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Monitor Newsletter December 18, 2000, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

The Bg News December 18, 2000, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 18, 2000. Volume 86-Issue 74.

Mixed Media December 18, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The December 18, 2000 issue includes articles on John Ashcroft's confirmation as U.S. Attorney General, the Jim Isermann exhibition at the RISD Museum "Logic Rules," and a RISD Museum show "From Paris to Providence" focusing on 1920s fashion and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' shop, along with comics, event notices, and other announcements.

Tax, Trade And Harmful Tax Competition: Reflections On The Fsc Controversy, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Articles

This article contrasts three approaches to dealing with the BEPS problem: adopting a unitary taxation regime, ending deferral, and adopting anti-base-erosion measures. It concludes that while the first approach is the best long-term option, the other two are more promising as immediate candidates for adoption in the context of U.S. tax reform and the OECD BEPS project.

John Wesley Powell Trailblazing Iwu Prof-Scientist Subject Of New Biography, Bob Aaron

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The S2ia Switched-Current Architecture For (Delta)(Sigma) Modulator Adcs, Andre Botha

Theses

Switched-Current (SI) is a design methodology by which discrete time, current mode, analog circuits can be implemented using standard digital CMOS processes, allowing the addition of analog signal processing circuits, analog to digital converters (ADCs), digital to analog converters (DACs) and other analog and mixed-signal circuits to otherwise digital only microchips without the need and expense of any extra fabrication steps. SI circuits operate by employing a secondary effect in CMOS circuits, a transistor's gate capacitance, to store charge and thus form a current memory cell. A current memory cell is one of the basic building blocks found in most …

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 5, No. 20 December 17, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

No abstract provided.

12/17/2000 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/17/2000. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, December 17, 2000

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 20 December 17, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.

Review Of Pernille Flensted-Jensen (Ed.), Further Studies In The Ancient Greek Polis. Historia Einzelschriften 138, Cpcpapers 5., Vanessa B. Gorman

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Further Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis is the fifth volume in the series of Papers from the Copenhagen Polis Centre, which monographs, along with six volumes of CPCActs, have served to distribute the continuing conclusions arrived at by the Centre. The reader is expected to know the purpose of these works, as this volume lacks any kind of prefatory explanation for its existence and leaps immediately into the twelve essays of which it is comprised. The reader discovers that the book is actually two works. The seven initial essays treat specific regions within Hellas, often dealing with issues of …

Lady Eagles & Eagles Basketball Games From December 17, 2000 And January 4, 2001, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Sports Team Programs

The official game program from the December 17, 2000 to January 4, 2001 basketball games of Morehead State University.

Effects Of Migratory Geese On Plant Communities And Nitrogen Dynamics In An Alaskan Salt Marsh, Amy Beach Zacheis

Biological Sciences

Herbivory is an integral component of ecosystems that impacts plant communities and ecosystem processes, and affects forage availability and quality for the herbivore. I investigated the effects of lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on two salt marsh communities, a sedge meadow and an herb meadow, in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Geese used the marshes during spring migration for a brief period, and foraging intensity was low compared to other goose-grazing systems. Seventy percent of the snow goose diet was on belowground plant tissues, whereas 92% of the Canada goose diet was on aboveground shoots. In …

Commencement Program 2000 December, University Of Texas At Arlington: College Of Business Administration, The University Of Texas At Arlington

Commencement Programs, Photos, and Video

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 2000 December, University Of Texas At Arlington: College Of Science, The University Of Texas At Arlington

Commencement Programs, Photos, and Video

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 2000 December, University Of Texas At Arlington: College Of Science, The University Of Texas At Arlington

Commencement Programs, Photos, and Video

No abstract provided.

