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Domestication Of Dogs And Their Use On The Great Plains, Ruth Callahan

Nebraska Anthropologist

More than 12,000 years ago a bargain was struck between two species that not only benefited both parties, but changed their futures drastically. Whereas wolves and humans had once been independent hunters in competition with each other, now they were partners who shared the kill and helped each other survive in the harsh environment. We will never know which side initiated the pact, but the wolf was the first animal to cast its lot with humans and the evolutionary advantages that came with this choice were tremendous.

Human Responses To Bison Nutritional Variability: An Illustration From The Central Plains, Chris Widga

Nebraska Anthropologist

The relation of prehistoric human groups to bison populations in the Central Plains has long been the subject of both speculation and debate. Recent research has shown that bison are relatively sensitive to changing environmental conditions (Bamforth, 1988; Bozell, 1995; Speth and Pany, 1978; Emerson, 1990). This sensitivity is visible in physiological and behavioral adaptations used by bison to deal with change. Ukewise, evidence for these adaptations is present in faunal assemblages from Central Plains archaeological sites. In order to determine the nature of these adaptive charaderistics, a model must be developed which goes beyond traditional presence/absence tabulations of faunal …

Use Of The Relative Dose Response Assay To Determine The Vitamin A Status Of Neonatal Calves: Effects Of Season On Colostrum Quality And Immunological Parameters, Mary Jo Boner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Plasma vitamin A is not a reliable indicator of vitamin A status. Therefore, the feasibility of using the relative dose response (RDR) assay as a method for determining vitamin A status of calves was examined. In addition, effects of colostrum quality and season on vitamin A status and health of calves were determined. Blood was sampled from the jugular vein of 16 newborn calves to establish values over a 24 h period for immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentration, hematocrit, serum protein concentration, and leukocyte differentials. Liver biopsies were performed at birth, and successfully completed for 11 calves. Blood samples were obtained …

Raising The Speed Limit In Rural America : Can Be Done Without Causing More Fatalities?, Daniel J. Holden

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

After Pocahontas: Indian Women And The Law, 1830 To 1934, Bethany Berger

Faculty Articles and Papers

The story of Pocahontas, simultaneously celebrated and contained, presents the favored path for Native American women in the newer legal culture: absorption into the Euro-American race and ultimate disappearance of the non-European element. The alternative path was reserved for women whose assimilation did not reach this level of absorption and disappearance but retained their allegiance to both the Indian and white society. Federal and state legislatures and courts marginalized such women, denied them the treaty rights accorded their male companions, and denied them stable marriages, rights of descent, and the power within the family that they had had within Indian …

Remarks In Response To "Telling Alternative Stories: Heterodox Versions Of The Prisoner's Dilemma: The Course Theorem, And Supply- Demand Equilibrium, Robert Birmingham

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.

Circadian Phase Shifts To Neuropeptide Y In Vitro: Cellular Communication And Signal Transduction, Stephany M. Biello, Diego A. Golombek, Kathryn M. Schak, Mary E. Harrington

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Mammalian circadian rhythms originate in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), from which rhythmic neural activity can be recorded in vitro. Application of neurochemicals can reset this rhythm. Here we determine cellular correlates of the phase-shifting properties of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on the hamster circadian clock in vitro. Drug or control treatments were applied to hypothalamic slices containing the SCN on the first day in vitro. The firing rates of individual cells were sampled on the second day in vitro. Control slices exhibited a peak in firing rate in the middle of the day. Microdrop application of NPY to the SCN …

A Characterization Of The Gene Omega : A Modifier Of A Cuticle Protein In Drosophila Melanogaster, Mario Javier Pineda

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

The Standard Of Care In Medical Malpractice Claims, Clinical Practice Guidelines, And Managed Care: Towards A Therapeutic Harmony?, Daniel W. Shuman

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cal State San Bernardino Magazine (Spring 1997-1998), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

Contents:

Special......Page 2
Since the age of six, she wanted to be a teacher. She also became a revolutionary.

Cal State Update......Page 4
"Learning community" undergirds strategic planning initiatives.

School News......Page 5
Big-league computer networking granted to CSUSB, one of a few CSUs entered into the prestigious system...page 5

Coyote Sports......Page 11
Stride right for women's sports scholarships.

Gift Rap......Page 12
Personal bests are bettered by physician's contribution to the Honors Program.

Student Scapes......Page 14
Fifty and fearless, student says life is just beginning...page 15.

Alumni Periscope......Page 16
Career expert Robin Ryan offers …

On Understanding Language, Arthur Iberall, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, November 18, 1997, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, November 25, 1997, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Fame, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Journal Of Social Theory In Art Education

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

No abstract provided.

