Overview of Divisional Programs.

OVERVIEW OF DIVISIONAL PROGRAMS

GENERAL SYMPOSIUM
Friday, February 23
Location: Bost Auditorium South

11:45  OBESITY AND THE RESHAPING OF AMERICA
       SPONSORED BY: DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL AND PLANT SCIENCES AND
       DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE AND PLANT SCIENCE
Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom B
Abstracts pp 30-33
8:15   ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN
       MISSISSIPPI
8:30   REOCCURRENCE OF ANGULAR LEAF SPOT OF COTTON IN MISSISSIPPI AND
       EVALUATION OF CURRENTLY GROWN VARIETIES FOR IMMUNITY OR
       RESISTANCE TO THE DISEASE.
8:45   EVALUATION OF DIFLUBENZURON (DIMLIN[R]) TO CONTROL CERCOSPORA
       SOJINA, THE FROGEYE LEAFSPOT PATHOGEN OF SOYBEAN
9:00   IDENTIFYING ISOLATES OF PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI FOR CHALLENGING
       BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM SP.) CULTIVARS TO DEVELOP A GREENHOUSE
       SCREENING TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING RESISTANT BLUEBERRY GERMPLASM
9:15   ESTABLISHMENT OF BLACKBERRIES AND DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF
       RASPBERRY CROWN BORER
9:30   BIOAVAILABILITY OF MERCERY IN SOIL AND WATER AND ITS EFFECTS ON
       PLANT STRUCTURE AND REFLECTANCE
9:45   Break
10:00  ROOT AND FOLIAR RESPONSES OF MARIGOLD TAGETES PATULA, ZINNIA
       ZINNIA ELEGANS AND VINCA CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS GROWN IN 288 PLUG
       TRAYS COATED WITH ZINC CHLORIDE COMPOUNDS.
10:15  MANAGEMENT OF HIGH PHOSPHORUS SOILS IN MISSISSIPPI: FORAGE
       PRODUCTION AND AGGREGATE STABILITY
10:30  PLANT DENSITY EFFECT ON YIELD AND BIOMASS DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC
       EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA L)
10:45  FATE OF FUNGAL SPORE INOCULA APPLIED TO STRAWBERRY LEAVES FOR
       FUNGICIDE SCREENING EXPERIMENTS
11:00  THE EFFECTS OF PLOT SIZE AND MOWING HEIGHT ON PESTICIDE RUNOFF
       FROM MISSISSIPPI PRIDE BERMUDAGRASS (CYNODON DACTYLON [L] PERS. x
       CYNODON TRANSVALENSIS BURTT-DAVY
11:15  GRAZING PREFERENCE FOR BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS INTERSEEDED WITH
       CHICORY

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom B
Abstracts pp 33-39
1:15   PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF NEW RYEGRASS VARIETIES AT ALCORN STATE
       UNIVERSITY: NUTRITIONAL VALUE, DRY MATTER, GROWTH AND MATURITY
1:30   FACILITATING FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS ANALYSIS IN MISSISSIPPI: THE
       AGBASE DATABASE
1:45   INHIBITION OF PPO ACTIVITY WITH ADDITIVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON
       ANTHOCYANINS EXTRACT IN RABBITEYE BLUEBERRY MASH
2:00   SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA RESPONSE TO SUB-MINIMUM
       INHIBITORY CONCENTRATIONS OF ANTIBIOTICS
2:15   EFFECT OF COOKING AND PACKAGING METHODS ON CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY
       AND SHELF-LIFE OF READY-TO-EAT GULF BROWN SHRIMP
2:30   AG ACADEMY: BUILDING AGRICULTURE IN THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN IN
       SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

3:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       POSTHARVEST APPLICATION OF ANTIMICROBIALS IN CATFISH-A REVIEW
       CHARACTERIZATION OF THE AROMA IMPACT COMPOUNDS OF FISH SAUCES BY
         GC-MS BASED ON SPME-OSME-GCO WITH DILUTION METHODS
       SANITATION TREATMENT TO DECREASE MICROBIAL LOAD OF PROCESSING
         BLUEBERRIES
       CADMIUM BIOACCUMULATION IN COLLARD AND INDIAN MUSTARD PLANTS
       RAPID PURIFICATION OF INTERNALIN B FOR DETECTION OF LISTERIA
         MONOCYTOGENES
       BRINE ABSROPTION AND RETENTION IN CATFISH FILLET STRIPS
       EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS JASMONIC ACID APPLICATION ON ASPERGILLUS FLA
         VUS KERNEL INFECTION AND AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION IN TWO MAIZE
         HYBRIDS (ZEA MAYS L.)
       MISSISSIPPI MASTER GARDENER TRAINING CURRICULUM COMPACT DISC: A
         MULTI-DISCIPLINE TWO-YEAR PROJECT
       MONITORING HENNEGUYA ICTALURI INFECTION IN CHANNEL CATFISH, BLUE
         CATFISH AND CHANNEL X BLUE BACKCROSS HYBRIDS USING
         HISTOPATHOLOGY, REAL-TIME PCR AND IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION
       CHELATE-MEDIATED CHANGES IN METAL SOLUBILITY AFFECT UPTAKE AND
         TRANSLOCATION OF CADMIUM BY WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.):
         IMPLICATIONS IN THE PHYTOREMEDIATION OF METAL-CONTAMINATED SOIL
       OPTIMIZATION OF FERMENTATION MEDIUM AND CONDITIONS FOR MYCELIAL
         GROWTH AND WATER-SOLUBLE EXO-POLYSACCHARIDES PRODUCTION BY
         ISARIA FARINOSA B05
       GENETIC RESISTANCE TO SALMONELLA IN CHICKENS: A PROTEOMIC PUZZLE
       DETECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GEOSMIN IN CHANNEL CATFISH TISSUE
         USING SPME/GC/MS
       ENHANCING PHYTOEXTRACTION: THE EFFECTS OF ACIDIFICATION AND
         CHELATING AGENTS ON THE BIOAVAILABILITY, UPTAKE AND
         TRANSLOCATION OF LEAD BY COFFEEWEED (SESBANIA EXALTATA RAF.)
       ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT OF YOGURT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AGAINST
         ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII THROUGH A SIMULATED GASTROINTESTINAL
         SYSTEM
4:00   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING
       LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom B

CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
Location: Bost Auditorium South
Abstracts pp 40-43
8:00   BIOLOGY OF PREIMPLANTATION PORCINE EMBRYOS IN VITRO
8:15   A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY EMBRYONIC RESPONSES OF THE
       GIANT DANIO (DANIO AEQUIPINNATUS) AND ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO) TO
       RETINOIC ACID
8:30   DELETION OF P38AA MAP KINASE IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
       RESULTS IN UP-REGULATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MARKERS DURING
       DIFFERENTIATION
8:45   CHARACTERIZATION OF CANDIDATE TUMOR SUPPRESSORS RIN AND CCK IN
       NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS
9:00   OVEREXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF NEURAL CADHERIN
9:15   Break
9:30   ROLE OF COMPLEX FORMATION OF ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ATI WITH
       INSULIN RECEPTOR BETA-SUBUNIT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSULIN
       RESISTANCE
9:45   MULTIPLE CYSTEINE RESIDUES ARE CRITICAL TO JAK2-MEDIATED
       CATALYSIS
10:00  REGULATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES BY P38 MAP KINASE DURING
       VESSEL FORMATION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE SYSTEM
10:15  CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A COTTON FIBER GENE
       ENCODING A RING-TYPE UBIQUITIN LIGASE
10:30  Break
10:45  CDC20 LINKS NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR TO CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION
       IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
11:00  THE S. CEREVISIAE KIN3 GENE INTERACTS WITH A DNA DAMAGE REPAIR
       GENE
11:15  DNA MICROARRAY BASED TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILE OF MSA MUTANT OF
       S.AUREUS
11:30  MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY-BASED
       PROTEOGENOMIC MAPPING OF CHANNEL CATFISH VIRUS GENOME
11:45  KNOCKING OUT CHAPERONE PROTEIN GENES IN [URE3] STRAINS OF
       SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

