The educators of the Department of Biological Sciences at Messiah frequently publish and present quality scholarship in their field and in the context of their vibrant Christian faith.

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Submissions from 2009

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Microhabitat Use and Spatial Distribution in Picado'S Bromeliad Treefrog Isthmohyla Picadoi (Anura Hylidae), Adam M.M. Stuckert, Joshua P. Stone, Jennifer R. Asper, Michael G. Rinker, Cameron L. Rutt, Nicole C. Trimmer, and Erik D. Lindquist

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Barriers to the Care of HIV-Infected Children in Rural Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, J. H. van Dijk, C. G. Sutcliffe, B. Munsanje, F. Hamangaba, Philip Thuma, and W. J. Moss

Submissions from 2008

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Book Review: Eddington the Quaker, Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A. S. Eddington, Edward B. Davis

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Fundamentalist cartoons, modernist pamphlets, and the religious image of science in the scopes era, Edward B. Davis

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Samuel Christian Schmucker’s Christian Vocation, Edward B. Davis

Vagotomy Enhances Experimental Metastases of 4THMPC Breast Cancer Cells and Alters Substance P Level, N. Erin, G. Akdas Barkan, John F. Harms, and G. A. Clawson

Assessment of Chrysoperla Plorabunda Longevity Fecundity and Egg Viability When Adults are Fed Transgenic Bt Corn Pollen, Charles E. Mason, Joseph K. Sheldon, John Pesek, Heather Bacon, Rachel Gallusser, Gretchen Radke, and Ben Slabaugh

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The Opioid Antagonist Naltrexone Improves Murine Inflammatory Bowel Disease, G. L. Matters, John F. Harms, C. McGovern, L. Fitzpatrick, A. Parikh, N. Nilo, and J. P. Smith

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Escalating Plasmodium Falciparum Antifolate Drug Resistance Mutations in Macha, Rural Zambia, M.A.P. Mkulama, S. Chishimba, J. Sikalima, P. Rouse, Philip Thuma, and S. Mharakurwa

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Distinction of Plasmodium Falciparum Recrudescence and Re-Infection by MSP2 Genotyping: A Caution About Unstandardized Classification Criteria, P. Rouse, M. A. P. Mkulama, Philip Thuma, and S. Mharakurwa

Cd8+ T Cells Targeting a Single Immunodominant Epitope are Sufficient for Elimination of Established Sv40 T Antigen-Induced Brain Tumors, Angela M. Tatum, Lawrence M. Mylin, Susan J. Bender, Matthew A. Fischer, Beth A. Vigliotti, M. Judith Tevethia, Satvir S. Tevethia, and Todd D. Schell

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An Integrated Genetic Genomic and Systems Approach Defines Gene Networks Regulated by the Interaction of Light and Carbon Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis, Karen E. Thum, Michael J. Shin, Rodrigo A. Gutierrez, Indrani Mukherjee, Manpreet S. Katari, Damion Nero, Dennis Shasha, and Gloria M. Coruzzi

Submissions from 2007

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Book Review: God's Universe by Owen GIngerich, Edward B. Davis

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Book Review: Science and Religion, 1450–1900: From Copernicus to Darwin., Edward B. Davis

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Robert Boyle’s Religious Life, Attitudes, and Vocation, Edward B. Davis

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Seasonality, Blood Feeding Behavior, and Transmission of Plasmodium Falciparum by Anopheles Arabiensis After an Extended Drought in Southern Zambia, R. J. Kent, Philip Thuma, S. Mharakurwa, and D. E. Norris

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Nocturnal Position in the Panamanian Golden Frog Atelopus Zeteki (Anura Bufonidae) With Notes on Fluorescent Pigment Tracking, Erik D. Lindquist, Scott A. Sapoznick, Edgardo J. Griffith Rodriguez, Peter B. Johantgen, and Joni M. Criswell

Diversity of Escape Variant Mutations in Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen (Sv40 Tag) Epitopes Selected by Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (Ctl) Clones, Lawrence M. Mylin, Todd D. Schell, Melanie Epler, Caroline Kusuma, David Assis, Chelsea Matsko, Alexandra Smith Smith, April Allebach, and Satvir S. Tevethia

Submissions from 2006

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Book Review:The Evolution–Creation Struggle, by Michael Ruse, Edward B. Davis

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Intelligent Design on Trial, Edward B. Davis

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The Word and the Works: Concordism in American Evangelical Thought, Edward B. Davis

