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Affirmative Action And The Criminal Law, Paul Butler Jan 1997

Affirmative Action And The Criminal Law, Paul Butler

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Multiple Consciousness And The Diversity Dilemma, Sumi K. Cho Jan 1997

Multiple Consciousness And The Diversity Dilemma, Sumi K. Cho

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pving The Path To Parity In Health Insurance Coverage For Mental Illness: New Law Or Merely Good Intentions?, Brian D. Shannon Jan 1997

Pving The Path To Parity In Health Insurance Coverage For Mental Illness: New Law Or Merely Good Intentions?, Brian D. Shannon

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


The National Forest Management Act: The Twenty Years Behind , The Twenty Years Ahead, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1997

The National Forest Management Act: The Twenty Years Behind , The Twenty Years Ahead, Charles F. Wilkinson

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Colorado River Governance: Sharing Federal Authority As An Incentive To Create A New Constitution, David H. Getches Jan 1997

Colorado River Governance: Sharing Federal Authority As An Incentive To Create A New Constitution, David H. Getches

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reauthorization Of The Endangered Species Act - A Comparison Of Two Bills That Seek To Reform The Endangered Species Act: Senate Bill 768 And House Bill 2275, Eva Tompkins Jan 1997

Reauthorization Of The Endangered Species Act - A Comparison Of Two Bills That Seek To Reform The Endangered Species Act: Senate Bill 768 And House Bill 2275, Eva Tompkins

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


Feeding Habits Of The Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma Floridana) In Southern Illinois, Elizabeth R. Wagle, George A. Feldhamer Jan 1997

Feeding Habits Of The Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma Floridana) In Southern Illinois, Elizabeth R. Wagle, George A. Feldhamer

Publications

The eastern woodrat, a state-endangered species, is a generalist herbivore that depends on cached food during part of the year. We identified seasonal variation in the diet of woodrats at Pine Hills, Union County, Illinois, based on analysis of fecal pellets, and determined if they consumed forage in proportion to its availability in the habitat. Woodrats did not consume forage in proportion to availability for any season during 1995. Mast, primarily hickory nuts, comprised 61-67% of the diet each season, despite no mast available in the habitat during spring, and relatively little during summer. Few herbaceous species were eaten during …


1997-1998 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jan 1997

1997-1998 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.


1996-1997 Annual Report Of The Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Board Of Trustees Jan 1997

1996-1997 Annual Report Of The Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Reports of the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University - Archives

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Multiobjective Optimization Design With Pareto Genetic Algorithm, Franklin Y. Cheng, Dan Li Jan 1997

Multiobjective Optimization Design With Pareto Genetic Algorithm, Franklin Y. Cheng, Dan Li

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a constrained multiobjective (multicriterion, vector) optimization methodology by integrating a Pareto genetic algorithm (GA) and a fuzzy penalty function method. A Pareto GA generates a Pareto optimal subset from which a robust and compromise design can be selected. This Pareto GA consists of five basic operators: reproduction, crossover, mutation, niche, and the Pareto-set filter. The niche and the Paretoset filter are defined, and fitness for a multiobjective optimization problem is constructed. A fuzzy-logic penalty function method is developed with a combination of deterministic, probabilistic, and vague environments that are consistent with GA operation theory based on randomness …


Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis Of Positron Emission Tomography Images For The Detection Of Seizure Foci: Results In Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Jeffrey R. Tseng Jan 1997

Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis Of Positron Emission Tomography Images For The Detection Of Seizure Foci: Results In Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Jeffrey R. Tseng

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

No abstract provided.


Game Theory And Its Practical Applications, Angela M. Koos Jan 1997

Game Theory And Its Practical Applications, Angela M. Koos

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Game theory identifies players' optimal strategies in the face of interdependence and uncertainty . Games can be divided into two-person and n-person games, zero-sum and nonzero-sum games, and cooperative and non-cooperative games. Although this paper does not touch upon all of these aspects of game theory, it does offer a nice introduction of game theory and its applications for those who are not mathematical specialists.


Genetic Testing, Nature, And Trust, Anita Lafrance Allen Jan 1997

Genetic Testing, Nature, And Trust, Anita Lafrance Allen

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.


Phytochrome Gene Diversity, S. Mathews, R. A. Sharrock Jan 1997

Phytochrome Gene Diversity, S. Mathews, R. A. Sharrock

Faculty Publications

The structures and functions of the phytochrome apoprotein genes (the PHY genes), their diversity across the plant kingdom, and their evolution are central concerns in the study of red-light sensing in plants. We summarize here recent advances in two areas relating to these topics: (1) the characteristics of the PHY gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana, the higher plant species for which the most extensive information on these genes is available, and (2) the similarity relationships, phylogeny, and evolutionary implications of PHY gene sequences and partial sequences which have been described from various plants. Together, these two areas of study, one …


