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Afferent And Efferent Connections Of The Octavolateral Cerebellum In The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Richard C. Rayborn Jan 1996

Afferent And Efferent Connections Of The Octavolateral Cerebellum In The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Richard C. Rayborn

Master's Theses

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Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Gay Fathers And Their Children, Andrew Mcleod Jan 1996

Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Gay Fathers And Their Children, Andrew Mcleod

Master's Theses

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The Distribution Of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) And Glutamate In The Electrosensory System Of The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Christian M. Fay Jan 1996

The Distribution Of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) And Glutamate In The Electrosensory System Of The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Christian M. Fay

Master's Theses

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Existential Vacuum And How To Overcome It, V. V. Nalimov Jan 1996

Existential Vacuum And How To Overcome It, V. V. Nalimov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Thou, The Friendly Constant Hand On The Back Of My Head, Thou, The Transparent Door From The Place Where One Dies Like A Dog, T. R. Soidla Jan 1996

Thou, The Friendly Constant Hand On The Back Of My Head, Thou, The Transparent Door From The Place Where One Dies Like A Dog, T. R. Soidla

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Preface, S. I. Shapiro, T. R. Soidla Jan 1996

Preface, S. I. Shapiro, T. R. Soidla

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Biological Texts, Spiritual Values, T. R. Soidla Jan 1996

Biological Texts, Spiritual Values, T. R. Soidla

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Intellectual Property At The Public-Private Divide: The Case Of Large-Scale Cdna Sequencing, Rebecca S. Eisenberg Jan 1996

Intellectual Property At The Public-Private Divide: The Case Of Large-Scale Cdna Sequencing, Rebecca S. Eisenberg

Articles

The Human Genome Project provides fertile ground for studying the role of intellectual property at the wavering boundary between public and private research science. It involves a major commitment of both public and private research funds in an area that is of significant interest both to research scientists working in university and government laboratories and to commercial firms. It thus provides a wealth of new scientific discoveries that are simultaneously potential candidates for commercial development and inputs into further research. Its obvious implications for human health raise the stakes of getting the balance between private property and public access right, …

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Pinus Ponderosa Seedling Establishment And The Influence Of Competition With The Bunchgrass Agropyron Spicatum, Peter F. Kolb, Ronald Robberecht Jan 1996

Pinus Ponderosa Seedling Establishment And The Influence Of Competition With The Bunchgrass Agropyron Spicatum, Peter F. Kolb, Ronald Robberecht

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Interspecific competition between Agropyron spicatum (Pursh.) Scrib. & Smith bunchgrasses and naturally established seedlings of Pinus ponderosa was examined within a pine/bunchgrass community. A wire mesh was used to separate bunchgrass culms from pine seedling shoots to determine if the bunchgrass canopy influenced the survival of pine seedlings. In addition, two lengths of root exclusion tubes were used to determine the effects of bunchgrass root overlap on pine seedlings. The bunchgrass canopy did not significantly affect pine seedling survival. However, root competition, presumably for water, significantly decreased pine seedling survival. Exclusion of bunchgrass roots from a 0.15-m- and 0.30-m-deep root …

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Age-Biased Spring Dispersal In Male Wild Turkeys, A. V. Badyaev, W. J. Etges, Thomas E. Martin Jan 1996

Age-Biased Spring Dispersal In Male Wild Turkeys, A. V. Badyaev, W. J. Etges, Thomas E. Martin

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

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Leptographium Pyrinum Is A Mycangial Fungus Of Dendroctonus Adjunctus, Diana Six, T. D. Paine Jan 1996

Leptographium Pyrinum Is A Mycangial Fungus Of Dendroctonus Adjunctus, Diana Six, T. D. Paine

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Several species of Dendroctonus (Coleop- tera: Scolytidae) have cuticular invaginations, or my- cangia, in the integument which are specialized for carrying specific symbiotic fungi. The mycangium of Dendroctonus adjunctus, located under a callus that surrounds the prothorax, has been recognized but the mycangial fungus has not yet been identified. Fungi from mycangia of Dendroctonus adjunctus were isolated and compared with Leptographium pyrinum and Ophiostoma adjuncti, two species of fungi known to be present in trees colonized by Dendroctonus ad- junctus. Fungi isolated from Dendroctonus adjunctus mycangia were determined to be morphologically and genetically identical to Leptographium pyrinum

