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Personality Theory And Pre-Mortal Life, Neil O. Annandale Apr 2004

Personality Theory And Pre-Mortal Life, Neil O. Annandale

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Interest in the study of psychology and religion has increased in recent years. Leading researchers in this field have specified areas in need of further investigation, one of which is the development of personality theory from a theistic perspective. This article highlights the significance of a doctrine unique to LDS theology"pre-mortal life"and its potential contribution to personality theory. Implications of such a far-reaching view of personality for research and practice in counseling and psychotherapy are also presented.

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Where Can I Turn For Peace?, Elder Alexander B. Morrison Apr 2004

Where Can I Turn For Peace?, Elder Alexander B. Morrison

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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What Children Need From Parents, Craig H. Hart Apr 2004

What Children Need From Parents, Craig H. Hart

Marriage and Families

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Cross-Cultural Considerations In Counseling Clients Of Samoan Heritage, Brian S. Canfield, J. Ty Cunningham Apr 2004

Cross-Cultural Considerations In Counseling Clients Of Samoan Heritage, Brian S. Canfield, J. Ty Cunningham

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

The Samoan islands have been politically, economically, and culturally influenced by the United States and Western European nations for more than one hundred and fifty years. Divided into two political regions, American Samoa is a protectorate of the United States and Western Samoa is an independent nation. Due to its political status and more direct influence from the United States, American Samoa is, in many aspects, a more modernized region compared to its neighbor Western Samoa. In the past half century, many Samoans have migrated to Hawaii and the west coast of the United States, including a significant population to …

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Alms-Giving In Modern Urban Societies As A Biosocial Phenomenon: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Marina Batovskaya, Ivan Diakonov, Marina Vancatova, Jaroslavia Pavelkova Apr 2004

Alms-Giving In Modern Urban Societies As A Biosocial Phenomenon: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Marina Batovskaya, Ivan Diakonov, Marina Vancatova, Jaroslavia Pavelkova

Comparative Civilizations Review

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George H. Brimhall's Legacy Of Service To Brigham Young University, Joseph H. Groberg, Mary Jane Woodger Apr 2004

George H. Brimhall's Legacy Of Service To Brigham Young University, Joseph H. Groberg, Mary Jane Woodger

BYU Studies

Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young University from 1921 to 1945, said of his predecessor, George H. Brimhall (fig. 1), "George H. Brimhall, under a tree would make a university any day for where he teaches students will always gather to be taught." Brimhall had two great causes, Harris said: his religion and the cause of education. From his youth to his old age, Brimhall carried these causes forward with unrelenting vigor. In his service as president of Brigham Young University (1904-1921), they merged into one: a university supported by, loyal to, and controlled by The Church of Jesus …

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The Pueblitos Of Palluche Canyon: An Examination Of The Ethnic Affiliation Of The Pueblito Inhabitants And Results Of Archaeological Survey At La 9073, La 10732 And La 86895, New Mexico, Leslie-Lynne Sinkey Mar 2004

The Pueblitos Of Palluche Canyon: An Examination Of The Ethnic Affiliation Of The Pueblito Inhabitants And Results Of Archaeological Survey At La 9073, La 10732 And La 86895, New Mexico, Leslie-Lynne Sinkey

Theses and Dissertations

The small, above-ground masonry structures of northwestern New Mexico called "pueblitos" first came to the attention of anthropologists in over a century ago. In 1920, the noted archaeologist A.V. Kidder hypothesized that these masonry structures might have been built by Puebloan refugees fleeing Spanish reprisals in the wake of the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt, and he proposed that this hypothesis be tested. Over the next several decades, however, the hypothesis remained untested, but it became both accepted as established fact and the basis for most anthropological, archaeological, and historical reconstructions of Navajo history and cultural …

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Phylogeny Of The Polyneopterous Insects With Emphasis On Plecoptera: Molecular And Morpological Evidence, Matthew Dana Terry Mar 2004

Phylogeny Of The Polyneopterous Insects With Emphasis On Plecoptera: Molecular And Morpological Evidence, Matthew Dana Terry

