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Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Archaeological discoveries that challenge previously accepted theories of the history of civilization are found all over the world.

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Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Warfare is a constant theme in the Book of Mormon. Conflicts with varying motivations erupted between the Nephites and Lamanites from the beginning of their sojourn in the New World. Ultimately, the Nephites as a sociopolitical group were exterminated in one climactic battle when hundreds of thousands died in a single day. Have Mesoamerican archaeologists detected an intensity and scale of warfare great enough to account for the extermination of a people like the Nephites? Yes, there is now good reason to believe that the period when the Nephites were being destroyed by their enemies was characterized in southern Mexico …

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Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

In an interview with John L. Sorenson, linguist Brian Stubbs discusses the evidence he has used to establish that at least one language family in Mesoamerica is related to Semitic languages. Stubbs explains how his studies of Near Eastern languages, coupled with his studies of Uto-Aztecan, helped him find related word pairs in the two language families. The evidence for a link between Uto-Aztecan and Semitic languages, or even Egyptian or Arabic, is still tentative, although the evidence includes all the standard requirements of comparative or historical linguistic research: sound correspondences or consistent sound shifts, morphological correspondences, and a substantial …

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What's In A Name?: Nephi, Paul Y. Hoskisson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Though the name Nephi conforms in some ways to common Semitic patterns, none of the possible consonantal roots that appear in Hebrew can be applied to the name. Other possible sources such as Ugaritic or Egyptian may be considered.

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The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

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Rescaling The Energy Function In Hopfield Networks, Tony R. Martinez, Xinchuan Zeng

Faculty Publications

In this paper we propose an approach that rescales the distance matrix of the energy function in the Hopfield network for solving optimization problems. We rescale the distance matrix by normalizing each row in the matrix and then adjusting the parameter for the distance term. This scheme has the capability of reducing the effects of clustering in data distributions, which is one of main reasons for the formation of invalid solutions. We evaluate this approach through a large number (20,000) simulations based on 200 randomly generated city distributions of the 10-city traveling salesman problem. The result shows that, compared to …

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Comparison Of Charged Sheets And Corrected 3-D Ewald Calculations Of Long-Range Forces In Slab Geometry Electrolyte Systems With Solvent Molecules, Richard L. Rowley, Paul S. Crozier, Eckhard Spoht, Douglas Henderson

Faculty Publications

Two methods of calculating long-range intermolecular potentials are compared for an approximately 3 M aqueous electrolyte solution confined between two charged surfaces. We investigate the ionic density profiles using the charged-sheets method and the corrected three-dimensional (3D) Ewald method at two different system sizes and also compare the Coulomb forces directly. The corrected 3D Ewald method is recommended for the calculation of long-range potentials in systems of this nature because it is less system size dependent than the charged sheets method and the resultant forces are more consistent with periodic boundaries. However, the charged-sheets method for estimating long-range potentials in …

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Book Review: Schattenkrieg Gegen Hitler: Das Dritte Reich Im Visier Der Amerikanischen Geheimdienste, Christof Muenger

Swiss American Historical Society Review

In the 1980' s the United States government decided to declassify the files of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which was the organization preceding the CIA. Christoph Mauch, a German historian and Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, thoroughly studied the numerous now available documents. His research in the National Archives as well as in various other archives in the United States and Europe resulted in his Habilitationsschrift [a scholar's second study after the doctoral dissertation to make one eligible for a university position in Germany]. A shortened and revised version of the study has …

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Carbon Isotope Discrimination And Water Relations Of Oak Hybrid Populations In Southwestern Utah, David G. Williams, James R. Ehleringer

Western North American Naturalist

The evergreen oak Quercus turbinella and the deciduous Q. gambelii form natural hybrids in southwestern Utah and northern Arizona. Hybrid individuals also are found in northern Utah in a region where only Q. gambelii currently exists, indicating that Q. turbinella has recently retreated southward. Our objectives were to (1) examine the ecophysiology of parental taxa and hybrids under natural conditions in southeastern Utah, and (2) investigate the level of integration between leaf carbon isotope discrimination (a synthetic gas exchange trait) and structural and chemical traits of leaves in morphologically variable hybrid populations. Leaf length, width, mass-to-area ratio (LMA, g m …

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Diet Switching And Food Delivery By Shrubsteppe Passerines In Response To An Experimental Reduction In Food, Frank P. Howe, Richard L. Knight, Lowell C. Mcewen, T. Luke George

