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Sineoamphisbaena is an extinct genus of squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Its fossils are known from the Late Cretaceous deposits in Inner Mongolia, China. Wu et al. (1993), Wu et al. (1996) and Gao (1997) proposed and argued that it was the oldest known amphisbaenian; this, however, was challenged by other authors, such as Kearney (2003) and Conrad (2008), who instead assigned Sineoamphisbaena to the group of squamates variously known as Macrocephalosauridae, Polyglyphanodontidae or Polyglyphanodontia.
A large-scale study of fossil and living squamates published in 2012 by Gauthier et al. did not find evidence for a particularly close relationship between amphisbaenians and Sineoamphisbaena; in their primary analysis Sineoamphisbaena was found to be the sister taxon of the clade containing snakes, amphisbaenians, the family Dibamidae and the American legless lizard. The primary analysis of Gauthier et al. did not support a close relationship between Sineoamphisbaena and polyglyphanodontians either; however, the authors noted that when all snake-like squamates and mosasaurs were removed from the analysis, and burrowing squamates were then added individually to it, Sineoamphisbaena grouped with polyglyphanodontians. Gauthier et al. (2012) considered it possible that Sineoamphisbaena was a burrowing polyglyphanodontian.
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Decisional balance and collegiate drinking.
The study examined the perceived benefits and costs of alcohol use among undergraduates (N = 462) perceiving their drinking as normal or abnormal as well as those undergraduates who met or did not meet the DSM-IV-TR criteria for an alcohol disorder. A 2x2 MANOVA and univariate analyses on the benefits (pros) and costs (cons) scales of the Alcohol Decisional Balances Scale (ADBS) revealed significantly higher perceived benefits of alcohol use among students reporting normal drinking behaviors and meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. A significant interaction revealed that students who met the DSM-IV-TR criteria but perceived their drinking as normal reported the highest perceived benefits of drinking. Findings supported prior research highlighting the link between perceived benefits of alcohol use and problematic drinking.
Key words: alcohol, college, attitudes, DSM-IV-TR, decisional balance
Recent estimates report that 10 percent to 31 percent of the approximately 8 million college students (ages 18-24) meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) criteria for alcohol abuse. Another six percent to 11 percent meet the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol dependence (Clements, 1999; Knight, Wechsler, Kuo, Siebring, Weitzman, & Schuckit, 2002). Heavy drinking leads to negative events such as sleep disruption, academic difficulties, and violence (Wechsler, Lee, & Kuo, 2000). Consequently, heavy collegiate alcohol use and the associated negative consequences continue to be recognized as a significant problem on college campuses (NIAAA, Alcoholism Advisory Council, 2002).
The significance of these negative consequences influenced colleges to implement primary alcohol prevention programs (Wechsler, Kelley, & Weitzman, 2000) that typically utilize alcohol education, alcohol-free activities or alcohol-free living quarters (e.g., dry residence halls), and greater enforcement of campus alcohol policies (Larimer & Cronce, 2002; Wechsler, Seibring, Liu, & Ahl, 2004). However, these programs are typically ineffective because the students do not perceive their drinking as being problematic (Vik, Culbertson, & Sellers, 2000). Gintner and Choate (2007) underscore the fact that, although the collegiate drinking research emphasizes a need to understand the motivations of collegiate drinkers, most college campuses still rely upon primary prevention and alcohol psychoeducation.
These primary prevention programs are being utilized with problematic college drinkers mandated to treatment for campus alcohol policy infractions, a scenario on the rise in recent years (Tevyaw, Borsari, Colby, & Monti, 2007). For instance, Anderson and Gadaleto (2006) surveyed 196 colleges and universities and found that 74 percent of these campuses mandated participation in an alcohol education/primary prevention program for alcohol policy violators. Consequently, college/university counseling centers must provide services to individuals mandated to treatment while also providing a welcoming resource for a population that typically does not volunteer for assistance with alcohol problems.
One intervention that moves beyond primary prevention and education by targeting the motivations of the collegiate drinker is motivational interviewing (MI; Miller & Rollnick, 2002). Motivational interviewing may reduce problematic drinking by demonstrating the discrepancies between drinking behaviors and goals. The concept of MI originates in the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1986) which theorizes several stages of motivation (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance) to change a problematic behavior. Each stage represents an increased degree of motivation for change with the action stage reflecting a willingness to change behavior. However, most college students are not ready to initiate change, especially if the drinking behavior is not perceived as problematic. Thus, it is crucial to motivate and guide the individual to the action stage so behavior change may begin.
