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Who Needs Congress? An Agenda For Administrative Reform Of The Endangered Species Act, J.B. A. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article comprehensively examines the history and content of the numerous administrative reforms of the Endangered Species Act program carried out under the tenure of Department of the Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. The assessment is that these reforms provide a tremendous impetus for innovation of species conservation.

Chondrocranial Anatomy And Skeletogenesis In Dendrobates Auratus, Rafael O. De Sá, Shannon Hill

Biology Faculty Publications

The larval chondrocranium and visceral skeleton of Dendrobates auratus ls described and compared with those of other dendrobatids. Four characters, i.e. lack of fusion between orbital cartilages and otic capsules, wide processus muscularis palatoquadrati, lack of processus pseudopterygoideus, and lack of processus anterolateralis hyalis, represent derived conditions for Dendrobates within Dendrobatidae. Cranial and postcranial ossification sequences are reported for D. auratus and Epipedobates tricolor. Skeletogenesis is earlier in E. tricolor, but the overall pattern of ossification is similar in the two species.

William Butler Yeats And The Cuchulain Cycle, Zhibo Wang

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Teacher Involvement In Classroom-Based Intervention For Vocabulary Acquisition And Classroom Communication Skills, Alexis A. Paramboukas

Masters Theses

The present study investigated curricular vocabulary acquisition in children enrolled in grades kindergarten through third. A collaborative classroom-based treatment approach was compared with a classroom-based "SLP-teach" method of intervention. Children at the collaborative school received a curricular language lesson in the classroom which was team taught by the classroom teacher and speech-language pathologist. The speech-language pathologist and classroom teacher met weekly to determine curricular vocabulary words and materials for the lessons. Children at the SLP-teach school received the same curricular language lessons, however, the classroom teachers were not present during the lessons and collaborative planning did not occur between the …

Habitat Selection, Reproductive Success, And Impaling Patterns Of A Migratory Population Of Loggerhead Shrikes, Jeffrey D. Esely Jr.

Masters Theses

I studied habitat selection and reproductive success of a migratory population of Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus migrans) as well as the temporal and spatial patterns of impaling exhibited by this population during the nesting season. The selection of breeding habitat was investigated at different spatial scales. Thirty-eight (67%) of 57 nests were located in osage orange (Maclura pomifera) trees. Shrike territories (area ≤ 200 m from nest site) contained significantly more pasture, fenceline, and perch sites, but less com, alfalfa, and forest than random sites. At larger spatial scales, more grassland was detected within 300 m …

A Comparison Of Blood Cholesterol Levels And The Intake Of Dietary Trans Fatty Acids In Post-Menopausal Women, Bridget Cartwright

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between dietary trans fatty acids and levels of total serum cholesterol, high and low density lipoproteins, and the ratio of total serum cholesterol to HDL in apparently healthy post-menopausal women.

Subjects (n = 21) were current members of the Eastern Illinois University Adult Fitness Program. All were moderately active Caucasian women determined to be post-menopausal and not taking hormone replacement therapy or lipid lowering medications. Mean age of the subjects was 69.1 ± 9.1 years.

Dietary intakes were assessed with the use of a multiple day food record and personal …

No Place To Stand: The Supreme Court's Refusal To Address The Merits Of Congressional Members' Line-Item Veto Challenge In Raines V. Byrd, James I. Alexander

Journal of Law and Policy

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Equitable Equivalents: Biotechnology And The Doctrine Of Equivalents After Warner-Jenkinson Co. V. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., Lawrence S. Graham

Journal of Law and Policy

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One-Half Phen In The Morning/One Fen Before Dinner: A Proposal For Fda Regulation Of Off-Label Uses Of Drugs, Jaime A. Wilsker

Journal of Law and Policy

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Permitting Employers To Violate Employees' Civil Rights: The Griffin V. Eller Exemption From Washington's Law Against Discrimination, Jonathan A. Moskowitz

Journal of Law and Policy

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Private Religious Choice In German And American Constitutional Law: Government Funding And Government Religious Speech, Ingrid Wuerth

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The sharply contested religion cases from Germany in the late 1990s...point to problems with our growing reliance on private religious choice analysis that demand our attention in both government funding and speech cases. To understand the problems of funding religious groups in neutral programs, we must back up and ask the foundational question: what goals may the government pursue with its funding? The broader those goals are defined, the greater the potential distortion of private religious choice, through either inclusion or exclusion from the programs. To fully make sense of government funding and the Establishment Clause, we must consider its …

