The Walter Dalquest Research Area encompasses approximately 3,000 acres in both Brewster and Presidio counties in Texas. Previous mapping in this area was low resolution and included air photo based reconnaissance. The principle objective of this study was to produce a lithologic map of the Walter Dalquest Research Area by utilizing modern multi-spectral techniques and field verification. A comparison of the previous map to the recent interpretation is also included. A Landsat (TM) image was acquired from November 9, 2002. Multi-spectral analyses and ground verification established an outcrop pattern to compare with past geologic works. The recent lithologic production and the past geologic map matched fairly well with some minor discrepancies. Interpretation of the lithologic breaks were verified with hand sample and thin section analyses.

Although touch is an important component of attachment theory, most of the existing studies have focused on its extrinsic forms (i.e., being touched by a caregiver, and touching a caregiver) and neglected its intrinsic form (i.e., self-touch). The primary objectives of the present study were to first (1) examine whether the association between self-touch and attention focus emerges by toddlerhood in the presence of a caregiver, then (2) investigate whether the likelihood of self-touch varies by attachment style in a situation requiring attention focus, and finally (3) examine whether the association between self-touch and attention focus varies by attachment style. Data from forty-nine mother-child dyads were employed for analyses. The attachment classification of the children was determined using the Strange Situation. The instance of attention focus and self-touch behavior during a challenging task were coded by second. First, self-touch as related to attention focus was found to emerge by toddlerhood. Second, securely attached children were found to be more likely than insecurely attached children to exhibit self-touch in a situation requiring attention focus. Third, an association between lateral self-touch and attention focus was found for children of all attachment classifications. This association was particularly strong for securely attached children, who also displayed higher levels of attention focus. The present study found that self-touch is associated with attention focus during toddlerhood, and that this association is strongest for the toddlers who were securely attached as infants.

Decisions to donate to charity are influenced by a wide variety of factors. I hypothesized that four of these factors are ambient food odors, sex, donors' perceptions of the widespread availability of resources, and donors' perceptions of donor-recipient relatedness. The results of the first experiment (N = 60) revealed that participants were more willing to give to kin than to strangers. The results also indicated that food odors led women to be more willing than men to donate to charitable organizations in general. In Study 2 (N = 388), I actively manipulated participants' perceptions of the widespread availability of resources. The results suggested that perceptions of resource scarcity caused participants to hoard from strangers in need but not from kin in need.

Endothelial dysfunction increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, and regular exercise has been shown to increase endothelial function; however, single bouts of exercise may also produce beneficial effects lasting at least 24 h. <bold>Purpose:</bold> The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of two intensities of a single bout of aerobic exercise on endothelial function in obese, post-menopausal women. <bold>Methods:</bold> Eleven obese (percent fat = 37.23 &#x00B1; 2.75; BMI = 30.57 &#x00B1; 2.14) women between the ages of 54 and 70 yrs completed two, one-hour sessions of treadmill exercise at 50 and 70 percent of HRmax, and a resting control trial. Endothelial function was assessed via flowmediated dilation of the brachial artery and via blood levels of nitrate/nitrite before and after exercise and at two, 24, 48, and 72 hours post exercise. Flow mediated dilation was measured by ultrasound images of the brachial artery before and for 5 min after 5 min of occlusion. A 3 &#x00D7; 6 repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine differences between condition and time for flow mediated dilation and blood measures. <bold>Results:</bold> No significant differences were seen between exercise and rest or between exercise trials in measures of endothelial function. <bold>Conclusion:</bold> In elderly, obese females, one hour of exercise did not impact subsequent flow mediated dilation responses, nor the blood markers of endothelial function at any time points, regardless of the exercise intensity.

The functioning of substance abuse treatment organizations is important both to the outcomes of treatment clients, as well as to the transfer of research into practice. Before new research can be transferred it is important for organizations to be functioning well. The present study examined characteristics of organizations that were responsive to a workshop designed to improve organizational functioning. Participants were program directors, clinical supervisors and staff from community based substance abuse treatment organizations in Texas, representing 53 treatment units. Logistic regressions were used to predict responsiveness, to continue participation in change in an area of organizational functioning identified in the workshop. Findings suggest that several organizational characteristics were associated with responsiveness to the workshop. Specifically, responsive organizations had more needs and pressures, and had less adequate functioning in terms of institutional resources, staff attributes and organizational climate. Results also showed that organizations with smaller standard deviations on ratings of organizational climate were more likely to be responsive. Additionally, more established organizations were more likely to be responsive, as were organizations with larger client load, and urban organizations.