One component of MI is decisional balance (DB), derived from the decision-making model by Janis and Mann (1977), which reviews how decision-making entails careful consideration of all options while producing a "balance sheet" of potential benefits (pros) and costs (cons) of engaging in the behavior (Velicer, DiClemente, Prochaska, & Brandenburg, 1985). DB provides the individual an opportunity to articulate ambivalence regarding current behavior by endorsing the benefits (pros) and costs (cons) of that behavior (Miller, 1999). Research reports mixed results with studies advocating or refuting the potential efficacy of DB as a mechanism to facilitate change in problematic drinking behaviors.
Prior research of the positive and negative aspects of alcohol use (Migneault, Velicer, Prochaska, & Stevenson, 1999) found a strong positive relationship between positive aspects of alcohol use and problematic drinking coupled with a smaller negative relationship between negative aspects of alcohol use and problematic drinking. LaBrie, Pedersen, Earleywine, and Olsen (2006) found that one-month after completing a DB exercise the participants reported a statistically significant increase in desire to change drinking behavior. Noar, LaForge, Maddock and Wood (2003) found that college students who believed in the negative costs of alcohol use were less likely to drink or drink heavily. The research also suggests that negative elements of alcohol use may not directly influence problematic drinking behavior, highlighting the need for further study of the costs (cons) of alcohol use in the DB process. Despite research highlighting the potential for DB in reducing problematic drinking, two recent studies found no support for DB effectiveness on changing problematic drinking behaviors (Carey, Carey, Maisto, & Henson, 2006; Collins & Carey, 2005).
We could find no published studies that utilized the DSM-IV-TR criteria of alcohol abuse/dependence in studying DB and college alcohol use. Considering the mixed results of the DB research and the absence of DSM-IV-TR criteria within the research, one area of further inquiry entails DB differences between college drinkers presenting with and without a DSM-IV-TR alcohol use disorder. Although recent meta-analytic work reports that brief motivational interventions (which include the use of MI and DB) are not intended for individuals meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence (Moyer, Finney, Swearingen, & Vergun, 2002), there does exist ample empirical evidence underscoring the utilization and efficacy of MI with substance abusers in treatment (e.g., Martino, Carroll, Nich, & Rounsaville, 2006). Thus, a study of brief motivational intervention components (such as DB) seems warranted in a college student population where it is estimated that upwards of forty percent meets the DSM-IV-TR alcohol abuse or dependence criteria (Clements, 1999; Knight et al., 2002). Research on the benefits (pros) and costs (cons) of alcohol use with college students meeting or not meeting the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol use disorder could illuminate the issues associated with the use of DB in designing the secondary prevention programs that Gintner et al. (2007) argue are needed on college campuses. Furthermore, this population typically does not voluntarily seek assistance for problematic drinking behaviors (Nye, Agnostelli, & Smith, 1999). Therefore, a study of students who do or do not consider themselves problematic drinkers also seems warranted.
This study proposes three hypotheses. First, those meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for abuse/dependence would report significantly greater benefits (pros) and significantly fewer costs (cons) of alcohol use than those not meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. Second, those reporting abnormal drinking behavior would exhibit significantly greater benefits (pros) and significantly fewer costs (cons) of alcohol use than those reporting drinking behavior as normal. Third, those meeting the DSM-IV-TR abuse/dependence criteria and not reporting drinking behavior as abnormal would exhibit significantly greater benefits (pros) and significantly fewer costs (cons) of alcohol use as compared to the other experimental conditions.
Undergraduate student volunteers in a Psychology Department participant pool (N=462) participated in this study. Students were enrolled in the participant pool because they were in a psychology course. Participants were given the option in their course of registering for studies being run by the Department of Psychology or reading various psychology articles and answering questions about the research (for those who objected to research participation). Research participation (whether through study participation or reading the psychology articles) was for course credit.