Thursday Afternoon
Location: Bost Auditorium South
Abstracts pp 44-46
1:30   RATES OF SPONTANEOUS FORMATION OF THE [URE3] PRION IN CULTURES OF
       SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
1:45   MODELLING OF CD[30.sup.HIGH] LYMPHOMAS USING MAREK S DISEASE IN
       CHICKEN AS A NATURAL ANIMAL MODEL
2:00   DELETION AND EPITOPE-TAGGING OF CELL CYCLE GENES USING UNCLONED
       PCR FUSION PRODUCTS AND HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION IN ASPERGILLUS
       NIDULANS
2:15   MSU'S INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL BIOLOGY: A MISSISSIPPI RESOURCE FOR
       POST GENOMIC BIOLOGY
2:30   A JACKPOT TEST OF THE SPONTANEOUS FORMATION OF THE [URE3] PRION
       IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
2:45   Break
3:00   ROLE OF MSA IN REGULATING BIOFILM FORMATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS
       AUREUS
3:15   SITE SPECIFICITIES OF HENNEGUYA EXILIS IN CHANNEL CATFISH
       (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS)
3:30   EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE MOLD-SPECIFIC M46 GENE IN FIVE STRAINS
       OF THE PATHOGENIC FUNGUS HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM
3:45   THE CO-EXPRESSION OF AMPKA, AMPKB, AND AMPK[GAMMA] FROM
       TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI

Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
Location: Bost Auditorium South
Abstracts pp 46-48
8:30   THE ROLE OF CSOS2 PROTEIN IN THE CARBOXYSOME OF HALOTHIOBACILLUS
       NEAPOLITANUS
8:45   REGULATION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
9:00   SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENSIS OF THE CSOS3 GENE OF HALOTHIOBACILLUS
       NEAPOLITANUS
9:15   FLUORESCENCE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TAT-PTD PEPTIDE
       AND THE LIPID BILAYER
9:30   CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF A SINGLE-CHAIN FV ANTIBODY
       BIOSENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF SELECTED BACTERIA
9:45   CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SHELL PROTEINS OF MICROCOMPARTMENTS
       INVOLVED IN ETHANOLAMINE CATABOLISM IN SALMONELLA ENTERICA
10:00  CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE EUTN GENE PRODUCT FROM SALMONELLA
       ENTERICA
10:15  DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

Friday Afternoon
Location: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 48-63
3:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER STUDIES ON THE INTERACTION
         BETWEEN PAMAM DENDRIMER AND THE LIPID MEMBRANE
       EFFECTS OF VALPROATE AND ALCOHOL ON CADHERIN EXPRESSION
       THE CSOS1 PROTEINS AND ORFA/B: MAJOR AND MINOR COMPONENTS OF THE
         CARBOXYSOME SHELL.
       CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOSPHORYLATED PEPTIDES USING NANOSPRAY
         IONIZATION MASS SPECTROSCOPY
       CONSTRUCTION OF A MINIMAL HETEROLOGOUS URA5-COMPLEMENTING SHUTTLE
         VECTOR FOR USE IN THE DIMORPHIC PATHOGENIC FUNGUS, HISTOPLASMA
         CAPSULATUM
       LIPID SPECIFICITY OF THE BT TOXIN/MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS
       EVALUTION OF ACTIVITY OF CRUDE EXTRACT OF OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM
         LEAVES ON HUMAN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HEPG2) CELLS, IN
         VITRO
       CYP2B1/2 MESSENGER RNA WITHIN THE LIVER
       CYTOTOXICITY STUDIES USING NITOGEN ONIUM SALTS
       OPTIMIZATION OF ORGANIC WASTE BASED MEDIA SUSTAINABLE TO
         BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION
       SEQUENCE AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE AAT1 AND SOX1 GENES FROM
         THE CYSTEINE PATHWAY OF THE DIMORPHIC PATHOGENIC FUNGUS
         HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM
       THE ROLE OF THE SIDE DOOR OF CARBOXYLESTERASES IN THE HYDROLYSIS
         OF ESTERS
       CHRONIC DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE TO ORGANOPHOSPHATES ELEVATES
         DOPAMINE LEVELS AND ALTERS NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE SUBUNIT RNA
         EXPRESSION
       EMBRYONIC GENOME ACTIVATION IN BOVINE
       EFFECTS OF LEAF EXTRACT OF NIGERIAN BASIL, OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM, ON
         THE GROWTH OF HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS (PC-3) IN VITRO
       PHOTOCHEMICAL & REDOX CONTROL OF HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION IN
         CYANOBACTERIA
       KAPPA-OPIOID RECEPTOR (KOR) INVOLVEMENT IN HYPOTHALAMIC
         ACTIVATION OF HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL (HPA) AXIS: ROLE
         FOR BUTORPHANOL?
       ENGINEERING OF A NOVEL INHBITOR OF BIOFILM-ENCAPSULATED PATHOGEN
       RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF AQUAPORINS AND HYDROGEN GAS
         PRODUCTION IN CYANOBACTERIA
       DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY CULTURE OF ENTEROCYTES TO STUDY ADAPTIVE
         REGULATION OF INTESTINAL NUTRIENT ABSORPTION
       EFFECT OF HETEROTROPHY ON OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE HERMATYPIC
         CORAL CAULASTREA ECHINULATA
       ALTERED DOPAMINE LEVELS IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS OF ISOLATED AND
         GROUP REARED NURR1-NULL HETEROZYGOUS MICE FOLLOWING
         ADMINISTRATION OF AMPHETAMINE BY MICRODIALYSIS
       HEPATIC CYTOCHROME P450 ACTIVITY IN A ZEBRAFISH ALCOHOLIC LIVER
         DISEASE MODEL OPTIMIZATION OF GENE EXPRESS PROFILING (GEXP)
         MULTIPLEX QUANTITATIVE PCR TO MEASURE GENE EXPRESSION IN
         MESENCEPHALIC DOPAMINE NEURONS
       MOLECUALR ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION OF INSULIN RECEPTOR BETA-
         SUBUNIT WITH ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR AT2
       INTERACTIONS OF PAMAM DENDRIMERS WITH MODEL LIPID MEMBRANES
       IMMOBILIZATION OF ANTIBODY ON A QUARTZ CRYSTAL FOR DETECTION OF
         PSEUDOMONAS
       CHARACTERIZATION OF OVEREXPRESSION OF KIN3 IN S. CEREVISIAE
       CULTURE MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
         OF PORCINE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS IN VITRO
       IDENTIFICATION AND INITIAL CHARACTERLZATION OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE
         POLYMORPHISMS OF MAIZE GLOSSY 15
       GENERATION OF GENE SPECIFIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO
         ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS AND ALFATOXIN FOR USE IN MARKER ASSISTED
         SELECTION OF HYBRID ZEA MAYS LINES
       EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PREDICTED
         DROSOPHILA GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE
       EFFECT OF MELATONIN ON DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE PREIMPLANTATION
         EMBRYOS IN VITRO
       DEVELOPMENT OF A ZEOCIN RESISTANCE CASSETTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETIC
         RESEARCH IN THE PATHOGENIC FUNGUS HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM
       ELUCIDATION OF THE SULFUR METABOLIC PATHWAY IN THE DIMORPHIC
         PATHOGENIC FUNGUS HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM: ISOLATION AND
         CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CDO1, GSH1 AND GSH2 GENES
       CHARACTERIZATION OF LATE EMBRYONIC B-CELL STAGES IN CHICKEN
       IDENTIFICATION OF DOCKING SITE MUTATIONS ON THE AMINO TERMINUS OF
         NIFM, WHICH ACTS AS A REGULATORY REGION FOR THE PEPTIDYL PROLYL
         CIS/TRANS ISOMERASES ACTIVITY OF NIFM
       EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING FUNCTIONAL ANNOTATION QUALITY IN
         EUKARYOTIC GENOMES
       FOLDING PATHWAY OF THE FE-PROTEIN: EFFECT OF AMINO ACID
         REPLACEMENTS ON NIFM INDEPENDENT FE-PROTEIN CONFORMATION
       ASSEMBLY OF THE LANTIBIOTIC MUTACIN 1140 IN MEMBRANES
       AN ADDITIONAL BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISM FOR PERTUSSIS TOXIN-MEDIATED
         NEURONAL DAMAGE
       QUANTITATIVE SERUM PROTEOMICS OF A TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETED DIET USING
         [.sup.18.O] LABELING AND A RUBISCO INTERNAL STANDARD
       SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF THE CARBOXYSOME CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
         OF HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS
       IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD DECAY FUNGI BY FUNGAL AND BASIDIOMYCETE
         INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER PRIMERS
       BOVINE GERMINAL VESICLE OOCYTE : A SYSTEMS APPROACH
       REGULATION OF DBF4-DEPENDENT KINASE IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
       ERYTHROMYCIN BLOCKS NON-SELECTIVE CATION CHANNELS IN THE AIRWAY
         MUCUS GLAND CELLS
       COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA AND TAMOXIFEN IN MCF-7
         TUMORAL CELLS
       ROLE OF NIFH GLU112 IN BINDING TO NIFK OF NITROGENASE COMPLEX
       CONSTRUING THE ROLES OF ETHYLENE AND JASMONIC ACID IN THE
         EXPRESSION OF THE MAIZE HERBIVORE DEFENSE PROTEIN "C MIR1
         THE ROLE OF DETOXICATION ENZYMES IN THE AGE-RELATED TOXICITY
         DIFFERENCES OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES
       THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS FOR THE EXPRESSION, SECRETION, AND
         UNIPOLAR LOCALIZATION OF ICSA IN SHIGELLA FLEXNERI
       FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A MODC HOMOLOG IN THE AZOTOBACTER
         VINELANDII NIF-GENE CLUSTER
       THE ROLE OF NIF-SPECIFIC CLPX IN AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom A
Abstracts pp 64-66
8:00   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING
8:30   THE SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF NEURAL CADHERIN BETWEEN DOMAIN 1
       AND DOMAIN 2
8:45   PREPERATION OF HOMOCHIRALLY SIMILAR TYROSINE AND SERINE ANALOGS
       FROM A COMMON INTERMEDIATE
9:00   A NOVEL METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE UNNATURAL CYSTEIN ANALOGS
9:15   GRUBBS-TYPE METATHESIS CATALYSTS WITH FUNCTIONALIZED CARBENES FOR
       APPLICATIONS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA
9:30   REVERSIBILE INHIBITION/ACTIVATION OF GRUBBS' CATALYST
9:45   SYNTHESIS OF UNNATURAL ISOLEUCINE ANALOGS FROM A COMMON
       INTERMEDIATES
10:00  Break
10:15  NEW SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TO WATER-SOLUBLE RUTHENIUM-BASED SECOND
       GENERATION OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS
10:30  SPECIFIC DELIVERY OF ANTI-SURVIVIN SIRNA TO KB CELLS BASED ON
       FOLATE RECEPTOR
10:45  DOWN REGULATION OF VEGF AND VEGFR BY RNAI THROUGH CANCER-SPECIFIC
       DELIVERY
11:00  THE EFFECT OF ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION ON DIFFUSION BETWEEN
       MISCIBLE FLUIDS
11:15  THE USE OF SQUARAINE DYES AS MOLECULAR SENSORS
11:30  INVESTIGATION OF CLAY INTERCALATION/EXFOLIATION MECHANISMS IN
       EPOXY RESINS

