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Bull Market, Ron Edison

The Prairie Light Review

No abstract provided.

Growth Promoters In Rabbits, Suwanna Kijparkorn, Supattra Srichairat, Somporn Wangsoongnoen

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Fifty-six weanling crossbred rabbits (NZW x Native), aged 28 days, were randomly allotted to 7 groups with 8 animals per treatment and 2 animals per cage. Their diet was calculated to contain 16% crude protein with 3,300 kcal of digestible energy / kg feed. Para grass was fed ad libitum. Oxytetracycline and virginiamycin were added to the feed at levels of 5, 10 and 20 and 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg respectively and the seventh group was used as a control. Weight gain and feed intakes were recorded weekly for 10 weeks. Four rabbits from each group were slaughtered for …

Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This thirty-seventh annual report of the research program at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm has special significance for those engaged in agriculture and the agriculturally related businesses in the nine county area of southeast South Dakota. Reports in this document include information on: temperatures and precipitation data, corn production and performance, soybean research and planting, soil testing, alfalfa yield test, fertilizer testing, herbicide research, crop rotation, sorghum, small grains, livestock research, and pest and weed control.

Puncturing Ability Of Bat Canine Teeth: The Tip, Patricia W. Freeman, William N. Weins

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Casts of upper canine teeth of 15 species of microchiropteran bats were fixed securely into a testing machine and made to puncture the bloom side of an apple. The force necessary to break through the surface of the apple was regressed against both shape of the tip of the canine and the size of the animal. Sharper tips require less force to puncture than blunt ones. Results were also verified using giant two-dimensional models of Plexiglas™ with sharp and blunt tips that were loaded onto a Plexiglas™ beam. Fringes, or stress lines, are more highly concentrated at the point of …

Effect Of Insulin And Vanadate On Sre-Mediated C-Fos Expression And Jnk Activation, Francisco J. Berguido

Masters Theses

Insulin mimetics are compounds that mimic the action of insulin in the body and are currently being studied as possible therapeutic agents against diabetes. Vanadium has been identified as an element with insulin-like properties with regard to metabolic processes such as lowering blood glucose levels. Few studies have implicated vanadium in mitogenic actions such as cell growth and differentiation. We studied the action of vanadate on the expression of the insulin-induced SRE, a cis-element of the well-characterized mitogenic gene c-fos. We measured this expression by means of a plasmid containing the reporter gene luciferase linked to the sequences from c-fos …

Analysis Of The Skeletal Remains From The Knobloch Site, 20ae633, Allegan County, Michigan, Alexandra D. Bybee

Masters Theses

The skeletal remains of at least thirty individuals were recovered from the Knobloch site, 20AE633, Allegan County, Michigan. The site is from the Late Woodland period, a time which saw a variety of strategies for food procurement, including hunting, gathering, fishing, and agriculture. It is not known to what extent these strategies were practiced. The results of trace element analysis of skeletal samples from the Knobloch site assemblage indicate a diet reliant on hunting and gathering.

The Evolution Of Character Education: From Hellfire And Brimstone To Constructivism, Arati Singh

Special Topics, General

Since colonial times, character education has played a kaleidoscopic role in American schools. Seventeenth and eighteenth century Puritan curriculum was synonymous with an exceedingly rigid and religious moral code. Nineteenth century policy makers adopted a Pan-Protestant, and then a generalized Christian philosophy of character education, as they pursued a common school system. As twentieth century American society grew increasingly pluralistic, the religious basis of character education succumbed to a more secular framework. Predictably, this century has seen character education be demoted to just one of many competing items on the national education agenda. Paradoxically, today's violence-filled headlines evince a more …

Design Research: The Newsletter Of The Design Research Society No.59, Stephen Little

Design Research Newsletters (1966-1999)

No abstract provided.

The L3 Neuron And An Associated Prothoracic Network Are Involved In Calling Song Recognition By Female Crickets, John Stout, Nathan Carlson, Hilary Bingol, James Ramseier, Michael Bronsert, Gordon Atkins

Faculty Publications

In young virgin Acheta domesticus females, the spiking response of the prothoracic L3 auditory interneuron discriminates between calling songs (CSs) with phonotactically attractive and unattractive syllable periods (SPs), which parallels phonotactic discrimination. Presentation of a CS with an originally attractive SP, but with the intensity modulated so as to minimize L3's selective response, results in a CS with little phonotactic attractiveness. Conversely, a CS with an originally unattractive SP becomes much more attractive when the CS is intensity modulated in ways that duplicate L3's selective response. L3's discriminatory response to CS SP deteriorates with age, in parallel with decreased phonotactic …

Within-Season Dispersal, Nest-Site Modification, And Predation In Renesting Hooded Warblers, Joan S. Howlett, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury

Wilson Bulletin

No abstract provided.

