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The Utah Statesman, February 6, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, February 2, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• New Course

Department of Theatre Arts

• Prerequisite Change

Huntsman School of Business

• Credit Hour Change

School of Accountancy

• Title Change

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Add Repeatable for Credit

Department of Management Information Systems

• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Course Number Change

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Prerequisite Change

Department of English

• Delete Course

Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech Communication

• New …

Tremblings, February 2012, Western Aspen Alliance

Tremblings

Facilitation in aspen-conifer forests

Samuel St. Clair

Across its expansive range, quaking aspen commonly associates with conifers to form mixed forests. The composition and function of these forests is largely defined by the positive and negative interactions between aspen and conifer species. During mid- to late- successional stages the competitive advantages of conifer species promotes their expansion and dominance. However, conifer’s competitive advantage is balanced by reinvigoration of aspen following disturbance driven mortality of conifers.

The Utah Statesman, February 1, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Stormwater Activity Book, Krista Kuester, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

When rain falls or when the snow melts in Utah, where do you think the water goes? Does it soak into the ground? Does it sit in puddles until it disappears? If you answered yes, you are partially right.

Controlling Townsend Ground Squirrels In Beaver County, Utah, Mark Nelson

All Current Publications

Townsend ground squirrels live in colonies and construct underground burrows that have a number of entrances. The burrows may be up to 6 feet deep. The squirrels generally enter their burrows to aestivate, escaping the late summer heat

Conservation Programs For Private Lands. Programs And Resources Available In Utah For Implementation Of Utah's Wildlife Action Plan, Lorien Belton

All Current Publications

This document is a compilation of the major programs in Utah that provide opportunities for landowners to conduct conservation work on private land. Each program summary answers the same set of questions, so that it is easier to compare opportunities in specific ways; for example, whether or not the program provides follow‐up funding for species monitoring.

Buckhorn Plantain, Allan Sulser, Ralph Whitesides

All Current Publications

Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceotata) is a weed with increasing significance in Wasatch County. It is invading alfalfa fields and pastures in the Wallsburg and Heber valleys. Other names for buckhorn plantain are narrow-leaf plantain, ribwart plantain, English plantain, and ribgrass. Plantain is a problem because it reduces the health of the plants that remain by crowding out desirable plant species and using up soil nutrients, water, and light.

What Is Expected Of The Poultry Showman?, Troy D. Cooper, David D. Frame

All Current Publications

Showmanship is an exhibitor focused activity. The bird serves as a prop, while the exhibitor does the performing

Raised Bed Gardening, Rick Heflebower

All Current Publications

There are many reasons to choose a raised bed garden over a traditional in-ground garden. Some soil conditions are unacceptable for productive plant growth. A gardener might choose to construct a raised bed garden in order to by-pass non-amended or other problem soils.

Top Ten Abiotic Disorders And Cultural Problems Of Woody Ornamentals, Jaydee Gunnell

All Current Publications

Abiotic diseases are the result of non-living in uences which have a negative e ect on the normal growth and function of plants. These problems consist of environmental stresses, temperature extremes, and physical, mechanical or chemical damage

Food $Ense Guide To Healthy Snacks For After School Programs, Grains, Heidi Baxley

All Current Publications

Eating grains, especially whole grains, provides our youth with many health benefits. People who eat whole grains as part of a healthy diet have a reduced risk of several chronic diseases including Heart Disease and Type II Diabetes.

Beef Heifer Retention Decisions, Cody Reed, Dale Zobell

All Current Publications

This publication discusses a number of general factors that are essential to an effective decision regarding whether to retain heifers or not.

The Utah Statesman, January 30th, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, January 27th, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Two New Species Of Trigonotylus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Stenodemini) From Western Canada And Northwestern United States, G G.E. Scudder, Michael D. Schwartz

Green Canyon Environmental Research Area, Logan Utah

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, January 20th, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, January 18th, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, January 12, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University (Student Services)

• Course Prefix Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Psychology

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech Communication

• New Course

Department of Wildland Resources

• New Course

Department of Biology

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Geology

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Add Multiple List

Other

• Creating a Hospitality and Tourism Management Minor
• Discontinuing the PhD in Recreation Resource Management

The Utah Statesman, January 11th, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Silkworms Transformed With Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite Silk Fibers With Improved Mechanical Properties, Florence Joe Teulé, Yun-Gen Miao, Bong-Hee Sohn, Young-Soo Kim, J. Hull, Malcolm J. Fraser, Randolph V. Lewis, Donald L. Jarvis

Biology Faculty Publications

The development of a spider silk-manufacturing process is of great interest. However, there are serious problems with natural manufacturing through spider farming, and standard recombinant protein production platforms have provided limited progress due to their inability to assemble spider silk proteins into fibers. Thus, we used piggyBac vectors to create transgenic silkworms encoding chimeric silkworm/spider silk proteins. The silk fibers produced by these animals were composite materials that included chimeric silkworm/spider silk proteins integrated in an extremely stable manner. Furthermore, these composite fibers were, on average, tougher than the parental silkworm silk fibers and as tough as native dragline spider …