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom A
Abstracts pp 67-77
1:30   ACYLATION OF 2-PROPENYL-2-OXAZOLINE AND SUBSEQUENT DIELS-ALDER
       REACTIONS
1:45   DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF HYDROXYFLAVONES AND
       HYDROXYCHROMONES TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM FOR
       PROTECTION OF WOOD AGAINST FUNGAL DECAY
2:00   DIELECTROPHORETIC FIELD AND FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE ON RED BLOOD ABO
       CELL TYPES
2:15   SNELL'S LAW OF REFRACTION OBSERVED IN THERMAL FRONTAL
       POLYMERIZATION
2:30   POLYAMMONIUM CRYPTANDS FOR ANION BINDING
2:45   PROS AND CONS OF MICROWAVE OVEN USE IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
3:00   Break
3:15   SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDY ON A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN
       THE POLYMERIZATION OF THE DODECYL ACRYLATE MICROEMULSION
3:30   ELECTROCHEMICAL FORC: A NEW CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY METHOD FOR
       EXAMINING PHASE TRANSITIONS
3:45   THE USE OF LASER LINE DEFLECTION TO DETERMINE THE DIFFUSIVE
       BEHAVIOR OF METHYL METHACRYLATE AND POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) FOR
       ISOTHERMAL FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION MODELS
4:00   EVALUATION OF PYRENE-BASED STATIONARY PHASES FOR METALLIC NITRIDE
       FULLERENE HPLC SEPARATIONS
4:15   THE CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION OF NEW CATIONIC EXO-7-OXA-
       NORBORNENE DERIVA-TIVES USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE GRUBB'S
       CATALYSTS

6:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       Posters May Be Set up Between 4:00p and 4:30p
       SOLUBILITY OF OLEIC ACID OXIDATION PRODUCTS IN SUPERCRITICAL
         CARBON DIOXIDE
       SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME SCHIFF BASE COMPLEXES OF
         VANADIUM(V)-SIGNS OF SOME EXCITING EFFECTIVE INSULIN-LIKE
         PROPERTIES.
       OXIDATIVE STABILITY OF CATFISH AND SOYBEAN BIODIESEL
       MULTILAYER KERATIN FILMS VIA LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE
       THE REACTIONS OF 2-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDROIMIDAZOLES AND
         2-METHYL-1,4,5,6-TETRAHYDROPYRIMI-DINES WITH ACID CHLORIDES
       THE ROLE OF SUPERACIDS IN CATALYTIC CRACKING OF OLEIC ACID
       SYNTHESIS OF NATURALLY OCCURING POLYPHENOLS WITH ANTITUMOR
         POTENTIAL
       INSPIRATION THROUGH CHEMISTRY EDUCATION
       ELECTRIC-ARC PLASMA SYNTHESIS OF METALLIC NITRIDE FULLERENES
       COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS OF POLY-(METHYL METHACRYLATE/N-BUTYL
         ACRYLATE)
       ANION BINDING BY TREN-BASED AMINE LIGAND
       SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONAL IRON OXIDE
         FERROFLUIDS
       ABSENCE OF AUTOACCELERATION IN AROMATIC SULFONYL AZIDES AS FREE-
         RADICAL INITIATORS FOR PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION
       VOMM SYNTHESIS AND WATERBORNE INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
       PERSISTENCE: COMPLETION OF STEM DEGREES AT AN HBCU
       STUDY OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS OF A NIGERIAN EDIBLE PLANT VENONIA
         AMYGDALINA (VA)
       SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOLIC RESIN/OCTA
         (AMINOPHENYL-[T.sub.8]-POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSEQUIOXANE
         (POSS) HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES
       COMPARISON OF [C.sup.13]-NMR CHEMICAL SHIFTS WITH QUANTUM
         CALCULATIONS
       SOLUBILITY INVESTIGATIONS OF (K+, NA+, CS+)-NO3--OH-H20 SYSTEMS
       MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF FREE RADICAL AZIDATION
       PHOTOCHEMICAL CLEAVAGE OF DNA WITH NITROGEN ONIUM SALTS
       INVESTIGATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF COATINGS FORMULATED WITH THE
         REACTIVE DILUENT TETRA(2,7-OCTADIENYL) TITANATE
       DEVELOPMENT OF INHIBITORS OF AGMATINASE: SYNTHESIS OF AGMATINE
         ANALOGUES, PIPERAZINECARBOXAMIDINE
       TREATMENT OF SAWDUST WITH IONIC LIQUID: SEPARATION OF CELLULOSIC
         MATERIAL FROM LIGNIN
       SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PH-RESPONSIVE POLYMER BRUSHES
       INTERCALATIONS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES INTO CLAY MIMICS
       IDENTIFICATION OF PEPTIDES THAT BIND TO ESTROGEN RESPONSE
         ELEMENTS: USING PEPTIDE PHAGE DISPLAY LIBRARY
       PRODUCTION OF RARE-EARTH METALLIC NITRIDE FULLERENES
       MISCIBILITY STUDIES OF SOLUTION BLENDED POLYPHENYLSULFONE AND
         POLYPHENYLENE
       INTERCALATION OF THE SN[I.sub.2], LAYERED PEROVSKITE INORGANIC-
         ORGANIC HYBRIDS
       PREPARATION AND TREATMENT OF HANFORD TANK WASTE SLUDGE
       3D-QSAR ANALYSIS OF FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITION FOR
         ANTIMALARIAL DIAMINOBENZOPHENONES
       PRODUCTION OF GREEN DIESEL THROUGH CATALYTIC CRACKING OF
         PHOSPHOLIPIDS
       SYNTHESIS OF A SELF-ASSEMBLED, NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMER FOR ORGANIC
         PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV) CELLS
       INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION ON
         COMPLEX COACERVATE FORMATION WITHIN A CONCENTRATED REGIME

Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom A
Abstracts pp 77-80
8:00   NANO-ENCAPSULATION OF TRACE METAL IMPURITIES IN BIODIESEL
8:15   A MICROFLUIDIC STUDY OF TRANSIENT INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN
       MISCIBLE AND PARTIALLY MISCIBLE SYSTEMS
8:30   INTERCALATIONS OF LEWIS BASES INTO INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID CLAY
       MIMICS
8:45   POST TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION OF PROLYLCARBOXYPEPTIDASE (PRCP) IN
       CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY (CHO) CELLS
9:00   AN ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF A SCHIFF BASE COMPLEX OF VANADIUM(V)
       AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH CALF THYMUS DNA IN DMSO-A SEARCH FOR
       NEW ANTI-CANCER AGENT
9:15   SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF NEW METALLIC NITRIDE FULLERENES
9:30   STUDIES OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY PREPARED ION-SELECTIVE MEMBRANES
       WITH SECM
9:45   SCALABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFA TECHNIQUE FOR ISOLATING
       METALLIC NITRIDE FULLERENES
10:00  Break
10:15  SYNTHESIS OF INTERCALATIVE DNA CLEAVING REAGENTS
10:30  BINDING STUDIES OF POTENTIAL DNA INTERCALATORS
10:45  KINETIC AND MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF NANO-GOLD-THIOL-ENE COMPOSITE
       FILMS
11:00  MECHANISM OF LIGHT-RESPONSIVE POLYMER-FULLERENE ADHESIVES
11:15  PEEL AND TACK FORCE ANALYSIS OF RUBBER-BASED PRESSURE SENSITIVE
       ADHESIVES

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom A
Abstracts pp 80-82
1:15   STUDY OF DEGRADATION OF ORGNAOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES IN NATURAL W
       ATERS AND TOXICITY OF TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS
1:30   HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN THE DELTA
1:45   SELECTIVE PHOSPHATE ESTER CLEAVAGE IN PHOSPHOLIPIDS
2:00   DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE POLYMERS FROM 1,3-PROPANE DIOL AND
       MALONIC ACID
2:15   Break
2:30   COMPARISON OF STORAGE STABILITY OF CATFISH BIODIESEL WITH AND
       WITHOUT ANTIOXIDANT
2:45   SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIS(2,2'-BIPYRIDYL)RUTHENIUM(II)-
       LOADED MICROCAP-SULES AND THEIR BI0-RELATED APPLICATIONS BASED ON
       ELECTROGENERATED CHEMILUMINESCENT (ECL) DETECTION
3:00   ADVANCES TOWARD BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE CORE-SHELL FERROFLUIDS
3:15   DIVISIONAL AWARDS PRESENTATION

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 8
Abstracts pp 82-84
1:30   AVIAN RESPONSES TO PRESCRIBED FIRE AND SELECTIVE HERBICIDES IN
       INTENSIVELY MANAGED PINE OF MISSISSIPPI
1:45   CYTOTOXICITY AND GENOTOXICITY OF BENZO[A]PYRENE AND ITS ENZYMATIC
       DEGRADATION INTERMEDIATES IN HACAT AND A3 CELLS
2:00   DO ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION EXPLAIN YEAR-TO-YEAR
       INCONSISTENCIES IN BIRD-LANDSCAPE RELATIONS?
2:15   Break
2:30   FERAL HOGS IN MISSISSIPPI: HABITAT SELECTION AND SURVIVAL
2:45   PARASITISM OF SABAL MINOR BY CARYOBRUCHUS GLEDITSIAE IS
       INTRODUCED IN MISSIS-SIPPI.
3:00   THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT LEVELS ON GENDER EXPRESSION IN
       GAMETOPHYTES OF CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII.
3:15   COMPARATIVE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS IN NORTH
       AMERICA: A SPATIAL GRADIENT OF CLIMATE, ACORN PRODUCTION, AND
       DENSITY DEPENDENCE
3:30   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

6:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       Posters May Be Set up Between 4:00p and 4:30p
       CAMPUS LANDSCAPING CAN BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
       SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF SMILISCA BAUDINII

GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY
Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Brunson
Abstracts pp 85-86
9:00   HYDROGEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF A PROPOSED RESERVOIR SITE, SMITH
       COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
9:20   DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR DIRECT RECHARGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI
       RIVER ALLUVIAL AQUIFER USING SOIL CORE ANALYSES, WASHINGTON CO.,
       MS
9:40   NON-POINT SOURCE CONTAMINATION OF WETLAND SEDIMENT, LEFLUER'S
       BLUFF STATE PARK, JACKSON, MS
10:00  THE GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF A PROPOSED IMPOUNDMENT OF THE UPPER
       SAND CREEK, CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
10:20  Break
10:40  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER TERRACE SYSTEM
11:00  PRE-POST KATRINA BACTERIAL POLLUTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND
11:20  POSTER: LOESS CAVES OF VICKSBURG

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Brunson
Abstracts pp 87-88
1:30   HOUSING THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
1:50   THE GEOLOGY OF MISSISSIPPI; A DVD PUBLICATION STATUS REPORT
2:10   THE DEFINING OF CITRONELLE SURFACES IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE
       SURFACE EXPRESSION OF RUTH SALT DOME
2:30   GRAVEL PETROLOGY OF THE PRE-LOESS TERRACE DEPOSITS
3:10   LATE CRETACEOUS ECHINODERMS IN THE CENTRAL GULF STATES: AN UPDATE
3:30   EARLY CENOMANIAN PALEOCLIMATOLOGY AND PEDOGENIC PROCESSES IN THE
       NORTH AMERICAN WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN
3:50   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

