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Terrorism: Local Government Response, Richard T. Boswell May 2001

Terrorism: Local Government Response, Richard T. Boswell

Theses & Honors Papers

Every community in America has the potential to be the target of a terrorist attack. When this attack occurs it is the responsibility of local government agencies to combat the problem. These agencies lack many of the resources needed to successfully deal with these types of attacks. Furthermore, many local governments are under the illusion that the federal government and all of its resources will quickly arrive and assume control of the operation.

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A Bombastic Christmas: Discussion... Food!, Ara Shirinyan May 2001

A Bombastic Christmas: Discussion... Food!, Ara Shirinyan

Word Ways

With foods of all kind giving that brown-wood dining room pulpit a slap of color, our family got into a jovial mood, drinks in hands, stomachs with nothing to complain about, fully conscious of a scrupulous and scrumptious gala awaiting all of us. So first, a full classification of our food, stuffs that chart a sort of map that shows a trail to Christ's kingdom.

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Kickshaws, Dave Morice May 2001

Kickshaws, Dave Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

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Four-Letter Super Connoisseur's Ladders, Rex Gooch May 2001

Four-Letter Super Connoisseur's Ladders, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

Four-letter words are famously well connected to each other. Fewer than one per cent of words connect to no other, whereas over 70 per cent in each of the four possible positions-on average, there are 23 neighbours for each word. For our present purpose, note that more than three-quarters are heterograms. This means that Connoisseur's Ladders (those with sequential replacement between heterograms, plus a relationship between the first and last words) become commonplace. On the other hand, the number of such ladders is restricted by the relatively small number (fewer than 20,000) of four-letter words available.

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The Potential For Support Of Gardner's Theory Of The Naturalist Intelligence In Selected Elementary School Library Media Centers, Traci L. Haines May 2001

The Potential For Support Of Gardner's Theory Of The Naturalist Intelligence In Selected Elementary School Library Media Centers, Traci L. Haines

Theses and Dissertations

The concept of teaching to the ability of the child is complex. Each child absorbs, analyzes and processes information differently. Howard Gardner developed a series of eight intelligences describing the variety of ways in which children learn. This study focused on the Naturalist Intelligence, an ability to recognize and discriminate different concepts in nature. A naturalist learner has strong observational skills and is good at sorting and classifying (Checkley, 1997). This evaluation compares randomly selected samples of the collections of two elementary school library media centers in order to determine whether the books in the 500s support Gardner's Theory of …

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Biodiversity: The World Of Life, Charles H. Smith May 2001

Biodiversity: The World Of Life, Charles H. Smith

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Icam-1 Transmembrane Signaling: Involvement Of Taxreb107 In Icam-1-Mediated Signal Transduction, Brian Lee May 2001

Icam-1 Transmembrane Signaling: Involvement Of Taxreb107 In Icam-1-Mediated Signal Transduction, Brian Lee

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The role of membrane ICAM-1 in intercellular adhesion, through interaction with the leukocyte beta2 integrin receptors LFA-1 and Mac-1, is well established. However, until recently, ICAM-1 was widely regarded as being simply an "anchor" molecule, promoting, for example, firm adhesion of lymphocytes to vascular endothelial cells. The demonstration that ICAM-1 is connected to the actin-based cytoskeleton through interactions with subcortical actin-binding proteins, such as alpha-actinin, enhanced this concept. However, ICAM-1 has been increasingly shown to have signaling properties of its own. Engagement of ICAM-1 extracellularly, either through its natural counter-receptors, LFA-1/Mac-1, or through antibody mediated clustering, can produce numerous changes …

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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 77, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections May 2001

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 77, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

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Intercultural Interaction Of Russian-American Space Crews, Suzan Kiesel May 2001

Intercultural Interaction Of Russian-American Space Crews, Suzan Kiesel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