Western North American Naturalist

We experimentally reduced the food base of nesting Brewer's Sparrows (Spizella breweri) and Sage Thrashers (Oreoscoptes montanus) in a shrubsteppe region of south central Idaho in 1989 and 1990. Frequency and mass of "birdfood" arthropods in pitfall, sweep net, and stickyboard samples were generally lower on sites treated with a broad-spectrum insecticide (malathion) than on untreated sites though the effect varied among taxa. In 1990 O. montanus switched nestling diets to prey taxa not affected by the treatment. Time between nestling food deliveries was greater for S. breweri on the treated than untreated site in 1989. …

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Effect Of Salinity And Planting Density On Physiological Responses Of Allenrolfea Occidentalis, Bilquees Gul, Darrell J. Weber, M. Ajmal Khan

Western North American Naturalist

Physiological responses of Allenrolfea occidentalis to salinity and seedling density were investigated. Effects of salinity (0, 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 mM NaCl) and 3 planting densities (2000, 4000, 6000 plants m^-2) on the growth, survival, and ecophysiology of A. occidentalis, a stem succulent inland halophyte, were studied under controlled greenhouse conditions. Plants were grown in a sand culture using subirrigation. Dry mass of roots was highest at 600 mM NaCl at low density (2000 plants m^-2), but declined as salinity increased. Tissue water content was highest at the 200 mM NaCl treatment and …

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Vulnerability Of Fremont Cottonwood (Populus Fremontii Wats.) Individuals To Xylem Cavitation, A. Joshua Leffler, Laura E. England, Jon Naito

Western North American Naturalist

Embolism, the blockage of water transport in the xylem by air, is an important consequence of low water availability for all plant species. Riparian plants, since they typically experience mesic conditions, are not water stress tolerant and hence are vulnerable to xylem cavitation, the formation of emboli. We have constructed a composite vulnerability curve for Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood); assessed native state embolism, critical xylem pressure potential (Ψ_cav), and safety margin; and determined predawn and midday leaf water potential (Ψ_L) within a central New Mexico cottonwood population. Our results indicate (1) that this population of P. …

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Sexual Reproduction Of Gambel Oak (Quercus Gambelii) Near Its Northeastern Limit, Jamie L. Reynolds, Timothy N. Feintstein, James J. Ebersole

Western North American Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 60 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

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Distribution, Movements, And Habitat Use Of Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen Texanus) In A Lower Colorado River Reservoir, Arizona-Nevada, Gordon Mueller, Paul C. Marsh, Glen Knowles, Ty Wolters

Western North American Naturalist

Distribution, movements, and habitat use of 10 wild adult razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) were examined in Lake Mohave, Arizona-Nevada, from November 1994 through July 1997. Movement rates (0.00–17.35 km d⁻¹) and ranges (x̄ = 39 km) were similar to those for riverine populations. All study fish returned to spawning sites used in previous years, but they also visited other spawning areas. Spawning females were significantly (P = 0.031) more active than males (480 vs. 87 m d^-1) and moved substantial distances between spawning sites during peak reproduction (1–28 February). Fish became most active …

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A Gis Model To Predict The Location Of Fossil Packrat (Neotoma) Middens In Central Nevada, Scott A. Mensing, Robert G. Elston Jr., Gary L. Raines, Robin J. Tausch, Cheryl L. Nowak

Western North American Naturalist

Fossil packrat (Neotoma) middens provide an important source of paleoecologic data in the arid West. This study describes and tests a predictive GIS model that uses the eights-of-evidence method for determining areas with a high probability of containing fossil middens in central Nevada. Model variables included geology, elevation, and aspect. Geology was found to be the most important variable tested. We produced a map of 4 probability classes validated by field-checking 21 randomly selected 1-km² sites throughout the study area. Our high-probability category reduced the search area to only 3.5% of the total study area. Fossil middens …

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Records Of Mammals From The East Tavaputs Plateau, Utah, Duke S. Rogers, Dana J. Shurtleff, Clyde L. Pritchett

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Distributional Notes On The Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica Petechia Castaneiceps) Near The Northern Edge Of Its Range In Eastern Baja California Sur, Mexico, Robert C. Whitmore, R. Craig Whitmore, Michael M. Whitmore

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Importance Of Migrating Salmon Smolt In Ring-Billed (Larus Delawarensis) And California Gull (L. Californicus) Diets Near Priest Rapids Dam, Washington, Darryl L. York, John L. Cummings, John E. Steuber, Patricia A. Pochop, Christi A. Yoder

