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Energetics Of Larval Swimming And Metamorphosis In Four Species Of Bugula (Bryozoa), Dean E. Wendt

Biological Sciences

The amount of energy available to larvae during swimming, location of a suitable recruitment site, and metamorphosis influences the length of time they can spend in the plankton. Energetic parameters such as swimming speed, oxygen consumption during swimming and metamorphosis, and elemental carbon and nitrogen content were measured for larvae of four species of bryozoans, Bugula neritina, B. simplex, B. stolonifera, and B. turrita. The larvae of these species are aplanktotrophic with a short free-swimming phase ranging from less than one hour to a maximum of about 36 hours. There is about a fivefold difference in larval volume …

Trans-Holocene Marine Mammal Exploitation On San Clemente Island, California: A Tragedy Of The Commons Revisited, Judith F. Porcasi, Terry L. Jones, L. Mark Raab

Social Sciences

Occupied from ca. 7040 B.C. to AD. 1400, the Eel Point Site (CA-SCLI-43) on San Clemente Island, California represents one of the longest sequences of near-continuous marine resource exploitation on the west coast of North America. Faunal remains suggest transitions from heavy exploitation of fur seals and sea lions during the early Holocene, to increased hunting of cetaceans at mid-Holocene, to a focus on sea otters and fish during the late Holocene. These trends are consistent with patterns of overexploitation and economic intensification on the California and Oregon mainland, but they also suggest watercraft-based hunting earlier on the island than …

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included Running Water Press (a call for papers and articles), and Earth Mentoring Institute & Hawk Circle Programs.

Wwii Ordnance Still Haunts Europe And The Asia-Pacific Rim, Margaret S. Busé

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Explosives and mines from WWI and WWII still turn up on European and Asian construction sites, backyard gardens, beaches, wildlife preserves and former military training ground. For most countries, these discoveries are not isolated incidents but are the result of hastily cleared ammunition dumps, training ground, bombings and mine fields from these wars. In the United Kingdom, over 20 percent of the entire landmass has, at one time, been used for military training. This military training has resulted in uncovered ordnance that dates from cannon and musket balls to modern weapons. Many of the older U.K. ranges can contain an …

The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 4.2 (2000), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Deminers, Manual Demining & Their Personal Protection

Ua11/1 On Campus Vol. 10, No. 3, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Insect Cellular Reactions To The Lipopolysaccharide Component Of The Bacterium Serratia Marcescens Are Mediated By Eicosanoids, Jon C. Bedick, R L. Pardy, R. W. Howard, David W. Stanley

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Nodulation, which begins with the formation of cellular microaggregates, is the predominant cellular defense reaction to bacterial infections in insects. We suggested that these reactions to bacterial infections are mediated by eicosanoids. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) component of some bacterial cells stimulates defense reactions in mammals and insects. Here, we report on experiments designed to test the hypothesis that eicosanoids mediate microaggregation reactions to LPS. Injections of LPS (purified from the bacterium, Serratia marcescens) into larvae of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus, stimulated microaggregation reactions in a dose-dependent manner. Treatments with eicosanoid-biosynthesis inhibitors immediately prior to LPS challenge sharply …

Volume 29, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

No abstract provided.

Mixing At Young Ages Reduces Fighting In Unacquainted Domestic Pigs, Anton D. Pitts, Daniel M. Weary, Edmond A. Pajor, David Fraser

Agonistic Behavior Collection

Under normal farming practices, piglets from different litters are often mixed around the time of weaning, and a high incidence of fighting and minor injuries often occur. The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of age on the incidence of fighting in piglets mixed before weaning, at different ages between 5 and 26 days. We found no significant relationship between age and the likelihood that a pair of piglets would fight during the first 75 min after mixing. However, the duration of the first fight observed increased from 101±38 s at 5 days to 621±278 s at …

Escapades On Third Street: Chapters 2-4, Gregory E. Rutledge

Department of English: Faculty Publications

It’s early summer, 1971, and school has just recessed. Benjamin Thomas, a typical eleven-year-old boy, has his hopes set on three months of escapades unchecked by the tedium of teachers and books and classrooms. The first few weeks of unadulterated storytelling, exuberant play at The Park, treasure hunting in Piney Forest, rescuing ripe fruit from neighbors’ trees, and a host of deeds and misdeeds, send Ben, his sisters, and his best friends well on their way to an unforgettable summer of fun. . . But then Vincent Solomon comes to town, bringing with him the ideals and enthusiasm of the …

