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Selecting Wilderness Areas To Conserve Utah's Biological Diversity, Diane W. Davidson, William D. Newmark, Jack W. Sites Jr., Dennis K. Shiozawa, Eric A. Rickart, Kimball T. Harper, Robert B. Keiter

Great Basin Naturalist

Congress is currently evaluating the wilderness status of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands in Utah. Wilderness areas play many important roles, and one critical role is the conservation of biological diversity. We propose that objectives for conserving biodiversity on BLM lands in Utah be to (1) ensure the long-term population viability of native animal and plant species, (2) maintain the critical ecological and evolutionary processes upon which these species depend, and (3) preserve the full range of communities, successional stages, and environmental gradients. To achieve these objectives, wilderness areas should be selected so as to protect large, contiguous …

Compressing Semi-Structured Text Using Hierarchical Phrase Identifications, Dan R. Olsen Jr., Craig G. Nevill-Manning, Ian H. Witten

Faculty Publications

The structure of this paper is as follows. We begin by identifying some characteristics of semi-structured text that have special relevance to data compression. We then give a brief account of a particular large textual database, and describe a compression scheme that exploits its structure. In addition to providing compression, the system gives some insight into the structure of the database. Finally we show how the hierarchical grammar can be generalized, first manually and then automatically, to yield further improvements in compression performance.

Spiritual Perspectives And Interventions In Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Study Of Experienced Amcap Therapists, Ronald B. Chamberlain, P. Scott Richards, Janet S. Scharman

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

Women's Religiosity, Employment, And Mental Illness, H. Dean Garrett, Bruce A. Chadwick

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Mormonism And Mental Health: A Review Of The Literature (1923- 1995), Daniel K. Judd

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

Confession In Lds Doctrine And Practice, Edward L. Kimball

BYU Studies

While the form of confession in the LDS Church has changed from public admission of sin to confession to a bishop, the doctrine and necessary functions of confession remain unchanged.

“But Then Face To Face”: Women's Issues, Mormon Culture, And Doctrine In Eight Pregnancy Narratives, Angela Ashurst-Mcgee

BYU Studies

For a Mormon woman, pregnancy can augment her agency, build charity, and transcend stereotypes. Sharing her narrative can help her organize and own her experience.

On Being Mormon In Canada And Canadian In Utah, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher

BYU Studies

Peter Gzowski, a name unpronouncable to Americans, is a byword to Canadians. Weekday mornings, CBC radio listeners hear his wry comments and sage interviews reflecting Canadian life on Morningside. In the mid-seventies, when Morningside was still This Country in the Morning, Gzowski ran a contest asking listeners to finish this sentence: "As Canadian as..." Entries poured in: "As Canadian as a toboggan" or "As Canadian as Diefenbaker." But the grand-slam winner was unforgettable: "As Canadian as possible, under the circumstances."

From The State Of Nature To The Empire Of Reason: Civilization In Buffon, Mirabeau And Raynal, Hugh L. Gilderson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Government Publications Of People's Republic Of China: Their Identification For Cataloging Using Marc Format, Yuezu Yu

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Exceptional Fish Yield In A Mid-Elevation Utah Trout Reservoir: Effects Of Angling Regulations, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, David Barnard, Thomas Pettengill

Great Basin Naturalist

We used creel surveys to evaluate how a change from a 6-mon to a year-round fishing season affected the sport fish harvest in East Canyon Reservoir (Utah), a 277-ha mesoeutrophic system. Under the year-round season, fishing effort was 840 angler-h·ha⁻¹·yr⁻¹, and 360 trout ha⁻¹ were captured. Catch rates were proportional to estimated trout densities in the reservoir, ranging from 1.06 during the winter ice fishery, to 0.18 fish angler⁻¹·h⁻¹ in July. Ninety-nine percent of fish harvested were rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus myskiss). Thirty-two percent of the 300,000 75-mm fingerling trout stocked …

Intermountain Movement By Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix Occidentalis Lucida), R. J. Gutiérrez, Mark E. Seamans, M. Zachariah Peery

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Consumption Of Diffuse Knapweed By Two Species Of Polyphagous Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) In Southern Idaho, Dennis J. Fielding, M. A. Brusven, L. P. Kish