Cpd Researchers Visit Ecuador, Work With Its Education Ministry, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

Simple Optimization Method To Determine Best Management Practices To Reduce Phosphorus Loading In Echo Reservoir, Utah, Omar Alminagorta, Bereket Tesfatsion, David E. Rosenberg, Bethany T. Neilson

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

This study develops and applies a simple linear optimization program to identify cost effective Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce phosphorus loading to Echo Reservoir, Utah. The optimization program tests the feasibility of proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocations based on potential BMP options and provides information regarding the spatial redistribution of loads among sub-watersheds. The current version of the TMDL for Echo reservoir allocates phosphorus loads to existing non-point phosphorus sources in different sub-watersheds to meet a specified total load. Optimization results show that it is feasible to implement BMPs for non-point sources in each sub-watershed to meet …

The Role Of Fine-Scale Habitat Associations In Structuring Spider Assemblages: Determinants Of Spatial Patterns In Community Compostion, Stephanie M. Cobbold

Green Canyon Environmental Research Area, Logan Utah

No abstract provided.

Livestock Foraging Behavior In Response To Sequence And Interactions Among Alkaloids, Tannins, And Saponins, Tiffany L. Jensen

Green Canyon Environmental Research Area, Logan Utah

No abstract provided.

Corruption And Voter Turnout: Evidence From The Us States, William F. Shughart Ii, Monica Escaleras, Peter T. Calcagno

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

The literature on voter turnout focuses on the determinants of the electorate’s vote supply. There is growing recognition, however, that the demanders of votes—candidates, political parties, and interest groups—have strong incentives to invest resources in mobilizing support on Election Day. The authors test the hypothesis that corruption rents increase the value of holding public office and, hence, elicit greater demand-side effort in building winning coalitions. Analyzing a pooled time-series data set of public officials convicted of misusing their offices between 1979 and 2005, we find, after controlling for other influential factors, that governmental corruption raises voter turnout rates in gubernatorial …

Optimal Growth Oflactobacillus Casei In A Cheddar Cheese Ripening Model System Requires Exogenous Fatty Acids, W. S. Tan, M. F. Budinich, Robert E. Ward, Jeff Broadbent, J. L. Steele

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Flavor development in ripening Cheddar cheese depends on complex microbial and biochemical processes that are difficult to study in natural cheese. Thus, our group has developed Cheddar cheese extract (CCE) as a model system to study these processes. In previous work, we found that CCE supported growth of Lactobacillus casei, one of the most prominent nonstarter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) species found in ripening Cheddar cheese, to a final cell density of 108 cfu/mL at 37°C. However, when similar growth experiments were performed at 8°C in CCE derived from 4-mo-old cheese (4mCCE), the final cell densities obtained were only about …

Designing A Monitoring Plan, Eric M. Gese, Hilary S. Cooley, Frederick F. Knowlton

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Monitoring is the collection and analysis of repeated observations or measurements to determine whether a management action is having the desired effect of meeting management objectives and demonstrating success or failure of a management strategy (Elzinga et al 2001). Monitoring is composed of a series of surveys (sensu Chapter 2) framed in a design aimed at answering specific management questions. There are many reasons to establish monitoring plans, such as when a carnivore species is of a high social or economic value, is rare and decreasing in numbers, is in eminent danger of extinction, or is part of a …

Breeding-Site Selection By Ferruginous Hawks Within Utah’S Uintah Basin, Heather L. Keough, Michael R. Conover

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

We examined factors that might influence breeding-site selection in Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo regalis) in the Uintah Basin, Utah, an area undergoing rapid oil and gas development. We located 31 occupied nests of Ferruginous Hawk (10 during 2002, 10 during 2003, and 11 during 2004) and compared them to 32 historical nest sites of Ferruginous Hawks that were unoccupied during our study, and 32 random sites. Ferruginous Hawks selected nesting areas that were dominated by mixed desert-shrub vegetation communities with scattered Utah juniper trees (Juniperus osteosperma), higher prey abundance, and a high number of active petroleum wells. …

The Chore Curriculum, David F. Lancy

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The term “curriculum” in chore curriculum conveys the idea that there is a discernible regularity to the process whereby children attempt to learn, then master and finally, carry out their chores. While the academic or “core” curriculum (of Math, English, Science) found in schools is formal and imposed on students in a top–down process, the chore curriculum is informal and emerges in the interaction of children’s need to fit in and emulate those older, their developing cognitive and sensorimotor capacity, the division of labor within the family and the nature of the tasks (chores) themselves. The primary theme of this …