Most of the sample were freshmen (43.1%) with the remainder consisting of sophomores (19.0%), juniors (16.5%), and seniors (20.8%). Consistent with the demographics of this northeastern university, the majority of the sample was female (71.6%) and Caucasian (87.2%) whereas 5.6% identified as Hispanic, 2.4% as African-American, 1.9% as Asian, and 1.9% as other. Most lived on campus in university housing (46.1%) with others living off campus with friends/roommates (18.0%), family (25.1%), spouse/significant other (6.5%), or alone (2.2%). Average age was 20.43 years (SD = 4.77) and average GPA (on a four-point scale) was 3.26 (SD = 0.48; Table 1).
Decisional balance. Decisional balance was measured using the 16-item Alcohol Decisional Balance Scale (ADBS; Maddock, 1997). The ADBS consists of eight items that assess the benefits (pros) of alcohol use and eight items that assess the costs (cons) of alcohol use. The scale asks "How important to you are the following statements in your decision about how much to drink?" and respondents' answer 1 (not at all important) to 5 (extremely important) on the benefits (pros) and costs (cons) scales. Items include "Drinking gives me courage" and "I feel happier when I drink" on the benefits (pros) scale, and "Drinking could get me addicted" and "I can hurt people close to me when I drink too much" on the costs (cons) scale. Reliability was strong for both the benefits (pros; [alpha] =. 93) and costs (cons; [alpha] = .94) scales within this study sample.
Alcohol abuse or dependence. Alcohol use disorder was measured using a self-report checklist based on the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. To meet the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol abuse a student must experience at least one of the following symptoms in the past 12 months: (1) Failure to fulfill obligations (e.g., poor grades, missing class); (2) drinking in hazardous situations (e.g., while on medication or while driving); (3) legal problems (e.g., arrested for underage drinking, fighting, penalty for violating campus alcohol policy, violent or sexual assault); (4) interpersonal problems (e.g., repeated conflicts with friends or significant other).
Alcohol dependence is met by experiencing three of more of the following symptoms in the past 12 months: (1)Tolerance (e.g., increasing number of drinks needed for intoxication); (2) withdrawal (e.g., physical symptoms in the absence of alcohol use); (3) drinking larger quantities than intended; (4) persistent desire and/or unsuccessful attempts to control drinking; (5) significant time and effort spent in obtaining alcohol, drinking and recovering from drinking; (6) reducing non-alcohol related activities (e.g., hobbies, school, job); (7) continued drinking despite physical and/or psychological consequences. Respondents endorsed a yes or no to the questions directly derived from the DSM-IV-TR language and criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. In addition, we asked the participants (via a dichotomous yes/no variable) if they felt their drinking behavior was normal.
Data Collection
Participants voluntarily signed-up for a study on "college health." Alcohol was not mentioned in the study title or the brief study description in an effort to eliminate any self-selection in or out of the study based on alcohol experiences and/or attitudes. As a component of the study the participants completed the DSM-IV-TR checklist for alcohol abuse or dependence. Following the completion of data collection, the checklist was computed to produce the two experimental groups of presence or absence of a DSM-IV-TR alcohol use disorder. An individual cannot possess both abuse and dependence diagnoses for the same substance; thus, for sake of simplicity, the variables of abuse and dependence were collapsed into one level.
All participants were encouraged, through a detailed verbal and written debriefing process, to contact the university counseling center if they felt their drinking was problematic and/or their participation in the study triggered self-reflection on their drinking behaviors. All research assistants received training in confidentiality and ethics pertaining to research in general as well as research issues relevant to substance use disorders. The study was reviewed and approved by the university Institutional Review Board.
Alcohol Problem Analyses
The participants (N = 462) were nearly evenly split on whether they met (51.9%; n = 240) or did not meet (48.1%; n = 222) the DSM diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. Two-thirds of the sample felt they were normal drinkers (66.7%; n = 308). To better understand the relationship between self-report of normal or abnormal drinking and whether drinking behavior meets the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for abuse or dependence, a chi-square with risk estimates was performed. The analysis was significant, [chi square] (1) = 20.48, p < .001. Risk estimates indicate that participants were not willing to admit and/or were aware of their problematic drinking. The relative risk of a self-reported normal drinker not meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria was .64 (95% CI for risk estimate = .53 to .77) whereas the relative risk of a self-reported normal drinker meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria was 1.61 (95% CI for risk estimate = 1.28 to 2.02).
