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Resources, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section contains a listing of teaching resources of all types for those who work in the outdoor education field at the time of publication. Some items highlighted include:

Home Recycling Mill (Kit)

Cleaning the Ganges (Video)

Rethinking the Garden (Book by Robert R. Gottfried)

Without A Name By Yvonne Vera, Pamela J. Olúbùnmi Smith

Goodrich Scholarship Faculty Publications

A relative newcomer to the literary scene, Yvonne Vera joins the rising ranks of Zimbabwean writers and African women writers, earning her place with promising credentials, academic and literary. Vera is the author of two previous works, a volume of short stories, Why Don't You Carve Other Animals (1992), and a poetic novel, Nehanda (1993; see WLT 69:i, p.212), which were shortlisted for the Regional Commonwealth Writers Award in 1993 and 1994 respectively.

The Frat Volume 93 Number 05 May, June & July 1996, The National Fraternal Society Of The Deaf (Nfsd)

1991-2000

The Frat was the official member publication of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (NFSD). First established in 1902, the publication ran for just over a century, until its closure in 2006.---NFSD was an insurance business established in 1901. Its purposes were to provide insurance to mainly Deaf members, to serve as an advocate for the Deaf, and to provide community service and recreational opportunities through divisional activities. The existing insurance coverage was transferred to the Catholic Order of Foresters in 2005. The NFSD disbanded in 2007.---The Frat's main purpose was to keep members apprised of the activities of …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Director's comments: We are still pioneers [p] 1
NIRS allows fast, accurate, non-destructive grain analysis [p] 2
Meat snacks are another wayto add value to beef [p] 4
Tailoring a grain marketing plan for highest revenue [p] 6
South Dakota banks in good shape and ready to serve ag [p] 8
Bringing South Dakota State University to you [p] 10
Study seeks best rotations and tillage methods for southeast South Dakota [p] 12
Rough soil surface can double forage yield [p] 14
'Skinny cow disease' poses on-going probleD1 for cattle Industry [p] 16
Risk of E. call 0157:H7 in South …

The Dissident : Vol. 2, No. 2 - July/August 1996, The Dissident (Portland Me)

The Dissident

The Dissident was a monthly journal of ideas and analysis (published June 1995 – January 2000 in Portland, Maine) to provide a forum for Maine writers, activists, and scholars committed to social justice and political change.

The Update - July/August 1996, Nova Southeastern University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 39, I. 63, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 39, i. 63

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 6, No. 5, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Abrell, Chris. Preserving Their Traditions - Michael Ann Williams
• Abrell, Chris. Carlton Jackson, Daniel Roenker, Named First Distinguished Professors
• Congratulations to Our Retirees!
• Dr. Charles M. Anderson Named Vice President for Information Technology
• 139th Commencement Honors 15 Top Graduates
• Finance & Administration Reorganizes
• More Science from the Internet
• Abrell, Chris. Learning at Lost River Cave
• Committed to Being an Advocate for Women - …

Hsus News Volume 41, Number 03

HSUS News 1989-92

• Unifying for action: an effective political force is born (John A. Hoyt)
• Spotlight
• HSUS is online!
• PMU Farms: an update
• Fifth Expo works its charm: attendees hear new ideas to help their work (Geoff Handy)
• Long-awaited progress for horses: federal law will help the slaughter bound (Trina Bellak and Marc Paulhus)
• Another state ballot victory: Californians reject trophy hunting of lions (Wayne Pacelle)
• Searching for solutions: report reveals extent of U.S. bear poaching (Suzy Sanders)
• To live and help to live (Anne Pearse Hocker)
• The Humane Society of the United States 1995 Annual Report
• Disaster saga: Weyauwega townsfolk learn a …

Immunization Against Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Or Chronic Feed Restriction Initiated At 3.5 Months Of Age Reduces Ovarian Response To Pulsatile Administration Of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone At 6 Months Of Age And Delays Onset Of Puberty In Heifers, P. D. Schoppee, Jeffrey D. Armstrong, R. W. Harvey, M. D. Whitacre, A. Felix, R. M. Campbell

Office of the President Scholarship

A severe or moderate suppression of serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) was induced in heifers, beginning at 104 days of age, by active immunization against growth hormone-releasing factor (GRFi) or by chronic feed restriction (RES), respectively. We hypothesized that reduced serum IGF-I results in decreased serum estradiol-17 beta (E2), which in turn delays onset of puberty. The objectives of this experiment were to determine 1) whether GRFi and RES would alter follicular development and delay onset of puberty through similar mechanisms, and 2) whether GnRH would enhance follicular growth in control, GRFi, and RES heifers at 6 mo of …

