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Regional And Seasonal Diet Of The Western Burrowing Owl In South Central Nevada, Derek B. Hall, Paul D. Greger, Jeffrey R. Rosier

Western North American Naturalist

We examined diets of Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) based on contents of pellets and large prey remains collected year-round at burrows in each of the 3 regions in south central Nevada (Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert, and Transition region). The most common prey items, based on percent frequency of occurrence, were crickets and grasshoppers, beetles, rodents, sun spiders, and scorpions. The most common vertebrate prey was kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.). True bugs (Hemiptera), scorpions, and western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis) occurred most frequently in pellets from the Great Basin Desert region. Kangaroo rats …

Scorpions Are A Food Item Of American Black Bears In Sonora, Mexico, Carlos A. López-González, Robert W. Jones, Carmen Silva-Hurtado, Ivan A. Sáyago-Vázquez

Western North American Naturalist

The remains of the scorpion Diplocentrus peloncillensis Francke were found in 7 scats of black bears (Ursus americanus) collected in the Sierra de San Luis, Sonora, Mexico. The collection data and previously reported black bear population estimates for the study area suggested that, although scorpions are not a large part of black bear diets in Sonora, feeding on scorpions is not restricted to a single individual or family unit and is apparently a relatively common behavior in the population. Also, the discovery of D. peloncillensis in Sonora represents a new country record.


Se encontraron restos del escorpión, Diplocentrus …

Occurrence Of The Centipede Ectonocryptoides Quadrimeropus Shelley And Mercurio, 2005, In Central Mexico (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Ectonocryptopinae), Rowland M. Shelley

Western North American Naturalist

An individual of the centipede Ectonocryptoides quadrimeropus Shelley and Mercurio, 2005, is reported from Puebla State, Mexico. It constitutes the third sample and fourth individual of the Ectonocryptopinae, and the first that is geographically removed from the Pacific Coast.

Molecular Systematics Of Spiny Pocket Mice (Subfamily Heteromyinae) Inferred From Mitochondrial And Nuclear Sequence Data, Melina Crystal Williamson

Theses and Dissertations

This study aims to determine species-level relationships within the genus Heteromys, as well as generic-level relationships among members of the subfamily Heteromyinae using a phylogenetic framework. Molecular sequence data were generated from two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase I) and three nuclear gene segments (β-fibrinogen, engrailed protein II, and myosin heavy chain II), and analyzed under maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian optimality criteria to infer relationships. Chapter 1 focuses on the phylogenetic and taxonomic implications for Heteromys from the analyses of sequence data. Phylogenies also provided a framework for delimiting species boundaries within the wide-ranging Heteromys desmarestianus …

A Numerical Model Of The Friction Stir Plunge, Stanford Wayne Mcbride

Theses and Dissertations

A Lagrangian finite-element model of the plunge phase of the friction stir welding process was developed to better understand the plunge. The effects of both modeling and experimental parameters were explored. Experimental friction stir plunges were made in AA 7075-T6 at a plunge rate of 0.724 mm/s with spindle speeds ranging from 400 to 800 rpm. Comparable plunges were modeled in Forge2005. Various simulation parameters were explored to assess the effect on temperature prediction. These included the heat transfer coefficient between the tool and workpiece (from 0 to 2000 W/m-K), mesh size (node counts from 1,200 to 8,000), and material …

Psychometrically Equivalent Bisyllabic Word-Lists For Word Recognition Testing In Spanish, Anna M. Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and psychometrically equate a set of Spanish bisyllabic word lists to be used for word recognition testing. Frequently used bisyllabic words were selected and digitally recorded by male and female Spanish talkers. Twenty normally hearing subjects were presented each word to find the percentage of words which they could correctly recognize. Each word was measured at 10 intensity levels (-5 to 40 dB HL) in increments of 5 dB. Chisquare analysis was used to determine the equivalency among the final four psychometrically equivalent word lists of 50 words, and …

The Sloan-C Pillars And Boundary Objects As A Framework For Evaluating Blended Learning, Charles R. Graham, Mark Laumakis, Chuck Dziuban

Faculty Publications

The authors contend that blended learning represents a boundary object; a construct that brings together constituencies from a variety of backgrounds with each of these cohorts defining the object somewhat differently. The Sloan-C Pillars (learning effectiveness, access, cost effectiveness, student satisfaction, and faculty satisfaction provide a foundation for the evaluation of asynchronous learning networks that works equally well for the evaluation of blended learning environments. The Pillars and a simplified model of learning system, focus on inputs, processes, and outputs, and provide the framework for a case study of blended learning design and evaluation in a 500-student section of an …