MANOVA Results
A 2 (DSM diagnostic status) x 2 (self-perception of being a normal drinker) MANOVA was conducted on two dependent measures: The benefits (pros) and costs (cons) scales of the ADBS. The MANOVA procedure was chosen, rather than two individual 2x2 ANOVAs with a Bonferroni alpha-adjustment procedure, to avoid the drop in power associated with alpha-adjustment techniques (Sedlmeier & Gigerenzer, 1989).
Box's M was not significant (Box's M = 13.75, p = .14), providing insufficient evidence that the covariance matrices differ. Thus, these data were appropriate for the MANOVA procedure. MANOVA results revealed significant main effects for diagnostic status, Hotelling's Trace = .12, F (2, 442) = 25.61, p < .001, as well as for self-report of abnormal drinking behavior, Hotelling's Trace = .11, F (2, 442) = 23.42, p < .001. Results found a marginally significant interaction effect, Hotelling's Trace = .01, F (2, 442) = 2.66, p=.07 (see Table 2). Considering the highly significant two main effects, we chose to review the univariate results for the interaction in addition to the main effects for both benefits (pros) and costs (cons) scores in regard to alcohol use.
Benefits (pros). Univariate results revealed significant main effects for diagnostic status, F (1,443) = 49.39, p < .001, as well as for self-report o f abnormal drinking behavior, F (1,443) = 44.05, p < .001. Those who met the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence reported significantly greater benefits (pros) scores regarding alcohol use (M = 22.77, SE = .52) as compared to those not meeting the DSM-IV-TR criteria (M = 17.81, SE=.47). Those who self-reported normal drinking behavior reported significantly greater benefits (pros) scores (M = 22.63, SE = .40) as compared to those reporting abnormal drinking behavior (M = 17.95, SE = .58). Univariate results also revealed a significant interaction effect, F (1,443) = 5.22, p < .05, where those who believed they engaged in normal drinking (regardless of DSM-IV-TR diagnostic status) produced the highest benefits (pros) scores on alcohol use. Furthermore, those who reported normal drinking behaviors but met the DSM-IV-TR criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence registered the highest benefits (pros) scores for alcohol use (see Figure 1).
Costs (cons). Univariate results revealed only one significant main effect for self-report of normal drinking behavior, F (1,443) = 5.20, p < .05, with those self-reporting normal drinking behaviors (M = 27.24, SE = .82) scoring significantly higher on the costs (cons) toward alcohol use as compared with those reporting abnormal drinking behavior (M = 24.97, SE = .57). Statistical significance was not reached for either the main effect of DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, F (1,443) = .60, p =.44, or the interaction between self-report of abnormal drinking behavior and DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, F (1,443) = .02, p = .90.
We examined the attitudes of alcohol use among college students who viewed their drinking behaviors as normal or abnormal as well as those who met or did not meet the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse/dependence. A 2x2 MANOVA was performed to test the following hypotheses: 1) Those meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for abuse/dependence would exhibit significantly greater benefits (pros) scores and significantly fewer costs (cons) scores than those not meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria; 2) those reporting abnormal drinking behavior would exhibit significantly greater benefits (pros) scores and significantly fewer costs (cons) scores than those reporting drinking behavior as normal; 3) those meeting the DSM-IV-TR abuse/dependence criteria and not reporting drinking behavior as abnormal would exhibit significantly greater benefits (pros) scores and significantly fewer costs (cons) scores as compared to the other experimental conditions. MANOVA and subsequent univariate results supported all three hypotheses for the benefits (pros) scores, whereas only one hypothesis was supported for the costs (cons) scores.
Consistent with past research (Migneault et al., 1999; Noar et al., 2003) the benefits (pros) of alcohol use, and not the costs (cons), were linked with problematic drinking. However, unlike prior published findings, this study extended the DB research on collegiate alcohol use by demonstrating the same relationship when the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence were met as for self-reports of normal drinking behavior. Considering the broad array of measurement strategies within the literature used to evaluate problematic drinking, the finding that benefits (pro) of alcohol use is more strongly linked with problematic drinking seems robust.