Children adopted from institutions may experience serious behavior problems once placed with their adoptive families. The current research seeks to illuminate this process by addressing two questions: 1) Do attachment and sensory integration mediate the impact of maternal deprivation on child behavior problems? and 2) Do attachment and sensory integration make independent contributions to the prediction of behavior problems in post-institutionalized children? Data were collected as part of a therapeutic summer camp for children (N = 49) adopted from institutions in other countries. Results indicate that attachment did weakly mediate the impact of maternal deprivation on child behavior problems. Further, we found attachment and sensory integration problems independently predicted child behavior problems. Mechanisms, limitations and ideas for future research are discussed.

Rats drink less of a 4% sucrose solution when they have had prior experience with a 32% sucrose solution than rats that receive only 4% sucrose. This phenomenon is known as consummatory successive negative contrast. Little attention has been paid to the importance of microstructural changes within trials during cSNC. In the first experiment, with the idea of conflict in mind, new measures were devised to measure within-trial variability in cSNC from previously collected data. Frequency best captured such changes, and a second experiment was conducted to determine its validity as a measure of conflict, using the anxiolytic chlordiazepoxide (CDP). CDP did not reliably reduce contrast in rats, rendering the experiment inconclusive. Behavioral and pharmacological evidence were weighed, with the determination that frequency should be explored further as a new measure for within-trial variability, and that the source of this variability should be investigated.

In response to increasing demands on treatment providers to enhance service delivery and improve client outcomes, agencies within the substance abuse treatment field are placing emphasis on the adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions. Because trial use of new innovations by program staff is considered a vital stage in the process of moving practices into routine care, it is important to explore mechanisms involved in the initial adoption of innovations. One of the unique contributions of the current study is a glimpse into the process by which staff members decide to try new innovations in their clinical work as facilitated by the combined effect of creative and engaged leaders and change-oriented staff attributes (i.e., opportunities for professional growth, efficacy, adaptability, and influence on others). The current study used hierarchical linear modeling to test specific hypotheses characterizing the inter-relations among these organizational factors. First, a series of models tested whether staff attributes served as potential mediators of the relationship between leadership and innovation adoption. Second, a series of models tested whether organizational climate served as a potential moderator of the relationship between leadership and staff attributes. The data were collected in 2004 as part of the Treatment Costs and Organizational Monitoring project and consist of 421 counseling staff from 71 Outpatient treatment programs in 4 US regions. Results reveal that the propensity to adopt workshop-based interventions is facilitated by two important mechanisms (1) an innovative organization with creative leadership and (2) change-oriented staff attributes. The current study further defines the process of individual adoption by showing that leadership not only supports the development of change-oriented staff attributes, but also bolsters the impact that leadership has on innovation adoption by fostering these staff attributes. A climate receptive to change also supports the development of these attributes by motivating staff to develop job efficacy, be adaptive in job completion, and support program success by positively influencing coworkers. One implication of these findings is the cascading effect of leaders' support of innovative thinking and action resulting in employees strengthening their own adaptive skills and carrying this innovative thinking into individual adoption.

The Shattuck Member of the Queen Formation (Permian) is an extensive reservoir that covers over 10,000 km2 along the Northwest Shelf of southeast New Mexico. It consists partly of quartz sandstone with anhydrite and dolomite cements. The Shattuck Member is one of a number of sandstone packages that makes up the Upper Permian Guadalupian Series of West Texas, consisting of the San Andres, Grayburg, Queen, Seven Rivers, Yates and Tansill Formations. In the study area near Maljamar Field, gamma ray cut-offs from electric logs show where the mineralogy changes and the quartz-rich facies dominates versus the dolomite-rich interval within the Shattuck member. The quartz-rich facies is the best target for producing oil/gas from the Shattuck Member. Isopach mapping, core analysis, X-ray diffraction data, and a revised depositional model indicate that the best reservoir quality will be located north and south of the Artesia Vacuum structure.

Two-thirds of spontaneous associations to future events involve antecedent actions that facilitate or inhibit the event and positive or negative consequences that might follow from the event. According to McGuire and McGuire (1991), these spontaneous associations are evolutionarily adaptive, because thoughts about antecedent actions help people shape their environments, and thoughts about possible consequences help people prepare to cope. By this reasoning, thoughts about facilitating antecedent actions affect perceptions of an events feasibility, whereas thoughts about positive consequences affect perceptions of the events desirability. Participants in the present two experiments were directed to generate either antecedent actions that would increase their level of exercise or positive consequences that would motivate them to exercise more. In both studies, participants who generated antecedent actions subsequently rated exercise as more feasible, but less desirable, than did participants who generated positive consequences. The results are viewed as consistent with theories of directed thinking and attitude processes.