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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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1999 Annual Report Of The Town Of Charlestown, New Hampshire., Charlestown Town Representatives

Charlestown, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Conservation Easement Grantors: Doing Good And Doing Well, Nancy Oppenheimer

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

Beginning in 2000, Colorado legislation authorized tax credits and cash refunds of up to $100,000 for grantors of conservation easements. Other benefits accruing to grantors are lower property tax rates, federal income tax credits and decreasing estate valuations subject to federal estate taxes. Private conservation easements preserve land for outdoor recreation, education, scenic views, open spaces, historic properties and protect relatively natural habitat. Because the development rights are permanently transferred, conservation easements provide permanent protection from development regardless of shifts in political winds.

Vytis, Volume 86, Issue 1 (January 2000), Knights Of Lithuania

Vytis: The Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania

Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania national organization (United States); digitized and made available with the permission of the organization. Content may be protected by copyright.

Scwds Briefs: Volume 15, Number 4 (January 2000)

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

SCWDS BRIEFS
JANUARY 2000
Bovine tuberculosis (TB)
New Tick-borne Disease in the South
Dermacentor, Amblyomma, and Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis
Amblyomma americanum
Ixodes scapularis
"Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness"
Borrelia lonestari
Cowdria ruminantium
Amblyomma
A. cajennense, A. dissimile, and A. maculatum
Exotic Tortoise Ticks in Florida E. coli O157:H7 in Deer and Cattle
Kansas Bobwhites
Physaloptera.
Hemorrhagic Disease (HD) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wild Cervidae
Wildlife Disease Association (WDA)
New USGS Field Manual: Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds

Characterization And Improvement Of Eos Land Products Using Measurements At Ameriflux Grassland And Wheat Sites In The Arm/Cart Region: Research Annual Performance Report For Period March 1, 2000- February 28, 2001, E. A. Walter-Shea, S. B. Verma

School of Natural Resources: Documents and Reviews

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Boundary Controllability Of Thermoelastic Plates Via The Free Boundary Conditions, George Avalos, Irena Lasiecka

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Controllability properties of a partial differential equation (PDE) model describing a thermoelastic plate are studied. The PDE is composed of a Kirchoff plate equation coupled to a heat equation on a bounded domain, with the coupling taking place on the interior and boundary of the domain. The coupling in this PDE is parameterized by α > 0. Boundary control is exerted through the (two) free boundary conditions of the plate equation and through the Robin boundary condition of the temperature. These controls have the physical interpretation of inserted forces and moments and prescribed temperature, respectively, all of which act on the …

Shrinkage Of Inland Silverside Larvae Preserved In Ethanol And Formalin, Mandy K. Cunningham, William F. Granberry, Kevin L. Pope

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Length measurements of preserved larval fish are necessary in many types of larval fish surveys. If the fixative causes significant shrinkage, then the preserved lengths cannot be used to indicate accurate live lengths. The objective of this study was to determine how preservation in two different concentrations of formalin and ethanol affects the total length of larval inland silversides Menidia beryllina. Larvae were measured (nearest 0.1 mm) and individually fixed in one of four fixative treatments (80% ethanol, 100% ethanol, 5% buffered formalin, and 10% buffered formalin). Fish were remeasured (nearest 0.1 mm) at 15 min; 4 h; and …

The History Of Archeological Research At Medicine Creek Reservoir, Robert Blasing

United States National Park Service: Publications

Medicine Creek is a tributary which flows southeast into the Republican River, which in turn contributes to the Kansas River. The drainage basin is in southwest Nebraska and is about 75 km or 50 miles in length. It drains an area of slightly under 700 square miles.
Medicine Creek Reservoir (Reservoir) was completed in 1949. It was built primarily to control destructive flooding on both the Medicine and Republican drainages. It is also part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation Project, administered by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation).
The area around the Reservoir is covered by a deep mantel of wind blown …

Entropy Splitting And Numerical Dissipation, Helen C. Yee, M. J. Djomehri

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

A rigorous stability estimate for arbitrary order of accuracy of spatial central difference schemes for initial boundary value problems of nonlinear symmetrizable systems of hyperbolic conservation laws was established recently by Olsson and Oliger (1994, “Energy and Maximum Norm Estimates for Nonlinear Conservation Laws,” RIACS Report, NASA Ames Research Center) and Olsson (1995, Math. Comput. 64, 212) and was applied to the two-dimensional compressible Euler equations for a perfect gas by Gerritsen and Olsson (1996, J. Comput. Phys. 129, 245) and Gerritsen (1996, “Designing an Efficient Solution Strategy for Fluid Flows, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford). The basic building block in developing …