Japanese Winter Tourism In Rural Alaska: Bettles Lodge, Mie Kojima

Rural Development

Japanese tourists increasingly visit the Arctic in wintertime because of their interest in northern lights. Some rural communities in Alaska see this as an opportunity to enter winter tourism by targeting the Japanese market. The purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of the interests of these Japanese visitors and to explore potentials for tourism development in rural Alaska. A Japanese visitor survey was conducted in the spring of 2000 at Bettles Lodge in Interior Alaska. The data reveal that the average visitor to Bettles Lodge was female, over 61 years of age, an urban dweller, employed full-time, …

Carbon And Nitrogen Uptake Dynamics During 1997 And 1998 Anomalous Conditions In The Bering Sea, Taekeun Rho

Oceanography

During 1997 and 1998, unusual physical conditions caused dramatic changes in the regional oceanic environment and function of the southeastern Bering Sea ecosystem. The changes in ecosystem function were examined using ¹³C and ¹⁵N tracer techniques. In 1997, unusually clear and calm conditions allowed an ice-related early bloom over the middle shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea and resulted in nitrate uptake below the pycnocline. In 1998, the duration of phytoplankton growth was extended by warm temperatures and frequent storms that resulted in slow growth of phytoplankton and prevented rapid utilization of nitrate over the shelf. In coccolithophorid bloom regions, …

Women, Culture, And Identity In Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' And Assia Djebar's 'Ombre Sultane', Shayle M. Hutchison

English

Beginning with the assumption that women of all cultures experience a conflict between their culturally prescribed gender roles and their individual sexual desires, I comparie the characters Edna Pontellier of Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' with Isma and Hajila of Assia Djebar's 'Ombre Sultane.' Each woman undergoes a process of awakening body consciousness that leads to her first experience of desire, an essential link between physical and mental consciousness. The expression of female desire conflicts with prescribed cultural behavior. Each character also moves away from her family and cultural roots, thus assuring herself a necessary distance for rebellion against social standards. …

Inversion Of Focal Mechanism Data For The Directions Of Stress Near Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, John Jairo Sánchez-Aguilar

Geosciences

No abstract provided.

Fault-Hosted Au Mineralization, Ester Dome, Alaska, Cheryl E. Cameron

Geosciences

The Rhyolite gold prospect near Fairbanks, Alaska, appears to be different from most intrusion-related Au depositions within the Fairbanks area (e.g., Ryan Lode and Fort Knox), as it is located along a low-angle fault and is spatially associated with a quartz monozonite sill. A 1:60,000 scale geologic map was prepared using soil samples, airborne geophysical data, and mapping based on core and surface samples collected during 1998 and 1999. Mineralization does not appear to be temporally related to the quartz-monzodiorite sill, although mineralized fluids apparently used the sill as a pathway. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dates of chloritized biotite from the intrusive ( …

The Geography Of Isolation: Nineteenth Century Science, Exploration And The Conception Of The Aleutian Islands, Annette Watson

Arctic and Northern Studies

The purpose of this thesis is threefold: first, to follow the early history of Alaska from the point of view of the Aleutian Islands; second, to follow how the history of science intersects with this history. Third, to show how nineteenth century science and scientists conceived of the Aleutians, and how their conceptions translated to public perceptions of landscape. The Aleutian Islands went from being the center of the newly-purchased Alaska in 1867--to an isolated chain of islands stretching beyond the margins of the map. Tracing the progression of this isolation demonstrates how landscape--an amalgamation of physical experience and myth--is …

Land Cover Change On The Seward Peninsula: The Use Of Remote Sensing To Evaluate The Potential Influences Of Climate Change On Historical Vegetation Dynamics, Cherie Sumitra Silapaswan

Biological Sciences

Vegetation on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, which is characterized by transitions from tundra to boreal forest, may be sensitive to the influences of climate change on disturbance and species composition. To determine the ability to detect decadal-scale structural changes in vegetation, Change Vector Analysis (CVA) techniques were evaluated for Landsat TM imagery of the Seward Peninsula. Scenes were geographically corrected to sub-pixel accuracy and then radiometrically rectified. The CVA results suggest that shrubbiness is increasing on the Seward Peninsula. The CVA detected vegetation change on more than 50% of the burned region on TM imagery for up to nine years …

Habitat Selection By Calving Caribou Of The Central Arctic Herd, 1980-95, Scott Adrian Wolfe

Biological Sciences

Habitat selection by calving caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) of the Central Arctic Herd, Alaska, was assessed in relation to distance from roads, vegetation type, relative plant biomass (NDVI; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), accumulation of plant biomass during early lactation (NDVIrate), snow cover, and terrain ruggedness. From 183 calving sites of 96 radio collared- females, 1980-95, calving distribution was estimated in reference (no development) and treatment (oilfields present) zones east and west of the Sagavanirktok River, respectively. In the reference zone, caribou regularly selected wet-graminoid vegetation, above-median NDVIrate, and non-rugged terrain; concentrated calving remained in habitats with zonal average NDVI on …