The Concept Of Religion, Eduardo M. Peñalver

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Of Rectangles And Centuries. A History Of The Use Of A Garden Pattern From Romanesque Europe To Nineteenth-Century New Orleans, David Dwayne Lewis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Settlers of New Orleans brought with them ideas of gardens that influenced the way they shaped gardens in the colony. Although the influence of those ideas has been acknowledged in studies of New Orleans gardens, specific connections between the ideas and gardens in New Orleans have not been made. To illuminate some of those connections, this study focuses on one garden pattern — a composition of long, rectangular planting beds -- that is common to at least fifty gardens in New Orleans and to European gardens dating from the ninth century. A developmental history that chronicles the use of the …

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, December 1997

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Life In The Slow Lane: The Old Order Amish Cultural Landscape Of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Glenn Miller

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Faculty Profile: Judy Deckers

Bridgewater Review

Profile of Professor Judy Deckers of the Elementary Education department.

Book Review: The Great North Woods: Lovely, Dark, And Deep, Charles F. Angell

Bridgewater Review

Book Reviews of:

• J Parker Huber, A Guide to Thoreau's Maine (Appalachian Mountain Club, 1981)
• Bernd Heinrich, A Year in the Maine Woods (Addison-Wesley, 1994)
• Helen Hamlin, Nine Mile Bridge: Three Years in the Maine Woods (Down East Books, 1973)
• John Gould, Maine's Golden Road: A Memoir (W. W. Norton, 1995)

A Strategic Marketing Plan For Welltech International, Renee Denlow

Theses

It's here, and whether you know it or not, you are getting swept away by a strong underlying current of the "digital revolution ." For many, life has become an inoperative treadmill on the loose, for the pace gets quicker and more challenging. How often do you find yourself or the people surrounding you saying, "Fax me the draft, so I can review it prior to tomorrow's meeting.," "Leave me a message on my car phone," and/or "e-mail me the latest statistics before noon?" Electronic mail (E-mail) is just one of many of the technologies that is changing the landscape …

Legacy - December 1997, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Stanley Austin South Recognized by the University of South Carolina with a Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree.....p. 1
Director’s Notes.....p. 2
Allendale Expedition.....p. 4
Stallings Culture.....p. 6
A Remarkable Find.....p. 9
Amerindians in Tobago.....p. 10
Chair Notes.....p. 13
Pumpkin Site Update.....p. 13
Rock Shelters in South Carolina.....p. 14
Petroglyphs/Rock Art.....p. 16
Petroglyph Survey Update.....p. 17
SCIAA Researchers Funded.....p. 18
Turkish Odyssey.....p. 19
Canoes in the Lowcountry.....p. 20
Hunley Update.....p. 22
Volunteer Opportunities.....p. 23
Port Royal Sound Survey.....p. 24
Mepkin Abbey Shipwreck.....p. 26
SC Archaeology Week 1997.....p. 28

The African Tribe: Ethnic Identity As A Social And Political Control Mechanism During Twentieth Century British Imperialism, Sefakor Amaa

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Minnesota Graduation Standards And Their Impact On The Midde School Philosophy, Leslie Nordheim

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Castor Canadensis Winter 1997, Jed Smith Society

Castor Canadensis - Jedediah Smith Society

No abstract provided.

Pan, Ppn And Mpan Measurements And The Systematic Relationship Between Mpan And Macr At A Semi-Rural Site In Tennessee, George Nouaime

Masters Theses

Simultaneous measurements of peroxymethacryloyl nitrate (MPAN) and its primary and secondary precursors, methacarolein (MACR) and isoprene, were carried out for the first time in July 1995 at a semi-rural site southeast of Nashville. In addition to these compounds, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), peroxypropionyl nitrate (PPN), other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and supporting measurements were also collected in collaboration with other research groups. The mean concentrations of PAN, PPN, MPAN and MACR were found to be 485 pptv, 50 pptv, 30 pptv and 0.290 ppbv respectively. MP AN levels, which closely tracked those of MACR during the day, peaked and dropped earlier …

Japan And Ethiopia: An Appraisal Of Similarities And Divergent Courses, Messay Kebede

Philosophy Faculty Publications

The idea of a comparison between pre-1935 Ethiopia with Japan before and during the Meiji Restoration arouses contradictory reactions among students of Ethiopia. Some find the idea indefensible, others judge it quite reasonable and instructive. Those who reject the parallel do so by emphasizing the social gap which separated Japan and Ethiopia, while those who welcome the idea base their arguments on historical similarities and on the identity of objectives of their respective modernizing circles. Thus, among the first group, Shiferaw Bekele contests the seriousness of a parallel between Japan and Ethiopia, arguing that the Ethiopian leaders had only a …

Edison Communicator Volume Three; Number Five, Edison Community College

Edison Communicator

Edison Communicator: A Publication for the Faculty, Staff and Friends of Edison Community College.