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A Critical Role for the Host Mediator Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in the Pathogenesis of Malarial Anemia, M. A. McDevitt, J. Xie, G. Shanmugasundaram, J. Griffith, A. Liu, C. McDonald, Philip Thuma, V. R. Gordeuk, C. N. Metz, B. Mitchell, J. Keefer, J. David, L. Leng, and R. Bucala

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PCR Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum in Human Urine and Saliva Samples, S. Mharakurwa, C. Simoloka, Philip Thuma, C. J. Shiff, and D. J. Sullivan

A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Atovaquone-Proguanil Vs. Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine in the Treatment of Malarial Anaemia in Zambian Children, M. Mulenga, F. Malunga, S. Bennett, Philip Thuma, C. Shulman, K. Fielding, A. Alloueche, and B. M. Greenwood

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Folic Acid Treatment of Zambian Children With Moderate to Severe Malaria Anemia, M. Mulenga, P. Malunga, S. Bennett, Philip Thuma, C. Shulman, K. Fielding, and B. M. Greenwood

Kinetics of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Trafficking in Bone, P. A. Phadke, R. R. Mercer, John F. Harms, Y. Jia, A. R. Frost, J. L. Jewell, K. M. Bussard, S. Nelson, C. Moore, J. C. Kappes, C. V. Gay, A. M. Mastro, and D. R. Welch

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Microtextured Materials for Circulatory Support Devices: Preliminary Studies, Conrad M. Zapanta, James W. Griffith, Gerald D. Hess, Bradley J. Doxtater, Tigran Khalapyan, Walter E. Pae, and Gerson Rosenberg

Submissions from 2005

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Science and Religious Fundamentalism in the 1920s: Religious pamphlets by leading scientists of the Scopes era provide insight into public debates about science and religion, Edward B. Davis

Curdlan Sulphate in Human Severe/Cerebral Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, I. Havlik, S. Looareesuwan, S. Vannaphan, P. Wilairatana, S. Krudsood, Philip Thuma, D. Kozbor, N. Watanabe, and Y. Kaneko

Endogenous Osteonectin/Sparc/BM-40 Expression Inhibits MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis, J. E. Koblinski, B. R. Kaplan-Singer, S. K. VanOsdol, M. Wu, J. A. Engbring, S. Wang, C. M. Goldsmith, J. T. Piper, J. G. Vostal, John F. Harms, D. R. Welch, and H. K. Kleinman

Factors Associated With Severe Anaemia in Zambian Children Admitted With Plasmodium Falciparum Malarial Anaemia, M. Mulenga, P. Malunga, S. Bennett, Philip Thuma, C. Shulman, K. Fielding, and B. M. Greenwood

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Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum in Pregnancy by Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry, M. Nyunt, J. Pisciotta, A. B. Feldman, Philip Thuma, P. F. Scholl, P. A. Demirev, J. S. Lin, L. Shi, N. Kumar, and D. J. Sullivan Jr.

Inefficient Cross-Presentation Limits the Cd8+ T Cell Response to a Subdominant Tumor Antigen Epitope, Pavel Otahal, Sandra C. Hutchinson, Lawrence M. Mylin, M. Judith Tevethia, Satvir S. Tevethia, and Todd D. Schell

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The Acute Effects of Static and Ballistic Stretching on Vertical Jump Performance in Trained Women, J. Unick, Scott Kieffer, W. Cheesman, and A. Feeney

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Simultaneous Detection of Microsatellite Repeats and Snps in the Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Gene by Thin-Film Biosensor Chips and Application to Rural Field Studies, X.-B. Zhong, L. Leng, A. Beitin, R. Chen, C. McDonald, B. Hsiao, R. D. Jenison, I. Kang, S.-H. Park, A. Lee, P. Gregersen, Philip Thuma, P. Bray-Ward, D. C. Ward, and R. Bucala

Submissions from 2004

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Perinatal Hypoxia/Ischemia Damages and Depletes Progenitors From the Mouse Subventricular Zone, Christine Y. Brazel, Robert T. Rosti, Sheri Boyce, Raymond P. Rothstein, and Steven W. Levison

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Is There a Christian History of Science?, Edward B. Davis

A Small Molecule Antagonist of the Αυβ 3 Integrin Suppresses MDA-MB-435 Skeletal Metastasis, John F. Harms and et al

