National Winners Research Articles

What Obstetrics and Gynecology Means to Me

Los Angeles, California This essay is the National Winner of a contest sponsored by ACOG's Junior Fellow College Advisory Council to promote a positive perception of the specialty. Address reprint requests to: Jane van Dis, MD, 1640 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024; e-mail: [email protected].

Ethics and Civil Engineering: Past, Present, and Future

Congratulations to the two ASCE Younger Members who won the zone essay competitions for the 2000 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members. One of the winning essays appears in this issue. The other essay, the overall national winner, was published in the February 2003 issue of Civil Engineering. Papers are judged by the Committee on Younger Members. Nominations are presented to the Council of Vice Presidents for final action. Winning papers are published.

IMPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATING SCIENCE IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The purpose of this study was to determine how the National FFA AgriScience Teacher of the Year Award Program winners perceived the impact that integrating science has had on their agricultural education program. The target population consisted of all state, regional, and national winners of the National FFA AgriScience Teacher of the Year Award Program from the years I988 - 1995. Responses were collected from 131 teachers (71.98% response rate). A Jive point Likert-type scale (I = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree) was used to measure the teachers ‘perceptions toward integrating science into their agricultural education programs. The respondents perceived that integration of science was an effective delivery method for agricultural education, as over one-third of the instrument items received mean scores greater than 4.0 and 90% of the items received mean scores of 3.0 or greater. The findings of this study support the need to integrate science into agricultural education programs.

Sickle cell trait in Ivory Coast athletic throw and jump champions, 1956-1995.

In order to assess the performance of subjects with sickle cell trait (SCT) during brief and explosive exercise involving mainly alactic anaerobic metabolism, the percentage of athletes with SCT was determined in Ivory Coast track and field throw and jump champions, both men and women, for the period 1956-1995. Thirty-four (27.8%) sickle cell trait carriers (SCTC) were identified among the 122 national champions that we were able to contact. These 34 SCTC had won 78 national titles (24.5%) and established 37 national records (43.5%), distributed among the throw and jump events. These percentages were significantly higher than the prevalence of SCT in the general Ivory Coast population (12.0%). The women's high jump and men's shot put events had the highest percentages of SCTC record holders (90.9% and 87.5%, respectively). Moreover, the two top national record holders and title winners, one man and one woman, were SCTC athletes, and their hemoglobin S percentage (HbS: 39.1% and 39.4%, respectively) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) excluded an associated alpha-thalassemia. We conclude that the significantly higher percentage of SCTCs among Ivory Coast track and field champions, as compared to the percentage in the general population suggests that SCT may be a determinant factor for success in brief and explosive track and field events involving mainly alactic anaerobic metabolism.

CBS Announces National Winners

CBS Announces National Winners

Shuttle project for students

Selection of 200 semifinalists has begun for the first national Space Shuttle Student Involvement Project, a joint effort of NASA and the National Science Teachers Association. The semi finalists are being selected from 1500 entries.Objective of the project is to stimulate study of science and technology in grades 9 through 12. Students compete to develop payload experiments suitable for flight aboard the shuttle. The 1500 entries, grouped into 10 geographic areas, are being reviewed by interdisciplinary teams of teachers, scientists, and engineers. Twenty students from each region will be selected. Ten finalists will then be chosen on their scientific or engineering merit. The 10 national winners and their teachers will attend a special education conference late this summer at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Pharmacy National Winner in Environmental

Pharmacy National Winner in Environmental