Western North American Naturalist

Ring-billed (Larus delawarensis) and California Gulls (L. californicus) have been implicated in depredations on migrating salmon smolt in the Columbia River. As part of a gull management program conducted in 1995 and 1996, we collected L. delawarensis (n = 120) and L. californicus (n = 45) near Priest Rapids Dam, Washington, and analyzed stomach contents to determine food habits and thus the importance of fish in gull diets. Percent volume measurements and index of relative importance rankings suggested a greater reliance on fish by L. californicus than by L. delawarensis. Peak percent consumption …

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Effects Of Cattle Grazing On North American Arid Ecosystems: A Quantitative Review, Allison Jones

Western North American Naturalist

A quantitative review was conducted of the effects of cattle grazing in arid systems on 16 response variables ranging from soil bulk density to total vegetative cover to rodent species diversity. Various studies from North American arid environments that used similar measures for assessing grazing effects on the same response variables were used for the review; each study was assigned to serve as a single data point in paired comparisons of grazed versus ungrazed sites. All analyses tested the 1-tailed null hypothesis that grazing has no effect on the measured variable. Eleven of 16 analyses (69%) revealed significant detrimental effects …

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Managing Livestock Grazing For Mule Deer (Odocoileus Hemionus) On Winter Range In The Great Basin, Dennis D. Austin

Western North American Naturalist

History and technical literature describing potential effects of livestock grazing on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations and winter range habitat are reviewed. Recommendations for livestock grazing on winter ranges within the Great Basin are advanced.

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Full Issue, Marriage &. Families

Marriage and Families

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Psychotherapy In The Lds Community, Eric G. Swedin

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Excerpted from Chapter 1 of "A History of Psychotherapy Within The Modern Latter-Day Saint Community" PhD dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1996.

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Invitation To An Enterprise: From Physics To World History To The Study Of Civilizations, Arthur Iberall, Frank Hassler, Harry Soodak, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Marital Status Does Count To Children Of God, Daniel Lapin

Marriage and Families

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End Matter

Inscape

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Numerical Aspects Of Discrete And Continuum Hybrid Models In Cell Biology, J. C. Dallon

Faculty Publications

In this paper we introduce a method of modeling which mixes continuum and discrete variables, and explain two models in cell biology that use this method. The first application deals with wound healing, more specifically the collagen alignment in scar tissue formation and the second models early aggregation in the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. We solve these models using numerical techniques similar to the particle-in-cell method which requires that the discrete and continuum variables are interpolated one to the other. The implementational and numerical details are discussed in an informal and practical manner with particular attention given to the …

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Plecoptera And Trichoptera Species Distribution Related To Environmental Characteristics Of The Metal-Polluted Arkansas River, Colorado, L. P. Ruse, Scott J. Herrmann

Western North American Naturalist

The Upper Arkansas catchment has been polluted with heavy metals from mining for almost 140 yr. Adult Plecoptera and Trichoptera species distributions were recorded from 22 stations along 259 km of main river during 1984–85 so that these could be related to metal deposition and other environmental characteristics. Chemically or physically perturbed sites had poor species richness compared with adjacent sites. There was no sequential downstream increase in species numbers. Filter-feeders proportionally increased downstream as predators declined; these proportions were reset at a high-energy site before the trend resumed. Using canonical correspondence analysis, we found that species composition was most …

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Woody Riparian Vegetation Response To Different Alluvial Water Table Regimes, Patrick B. Shafroth, Juliet C. Stromberg, Duncan T. Patten

Western North American Naturalist

Woody riparian vegetation in western North American riparian ecosystems is commonly dependent on alluvial groundwater. Various natural and anthropogenic mechanisms can cause groundwater declines that stress riparian vegetation, but little quantitative information exists on the nature of plant response to different magnitudes, rates, and durations of groundwater decline. We observed groundwater dynamics and the response of Populus fremontii, Salix gooddingii, and Tamarix ramosissima saplings at 3 sites between 1995 and 1997 along the Bill Williams River, Arizona. At a site where the lowest observed groundwater level in 1996 (−1.97 m) was 1.11 m lower than that in 1995 (−0.86 m), …

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Suitability Of Shrub Establishment On Wyoming Mined Lands Reclaimed For Wildlife Habitat, Richard A. Olson, James K. Gores, D. Terrance Booth, Gerald E. Schuman

Western North American Naturalist

Restoring coal mined land to pre-mining shrub cover, density, height, community composition, and diversity to renew wildlife habitat quality is a priority for reclamation specialists. Long-term shrub reestablishment success on reclaimed mined land in Wyoming and suitability of these lands for wildlife habitat are unknown. Fourteen reclaimed study sites, 10 yr old or older, were selected on 8 mines in Wyoming to evaluate shrub reestablishment and wildlife habitat value for antelope (Antilocapra americana) and sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Five sites were categorized as fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) sites and 9 as fourwing saltbush/big sagebrush …