Great Basin Naturalist

Consumption of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.) by 2 polyphagous grasshopper species, Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) and Oedaleonotus enigma (Scudder), was studied using microhistological analysis of grasshopper crop contents. Grasshoppers were confined to cages containing C. diffusa and Sisymbrium altissimum L., a member of the mustard family known to be readily eaten by these 2 grasshopper species. Preference indices for knapweed were lower than for S. altissimum in 4 of 5 trials. An uncaged population of M. sanguinipes on a knapweed-infested site consumed only small amounts of knapweed until late summer when most other plants were senescent. Results suggested that …

Full Issue, Vol. 56 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Lytle Preserve (1985–1995), And Short History Of Beaver Dam Wash, Stanley L. Welsh

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Presented is a short history of the occupation of lands currently within and adjacent to the Lytle Nature Preserve, a property owned and operated by Brigham Young University. The property, which is to be maintained in perpetuity for its natural history qualities, is situated in Beaver Dam Wash in southwestern Washington County, Utah some seven miles north of Arizona and one and a half miles east of Nevada. Its natural and man-made features are discussed in detail, as are its management options and changes during its first decade of operation. The Preserve is dedicated to teaching and research. Main management …

Memories From A Danish American Parsonage, Bodil S. Sorensen

The Bridge

Those of us who grew up in the Danish-American

colonies of the 30' s and 40' s experienced a life that has

now disappeared. It was a rich and unique life. It was a

time of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation immigrants adjusting

to the American culture and at the same time cherishing

their particular brand of Danish heritage.

“The Most Convenient Form Of Error”: Dale Morgan On Joseph Smith And The Book Of Mormon, Gary F. Novak

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Dale Morgan On Early Mormonism: Correspondence and a New History (1986), edited by John Philip Walker.

Expressions Of Faith: Testimonies Of Latter-Day Saint Scholars, Susan Eaton Black

Maxwell Institute Publications

The news media often characterizes some detractors of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “Mormon intellectuals” and presents them to the public as the thinking Mormons who know the inside story of the church. In this rush to produce controversial news, an obvious truth has been overlooked—that the LDS intellectual and academic communities are composed of strong believers in the Prophet Joseph Smith’s revelations and solid supporters of LDS Church leadership. Only at the fringes is there noticeable dissent.

Readers of Expressions of Faith will discover a marvelous, uncoached unity in these testimonies of LDS scholars. Although …

Lds Counselor Ratings Of Problems Occurring Among Lds Premarital And Remarital Couples, Travis R. Adams

Theses and Dissertations

A fundamental purpose of this study was to provide marriage preparation providers with counselors perceptions of potential marital problem areas. A structured questionnaire was sent to LDS counselors, defined as members of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP). These LDS counselors rated 29 problem areas that LDS couples, (members members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), might encounter in a first marriage or remarriage. Results (N=231) were analyzed in an attempt to determine the most frequent, most damaging and most difficult problems to deal with in LDS first marriages and remarriages.

Findings suggest that "communication", …

Fictional Case Of Landmine Company And The Town Of Mudville

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Landmine Company owns some land near a national forest amid the Rocky Mountains. The company does a lot of logging, mining and resource refinement in a factory on that land. They also mine and log on the national forest land, for the Department of the Interior (DOI) granted them special mining and logging permits. Naturally, their operations create a considerable amount of pollution and inconvenience to the general area, which includes the National Forest and, Mudville, a fairly large town bordering the forest for which the company provides several hundred jobs and a large slice of the tax base. Founded …

Happy Hiker Club Vs. Department Of The Interior, William Athay

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

The Landmine Company conducts extensive logging, mining, and resource refinement in the National Forest near the city of Mudville. Authorization for their industry was granted by the Department of the Interior (DOI). The operations have led to significant pollution and disfigurement of public lands.

The Need For Local Government Cooperation In Maintaining Environmental Quality: Deq V. Mudville, Chris D. Brown

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

The preservation of air and water quality is at the heart of maintaining a safe environment. It has therefore been the responsibility of the Department of Environmental Quality, through state statute, to "ensure a safe and healthy environment for all residents, maintain healthy ecosystems needed for the development of tourist activities and promote economic development." Standards have been set by the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act for the acceptable level of contamination to both air and water before they are determined unsafe. A proposed lawsuit against the city of Mudville by the DEQ is an example of …

City Of Mudville Vs. State Department Of Environmental Quality, Andrew Christensen