Judicial Independence: Playing Politics With The Constitution, Suzanna Sherry

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

I begin with a question: why have a conference on judicial independence? To find the answer, one need only read the newspapers. Judicial independence-as well as its political counterpart, judicial impeachment-is a hot topic these days because some in Congress have threatened to impeach judges for delivering unpopular decisions. So I take as my subject in this Essay the question of whether the constitutional provisions safeguarding judicial independence protect judges against impeachment for issuing rulings that Congress considers erroneous or even loathsome. When we talk about judicial independence, we have to separate two questions. The first question is the extent …

Taming The Suburban Amoeba In The Ecosystem Age: Some Do's And Don'ts, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Urban central cities present a host of environmental problems including, but not limited to, industrial pollution, brownfields, smog, and environmental injustice. Rural and agricultural areas also experience environmental degradations such as pesticide runoff, wetlands conversion, and overgrazing. Between these different bands of lifestyle and land use lie the suburbs, which present their own set of environmental policy issues. This Article focuses on one of those problems: the growth of suburban land area and what it means for emerging notions of ecosystem management and sustainable development at the local land use scale. Part I of the Article provides the demographic and …

Uptown Act: A History Of The Uniform Commercial Code: 1940-49, Allen R. Kamp

SMU Law Review

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Resisting The Inevitable: Universal And Particular Salvation In The Thought Of Robert Barclay, Hugh S. Pyper

Quaker Religious Thought

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Review Essay / Criminal Procedure As Constitutional Law, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

Book review and essay of The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles by Akhil Reed Amar.

Making Pets: Social Workers, Problem Groups, And The Role Of The Spca--Getting A Little More Precise About Racialized Narratives Commentary, Richard Delgado

Articles

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Rodrigo's Roadmap: Is The Marketplace Theory For Eradicating Discrimination A Blind Alley, Richard Delgado

Articles

No abstract provided.

Visionaire 24: Light Tom Ford For Gucci, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Christopher Bucklow

Visionaire

29 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 13 x 33 cm + 1 case (14 x 38 x 6 cm), Collaborated by Tom Ford and Gucci; related to the theme light; consisting of 24 translucent sheets with photographic reproductions of various artists' work, plus instruction sheet, batteries and lighter panel for viewing the images. Twenty-four transparencies to be viewed in a black lucite light-box case. Also one transparent title leaf and four non-transparent leaves (half title, directions, credits, limited edition statement), all 13 x 33 cm. Housed in custom-built slipcase (black lucite slipcase with inner hard foam case containing …

Recommendations For An Environmentally Sound Federal Policy On Western Water, Reed D. Benson

Faculty Scholarship

The organizations and individuals who have produced this report have worked for years to promote environmentally sound federal policy and action with respect to water in the American West. The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission's (the "Commission") evaluation of these issues presents an excellent opportunity to address long-standing concerns. We believe the Commission can help advance federal policy to promote sustainable use, management and protection of western waters. We begin with a brief look at current water problems in the West from our perspective. We then identify four general priorities for the federal government: taking steps toward restoring more …

The Legal Profession And Its Future: Recapturing The Ideal Of The Statesman-Lawyer, Timothy J. Sullivan

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Criminal Statutes To Regulate Financial Markets In The United States, Paul Marcus

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Notes On Distributional Records And Some Characteristics Of Five Carnivorespecies (Mammalia: Carnivora) In Turkey, Şakir Özkurt, Mustafa Sözen, Nuri Yi̇ği̇t, Ercüment Çolak

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study, carnivore specimens such as Herpestes ichneumon, Hyaena hyaena, Meles meles, Vulpes vulpes, Lutra lutra from various localities were evaluated based on external and cranial morphology, and then were compared with the published papers. Thus, the present status in Turkey of these species along with distribution records were evaluated.

