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Identifying Stored-Grain Insects Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, F. E. Dowell, James E. Throne, D. Wang, J. E. Baker

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Proper identification of insects in grain storage facilities is critical for predicting development of pest populations and for making management decisions. However, many stored-grain insect pests are difficult to identify, even for trained personnel. We examined the possibility that near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy could be used for taxonomic purposes based on the premise that every species may have a unique chemical composition. Tests were conducted with 11 species of beetles commonly associated with stored grain. Spectra from individual insects were collected by using a near-infrared diode-array spectrometer. Calibrations were developed by using partial least squares analysis and neural networks. The neural …

Biocidal Efficacy And Potential Applications Of The Sparker System Plasma Arc As Applied To Water And Wastewater, Marcuslene Dewayne Harries

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Educating Today's Art Student : A Study Of Student Perceptions Of Teaching In A University Art Department, Carolynn Byars Lord

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Georgiana's Grand Tour : Georgiana Gholson Walker's European Diary November 1852-June 1853, Virginia Katherine Howell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Ghosts Of The South : Representations Of Southern Womanhood In Literature, Sarah H. Kloud

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Restoration Of Degraded Stream Corridors Using Vegetation : An Experimental Study, Taner Pirim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Endangered Species Act: Does "Endangered" Refer To Species, Private Property Rights, The Act Itself, Or All Of The Above?, Diana Kirchheim

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment will focus on the current problems of the ESA and suggest how the ESA can be rewritten to accommodate both environmental and private property interests. Section I will discuss procedure under the ESA. In Section II, the Comment examines the controversial "harm" definition frequently arising in ESA litigation. In Section III, the Comment will dispel the myth that the ESA is currently operating as originally intended and will discuss the reasons why private property owners criticize the current ESA. Section IV will examine a proposal for reauthorizing the ESA written by Senator Dirk Kempthorne (R-Idaho) that Congress failed …

No Vehicles In The Park, Pierre Schlag

Seattle University Law Review

This Article poses the question: what does the ordinance really mean? Trying to find out what the ordinance really means requires something that I will call "interpretation as retrieval." By this phrase, "interpretation as retrieval," I mean nothing terribly fancy. Interpretation as retrieval is the attempt to retrieve the meaning of an artifact or text-a meaning that is found in the artifact or text and that you, the interpreter, do not already have.

Prejudice And Facial Emotion : An Initial Investigation, Ann Elizabeth Kingsley Lange

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Modeling Of Channel Planform Evolution / By Fernando Toro, Fernando Toro

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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From Euclid, Through Chebychev, Toward The Prime Number Theorem / By Kimberly Rose Smith, Kimberly Rose Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Managerial Exclusion Under The National Labor Relations Act: Are Worker Participation Programs Next?, Bryan M. Churgin

Catholic University Law Review

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The Erosion Of Miranda: Stare Decisis Consequences, Leslie A. Lunney

Catholic University Law Review

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Mandatory Arbitration And Employment Discrimination: The Unfair Law, Eric A. Hernandez

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Cytogenetic Assignment Of 53 Microsatellites From The Usda-Marc Porcine Genetic Map, N. L. Lopez-Corrales, C. W. Beattie, G. A. Rohrer

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

This study provides 53 new fluorescent in situ hybridization cytogenetic assignments for microsatellite markers linked to the swine genetic map. Forty microsatellites are physically assigned for the first time. The chromosomal locations of eight markers were either confirmed or refined, while five loci were assigned to locations different from those given in previous reports. Markers were selected to provide physical anchors based on their presumed proximity to centromeres or telomeres and at approximately 30 cM invervals across the genetic map. The number of physical anchors for pig (SSC) chromosomes 8, 15, and 18 linkage groups was significantly improved. Centromeric regions …

Parental Rights And The Ugly Duckling, Margaret F. Brinig, F. H. Buckley

Journal Articles

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" is best remembered for its moral, "To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg." Having read and thought about this story many times, we should like to suggest another, less heart-warming, interpretation. The story of the Ugly Duckling, that most resilient of cygnets, masks the tragedy of children who suffer abuse. Its message, that personal spirit will triumph when a child grows up, misrepresents the experience of many victimized children. If we wait for the child to …

Retribution: Punishment's Formative Aim, John M. Finnis

Journal Articles

This Article explores the theoretical underinnings of punishment, in light of statements made about punishment in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Signifying Nothing?: Martin Ritt's The Sound And The Fury (1959) As Deconstructive Adaptation, Walter C. Metz

Publications

This essay defends Martin Ritt's film version of The Sound and the Fury (1959), starring Yul Brynner as a Cajun Jason Compson, traditionally positioned as one of the most ill-conceived film adaptations ever made, by highlighting how an academic modernist reading of the works of William Faulkner overwrites the intriguing possibilities of melodrama.

Review: Weaving Knowledge Together, Christina Murphy

The Writing Center Journal

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Influence Of Dna Sequence On The Energetics Of Actinomycin D-Dna Interactions / By Yujin Wang, Yujin Wang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Influence Of Trunk Modelling In 3d Biomechanical Analysis Of Simple And Complex Lifting Tasks, Christian Larivière, Denis Gagnon

Études primaires

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Learning To Teach (English): Questions And Reflection In Student Teaching, Brian White

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Just A Click Away: The Double-Edged Sword Using The Internet In Research, Geoff Wickersham

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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When You Wish Upon . . . Story? Semantic Editing In The Fourth Grade, Gerald R. Oglan, Amy Donnelly

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Talking The Poem: Prelude And Interlude To Conferencing And Revision, Gloria D. Nixon-John

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Writing To Be Read: A Book To Build With, Edward Darling

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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New Polyether Toxins From Shellfish And Marine Phytoplankton: Isolation Studies And Development Of Analytical Methods, Alan G. Bishop

Theses

There are three classes of polyether toxins responsible for Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) world-wide. The causative toxins are okadaic acid (OA) and derivatives (DTXs), pectenotoxins (PTXs) and yessotoxins (YTXs). The origin of these toxins are phytoplankton from Dinophysis or Prorocentrum spp. OA has been demonstrated for most outbreaks in Europe and more recently a new isomer DTX-2 has been reported in Ireland.

Marine phytoplankton biomass samples consisting predominantly of Dinophysis acuta, were acquired using a large double plankton net from waters off the South-west coast of Ireland. Analysis of unialgal samples using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence and …

Weighting Unusual Feature Types, Nicholas Howe, Claire Cardie

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Feature weighting is known empirically to improve classification accuracy for k-nearest neighbor classifiers in tasks with irrelevant features. Many feature weighting algorithms are designed to work with symbolic features, or numeric features, or both, but cannot be applied to problems with features that do not fit these categories. This paper presents a new k-nearest neighbor feature weighting algorithm that works with any kind of feature for which a distance function can be defined. Applied to an image classification task with unusual set-like features, the technique improves classification accuracy significantly. In tests on standard data sets from the UCI repository, the …

Test 1762: Agco Lt85 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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Test 1765: Case Ih Mx 200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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