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Pericyte-Like Location of GFP-Tagged Melanoma Cells: Ex Vivo and in Vivo Studies of Extravascular Migratory Metastasis, C. Lugassy, H. K. Kleinman, J. A. Engbring, D. R. Welch, John F. Harms, R. Rufner, G. Ghanem, S. R. Patierno, and R. L. Barnhill

Genome-Wide Investigation of Light and Carbon Signaling Interactions in Arabidopsis, K. E. Thum, Michael J. Shin, P. M. Palenchar, A. Kouranov, and G. M. Coruzzi

Submissions from 2003

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MDA-MB-435 Human Breast Carcinoma Metastasis to Bone, John F. Harms and D. R. Welch

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KISS1 Metastasis Suppression and Emergent Pathways, John F. Harms, D. R. Welch, and M. E. Miele

Effects of Α-Difluoromethylornithine on Local Recurrence and Pulmonary Metastasis From MDA-MB-435 Breast Cancer Xenografts in Nude Mice, A. Manni, S. Washington, L. Craig, M. Cloud, J. W. Griffith, M. F. Verderame, L. J. Texter, D. Mauger, L. M. Demers, John F. Harms, and D. R. Welch

In Vivo Ligation of CD40 Enhances Priming Against the Endogenous Tumor Antigen and Promotes CD8+ T Cell Effector Function in SV40 T Antigen Transgenic Mice, K. Staveley-O'Carroll, T. D. Schell, M. Jimenez, Larry M. Mylin, M. J. Tevethia, S. P. Schoenberger, and S. S. Tevethia

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Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone: Evolving Models and Research Challenges, D. R. Welch, John F. Harms, A. M. Mastro, C. V. Gay, and H. J. Donahue

Submissions from 2002

ProNGF Induces P75-Mediated Death of Oligodendrocytes Following Spinal Cord Injury, M. S. Beattie, A. W. Harrington, R. Lee, J. Y. Kim, Sheri L. Boyce, F. M. Longo, J. C. Bresnahan, B. L. Hempstead, and S. O. Yoon

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Robert Boyle as the Source of an Isaac Watts Text Set for a William Billings Anthem, Edward B. Davis

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Maintaining GFP Tissue Fluorescence Through Bone Decalcification and Long-Term Storage, John F. Harms, L. R. Budgeon, N. D. Christensen, and D. R. Welch

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The Works of Robert Boyle, M. Hunter and Edward B. Davis

The Assembly of Functional Β2-Microglobulin-Free MHC Class I Molecules That Interact With Peptides and CD8+ T Lymphocytes, T. D. Schell, Larry M. Mylin, S. S. Tevethia, and S. Joyce

Submissions from 2001

Metabolite and Light Regulation of Metabolism in Plants: Lessons From the Study of a Single Biochemical Pathway, I. C. Oliveira, E. Brenner, J. Chiu, M.-H. Hsieh, A. Kouranov, H.-M. Lam, J. J. Shin, and G. Coruzzi

Analysis of Mechanisms Underlying BRMS1 Suppression of Metastasis, R. S. Samant, M. J. Seraj, M. M. Saunders, T. S. Sakamaki, L. A. Shevde, John F. Harms, T. O. Leonard, S. F. Goldberg, L. Budgeon, W. J. Meehan, C. R. Winter, N. D. Christensen, M. F. Verderame, H. J. Donahue, and D. R. Welch

Distribution and Status of Merope Tuber (Mecoptera: Meropeidae) in Pennsylvania, Joe K. Sheldon

Role of CTL Host Responses and Their Implication for Tumorigenicity Testing and the Use of Tumour Cells as Vaccine Substrate., S. S. Tevethia, T. Beachy, T. Schell, J. Lippolis, R. Newmaster, Larry M. Mylin, and M. J. Tevethia

Submissions from 2000

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Severe Anaemia in Zambian Children With Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, G. Biemba, D. Dolmans, Philip Thuma, G. Weiss, and V. R. Gordeuk

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Markers of Inflammation in Children With Severe Malarial Anaemia, G. Biemba, V. R. Gordeuk, Philip Thuma, and G. Weiss

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Appreciating a Scientist-Theologian: Some Remarks on the Work of John Polkinghorne, Edward B. Davis

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Quantitation of CD8+ T-Lymphocyte Responses to Multiple Epitopes From Simian Virus 40 (SV40) Large T Antigen in C57Bl/6 Mice Immunized With SV40, SV40 T-Antigen-Transformed Cells, or Vaccinia Virus Recombinants Expressing Full-Length T Antigen or Epitope Minigenes, Larry M. Mylin, T. D. Schell, D. Roberts, M. Epler, A. Boesteanu, E. J. Collins, J. A. Frelinger, S. Joyce, and S. S. Tevethia

