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Yale University Global Institute Of Sustainable Forestry Northern Forest Land Transactions 1980-2006, Yale University Gisf

Documents from Environmental Organizations

No abstract provided.

Avian Haven Year End Report 2006, Avian Haven

Documents from Environmental Organizations

No abstract provided.

Town Of West Bath Land Use Ordinance District And Overlay Zone Map, Greater Portland Council Of Governments

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Itr/Im: Enabling The Creation And Use Of Geogrids For Next Generation Geospatial Information, Peggy Agouris, Mary-Kate Beard-Tisdale, Chaitanya Baru, Sarah Nusser

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

The objective of this project is to advance science in information management, focusing in particular on geospatial information. It addresses the development of concepts, algorithms, and system architectures to enable users on a grid to query, analyze, and contribute to multivariate, quality-aware geospatial information. The approach consists of three complementary research areas: (1) establishing a statistical framework for assessing geospatial data quality; (2) developing uncertainty-based query processing capabilities; and (3) supporting the development of space- and accuracy-aware adaptive systems for geospatial datasets. The results of this project will support the extension of the concept of the computational grid to facilitate …

Collaborative Research: Matching Levels Of Detail In Descriptions And Depictions Of Geographic Space, Michael Warboys

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This collaborative research project focuses on issues related to wayfinding, and is at the interface of geographic information science and human cognition. The research addresses the questions of the relationship between verbal and pictorial representations of geographic information, and how both representation modes can be successfully integrated in systems relating geographic information to users. To address this question, a theory of content and level of geographic detail is constructed that is independent of specific mode. The research is founded upon computational and cognitive theories of geographic information. The main idea is that theories of information granularity can be imposed on …

Information And Data Management Program's Pi Workshop, Peggy Agouris

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

The objective of this workshop is to bring together the PIs and Co-PIs currently funded by the Information and Data Management Program of the National Science Foundation to discuss and exchange ideas on the focus topics of their field, as well as to identify and elaborate on emerging themes and particular emphases for future activities.

More specifically, the researchers, along with selected industry and government invitees, cooperatively focused on:

(1) analyzing research and development issues fundamental in making progress towards new challenges imposed by such diverse data sources as the Internet, embedded and distributed sensors, and satellites;

(2) specifying areas …

Information And Data Management Program's Pi Workshop, Peggy Agouris

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

The objective of this workshop is to bring together the PIs and Co-PIs currently funded by the Information and Data Management Program of the National Science Foundation to discuss and exchange ideas on the focus topics of their field, as well as to identify and elaborate on emerging themes and particular emphases for future activities.

More specifically, the researchers, along with selected industry and government invitees, cooperatively focused on:

(1) analyzing research and development issues fundamental in making progress towards new challenges imposed by such diverse data sources as the Internet, embedded and distributed sensors, and satellites;

(2) specifying areas …

Maine Campus December 11 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Maine Campus December 07 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Linking Bioturbation And Sensory Biology: Chemoreception Mechanisms In Deposit-Feeding Polychaetes, Sara M. Lindsay, Paul Rawson

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Soft-sediment benthic habitats are ubiquitous in the marine environment and typically feature macrofaunal assemblages that include large numbers of deposit-feeding invertebrates such as polychaetes, bivalves, gastropods, crustaceans, holothurians, and hemichordates. Via their feeding, modulated in part by chemoreception, these organisms have profound effects on the ecology, biology, geology, and chemistry of their habitats. Very little is known, however, concerning the physiology and molecular biology of chemoreception in deposit feeders.

This research is a comprehensive investigation of the sensory mechanisms coordinating chemoreception in deposit feeding spionid polychaetes. It directly addresses this lack of information and will therefore have a significant impact …

Maine Campus December 04 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

The Aeolian Flux Of Calcium, Chloride And Nitrate To The Mcmurdo Dry Valleys Landscape: Evidence From Snow Pit Analysis, Rebecca A. Witherow, W. Berry Lyons, Nancy A.N. Bertler, Kathleen A. Welch, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Sharon B. Sneed, Thomas Nylen, Michael J. Handley, Andrew Fountain

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

We have determined the flux of calcium, chloride and nitrate to the McMurdo Dry Valleys region by analysing snow pits for their chemical composition and their snow accumulation using multiple records spanning up to 48 years. The fluxes demonstrate patterns related to elevation and proximity to the ocean. In general, there is a strong relationship between the nitrate flux and snow accumulation, indicating that precipitation rates may have a great influence over the nitrogen concentrations in the soils of the valleys. Aeolian dust transport plays an important role in the deposition of some elements (e.g. C(2+)) into the McMurdo Dry …

The Effects Of Joint Enso-Antarctic Oscillation Forcing On The Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Nancy A.N. Bertler, T. R. Naish, H. Oerter, S. Kipfstuhl, P. J. Barrett, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Karl J. Kreutz