Although those who felt they were not problematic drinkers reported significantly higher costs (con) of alcohol use scores than those who did self-report abnormal drinking, there were no significant costs (con) score differences between those meeting or not meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. Drinkers who met the DSM-IV-TR criteria regarded the costs (cons) of alcohol use the same as those not meeting the diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, the difference between these scores was quite small (less than one point on an 8 to 40 point scale). This finding may underscore the tendency to under-estimate the problematic nature of drinking behavior based on distorted campus norms regarding alcohol consumption (Neighbors, Dillard, Lewis, Bergstrom, & Neil, 2006). Participants may not have perceived their drinking as abnormal when compared to their peers, but when evaluated using the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, many who endorsed having normal drinking behavior were found to meet the diagnostic criteria.
This finding also highlighted why psychoeducation for campus alcohol infractions does not work (Gintner et al., 2007) because drinkers who met or did not meet the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria already understood and knew the negatives associated with alcohol use. For years, social psychological research has underscored that, if a message recipient does not have a strong desire to attend to a message, the information conveyed will not be processed and retained (see Petty & Cacioppo, 1986). Consequently, this finding supports the call (Gintner et al., 2007) for a targeted secondary-prevention strategy that addresses the personal underlying reasons why alcohol is used, as opposed to primary-prevention educational methods reporting the hazards of drinking.
Alcohol counseling within a college/university counseling center is a considerable challenge (Birky, 2005), with one of the obstacles being students not willing to seek services for problematic drinking (Nye et al., 1999). Many of the students who do report for alcohol services are doing so due to an administrative mandate (Anderson et al., 2006). Consequently, students may not seek services because they believe they do not have an alcohol problem. This paper supported this scenario, as students who self-reported normal drinking had a relative risk of meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence approximately 2.5 times greater (risk estimates of 1.61 versus 0.64) than those self-reporting abnormal drinking behavior. Whether this was due to the core addiction element of denial (Yalisove, 1998), social norms for campus drinking behaviors (see Neighbors, Lee, Lewis, Fossos, & Larimer, 2007), or some interaction of these two constructs, should be the focus of future research.
Several limitations should be considered when interpreting the present results. The primary limitation, inherent in all laboratory-based psychological research using volunteering undergraduate participants, is that the use of an undergraduate psychology research participant pool threatens external validity. Years of research highlights how participants in an undergraduate research pool who voluntarily enter a research study may not be representative of the larger population (Berkowitz & Donnerstein, 1982; Jackson, Procidano, & Cohen, 1989; Sears, 1986). The present research (conducted with 462 students from one northeastern university) is no exception. Though the present research was a good first step in taking DB/alcohol research in a new direction, the one university sample impedes our generalizing the findings across universities nationwide. Future research with multiple universities of varying size, demographics, and geographical locations would produce a study sample that can better generalize to the larger nationwide collegiate population.
Besides the problem with external validity, the present research has three areas of sampling error and bias that can occur in any undergraduate participant pool sample. One, though the topic of the study was masked, the participants may have self-selected in or out of the study based on the "college health" title. In addition, although we requested that participants not share the alcohol theme of the study with any future participants, we had no way of checking if the true theme of the study leaked out to the other pool members. Thus, other students may have self-selected into or out of the study based on the actual alcohol topic. Two, Miller (1981) stressed that having multiple time-slots may cause some participants to not sign-up as they would not want to divulge sensitive information in a group setting. The present research used time slots with up to six appointments per slot. Three, empirical evidence (Masling, O'Neill, & Jayne, 1981; Stevens & Ash, 2001) suggests that when students sign-up for the study (early, mid, or late semester) influences their engagement with the study and the quality of the data. We did not code the data packets by when in the semester the data were collected; thus, we had no way to evaluate any temporal influences on these data.