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

The City of Mud ville, having witnessed an increase in childhood cancer and other illnesses coincident with a rise in levels of toxins in the area's watershed, believes that the State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has failed to fulfill its statutory mandate to "ensure a safe and healthy environment for all residents (and) maintain healthy ecosystems needed for the development of tourist activities." Specifically, the city is suing the DEQ to force it to demonstrate that the DEQ has fulfilled its mandate by either a) confirming the EPA's compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDW A), orb) exercising …

Defining Responsibility: The Citizens Of Mudville V. Epa, Jenny Rebecca Oman

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

A logging, mining, and resource refinement company called Landmine, which operates near national forest land by the Rocky Mountains, has created a severe water pollution problem to the surrounding area, especially for a large town called Mudville. The company does a great deal of its mining and logging inside the national forest, for which Landmine Company possesses special permits to do so from the Department of the Interior (DOI). In addition, the wells that are used in the area share a common aquifer with both the company and the national forest. The wells have increasingly become tainted with elements and …

Changes In The Religious Devotion Of Latter-Day Saints Throughout The Life Cycle, Barry L. Johnson, James T. Duke

BYU Studies

LDS women rate themselves higher in religious devotion than do LDS men. Both experience diminished religious devotion in certain life stages but increase in devotion over their life spans.

Aerodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Related Changes In Vocal Intensity In Patients With Parkinson Disease, Christopher Dromey, Lorraine Olson Ramig

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to document changes in aerodynamic and glottographic aspects of vocal function in patients with Parkinson disease who received two forms of high effort treatment. Previous reports (Ramig, Countryman, Thompson, & Horii, 1995) have documented increased sound pressure level (SPL) following treatment that trained phonation and respiration (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment: LSVT), but not for treatment that trained respiration only (R). In order to examine the mechanisms underlying these differences, measures of maximum flow declination rate (MFDR) and estimated subglottal pressure (Psub)were made before and after treatment. A measure of relative vocal fold adduction (EGGW) …

Development Of A Method For Studying Thematic Content Of Psychotherapy Sessions, P. Scott Richards, Susan D. Lonborg

Faculty Publications

The authors developed a measure for categorizing the nature of the topic that clients and therapists discuss from moment to moment during psychotherapy. The Counseling Topic Classification System (CTCS) contains 55 topics and 8 emotional categories. It was used to code the thematic content of Donald Meichenbaum's and Hans Strupp's initial therapy sessions with a client named Richard. Our findings provided preliminary evidence that the CTCS is useful for coding the core topic of initial therapy sessions and that thematic content may be an important process and contextual vari- able. Methods are described for studying thematic content as a contextual …

The Real Utah War: The Mountaineer's Efforts To Combat The Valley Tan, Robert E. Fleming

Theses and Dissertations

The Utah War and its aftermath changed Utah and the Mormons forever. This change came because of the growing Gentile influence in the territory and was reflected most adequately in the current periodicals of the period. The Valley Tan and the Mountaineer are especially important because their opposition to one another brought many important issues to the forefront of discussion. These issues would be important to the Mormons learning to live and work with those not of their faith and to share in their Zion.

These newspapers were successful in giving to its reader, both past and present, a glimpse …

Empirical Findings On The Aces Decision-Making Technique, Larry E. Pate, Troy R. Nielson

Faculty Publications

Over the past two years, we have conducted a series of empirical studies on the ACES Decision-making Technique, a normative procedure (Pate, 1987) based upon the Janis and Mann (1977) assertion that decision makers who fail to engage in sufficient information search often find themselves in defensive avoidance and are, thus, unable to be vigilant, resulting in problems of procrastination, shifting responsibility, and rationalization of decisions. ACES represents a mechanism for achieving greater information search through a structured process that involves (1) identifying and challenging Assumptions, (2) clarifying and establishing more accurate Criteria weights, (3) expanding the Evoked set of …

Nutritional And Alimentative State Of The Canaviri, Pocohata, Colina Blanca, Puente Arriba And Villa Arriendo, Ingavi Province, Department Of La Paz - 1996, Juana F. Moraima Gonzles Tapia

Theses and Dissertations

The intent of the present work responds to the necessity of the settlers in depressed areas of La Paz's Altiplano in Bolivia of knowing the reality surrounding the unfolding of their lives. The focus takes into account only one part of all that weighs down on them: that part dealing with their nutritional and alimentative state. This study takes in the communities of Canaviri, Pocohata, Colina Blanca, Puente Arriba, and Villa Arriendo of the Ingavi Province in the Department of La Paz. The variable taken into account is the families' nutritional situation; these families possessing the same status in the …