Information Capacity Of The Carbohydrate Code, Roger A. Laine Jan 1997

Information Capacity Of The Carbohydrate Code, Roger A. Laine

Faculty Publications

Capacity for information in biological molecules is traditionally thought to reside in the primary sequence of proteins and RNA, recorded in the DNA. With the exception of some RNA molecules, proteins, if not structural, carry their information in binding sites for substrates of reactions, or in binding sites for control molecules. Some proteins bind to complex carbohydrates in a carbohydrate-specific fashion, including enzymes, lectins and antibodies. These carbohydrates, assembled by sequential glycosyl transferases, also carry biological information, the other side of which is a binding protein that recognizes a specific sugar monosaccharides, sequence, anomerity, linkage, ring size, branching and substitution. …


Regulation Of Root-Associated Methanotrophy By Oxygen Availability In The Rhizosphere Of Two Aquatic Macrophytes, Aram Calhoun, Gary M. King Jan 1997

Regulation Of Root-Associated Methanotrophy By Oxygen Availability In The Rhizosphere Of Two Aquatic Macrophytes, Aram Calhoun, Gary M. King

Faculty Publications

The relative importance of oxygen for root-associated methanotrophy was examined by using sediment-free, intact freshwater marsh plants (Pontederia cordata and Sparganium eurycarpum) incubated in split chambers. The root medium contained approximately 100 μM methane. Methane oxidation was calculated from the difference between methane loss from chambers in the presence and absence of 1 mM 1-allyl-2-thiourea, a methanotrophic inhibitor. When the root medium was oxic, methane oxidation accounted for 88 and 63% of the total methane depletion for S. eurycarpum and P. cordata, respectively; the remainder represented diffusional loss to the atmosphere via roots, stems, and leaves. Under suboxic conditions, methane …


The Prevalence Of Hypertension In Seven Populations Of West African Origin, Richard Cooper, Charles Rotimi, Susan Ataman, Daniel Mcgee, Babatunde Osotimehin, Solomon Kadiri, Walinjom Muna, Samuel Kingue, Henry Fraser, Terrence Forrester, Franklyn Bennett, Rainford Wilks Jan 1997

The Prevalence Of Hypertension In Seven Populations Of West African Origin, Richard Cooper, Charles Rotimi, Susan Ataman, Daniel Mcgee, Babatunde Osotimehin, Solomon Kadiri, Walinjom Muna, Samuel Kingue, Henry Fraser, Terrence Forrester, Franklyn Bennett, Rainford Wilks

Faculty Publications

Objectives. This study was undertaken to describe the distribution of blood pressures, hypertension prevalence, and associated risk factors among seven populations of West African origin. Methods. The rates of hypertension in West Africa (Nigeria and Cameroon), the Caribbean (Jamaica, St. Lucia, Barbados), and the United States (metropolitan Chicago, Illinois) were compared on the basis of a highly standardized collaborative protocol. After researchers were given central training in survey methods, population-based samples of 800 to 2500 adults over the age of 25 were examined in seven sites, yielding a total sample of 10 014. Results. A consistent gradient of hypertension prevalence …


Residents’ Satisfaction With Nursing Homes, Hanna Pearce Plauche Jan 1997

Residents’ Satisfaction With Nursing Homes, Hanna Pearce Plauche

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.


Lsu General Catalog 1997-1998, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 1997

Lsu General Catalog 1997-1998, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.


Three-Species Monomer-Monomer Model: A Mean-Field Analysis And Monte Carlo Study, Kevin E. Bassler, Dana A. Browne Jan 1997

Three-Species Monomer-Monomer Model: A Mean-Field Analysis And Monte Carlo Study, Kevin E. Bassler, Dana A. Browne

Faculty Publications

We study the phase diagram and critical behavior of a one-dimensional three-species monomer-monomer catalytic surface reaction model. Static Monte Carlo simulations are used to roughly map out the phase diagram consisting of a reactive steady state bordered by three equivalent unreactive phases where the surface is saturated with one monomer species. The transitions from the reactive phase are all continuous, while the transitions between poisoned phases are first order. Of particular interest are the bicritical points where the reactive phase simultaneously meets two poisoned phases. A mean-field cluster analysis fails to predict all of the qualitative features of the phase …


Mean-Field Analysis And Monte Carlo Study Of An Interacting Two-Species Reaction Model, K. S. Brown, K. E. Bassler, D. A. Browne Jan 1997

Mean-Field Analysis And Monte Carlo Study Of An Interacting Two-Species Reaction Model, K. S. Brown, K. E. Bassler, D. A. Browne

Faculty Publications

We study the phase diagram and critical behavior of an interacting one-dimensional two-species monomer-monomer catalytic surface reaction model with a reactive phase as well as two equivalent adsorbing phases where one of the species saturates the system. The model depends on two parameters: the relative adsorption rates of the two species and a repulsive interaction between like neighbors. A mean-field analysis including correlations up to triplets of sites fails to reproduce the phase diagram found by Monte Carlo simulations. The three phases coexist at a bicritical point whose critical behavior is described by the even branching annihilating random-walk universality class. …


Variability Of A Vestigial Structure: First Metacarpal In Colobus Guereza And Ateles Geoffroyi, Robert G. Tague Jan 1997