HEALTH SCIENCES
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 89-97
Session I: Oncology Research
8:00   Opening Remarks
8:15   PHENOXAZINES INHIBIT AKT AND INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN CANCER CELLS
8:30   COMPARISON OF POTENTIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS, 5-FLUORURACIL,
       GREEN TEA, AND THYMOQUINONE ON COLON CANCER CELLS
8:45   POTENTIAL EFFECT OF A-ESTRADIOL IN HUMAN JURKAT T-CELLS
9:00   COMPARISON OF GENE EXPRESSION IN MALIGNANT GASTRIC AND
       ENDOMETRIAL TUMORS
9:15   PHARMACOPHORE MODEL FOR ANTIMALARIAL FARNESYLTRANSFERASE
       INHIBITION
9:30   Break

9:45   Session II: Posters
       THE EFFECTS OF H202 ON CELL VIABILITY, CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY AND
         CELLULAR MEMBRANE DAMAGE USING TYPE II PNEUMOCYTES
       THE EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF IGF-1 ON KIDNEY AND
         TESTICULAR TISSUES USING ADULT MALE RATS AS A MODEL
       PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION WITH PNEUMOLYSIN ANTISERUM AS TREATMENT FOR
         STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE KERATITIS
       INFLUENCE OF TERMINALIA CHEBULA ON PHARMACODYNAMIC AND
         PHARMOCOKINETICS OF GLICLAZIDE IN NORMAL AND DIABETIC RATS
       SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIORGANOTIN(IV) COMPLEX OF
         2-ACETYLPYRAZINE N(4) -3-THIOSEMICARBAZONE
       SURVIVAL RESPONSES OF A549 AND MRC-5 CELLS TO D-GLUCOSE AND
         D-FRUCTOSE DIPHOSPHATE EXPOSURE
       AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN DETOXICATION AND ACUTE TOXICITY LEVELS
         OF THREE ORGANOPHOSPHATE COMPOUNDS IN RATS
       SEX DIFFERENCES IN ANGIOTENSIN-II INDUCED HYPERTENSION
       INFLUENCE OF GENDER, ETHNIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON
         PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY
       THE OZONE LAYER--EARTH'S NATURAL SUNSCREEN
       THE EFFECTS OF CORTISOL ADMINISTRATION ON PHOSPHOLIPID PROFILES,
         CELLULAR VIABILITY, AND CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY USING TYPE II
         PNEUMOCYTES
       THE ROLE OF CAV 1.3 IN MECHANOTRANSDUCTION
       INDUCTION OF VESTIBULAR DAMAGE IN THE RATS VIA INTRA-TYMPANIC OR
         TRANS-BULLAR
       APPLICATIONS OF AMINOGLYCOSIDES
       IMPACT OF ALF-1 AND IL-18 GENE POLYMORPHISMS ON REJECTION
         EPISODES AND CORONARY VASCULOPATHY AFTER CARDIAC
         TRANSPLANTATION
       INTERFERON-B ANTI-VIRAL THERAPY INDUCED TYPE II DIABETES
       NEUTRALIZATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PNEUMOLYSIN BY
         ANTI-PNEUMOLYSIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G
       CHARACTERIZATION OF PEDIATRIC PNEUMOCOCCAL OTITIS MEDIA ISOLATES
       IDENTIFICATION OF RRP2-CONTROLLED MAMMALIAN INFECTION ASSOCIATED
         PROTEINS IN BORREL-IA BURGDORFERI
       EFFECTS OF CHLORPYRIFOS AND METHYL PARATHION ON CHOLINESTERASE
         AND MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR IN YOUNG RAT BRAINS
       SURVIVAL RESPONSES OF A549 AND MRC-5 CELLS TO SODIUM ASCORBATE
         AND SODIUM BICARBONATE EXPOSURE
       THE ROLE OF VISUAL CUES IN THE LINEAR ACCELERATION-INDUCED BLOOD
         PRESSURE CHANGES IN RATS
       CHRONIC BLOCKADE OF VEGFR-2 REVEALS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK REGULATION
         OF VEGF IN EXERCISING MUSCLES OF MICE

Session III: Nursing Education
11:15  Introduction
11:30  GENERATIONAL AGE DIFFERENCES IMPACT THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM
11:45  PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS AND ATTRITION RATES IN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE
       NURSING PROGRAM IN MISSISSIPPI

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 97-99
Session IV: Drug Delivery Symposium
1:15   EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE,
       THYMOQUINONE, AND TANNIC ACID ON LNCAP CELLS
1:45   THE EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED ADMINISTRATION OF GROWTH FACTORS ON
       TRAUMATIZED DISC USING THE ADULT MALE RAT AS A MODEL
2:15   COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF CORTISOL ON KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIAL CELL
       USING CELL CULTURE AND ANIMAL STUDIES
2:45   Break

Session V: Health Research
3:00   BLOOD PRESSURE IS NOT SALT SENSITIVE IN OBESE DOGS
3:15   TB DIAGNOSTIC USING EPITOPE PEPTIDE COUPLED WITH SPACER
       TECHNOLOGY IN AN ENHANCED ELISPAC DETECTON SYSTEM
3:30   THE EFFECT OF ELLAGIC ACID ADMINISTERED INTRAPERITONEALLY AND
       ORALLY IN TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI INFECTED RATS
3:45   OZONE DEPLETION AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECTS

Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 100-101
8:30   HEALTH FAIR
10:30  Poster Session
       TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT INTERACTION OF
         CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN CALBINDIN D28K WITH ATAXIN-1
       METABOLIC EFFECTS OF FRUCTOSE 1,6-BISPHOSPHATE IN NORMOXIC AND
         HYPOXIC STATES OF MG63 OSTEOSARCOMA CELLS
       ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE MEDWATCH AND ADDEERS FORMS OF CLINICAL
         RESEARCH TRIALS AND ADVERSE EVENT OUTCOMES OF STUDY DRUGS AND
         DETERMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP TO STUDY DRUG
       COMPARISON OF TWO DIFFERENT FIXATION TECHNIQUES FOR A SEGMENTAL
         DEFECT IN A RAT FEMUR MODEL
       EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPING A NOVEL BANDAGE ADHESIVE
         THAT DEGENERATES UNDER WHITE LIGHT