Delivering Copper Within Plant Cells, Edward Himelblau, Richard M. Amasino

Biological Sciences

Two genes recently identified in Arabidopsis thaliana may be involved in sequestering free copper ions in the cytoplasm and delivering copper to post-Golgi vesicles. The genes COPPER CHAPERONE and RESPONSIVE TO ANTAGONIST1 are homologous to copper-trafficking genes from yeast and humans. This plant copper-delivery pathway is required to create functional ethylene receptors. The pathway may also facilitate the transport of copper from senescing leaf tissue. In addition, several other genes have been identified recently that may have a role in copper salvage during senescence.

Harbor Voices : Vol 1, No 5 - Jun 2000, Jenny Ruth Yasi

Harbor Opinion/Harbor Voices, 2000 - 2001

Harbor Opinion was founded with a mission to "cultivate storytelling among the neighborhoods of Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, and the Islands." The focus of the publication was on fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction rather than on news reporting.

Peaks Island Star : June 2000, Vol. 20, Issue 6, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2000

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Functional Significance Of The Upregulation Of Adhesion Molecules On Irradiated Endothelial Cells, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Ionizing radiation is a major therapy for cancer. Damage to the endothelium and upregulation of inflammatory responses are major side effects of radiotherapy, but the mechanisms behind these processes are not clear. A key component of the inflammatory response is leukocytes adhesion to the endothelium in a multi-step process involving leukocyte tethering to the endothelium, followed by rolling, firm adhesion/spreading and extravasation. Adhesion molecules mediate this process, particularly, E-selectin and ICAM-1, which are inducible adhesion molecules. E-selectin is involved in the initial tethering and rolling steps of the adhesion cascade while ICAM-1 appears to be involved in the latter steps. …

A Quality Future For Recreational Fishing On The West Coast., West Coast Recreational Fishing Working Group

Fisheries Management Papers

The West Coast Region between Kalbarri and Augusta offers a wide range of recreational fishing opportunities.The West Coast Region also receives more fishing pressure than any other, with an estimated 380 000 anglers fishing each year. Already, the signs of a fishery under pressure are showing. Catch rates of dhufish around inshore reef systems such as the Three-mile are a far cry from the 1950s and 60s when people beachlaunched wooden dinghies to fish the inshore waters for these highly prized fish. Increasing pressure on stocks has led to growing community concerns that the future quality of recreational fishing is …

Aquaculture Plan For The Recherche Archipelago, Fisheries Western Australia.

Fisheries Management Papers

Land supply and land cost for aquaculture may become a limiting factor in the foreseeable future. At present, adequate appropriately zoned land is available at reasonable cost. The most prospective land for aquaculture in or near Esperance is where suitable zoned land occurs over saline ground water aquifers or adjacent to the coast. Careful site selection would be necessary to ensure water supply, waste water disposal, services and operational space can be achieved at reasonable cost.

Fisheries Research Report No. 122 - Western Rock Lobster Mail Surveys Of Licensed Recreational Fishers 1986/87 To 1998/99, Roy Melville-Smith, Sonia M. Anderton

Fisheries Research Reports

Information on the catch, effort and fishing characteristics of recreational rock lobster fishers has been collected in Western Australia (WA) since 1986, by an annual mail survey of a randomly selected sample of rock lobster licence holders. Over the period 1986-1999, the number of licensed recreational rock lobster fishers in WA has approximately doubled, from 15,249 (1987/88) to 32,768 (1998/99), and the estimated catch has nearly tripled, from 219 tonnes (1987/88) to 626 tonnes (1998/99). These estimates have not attempted to take into account illegal catches.

Of those who do fish, approximately 65% of recreational rock lobster licence holders exclusively …

Is Local Government The Equivalent Of State Government For Purposes Of The Market Participant Exception To The Dormant Commerce Clause?, Jason Baranski

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

2000 Summer Public Record, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

Public Record

No abstract provided.

