineralogy. The investigation of coarse discards contrasted the behaviour of a weak, seatearth-rich discard from Gedling Colliery with that of a strong shale-rich discard from Abernant Colliery. The former showed some liquefaction potential at low confining pressures, while the latter showed no liquefaction potential. A seatearth and a shale from County Durham were used to demonstrate say possible links between these basic materials and the behaviours observed. However, both showed responses similar to the Gedling discard. Investigation of material properties indicated that the strength of material, its stability in water and its facility for pore pressure equalisation were the most important factors influencing response during controlled load testing. The strength and stability of the material are probably related to its organic carbon content. The Abernant discard had a high strength and stability in water and showed good potential for equalisation of pore pressures during testing, in contrast to the other three materials. Tests on mixtures of Abernant discard and the Durham seatearth showed a transition between the behaviours of the end materials for a mixture containing between 20 and 25 per cent seatearth. Tests on fine discard from Peckfield Colliery showed significant differences in behaviour between samples from the lagoon and those fabricated in the laboratory. The former showed strong dilatant behaviour, while the latter showed some potential for liquefaction. This is probably due to differences in soil structure (organisation of particles). Tests on fine discard from Abernant showed a high potential for liquefaction. The most significant difference, possibly affecting liquefaction potential, between this discard and that from Peckfield was the uniformity of grading, the Abernant discard being considerably more uniform. The results for the Abernant fine discard showed no correlation with those for the coarse discard from the same colliery

Alien Registration- Kennedy, George T. (Wade, Aroostook County)

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Establishment of multicolored Asian lady beetle in Eastern North Carolina: Seasonal abundance and crop exploitation within an agricultural landscape

Seasonal abundance and cropexploitation of the multicolored Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)(Coccinellidae: Coleoptera), were identifiedduring its initial establishment in the easternNorth Carolina agroecosystem. Densities ofH. axyridis adults and larvae werecompared with densities of previouslyestablished predaceous coccinellids in wheat,potato, corn and soybean, which are thepredominant crops in this region. One-hundred-fifty whole plant samples werevisually inspected for coccinellid adults andlarvae in each crop on six farms every 7 to 14days. H. axyridis adults colonizedwheat, potato and corn, but reproduced only inwheat and potato. Soybean fields were notcolonized. The presence of H. axyridisin a crop was typically associated with anabundance of aphids, with the exception ofpotato, and no aphids were encountered insoybean. In addition to H. axyridis,four other lady beetle species, Coccinellaseptempunctata L., Coleomegilla maculata(DeGeer), Hippodamia convergens (Guerin)and Cycloneda munda L., were encounteredin the landscape. In wheat, potato and corn,densities of H. axyridis adults averagedthroughout the 1995 and 1996 seasons wereseven, ten and 28 times lower, respectively,than the season average density of the leastabundant species of previously established ladybeetle, whereas these densities averaged 82, 42and 356 times lower, respectively, than theaverage density of the most abundantestablished coccinellid species. H.axyridis is commonly encountered in theeastern North Carolina agricultural landscape,but its impact on the existing coccinellidassemblage cannot yet be determined. Theresults presented provide a baseline againstwhich the results of future studies can becompared to determine if H. axyridis isdisplacing established specie

Using covar to model cross-border connections in financial markets

This paper will examine how the conditional value at risk of the United States financial market can be calculated using exposure to foreign financial markets. Whether import or export partners have more of an effect on a country’s financial markets and the results of how both are strongly significant, yet how exports play a slightly larger role, will be examined. The paper will also examine how the US financial market has become more interconnected over the last 21 years. These calculations have been conducted using the conditional value at risk measure via quantile regressions