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Artemotil (Β-Arteether) in Zambian Children With Cerebral Malaria, Philip Thuma, G. J. Bhat, G. F. Mabeza, C. Osborne, G. Biemba, G. M. Shakankale, P. A. M. Peeters, B. Oosterhuis, C. B. Lugt, and V. R. Gordeuk

Submissions from 1999

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Christianity and Early Modern Science: The Foster Thesis Reconsidered, Edward B. Davis

A Prospective Study of Combination Antimalarial Therapy and of Anaemia in Zambian Children With Cerebral Malaria, D.E.J.G.J. Dolmans, Philip Thuma, G. F. Mabeza, G. Biemba, D. Parry, C. E. McLaren, and V. R. Gordeuk

Metastasis-Suppressed C8161 Melanoma Cells Arrest in Lung but Fail to Proliferate, S. F. Goldberg, John F. Harms, K. Quon, and D. R. Welch

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Lung-Based Hearing in an "Earless" Anuran Amphibian, T. E. Hetherington and Erik D. Lindquist

Context-Dependent Immunogenicity of an S206G-Substituted H-2DB-Restricted Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Epitope I Variant, Larry M. Mylin

Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope Immunodominance in the Control of Choroid Plexus Tumors in Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Transgenic Mice, T. D. Schell, W. J. Mylin, I. Georgoff, A. K. Teresky, A. J. Levine, and S. S. Tevethia

Submissions from 1998

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Prolonged Macrophage Activation and Persistent Anaemia in Children With Complicated Malaria, G. Biemba, V. R. Gordeuk, Philip Thuma, G. F. Mabeza, and G. Weiss

Immunization With a Single Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I- Restricted Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Recognition Epitope of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Confers Protective Immunity, J. E. Blaney Jr., E. Nobusawa, M. A. Brehm, R. H. Bonneau, Larry M. Mylin, T.-M. Fu, Y. Kawaoka, and S. S. Tevethia

A Molecular Basis for How a Single TCR Interfaces Multiple Ligands, A. Boesteanu, M. Brehm, Larry M. Mylin, G. J. Christianson, S. S. Tevethia, D. C. Roopenian, and S. Joyce

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Book Review: Fallen Languages: Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660-1740 Robert Markley, Edward B. Davis

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Tadpoles and Juveniles of the Panamanian Golden Frog, Atelopus Zeteki (Bufonidae), With Information on Development of Coloration and Patterning, Erik D. Lindquist and T. E. Hetherington

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Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Studies on Audition in Eared and Earless Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus), Erik D. Lindquist, T. E. Hetherington, and S. F. Volman

The Association of Pallor With Haemoglobin Concentration and Mortality in Severe Malaria, G. F. Mabeza, G. Biemba, A. G. Brennan, V. M. Moyo, Philip Thuma, and V. R. Gordeuk

Role of a Subdominant H-2K(D)-Restricted SV40 Tumor Antigen Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitope in Tumor Rejection, R. S. Newmaster, Larry M. Mylin, T.-M. Fu, and S. S. Tevethia

Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Recognition Sequences as Markers for Distinguishing Among Tumour Antigens Encoded by SV40, BKV and JCV, S. S. Tevethia, Larry M. Mylin, R. Newmaster, M. Epler, J. A. Lednicky, J. S. Butel, and M. J. Tevethia

Effect of Iron Chelation Therapy on Mortality in Zambian Children With Cerebral Malaria, Philip Thuma, G. F. Mabeza, G. Biemba, G. J. Bhat, C. E. McLaren, V. M. Moyo, S. Zulu, H. Khumalo, P. Mabeza, A. M'Hango, D. Parry, A. A. Poltera, G. M. Brittenham, and V. R. Gordeuk

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Assessment of the Effect of the Oral Iron Chelator Deferiprone on Asymptomatic Plasmodium Falciparum Parasitemia in Humans, Philip Thuma, N. F. Olivieri, G. F. Mabeza, G. Biemba, D. Parry, S. Zulu, F. F. Fassos, R. A. Mcclelland, G. Koren, G. M. Brittenham, and V. R. Gordeuk

