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Contents, Marine Ornithology Jan 1997

Contents, Marine Ornithology

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Self-Efficacy And Health Locus Of Control In Pregnant Women Who Smoke As Compared To Those Who Do Not, Loann H. Stone Jan 1997

Self-Efficacy And Health Locus Of Control In Pregnant Women Who Smoke As Compared To Those Who Do Not, Loann H. Stone

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Rapd Pcr Analysis Of Cryptosporidium Parvum Isolates In The Upper Midwest, Kevin V. Shianna Jan 1997

Rapd Pcr Analysis Of Cryptosporidium Parvum Isolates In The Upper Midwest, Kevin V. Shianna

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Global Overfishing And The Spanish-Canadian Turbot War: Can International Law Protect The High-Seas Environment?, David R. Teece Jan 1997

Global Overfishing And The Spanish-Canadian Turbot War: Can International Law Protect The High-Seas Environment?, David R. Teece

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Whaling In Sand County: A Dialectical Hunt For Land Ethical Answers To Questions About The Morality Of Norwegian Minke Whale Catching, J. Baird Callicott Jan 1997

Whaling In Sand County: A Dialectical Hunt For Land Ethical Answers To Questions About The Morality Of Norwegian Minke Whale Catching, J. Baird Callicott

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection And Lesbian And Gay Rights, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 1997

Equal Protection And Lesbian And Gay Rights, Arthur S. Leonard

Articles & Chapters

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The International Whaling Commission And The Future Of Cetaceans: Problems And Prospects, William C. Burns Jan 1997

The International Whaling Commission And The Future Of Cetaceans: Problems And Prospects, William C. Burns

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Remembering Water: Overcoming Historical Amnesia In South Africa, Gabriel Carter Jan 1997

Remembering Water: Overcoming Historical Amnesia In South Africa, Gabriel Carter

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Testing Times For The World Court: Judicial Process And The 1995 French Nuclear Tests Case, Prudence Taylor Jan 1997

Testing Times For The World Court: Judicial Process And The 1995 French Nuclear Tests Case, Prudence Taylor

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Implementing Global Environmental Agreements In The Developing World, Gary C. Bryner Jan 1997

Implementing Global Environmental Agreements In The Developing World, Gary C. Bryner

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Forty-Ninth Meeting Of The International Whaling Commission: Charting The Future Of Cetaceans In The Twenty-First Century, William C.G. Burns Jan 1997

The Forty-Ninth Meeting Of The International Whaling Commission: Charting The Future Of Cetaceans In The Twenty-First Century, William C.G. Burns

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Reinventing And Reinvigorating The Earth Charter: A Civil Society Movement, Krista Singleton-Cambage Jan 1997

Reinventing And Reinvigorating The Earth Charter: A Civil Society Movement, Krista Singleton-Cambage

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Joint Declaration At Rio+5 Calls For Sustainable Development, Chad Wallace Jan 1997

Joint Declaration At Rio+5 Calls For Sustainable Development, Chad Wallace

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Desertification, Liz Turner Jan 1997

Desertification, Liz Turner

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Ecological Decline Of The Black Sea, Rebecca Adams Jan 1997

The Ecological Decline Of The Black Sea, Rebecca Adams

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Foraging Ecology And Habitat Selection Of The Yellow-Plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Ornatus) At Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia, Kellie Wilson Jan 1997

The Foraging Ecology And Habitat Selection Of The Yellow-Plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Ornatus) At Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia, Kellie Wilson

Theses : Honours

The foraging ecology and habitat selection of the Yellow-plumed Honeyeater was examined using observations and vegetation surveys at Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia. Foraging ecology data was collected over three seasons (autumn, winter and spring) in 1997 at three sites within Dryandra. Habitat selection studies involved 156 sites being surveyed for the presence or absence of the Yellow-plumed Honeyeater. The vegetation characteristics of the site were measured. Yellow-plumed Honeyeaters foraged by gleaning foliage most of the time. Bark and aerial foraging were also common. Birds clearly selected for tree height, preferring to forage on larger (older) trees which may be because …


The Impact Of Permaculture On The Above-Ground Mesofaunal Communities In The Perth Metropolitan Area, Ruth C. D'Sanges Jan 1997

The Impact Of Permaculture On The Above-Ground Mesofaunal Communities In The Perth Metropolitan Area, Ruth C. D'Sanges

Theses : Honours

Conventional agricultural practices (tillage, extensive application of synthetic fertilisers and biocides) exert substantial disturbance on soil ecosystems, consequently causing severe land degradation through loss of soil organic matter. These practices also place significant pressure on the soil inhabitants. However, permaculture systems practice non-tillage and extensive mulching. These non-tillage practices reduce the amount of perturbation on the litter invertebrates and encourage their abundances. The aims of this study were to describe the above-ground mesofaunal communities in the mulch layer of selected urban permaculture systems in the Perth Metropolitan area. This included determining the faunal abundance and diversity. Four permaculture sites were …