Theses and Dissertations

Polyneoptera is an assemblage of eleven insect orders comprising the "orthopteroid" insects. It includes familiar insects such as grasshoppers, roaches, termites, earwigs and preying mantises; as well as the more obscure web-spinners, angel insects and ice-crawlers. We present a phylogenetic analysis of the polyneopteran orders based on 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Histone 3, and a coded morphology matrix for an extensive sampling of taxa. We investigate the use of congruence between separate datasets as an a priori measure of alignment quality. Our results support the paraphyly of Polyneoptera, the monophyly of Dictyoptera, sister taxon relationships between Embiidina + Phasmatodea and …

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Phylogenetic Systematics And Evolution Within The Family Scincidae, Alison Swindle Whiting Mar 2004

Phylogenetic Systematics And Evolution Within The Family Scincidae, Alison Swindle Whiting

Theses and Dissertations

Scincidae (skinks) comprise one of the largest families of lizards, and the more than 1300 species show great variation in body size and form, and are found worldwide in a diversity of habitats. The group presents many interesting questions ranging from the colonization of oceanic islands, to the evolution of limb loss, yet most of these and other questions remain understudied. The purpose of this dissertation is to use multiple mitochonidrial and nuclear DNA markers in connection with current cladistic methods to address evolutionary questions at many levels within Scincidae. In chapter one, a molecular phylogenetic study, based on six …

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Response Of Tree Ring Holocellulose Δ13C To Moisture Availability In Populus Fremontii At Perennial And Intermittent Stream Reaches, Daniel L. Potts, David G. Williams Feb 2004

Response Of Tree Ring Holocellulose Δ13C To Moisture Availability In Populus Fremontii At Perennial And Intermittent Stream Reaches, Daniel L. Potts, David G. Williams

Western North American Naturalist

We measured δ13C of tree ring holocellulose to assess intra- and interannual variation in integrated leaf gas exchange responses of Frémont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) to monsoonal moisture inputs in southeastern Arizona. We predicted that δ13C of trees growing along drought-susceptible intermittent reaches of this semiarid river system would be more responsive to monsoonal moisture inputs than trees found along perennial reaches, where groundwater is consistently available. We sampled stem xylem cores from 7 trees, each at an intermittent and perennial reach of the San Pedro River near Tombstone, Arizona. We identified and subdivided individual …

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Fate And Characteristics Of Picea Damaged By Elatobium Abietinum (Walker) (Homoptera: Aphididae) In The White Mountains Of Arizona, Ann M. Lynch Feb 2004

Fate And Characteristics Of Picea Damaged By Elatobium Abietinum (Walker) (Homoptera: Aphididae) In The White Mountains Of Arizona, Ann M. Lynch

Western North American Naturalist

Spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), is a new invasive pest in high-elevation forests of southwestern USA. Plots in the White Mountains of Arizona were evaluated over several years to assess the extent and severity of damage in high-elevation forests and to identify tree and site characteristics associated with defoliation and mortality. Large areas were defoliated in each of 4 recent outbreaks. Impact from a single defoliation episode included an overall mortality of 10.3% to Picea engelmannii Parry, 24%–41% in severely defoliated trees. Defoliation severity was much greater on P. engelmannii than on P. pungens Engelm. and was more severe in …

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Conservation, Status, And Life History Of The Endangered White River Spinedace, Lepidomeda Albivallis (Cyprinidae), G. Gary Scoppettone, James E. Harvey, James Heinrich Feb 2004

Conservation, Status, And Life History Of The Endangered White River Spinedace, Lepidomeda Albivallis (Cyprinidae), G. Gary Scoppettone, James E. Harvey, James Heinrich

Western North American Naturalist

Lepidomeda albivallis (White River spinedace), a fish species endemic to the White River, Nevada, appeared headed toward extinction. In 1991 only 1 population remained, and it comprised fewer than 50 individuals in a 70-m stream reach. We monitored population recruitment and distribution and studied life history and habitat use from 1993 through 1998. We determined that L. albivallis was not reproducing and was continuing to decline, and as an emergency measure we relocated the population (14 in spring 1995 and 6 in spring 1996) downstream 200 m to a secure habitat that we judged more favorable for reproduction. The relocated …

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A Fish Survey Of The White River, Nevada, G. Gary Scoppettone, Peter H. Rissler, Sean Shea Feb 2004

