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Traditional Mural Arts Of Sirigu: Forms. Symbolism, And Processes, Christine A. Cowhey

African Diaspora ISPs

This report studies the art of mural decorating that has been passed down through many generations of women in certain villages in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It identifies the common patterns that traditionally characterize these decorations, and explores how they function as a symbolic language in the communities in which they appear. Among the variety of surface decorations found throughout the Upper East Region, my research focuses on the traditional mural decorations of the village of Sirigu. These decorations are characterized by materials and common forms that represent objects of common use and visibility in the daily lives …

Professional Dance In Ghanaian Society:The Development And Direction Of The Ghana Dance Ensemble, Krista N. Fabian

African Diaspora ISPs

In 1962, the Ghana Dance Ensemble, the National Dance Company of Ghana, was started as an experiment between Ghana's educational and governmental systems, aiming to pro-Ghanaian culture and national unity. By preserving traditional music and dance through contemporary, theatrical and creative presentation, the Ensemble has been a driving cultural force in Ghana for over 30 years. Yet presenting the traditional performing arts in these new ways brings new challenges to the choreographers and dancers. This is their story a project about the company, those who began it and those who, with their energy and dedication, continue the tradition.

Canoe Decoration And Meaning Among The Fante Of Cape Coast, Allison W. Gray

African Diaspora ISPs

Ghanaian culture is composed of an endless number of different aspects, all of which are intertwined to the extent that one can hardly decipher between them. During my studies at my home university, I came to discover that it is often impossible to separate African art and African religion, visual art and performing art, and even religion from politics in Africa. Upon arriving in Ghana, I found this to be true and realized just how hard it is to separate these entities, in their complex system of overlap. I chose to study the fishing canoes because I wanted to study …

Brief For Appellant And Amicus United States Environment Protection Agency: Eighth Annual Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Haylee Albert, Jaime Austrich, David Pearce

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Medical Waste, A Loaded Gun On The Verge Of Firing: United States V. Plaza Health Laboratories, Inc., Ann M. Babigian

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Case Note examines United States v. Plaza Health, a Court of Appeals decision from the Second Circuit, in which the court held that, in the criminal context, a person is not a point source under the Clean Water Act by virtue of the rule of lenity. The author asserts that the court should have found a person to be a point source and elevated the individual’s punishment to a criminal violation under the Clean Water Act's knowing endangerment provision. In holding that a person is not a point source, the court did not follow precedents by failing to extend …

Forum, Volume 19, No. 1, Spring 1996, Florida Humanities Council, Rick Edmonds

FORUM: The Magazine of Florida Humanities

Contents: From the Executive Director: A Look over the Wall at a Lake Few have Seen -- Big Water: An Introduction -- Okeechobee: A Journey -- The Lake in Story and Song -- Suggested Readings and Resources

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

The Serpentine Wall Of Separation Between Church And State: Rosenberger V. Rector And Vistors Of The University Of Virginia, Jennifer Lynn Davis

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

From The State Of Nature To The Empire Of Reason: Civilization In Buffon, Mirabeau And Raynal, Hugh L. Gilderson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Lobbying In The Nonprofit Sector: A Study Of Practice And Values, Larry A. Buzas

Dissertations

Executive directors of nonprofit organizations were interviewed to determine their lobbying practices. Direct lobbying and grassroots lobbying, as defined by P. A. 94-455 were studied. Independent variables include: (a) formal organizational support, (b) organizational affiliation, (c) organizational characteristics, and (d) the executive directors' perceptions and demographic characteristics.

Data were collected during semi-standardized interviews. A random sample of 50 executive directors of nonprofit organizations in Michigan was selected. The research shows that executive directors of nonprofit organizations do lobby policy makers at the local, state, and federal levels using the following techniques: (a) face-to-face visits, individually or with coalitions, including providing …

An Evaluation Of Privatization, Taxes, And User Fees As Alternative Strategies For Municipal Trash Collection, James Neubecker

Dissertations

This study consists of evaluating the perceived quality of the various methods of collecting residential trash and paying for that collection in four Michigan cities. The cities selected are East Lansing, Lincoln Park, Saginaw, and Wyoming. Theyshare similar demographic characteristics, including median income and population size, as well as number and location of trash pick-ups. The study compares paying for trash collection services with tax dollars, user fees, and direct private charges to the vendor. It also evaluates the residents’ perceptions of quality when municipal workers are compared with private company workers providing trash collection services.

Questionnaires were sent to …

The Discriminative Stimulus Properties Of Morphine And U-50,488h In A Three-Key Assay: A Mu And Kappa Opioid Discrimination In The Pigeon, Malath Makhay

Dissertations

Opiate drugs have been classified in two-choice assays according to their ability to produce generalization in animals to the prototypicix opiate, morphine, versus vehicle, or to the k opioid, U -50,488H versus vehicle injections (Picker & Dykstra, 1987). A three-choice discrimination procedure, in which subjects discriminate among morphine, U -50,488H , and vehicle injections, might afford a greater degree of precision in characterizing the subjective effects of opioids. The feasibility of such a procedure was demonstrated in the present study, in which five pigeons were trained to discriminate among injections of 5 .6 m g/kg morphinel 5 .6 m g/kg …

Effects Of Insulin And Insulin-Mimetics On Mrna Levels Of C-Fos And C-Jun In Primary Rat Hepatocytes In Culture, Guangmin Li