A Study On Ecology And Biology Of Microtus Guentheridanford And Alston,1880 (Mammalia: Rodentia) In Turkey, Ercüment Çolak, Mustafa Sözen, Nuri Yi̇ği̇t, Şakir Özkurt

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study, ecology and biology of Microtus guentheriwere investigated based on both field and laboratory observations along with its effects on agricultural crops. It was determined that this vole has a shallow burrow with numerous entrances and does not store food in its burrow. In captivity, M. guentherigave litters from September to June and a female produced 42 pups, being seven litters during a reproduction season. The duration of pregnancy varied 20 to 21 days. The average litter size was 5.5 and young were born in an average weight of 3.3 g. The fur developed at an age of …

Comparative Toxicological Studies Of Rb-A (Neem Extract) And Coopex(Permethrin+Bioallethrin) Against Sitophilus Oryzae With Reference Totheir Effects On Oxygen Consumption And Got, Gpt Activity, Mohammad Arshad Azmi, Syed Naimul Hasan Naqvi, Muhammed Farhanullah Khan, Kahkashan Akhtar, Farah Younus Khan

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The toxicity of a neem extract RB-a in comparison with a pyrethroid, Coopex, was studied along with their effects on GPT and GOT activities and oxygen consumption in S. oryzae. The LD 50 value of Coopex was found to be 6.128 \mug/cm 2 whereas RB-a was found not to be an acute contact poison. Even at a dose of 1257 \mug/cm 2 it could cause 34% mortality of S. oryzae. The oxygen consumption under the effects of Coopex was found to decline less i.e. at 6.12 \mug/cm 2 from 0.0005191 to 0.0006589, as compared to RB-a where the rate of …

Determination Of The Toxicities Of Fenpropathrin (Pyrethroid) And Neemformulation (Rb-A+Pbo+Tx-100) Against Alphitobius Diaperinus Adults Andtheir Effects On Transaminases, Rahila Tabassum, Syed Naimul Hasan Naqvi, Musarrat Jahan, Syed Mohammad Nurulain, Mohammad Farhanullah Khan, Mohammad Arshad Azmi

Turkish Journal of Zoology

This report describes the determination of the toxicity of two pesticides, neem formulation (RB-a+PBO+Tx-100) and fenpropathrin, on Alphitobius diaperinus adults. The mortalities caused by the two compounds were found to be 70% for a 117.8\mug/cm 2 dose of neem formulation, and 88% for a 1.96 \mug/cm 2 dose of synthetic pyrethroid, fenpropathrin (Danitol). The LD 50 value of Danitol was found to be 0.2749 \mug/cm 2 , and that of neem formulation was found to be 58.92 \mug/cm 2 . Danitol-treated Alphitobius diaperinus adults showed inhibitions of 44.66% and 45.91% in GPT and GOT activity, respectively, Whereas insects treated with …

Biomass Analysis Of Dominant Zooplanktonic Organisms Living In Lakemogan (Turkey), Nuray Emir Akbulut

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study carbon-length regression was established for Arctodiaptomus bacilliferand length-weight relationships were established for Diaphanosoma lacustris, Keratella quadrata and Filinia longiseta, which are abundant in Lake Mogan. Great individual variation was determined in the carbon and nitrogen contents of Arctodiaptomus bacillifer, Furthermore, the length-weight regressions varied greatly for the, other zooplanktonic organisms according to sampling dates and, for some, to sampling points.

Influence Of Sediment On Heavy Metal Uptake By The Polychaete Arenicola Marina, Levent Bat

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study, the suitability of the polychaete Arenicola marina as a test organism using clean intertidal sediment contaminated with copper, zinc and cadmium was evaluated. Metal levels in casts were significantly lower than in unworked sediment indicating that the bioturbatory activity of lugworms might be significant in the distribution of the pollutants. This study showed that sediments contaminated with specific pollutants affected the uptake of these pollutants by Arenicola in a predictable and dose–dependant way and gave further justification for the use of this species in sediment toxicity tests.

Ultrastructural Study On The Ovarian Wall And The Oviduct Of The Asellus Aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda), B. Melike Erkan

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study the ovarium, ovarian wall and oviduct of Asellus aquaticus ( A. aquaticus) (Crustacea: Isopoda) were investigated by stereomicroscopy, phase contrast microscopy and light microscopy. Long, tube-shaped, separate ovaries of A. aquaticus are located dorsolateral to the gut. The germinal zone is confined to the ventral region of the ovary as a thin band. The ovarian wall is composed of a few fibrous layers. The oviduct is located in the anterior one-third of the ovary, not in the central part. The sheath of the oviduct was found to possess some muscle cells, a feature first noted in this …

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Turkish Journal of Zoology

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