In addition to these three principle limitations linked to the method of participant recruitment and sampling, other limits warrant discussion. One, although we did not find a statistically significant order effect (by randomizing the sequence of the DSM-IV-TR checklist and normal drinker question) there may be some influence of the DSM-IV-TR checklist on the question of normal drinking behavior. Two, adding a measure of social desirability would help clarify if the self-reported normal drinkers were responding in a manner to protect their image or standing within the university, i.e., respondents less than 21 years-old admitting to violating campus policy and state law. Three, self-report of alcohol use on the DSM checklist needs to be examined in the context of the abundant literature on the reliability of self-report data (see Akinci, Tarter, & Kirisci, 2001). Without a collateral measure true accuracy of alcohol use must be called into question. Fourth, unlike many of the published DB studies, this paper does not utilize longitudinal analysis of behavior change or stages of change measures. Consequently, future analyses along this line of inquiry would require an intervention to facilitate changes in drinking behavior as well as assessment of at which stage of change the drinker resides.
Despite these limitations, the present research offers a contribution of being the first examination of how DSM-IV-TR diagnostic status for alcohol abuse or dependence influences self-reported benefits (pros) and costs (cons) of alcohol use using a DB measure in a college-based (non-clinical) sample. In addition, this research highlighted how self-report of normal drinking behavior actually produced a greater relative risk of meeting the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. Additional studies examining multiple predictors of drinking behavior change using longitudinal designs are the appropriate next step. By understanding the relationship between self-perception of drinking behavior and DSM-IV-TR diagnostic level of problematic drinking, specific and personalized interventions can be designed that change problematic drinking behavior over time and may help develop more effective campus-based alcohol interventions.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Keith Morgen, Ph.D., Centenary College, Box #403, 400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Kristina Glowzenski, Lauren Goslin, Leigh-Ann Javas, Lisa Maietta, and Kaitlyn Santangelo for their efforts in data collection and entry. This research was based on the second author's senior thesis. A prior version of this paper was presented at the 2008 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston.
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Table 1 Demographics (N = 462) Variable n % M SD Gender Female 331 71.6 Class Freshmen 199 43.1 Sophomore 88 19.0 Junior 76 16.5 Senior 96 20.8 Ethnicity Caucasian 403 87.2 Hispanic 26 5.6 African-American 11 2.4 Residence Dorm/On-Campus 213 46.1 Family 116 25.1 Off Campus with Friends 83 18.0 Spouse/Significant Other 30 6.5 Off-Campus Alone 10 2.2 DSM Criteria Meets Abuse/ Dependence Criteria 240 51.9 20.43 4.77 Self-Report of Normal Drinking Normal Drinking Behavior 308 66.7 3.26 0.48 Table 2 Multivariate and Univariate Analyses of Variance F Ratios for DSM Criteria x Normal Drinking Self-Report for Benefits (Pros) and Costs (Cons) of Drinking Measures ANOVA MANOVA Benefits Costs Variable F (2, 442) F(1, 443) F(l, 443) DSM Criteria (D) 25.61*** 49.39*** 0.60 Normal Drinker (N) 23.42*** 44.05*** 5.20** D x N 2.66* 5.22** 0.02 Note. MANOVA F ratios are Hotelling's Trace * p < .10, ** p < .05, *** p <.001
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My last batch I brewed was an Irish Red that I ended up adding a little organic honey to at the end of the boil so I would have a little higher ABV when finished fermenting. Ended up with a 1.063 OG. Pitched one pack of Wyeast Irish Red with no starter and fermentation went crazy for about 4 days before slowing down. After one week it was already at 1.020 and after three weeks in the primary it was down to 1.010 FG.
Then I ran across Mr. Malty and plugged my numbers and according to the calculator I should have pitched 2.4 packs of yeast without a starter. But I ended up with a full fermentation with just one pack, so why would it suggest two? Did I just get lucky?
I know underpitching can produce off flavors, but last weekend I tried one after bottle conditioning for 2 weeks and it tastes great. Letting the rest condition for 3 weeks total.
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I'm no expert (clearly, look at my experiences with 1084 right below), but Jamil never says that the only way to get good beer is by pitching at the correct rate. The notion is that you're going to get the best possible beer by pitching at the correct rate with a full compliment of healthy, active yeast. Does that make sense?
under pitching doesn't always result in under attenuated beer. in fact, many times the beer will attenuate the same. the issue with under pitching lies more in the off flavors produced by stressed yeast due to a low cell count. if the yeast have to reproduce too much in the wort, they'll kick excessive esters, diacetyl, etc.
Attenuation and pitch rate are not highly correlated. It's common to still get full attenuation when under/over pitching.