A Fish Survey Of The White River, Nevada, G. Gary Scoppettone, Peter H. Rissler, Sean Shea

Western North American Naturalist

In spring and summer 1991 and 1992, we surveyed fishes of the White River system, Nye and White Pine Counties, Nevada, to determine the status of natives. There are 5 known native fishes to the White River: Lepidomeda albivallis (White River spinedace), Crenichthys baileyi albivallis (Preston White River springfish), Crenichthys baileyi thermophilus (Moorman White River springfish), Catostomus clarki intermedius (White River desert sucker), and Rhinichthys osculus ssp. (White River speckled dace). All 5 had declined in range. Lepidomeda albivallis had experienced the greatest decline, with less than 50 remaining, and these were restricted to a 70-m stream reach. Rhinichthys osculus …

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Coyote (Canis Latrans) Movements Relative To Cattle (Bos Taurus) Carcass Areas, Jan F. Kamler, Warren B. Ballard, Rickey L. Gilliland, Kevin Mote Feb 2004

Coyote (Canis Latrans) Movements Relative To Cattle (Bos Taurus) Carcass Areas, Jan F. Kamler, Warren B. Ballard, Rickey L. Gilliland, Kevin Mote

Western North American Naturalist

Use of 2 cattle carcass areas was determined for radio-collared coyotes (Canis latrans) in northwest Texas from January 1999 to January 2000. When 0–3 dead cattle were located at the carcass areas, resident and transient coyotes visited the carcass areas 4% and 8% of the time, respectively. However, when 30–35 dead cattle were located at 1 carcass area due to a disease epizootic, resident and transient coyotes had increased visitation rates of 19% and 63%, respectively. Resident coyotes traveled as far as 12.2 km from the center of their home ranges, suggesting that carcass areas influenced residents over …

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Spawning Ecology Of Finespotted Snake River Cutthroat Trout In Spring Streams Of The Salt River Valley, Wyoming, Michael P. Joyce, Wayne A. Hubert Feb 2004

Spawning Ecology Of Finespotted Snake River Cutthroat Trout In Spring Streams Of The Salt River Valley, Wyoming, Michael P. Joyce, Wayne A. Hubert

Western North American Naturalist

We studied spawning ecology of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) in streams that originate as springs along the Salt River, a Snake River tributary in western Wyoming. We assessed (1) relative numbers of upstream-migrant and resident adults present during the spawning period in spring streams, (2) influence of habitat modification on use of spring streams for spawning, and (3) habitat features used for spawning in spring streams. Four spring streams were studied, 2 with substantial modification to enhance trout habitat and 2 with little or no modification. Modifications consisted primarily of constructing alternating pools and gravel-cobble riffles. Only a …

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Habitat Of Three Rare Species Of Small Mammals In Juniper Woodlands Of Southwestern Wyoming, Kevin M. Rompola, Stanley H. Anderson Feb 2004

Habitat Of Three Rare Species Of Small Mammals In Juniper Woodlands Of Southwestern Wyoming, Kevin M. Rompola, Stanley H. Anderson

Western North American Naturalist

Southwestern Wyoming constitutes the northern limit of the ranges of the cliff chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis), pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei), and canyon mouse (P. crinitus). In addition to trying to determine their presence in the region, we wanted to identify habitat characteristics commonly used by each of these species. We used Sherman live-traps to sample 14 sites representing 2 distinct habitat types in 1998 and 1999: juniper-rocky slopes and juniper cliffs. Seventeen habitat characteristics were measured at capture locations for each species and compared with randomly located points. Best subsets multiple logistic regression was used …

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Beavers Indirectly Enhance The Growth Of Russian Olive And Tamarisk Along Eastern Montana Rivers, Peter Lesica, Scott Miles Feb 2004

Beavers Indirectly Enhance The Growth Of Russian Olive And Tamarisk Along Eastern Montana Rivers, Peter Lesica, Scott Miles

Western North American Naturalist

Russian olive and tamarisk are introduced woody plants invading western North American riparian communities. Beavers can play an important role in structuring these communities by removing the dominant cottonwood trees. Our study explored the way in which beavers interact with cottonwood, Russian olive, and tamarisk along 4 rivers on the Great Plains of eastern Montana. We sampled cottonwood stands that supported populations of 1 or both exotic species, recording beaver damage and density in addition to size and age of cottonwood, Russian olive, and tamarisk. In stands where beaver had been present, they felled an average of 80% of cottonwood …

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Contribution To The Morphology And Descriptive Biology Of Caurinella Idahoensis (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae), Luke M. Jacobus, W. P. Mccafferty Feb 2004

Contribution To The Morphology And Descriptive Biology Of Caurinella Idahoensis (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae), Luke M. Jacobus, W. P. Mccafferty

Western North American Naturalist

Reared specimens from Bridge Creek, Idaho County, Idaho, provide the bases for the first descriptions of Caurinella idahoensis egg and alate stages and redescription of the larval stage. Larvae are distinguished from other Nearctic Ephemerellinae species by the distinctive posterolateral projections on abdominal segment 9. Male adults have a unique combination of characters associated with their genitalia. Larvae were associated with the colonial bluegreen alga Nostoc parmelioides in a clear, cold headwater stream. Several other Diptera, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera also were found in cohabitation with C. idahoensis. Amorphous detritus appears to be a major component of the diet …

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A Putative Hybrid Swarm Within Oönopsis Foliosa (Asteraceae: Astereae), Jonathan F. Hughes, Gregory K. Brown Feb 2004

A Putative Hybrid Swarm Within Oönopsis Foliosa (Asteraceae: Astereae), Jonathan F. Hughes, Gregory K. Brown

Western North American Naturalist

Oönopsis foliosa var. foliosa and var. monocephala are endemic to short-grass steppe of southeastern Colorado and until recently were considered geographically disjunct. The only known qualitative feature separating these 2 varieties is floral head type; var. foliosa has radiate heads, whereas var. monocephala heads are discoid. Sympatry between these varieties is restricted to a small area in which a range of parental types and intermediate head morphologies is observed. We used distribution mapping, morphometric analyses, chromosome cytology, and pollen stainability to characterize the sympatric zone. Morphometrics confirms that the only discrete difference between var. foliosa and var. monocephala is radiate …

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Soil Compaction From Human Trampling, Biking, And Off-Road Motor Vehicle Activity In A Blackbrush (Coleogyne Ramosissima) Shrubland, Simon A. Lei Feb 2004

Soil Compaction From Human Trampling, Biking, And Off-Road Motor Vehicle Activity In A Blackbrush (Coleogyne Ramosissima) Shrubland, Simon A. Lei

Western North American Naturalist

Soil compaction from human trampling, biking, and off-road motor vehicle traffic was quantitatively investigated in a blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrubland in Kyle Canyon of the Spring Mountains in southern Nevada. A significant difference was detected in soil compaction, bulk density, and percent pore space at a particular frequency of visits in each of 4 disturbance types. On average a single vehicle pass was equivalent to 10 human footprints. Ten and 100 footprints were equivalent to 1 motorcycle pass and 10 vehicle passes, respectively. Soil compaction is a product of increased bulk density and decreased pore space. The degree …

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Collection Of An Adult Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma Cepedianum) From The San Juan River, Utah, Gordon Mueller, Jim L. Brooks Feb 2004

Collection Of An Adult Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma Cepedianum) From The San Juan River, Utah, Gordon Mueller, Jim L. Brooks

Western North American Naturalist

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Occurrence And Habitat Use Of Passage Neotropical Migrants In The Sonoran Desert, Paul C. Hardy, David J. Griffin, Amy J. Kuenzi, Michael L. Morrison Feb 2004

Occurrence And Habitat Use Of Passage Neotropical Migrants In The Sonoran Desert, Paul C. Hardy, David J. Griffin, Amy J. Kuenzi, Michael L. Morrison

Western North American Naturalist

Little is known about stopover habitat use by neotropical migratory birds in the deserts of North America. We determined distribution, abundance, and habitat associations of neotropical migrants during spring migration in the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona along large washes that supported xeroriparian scrub vegetation. We detected 91 bird species during surveys, 50 (52%) of which were passage neotropical migrants. Although xeroriparian scrub covered less than 55% of the area surveyed, 97% of all detections of passage migrants were from this vegetation type. By calculating habitat breadth for each species, we classified 87% of passage migrants as xeroriparian specialists. Richness …

