Record #:

25869

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Archaelogist Monika Truemper has been studying Greek toilets and bath houses to learn about bathing culture. According to Truemper, architectural remains reveal much information about the purposes of bath houses and challenges of keeping them running.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Winter 2007, p36-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Archaeology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25871

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Political scientist James Stimson found that the majority of voters support most of the liberal views, even though Americans label themselves conservative by a two-to-one margin. Stimson says that many people do not pay close attention to policy issues. Rather, people often rely on social values and media influences.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Winter 2007, p42-43, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Political science; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25874

Author(s):

Whitmarsh, Sarah

Abstract:

Geographer Aaron Moody and his doctoral student Anne Trainor are studying rare and endangered species at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina. They focus on species dispersal to learn how populations interact, and how new populations form as species move to new breeding sites.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p16-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25877

Author(s):

McColm, Jan

Abstract:

Diane Groff and Claudio Battaglini are assistant professors of exercise and sport science. In their research, they found that exercise helps cancer patients both psychologically and physically.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p25-27, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25879

Author(s):

Hoffman, Colie

Abstract:

Seismologist Jose Rial is studying global warming and glacial quakes in Greenland. When the glaciers shift, they crack and produce hundreds of micro-earthquakes. According to Rial, the increasing number and intensity of glacial quakes corresponds to rapid glacial melting.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p30-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Global warming; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25881

Author(s):

Davis, Molly

Abstract:

David Siderovski, an associate professor of pharmacology, is studying G-alpha proteins and their role in cellular division processes. He recently discovered a new group of protein regulators and hopes they will lead to treatments for Parksinson’s and other diseases.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p36-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25882

Author(s):

McCann, Jessica

Abstract:

Jonathan Oberlander studies Medicare, Medicaid, and health policy at the state level. According to Oberlander, a national health care system has been difficult to establish because of interests, institutions, and ideology. He thinks we should establish state rather than federal health programs.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p38-39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Health care; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25883

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

The first real descriptions of shamans in Russian Siberia were written by seventeenth century mapmakers, who described how shamans transformed into women. According to anthropologist Silvia Tomaskova, this information implies that both men and women could have been shaman leaders.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p40-43, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25884

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Graduate student Christine Bixiones interviewed Guatemalan mothers on why they buy baby formula rather than breastfeed their babies. Bixiones is now working with maternal-health professionals in Guatemala to teach women about the benefits of breastfeeding and nutrition.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p44-45, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Maternal and child welfare

Record #:

25893

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Tim Marr, assistant professor of American studies, recently came across century-old accounts of American encounters with the Moros, a diverse group of indigenous Muslims in the southern Philippine Islands. According to Marr, the Moro history can teach us a lot about current events in Iraq and advise American foreign-policy.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Winter 2006, p6-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Foreign policy; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25896

Author(s):

Spivey, Angela

Abstract:

Richard Weisler, an adjunct professor of psychiatry, mapped the locations of cancer deaths and suicides and found they were within proximity to asphalt plants in Salisbury, North Carolina. Hydrogen sulfide, a chemical emitted from asphalt plants, is suspected to affect mood and responses to stress.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Winter 2006, p21-24, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pollutants; Public health; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25897

Author(s):

Smith, Jason

Abstract:

Edward Cope was a scientist who proposed that animal and plant lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time. Although heavily debated, UNC scientists Joel Kingsolver and David Pfennig suspect Cope’s rule works because things that are larger tend to have higher fitness.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Winter 2006, p30-32, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25900

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Anthropologist Hannah Gill is researching Mexican immigrants to North Carolina. Families in Mexico benefit monetarily from migrant labor, but family separation pays a toll. Gill also documented stories of kidnapped migrants and families smuggled across the border.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Spring 2006, p18-20, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Migrant laborers; Immigration--Hispanic; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25903

Author(s):

McColm, Jan

Abstract:

Pharmacology professor, Leslie Parise, found that sickle cells are stickier than normal red blood cells. Based on her research, stickier cells might explain why sickle cell patients experience a pain crisis.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Spring 2006, p30-32, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25904

Author(s):

Manning, Phillip

Abstract:

Bob Parr is a professor of chemistry and pioneer in the development of density functional theory in quantum mechanics. His most significant contribution was the 1988 LYP paper, named after the authors Lee, Yang, and Parr. The LYP paper solved a huge problem in theoretical chemistry and made much more accurate calculations possible.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Fall 2004, p6-8, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chemists; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research