Review of \u3ci\u3eLewis and Clark Among the Indians\u3c/i\u3e By James P. Ronda

In his instructions of June 1803 to Meriwether Lewis concerning the conduct of what was to become known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Thomas Jefferson made it quite clear that one of the Expedition\u27s purposes was to pave the way for the development of American commerce with the Indians of the northern Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Pacific Northwest. That was soon to occur but the President could not have anticipated the longer-term economic spin off for the nation\u27s publishing industry. Since the appearance in 1807 of the first printed account of the Expedition more than one hundred books have been published about it. Until the mid-twentieth century these consisted mainly of editions of the journals and popularized accounts, but in recent decades there has been a steady increase in the publication of carefully edited primary materials and well researched thematic studies. James Ronda\u27s book is quite clearly in the latter category and complements thematic books and papers on Captains Lewis and Clark as linguists, naturalists, cartographers, and creators of regional images. Although it draws on essentially the same primary sources, it does not duplicate any of these and therefore merits serious attention

Review of \u3ci\u3e North American Exploration: A Continent Comprehended\u3c/i\u3e Edited by John Logan Allen

A Continent Comprehended is the final volume in a trilogy on North American exploration that began with the publication in 1997 of A New World Disclosed and continued with A Continent Defined. Disclosure, definition, and comprehension announce a conceptual approach appropriate to furthering the retrospective understanding of geographical exploration at the time of the Columbian Quincentenary, the event the volumes were originally planned to commemorate. Historiographers are unlikely to find much evidence of these or other essentially cognitive concepts in the exploration histories that celebrated the Quadcentenary one hundred years before. Yet here they are, more or less overt, but not for the first time. Isolating first appearances in any branch of scholarship is notoriously difficult, but these and related conceptual approaches to exploration were certainly heralded twenty-two years before the trilogy in the editor\u27s first and seminal book, Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest

Microwave Spectroscopy

Contains research objectives and reports on five research projects

Microwave Spectroscopy

Contains reports on three research projects.United States Army Signal Corps (Contract DA36-039-sc-74895

A Method for Evaluating Storm-Damaged Cotton for Extension County Agents and Specialists

Extension county agents and specialists are often asked to provide unbiased crop damage assessments when storms occur. There is generally no published methodology on which to base damage assessments. The objectives of the project described here were to (a) provide an unbiased database to producers and crop insurance representatives and (b) develop an unbiased, in-field method for damage evaluations for cotton. This method proved to be effective in allowing Extension personnel to monitor crop damage over time as a result of the storm. It provided an unbiased database for use by Extension and USDA workers, producers, and crop insurance personnel

Microwave Spectroscopy

Contains reports on five research projects.United States Army Signal Corps (Contract DA36-039-sc-74895

Microwave Spectroscopy

Contains research objectives and reports on four research projects.Contract DA36-039 sc-73014Department of the Arm

Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: Clinical experience with four cases

BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava is a rare tumor that presents in an insidious manner with non-specific symptoms. Given its rarity, there are no consensus guidelines to its management. The aim of this study was to report the clinical experience in the management of patients presenting to our institution during a 12 year period. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four patients with leiomyosarcomas of the inferior vena cava were managed at our institution during the period reviewed. Patient details were identified through a search of the pathology department computerized database, and case notes were retrospectively reviewed to obtain details of presentation and management. RESULTS: There were 3 females and 1 male with a mean age of 59 years. All tumors were identified within 2 months of first symptoms. Three of the 4 had localized tumors whilst 1 patient had lung metastases at presentation. The three patients with resectable tumors underwent radical surgical excision of the tumor, and two patients had postoperative radiotherapy. One patient died of recurrence at 7 months, and another at 30 months. The third patient is currently well and disease free at 16 months. The fourth patient with metastatic disease was treated with chemotherapy alone and survived 36 months. CONCLUSION: Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava is an uncommon tumor that presents with non-specific symptoms. At the time of presentation, tumors are usually large and resection is challenging but probably offers the best opportunity for long-term survival