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This paper examines two types of organisms that are readily observable for the purposes of this experiment, fire ants and plants. The paper researches if the fire ant will resist infesting any plant. It offers the pine, chamomile and rose bush as examples. The paper will try to use the findings to prove that chamomile can prevent fire ant infestation in farming.

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"Two types of organisms that are readily observable for the purposes of this experiment are fire ants and plants. The research question that is addressed is, "If exposed to three different types of plants, (pine tree, rose bush, chamomile) is there any plant that the fire ant will not infest?". Hypothesis Steve Diver (1999) contends that in the practice of biodynamic farming chamomile can serve as a natural plant that aids in preventing crop insect infestations (para. 6). While Diver (1999) does not discuss the use of chamomile to prevent fire an infestation in farming, it is evident that determining this use would be vitally important to farmers. With this background information in mind, it is therefore contended that when active fire ants are exposed to the chamomile plant they will avoid the plant altogether, but will not hesitate to ..."

Tags:biology, experiment, plants

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This research paper provides a review of the relevant and scholarly literature to identify what types of ant species live in the United States, where they came from, their chemistry, and ecology. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion. The paper comes complete with several colorful and illustrative graphics.

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"Both of the native and imported fire ants are small, dark orange/brown ants with workers of various sizes that quickly rally and sting en mass when their mound is disturbed . Other than the much larger "red harvester" or "Texas red ant" (which has no variation in worker size and is conspicuous on its trails and around its flat open mound entrance), the majority of other stinging, ground-dwelling ants in Texas are encountered as solitary individuals (Gilbert 2)."

Tags:solenopsis, colony, mound

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The paper describes ants' highly sophisticated and cohesive social networks that allow colonies to accomplish common goals.
The paper looks at how colonies are ordered and structured, the specific roles of the male and female ants and the size and scope of ant colonies. The paper shows how all the various species of ants exhibit similar characteristics such as the method of reproduction, the metamorphosis of eggs into adults and the use of pheromones to communicate.

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"The New York science museum exhibit on ants offers a glimpse into the social networking systems of one of the world's most ubiquitous, ancient, and fascinating insects. Ants are sometimes considered and treated as pests when they enter the human domain. However, the science museum exhibit displayed ants in a more objective and positive light. Ants play a major role in their ecosystems. Their role varies depending on the ant species and their geographic region, but all ants share common characteristics that distinguish them from other insects."

Tags:supercolony, pheromones, antennae, reproduction, eggs

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Discusses the ants' ability to quickly strip entire orchards of leaves, fungal gardens of ants, and the usefulness of leaf-cutting ants. Proposes an experiment to examine fungal parasites.

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"Leaf-cutting ants (Formicidae: Attini) are capable of devouring enormous amounts of vegetation - about 20 percent of the fresh-leaf biomass in the Neotropics. This makes agriculture of non-native plants which have not evolved a form of ..."

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" Ant colonies are typically founded by one or a few queens. These queens produce all of the worker ants. Workers are responsible for finding food, caring for immature ants, and defending the nest. Ant ecology is greatly influenced by competition; in fact, it is perhaps the primary force determining colony size and organization. Given such competition, ants must be able to discriminate between members of their own colony (i.e., nestmates) and members from other colonies (i.e., non-nestmates). This ability to recognize nestmates--as opposed to aliens--is primarily mediated through chemical signals.

Ants, in general, have attained considerable ecological..."

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This paper discusses the reasons for the popularity of Apache Ant for Java. It further discusses why this approach is easier and better noting that the Ant Build Automation Tool is a powerful scripting tool for building processes are various code requirements using predefined tasks. Ant is an XML based scripting tool, and Apache Ant is specifically a Java based Build Tool.

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"The Ant Build Automation Tool is a powerful scripting tool for building processes are various code requirements using predefined tasks. Ant is an XML-based scripting tool, and Apache Ant is specifically a Java-based Build Tool. There are other ways that some of the same tasks can be achieved, and many consider Ant to be a better tool that other scripting approaches such as Batch scripting. An examination of the Ant system can show why Ant is better than others and also expose any disadvantages that Ant might have compared to other methods."

Tags:java, ant, tool

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This review looks at how Spencer Ante in the article entitled, "The Science of Desire," explains the way that companies use scientific approaches to create a desire for the products they sell. It explains that Ante has a discussion in his article about how Sirius Radio used a group of social scientists to "shadow" consumers and learn about their radio preferences. It also explains how Ante describes how companies use ethnographers to develop products for different cultural groups. At the end of the article, the author offers a personal opinion regarding his/her amusement at the lengths that companies go to obtain customer information.

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"Ever since there has been the concept of ownership, there has also been the concept of selling the goods owned. Depending on the period of cultural development and the abundance (or lack) of various resources, the selling of goods and services has grown and diminished in importance. In today's United States and Western culture in general, few things could be considered more important from political and socio-economic viewpoint--our entire society is built on the notion that companies can continue to make profits by selling things to consumers. When consumers stop buying, or when companies are unable to meet other financial obligations and can no longer sell, many other parts of society are threatened with collapse. This is one (admittedly oversimplified) explanation of the current economic meltdown."

Tags:scientific approach, product development, consumer research sales

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This paper discusses the short story, ?The Ant of the Self,? written by Z. Z. Packer. The paper explores how the story demonstrates a common despair children often discover within the relationships with their irresponsible fathers. The paper examines the story's theme of the importance of a father figure, as well as the importance of discovering what it means to be a real man.

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"Spurgeon's pain is caused primarily by what he does not share with his father. It also stems from exactly from who Ray is. From the beginning of the story, we are aware that Spurgeon does not have a meaningful relationship with his father. In fact, it appears as if the roles are reversed because the son is picking up his father from jail instead of the other way around. Ray, complete with a DUI on his record, is quite an interesting and unorthodox father figure. He is always thinking of schemes to make money fast, schemes that he refers to as investments. In addition, the story revolves around one of Ray's schemes that involves selling exotic birds at the Million Man March in Washington, DC, which is 700 miles away."

Tags:spurgeon, ray, father

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"There are many factors that regulate insect populations. Some of these are weather, which includes temperature, light, moisture, and air movement; migration; food sources; behavior; and genetics. Much of the research compiled on insects is concerned with controlling insect population for the purposes of curbing diseases and damage to crops and livestock. Other research has focused on insects as part of the ecosystem.

For example, mosquitos have been the subject of much research since they can be carriers of malaria (1:546). One of the ways scientists have sought to control malaria is through insect genetics. In the early 1960s, the disease seemed under control. Field workers, using DDT, were able to stop the disease by attacking its transmission routes, or vectors--malaria-carrying mosquitos. However, by the end of the decade, mosquitos.."

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The paper discusses economic, political and social reasons why slavery was so important to Southerners during the ante-bellum period. The paper relates that slaves represented great wealth for the plantation owners, they represented a style of living and way of life, and finally they were tied into all of the major political issues of the period.

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"Slavery was important in the Ante-Bellum South for a variety of reasons. These included: (1) Economic - ownership of slaves provided some Southerners with great wealth (2) Political - ownership of slaves provided and represented power while symbolizing a political view known as "State's Rights" and (3) Social - ownership of slaves represented and symbolized a life style that was valued and aspired to.
"The first African slaves were brought to the Southern colony of Jamestown in 1619 (Stampp, 1956, pp. 6-7). By 1790 there were 600,000 African slaves..."

Tags:slavery, abolition, states rights