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Racism And Racial Categorization., J Blascovich, Na Wyer, La Swart, Jl Kibler

School of Psychology

Social identity theory predicts that perceivers strongly identified with an in-group will maximize the distinction and maintain a clear boundary between their own and other groups by categorizing others' membership accurately. Two experiments tested the prediction that racially prejudiced individuals, who presumably identify highly with their racial in-group, are more motivated to make accurate racial categorizations than nonprejudiced individuals. Results indicated that prejudiced participants not only took longer to categorize race-ambiguous targets (Experiments 1 and 2), but also made more nonverbal vocalizations when presented with them (Experiment 1), suggesting response hesitation. The results support the hypothesis that, compared to nonprejudiced …

Early Dry Season Biomass Burning In The Dambo And Miombo Of Zambia, Erica Ann. Hoffa

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Pocket Gopher (Geomys Bursarius) Disturbance On A Tallgrass Prairie In Central Nebraska, Gregory D. Klein

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The amount of deposited soil from pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) mounds was quantified on a tallgrass prairie. Five percent of the total surface area was covered by mounds and the rate of mound formation was highest in early October at 64.57 mounds/ha/day. Mound-building activity and air temperature were not significantly related.

The Unionid Mollusks Of The Upper Kansas Basin Of Northwestern Kansas And Southwestern Nebraska, Ellet Hoke

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

A qualitative survey of the Upper Kansas Basin resulted in the documentation of a unionid fauna consisting of twenty-one native taxa, as well as the introduced bivalve Corbicula fluminea. Biological diversity was greatest in the extreme eastern portion of the basin with the highest concentrations occurring in the habitat-rich eastern-most creeks. Shifting sand substrates and declining or unstable flows, coupled with intensive grazing of livestock, increasingly limit unionid distributions on an east to west continuum.

The Sphinx Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Of Nebraska, Charlie Messenger

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

A faunal study of the sphinx moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nebraska is presented. An overview of the family and its two subfamilies is given as well as descriptions of the adults and, when known, the larvae. Each of the 20 genera and 32 species is reviewed. The treatment for each species consists of synonymy, a brief diagnosis, distribution in general, Nebraska locality records, temporal distribution, food host plants, and remarks. The remarks include commentary on how to best distinguish the adults and a brief discussion of biology. A short description of genitalic preparation is included. Distribution maps, showing Nebraska county …

Spontaneous Pressure Diuresis In Conscious Rats, Janet E. Steele, Paul H. Brand, Patricia J. Metting, Steven Loyal Britton

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Pressure diuresis is thought to be a long-term mechanism that is essential for regulation of blood volume and arterial pressure (AP). We recently found that experimentally- induced changes in AP result in changes in urine flow (UF) within 6 seconds in anesthetized rats. To test our hypothesis that the long-term nature of pressure diuresis is the result of the cumulative sum of many short-term changes in UF occurring in response to spontaneous changes in AP, AP (via an aortic catheter) and UF (via a gravimetric method) were measured over 2 hours in 8 conscious, free-moving, chronically …

Rights Of Slaves And Other Owned-Animals, Alan Watson

Scholarly Works

Part of a number of essays which follow are written by experts from various interdisciplinary fields at the request of Animal Law.

I chose the title with deliberation. My concern in this paper is not with moral theory, but with the law that has given rights to owned-animals, and the extent to which these rights have been enforced.

I believe that there is a three-fold hierarchy as to the extent of these rights in accordance with the animal that is their object. At the top of the hierarchy are rights accorded to slaves under a legal system that is not …

"Won By Kindness" Versus "Thorough Savages:" Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca And Francis Parkman's Views Of Native Americans, James B. Seymour Jr.