Teaching Vocabulary Meaningfully With Language, Image, And Sound., Doraina D. Pyle

Theses and Dissertations

This study was an exploration of how an instructional technique that uses language, image, and sound—that of a meaningful presentation of language with image by gradual, step-by-step sequencing—affects vocabulary acquisition. Research was carried out with volunteers from the BYU language community, who were randomly assigned to one of two testing groups. The two groups viewed Arabic language presentations wherein the presentation for the experimental group received line drawings to indicate vocabulary meanings, and the other group received English translations. Following the treatment, learners completed an online vocabulary test, and one week later, the same online vocabulary test. Statistical analyses indicated …

Role Of Molecular Chaperones In G Protein B5-Regulator Of G Protein Signaling Dimer Assembly And G Protein By Dimer Specificity, Alyson Cerny Howlett

Theses and Dissertations

In order for G protein signaling to occur, the G protein heterotrimer must be assembled from its nascent polypeptides. The most difficult step in this process is the formation of the Gβγ dimer from the free subunits since both are unstable in the absence of the other. Recent studies have shown that phosducin-like protein (PhLP1) works as a co-chaperone with the cytosolic chaperonin complex (CCT) to fold Gβ and mediate its interaction with Gγ. However, these studies did not address questions concerning the scope of PhLP1 and CCT-mediated Gβγ assembly, which are important questions given that there are four Gβs …

Vol. 10 No. 1 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Digital Rights And Wrongs, Mark Henderson

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Hedge-Fund Fraud: Recent Cases And The Prime Broker's Good Faith Defense, Jordan Weber

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Blatant Bashing On Blogs: Licentious Libel Or Legitimately Legal?, Samantha Hunter

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Hybrid Rights: Court-Ordered Confusion, Bryan Gividen

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

The Insanity Of Men's Rea, Kimberlee Allen

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

The Utah Governmental Immunity Act: Whom Does It Really Protect?, Mcclain Napier

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

The Pursuit Of Perfection: Jury Selection's Constitutional Promise, Mandy Roth

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

The Aristocratic Military Ethos Of Indo-Europeans And The Primordial Origins Of Western Civilization, Ricardo Duchesne

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Plants And Human Civilization: Indian Spices, Sushila Narsimhan

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Editor's Note, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Israel Barlow And The Founding Of Nauvoo, Brent A. Barlow

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Artistry And Aesthetics In Contemporary Mormon And Iranian Film, Travis T. Anderson

BYU Studies

Almost from their inception, cinematic media and technologies have been accepted and appropriated with surprising enthusiasm by Iranians and Mormons alike. Both cultures appear to have embraced cinema as a natural outgrowth of their lively and longstanding appreciation for art and family-oriented entertainment in general. The author finds that the artistic progress and quality of Mormon cinema as of 2009 has thus far, with few exceptions, fallen short of its potential, while Iranian film artists have made an astonishing number of spiritually profound, culturally insightful, and cinematically sophisticated films despite having formidable obstacles. The author encourages Mormon filmmakers to attain …

Dynasty Of The Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline, Jesse D. Hurlbut, Vern G. Swanson

BYU Studies

What do the Virgin Mary, King Arthur, and Joseph Smith have in common? This is one of the questions that Vern Swanson attempts to answer in Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline. Swanson, who has been director of the Springville Art Museum in Utah since 1980 and who has published extensively in art historical topics, applies his skills to a different body of material in this impressive, large-format volume of over five hundred pages.

The author refers to his own work as a "scattershot miscellany of random thoughts" (411). While some may find in this statement a self-effacing …

Front Matter, Prelaw Review

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Privacy Vs. The Public Good: National Security Letters And The Fourth Amendment, Trevor Moore

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

After And Before Nine-Eleven: A Civilizational Clash, Iscsc 2008 Conference Keynote Address, Toby E. Huff

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Carl Schmitt, The Nomos Of The Earth In The International Law Of The Jus Publicum Europaeum., John J. Reilly

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

David Andress, The Terror: The Merciless War For Freedom In Revolutionary France, Norman C. Rothman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Elements Of Sacrifice In Abraham's Time And Our Own, Blair G. Van-Dyke

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.