Parental Care And Clutch Sizes In North And South American Birds, Thomas E. Martin, P. R. Martin, C. R. Olson, B. J. Heidinger, J. J. Fontaine

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

The evolutionary causes of small clutch sizes in tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions are poorly understood. Alexander Skutch proposed 50 years ago that higher nest predation in the south constrains the rate at which parent birds can deliver food to young and thereby constrains clutch size by limiting the number of young that parents can feed. This hypothesis for explaining differences in clutch size and parental behaviors between latitudes has remained untested. Here, a detailed study of bird species in Arizona and Argentina shows that Skutch's hypothesis explains clutch size variation within North and South America. However, neither Skutch's hypothesis …

Place As Text: Approaches To Active Learning, Bernice Braid, Ada Long

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

INTRODUCTION, Bernice Braid
HONORS SEMESTERS: ANATOMY OF ACTIVE LEARNING, William Daniel
HONORS SEMESTERS: AN ARCHITECTURE OF ACTIVE LEARNING, Bernice Braid

OTHER STRUCTURAL MODELS OF ACTIVE LEARNING City as Text©, Bernice Braid
Faculty Development Institutes, William Daniel
Summer High School Field Experience, Bernice Braid
College Recruitment Exercise, Bernadette Low
Orientation Exercise, Bernadette Low
Professional Development Exercise, Bernadette Low
Other Courses, Bernadette Low

AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM, Shirley Forbes Thomas

ACTIVE LEARNING: ASSESSMENT OF HONORS SEMESTERS Internal Assessment, Ann Raia
External Assessment, Ada Long

ACTIVE LEARNING: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON HONORS SEMESTERS, Elizabeth Beck

ACTIVE LEARNING IN A …

Circles And Centers: A Review Article, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Review of: Geometric Patterns from Islamic Art & Architecture, by Robert Field. Tarquin Publications, Norfolk, UK, c1998. AND "The Nature of Islamic Ornament, Part III: Geometric Patterns," exhibition on view March 17-July 18, 1999 in the Hagop Kevorkian Fund Special Exhibitions Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Circles of equal radius, when tight-packed, naturally combine in two ways. One method yields centers that form a triangular grid; the other method yields centers that form a square grid. These basic mathematical considerations underlie the play of pattern in Islamic art. By selecting centers in a triangular grid, one may establish …

Population Genetic Structure Of Nebraska Paddlefish Based On Mitochondrial Dna Variation, Allen L. Szalanski, Richard Bischof, Gerald Mestl

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Eighty-three paddlefish Polyodon spathula that were collected from 1995 to 1999 from the Missouri River Galvins Point Dam tailwater were analyzed for genetic variation in the mitochondrial DNA d-loop region. Additional samples from Montana, South Dakota, and Louisiana were used for comparative purposes. To facilitate the efficient analysis of numerous paddlefish samples, we applied a method that employs polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) to resolve restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). DNA sequencing of 10 paddlefish revealed 22 polymorphic sites. Polymerase chain reaction–RFLP analysis of 93 paddlefish using three restriction enzymes detected six of the polymorphic …

Sample Size Requirements For In Situ Vegetation And Substrate Classifications In Shallow, Natural Nebraska Lakes, Craig P. Paukert, David W. Willis, Richard S. Holland

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

We assessed the precision of visual estimates of vegetation and substrate along transects in 15 shallow, natural Nebraska lakes. Vegetation type (submergent or emergent), vegetation density (sparse, moderate, or dense), and substrate composition (percentage sand, muck, and clay; to the nearest 10%) were estimated at 25–70 sampling sites per lake by two independent observers. Observer agreement for vegetation type was 92%. Agreement ranged from 62.5% to 90.1% for substrate composition. Agreement was also high (72%) for vegetation density estimates. The relatively high agreement between estimates was likely attributable to the homogeneity of the lake habitats. Nearly 90% of the substrate …

Terrestrial Natural Communities Of Nebraska - Version Ii, Gerry Steinauer, Steven B. Rolfsmeier

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

For more than a decade, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and state natural heritage programs, including the Nebraska Natural Heritage Program (NNHP), have used a “coarse filter/fine filter” approach to preserving biological diversity (The Nature Conservancy, 1994). This approach involves identification and protection of natural communities (coarse filter) as well as rare species (fine filter). Identifying and protecting representative examples of natural communities ensures conservation of most species, biotic interactions and ecological processes. Those species that “fall through” the community filters are generally the rare species. Identification and protection of viable occurrences of rare species serves as the fine filter for …

Conservation In A Highly Fragmented Landscape: The Central Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregional Conservation Plan, The Central Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion Planning Team