Masters Theses

Insulin is capable of regulating cellular and metabolic processes as well as gene expression. Selenate and vanadate are two compounds that have been found to mimic the action of insulin in several tissue and cell types. cFos and cJun are the products of immediate early responsive genes c-fos and c-jun. They are members of the family of the AP-1 (Activator Protein-1) transcription factors. AP-1 transcription factors bind as cJun.cJun homodimer or cJun.cFos heterodimer to the TRE found in the promoter regions of several genes. AP-1 is characterized by its ability to alter gene expression in response to various peptide …

Life Skill Development Related To Participation In 4-H Animal Science Projects, Carol Knowlton Ward

Journal of Extension

An alumni survey was conducted to determine the affect participation in 4-H animal science programs has had on the development of life skills such as spirit of inquiry, decision making, ability to relate to others, maintain records, public speaking, positive self esteem, and ability to accept responsibility. Alumni were also asked how effective various events and activities were in developing life skills and if their involvement in 4-H animal science projects had any influence on their career choice. For all areas a positive relationship was indicated.

The Pain Of Punishment, Markus Dirk Dubber

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

New York Statute As Cultural Document: Seeking The Morally Optimal Death Penalty, Robert Weisberg

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Darwinism, War And History: The Debate Over The Biology Of War From The 'Origin Of The Species' To The First World War" By P. Crook, Robert C. Bannister

History Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Missouri V. Jenkins 115 S.Ct. 2038 (1995) United States Supreme Court

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

The Barriers Present In More Developed Countries And Less Developed Countries Slowing The Implementation Of Substainability, Luke Giovine

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In 1996 the natural resource base of the world is being depleted at a rate far below the sustainable level. This is very evident in less developed countries (IDC), where raw limited natural resources are being poorly utilized and/or exported to more developed countries (MDC). The More Developed Countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany use a high amount of natural resources and energy to maintain their material Standard Of Living (SOL), and this is at rates above what their own country can sustain with its own natural resources within its own borders. Both MDC's and LDC's are …

A Report To Alumni & Friends - Issue No. 59, University Of Maine School Of Law

Maine Law Magazine

Highlights

• 1995 Annual Fund Report of Giving
• 1996 Commencement
• Special Events
• Dean’s Annual Report
• Career Services

Effects Of D-Amphetamine On Free-Operant Response Acquisition With Immediate And Delayed Reinforcement, Mark G. Lesage

Dissertations

The present study examined in 8-hour sessions the effects of d-amphetamine (1.0, 5.6, and 10 mg/kg) on the acquisition of lever-press responding by rats exposed to procedures in which water delivery was delayed by 0, 8, or 16 seconds relative to the response that produced it. Although neither shaping nor autoshaping occurred, substantial levels of operative-lever responding developed whenever responses produced water. Rats that did not receive water and yoked-control rats that received response-independent water emitted relatively few responses.

The lowest dose (1.0 mg/kg) of d-amphetamine either had no effect on or enhanced rates of operative-lever pressing, whereas …

The Sense Of Justice And The Justice Of Sense: Native Hawaiian Sovereignty And The Second "Trial Of The Century", William H. Rodgers Jr.

Washington Law Review

In 1993, Congress apologized to the Native Hawaiians for the political funny business of a century ago when the pineapple and sugar interests overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii with tactical help from U.S. officials. Another apology will be in order for an unconscionable political trial now underway in the islands to punish one of the sovereignty leaders, Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele, for a variety of imagined offenses that amount to the infliction of embarrassment on the U.S. To put this essay in context, it should be understood, first of all, that the struggle for Native Hawaiian lands and sovereignty is a …

Physicalism And Classical Theism, Peter Forrest

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Montanan, Spring 1996, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 13, number 3.

Dirsig Digital Imaging And Remote Sensing Imaging Generation Model: Infrared Airborne Validation & Input Parameter Analysis, Todd Kraska

Theses

The civilian and military need for high resolution infrared imagery has dramatically increased in recent times. Regardless of the user or the need, infrared imagery can provide unique information that is not available in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Just as the need for real infrared imagery has increased, so has the need for computer generated infrared imagery, also known as synthetic imagery. Synthetic imagery is created by mathematically modeling the "real world" and the imaging chain, encompassing everything from the target to the sensor characteristics. The amount of faith that can be placed in a synthetic image …

Technology: Pandora's Box Or Klein Bottle?, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University

The Philosopher's Stone

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Small Terrestrial Mammals In The Forests Of The Tennessee River Gorge, Andrea Szymczak

Honors Theses

In 1995, a survey of small, terrestrial mammals in the Tennessee River Gorge was undertaken.These mammals were collected by using pitfall traps in three different sites of the gorge. A total of twenty-six specimens representing six species of mammals was collected. The majority of specimens collected were long-tailed shrews.Each specimen was deposited in the Natural History Museum at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

The Law

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

No abstract provided.

Baudelaire's Criminality And Its Consequences, Jessaka Bailey

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy, John Platt, Brendan Nicholas, Rod Short, Stephen Gee

Natural resources published reports

The Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy project was initiated by the Esperance Land Conservation District Committee.

This report provides a reference document for farmers and other land managers such as government agencies and local government, and should help them to strategically focus their catchment planning activities.

It will help land managers to identify the major catchments and land systems in their area, management issues for long term sustainability, and a regional strategy for catchment planning.

Catchment planning involves both technical and social processes.

Technically it is a process of planning the sustainable use of water resources within a catchment.