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Alabama-Coushatta Indian Ethnographic, Historical, And Archeological References, Timothy K. Perttula

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Ethj Vol-35 No-1

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Bovine Mastitis Pathogens In New York Andpennsylvania: Prevalence And Effects On Somatic Cell Count And Milk Production, David J. Wilson, R. N. Gonzalez, H. H. Das

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

Milk samples were collected from 108,312 dairy cows during 1601 farm visits made between January 1991 and June 1995. The herd visits were made by personnel from the Central Laboratory of the Quality Milk Promotion Services at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) to farms located in central New York and northern Pennsylvania. Dairy Herd Improvement Association records were available for 32,978 cows in 327 herds. Intramammary infections, as defined by positive milk cultures, were present in 48.5% of all cows and in 36.3% of cows in herds enrolled in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Over 75% of the intramammary infections were …

Adventures In Dot To Dot| [Poems], Aaron Q. Long

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Breaking Open The Monologic| Re-Reading The Haitian Revolution In Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno" And Madison Smartt Bell's "All Souls' Rising", Beth Marie Moynihan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

How Could We Be Wrong?, Amanda Eyre Ward

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Integrated Self| Assimilated Surrealism In Later 20th Century American Poetry And Music, Ryan Turner

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

In Love With The Boogeyman: Compulsion Desire And Heisenbergian Literary Uncertainty In Stephen King's "Pet Cematary", Melodi S. Sherman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Altered Pathogenesis Of A Mutant Of The Murine Coronavirus Mhv-A59 Is Associated With A Q159l Amino Acid Substitution In The Spike Protein, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Susan T. Hingley, Ming Chua, Xinhe Jiang, Ehud Lavi, Susan R. Weiss

PCOM Scholarly Works

C12, an attenuated, fusion delayed, very weakly hepatotropic mutant of mouse hepatitis virus strain A59 (MHV-A59) has been further characterized. We have previously shown that C12 has two amino acid substitutions relative to wild type virus in the spike protein, Q159L (within a region of S1 shown to bind to viral receptor in an in vitro assay) and H716D (in the proteolytic cleavage recognition site). We have sequenced the rest of the 31-kb genome of C12 and compared it to wild type virus. Only three additional amino acids substitutions were found, all encoded within the replicase gene. Analysis of C12 …

In Vitro Influenza Virus-Inhibitory Effects Of A Series Of Germanium- Orsilicon-Centered Polyoxometalates, J. H. Huffman, R. W. Sidwell, Dale L. Barnard, A. Morrison, M. I. Otto, C. L. Hill, R. F. Schinazi

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

A series of germanium- or silicon-centred heteropolytungstates (polyoxometalates) with the Barrel, Keggin or double Keggin structure were evaluated in vitro for their effects against influenza A (IV-A) and B (IV-B) viruses. Their 50% effective concentrations (EC₅₀) against recent isolates of IV-A (H1 N1 ) and IV-B ranged from 0.1 to 7.8 μM; against IV-A (H3N2), the EC₅₀ concentrations were often 10-fold higher. Recent clinical isolates of IV-A were generally more susceptible to these antiviral effects than older, laboratory-adapted strains. These experiments used inhibition of viral CPE in MDCK cells as determined microscopically and by Neutral Red (NR) …

Why Chinese Wildlife Disappears As Cites Spreads, John Copeland Nagle

Journal Articles

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) proves that popularity does not assure success. CITES is one of the oldest and most popular international environmental treaties. Yet after twenty-three years and the approval of over 125 nations, wildlife continues to become extinct and endangered at an unhindered rate. Why?

The explanation for this paradox can be found by comparing the state of wildlife in China and the United States. Both countries are parties to CITES. Their efforts to enforce CITES are very different, but they both reveal the limitations of the current treaty …

On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

The title of this Lecture is from Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The occasion for the proposition is when the smalltown southern gentleman-lawyer Atticus Finch is given an opportunity to lie to protect his son from harm. He refuses. He says that the most important thing he has for his son is not protection but integrity. He says, "I can't live one way in town and another way in my home. "

The separation of town from home is an old one in the history of lawyers in America. When you trace the nineteenth-century development of legal ethics, …

A Measure Of Perceived Power In Influencing Change Among Selected Education Participants In Alberta, Frederick Arnold Preston Edd

Dissertations

The educational landscape in the province of Alberta is undergoing change. The government's agenda includes changes in funding, reducing the number of school jurisdictions and local school boards, the provincial appointment of superintendents, increasing school-based decision making and accountability, and increasing parent, community, and business involvement in the delivery of education. It is expected that these changes will be completed during 1997. Considering the climate of change in Alberta education, it is of paramount importance that in the implementation process, participants in the change recognize their personal power to operationalize what is proposed. Government legislation can demand compliance, but without …