Nebline, July 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

South Union Messenger (July 1996), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Prior Knowledge In Learning From Examples, Stephen B. Blessing '89

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines the way people acquire procedures from examples, and provides a computational model of the results. In four experiments, people learned an analog of algebra. For each experiment, the initial know ledge that people had of the task was varied. In two experiments (Experiments 1 and 3), the syntactic know ledge that people had concerning the task w as manipulated. The knowledge of syntax that participants had, particularly the ability to correctly parse the character string, was found to be a major determiner in the way participants acquired the rules. Experiment 2 explicitly manipulated participant's awareness as to …

Habitat Sampling And Habitat Selection By Female Wild Turkeys: Ecological Correlates And Reproductive Consequences, A. V. Badyaev, Thomas E. Martin, W. J. Etges

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Habitat sampling can allow much more effective habitat selection for longterm activities such as nesting and may be directly linked to fitness. We studied the process of habitat sampling and selection in female Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Arkansas Ozarks. In particular, we tested the prediction that movements prior to selecting nesting habitat correlate with the quality of selected habitat. Our results supported the prediction that greater habitat sampling (as reflected by greater area covered prior to nesting) allows acquisition of better nesting habitat; greater movements were correlated with choice of better nesting sites with more cover that allow …

Spotlight, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has re~ r d .. . , at deal of press in recent months, much of it n~gativ'--· following legislation proposed by Rep'.,~()•1ti~h, Alaksa) in September, 1995. His legislation essentially renders the ESA useless, by overruling definition of "taking," requiring federal agencies to pay off aggrevied landowners, and making protection on private lands voluntary. The earlier momentum of the bill has slowed considerably, as Republican leaders, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich, realize that the American public does not want to see hundreds of endangered species disappear forever.

Nimbus (Summer 1996), New College Alumnae/I Association

Alumnae/i Association Collection

No abstract provided.

Fisheries Research Report No 105 - The Western Rock Lobster Fishery 1986/87 To 1990/91, C. F. Chubb, E. H. Barker, R. S. Brown

Fisheries Research Reports

This report on the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus, George 1962) fishery covers the five seasons 1986/87 to 1990/91 and is the latest in a series of reports on the State's largest and most valuable fishery. While more detailed data bases exist, these reports form a historical record of basic data for use by both industry and research workers, now and in the future. Catch and fishing effort in the seasons (1986/87 to 1990/91) varied between 8500 and 12300 tonnes and 11.3 and 12.8 million pot lifts respectively. This report provides detail on the distribution of catches and fishing effort; …

Flea News 52 (July 1996), Robert E. Lewis

Flea News

Editorial, Robert E. Lewis

Miscellanea

Announcement

Siphonaptera literature

New flea species

Differential Expression Of The Toxr Regulon In Classical And E1 Tor Biotypes Of Vibrio Cholerae Is Due To Biotype-Specific Control Over Toxt Expression., Victor J. Dirita, Melody Neely, Ronald K. Taylor, Paul M. Bruss

Dartmouth Scholarship

The two major disease-causing biotypes of Vibrio cholerae, classical and El Tor, exhibit differences in their epidemic nature. Their behavior in the laboratory also differs in that El Tor strains produce two major virulence factors, cholera toxin (CT) and the toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), only under very restricted growth conditions, whereas classical strains do so in standard laboratory medium. Expression of toxin and TCP is controlled by two activator proteins, ToxR and ToxT, that operate in cascade fashion with ToxR controlling the synthesis of ToxT. Both biotypes express equivalent levels of ToxR, but only classical strains appear to express ToxT …

Peaks Island Star : July 1996, Vol. 16, Issue 7, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 1996

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 1996, Volume 2, No. 3

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

Matching the Cow with Forage Resources by Don Adams, Richard Clark, Terry Klopfenstein, and Jerry Volesky

Grassland Biodiversity, Large Grazers and Fire by Al Steuter, The Nature Conservancy

American Forage and Grassland Council Conference by Lowell Moser, Department of Agronomy, UNL

CGS Citizens Advisory Council Holds Third Meeting In Western Nebraska

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Exploratory Meeting

Ministerial Policy Guideline No.3: Determining A "Fit And Proper Person" For Rock Lobster Processing Authorizations, Department Of Fisheries Wa

Fisheries Administrative Guidelines

The Ministerial Policy Guidelines were drafted by a working group appointed by the Minister for Fisheries, the Hon Monty House MLA. The Minister has now determined these Guidelines and issued them to the Department to help decide applications and similar matters relating to the licensing of rock lobster processors in Western Australia.