NASA has recently directed the United States into the largest global partnership in U.S. history — the development of an International Space Station. In order to collaborate successfully in this unique setting, participants must develop a strong sense of teamwork, camaraderie, and partnership. Previous research indicates a variety of factors, such as differences in cultural background and environmental factors, that may affect the ability to develop these successful relationships. This study analyzes cultural variance and disclosure dynamics between Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Three-Dimensional Reconstructions Of The Brain Of A Fetal Common Dolphin, Delphinus Delphis, Lori Marino, Timothy L. Murphy, Lyad Gozal, John I. Johnson May 2001

Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Three-Dimensional Reconstructions Of The Brain Of A Fetal Common Dolphin, Delphinus Delphis, Lori Marino, Timothy L. Murphy, Lyad Gozal, John I. Johnson

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

To demonstrate the kinds of data that can be obtained non-destructively and non-invasively from preserved museum specimens using modern imaging technology the head region of a whole body fetal specimen of the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, aged 8–9 months post-conception, was scanned using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Series of scans were obtained in coronal, sagittal and horizontal planes. A digital three-dimensional reconstruction of the whole brain was prepared from the coronal series of scans. Sectional areas and three-dimensional volumes were obtained of the cerebral hemispheres and of the brainstemplus-cerebellum. Neuroanatomical features identified in the scans include the major sulci of …

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Effect Of Forest Age On Density Of Stream-Breeding Amphibians In Skamania County, Washington, Craig A. Steele May 2001

Effect Of Forest Age On Density Of Stream-Breeding Amphibians In Skamania County, Washington, Craig A. Steele

Biology

Because the ranges of stream-breeding amphibians in the Pacific Northwest occur partly on industrial timberlands, it is valuable to study population distributions of these animals in forest environments that rarely reach old growth status and are subject to timber harvest on a regular basis. To determine how short-term changes in forest age affect the density of stream-breeding amphibians, first-order streams located on private industrial timberlands in Skamania County, Washington, were sampled during the summers of 1998 and 1999. Species captured included Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Dicamptodon copei, Rhyacotriton cascadae, and Ascaphus truei. Regression tree analysis showed that relative …

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Switching Between Intensive And Extensive Searching In Predators Of Heterogeneously Distributed Prey, Zy Biesinger May 2001

Switching Between Intensive And Extensive Searching In Predators Of Heterogeneously Distributed Prey, Zy Biesinger

Biology

Many predators of patchily distributed prey are thought to increase their searching efficiency by alternating between extensive and intensive searching behavior. To test the effects of predator satiation and prey density on a ladybird's choice of searching mode, I performed experiments in which larvae of different hunger levels experienced different prey encounter rates. Using traditional measures, I found a beetle's satiation level to have no effect. The prey encounter rate had an effect on two of three traditional measures. Less traditional methods, fractal dimension analysis and Fourier slope analysis, supported the conclusions obtained using traditional measures. Analysis of movement patterns …

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Assemblages Of Spiders On Shrubs In Semiarid Environments: Experimental Models Of Shrub Architecture, Michael W. Heikkinen May 2001

Assemblages Of Spiders On Shrubs In Semiarid Environments: Experimental Models Of Shrub Architecture, Michael W. Heikkinen

Biology

Assemblages of spiders on big sagebrush are dominated by salticids. The pattern could result from many salticids in the colonist pool and random distribution as spiders disperse or a selection process by which spiders are choosing to remain on big sagebrush after initial colonization. Choices may be based on insect prey on the shrubs or related to the plant's physical attributes. Habitat structure has been associated with the distribution of many animals, and plant architecture influences the distribution of spiders. Models of big sagebrush were constructed to test plant architecture variables that spiders may use as cues in deciding to …

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Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications May 2001

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Ideas for downtown Portland that never made it off the drawing board; professor calls for change in how businesses think about work; alumni take their knowledge base to careers overseas; young civil engineering firm molds alumni and students to its culture; and more.

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Harbor Voices : Vol 2, No 3 - May 2001, Jenny Ruth Yasi May 2001

Harbor Voices : Vol 2, No 3 - May 2001, 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.