Blood, Sweat & Tears : The Photographs Of Bill Henson, Deborah Pearson Jan 1997

Blood, Sweat & Tears : The Photographs Of Bill Henson, Deborah Pearson

Theses : Honours

This study interprets, evaluates, and contributes to current theories and debates surrounding Bill Henson's photographs. Henson's photographs have been largely circulated as autonomous, fine-art "objects" and interpretations of this work have generally concentrated on representation/s of the body, emphasising the ephemeral and ambiguous. This study critically analyses such discourse so as to examine the assumptions that cluster around the body and bodily representation. The aim is not to judge the photographs, but to interrogate potentially different readings and interpretations. Recognising my own circumscription within this research, I remain self-critical toward my own conclusions. The methodology employed is interdisciplinary, bringing together …


Predation By Gambusia Holbrooki (Girard) (Pisces Poeciliidae) On Tadpoles : Feeding Trials And Microhabitat Utilisation In Two Contrasting Wetlands On The Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, Beate Sommer Jan 1997

Predation By Gambusia Holbrooki (Girard) (Pisces Poeciliidae) On Tadpoles : Feeding Trials And Microhabitat Utilisation In Two Contrasting Wetlands On The Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, Beate Sommer

Theses : Honours

Predation by non-native Gambusia spp. (somewhat inappropriately referred to as “Mosquitofish”) has been implicated in the decline of some frog populations overseas and in eastern Australia. Originally introduced to control mosquito larvae, Gambusia holbrooki are now widely distributed and abundant in wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain (Western Australia). Anecdotal evidence suggests that some frog populations on the Swan Coastal Plain may be declining. Through a series of laboratory feeding trials and a field survey conducted in a permanent and a seasonal wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain, this study investigated whether predation by G. holbrooki has the potential to …


Homozygosity Levels In Consanguineous Populations: A Study Of The Sankethi Community, Karnataka, India, Janet Cahill Jan 1997

Homozygosity Levels In Consanguineous Populations: A Study Of The Sankethi Community, Karnataka, India, Janet Cahill

Theses : Honours

The project has studied the inheritance of microsatellite alleles across four chromosomes within two multi-generation families from a highly endogamous community, the Sankethi of Karnataka, India. The two families each have members from four generations participating in the study. Finger prick blood samples and detailed pedigree information were collected from subjects in India. DNA was extracted from the blood spot samples using a phenol-chloroform technique, and analysed by spectrophotometry to determine DNA concentrations. Fluorescent markers from chromosomes 15, 16, 17 & 18 were amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques on a Perkin Elmer 96 well thermocycler. The PCR products …


A Critique Of The Advisory Opinion Of The International Court Of Justice On The Legality Of The Threat Or Use Of Nuclear Weapons, 8 July 1996 : The Nuclear Weapons Case, Christopher Hubbard Jan 1997

A Critique Of The Advisory Opinion Of The International Court Of Justice On The Legality Of The Threat Or Use Of Nuclear Weapons, 8 July 1996 : The Nuclear Weapons Case, Christopher Hubbard

Theses : Honours

The General Assembly of the United Nations, by Resolution, requested the International Court of Justice to give its Advisory Opinion on the following legal question: Is the threat or use of nuclear weapons in any circumstance permitted under Intemational law? The question raises a number of legal, political and moral issues which go to the heart of the development of public international law, and of relations between States in the United Nations era. Central to all such issues is the tension, both legal and political, which exists between the five declared nuclear weapon States (the Permanent Members of the United …


Have A Safe Trip: An Investigation Of Rituals And Sanctions Surrounding Lsd Use, David Wellbourne-Wood Jan 1997

Have A Safe Trip: An Investigation Of Rituals And Sanctions Surrounding Lsd Use, David Wellbourne-Wood

Theses : Honours

There is little recent literature which identifies social controls operating among illicit drug users in Perth, Western Australia. This hinders understanding of the local illicit drug scene and makes the formulation of appropriate harm reduction strategies difficult. This study is a qualitative investigation of rituals and social sanctions which surround the use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD). The research describes these rituals and sanctions, and examines their various functions for eight experienced users. The research adopted elements of a phenomenological approach, using in-depth semi-structured interviews to elicit a description of users' subjective experiences with LSD, and Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological analysis …


Love And Disease : The Humanism Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love In The Time Of Cholera, Alan Sheardown Jan 1997

Love And Disease : The Humanism Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love In The Time Of Cholera, Alan Sheardown

Theses : Honours

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Culture On Intergenerational Conflict : A Comparative Study Of Burmese Adolescents, Immigrant Burmese Adolescents, And Anglo-Australian Adolescents, Romana Lee Jan 1997

Influence Of Culture On Intergenerational Conflict : A Comparative Study Of Burmese Adolescents, Immigrant Burmese Adolescents, And Anglo-Australian Adolescents, Romana Lee