Monoclonal Antibody Assay And Kit For Detecting Metal Cations In Body Fluids, Randall R. Carlson, Jay S. Stout, Dwane E. Wylie, Fred W. Wagner, Malcolm Riddell

Biological Process Development Facility: Staff Publications

The invention provides method and kits for detecting a metallic cation in a sample of a body fluid. The preferred method and kits include the use of at least two different types of antibodies having different specificities. In the preferred method, the sample of body fluid can be contacted with an effective amount of a capture antibody specific for a naturally occurring polypeptide that can bind the metallic cation to form a first antigen-antibody complex. An effective amount of an antibody specific for an epitope on a metallic cation-naturally occurring polypeptide complex or an antibody specific for a metallic cation …

1: "To Know Ourselves", The U.S. Department Of Energy, The Human Genome Project

Genomics: Past & Future

AT THE END OF THE ROAD in Little Cottonwood Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Alta is a place of near-mythic renown among skiers. In time it may well assume similar status among molecular geneticists. In December 1984, a conference there, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, pondered a single question: Does modern DNA research offer a way of detecting tiny genetic mutations—and, in particular, of observing any increase in the mutation rate among the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and their descendants? In short the answer was, Not yet. But in an atmosphere of rare intellectual fertility, …

The Probe, Issue 167 – July 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Techniques and Expertise in Wildlife Damage Control: A Survey Among NADCA's Membership, by Dallas R. Virchow, University of Nebraska, and J. Russell Mason, Utah State University
NADCA Membership Survey
Rats' Rights Repealed in New Jersey
Texas Predators Dine on Exotics
Recipes for Nutria
Wildlife Damage to Aircraft Tallied
Airplane Hits Deer
Golfers Get Teed Off at Coots
Japanese Technologist Tackles Rodents
ADC To Tackle Gophers
Booklet Review: Missouri's Beaver: A Guide to Management, Nuisance Prevention, and Damage Control by Ron McNeely. Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri, 1995.
Elk Reintroduction and Meningeal Worms
South African Puppy, "Licky," Barely Survives …

Harding Magazine Summer 1996 (Vol. 4, No. 3), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

The Change From Red To White Meat: The Role Of Technology, Lilyan E. Fulginiti

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

Since 1950, the composition of the U.S. meat diet has shifted markedly from red meats to poultry. For example, from 1970 to 1984, on a percapita basis, beef consumption has declined by 6.4 percent, while chicken and turkey consumptions have increased by 37.9, and 42.5 percent respectively (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1985). The numerous studies of this phenomenon from the demand side (Chavas, 1983; Braschler, 1983; Nyankori and Miller, 1982; Moschini and Meilke, 1984; Wohlgenant, 1985, Thurman, 1987; Chalfant and Alston, 1988) have failed to achieve a consensus as to whether a change in taste contributed to this shift. One …

Effects Of Climate Change On Hypoxia In Coastal Waters: A Doubled Co2 Scenario For The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Dubravko Justic, Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner

Faculty Publications

Projections of general circulation models suggest that freshwater discharge from the Mississippi River to the coastal ocean will increase 20% if atmospheric CO2 concentration doubles. This result is likely to affect water column stability, surface productivity, and global oxygen cycling in the northern Gulf of Mexico, which is the site of the largest (up to 16,500 km2) and most severe hypoxic zone (liter‒1) in the western Atlantic Ocean. We use a coupled physical-biological two-box model to investigate potential effects of climate change on seasonal oxygen cycling and hypoxia in river-dominated coastal waters. The model was developed and calibrated using comprehensive …

Mundos Subterráneos, No. 7, July 1996, José G. Palacios-Vargas

KIP Articles

Contents: Presentación -- La UMAE -- Proyecto Espeleológico: Holcum 95 (Privado) -- Why, Where and When are Mites Abundant in Caves? -- Directorio Nacional de Espeleólogos y Asociaciones de México -- Directorio y Comité Ejecutivo de la FEALC y la UIA -- Notas de Información Bioespeleológica de América Latina y el Caribe. VII -- Informaciones

Gats And Financial Services: Redefining Borders, Jeffrey Simser

Buffalo Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.