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Park And Ride Feasibility Analysis For The Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area, Brian Howard May 2001

Park And Ride Feasibility Analysis For The Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area, Brian Howard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Congested roadways and declining air quality standards are major concerns for many communities faced with the challenges of suburban growth and city decay. How each community chooses to fight the problems created by urban sprawl depends greatly on individualized characteristics of the community. Analyzing and understanding unique values of each community provides a sound foundation for measures designed to promote sustainable growth initiatives. The Evansville, Indiana, region is experiencing many of the growing pains associated with increased residential, commercial, and industrial development. Many roadways are currently strained near capacity, and traffic problems are anticipated to increase over the next 20 …

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Regulation Of Blastocyst Formation., A J Watson, L C Barcroft May 2001

Regulation Of Blastocyst Formation., A J Watson, L C Barcroft

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Publications

Preimplantation or pre-attachment development encompasses the "free"-living period of mammalian embryogenesis, which directs development of the zygote through to the blastocyst stage. Blastocyst formation is essential for implantation, establishment of pregnancy and is a principal determinant of embryo quality prior to embryo transfer. Cavitation (blastocyst formation) is driven by the expression of specific sets of gene products that direct the acquisition of cell polarity within the trophectoderm, which is both the first epithelium of development and the outer cell layer encircling the inner cell mass of the blastocyst. Critical gene families controlling these events include: the E-cadherin-catenin cell adhesion family, …

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Same Planet - New World?: A Chronicle Of The American Century, Don P. Diffine Ph.D. May 2001

Same Planet - New World?: A Chronicle Of The American Century, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

This book is a normative audit of the past hundred years in the U.S. economy. As we tiptoe into the new millennium, we are the oldest living republic. However, let's remember that our Constitution doesn't guarantee us a good life, prosperous life, a happy life, or even a long life. It only offers the protection of life. We make of our lives what we will. We should bet on the long run future success of American capitalism. If we don't have a future, nobody does.

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Pacific Rx Tracts: May/June 2001, Tracey Allen, Katie Bredeman, Anietie Chizea, Amy Chuang May 2001

Pacific Rx Tracts: May/June 2001, Tracey Allen, Katie Bredeman, Anietie Chizea, Amy Chuang

Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy

Newsletter published by students of UOP's Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, containing articles on medical studies, drug trials, and other industry-related topics.

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Wglt Program Guide, May-June, 2001, Illinois State University May 2001

Wglt Program Guide, May-June, 2001, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.

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Clemson Commencement Program, May 2001, Clemson University May 2001

Clemson Commencement Program, May 2001, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

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What's Wrong With This Picture? (Critique Of Projective Tests), Scott Lilienfeld, James Wood, Howard Garb May 2001

What's Wrong With This Picture? (Critique Of Projective Tests), Scott Lilienfeld, James Wood, Howard Garb

Departmental Papers (Psych)

Psychologists often use the famous Rorschach Inkblot Test and related tools to assess personality and mental illness. But research shows that these instruments are frequently ineffective for those purposes.

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 51 (May 1, 2001), The New Hampshire May 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 51 (May 1, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

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Spring/Summer 2001, Nsu Oceanographic Center May 2001

Spring/Summer 2001, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

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The Probe, Issue 216 – May/June 2001 May 2001

The Probe, Issue 216 – May/June 2001

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

NADCA's Future Mission -- Mike Conover, NADCA President
NADCA's Future: Comments from a Regional Director -- John Baroch, NADCA Southwest Regional Director
Some of Montana's most notorious grizzly bears, incarcerated for defeating "bear-proof garbage containers are being put on work duty instead of death row.
A 1996 attack by a black bear on a 16-year old Arizona girl at a U.S. Forest Service campground has greatly changed the way western state and federal agencies approach public bear-awareness programs.
How do animals that never or rarely drink water maintain water balance, especially those animals living in arid environments?
The Proceedings of …

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Wildlife Damage News, Volume 1, Spring 2001 May 2001

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 1, Spring 2001

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:

The Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative by Paul Curtis, Cornell University and Gary San Julian, Penn State University, Co-Directors

Bats in the Attic

Review of Current Literature
Excerpted by Kristi Sullivan, Wildlife Communication Specialist Castelli, P.M. and S.E. Sleggs.