Theses : Honours

Is there a difference, in the level of conflict with parents, that migrant adolescents experience in comparison to that of non-migrant adolescents? According to the literature, adolescents and their parents in the minority cultural groups are likely to experience high levels of conflict which may result from conflicting cultural norms (Rosenthal, 1984; Ghuman, 1975, Di J\.1arco, 1974, and Phinney, I 996). The present study was conducted with a sample of Burmese adolescents from Rangoon (Myamar), a sample of migrant Burmese adolescents from Perth (Western Australia), and a sample of Anglo-Australian adolescents also from Perth, to investigate age, gender and cultural …


Scope Of Justice, Delegitimisation, Sentience And Ecosystemic Integrity As Predictors Of Protection, Rob Gulley Jan 1997

Scope Of Justice, Delegitimisation, Sentience And Ecosystemic Integrity As Predictors Of Protection, Rob Gulley

Theses : Honours

It is argued that the continuing environmental destruction results from an instrumental valuation of the non-human world. Fox's (1995) alternative intrinsic value approach to environmental protection is introduced. Two aspects of Fox's descriptive model may represent fundamental motives, or ethical bases, for behaviour. They are sentience -the quality of being capable of experiencing pain, and ecosystemic-integrity -the quality of contributing to the self-regenerating capacity of an ecosystem. The inconsistency between the presumed ethical bases for behaviour, and actual behaviour is noted. It is suggested that delegitimisation- the discounting of some desirable quality in a competitor during conflict, and the scope …


The Ms. Stereotype : Could It Be A Health Risk?, Phillip Van Der Klift Jan 1997

The Ms. Stereotype : Could It Be A Health Risk?, Phillip Van Der Klift

Theses : Honours

Two studies extend previous findings of stereotyping (a) within the nursing context (Ganong, 1993; Ganong & Coleman, 1992, Ganong et al., 1988), and (b) in relation to female title of address (Dion, 1987; Dion & Cota, 1991; Dion & Schuller, 1991; Heilder, 1975). Against the theoretical background of person perception theory and its influence upon the therapeutic nurse client relationship, study 1 investigates the extent to which nurses' stereotype a vignetted female client on the basis of title of address. Fifty registered nurses from two hospitals rated their impressions and subsequent expectations of a vignetted client on the First Impressions …


Vol. Ix_Issue 1_February 1997, Puntos De Vista - Westside Neighborhood , Santa Fe Jan 1997

Vol. Ix_Issue 1_February 1997, Puntos De Vista - Westside Neighborhood , Santa Fe

Puntos de Vista: A Westside Neighborhood Newsletter (1989-1998), Santa Fe, NM

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Personality Characteristics Of Male And Female Engineering Students, Erin Beth Williams Jan 1997

A Comparison Of Personality Characteristics Of Male And Female Engineering Students, Erin Beth Williams

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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between personality characteristics of female and male freshmen, engineering students. A secondary purpose was to ascertain whether personality characteristics of freshmen, engineering students were different from those of general collegiate students of the same sex. The Millon Index of Personality Styles (MIPS) was administered to a sample of 72 female and 86 male freshmen, engineering students at a private midwestern engineering institution. The MIPS college normative sample of 1,600 college students was used as a comparison group. A total of 24 personality characteristics were assessed in the domains of motivation aims, …


An Evaluation Of Parent And Teacher Rating Scales As Predictors Of The T.O.V.A. Measures Of Inattention, Impulsivity, Response Time And Variability, Nancy Claire Kiger Jan 1997

An Evaluation Of Parent And Teacher Rating Scales As Predictors Of The T.O.V.A. Measures Of Inattention, Impulsivity, Response Time And Variability, Nancy Claire Kiger

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This study evaluated the relationship of six parent and eight teacher rating scales to the T.O.V.A. measures of Inattention, Impulsivity, Response Time and Variability. Subjects consisted of 88 children 6 through 14 years of age, referred by teachers and parents to a school psychologist in a small midwestern community for evaluation of ADHD symptomatology. These students attended school at four public elementary schools and three private religious elementary schools. Sixty-eight subjects were males and twenty subjects were females. Each child was administered the T.O.V.A. by a school psychologist. Parents filled out the BASC:PRS, CPRS-48, and the ADHD Rating Scale. Teachers …


Concerns And Perceptions Of Parents Of Children And Adolescents With Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Stephen Gerard Viola Jan 1997

Concerns And Perceptions Of Parents Of Children And Adolescents With Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Stephen Gerard Viola

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The study investigated the concerns and perceptions of parents of children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD). Parental concerns regarding behaviors, skill deficits, and settings were identified as well as the helpfulness of interventions and professionals. The Parent Perception Opinionnaire for Parents of Children and Adolescents with ADHD was constructed. Data were collected from 112 members of a parent support group. The data were summarized according to ages 8 and less (primary), ages 9 through 11 (intermediate) and ages 12 through 17 (secondary). The highest ranked concerns of parents were symptoms of inattention, distractibility and hyperactivity. Regarding skills deficits, highest concerns …