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

Stable oxygen analyses and snow accumulation rates from snow pits sampled in the McMurdo Dry Valleys have been used to reconstruct variations in summer temperature and moisture availability over the last four decades. The temperature data show a common interannual variability, with strong regional warmings occurring especially in 1984/85, 1995/96 and 1990/91 and profound coolings during 1977/78, 1983/84, 1988/89, 1993/94, and 1996/97. Annual snow accumulation shows a larger variance between sites, but the early 1970s, 1984, 1997, and to a lesser degree 1990/91 are characterized overall by wetter conditions, while the early and late 1980s show low snow accumulation values. …

Final Report: Westbrook Downtown Parking Study/Management Plan, Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Maine Town Documents

In the early 2000's, Westbrook was the beneficiary of an upswing in the Southern Maine economy, aided by a strong marketing effort on the part of the City. As a result, new office buildings and retail facilities located in or near the downtown area and older buildings were rehabilitated and redeveloped. This increase in commercial and business activity increased the demand for parking downtown. With an eye toward long-term growth, a parking management plan was developed to provide the tools necessary to manage the increased demand for parking.

State Funded Research Annual Report Fy06, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System is required to submit in January of each year an annual report on the utilization of state research appropriations for operations and state research capital bonds. The report is to cover the most recently completed fiscal year.

Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 12, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing

General University of Maine Publications

Inside UMaine was the employee newsletter issued starting in 2005. The newsletter was published once each month during the academic year. The intent was to "complement the university's other communication vehicles, including the UMaine Today magazine, UMaine Today Online and various other online Information Services, such as the university's Web-based calendar." The newsletter took over where the Maine Perspective left off to promote professional achievement and stories about campus events and advancements.

Maine Campus November 30 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Satellite Remote Sensing Of Glaciers And Ice Caps In Svalbard, Eurasian High Arctic, Gordon S. Hamilton

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Recent compilations of climate-related observations show that important changes are now underway in the High Arctic, probably as a response to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions over the last approximately 250 years. These changes include warming of the troposphere, reductions in sea ice cover, decreases in snow cover area, warming of tundra permafrost, and negative mass balances of glaciers and ice caps. In many instances, observations of change are relatively short in duration or sparse in spatial extent. The Principal Investigators will study glacier and ice cap variations over the approximately last 80 years and at a large scale on Svalbard. …

Ludmilla Lifson And Eda Shlyam, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Guest artists, Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam perform for the public.

Ferdinand Liva And Deborah Cook, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Extraordinarily intense sequence known as Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok live on stage.

Rethinking Communication In Changing Global Contexts, Department Of Communication And Journalism

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Department of Communication and Journalism will be hosting a Summer Conference on contemporary critical/cultural Communication Studies (CCCS). The conference will also be the concluding part of a national graduate seminar, The Leading Edge of CCCS, that will be offered through the month of June.

War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture by Chris Hedges, the 2007 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics and author of the 2006-2007 Honors College Read, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. His lecture included his arguments about American attitudes and portrayals of war, as well as anecdotes from his experience as a war correspondent.

Maine Campus November 20 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

U.S.-Japan-Hong Kong Planning Visit: Long Term Collaborative Research Studying Fe Effects On Ecosystem Structure In The Subarctic Pacific, Mark L. Wells

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This award supports a short-term U.S-Japan-Hong Kong Planning Visit in preparation for a long-term collaborative research project studying Fe effects on ecosystem structure in the Sub arctic Pacific. The collaborators are Professor Mark Wells at the University of Maine and Professor Shigenobu Takeda at the University of Tokyo in Japan and Professor Paul Harrison at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Virtually the entire Sub arctic Pacific to the Aleutian Islands is a High Nitrate Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) region, characterized by persistently elevated concentrations of macronutrients throughout the year. Independent studies have demonstrated that a shortage of the …

Belief Drives Action: How Teaching Philosophy Affects Technology Use In The Classroom, Aaron Gritter

Maine Education Policy Research Institute

No abstract provided.

Maine Campus November 16 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Maine Campus November 13 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Collaborative Research: The Tectonothermal Evolution Of A Convergent Orogen, Scott E. Johnson

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Understanding of orogenesis and its relations to mantle convection and plate tectonics relies on integrated studies of the interrelations among processes of deformation, metamorphism and magmatism. A well preserved portion of the northern Appalachian orogen is providing an outstanding laboratory for a truly integrative study of the evolution of mid-crustal processes that strongly influence orogenesis. This project is employing structural, microstructural, petrologic and thermobarometric analyses, and chemical and isotopic dating, to temporally and spatially link deformation, metamorphism and magmatism during the progressive growth of this orogenic belt. This information is being used to set constraints and boundary conditions on coupled, …

Robert A. Kennedy Keynote Address At The Action Committee Of 50 Annual Meeting, Robert A. Kennedy

General University of Maine Publications

The text of University President Robert A. Kennedy's keynote address about "UMaine's important and growing role in economic development," presented to the Action Committee of 50 Annual Meeting.

Maine Campus November 09 2006, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.