Pursuing Transparency Through Science Courts, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

[Excerpt] "The frequency and magnitude of risks and benefits are facts. The acceptability of risks associated with particular benefits is not. In the best of all worlds, normative choices based on facts would be made directly by persons at risk. We do not have the best of all worlds. As we move from consumer to occupational and environmental risks, political transparency increasingly must substitute for individual autonomy. When we cannot each have our way, we should be able to decide which facts are important, to have access to such facts and to be able to influence decisions based on them."

Research View, June/July 2000

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

NCUR Notes: Students showcase research and creative efforts at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Dog Days of Summer: Aimee Hurt's bear scat study was made possible through IBS-CORE, a program that funds projects for undergraduate researchers

Montana Academy of Sciences: High school students and professionals from around the state are "part of a community," thanks to this science organization

Joint Effort: Astronaut Jerry Ross gives a tour of the International Space Station

Lost in Space Camp: Kids learned about rockets, teachers received GIS training and the public saw stunning NASA images at the Big …

Policy After Politics: How Should The Next Administration Approach Public Land Management In The Western States?, The Andrus Center For Public Policy

Research and Reports

No abstract provided.

Leaming From An Outdoor Education Hero, Clifford Knapp

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Curiosity seized me and when L.B. paused, I raised my hand and asked, "What's that bird?" L. B. thought for a moment and then replied, "I don't know: why don't you go and find out?" His response was surprising because I thought he would give the bird's name and want me to stay for the rest of his lecture. I blurted out, "Do you mean right now?" He said "Yes, right now, before the bird flies away". Somewhat reluctantly, I left the group and eventually discovered the mystery bird was a yellow-billed cuckoo. Now I realize that L.B. knew the …

Shafer Court Connections (2000-06)

Shafer Court Connections, 1994-2010

For alumni of the Academic Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Nebline, June 2000

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Biosolids: A Valuable Resource Benefits Lancaster County Farmers and Taxpayers
Propagation of Shrubs from Softwood Cuttings
Blue Flowers for the Garden
Think About Apple Maggot Control Now
To DEET or not To DEET
Extension Head Lice Videotape Wins National Award!
I’ve Got GOPHERS in My Garden!
Using Summer Annual Forage Grasses to Stretch Pastures in a Dry Year
SNAP Aiming for Late Summer Start Date
Hog Prices
The Marketing Plan
Control Weeds and Woody Plants
Farmers’ Markets on the Rise in Lincoln
Pine Wilt Disease Deadly to Pines
Soyfoods - A Serving a Day......
Healthy Eating
Focus on Food
What …

Ard News June 2000

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Comments from the Dean
Special Federal Formula Funds for Support of Research
Barta Brothers Ranch Development
Land-Grant Universities Stimulate Economic Growth
Grant and Contract Income Obtained by ARD Units During the Last Four Calendar Years
Average Unit Outputs Exceed ARD Goals for FY 99
Foundation Seed Division Hires New Director
Innovative and High Risk Research Program
ARD Interdisciplinary Research Grants Program
Layman Awards
New or Revised Projects
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Grants and Contracts Received April and May 2000
1999 Graduate Student Numbers
1999 Graduate Student Survey

Computers In The Classroom – Do They Really Make A Difference In Student Learning?, Colleen Fitzgerald

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if the utilization of computers in the classroom would increase student learning. The participants were eighty-two seventh grade students from Demarest Middle School in Demarest, New Jersey. The students were organized into four heterogeneously mixed classes. The study was conducted over approximately two weeks. All students received introductory instruction on amphibians and frog anatomy and physiology. Two classes then completed the traditional specimen dissection, while the other two classes completed a computer-simulated dissection. The classes then switched and performed the alternative dissection procedure. Their performance was measured by the results on the …

Automation Technology In Elementary Technology Education, Esa-Matti Järvinen, Jukka Hiltunen

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

2000-06-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

A Midsummer Night's Dream--A Creole Creation: Directing Shakespeare In A High School Setting, Laurel Renee Kash

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

A full-length production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream was rehearsed and performed at Sunset High School in Portland, Oregon. The production was set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras in 1926. Research was conducted on Shakespeare's life, appropriate acting methods, and the play's historical and cultural context including lighting properties, setting, music, and costumes. Design concept statements were developed, the play was produced, and the experience was considered critically, both as an artistic production and as a learning experience.