UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 13, Page 7 December 5, 1991 Faculty and staff Books Barbara T. Gates, English, Journal of Emily Shore, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1991. Publications James M. Grimes, public safety, with Richard R. Shaw of Cardio-Kinetics Inc., "Fitness and Health Evaluations for Law Enforcement Officers," in The National F.O.P. Journal, pages 41-45, fall 1991. Chandra L. Reedy, art conservation, "Petrographic Analysis of Casting Core Materials for Provenance Studies of Copper Alloy Sculptures," in Archaeomaterials, vol. 6, no. 2, pages 121-163. Presentations Jonathan Sharp, marine studies, "The Nitrogen Cycle and a Budget for the Delaware Estuary" and "The Future of the Delaware Estuary," at Estuarine Research Federation meeting, Nov. 10-14, San Francisco. Marion C. Hyson, individual and family studies, with Leslie Rescorla, "Parents' Attitudes Concerning Early Academic Experiences for Low Income and Ethnic Minority Children," at National Association for the Education of Young Children meeting, Nov. 7-10, Denver. George Basalla, history, "Animal Technology/Human Technology," at History of Science Society and Society for the History of Technology joint annual meeting, Oct. 30-Nov. 3, Madison. John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, "Sedimentary Lithosomes of a Geological Transgression: Relative C-Level Rise," at Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Nov. 6. Dan Shade, individual and family studies, "Award-Winning Software: Is It Developmentally Appropriate?" at National Association for the Education of Young Children meeting, Nov. 7-10, Denver. Robert Longwell-Grice and Cliff Reeves, housing and residence life, "Careers in Student Affairs and Housing," at Delaware Valley Comunity College, Nov. 12. Ruth F. Bean, Nadine Heim, Jane Davidson, Dene Klinzing, Toni Decapua and Alice Eyman, individual and family studies, organized and presented workshops at the Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children fall conference, Oct. 19, Delcastle Vocational and Technical High School, Wilmington. Two members of the Department of Music made presentations at 57th annual meeting, American Musicological Society, Nov. 7-10, Chicago: Russell E. Murray Jr., "The Exception Proves the Rule: Pontio's Theoretical and Practical Exegesis of 'Parody,'" and Peter Jeffery, "The Earliest Manuscript of Old Roman Chant: An 8th-Century Fragment Now in Hungary." Nine faculty members made presentations at the International Symposium on Marine Pollution, Nov. 9-10, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan: Jin Wu, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Marine Studies and Civil Engineering, "Recent Advances of Remote Sensing Techniques and Their Applications in Studying Marine Pollution"; Robert A. Dalrymple, civil engineering, "Transport and Circulation in the Nearshore Zone Induced by Waves"; Arthur B. Metzner, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering, "The Theology, Fiber Orientation and Processing Behavior of Fiber-Filled Fluids"; Thomas M. Church, marine studies, "Coastal Marine Environment"; Carolyn A. Thoroughgood, marine studies, "Sea Grant: A National Investment in Marine Resources"; Gerard J. Mangone, marine studies, "Legal Aspects of Marine Pollution"; C.P. Huang, civil engineering, "Oil Spillage and Its Control"; John D. Meakin, mechanical engineering, "Degradation of Monumental Bronzes"; John L. Burmeister, chemistry and biochemistry, "Ambidentate Ligands: The Schizophrenics of Coordination Chemistry." Robert A. Day, English, conducted workshops on scientific writing, Nov. 11-13, at "Training Course on Immunoassay and Related Techniques in Livestock Reproduction and Nutrition Research in Latin America " and at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Nov. 14-15, Mexico City. A Spanish translation of Day's How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper has been published by the Pan-American Health Organization. Barbara D. Giardina and Frances K. Graham, psychology, "Prepulse Inhibition: Transient or Energy Based?" at Society for Psychophysiological Research annual meeting, Oct. 12, Chicago. Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering, "On the Analysis and Optimization of Sandwich Structures," at workshop on advanced materials sandwich structures, Oct. 20-23, Capri, Italy. Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, with Gongmin Fu, post-doctoral fellow, and Deng Boalin,visiting scholar, "Determination of Acid Volatile Sulfide and Simultaneously Extracted Metals in Sediments," and with graduate students Jack Lee and Ben Chen, C.P. Huang, civil engineering, Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, and Paul Sanders, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, a poster presentation, "Development of Soil Criteria To Protect Groundwater Quality," at Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Nov. 3-7, Seattle. A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, "El Auto Sacramental en Sor Juana," at International Homage to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Nov. 11-13, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City; and "By My So Potent Art: Examen del Teatro de Calderon y la Tragicomedia de Guarini," at 89th annual meeting of Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Nov. 15-17, University of Nevada. Chandra L. Reedy, art conservation, "Geological and Art Historical Issues in Thin Section Studies of Bactro-Gandharan Stone Sculpture," at British Museum conference on scientific and technical studies of archaeological stone, Nov. 14-16, London. Miscellaneous Dan Shade, individual and family studies, elected to two-year term as chairperson of Technology and Young Children's Caucus and appointed to panel to develop guidelines for developmentally appropriate use of technology in early childhood, National Association for the Education of Young Children. Shade is also editor of Journal of Computing in Childhood Education. Anne E. Comasso, Adult Day Care Center, appointed to state task force on court-related needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities.