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Utilization Of Phylogenetic Systematics, Molecular Evolution, And Comparative Transcriptomics To Address Aspects Of Nematode And Bacterial Evolution, Scott M. Peat Jun 2010

Utilization Of Phylogenetic Systematics, Molecular Evolution, And Comparative Transcriptomics To Address Aspects Of Nematode And Bacterial Evolution, Scott M. Peat

Theses and Dissertations

Both insect parasitic/entomopathogenic nematodes and plant parasitic nematodes are of great economic importance. Insect parasitic/entomopathogenic nematodes provide an environmentally safe and effective method to control numerous insect pests worldwide. Alternatively, plant parasitic nematodes cause billions of dollars in crop loss worldwide. Because of these impacts, it is important to understand how these nematodes evolve, and, in the case of entomopathogenic nematodes, how their bacterial symbionts evolve. This dissertation contains six chapters. Chapter one is a review of DNA markers and their use in the phylogenetic systematics of entomopathogenic and insect-parasitic nematodes as well as a review of phylogenetic, co-phylogenetic, and …

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Organellar Dna Polymerases Gamma I And Ii In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Jeffrey M. Brammer Jun 2010

Organellar Dna Polymerases Gamma I And Ii In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Jeffrey M. Brammer

Theses and Dissertations

Plants have two organelles outside the nucleus which carry their own DNA, mitochondria and chloroplasts. These organelles are descendants of bacteria that were engulfed by their host according to the endosymbiotic theory. Over time, DNA has been exchanged between these organelles and the nucleus. Two polymerases, DNA Polymerases Gamma I and II, are encoded in the nucleus and remain under nuclear control, but are transported into the mitochondria and chloroplasts. DNA polymerases gamma I and II are two organelle polymerases which have been studied through sequence analysis and shown to localize to both mitochondria and chloroplasts. Little has been done …

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Why We Don’T Understand The Rule Of Law Or Explaining The Rule Of Law: A Practice In Search Of A Theory, Noel B. Reynolds Jun 2010

Why We Don’T Understand The Rule Of Law Or Explaining The Rule Of Law: A Practice In Search Of A Theory, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

This lecture summarizes the main attempts to formulate an understanding of rule of law among legal theorists and explains why they fail to account for the real experience of law. It also explains key characteristics of law that need to be recognized in an adequate account of the rule of law.

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Drink Me, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Blog, James Arthur Goldberg Jun 2010

Drink Me, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Blog, James Arthur Goldberg

Theses and Dissertations

Language itself is a technology, and the advent of each major technology of language transmission (from the alphabet to the printing press to the Internet) has changed the range of speaker-audience dynamics which are the starting point for all creative writing. In this thesis, a writer, armed only with his blog archives and a smattering of John Tenniel illustrations, guides the curious reader through various issues raised by creative writing in the blog form. Topics discussed include self-presentation, the juxtaposed brevity and expansiveness of online texts, nonlinear reading, alternative models for revision, the literary possibilities of the hyperlink, speaker-audience-time relationships …

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The Tercentenary Of New Bern, H. Dwight Page Jun 2010

The Tercentenary Of New Bern, H. Dwight Page

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The present year 2010 marks the tercentenary of the City of New Bern, North Carolina, and yet this celebration signifies much more than that, for, although Sir Walter Raleigh did establish a temporary English colony on Roanoke Island in 1587 and although a number of English plantations were established along Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound during the second half of the seventeenth century, the European urbanization of North Carolina did not begin in earnest until the foundation of New Bern by Baron Christoph deGraffenried in 1710, and for North Carolinians it is New Bern which represents the first permanent major …

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Inhomogeneity-Induced Spin Current In Atomic And Condensed Matter Systems, Bailey Hsu May 2010

Inhomogeneity-Induced Spin Current In Atomic And Condensed Matter Systems, Bailey Hsu

Theses and Dissertations

I derive and apply quantum propagator techniques to atomic and condensed matter systems. I observe many interesting features by following the evolution of a wavepacket. In atomic systems, I revisit the Stern-Gerlach effect and study the spin dynamics inside an inhomogeneous magnetic field. The results I obtained are not exactly the same as the textbook description of the effect which is usually a manifestation of a perfect space and spin entanglement. This discovery can provide insight on more reliable quantum computation device designs. In condensed matter systems, the doping concentration inhomogeneity leads to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. This makes it …

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Student Content Knowledge Increases After Participation In A Hands-On Biotechnology Intervention, Amber L. Bigler May 2010

Student Content Knowledge Increases After Participation In A Hands-On Biotechnology Intervention, Amber L. Bigler

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Hands-on learning is at the heart of science learning. This study examined increased changes of student content knowledge in biology, particularly biotechnology, after a hands-on biotechnology intervention was implemented into a secondary school. A traditional learning school was selected for a control. Both teachers had participated in a biotechnology professional development program called Project Crawfish. Students from both schools took the same assessment before and after their respective units (biotechnology intervention and genetics unit), and the classroom was the unit of analysis (n=5, n=6, respectively). The assessment was compared as a whole and then divided into five components, eight questions …

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Fabricating Womanhood, Emily Fox Apr 2010

Fabricating Womanhood, Emily Fox

Theses and Dissertations

The exhibit, Fabricating Womanhood, was an attempt to explore the construction of gender and identity. While the artwork addressed well researched and documented feminist themes the artwork also stemmed from personal experiences and my coming-of-age process. The resulting installation included video, prints, painting, ceramics and found objects arranged in a set-like house construction of life-size proportions.

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Epicene Pronoun Use In Modern American English, Robin Montgomery Watson Apr 2010

Epicene Pronoun Use In Modern American English, Robin Montgomery Watson

Theses and Dissertations

Traditional prescriptive grammar for English states that the epicene or gender neutral pronoun for third person singular use is he. Research into speaker perceptions has clearly demonstrated that he is not perceived as neutral. Research has also shown traditionally proscribed epicene pronouns such as he or she and singular they to be commonly used, despite the long-standing proscriptions against them. The author examines the endurance of such proscribed options through the lens of markedness theory, considering the impact of cultural values on speakers' epicene pronoun choices. Gender in language is also considered, as well as Kuryłowicz‘s 4th Law of …

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Diet Reconstruction Of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Using Stable Isotopes, Joshua M. Whitaker Apr 2010

Diet Reconstruction Of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Using Stable Isotopes, Joshua M. Whitaker

Theses and Dissertations

We determined the diet contributions of grasses, forbs and shrubs for three herds of bighorn sheep along the Wasatch Front, Utah using stable isotope techniques and determined the electivity values for different forage species for four herds. Forbs were generally the most common forage eaten across all herds while shrubs were the least used forage resource. The Provo Peak and Mount Nebo herds used grasses, forbs and shrubs at proportions similar to other bighorn sheep populations across the west, while the Antelope Island herd used forbs at higher levels than any other local herd. Additionally, the herd on Antelope Island …

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Diet And Habitat Of Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys Sabrinus) In The Black Hills Of South Dakota, Audrey Gabel, Callie Ackerman, Mark Gabel, Elizabeth Krueger, Scott Weins, Linda Zierer Apr 2010

Diet And Habitat Of Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys Sabrinus) In The Black Hills Of South Dakota, Audrey Gabel, Callie Ackerman, Mark Gabel, Elizabeth Krueger, Scott Weins, Linda Zierer

Western North American Naturalist

During the summers of 2005 and 2006, northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw) were live-captured in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota from mixed deciduous/coniferous and coniferous habitats. Squirrel captures were significantly correlated with volume of downed wood and number of snags. Diets were examined from scat collections (n = 40, deciduous/coniferous; n = 10, coniferous). Number of fungal spores in the scat was significantly correlated with number of snags. From each scat collection, the frequencies of plant, animal, fungal, and unidentified components were determined. Hypogeous fungi were a frequent component of the diet, being found in …

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Least Bell's Vireo Breeding Records In The Central Valley Following Decades Of Extirpation, Christine A. Howell, Julian K. Wood, Mark D. Dettling, Kenneth Griggs, Codie C. Otte, Linette Lina, Thomas Gardali Apr 2010

Least Bell's Vireo Breeding Records In The Central Valley Following Decades Of Extirpation, Christine A. Howell, Julian K. Wood, Mark D. Dettling, Kenneth Griggs, Codie C. Otte, Linette Lina, Thomas Gardali

Western North American Naturalist

The Least Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) was listed as state endangered in 1980 and federally endangered in 1986 in response to a sharp population decline and range reduction. This vireo commonly bred in riparian forests throughout the Central Valley of California, but prior to 2005, no nesting pairs had been confirmed in the region in over 50 years. On 29 June 2005, a Least Bell's Vireo nest was located in a 3-year-old riparian restoration site at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge in Stanislaus County, California. In 2006, a Least Bell's Vireo pair returned to the …

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Effects Of Melezitose And Stachyose On Adult Longevity And Virus Persistence In Culicoides Sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Will K. Reeves, Guinevere Z. Jones Apr 2010

Effects Of Melezitose And Stachyose On Adult Longevity And Virus Persistence In Culicoides Sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Will K. Reeves, Guinevere Z. Jones

Western North American Naturalist

A wide variety of blood-feeding Diptera feed on extrafloral sugar sources such as homopteran honeydew. The significance of these sugar sources to insect survival and disease transmission is poorly known. Culicoides sonorensis, a biting midge, can survive on plant sugars but might also feed on homopteran honeydew. The survival of C. sonorensis fed 10% melezitose or 10% stachyose was compared to that of C. sonorensis fed 10% sucrose. A significantly greater number of C. sonorensis survived longer when fed melezitose than when fed either stachyose or sucrose. The effect of sugar meals on vector competence was measured using bluetongue and …

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Plovers Breeding In The Highlands Of Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, And San Luis Potosí, Central México, Jaime Luévano, Eric Mellink, Mónica Riojas-López Apr 2010

Plovers Breeding In The Highlands Of Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, And San Luis Potosí, Central México, Jaime Luévano, Eric Mellink, Mónica Riojas-López

Western North American Naturalist

From April to July 2008, we surveyed for breeding plovers at 32 sites in the semiarid highlands of Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, in the Central Mexican High Plateau. We documented evidence or presumption of breeding Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) at 3 sites, Killdeer (C. vociferus) at 15 sites, and Mountain Plovers (C. montanus) at 1 site. Our surveys showed that the region is important breeding ground for only the Killdeer. We documented an apparent breeding range extension of the Mountain Plover to slightly more than 200 km south of its previously …

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Distribution And Dynamics Of Waterbird Habitat During Spring In Southern Oregon–Northeastern California, Joseph P. Fleskes, Christopher J. Gregory Apr 2010

Distribution And Dynamics Of Waterbird Habitat During Spring In Southern Oregon–Northeastern California, Joseph P. Fleskes, Christopher J. Gregory

Western North American Naturalist

The southern Oregon–northeastern California and extreme northwestern Nevada (hereafter "SONEC") region provides critical spring migration habitat for waterfowl and other waterbirds in the Pacific Flyway. Information on the dynamics and distribution of waterbird habitats in SONEC during spring is needed to guide conservation efforts in the region. We grouped 1992 National Land Cover Data classes into 5 potential waterbird habitat types and used Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus satellite imagery to map flooding of these habitat types in SONEC during February–May, 2002 and 2003. SONEC included 13,727 km2 of potential waterbird habitat comprised …

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Denning Chronology Of Black Bears In Eastern Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Roger A. Baldwin, Louis C. Bender Apr 2010

Denning Chronology Of Black Bears In Eastern Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Roger A. Baldwin, Louis C. Bender

Western North American Naturalist

Understanding factors influencing the timing of den entrance and emergence of black bears (Ursus americanus) provides insight for bear management. We determined den entrance and emergence dates for bears in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and related these dates to vegetative productivity, weather, habitat, and demographic factors to assess the influence of these factors on denning chronology. Date of den entrance was most strongly influenced by age class, precipitation, and proportion of human-use areas in annual home ranges. Den entrance was typically later for adult bears during wetter years and when annual home ranges contained a greater proportion …

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The Natural History Of The U.C. Santa Cruz Campus By Tonya M. Haff, Martha T. Brown, And W. Breck Tyler, R. Edward Grumbine Apr 2010

The Natural History Of The U.C. Santa Cruz Campus By Tonya M. Haff, Martha T. Brown, And W. Breck Tyler, R. Edward Grumbine

Western North American Naturalist

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The California Deserts: An Ecologic Rediscovery By Bruce M. Pavlik, Howard O. Clark Jr. Apr 2010

The California Deserts: An Ecologic Rediscovery By Bruce M. Pavlik, Howard O. Clark Jr.

Western North American Naturalist

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Full Issue, Prelaw Review Apr 2010

Full Issue, Prelaw Review

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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A Symbol In The Ceiling Mural In The Cave Of Altamira, Donald Thomas Burgy Apr 2010

A Symbol In The Ceiling Mural In The Cave Of Altamira, Donald Thomas Burgy

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Editor's Note, Joseph Drew Apr 2010

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Social Versus Memory Demands On Cognitive Set Shifting, Oliver H. Johnston, S. White, A. Clawson, E. Krauskopf Apr 2010

Social Versus Memory Demands On Cognitive Set Shifting, Oliver H. Johnston, S. White, A. Clawson, E. Krauskopf

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

Executive functions refer to brain processes needed for planning, flexibility, abstract thinking, and other everyday organizational tasks. There remains inconsistency in executive function (EF) studies in autism. A recent review of previous studies (Corbett et al., 2009) reports overall significant deficiencies in EF for autism groups, but it is uncertain how much of this may be due to the presence of ADHD symptoms in 30-50% of children diagnosed with autism (Yerys et al 2009). It has been shown that children with high-functioning autism perform the Wisconsin Card Sort, a test of set-shifting and perseveration, better when it is administered via …

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Temperamental Behaviors Measured During The First Months Of Life Are Predictive Of Aggression In Group Housed Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta), Andrew C. Chaffin, Christina S. Barr, James D. Higley Apr 2010

Temperamental Behaviors Measured During The First Months Of Life Are Predictive Of Aggression In Group Housed Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta), Andrew C. Chaffin, Christina S. Barr, James D. Higley

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

Temperament is thought to be the foundation for personality and subsequent behaviors later in life. To assess early temperamental variables that place individuals at risk for aggression later in life, this laboratory-based study examined infant behavior in group housed infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The subjects were 52 mother-reared subjects. Behavior was assessed from the first through the eighth months of life using objective behavioral measures. Two 5-minute sessions were recorded for subjects each week over 8 months and the average rate of each of the 25 behaviors measured was the dependent measure. A test of the same subjects 2-4 …

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The Pediatric Outcome Questionnaire: Considerations Regarding A Promising Pediatric Outcome Measure, Sasha Mondragon, Scott Baldwin, Mikle South Apr 2010

The Pediatric Outcome Questionnaire: Considerations Regarding A Promising Pediatric Outcome Measure, Sasha Mondragon, Scott Baldwin, Mikle South

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

To our knowledge, the Preschool Outcome Questionnaire (POQ) is the only existing measure developed specifically to track treatment progress over time in preschool-aged children. We examined the factor structure of the POQ using an exploratory factor analysis and conclude that the POQ is an essential first step toward effective measurement of treatment outcome in young children. However, we suggest a revision of POQ items in order to provide greater cohesion and reliability without sacrificing the effective elements of the measure.

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Piracy: The World's Third-Oldest Profession, Laina Farhat-Holzman Apr 2010

Piracy: The World's Third-Oldest Profession, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

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New Ways Of Finding Buyers Of Commercial Productss As Civilizations Change, William Mcgaughey Apr 2010

New Ways Of Finding Buyers Of Commercial Productss As Civilizations Change, William Mcgaughey

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Name And Titles Of God In The Old Testament, Dana M. Pike Apr 2010

The Name And Titles Of God In The Old Testament, Dana M. Pike

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Multiple Intelligences In The Gospel Classroom, John Hilton Iii Apr 2010

Multiple Intelligences In The Gospel Classroom, John Hilton Iii

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Trpv1 Modulation Of Plasticity In The Hippocampus, Curtis Walther, M. Mors, J. Blickenstaff, B. Nelson Apr 2010

Trpv1 Modulation Of Plasticity In The Hippocampus, Curtis Walther, M. Mors, J. Blickenstaff, B. Nelson

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

Learning and memory are phenomena made possible via physical changes at neuronal synapses in the brain, a process known as synaptic plasticity. Dysfunctions in synaptic plasticity contribute to such diseases and disorders as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and retrograde amnesia (Brunetal., 2001). Recently, TRPV1 activation was shown to mediate synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus (Gibsonetal., 2008). TRPV1 is a presynaptic ligand-gated calcium (Ca2+) channel located throughout the CNS, including in the hippocampus. TRPV1 channels are activated by the binding of capsaicin, which is responsible for producing the “heat” of red peppers. Several studies implicate a role for TRPV1 in contextual …

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Confrontation Between Global And Local Civilizations: Nuclear Power Plant And Local Protests, Hisanori Kato Apr 2010

Confrontation Between Global And Local Civilizations: Nuclear Power Plant And Local Protests, Hisanori Kato

Comparative Civilizations Review

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