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 101-109
1:15   Poster Session
       HISTOPATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE HEART
         TISSUE FOLLOWING SUSTAINED RELEASE OF SUPRAPHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS
         OF CORTICOSTEROID
       IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF EFFECTIVE EARLY LITERACY
         PRACTICES FOR DEAF CHILDREN
       ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN ADOLESCENTS EITH TYPE II DIABETES AT RISK
         FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD)
       EXAMINING TRAUMA-INDUCED CLINICAL COMPLICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF
         SOCIAL AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
       THE EFFECTS OF SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFTING MATERIALS ON THE VIABILITY
         AND MORPHOLOGY OF MG-63 OSTEOBLAST LIKE CELLS
       MONITORING FLEA CONTROL INSECTICIDE (CHLORPYRIFOS,
         TETRACHLORVINPHOS, AND PERMETHRIN) EXPOSURE LEVELS FROM THE FUR
         OF TREATED DOGS
       SEASONAL VARIATION IN ANTI-CCV SERUM ACTIVITY IN CHANNEL CATFISH:
         IMPLICATION FOR BROOD-STOCK SCREENING
       BUTORPHANOL-INDUCED NEURONAL ACTIVATION WITHIN THE
         PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS (PVN) OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND RESULTING
         ACTIVATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL (HPA) AXIS
       SELECTIVE HUMAN MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1 AND
         MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONISTS FOR THE
         TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISEASES
       DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
       INTRAOPERATIVE EVALUTION OF FEMORAL HEAD VASCULARITY DURING OPEN
         REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION OF ACETABULAR FRACTURES
       COMPARISON OF WATER SOLUBLE AND LIPID SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANTS AS
         SCAVENGERS IN A HYPOXANTHINE-XANTHINE-OXIDASE AND LIPID RADICAL
         GENERATING SYSTEMS
       HISTOLOGICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC COMPARISON OF ALLOGRAFT SUBSTITUTES
         USING A CONTINUOUS DELIVERY MODEL IN SEGMENTAL DEFECTS
       COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF MEVINOLIN, ALENDRONATE, AND
         PARATHYROID HORMONE ON MG63 OSTEOBLAST-LIKE CELLS
       ANALYSIS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER
         MORTALITY IN MISSISSIPPI
       ASSOCIATION OF MRI-DEFINED SUBCLINICAL CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
         AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK-STROKE SYMPTOMS: THE ARIC STUDY
       THE EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF CORTICOSTEROIDS ON THE
         ADRENAL GLAND OF FEMALE RATS
       DOES YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM HAVE STIPES? INVESTIGATING THE
         SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF MAN
         AND ZEBRAFISH
       THE EFFECTS OF FRUCTOSE-1,6-BISPHOSPHATE ON CELLULAR ATP LEVEL AT
         REDUCED OXYGEN LEVELS
       THE EFFECT OF DAKIN'S SOLUTION ON COLLAGEN AND CELL MIGRATION
       ANALYSIS OF THE 16S-23S INTERGENIC SPACER REGION OF
         FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE
       THE EFFECTS OF DEFEROXAMINE ON THE SURVIVAL OF FREE FLAPS USING
         THE ADULT MALE RAT AS A MODEL
       THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO MRC-5 FIBROBLAST
         CELLS IN CULTURE
       IMMUNIZATION WITH PSPA INCORPORATED INTO A POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)
         MATRIX ELICITS PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS
         PNEUMONIAE
2:15   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 8
Abstracts pp 109-110
8:30   DOES SCIENCE CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE?
9:00   CAN MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND STATISTICS HELP US
       UNDERSTAND WHETHER FAITH AND REASON CAN INTERACT
9:30   THE STRUCTURE OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND THE DESCARTES-MINUS
       ARGUMENT
10:00  Break
10:15  THE DAUBERT TEST AND THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN LAW: MELDING LEGAL
       PRECENDENT WITH SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
10:45  CLEMENTS VS GLEASON REVISITED
11:15  WHAT IS AN 'ORGANISM'? ENTIFICATION AND DELINEATION IN BIOLOGY

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 8
Abstracts pp 111-112
1:15   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING
1:30   PHYLOCODE: A CONTROVERSIAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE LINNAEAN SYSTEM.
2:00   PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRADITIONAL LINNAEAN
       NOMENCLA-TURE AND THE RECENTLY PROPOSED PHYLOCODE
2:30   HIERARCHICAL APPROACHES TO SYSTEMATICS
3:00   BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPTS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
       APPROACHES
3:30   ESSENTIALISM RECAST: DELINEATING BIOLOGICAL SPECIES
4:00   BIOLOGICAL IDENTITY AND PERSISTENCE: THE THESIS OF SORTAL
       DEPENDENCY OF INDIVIDUATION

MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
Abstracts pp 113-115
10:30  Poster Session
       MEASUREMENTS OF SOLAR IRRADIANCE WITH A MULTIFILTER ROTATING
         SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER (MFRSR)
       CHRONIC ACCUMULATION PROFILE OF CADMIUM, LEAD, AND MERCURY IN
         GOLDFISH
       FALL POST-LARVAL PENAEID SHRIMP IMMIGRATION INTO A MISSISSIPPI
         ESTUARY
       THE POTENTIAL OF MISSISSIPPI MESONET DATA TO DETECT CERTAIN TYPES
         OF FOG BASED ON MULTI-PARAMETER PROXIES
       MAPPING A NEW ENERGY SOURCE
       AGE AND GROWTH OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN
         MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT GULF OF MEXICO WATERS
       COMPARISON OF SAMPLE DISSOLUTON METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF SOIL AND
         SEDIMENTS FOR HEAVY METALS
       COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN VARIOUS PONDS
         IN MISSISSIPPI

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 12
Abstracts pp 115-117
1:00   TRACE ELEMENT BEHAVIOR IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PLUME AFTER
       HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA
1:20   SUDDEN NOCTURNAL WARMING EVENTS AS OBSERVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI
       MESONET
1:40   PERFORMANCE OF COLLISION CELL ICP-MS FOR DETERMINATION OF IRON
       FROM FISH OTOLITHS
2:00   DIEL CYCLING IN IRON SPECIATION IN THE PEARL RIVER, MISSISSIPPI
2:20   Break
2:40   DETECTION OF HYPOXIC CONDITIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI BIGHT IN THE
       SUMMER OF 2006
3:00   EFFECTS OF SITE, SEASON, AND DEPTH IN SEDIMENT ON THE ABUNDANCE
       OF LIVE FORAMINIFERA IN TWO NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO MARSHES
3:20   DEPTH-INDUCED VARIATION IN HYPERSPECTRAL REFLECTANCE SIGNALS OF
       AQUATIC VEGETATION
3:40   GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ESTUARINE BIVALVES GEUKENSIA
       DEMISSA AND CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA
4:00   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STATISTICS
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 12
Abstracts pp 117-118
9:30   COMPILED ENGLISH
10:00  SUITABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR NOVICE JAVA PROGRAMMERS
10:30  NETWORK ROUTING AND THE IMPLEMENTION OF UNIT/TASK SCHEDULING
       SOLUTIONS
11:00  NETWORK FIREWALLS SECURITY
11:30  A CREDIBILITY-BASED SECURE SOURCE ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS
       AD HOC NETWORKS

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 12
Abstracts pp 119-120
1:00   THE USE OF LIMITERS IN STOCHASTIC INTERPOLATION
1:30   EFFICIENT SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES THROUGH PARALLEL COMPUTING
2:00   THE SECOND DERIVATIVES OF THE CHEBYSHEV POLYNOMIALS, [T.sub.N],
       IN TERMS OF [T.sub.N]
2:30   OBSERVING STATISTICS FROM A SCIENTIFIC DATA STANDPOINT
3:30   SOLUTION OF MAXWELL'S' EQUATIONS WITHIN A 3 DIMENSIONAL MULTI-
       BLOCKED CURVILINEAR DOMAIN
4:00   EXISTENCE THEOREM OF ELLIPTIC SYSTEMS WITH SINGULARITIES
       INVOLVING SOBOLEV OR SOBOLEV-HARDY CRITICAL EXPONENTS

6:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       Posters May Be Set up Between 4:00p and 4:30p
       GESTALT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING DIAGRAMS: AN
         INITIAL STUDY
       ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING: METADATA MANAGEMIENT IN A RAPID PROTOTYPING
         CAPABILITY FOR NASA EARTH SCIENCES
       AN ANALYSIS OF TEST COVERAGE FOR THE RULE BASED SYSTEM, LOCI

Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 12
Abstracts pp 120-121
9:00   USING ALICE TO DECREASE ATTRITION IN CSI
9:30   E-SERVICING: THE USES AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW IEEE STANDARD
10:00  A BLUEPRINT FOR AN RFID SMART FLOOR FOR EFFICIENT SHIPYARD
       ASSEMBLY YARD INVENTORY TRACKING
10:30  WIRELESS SENSOR-BASED LOCATION FOR MANUFACTURING
11:00  BUSINESS MEETING

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Bost Auditorium South
Abstract p 121
1:15   MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING RESEARCH (MCSR) USER
       ADVISORY GROUP MEETING, POSTER SESSION, AND SPECIAL SUBSESSION ON
       SUPERCOMPUTING

PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Bost Theater
Abstracts pp 122-125
8:00   SURPRISED! SURPRISED! CT SCANS IN MANUFACTURING PLANTS
8:15   COMPARISON OF GENETIC ALGORITHM VERSUS PARTICLE SWARM
       OPTIMIZATION IN THE ADAPTIVE NULLING OF PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS
8:30   WHY WE NEED STRING THEORY FOR THE UNIVERSE?
8:45   SUPERSTRING THEORY AND THE UNIVERSE
9:00   EFFECTS OF NONPLANARITY ON SECONDARY FLOWS IN THE SMALL BRONCHIAL
       TUBES
9:15   PARTICIPATING IN DOD RESIDENTIAL PROTON EXCANGE MEMBRANE (PEM)
       FUEL CELL(FC) PROJECT BY ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE
       PARAMETRIC STUDY OF PEM-FC OPERATION
9:30   MECHANISM OF DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION DURING THE FRICTION STIR
       WELD PROCESS
9:45   Break
10:00  THE DIPOLE VORTEX
10:15  SIMULATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BEST HOPPING SEQUENCE
       SELECTION PROTOCOL FOR INCREASING BATTERY LIFE OF UNMANNED
       AIRBONE VEHICLES
10:30  CIRCUIT MODEL AND FULL WAVE ANALYSIS OF A COMPACT WIDEBAND
       QUARDARTUE HYBRID
10:45  LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF URANYL
       COMPOUNDS
11:00  A PARTITIONED LOOP ANTENNA WITH OMNIDIRECTIONAL PERFORMANCE AT
       5.8 GHZ
11:15  MODAL ANALYSIS OF METAMATERIAL SLAB WAVEGUIDES
11:30  POWER GENERATION WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE STIRLING
       ENGINE
11:45  THE STATISTICS OF ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER FROM THE SEAFLOOR

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Bost Theater
Abstracts pp 126-131
1:15   DESIGN OF SINGLE AND DUAL BAND CIRCULARLY POLARIZED MICROSTRIP
       PATCH ANTENNAS
1:30   PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT IN CUSTOM-SIZED WAVEGUIDE FIXTURES
1:45   WIDEBAND DESIGNS OF ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS USING
       FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES FOR LOW PROFILE ANTENNA APPLICATIONS
2:00   STUDY OF ARRAY CHARACTERISTICS OF A 2D PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA USING
       DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTERS
2:15   COMPETITIVE GROWTH PROCESSES AND ITS APPLICATIONS
2:30   COMPACT ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTOR DESIGN USING SPIRAL
       GEOMETRIES
2:45   Break
3:00   TAGUCHI'S METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MICROWAVE FILTERS
3:15   DETERMINATION OF WALKING HUMAN BACK FREQUENCY USING BAYESIAN
       PARAMETER ESTIAMTION
3:30   RADIATING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIPOLE ANTENNAS IN THE PRESENCE OF
       OBSTACLES USING THE ITERATIVE MULTRI-REGION TECHNIQUE
3:45   SCATTERING OF OBLIQUELY INCIDENT PLANE WAVE FROM AN ARRAY OF
       CIRCULAR DIELEC-TRIC CYLINDERS
4:00   THE QWEAK EXPERIMENT AND SEARCH FOR PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD
       MODEL
4:15   SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING BACTERIA CELLS

6:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       Posters May Be Set up Between 4:00p and 4:30p
       INVESTIGATION OF RFID SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN MULTIPLE-TAG
         ENVIRONMENTS
       DYNAMIC FOCUSING OF AWARENESS IN ADAPTIVE FUZZY CONTROL SYSTEMS
       SEARCH FOR WOBBLING AND TRIAXIAL STRONGLY DEFORMED(TSD)
         STRUCTURES IN [.sup.171.HF] AND [.sup.172.HF]
       MULTISCALE ANALYSIS OF A MAGNESIUM CORVETTE ENGINE CRADLE
       DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A MICROSTRIP TRL CALIBRATION KIT FOR
         MEASUREMENT OF RF COMPONENTS
       DESIGN AND MEASUREMENT OF MICROWAVE CIRCUITS FOR A 2.45 GHZ
         RECEIVER
       THE USE OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS TO ACCELERATE LINEAR ALGEBRA
         OPERATIONS FOR ELECTROMGNETICS SIMULATION
       PERMITTIVITY AND LOSS TANGENT EXTRACTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
         USING OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES
       DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF AN RF POWER AMPLIFIER
       CAN FLOW CONTROL DEVICES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE DRAG?
       THE ROLE OF MACROMOLECULES AND FIBRILS IN TENDON MECHANICS

Friday, February 23

Friday Morning
LOCATION: Bost Theater
Abstracts pp 132-135
8:00   QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A
       RECTANGULAR LOOP NANOWIRE ANTENNA
8:15   NANO-BIO OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS FOR HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS AND
       DNA DETECTION BASED ON LASER INTUCED FLUORESCENCE
8:30   SLURRY PRODUCT ANALYSIS WITH LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY
8:45   TEMPERATURE SENSING USING FIBER GRATING LOOP RINGDOWN TECHNIQUE
9:00   SOOT MEASUREMENT IN A HYDROCARBON ROCKET ENGINE WITH LASER
       INDUCED INCANDESCENCE
9:15   ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS
       COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
9:30   PASSIVE MICROSTRIP RESONATOR FOR CHIPLESS RFID TAGS
9:45   Break
10:00  SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI: A SEARCH FOR ISLAND OF STABILITY
10:15  SMALL WORLD CARBON NANOMATERIALS: DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY
       SIMULATIONS
10:30  PROBABILITY OF ERROR BASED CHANNEL STATE DETECTION PROTOCOL FOR
       UPDATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
       SYSTEMS
10:45  THE SEARCH FOR A COSMOLOGICAL STANDARD CLOCK IN GAMMA-RAY BURST
       TIME PROFILES
11:00  SMALL-SIZE DOUBLE SIDED ROUNDED BOW-TIE ANTENNA ARRAYS FOR UWB
       APPLICATIONS
11:15  LASER RAMAN OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MONITORING QUALITY OF LIQUID
       OXYGEN
11:30  METALLIC PHASES IN ONE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR CONDUCTORS
11:45  PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF WIDEBAND MULTI-STANDARD SOFTWARE DEFINED
       RADIO BASE STATION RECEIVERS WITH INTER MODULATION DISTORTION

Friday Afternoon
LOCATION: Bost Theater
Abstracts pp 135-139
1:00   EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL STRAIN ON RAT BONE MARROW CELLS GROWN ON
       TITANIUM VERSUS THERMANOX
1:15   VERY SMALL ULTRA-WIDEBAND DOUBLE-SIDED EXPONENTIALLY TAPERED SLOT
       ANTENNA ARRAYS
1:30   SEAWULF: DESIGN OF A BEOWULF CLUSTER FOR THE PROCESSING OF
       SEISMIC DATA
1:45   STUDY ON THE WALL INSULATION IN INVERTER-FED DRIVE
2:00   SIMULATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PATH LOSS RECOVERY
       PROTOCOL FOR UNMANNED AIRBONE VEHICLE
2:15   DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF MEAM POTENTIAL FOR AL-MG ALLOYS
2:30   LIGHT FROM A DOPPLER-BROADENED GAS OF ATOMS
2:45   MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF CRACK NUCLEATION NEAR
       NANOPARTICLE INCLUSIONS
3:00   Break
3:15   GAMMA RAY BURST HARDNESS AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AND INTENSITY
3:30   HIGH-K BANDS AND GAMMA-RAY DIRECTIONAL ANGULAR CORRELATION
       MEASUREMENTS IN [.sup.168.HF]
3:45   IMPROVING THE VARABILITY-LUMINOSITY CORRELATION FOR GAMMA-RAY
       BURSTS
4:00   MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF SINTERING OF NANOPOWDERS
4:15   DC PROTECTION FOR NAVAL SHIPBOARD POWER SYSTEMS
4:30   DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE PROTECTION SCHEME FOR NAVAL SHIPBOARD
       POWER SYSTEMS
4:45   INTELLIGENT PLACEMENT OF METERS FOR SHIPBOARD SYSTEM ANALYSIS
5:00   DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Brunson
Abstracts pp 139-141
Session 1: the Psychological and Social Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
8:30   HURRICANE KATRINA AS A NATURAL EXPERIMENT OF 'CREATIVE
       DISTRUCTION': THE LONG-TERM SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS TO THE GULF
       COAST
8:50   COLLEGE STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES WITH HURRICANE KATRINA: A
       COMPARISON BETWEEN STUDENTS FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND
       THREE NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITIES
9:10   THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN THE
       RESILIENCE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE
       KATRINA
9:30   Discussion
9:45   Break