As you noted, flavor is probably the biggest factor for proper pitch rate. Still possible to get good flavor underpitching (and some high-ester styles recommended). In this case I bet you have tasty esters. But you get the best/most consistent flavor with proper pitch rates.
Sometimes it works out with just adding the pack. I would suggest making a starter though. Out of the couple of brews i've made where i only added one pack of yeast, a few of them never dropped below 1.020. This could be related to other factors (temps) as opposed to yeast cell count, but i haven't had any batches fall short of the recipe's FG since i began utilizing a starter wort.
Congrats on the Irish Red! I've got a keg of Irish Red that has been carbing for 2 weeks. Going to tap into that bad boy tonight. CHEERS!
Thanks for the quick responses guys. I'm still new at this (only my 3rd batch) but I'm learning so much it's crazy! I'm moving from extract to all grain soon, pretty excited about that.
I didn't know about Mr. Malty until about a week ago and it is definitely a great resource. I plan to make starters for all of my liquid yeasts from now on.
A quick note: I fermented the Irish Red around 64-65 degrees for three weeks, then moved it to 70-71 degrees for 3 days. Might have helped clean up some of the off flavors from underpitching maybe?


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I have been working at Sigma-Aldrich
Aldrich provides pretty good relocation benefits and a pretty decent work-life balance. I was generally able to take a day off when I needed to. It's a very stable company with good profits.
They make you pay back your entire relocation benefits if you leave within two years which is very unusual in the industry but might be the companie's way of "retaining" employees. Salary is very low compared to other companies and the benefits are just average. The work is not very exciting and there is nothing high-tech about the company.
Invest more into employees or otherwise it will be very difficult to retain talent. Created a more exciting work environment.
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Pay and Bonuses are way below industry standards, Middle Management is poor at best, No opportunity for advancement, Training is non existentAdvice to ManagementAdvice
Work on Remunerations and Benefits to attrach new talent and retain good employeesDoesn't RecommendApproves of CEO
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I have been working at Sigma-AldrichPros
Its a very good Company to work but the side I am working ( Miamisburg) is totally mismanaged. Most of the managers and staff have no knowledge of chemistry. Sigma is trying to send some good talent but not those are not geting chance, and they are leaving this place.Cons
Tell me where in the world a Ph.D and having number of years Experince and publications, patents reporting to B.Sc. More over those B.scs don't even know what they are doing but pretending they know more then Ph.D. Miamisburg R&D and production both are some. Some good talent is their but not getting chance to make the changes.Advice to ManagementAdvice
You are spending so much money and time to bring talent to this side. I think you should send some one from the corporate side to watch this unit and get feed back from the employee. Also give the opportunity to inside talent those who want to contribute with good chemistry knowledge.
In my knowledge Miamisburg side is worst side in sigma-Aldrich .Doesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEO


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white devil's tongue or white bhut
Does anyone know where to get seeds for either of these? I have grown white bhuts for years, they always mature red. John told me that his seeds mature white. so, far, for me at least, they are all maturing red like mine. Are there any out there that consistently mature white? Also, same with white devil's tongue. Mine are going from light green to red. Anyone grown them with consistently produced whitish pods?
The only place I found that has White Devil is JungleRain and White Ghost together. Fatalii.net also has. I never ordered from them so I am not sure how reliable the seeds are (others would know).
I hear Buckeye will have seeds for ordering next year or later this year (with White Fatalii too). Pepperlover has the White Bhut Jolokia.
Hopefully there is someone here that has grown it themselves.
Hey Ronny. Actually my white DT came from Junglerain. And, I will admit, the newer pods are looking more whitish, not white, but a very light greenish - white. I am sure that they will be maturing red, but I am now seeing more whitish pods. Maybe I missed with the first ones. I've never had an issue with Grant's seeds, and he's got some really interesting ones, especially his hybrids.
OHHHH, white fatalii???? that sounds interesting. Thanks for the tips. I need to go check out buckeye, haven't been there for awhile, I'd like to try some choc. fatalii's too, but I have read that they taste nasty...


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Victor James Daley
A Vision Splendid Poem by Victor James Daley
Half waking and half dreaming,
While starry lamps hung low
I saw a vision splendid
Upon the darkness glow.
The Capital Australian,
With waving banners plumed -
A shining flower of marble -
Magnificently bloomed.