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Effects Of Regional Origin And Genotype On Intraspecific Root Communication In The Desert Shrub Ambrosia Dumosa (Asteraceae), Bruce E. Mahall, Ragan M. Callaway Jan 1996

Effects Of Regional Origin And Genotype On Intraspecific Root Communication In The Desert Shrub Ambrosia Dumosa (Asteraceae), Bruce E. Mahall, Ragan M. Callaway

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Previous work has shown that the contact inhibition that occurs among roots of Ambrosia dumosa shrubs has a self/nonself recognition capability. In the current study, we investigated some of the geographic and genotypic dimensions of this recognition capability by using root observation chambers to observe the effects of encounters of individual roots on root elongation rates. We measured such effects in encounters between roots of plants from the same region and compared these to effects in encounters between roots of plants from two different regions. We also measured effects of encounters between roots of plants from the same clones and …

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Variation In Leaf Structure And Function In Quercus Douglasii Trees Differing In Root Architecture And Drought History, Ragan M. Callaway, Bruce E. Mahall Jan 1996

Variation In Leaf Structure And Function In Quercus Douglasii Trees Differing In Root Architecture And Drought History, Ragan M. Callaway, Bruce E. Mahall

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Seasonal changes in leaf specific mass, nitrogen, chlorophyll, and photosynthetic properties were measured for two groups of spatially intermixed Quercus douglasii trees with different drought histories and apparently different root architectures. One group, referred to as ''high-psi(pd) trees, included trees with low amounts of fine root biomass in the upper 50 cm of soil and high predawn xylem pressure potentials (psi(pd)) during summer drought. These two characteristics indicate that trees in this group have deep roots, which may reach the water table. The second group, referred to as ''low-psi(pd) trees, had three to five times higher fine root biomass in …

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Measuring The Accuracy Of Page-Reading Systems, Stephen Vincent Rice Jan 1996

Measuring The Accuracy Of Page-Reading Systems, Stephen Vincent Rice

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Given a bitmapped image of a page from any document, a page-reading system identifies the characters on the page and stores them in a text file. This "OCR-generated" text is represented by a string and compared with the correct string to determine the accuracy of this process. The string editing problem is applied to find an optimal correspondence of these strings using an appropriate cost function. The ISRI annual test of page-reading systems utilizes the following performance measures, which are defined in terms of this correspondence and the string edit distance: character accuracy, throughput, accuracy by character class, marked character …

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A Direct, Approximate Solution To The Modified Green-Ampt Infiltration Equation, Puneet Srivastava, Thomas A. Costello, Dwayne R. Edwards Jan 1996

A Direct, Approximate Solution To The Modified Green-Ampt Infiltration Equation, Puneet Srivastava, Thomas A. Costello, Dwayne R. Edwards

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Accurately predicting the rainfall-runoff process is of vital importance for water quality models as well as for correct design of various types of hydraulic structures. This article presents a method of describing the cumulative infiltration process as an explicit function of time using an approximation to the modified Green-Ampt equation given by Mein and Larson (1971). The resulting equation is helpful in predicting cumulative infiltration and therefore infiltration capacity for computer simulation models. The proposed method takes about 50% less time than the usual iterative technique for the same degree of accuracy. The maximum error due to approximation was 1% …

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Simulation Of Runoff Transport Of Animal Manure Constituents, Yang Wang, Dwayne R. Edwards, Tommy C. Daniel, H. Don Scott Jan 1996

Simulation Of Runoff Transport Of Animal Manure Constituents, Yang Wang, Dwayne R. Edwards, Tommy C. Daniel, H. Don Scott

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Runoff losses of land-applied animal manure constituents can adversely affect the quality of downstream waters. Reliable mathematical simulation models can help estimate runoff losses of animal manure constituents and identify management measures to reduce these losses. The objective of this study was to develop and calibrate an event-based simulation model to describe the runoff transport of solids (soil and manure particles) and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) from areas treated with animal manure. The resulting model, consisting of linked hydrology, soil/manure transport, and nutrient transport components, is process-oriented and uses measurable parameters to the greatest degree possible. The three components of …

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Quality Of Runoff From Four Northwest Arkansas Pasture Fields Treated With Organic And Inorganic Fertilizer, Dwayne R. Edwards, Tommy C. Daniel, John F. Murdoch, Philip A. Moore Jr. Jan 1996

