OHIO ASSESSMENT LAWS

Trophic Assessment of Ten Publicly-owned Northeastern Ohio Lakes

Trophic assessments of 10 publicly-owned northeastern Ohio lakes including Aquilla, Baldwin, Findley, Hinckley, Hodgson (Muddy), Spencer, Lower Shaker, Upper Shaker, Virginia Kendall, and Wallace indicated that all were highly eutrophic. Criteria for these assessments were based on a Trophic State Index developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that incorporated epilimnetic levels o...

Ohio Appalachian residents' views on smoke-free laws and cigarette warning labels.

INTRODUCTION Smoke-free laws and the addition of graphic warning labels to cigarette packages represent public health policies that can potentially reduce smoking and smoking-related disease. The attitudes and beliefs relating to these policies were examined among residents of Ohio Appalachia, a mostly rural region with high smoking prevalence among its residents. METHODS Focus groups were co...

Gun Laws and Crime: An Empirical Assessment

This paper deals with the effect of gun laws on crime. Several empirical analyses are carried to investigate the relationship between five different crime rates and alternative law variables. The tests are based on cross-section data from US sates. Three different law variables are used in the analysis, together with a set of control variables for income, poverty, unemployment and ethnic backgr...

Ohio University

Nitric oxide (NO) is a unique diffusible molecule in the vascular and nervous systems. Endogenous NO can modulate neuronal physiology and pathology by participating in many signaling pathways. Zinc is an essential metal ion for the body. In neurons, most zinc is accumulated in different intracellular pools. Recently, zinc was shown to modulate different physiological functions by acting as a si...

Ohio Ascomycete Notes Talaromyces from Soils of Southern Ohio