Professional Football Players Attitudes Toward Women And Violence, Shannon Marie O'Toole

Masters Theses

This study examined whether or not professional football players, because of the violence and aggression associated with their sport, tended to have attitudes that condoned or were conducive to violence against women. The forty-six subjects in this study were active members on teams in the National Football League and/or the National Football League sponsored World League. Information was gathered through the sue of self-reporting, non-random, questionnaires and interviews.

The study also explored the dynamics of domestic violence, the linking of aggression with professional sports and the characteristics of sport in United States society, especially as it relates to masculinity and …

Activation Of Signal Proteins By Insulin And Selenate In Primary Rat Hepatocytes, Ginny Lynn Garlock

Masters Theses

Insulin has a wide range of metabolic and mitogenic effects in cells. The mechanism of insulin action in controlling these events is not well understood, but involves, at least in part, a complex phosphorylation cascade. Selenate has been shown to mimic insulin on several metabolic processes, including the regulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) gene expression. Its mechanism of action, however, is not known. To investigate the mechanisms of insulin and selenate action on the regulation of G6PDH, signal proteins from primary rat hepatocytes were first studied. Insulin and sodium selenate similarly increased tyrosyl phosphorylation of the β-subunit of the insulin …

Isolation And Characterization Of Cadmium Hypertolerant Mutants Of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Santiago Xavier Navarro

Masters Theses

Cadmium is an environmental pollutant which accumulates by deposition from anthropogenic activities. Plants readily take-up cadmium from soil and is concentrated in shoot tissues. Plant and animal systems are affected detrimentally by the exposure to cadmium and are known to produce metal binding peptides as part of detoxification mechanisms. In an attempt to find alternative methods of soil cleanup, efforts are being undertaken to isolate heavy metal accumulating plants. Alternatively, to reduce the accumulation of cadmium in food, plants that exclude heavy metals are also being sought. The objective of this project was to isolate mutants which can be used …

外科臨床教育改革方案：外科100, 佐武 林, 金堅 張

Journal of Medical Education

台大外科100是台大醫院外科部，針對86學年度五年級醫學系學生所做之臨床敎育改革方案的總稱。本計畫是由召集人醫務秘書林佐武副敎授，在總主持人外科部主任張金堅敎授的大力支持下，與外科部各功能分科主任所共同研擬的臨床敎學方案。内容是外科的核心課程，總共有100個題目，每一個題目都是先陳述一個病人的病情，附帶幾個問題，讓學生在學期開始之前，就可以先行預習。上課時，老師僅就問題的内容作討論，讓學生可以從回答問題中去發揮，在30分鐘内，就能夠對該項疾病有了基本的常識認知。題目的安排以本土化爲原則，把台灣常見的外科相關疾病納入，每天討論十題，在十天内完成。外科從敎授到總住院醫師都要參與敎學，也算是總住院醫師的訓練課程。實習的最後一個星期，還安排每位學生跟定一位老師，以增進學生對外科醫師工作及生活型態的認識。如果試辦成功，將可作爲將來發展核心學分的濫觴。

North Carolina Swine Evaluation Station: Adapting To Meet The Needs Of A Rapidly Changing Industry, M Todd See

Journal of Extension

To meet current and future demands for information needed by specialized and technically advanced pork producers the focus of the North Carolina Swine Evaluation Station was changed. The new program was designed to assist in the definition of production potential and goals, development of least-cost feeding and management strategies, and to provide a rapid response to identified research needs. Data collected on growth performance, carcass merit, and economics have been used to develop mathematical models to help identify and meet production and financial goals while emphasizing the production of a healthy pork product that is desirable to the consumer.

Anthroposophic Perspectives In Primary Care, Ira S. Cantor Md, Steven Rosenzweig Md

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

A core challenge of contemporary medicine is to integrate the technological successes of biomedical science with a comprehensive under-standing of the physical, psychosocial, ecological, and spiritual dimensions of health and illness. Toward this end, bridges are being created between conventional medicine and alternative systems of healing which reflect a holistic model of the human being. Even when both conventional and complementary approaches are used side-by-side in the same patient, they remain separate in their basic assumptions and goals. Today's mechanistic disease model is cut off from such notions as life-energy, consciousness, and spirituality, so integral to many alternative paradigms. Anthroposophically …