Quality Of Runoff From Four Northwest Arkansas Pasture Fields Treated With Organic And Inorganic Fertilizer, Dwayne R. Edwards, Tommy C. Daniel, John F. Murdoch, Philip A. Moore Jr.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Long-term land application of animal manures, even at agronomic rates, can promote accumulation of soil phosphorus (P) which can, in turn, contribute to increased P loadings to downstream waters. The objective of this study was to assess the soil and runoff effects of replacing animal manure as a soil amendment with inorganic fertilizer (ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3) on fields that had been treated previously with animal manures. Runoff from two pairs of small fields (0.57 to 1.46 ha) was sampled from September 1991 to April 1994. All fields had been treated previously with animal manures; after runoff …

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Poultry Litter-Treated Length Effects On Quality Of Runoff From Fescue Plots, Dwayne R. Edwards, Philip A. Moore Jr., Tommy C. Daniel, Puneet Srivastava Jan 1996

Poultry Litter-Treated Length Effects On Quality Of Runoff From Fescue Plots, Dwayne R. Edwards, Philip A. Moore Jr., Tommy C. Daniel, Puneet Srivastava

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Using experimental data and/or mathematical simulation models to identify practices that reduce pollution from manure-treated areas is sometimes perceived as limited by the unknown validity of extrapolating plot-scale data to larger areas and by uncertainties in modeling transport of various pollutants. The objectives of this study were to assess the effect of length of manure treatment on runoff concentrations of poultry litter constituents and to define the modes of transport (particulate versus soluble) for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), carbon (C), and solids. Poultry litter was applied to three 1.5- x 18.3-m fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) plots with runoff collection …

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Application Of Simplified Phosphorus Transport Models To Pasture Fields In Northwest Arkansas, Dwayne R. Edwards, C. T. Haan, Andrew N. Sharpley, John F. Murdoch, Tommy C. Daniel, Philip A. Moore Jr. Jan 1996

Application Of Simplified Phosphorus Transport Models To Pasture Fields In Northwest Arkansas, Dwayne R. Edwards, C. T. Haan, Andrew N. Sharpley, John F. Murdoch, Tommy C. Daniel, Philip A. Moore Jr.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Runoff transport of phosphorus (P) is often predicted from simple equations with parameters determined from data applicable primarily to row-cropped and fallow cover conditions. The applicability, accuracy, and precision of such P transport prediction equations under pasture situations are less well defined. The objectives of this study were to determine parameters of simplified runoff P transport equations for pasture fields and to assess the accuracy and precision of the equations. Runoff, sediment yield, soluble P transport, and particulate P transport data were collected from four pasture fields in northwestern Arkansas. Runoff event enrichment ratios and extraction coefficients were computed, and …

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Development Of A Biologically Based Aerobic Composting Simulation Model, Dennis P. Stombaugh, Sue E. Nokes Jan 1996

Development Of A Biologically Based Aerobic Composting Simulation Model, Dennis P. Stombaugh, Sue E. Nokes

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

A relatively simple dynamic model based on microbial process kinetics has been developed for aerobic composting. Differential equations describing microbial, substrate, and oxygen concentrations, as well as moisture and temperature profiles have been derived as a function of vessel size and aeration rate. Microbial biomass growth was described using Monod growth kinetics as a function of degradable substrate concentration, oxygen concentration, moisture content, and compost temperature. Facility and fan operating costs have been included to permit economic optimization of the process. Predicted results demonstrated the ability of the model to quantify and describe the influence of multiple interacting factors (temperature, …

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Synthesis Of Ferrocene-Type Organosulfur Compounds With Two Different Redox Centers, Lang Lin Jan 1996

Synthesis Of Ferrocene-Type Organosulfur Compounds With Two Different Redox Centers, Lang Lin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Commodification Of Women In Kate Chopin's The Awakening And Edith Wharton's The House Of Mirth, Sherry Gayle Jeffries Jan 1996

The Commodification Of Women In Kate Chopin's The Awakening And Edith Wharton's The House Of Mirth, Sherry Gayle Jeffries

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Chick Social-Separation Stress Model : Specification Of Dose-Response Functions For The Benzodiazepine Agonist Chlordiazepoxide And The Benzodiazepine Inverse Agonist Fg-7142 (N-Methyl-B-Carboline-3-Carboxamide), George Stennis Watson Jan 1996