Wildlife Damage Management Fact Sheet Series (2001) by Paul Curtis and Kristi Sullivan

Managing Nuisance Beavers Along Roadsides (2000) by Paul Jensen, Paul Curtis and D. Hamelin

Managing White-tailed Deer in Suburban Environments: a Technical Guide (2000) by Anthony DeNicola, Kurt VerCauteren, Paul Curtis, and Scott Hygnstrom

Managing Canada Geese in Urban Environments (1999): a Technical Guide …

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The Nature Of Nature: South Floridian Children And Their "Environmental Experience", Kristina Baines May 2001

The Nature Of Nature: South Floridian Children And Their "Environmental Experience", Kristina Baines

Publications and Research

To investigate how schoolchildren in south Florida think about their natural environment, children were observed participating in several school-organized environmental field trips. Their attitudes about, interactions with and knowledge concerning various aspects of their natural environment were observed. This study explores how these children interpret natural phenomena using their cultural tools and focuses on the interpretation of commonly-observed responses to nature. Responses discussed include: the blurring of lines between the natural and non-natural, separation and binary thinking, and fear and aggression. Reference is made throughout the study to various theoretical frameworks, including cultural-ecological perspectives, ideas from structural anthropology and other …

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Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomy, And Evolution Of Host Choice In Diadasia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Sedonia D. Sipes May 2001

Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomy, And Evolution Of Host Choice In Diadasia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Sedonia D. Sipes

Biology

I examined the phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, and evolution of host choice in Diadasia, a genus of New World bees. Diadasia species are particularly interesting because they are considered pollen specialists. Females of each species are believed to provision their nests with pollen from only a few closely related plant taxa. At the same time, the choice of floral hosts within the genus is diverse, and includes five distantly related plant families: Malvaceae, Onagraceae, Convolvulaceae, Asteraceae, and Cactaceae. To estimate phylogenetic relationships within this group, I sequenced ~ 2 kb of the mitochondrial genes CO I and II and tRNA …

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Diversity, Distribution, And Abundance Of Flower-Visiting Apoidea (Hymenoptera) On Sand Dunes Of The West Desert Of Utah, Trent R. Toler May 2001

Diversity, Distribution, And Abundance Of Flower-Visiting Apoidea (Hymenoptera) On Sand Dunes Of The West Desert Of Utah, Trent R. Toler

Biology

Three habitats (dunes, mountain slopes, and mud flats) were surveyed for bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in the Bonneville Basin in Utah on lands owned by the U.S. military, the Dugway Proving Grounds and the southern section of the Utah Testing and Training Range, in the summers of 1997 and 1998. Study of dune habitat was emphasized, as it is thought to be important for bees in arid climates, particularly in providing nesting substrate and sources of plant pollen and nectar. Species compositions of bees were determined using pan traps at 16 sites (in three habitats) in 1997, and at 5 dune …

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Avian Food Selection With Application To Pesticide Risk Assessment: Are Dead And Dessicated Insects A Desirable Food Source?, Jennifer M. Stafford May 2001

Avian Food Selection With Application To Pesticide Risk Assessment: Are Dead And Dessicated Insects A Desirable Food Source?, Jennifer M. Stafford

Biology

When evaluating avian pesticide exposure, a number of factors must be considered to form an accurate risk assessment. In the past, such assessments have been conducted with substantial uncertainty about avian consumption of exposed food items. One such uncertain factor is whether or not the avian species would consume contaminated invertebrates that were killed by a chemical application, and which may present an increasing concentration of the chemical as they desiccate over time. Therefore I asked the question: do birds select dead and desiccated insects as food items? I addressed the research question in two steps. First, a laboratory study …

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