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

With the adoption of Conservation by Design in 1995, The Nature Conservancy recognized the importance of working at larger scales to achieve our mission which is: the long-term survival of all viable native species and community types through the design and conservation of portfolios of sites within ecoregions. The Conservancy set forth to design conservation plans on an ecoregional basis by working closely with various conservation partners. These plans are intended to provide a framework within which the Conservancy and our partners, such as the Natural Heritage Programs, can make decisions regarding conservation actions to be taken at the …

1998-99 Eastern Michigan University, Academic Department Profile, Eastern Michigan University

Business and Finance

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Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Winter 1999/2000

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

"Everything is Connected to Everything Else"- by Dave Gosselin

We're looking for a few good Earth Science Teachers!!! ( ... and their colleagues) - by Steve Meyer

The Maury Project Summer Workshop

STEDII in Action - STEDII in State - by Mark Mesarch

NESEN Web Site: A Work in Progress - by Mark Mesarch

CSD Earth Science Education Efforts

CALMIT and its educational programs

America's Farm

The Earth Science Information Center

Other CSD education efforts and CSD publications

Just for Teachers!

Nebraska Rocks!! Field Camp by Mary Anne Holmes, Department of Geosciences

CASDE

Webtrust - 2000; Assurance Services Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Mercury Bioaccumulation In Fish In A Region Affected By Historic Gold Mining: The South Yuba River, Deer Creek, And Bear River Watersheds, California, 1999, Jason T. May, Roger L. Hothem, Charles N. Alpers, Matthew A. Law

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Mercury that was used historically for gold recovery in mining areas of the Sierra Nevada continues to enter local and downstream water bodies, including the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and the San Francisco Bay of northern California. Methylmercury is of particular concern because it is the most prevalent form of mercury in fish and is a potent neurotoxin that bioaccumulates at successive trophic levels within food webs. In April 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with several other agencies—the Forest Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California State Water Resources …

Mercury Contamination From Historic Gold Mining In California, Charles N. Alpers, Michael P. Hunerlach

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Mercury contamination from historic gold mines represents a potential risk to human health and the environment. This fact sheet provides background information on the use of mercury in historic gold mining and processing operations in California, and describes a new USGS project that addresses the potential risks associated with mercury from these sources, with emphasis on historic hydraulic mining areas. Miners used mercury (quicksilver) to recover gold throughout the western United States at both placer (alluvial) and hardrock (lode) mines. The vast majority of mercury lost to the environment in California was from placer-gold mines, which used hydraulic, drift, and …

Metals Transport In The Sacramento River, California, 1996–1997 Volume 2: Interpretation Of Metal Loads, Charles N. Alpers, Ronald C. Antweiler, Howard E. Taylor, Peter D. Dileanis, Joseph L. Domagalski

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Metals transport in the Sacramento River, northern California, from July 1996 to June 1997 was evaluated in terms of metal loads from sam-ples of water and suspended colloids that were collected on up to six occasions at 13 sites in the Sacramento River Basin. Four of the sampling periods (July, September, and November 1996; and May–June 1997) took place during relatively low-flow conditions and two sampling periods (December 1996 and January 1997) took place during high-flow and flooding conditions, respec-tively. This study focused primarily on loads of cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc, with secondary emphasis on loads of aluminum, iron, …

American Woodcock Population Status, 2000, James R. Kelley Jr.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Singing-ground and Wing-collection surveys were conducted to assess the population status of the American woodcock (Scolopax minor). Singing-ground Survey data indicated that the number of displaying woodcock in the Eastern Region decreased 11.0% (P<0.1) from 1999 levels. In the Central Region, there was a 10.4% increase in the number of woodcock heard displaying (P<0.1) compared to 1999 levels. Trends from the Singing-ground Survey during 1990-00 were negative (-3.5 and –3.1% per year for the Eastern and Central regions, respectively; P<0.01). There were long-term (1968-00) declines (P<0.01) of 2.3% per year in the Eastern Region and 1.6% per year in the Central Region. The 1999 recruitment index for the Eastern Region (1.1 immatures per adult female) was 35% below the long-term regional average; the recruitment index for the Central Region (1.2 immatures per adult female) was 29% below the long-term regional average. The index of daily hunting success in the Eastern Region increased from 1.9 woodcock per successful hunt in 1998 to 2.0 woodcock per successful hunt in 1999, and seasonal hunting success increased 3%, from 7.2 to 7.4 woodcock per successful hunter in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In the Central Region, the daily success index in 1999 was unchanged from the 1998 index (2.1 woodcock per successful hunt) but the seasonal success index decreased 11% from 11.3 to 10.0 woodcock per successful hunter.