The Chick Social-Separation Stress Model : Specification Of Dose-Response Functions For The Benzodiazepine Agonist Chlordiazepoxide And The Benzodiazepine Inverse Agonist Fg-7142 (N-Methyl-B-Carboline-3-Carboxamide), George Stennis Watson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Modulation Of Queuine Uptake And Incorporation Into Trna By Protein Kinase C And Protein Phosphatase, Rana C. Morris, Bonnie J. Brooks, K. Lenore Hart, Mark S. Elliot Jan 1996

Modulation Of Queuine Uptake And Incorporation Into Trna By Protein Kinase C And Protein Phosphatase, Rana C. Morris, Bonnie J. Brooks, K. Lenore Hart, Mark S. Elliot

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

It has been suggested that the rate of queuine uptake into cultured human fibroblasts is controlled by phosphorylation levels within the cell. We show that the uptake of queuine is stimulated by activators of protein kinase C (PKC) and inhibitors of protein phosphatase; while inhibitors of PKC, and down-regulation of PKC by chronic exposure to phorbol esters inhibit the uptake of queuine into cultured human fibroblasts. Activators of cAMP- and cGMP-dependent kinases exert no effect on the uptake of queuine into fibroblast cell cultures. These studies suggest that PKC directly supports the activity of the queuine uptake mechanism, and that …

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The Amount Function And Relationship To Channel Stability Of Large Woody Debris In Minimally Disturbed Western Montana Streams, Steven William Hayes Jan 1996

The Amount Function And Relationship To Channel Stability Of Large Woody Debris In Minimally Disturbed Western Montana Streams, Steven William Hayes

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Jerome K. Duncan V. Eileen M. Howard, Sandra Thorderson And Larry Thorderson : Reply Brief Of Appellants, Utah Court Of Appeals Jan 1996

Jerome K. Duncan V. Eileen M. Howard, Sandra Thorderson And Larry Thorderson : Reply Brief Of Appellants, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from a paternity order of the Third judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, Honorable John A. Rokich, presiding

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Mario B. Beltran V. Denise Allan : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals Jan 1996

Mario B. Beltran V. Denise Allan : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH JUDGE GUY R. BURNINGHAM

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The Relationship Of Ethnic Identity Development To Cognitive Development In Preschool Children, Teresa L. Henegar Jan 1996

The Relationship Of Ethnic Identity Development To Cognitive Development In Preschool Children, Teresa L. Henegar

Honors Capstones

With increasing racial tensions, visible in the Rodney King incident and the L.A. Riots, and with an increasing demand for cultural sensitivity and cultural diversity, the need for research on ethnic identity development is greater than ever before. Until recent years, these efforts were focused upon school-aged children, but recent research suggests that children have a greater sense of their ethnic identity than previously thought (Phinney, 1987, p. 265). Many researchers have found that racial attitudes are acquired at a much earlier age, and, once formed, these attitudes may form a strong intractable foundation for racism (Phinney and Rotheram, 1987,20; …

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The Case For A "Strong" Regulatory Compliance Defense, Richard C. Ausness Jan 1996

The Case For A "Strong" Regulatory Compliance Defense, Richard C. Ausness

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Federal administrative agencies have established safety standards or licensing procedures for airplanes, motor vehicles, pesticides, drugs, medical devices, and a variety of other products. At the same time, product sellers are subject to tort liability even though their products comply with applicable federal safety standards. Product sellers maintain that compliance with federal safety standards ought to protect them from liability under state tort law and have relied upon several legal principles to support this claim. The first, and most successful, theory is federal preemption. Under this concept, Congress may expressly or impliedly assert the primacy of federal law under the …

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Women's Perceptions Of Sexuality In Rural Giza, Hind Khattab Jan 1996

Women's Perceptions Of Sexuality In Rural Giza, Hind Khattab

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study on sexuality among women in rural Giza, Egypt, is part of a broader project on women's health and reproductive morbidity conducted by the Population Council’s Reproductive Health Working Group. Reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and other ailments associated with reproduction among women in the rural community surveyed suggest that a heavy burden of disease is being borne by women living in underprivileged areas in this region. This research on sexuality has been conducted within a conceptual framework that uses a socio-cultural approach to health and illness. The investigation is an assessment of women's perception of and knowledge about sexuality …

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