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Species Diversity And Habitat Of Grassland Passerines During Grazing Of A Prescribe-Burned, Mixed-Grass Prairie, Robert F. Danley, Robert K. Murphy, Elizabeth M. Madden Feb 2004

Species Diversity And Habitat Of Grassland Passerines During Grazing Of A Prescribe-Burned, Mixed-Grass Prairie, Robert F. Danley, Robert K. Murphy, Elizabeth M. Madden

Western North American Naturalist

No published data exist on responses of grassland passerines and their habitat to combined grazing and burning treatments in northern mixed-grass prairie. At Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (LNWR) in northwestern North Dakota, we monitored breeding bird occurrence, abundance, and habitat during successive annual grazing treatments (1998–2000) on 5 prescribe-burned, mixed-grass prairie management units (range = 50–534 ha, each burned 3–6 times in the previous 10–20 years). All breeding passerine species characteristic of upland, northern mixed-grass prairie were common (>10% occurrence) during at least 1 of 3 years on burned and grazed units, except Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), …

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Reproductive Cycle Of Smith's Black-Headed Snake, Tantilla Hobartsmithi (Serpentes: Colubridae), In Arizona, Stephen R. Goldberg Feb 2004

Reproductive Cycle Of Smith's Black-Headed Snake, Tantilla Hobartsmithi (Serpentes: Colubridae), In Arizona, Stephen R. Goldberg

Western North American Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 64 No. 1 Feb 2004

Full Issue, Vol. 64 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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Growth In Sonoran Desert Populations Of The Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus Obesus), Brian K. Sullivan, Matthew A. Kwiatkowski, Paul S. Hamilton Feb 2004

Growth In Sonoran Desert Populations Of The Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus Obesus), Brian K. Sullivan, Matthew A. Kwiatkowski, Paul S. Hamilton

Western North American Naturalist

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Weird Nature By John Downer, C. Riley Nelson Feb 2004

Weird Nature By John Downer, C. Riley Nelson

Western North American Naturalist

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End Matter, Vol. 64 No. 1 Feb 2004

End Matter, Vol. 64 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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Laboratory Project In Wireless Fsk Receiver Design, Michael A. Jensen, Cynthia Fuse, Raymond Woodward Feb 2004

Laboratory Project In Wireless Fsk Receiver Design, Michael A. Jensen, Cynthia Fuse, Raymond Woodward

Faculty Publications

This paper describes a wireless local area network laboratory project that provides senior and first-year graduate students in microwave engineering courses the opportunity to design, build, and test several passive microstrip components and integrate them into a working system. Students design filters, couplers, amplifiers, diode detectors, quarter-wave transformers, antennas, and stub matching networks in weekly labs that parallel-lectures in a one-semester microwave engineering course. This paper also describes simple inexpensive prototyping and testing methods that have been used in this course. Laboratory materials and technical details of the design are provided on the web for students and educators.

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Androgen Receptor Expression In The Rat Prostate Is Down-Regulated By Dietary Phytoestrogens, Edwin D. Lephart, Trent D. Lund, Daniel J. Munson, Herman Aldercreutz, Robert J. Handa Jan 2004

Androgen Receptor Expression In The Rat Prostate Is Down-Regulated By Dietary Phytoestrogens, Edwin D. Lephart, Trent D. Lund, Daniel J. Munson, Herman Aldercreutz, Robert J. Handa

Faculty Publications

Background- It is well established that the growth of the prostate gland is a hormone-dependent phenomenon involving both androgenic and estrogenic control. Proliferation of prostate cells is, at least in part, under control of estrogen receptor beta (ER-beta). Phytoestrogens bind ER-beta with high affinity and therefore may have antiproliferative effects in the prostate. Methods- The prostates of male Long-Evans rats fed a diet high in phytoestrogens (Phyto-600) or very low levels of phytoestrogens (Phyto-free) were analyzed to determine the impact of dietary phytoestrogens on prostate weight and androgen receptor (AR) expression in the prostate. Results- Dietary phytoestrogens significantly decreased post-pubertal …

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