Session 2: Factors Affecting Student Performance
10:00  HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AN
       ACADEMIC PROGRAM
10:20  CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
       ADJUSTMENT OF YOUNG ADULTS
10:40  EFFECTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER ACCEPTANCE AND PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE ON
       PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
11:00  ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS IN UNDERGRADUATES
11:20  Discussion

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Brunson
Abstracts pp 141-143
Session 3: Internal and External Factors Affecting Behavior
1:30   A SURVEY OF TOBACCO USAGE AND INFLUENCE PATTERNS IN A HIGH SCHOOL
       AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1:50   DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOCAL UNDERGRADUATE NORMS FOR THE 'BIG 5'
       PERSONALITY TRAITS AND IPIP SCALES
2:10   PERSONALITY TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR IMPULSE CONTROL IN
       UNDERGRADUATES
2:30   SOCIAL SKILLS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS IN UNDERGRADUATES
2:50   Discussion
3:00   Break
3:20   Poster Session
       REVIEW OF CAREGIVER BURDEN INTERVENTIONS FOR CAREGIVERS OF
         PATIENTS WITH PTSD
       SURVIVING "JUNGLE FEVER": AN EXPLORATION OF INTERRACIAL COUPLES'
         STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING RACISM
       RELEASE OF ENDOGENOUS CYTOKINES IN RESPONSE TO FOOD RESTRICTION
3:50   Divisional Business Meeting

SCIENCE EDUCATION
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom B
Abstracts pp 143-146
8:00   EMERGING INFECTIOUS CURIOSITY IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE STUDENTS
8:15   A REVIEW OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL
       KNOWN AS THE HURRICANE BOWL
8:30   ESTABLISHMENT OF A VOLUNTARY COLLEGE EXERCISE PROGRAM
8:45   RURAL BIOMEDICAL INITIATIVE (RBI): RURAL STUDENTS BECOMING
       CONFIDENT SCIENTIFIC THINKERS
9:00   Break
9:15   IS IT A CRIME WHEN SCHOOL IS MAKING ME SICK
9:30   YES, VIRGINIA, THERE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT RATIONAL NUMBERS
9:45   DEVELOPING A GUIDE BOOK FOR DEER ISLAND, MISSISSIPPI
10:00  THE MEDICINE WHEEL GARDEN AS AN INTEGRATED PROJECT FOR CROSS
       CURRICULUM EDUCATION
10:15  Break
10:30  MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE FEATURING APPLICATIONS TO
       HURRICANES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
10:45  CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL PODCAST FOR THE GULF COAST RESEARCH
       LABORATORY
11:00  RESTORATION OF FOSSIL COLLECTIONS FOR J.L. SCOTT MARINE EDUCATION
       CENTER (MEC) PROGRAMS
11:15  TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ISSUES IN THE NEW MILLENIUM
11:30  CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS (CENGOOS) K-12
       PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
11:45  DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING

Thursday Afternoon
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Ballroom B
Abstracts pp 146-150
1:15   THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY "CHALLENGE X" EXPERIENCE
1:30   DESCRIPTION FOR 3-D LEARNING AND BEYOND: DIRECTION, DEVELOPMENT,
       DELIVERY
1:45   TEACHING BIOINFORMATICS: STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS
2:00   MONTASTREA ANNULARIS AS A CORAL REEF HEALTH INDICATOR AT HALF
       MOON CAYE, BELIZE
2:15   BECOMING MORE ACQUAINTED WITH "HANDS-ON" OCEAN-RELATED LESSON
       PLANS AND OCEAN LITERACY STANDARDS
2:30   Break
2:45   PROBLEM-SOLVING IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS COURSES: A COMPARISON
       BETWEEN ONLINE AND TRADITIONAL METHODS
3:00   A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN GEOBIOLOGY
       AT THE MISSISSIPPI PETRIFIED FOREST IN FLORA, MS
3:30   THE ROLE OF OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS IN K-12 EDUCATION: EXPLAINING
       THE CONCEPTS, DEVELOPING THE CURRICULA AND APPLYING THE
       TECHNOLOGY
3:45   MISSISSIPPI SCIENCE FRAMEWORK AND NA TIONAL SCIENCE EDUCA TION
       STANDARDS BASED PROGRAMS AT J. L. SCOTT MARINE EDUCATION CENTER
4:00   TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS TO J.L. SCOTT MARINE EDUCATION
       CENTER'S SEA TV PROGRAM

6:00   DIVISIONAL POSTER SESSION
       LOCATION: Bost Auditorium North
       Posters May Be Set up Between 4:00p and 4:30p
       ENHANCING HANDS ON SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCES OF SECOND GRADE
         STUDENTS VIA THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
       INTRODUCING ENGINEERING THROUGH A PROJECTS-BASED COURSE TO HIGH
         SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND PROVIDING COLLEGE STUDENTS
         INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ENGINEERING
         PROFESSORS AND STUDY SIX DISCIPLINES OF ENGINEERING
       EXCITING AND INCREDIBLE CRYPTOGRAPHY
       THE HISTORY OF STUDENT RESEARCH AT THE GULF COAST RESEARCH
         LABORATORY (GCRL)
       CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL BOG TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT CARNIVOROUS
         PLANTS
       TEACHING SECOND GRADERS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC CONVENTIONS AND
         EXPERIMENTATION
       ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE SCIENCE COURSES FOR GRADUATE
         SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
       INTERGRATING POLYMER SCIENCE INTO MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
       EDUCATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
       DEVELOPING A CROSS CURRICULUM SCIENCE REFERENCE GUIDE FOR
         ELEMENTARY LEVEL STUDENTS FOCUSING ON THE ASPECTS OF SCIENCE

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY
Thursday, February 22

Thursday Morning
LOCATION: Hunter Henry Executive Room 8
Abstracts pp 151-153
9:00   PHYLOGENY OF LARGE WOLF SPIDERS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
       STATES.
9:15   WATER QUALITY STUDIES ON FRESHWATER BODIES IN NEW ORLEANS,
       LOUISIANA AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
9:30   PREVALENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS (TB) AND HIV INFECTION IN IMO STATE,
       NIGERIA
9:45   WORKSHOP
       ANIMAL TISSUE PREPARATION FOR MICRO- AND ULTRAMICRO-ANATOMY
       STUDIES

Poster Session: 10:15a to 11:30a (in room)
10:15  A PHYLOGENY OF GENERA IN TRIBE TELEIODINI (LEPIDOPTERA:
       GELECHIIDAE) IN THE HOLARCTIC REGION
10:30  USE OF MICROCOSM STUDIES TO ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
       AQUATIC PLANTS AND SOIL MICROORGANISMS
10:45  ANTS IN MISSISSIPPI STATE PARKS
11:00  A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE ORTHOPTEROID INSECTS OF THE GREAT SMOKY
       MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
11:15  ACENTROPINAE (CRAMBIDAE) OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
11:30  DIVISIONAL BUSINESS MEETING