Spatial-Temporal Variation In Reproduction And Site Fidelity Of Spectacled Eiders On The Yukon-Kuskowkim Delta, Alaska, Christine Leigh Moran

Biological Sciences

In response to recent decline, we compared migration and nesting chronology, nest success, and clutch size of spectacled eiders nesting at Kigigak Island with those nesting on Kashunuk River to better understand regulation of the spectacled eider breeding population on Y-K Delta. We also examined and compared subpopulation relationships between nest site fidelity and breeding performance. We examined the relationship between female age and distance moved between consecutive year nest sites. Clutch sizes were comparable between the two sites and declined seasonally with older females laying earlier and larger clutches. Mayfield nest success was higher due to lower predation and …

Competency-Based Education: Teaching And Assessing Oral Communication In Fairbanks, Alaska High Schools, Diane Blair Barnett

Communication

Nationwide developments in the area of educational standards and accountability have produced a movement toward competency-based education in which teachers are increasingly tasked with facilitating the competencies within these developing standards. As a result, professionals in the Communication discipline have an opportunity to apply their knowledge of effective communication practices to provide benefits for students and teachers. The first phase of this study examined State and local educational standards in areas of speaking, listening, and group communication. Local and State standards identified as most closely aligned with standards developed by Communication professionals served as the basis for developing a questionnaire …

Nitrogen Oxide Photochemistry In Marine Air Over The Eastern Pacific, Barbara Elisabeth Trost

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Models predict that photochemistry is the primary contribution to the observed spring surface ozone maxima in the Northern Hemisphere. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are the limiting reagents for photochemical ozone production. This fact leads to an apparent paradox, because the short lifetime of NOx should lead to a low mixing ratio of NOx far from source regions. However, chemical reservoirs of NOx such as peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) may provide a transport pathway for delivering NOx to 'clean' marine Pacific air masses. A coastal site in Washington, was chosen to investigate the relationship of NOx, PAN and ozone in marine air from …

Survival And Brood Rearing Ecology Of Emperor Geese, Joel A. Schmutz

Biological Sciences

Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) breed on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in an area inhabited by three other goose species. Whereas populations of other geese increased since the mid 1980s, Emperor Goose numbers remained low. Because survival and habitat selection by broods of Emeperor Geese had not been studied previously and numbers of predatory Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) had recently increased, I studied brood rearing ecology of Emperor Geese during 1993-1996 to assess whether this seasonal period could be limiting population growth. Survival of goslings to 30 days varied among years from 0.32 to 0.70 and was primarily influenced by mortality during …

Systematics Of Beringian Threespine Sticklebacks, John S. Chythlook

Biological Sciences

In Pleistocene Beringia, large-scale glaciations exposed high latitude species to variable environmental conditions that created disjunct populations of terrestrial and marine species. The general nature of the dynamic biogeographic history of Beringia can be assessed by studying genetic patterns across many Beringian organisms. Mitochondrial DNA sequences were used to study the phylogenetic and phylogeographic structure of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. A 714 bp fragment of the cytochrome b gene was sequenced from 66 individuals from 17 locations extending from southeast Alaska northwest to coastal Siberia. These data were combined with 36 homologous cyt-b sequences from a previous study to …

Genetic Engineering And Characterization Of Lysr-Type Transcriptional Regulators, Honghong Sun

Biological Sciences

This thesis describes research aimed at understanding the structure and function of LysR-type transcriptional regulators. I studied two LysR-type proteins. One from the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii, MJ-LysR. The other is from Burkholderia cepacia, DgdR. The MJ-LysR is the first putative LysR-type transcriptional regulator found in archaea. It is surprising that a prokaryotic transcriptional regulator is present in archaea, whose basal transcription machinery and RNA polymerase are more closely related to those of eukaryotes. To elucidate the structure and function of M-LysR protein, the gene was subcloned and expressed in E. coli. The gene product was isolated and purified by heat …