Art, Education, And The Bomb: Reflections On An International Children’S Peace Mural Project, Tom Anderson

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

As a community muralist (T. Anderson, 1985) and contextualist I believe that the purpose of art is communication from one human being to another about things that count (R. Anderson, 1990; Dissanayake, 1988; Lippard, 1990). This does not mean that we disregard the aesthetic component—the “wonder”—in an artwork. Rather, it implies that the aesthetic serves an extrinsic function beyond its supposed raison d’être. That function, which is usually both prosaic and symbolic, is to serve as a marker that in some way defines the people who make, use, and view artworks or aesthetically framed objects (R. Anderson, 1990). Art is …

The Perception Of Non-Perception: Lessons For Art Education With Downcast Eyes (Part One: Trompe-L’Oeil And The Question Of Radical Evil), Jan Jagodzinski

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

The Roman historian Pliny recounts a story that occurred during Periclean Athens. I will utilize this story, as a trope to undertake an interrogation of perception as it is commonly understood and currently practiced by art educators in schools. In order to deconstruct vision/blindness, or the perception/non-perception binary, I have examined the psychoanalytic paradigm of Jacques Lacan. His current interpreters provided the conceptual tools for such an undertaking. Given that the question of representation has become a key sign-post of postmodernism, art educators must conceptualize a trajectory for itself in the 21st century. Part One of such a trajectory questions …

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Crosswalk Of The Course Inventory March 6 1997, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Fall 1997 Class Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

Fragments: Of Nature, Of Myself, Jan Groenemann

Theses

Unavailable.

The Edwards Aquifer And The Great Springs Of Texas Edwards Aquifer Zone Map, Hill Country Foundation

KIP Maps and Visual Resources

No abstract provided.

Weather, Disaster, And Responsibility: An Essay On The Willie And Martin Handcart Story, Howard A. Christy

BYU Studies

Arguably the most heroic and the most tragic episode of the westering experience, the handcart trek of late 1856 is a magnificent story of individual faith in the midst of serious mistakes.

Promoting The Inclusion Of Psychosocial Factors In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dawn Elizabeth Newberg

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Spring 1997 Class Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

Private Financing Of Criminal Prosecutions And The Differing Protections Of Liberty And Equality In The Criminal Justice System, Joseph E. Kennedy

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Child's Right To An Open Future: Yoder And Beyond, Dena S. Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Every time I teach a class on church and state, I am reminded again of how much we owe to the religious minorities in our midst. If it were not for Amish, Quakers, Jews, Santerians and especially Jehovah's Witnesses, what an impoverished understanding we would have, not only of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, but also of the Free Speech Clause. The original parents in Wisconsin v. Yoder are now grandparents, and their children, with or without the benefit of a high school education, have grown to adulthood and probably have children of their own. But 25 years …

The Law And Psychiatry Wars, 1960-1980, Sheldon Gelman

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The chapter of the book excerpted below examines litigation developments from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. In law no less than in psychiatry, professional judgments produced anomalous results and professional processes worked in unexpected ways when it came to medications. These departures advanced a public mental health vision that was functionally the same as psychiatrists', even if couched in utterly different and more legalistic terms. Psychiatrists hailed medications as a medical revolution; lawyers by and large ignored the drugs. Yet, both professions reached the same general conclusions about what should be done.Commentators at the time saw an emerging …

God Keep Me From Ever Completing Anything: Problems Of Writing And Identity In Four American Narratives., Ralph Russell Pottle

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the relationship between writing and American identity in four works--William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Herman Melville's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun: Or The Romance of Monte Beni--by illuminating the difficulty that the narrator of each work has in constructing and maintaining his vision of American identity. For Bradford and Franklin, the analysis centers on their attempts to confront the historical complexities of American society--Bradford confronting the economic realities of colonialism, Franklin confronting the difficulty of organizing governance after the American Revolution. For Melville and Hawthorne, the analysis …

A Computer Automated, Hydraulically Integrated Serial Turbidostat Algal Reactor (Histar): Mathematical Modeling And Experimental Analysis., Chandra Sekhar Theegala

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Conceptually, the Hydraulically Integrated Serial Turbidostat Algal Reactor (HISTAR) has two components: (1) sealed turbidostats for producing a high quality algal inoculum, and (2) a series of unprotected inter-connected continuous flow stirred tank reactors (CFSTRs) for mass producing algae under approximated plug flow conditions. The hydraulic retention time of each individual CFSTR ($\theta\sb{\rm n})$ is set low enough (dilution is set high) that any suspended organisms (both contaminants and desired algae) entering the CFSTR would be washed to the next CFSTR well within their doubling time. However, as the turbidostats are employed to inoculate the first CFSTR on an almost …

Coronary Blood Vessel Development Within The Epicardium Of The Embryonic Quail Heart, David H. Hyjek

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.