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Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

What's In A Name?: Nephi, Paul Y. Hoskisson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Rescaling The Energy Function In Hopfield Networks, Tony R. Martinez, Xinchuan Zeng

Faculty Publications

Comparison Of Charged Sheets And Corrected 3-D Ewald Calculations Of Long-Range Forces In Slab Geometry Electrolyte Systems With Solvent Molecules, Richard L. Rowley, Paul S. Crozier, Eckhard Spoht, Douglas Henderson

Faculty Publications

Book Review: Schattenkrieg Gegen Hitler: Das Dritte Reich Im Visier Der Amerikanischen Geheimdienste, Christof Muenger

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Carbon Isotope Discrimination And Water Relations Of Oak Hybrid Populations In Southwestern Utah, David G. Williams, James R. Ehleringer

Western North American Naturalist

Diet Switching And Food Delivery By Shrubsteppe Passerines In Response To An Experimental Reduction In Food, Frank P. Howe, Richard L. Knight, Lowell C. Mcewen, T. Luke George

Western North American Naturalist

Effect Of Salinity And Planting Density On Physiological Responses Of Allenrolfea Occidentalis, Bilquees Gul, Darrell J. Weber, M. Ajmal Khan

Western North American Naturalist

Vulnerability Of Fremont Cottonwood (Populus Fremontii Wats.) Individuals To Xylem Cavitation, A. Joshua Leffler, Laura E. England, Jon Naito

Western North American Naturalist

Sexual Reproduction Of Gambel Oak (Quercus Gambelii) Near Its Northeastern Limit, Jamie L. Reynolds, Timothy N. Feintstein, James J. Ebersole

Western North American Naturalist

Full Issue, Vol. 60 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

Distribution, Movements, And Habitat Use Of Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen Texanus) In A Lower Colorado River Reservoir, Arizona-Nevada, Gordon Mueller, Paul C. Marsh, Glen Knowles, Ty Wolters

Western North American Naturalist

A Gis Model To Predict The Location Of Fossil Packrat (Neotoma) Middens In Central Nevada, Scott A. Mensing, Robert G. Elston Jr., Gary L. Raines, Robin J. Tausch, Cheryl L. Nowak

Western North American Naturalist

Records Of Mammals From The East Tavaputs Plateau, Utah, Duke S. Rogers, Dana J. Shurtleff, Clyde L. Pritchett

Western North American Naturalist

Distributional Notes On The Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica Petechia Castaneiceps) Near The Northern Edge Of Its Range In Eastern Baja California Sur, Mexico, Robert C. Whitmore, R. Craig Whitmore, Michael M. Whitmore

Western North American Naturalist

Importance Of Migrating Salmon Smolt In Ring-Billed (Larus Delawarensis) And California Gull (L. Californicus) Diets Near Priest Rapids Dam, Washington, Darryl L. York, John L. Cummings, John E. Steuber, Patricia A. Pochop, Christi A. Yoder

Western North American Naturalist

Effects Of Cattle Grazing On North American Arid Ecosystems: A Quantitative Review, Allison Jones

Western North American Naturalist

Managing Livestock Grazing For Mule Deer (Odocoileus Hemionus) On Winter Range In The Great Basin, Dennis D. Austin

Western North American Naturalist

Full Issue, Marriage &. Families

Marriage and Families

Psychotherapy In The Lds Community, Eric G. Swedin

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Invitation To An Enterprise: From Physics To World History To The Study Of Civilizations, Arthur Iberall, Frank Hassler, Harry Soodak, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

Marital Status Does Count To Children Of God, Daniel Lapin

Marriage and Families

End Matter

Inscape

Numerical Aspects Of Discrete And Continuum Hybrid Models In Cell Biology, J. C. Dallon

Faculty Publications

Plecoptera And Trichoptera Species Distribution Related To Environmental Characteristics Of The Metal-Polluted Arkansas River, Colorado, L. P. Ruse, Scott J. Herrmann

Western North American Naturalist

Woody Riparian Vegetation Response To Different Alluvial Water Table Regimes, Patrick B. Shafroth, Juliet C. Stromberg, Duncan T. Patten

Western North American Naturalist

Suitability Of Shrub Establishment On Wyoming Mined Lands Reclaimed For Wildlife Habitat, Richard A. Olson, James K. Gores, D. Terrance Booth, Gerald E. Schuman

Western North American Naturalist