Managing Problems Caused By Urban Canada Geese, A. L. Gosser, Michael R. Conover, Terry A. Messmer

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Canada geese (Branta canadensis) started nesting in urban areas during the past 50 years. Today, most urban areas in the U. S. and Canada support breeding populations of these birds. Many of these resident goose populations are the result of a successful effort by fish and wildlife agencies to restore populations of giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima), which is the largest of the 11 races of Canada geese. Their large body mass enables them to survive colder temperatures; thus, they tend to winter as far north as open water can be found.

Landscape Cover-Type Modeling Using A Multi-Scale Thematic Mapper Mosaic, Collin G. Homer, R. Douglas Ramsey, Thomas C. Edwards Jr., Allan Falconer

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Landscape ecological applications of remotely sensed data are needed over increasingly larger areas and at finer spatial scales. Within the framework of the National Biological Service Gap Analysis program, 36 Utah cover types were modeled from a state-wide Landsat TM mosaic created from 24 scenes at 30-metre resolution (219,883 sq km). The state was subset into three ecoregions for classification, with cover-type association to spectral classes defined using a two-step modeling approach. Steps included post-classification correlation of 1,758 state-wide field training sites to spectral classes, and post-classification ancillary GIS modeling using ecological parameters of elevation, slope, aspect, and location to …

A Comparison Of Ondansetron Administered Preoperatively And Intraoperatively In The Prophylaxis Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures, Pamela Bryant

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

No abstract provided.

Demonstrating The Need For Health Educators On Short-Term Medical Missions: An Analysis Of Intestinal Parasitic Infections In A Haitian Clinic Population, Janel Jo Brakke

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the need for health educators on short-term medical missions to developing countries. Specifically, the study was designed to analyze age-specific and gender-specific rates of intestinal parasitic infections in a rural Haitian, mountain clinic population. An extensive review of related literature indicated that 80% of the world's population lives in developing nations, primarily in poverty. Despite the tremendous efforts made by governments and international organizations, the basic health needs of developing nations are not being met (Djukanovic & Mach, 1975; King, 1966; Werner, Thuman, & Maxwell, 1996). Problems of contaminated water, improper sewage …

The Human Constitution And Constitutive Law: A Prolegomenon, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

No abstract provided.

Appellate Review Of Scientific Evidence Under Daubert And Joiner, David L. Faigman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Growth And Survival Of Colorado Squawfish In The Upper Colorado River, D. B. Osmundson, Ronald J. Ryel, T. E. Mourning

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Growth and adult survival rates were estimated for the endangered Colorado squawfish Ptychocheilus lucius inhabiting the upper Colorado River by using data from fish captured during 1990–1995. Mean annual growth rates of fish aged 3–6 years ranged from 32.2 (age 6) to 82.0 (age 3) mm/year. Growth rates for older fish were highest for fish 400–449 mm total length, TL, (42.7 mm/year) and declined to 19.8 mm/year for fish 500–549 mm TL. Fish 550 mm and longer grew an average 9.5 mm/year. Survival rates for fish 550 mm and longer were estimated by comparing measured size distributions with simulated stable …

Armstrong Academics 1997, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong State University Collections: Armstrong Academics (Archived)

Winter and Spring issues from 1997 in one pdf file.

Modulation Of Nociception By The Opioid Peptide Beta-Endorphin In The Periaqueductal Gray., Alyssa A. Hawranko

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Antinociceptive and nociceptive responses can be elicited by the administration of endorphin within the periaqueductal gray region of the midbrain. The pain inhibitory and facilitory systems exist in a state of balance such that under most conditions, the combined activation of these processes by the administration of -endorphin results in the expression of antinociception. However, during other situations, such as stress, the delicate balance between these endogenous systems is disrupted and alterations in the overall response to opioids occurs. When stress is minimized the contribution of the -endorphin dependent pain facilitory systems is minimal and cannot be discriminated unless a …