| new host and locality record for trypanosoma peromysci. | trypanosoma peromysci watson, 1912 (sarcomastigophora: kinetoplastida), is described from a new host and locality. one of 20 (5.0%) peromyscus leucopus collected from pottawatomie and riley counties in kansas was found to harbor the parasite. morphometric and statistical analysis confirmed the trypanosome to be indistinguishable from t. peromysci, the only difference being a greater mean flagellar length than reported previously. this is the first reported occurrence of t. peromysci in the white ... | 1990 | 2319433 |
| prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in wild mammals of missouri and east central kansas: biologic and ecologic considerations of transmission. | sera from 273 wild mammals from missouri and kansas (usa), collected between december 1974 and december 1987, were tested for the presence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii using the sabin-feldman dye test. sixty-five (24%) had antibodies at titers of > or = 1:8, including 38 (66%) of 58 carnivores, 14 (15%) of 94 omnivores, 13 (11%) of 117 herbivores, and none of four insectivores. the prevalence of antibodies in mice (mus musculus and peromyscus spp.) and rats (rattus norvegicus and sigmodon ... | 1995 | 7563419 |
| ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected from small and medium-sized kansas mammals. | seven species of hard-bodied ticks were collected from 20 species of small and medium-sized mammals in kansas; amblyomma americanum l., dermacentor variabilis (say), haemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard), ixodes cookei packard, i. kingi bishopp, i. sculptus neumann, and i. texanus banks. dermacentor variabilis was found statewide, a. americanum only in the eastern one-third of the state, and the ixodes spp. and h. leporispalustris were widely scattered. the most common tick found was d. varia ... | 1994 | 8057327 |
| biomedical learning experiences for middle school girls sponsored by the kansas state university student chapter of the ieee embs. | learning experiences for middle school girls are an effective means to steer young women toward secondary engineering curricula that they might not have otherwise considered. sponsorship of such experiences by a collegiate student group is worthwhile, as it gives the group common purpose and places college students in a position to mentor these young women. this paper addresses learning experiences in different areas of bio-medical engineering offered to middle school girls in november 2008 via ... | 2009 | 19964871 |
| service design projects sponsored by the kansas state university student chapter of the ieee embs. | service projects offer volunteer student organizations a means to generate interest and focus activity outside of the context of the classroom. this paper addresses efforts by the kansas state university (ksu) student chapter of the ieee engineering in medicine and biology society (embs) to initiate and guide service projects in two primary areas: (1) research to aid persons with disabilities (rapd) and (2) hands-on efforts to interest young women in the quantitative fields of science and engine ... | 2008 | 19162978 |