An Endoplasmic Reticulum-Targeting Signal Sequence Enhances the Immunogenicity of an Immunorecessive Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope, F. U. Tong-Ming, Larry M. Mylin, T. D. Schell, I. Bacik, G. Russ, J. W. Yewdell, J. R. Bennink, and S. S. Tevethia

Loading Dose of Quinine in African Children With Cerebral Malaria, M. Van der Torn, Philip Thuma, G. F. Mabeza, G. Biemba, V. M. Moyo, C. E. McLaren, G. M. Brittenham, and V. R. Gordeuk

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Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Biopterin, Nitric Oxide Metabolites, and Immune Activation Markers and the Clinical Course of Human Cerebral Malaria, G. Weiss, Philip Thuma, G. Biemba, G. Mabeza, E. R. Werner, and V. R. Gordeuk

Submissions from 1997

Inducible Expression Cassettes in Yeast: GAL4., Larry M. Mylin and J. E. Hopper

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A Simian Virus 40 Large T-Antigen Segment Containing Amino Acids 1 to 127 and Expressed Under the Control of the Rat Elastase-1 Promoter Produces Pancreatic Acinar Carcinomas in Transgenic Mice, M. J. Tevethia, R. H. Bonneau, J. W. Griffith, and Larry M. Mylin

Modulatory Potential of Iron Chelation Therapy on Nitric Oxide Formation in Cerebral Malaria, G. Weiss, Philip Thuma, G. Mabeza, E. R. Werner, M. Herold, and V. R. Gordeuk

Submissions from 1996

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Newton’s Rejection of the "Newtonian World View": The Role of Divine Will in Newton’s Natural Philosophy, Edward B. Davis

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Robert Boyle, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature, Edward B. Davis

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The Making of Robert Boyle's Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Receiv'd Notion of Nature (1686), M. Hunter and Edward B. Davis

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Field Studies on Visual and Acoustic Signaling in the "Earless" Panamanian Golden Frog, Atelopus Zeteki, Erik D. Lindquist and T. E. Hetherington

Serum Neopterin, Interleukin-4, and Interleukin-6 Concentrations in Cerebral Malaria Patients and the Effect of Iron Chelation Therapy, Philip Thuma, G. Weiss, M. Herold, and V. R. Gordeuk

Submissions from 1995

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Book Review:The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment RoseMary Sargent, Edward B. Davis

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Eloge: E. Robert Paul, 23 July 1943-12 October 1994, Edward B. Davis

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Fundamentalism and Folk Science Between the Wars, Edward B. Davis

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The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry Rimmer, Edward B. Davis and Harry Rimmer

Transferrin Saturation and Recovery From Coma in Cerebral Malaria, V. R. Gordeuk, Philip Thuma, C. E. McLaren, G. Biemba, S. Zulu, A. A. Poltera, J. E. Askin, and G. M. Brittenham

Functional Analysis of Amino Acid Residues Encompassing and Surrounding Two Neighboring H-2DB-Restricted Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitopes in Simian Virus 40 Tumor Antigen, J. D. Lippolis, Larry M. Mylin, D. T. Simmons, and S. S. Tevethia

Hierarchy Among Multiple H-2B-Restricted Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitopes Within Simian Virus 40 T Antigen, Larry M. Mylin, R. H. Bonneau, J. D. Lippolis, and S. S. Tevethia

Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Escape Variants, Induced Mutations, and Synthetic Peptides Define a Dominant H-2KB-Restricted Determinant in Simian Virus 40 Tumor Antigen, Larry M. Mylin, A. M. Deckhut, R. H. Bonneau, T. D. Kierstead, M. J. Tevethia, D. T. Simmons, and S. S. Tevethia

Submissions from 1994

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Book Review: Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903-1959): The Classic Mind Articles and Others, with Modern Critical Essays Cameron Wybrow; The Bible, Baconianism, and Mastery over Nature: The Old Testament and Its Modern Misreading Cameron Wybrow, Edward B. Davis

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Parcere nominibus: Boyle, Hooke, and the Rhetorical Interpretation of Descartes, Edward B. Davis

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The Anonymous Works of Robert Boyle and the Reasons Why a Protestant Should not Turn Papist (1687), Edward B. Davis

SIP1 is a Catabolite Repression-Specific Negative Regulator of GAL Gene Expression, Larry M. Mylin, V. L. Bushman, R. M. Long, X. Yu, C. M. Lebo, T. E. Blank, and J. E. Hopper

Submissions from 1993

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Book Review:"The Mechanical Universe" ; "The Mechanical Universe and beyond", Edward B. Davis