Variability Of A Vestigial Structure: First Metacarpal In Colobus Guereza And Ateles Geoffroyi, Robert G. Tague

Faculty Publications

A tenet of evolutionary theory is that, under conditions of stabilizing selection, phenotypic variability is inversely related to selection intensity. Correspondingly, a nonfunctional, vestigial structure is expected to be highly variable relative to its functional homologue. This study tests the hypothesis that species with a vestigial pollex, Colobus guereza and Ateles geoffroyi, have a first metacarpal whose length is both highly variable relative to, and poorly correlated with, the lengths of the other metapodials. The results are consistent with the hypothesis, though this combination of traits is also found in Presbytis rubicunda and Presbytis cristata. The latter two species have …


Effects Of Environmental Sodium Chloride On Percent Hatch, Yolk Utilization, And Survival Of Channel Catfish Fry, C. R. Weirich, T. R. Tiersch Jan 1997

Effects Of Environmental Sodium Chloride On Percent Hatch, Yolk Utilization, And Survival Of Channel Catfish Fry, C. R. Weirich, T. R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

Only limited research has addressed the effect of salinity on hatching of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus eggs, and no studies have evaluated the effect of salinity on fry development and survival. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of environmental sodium chloride (0, 1, 2, and 4 g/L NaCl) on percent hatch, yolk utilization, and survival of channel catfish fry. Experiments were conducted in recirculating systems using seven egg masses (1-2 d old). Each egg mass was divided into smaller portions which remained undissociated or were dissociated with sodium sulfite (NaSO3). Eggs were incubated until hatching. Wet and dry …


Roosting Behavior And Group Territoriality In American Crows, Donald F. Caccamise, Lisa M. Reed, Jerzy Romanowski, Philip C. Stouffer Jan 1997

Roosting Behavior And Group Territoriality In American Crows, Donald F. Caccamise, Lisa M. Reed, Jerzy Romanowski, Philip C. Stouffer

Faculty Publications

Cooperative groups of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) maintain group territories year-round while often traveling long distances to roost communally at night. Our goal was to discover how territorial crows resolve the conflict between the cohesive nature of group behavior with requirements of dispersal to roost communally. We color-marked crows to study group composition over two years, and radio-tagged crows to study movement among roosts, territories, and feeding areas. Most crows showed diurnal fidelity to the group territory throughout the year. Yet, most birds frequently left territories during the day to forage up to 4 km away. At night, crows roosted …


Interspecific Aggression In Formicarius Antthrushes? The View From Central Amazonian Brazil, P. C. Stouffer Jan 1997

Interspecific Aggression In Formicarius Antthrushes? The View From Central Amazonian Brazil, P. C. Stouffer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Human Mate Selection Based On Developmental Stability As Signaled Through Physical Attractiveness: An Assessment Of The Traits Used To Determine Attractiveness And The Evolutionary Mechanisms For Their Development, Erin H. Kimmerle Jan 1997

Human Mate Selection Based On Developmental Stability As Signaled Through Physical Attractiveness: An Assessment Of The Traits Used To Determine Attractiveness And The Evolutionary Mechanisms For Their Development, Erin H. Kimmerle

Nebraska Anthropologist

What are the criteria used to select a mate? Study of this question on non-human subjects has shown many organisms choose mates based on assessments of health, youthfulness, and fertility, as signaled through certain physical characteristics. Investigations into the mating behaviors of humans, cross-cultural studies of attractiveness, and current medical research link features of attractiveness with health and support the evolutionary perspective that beauty is more than an arbitrary cultural creation. The characteristics which males and females find attractive in the opposite sex are largely the results of the evolution of sexual selection and serve to inform potential mates of …


Starbucks Vs. Equal Exchange: Assessing The Human Costs Of Economic Globalization, Lindsey M. Smith Jan 1997

Starbucks Vs. Equal Exchange: Assessing The Human Costs Of Economic Globalization, Lindsey M. Smith

Nebraska Anthropologist

This paper discusses the impact of economic globalization on human populations and their natural environment. Trends leading to globalization, such as multilateral and bilateral trade agreements which reduce trading barriers between countries, are discussed. According to the economic principle of comparative advantage, all countries which specialize in what they can produce most efficiently should benefit equally from fair trade. Developing countries must increasingly rely on cheap labor and low environmental standards to compete for foreign investment and capital in the global economy. Observers argue that the market is not free enough to conect the long-term damage associated with export policies …


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 Jan 1997

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 …


Professor Richard Epstein And The New Zealand Employment Contracts Act: A Critique, Nick Wailes Jan 1997

Professor Richard Epstein And The New Zealand Employment Contracts Act: A Critique, Nick Wailes

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Methods Of Warfare That Cause Unnecessary Suffering Or Are Inherently Indiscriminate: A Memorial Tribute To Howard Berman, Roger S. Clark Jan 1997

Methods Of Warfare That Cause Unnecessary Suffering Or Are Inherently Indiscriminate: A Memorial Tribute To Howard Berman, Roger S. Clark

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.