Beside a snow-fed river
'Twas built in fashion rare -
Upon a lofty mountain,
All in a valley fair.
The stately ships were sailing,
Like brides with flowing trains,
To seek its secret harbor
Amidst Australian plains.
And all around it flourished
Luxuriantly free,
The giant gum and mangrove,
The crimson desert-pea.
And I beheld a building
That made a stately show -
The National Australian
Head Poetry Bureau.
I gazed upon that Building
With trembling joy aghast;
The long-felt want of ages
Was filled (I thought) at last.
No more the Native Poet
Need wildly beat his head
For lofty lyric measures
To buy him beer and bed.
Now he would lodge right nobly
And sleep serene, secure,
All in a chamber filled with
Adhesive furniture.
For never foot of Bailiff
Should pass his threshold o'er,
And never knock of landlord
Sound direful on his door.
The State should also aid him
To build his lofty rhyme
On lordly eggs-and-bacon,
And sausages sublime.
And he should drink no longer
Cheap beer at common bar,
But royal wine of Wunghnu
At two-and-nine the jar.
It was a vision splendid,
And brighter still did grow
When I was made the Chief of
The Poetry Bureau.
They clad me all in purple,
They hung me with festoons,
My singing-robes were spangled
With aluminium moons.
And, as a sign of genius
Above the common kind,
A wreath of gilded laurel
Around my hat they twined.
They also gave me power to
The grain sift from the chaff,
And choose at my large pleasure
My own poetic staff.
Then straightaway I appointed
To chant by day and night,
The brilliant young Australian
Who sang 'The Land of Light.'
I also gave in fashion
Hilariously free,
The Girl and Horse Department
In charge of Ogilvie.
And on the roof-ridge Brady
Sang salt-junk chanties great
To cheer the stout sea-lawyers
Who sail the Ship of State.
And tender-hearted Lawson
Sang everybody's wrongs;
And Brennan, in the basement,
Crooned weird, symbolic songs.
And on the throne beside me,
Above the common din,
He sang his Songs of Beauty,
My friend, the poet Quinn.
Our own Australian artists
Made beautiful its halls -
The mighty steeds of Mahony
Pranced proudly on the walls.
Tom Roberts, he was there, too,
With painted portraits fine
Of men of light and leading -
Me, and some friends of mine.
And Souter's Leering Lady,
'Neath hat and over fan,
With Souter's cat was ogling
His check-clothed gentleman.
And Fischer, Ashton, Lister,
With beetling genius rife -
Pardieu! I was their Patron,
And set them up for life.
And from each dusky corner,
In petrified new birth,
Glared busts of Me and Barton,
By Nelson Illingworth.
And nine fair Muses dwelt there,
With board and lodging free;
Six by the States were chosen,
And I selected three.
And there we turned out blithely
Australian poems sound,
To sell in lengths like carpet,
And also by the pound.
For Paddy Quinn, the Statesman,
Had made a law which said
That native authors only
On pain of death be read.
O, brother bards, I grieve that
Good dreams do not come true;
You see how very nobly
I would have done to you!
But, ah! the vision vanished,
And took away in tow
The National Australian
Head Poetry Bureau.
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An old man and woman hate each other, but remain married for years. During their shouting fights, the old man constantly warns his wife, "If I die first, I will dig my way up and out of the grave to come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!"
One day, the man abruptly dies. After the burial, the wife goes straight to the local bar and begins to party. Her friends ask if she isn't worried about her husband digging himself out of the grave.
The wife smiles, "Let the old bugger dig. I had him buried upside down!"
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday further undermined the use of racial preferences in higher education by upholding a voter-approved Michigan law that banned the practice in decisions on which students to admit to state universities.
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Does anyone have any experience with True refrigeration? I can't find any prices online. I am interested in the wine center and beverage center. I would love to know pricing as well as anyones personal experience with the product.
Also- opinions on wine storage in general is appreciated.
True is a manufacturer of commercial-style refrigeration (I believe some of their line is rated for residential use, but the vast majority is designed for commercial use). They are attempting to compete with Perlick at this time, but have more limited distribution right now (which is why you may be struggling to find prices). If you go to their website, I believe they list the dealers that carry it, so you can get pricing