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Evolving Presidential Policy Toward Livestock Grazing In National Monuments, Andy Kerr, Mark Salvo Sep 2001

Evolving Presidential Policy Toward Livestock Grazing In National Monuments, Andy Kerr, Mark Salvo

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


Shark Conservation: The Need For Increased Efforts To Protect Shark Populations In The Twenty-First Century, Mark D. Evans Sep 2001

Shark Conservation: The Need For Increased Efforts To Protect Shark Populations In The Twenty-First Century, Mark D. Evans

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


Evolving Presidential Policy Toward Livestock Grazing In National Monuments, Andy Kerr, Mark Salvo Sep 2001

Evolving Presidential Policy Toward Livestock Grazing In National Monuments, Andy Kerr, Mark Salvo

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


Shark Conservation: The Need For Increased Efforts To Protect Shark Populations In The Twenty-First Century, Mark D. Evans Sep 2001

Shark Conservation: The Need For Increased Efforts To Protect Shark Populations In The Twenty-First Century, Mark D. Evans

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


The Biotechnologies Industry In New Mexico, Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Sep 2001

The Biotechnologies Industry In New Mexico, Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

To assist Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute in its pursuit of an educational training program in biotechnologies, this research study was conducted to assess key elements of New Mexicos biotechnologies industries and occupations. These elements include defining the biotechnologies industry, gathering insights and perspectives from industry officials, and analyzing important employment-related trends. The research methodology incorporated: (1) a quantitative analysis of published data on specific variables including employment, establishments, revenues, value of shipments and current and projected employment levels for key occupations; and (2) a qualitative analysis based on telephone interviews with business leaders, industry members, economic developers, and other persons knowledgeable …


It Isn't Easy Being Green: Environmental Policy Implications For Foreign Policy, International Law, And Sovereignty, Terry Anderson, J. Bishop Grewell Sep 2001

It Isn't Easy Being Green: Environmental Policy Implications For Foreign Policy, International Law, And Sovereignty, Terry Anderson, J. Bishop Grewell

Chicago Journal of International Law

This paper examines how foreign policy involving trade, defense, diplomacy, and international law is being "greened" at home and abroad as environmental groups pressure government agencies to give environmental concerns greater weight. It argues that these changes represent a fundamental shift in US foreign policy and international relations. It identifies problems that arise from these revisions and explains how free market environmentalism offers a sound alternative that will lead to better environmental protection through freer trade, increased wealth, and decentralization.


On The Balance Between International Law And Democratic Sovereignty, Daniel W. Drezner Sep 2001

On The Balance Between International Law And Democratic Sovereignty, Daniel W. Drezner

Chicago Journal of International Law

This paper asks two questions. First, is it the case, as some have claimed, that principles of democratic sovereignty are eroding at the expense of international law principles? I argue that international law is increasingly utilized to circumvent sovereignty, even if such sovereignty is democratic in origin. However, it should be recognized that the actors most responsible for this trend are not NGOs, epistemic communities of international lawyers, or the United Nations, but the great powers of the world, namely the United States and the members of the European Union. The United States in particular has been adept at fashioning …


The Progress Of Computing, William D. Nordhaus Sep 2001

The Progress Of Computing, William D. Nordhaus

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The present study analyzes computer performance over the last century and a half. Three results stand out. First, there has been a phenomenal increase in computer power over the twentieth century. Performance in constant dollars or in terms of labor units has improved since 1900 by a factor in the order of 1 trillion to 5 trillion, which represent compound growth rates of over 30 percent per year for a century. Second, there were relatively small improvements in efficiency (perhaps a factor of ten) in the century before World War II. Around World War II, however, there was a substantial …


Niche Partitioning Of Monteverde Warbler Species Based On Differences In Microhabitat And Vertical Stratification, September 2001, Justin Pochman Sep 2001

Niche Partitioning Of Monteverde Warbler Species Based On Differences In Microhabitat And Vertical Stratification, September 2001, Justin Pochman

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Two congeneric warbler species in Monteverde occupy similar niches and may be competing for resources. The Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus) and the Golden-crowned Warbler (B. culicivorus) are both forest interior species that glean and sally for insects within several meters of the ground. This study looks at foraging preferences in these two species in areas of overlap and non-overlap, which is particularly important in light of recent geographic shifts upslope by the Golden-crowned Warbler (Donnelly 1998; Pounds 1999). The results show that the Three-striped and the Goldencrowned Warbler significantly overlap in both altitude (between 1420 m and 1485 m) and …


Effects Of Plant Size And Flower Color On The Reproductive Success Of Pleurothallis Sanchoi (Orchidaceae), September 2001, Sarah Strozinski Sep 2001

Effects Of Plant Size And Flower Color On The Reproductive Success Of Pleurothallis Sanchoi (Orchidaceae), September 2001, Sarah Strozinski

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Factors contributing to the reproductive success of Pleurothallis sanchoi were examined in relation to plant size and flower color. This particular orchid has plants of varying sizes as well as three color morphs including yellow, purple, and yellow with purple petals. First, the potential for reproductive success was deduced by measuring, on individuals in natural populations, leaf and flower number and how they are related to flower color. Second, the removal and deposition of pollinia on flowers of different colors was examined. It was found that larger plants generally had more flowers, although there appears to be an upper limit …


Long-Billed Hummingbird Specificity To Long Corolla Flowers, September 2001, Laura Anne Kefauver Sep 2001

Long-Billed Hummingbird Specificity To Long Corolla Flowers, September 2001, Laura Anne Kefauver

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Long-billed hummingbirds prefer long corolla flowers, although structurally they can readily visit short corollas (Feinsinger 1983; Mayzel 1997). This study examined how facultative long-billed hummingbird preferences are to corolla length as well as the role of interference competition. Red and orange plastic tubes of two sizes (short = 2 cm, long = 4 cm) were attached to the holes of eight hummingbird feeders to mimic short and long corollas. A total of 64 thirty-minute observations were made counting visits to "corollas" of different color and length, species, and competitive interactions were also noted. The color of the corolla did not …


Opilionids: Social Behavior As A Defense Mechanism, September 2001, Scott Rosenthal Sep 2001

Opilionids: Social Behavior As A Defense Mechanism, September 2001, Scott Rosenthal

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Four environments were created with varying populations of opilionids and experienced hourly mass disturbances to observe if there is a relationship between sex and tibia length in grouping in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The ratio of males to females was five to seven and a significant size difference in tibia among sexes was noticed (T-test male mean = 3.719mm; female mean = 3.382mm, P < 0.0001). Additionally males in groups were significantly larger while females showed no difference (male mean tibia length = 3.678mm (solitary), 3.741mm (group), T-test P = 0.0003; female mean = 3.383mm (solitary), 3.381 mm (group), T-test P = 0.9324). As the amount of disturbance increased, the group size would decrease. Yet the percent of return changed little among varying population sizes. Grouping among opilionids may be used to decrease predation. Their chemical defense will have a stronger effect and they may use individuals as barriers from predators with the competitively superior individuals occupying the center of the group.


Precipitation And Temperature Effects On Populations Of Aedes Albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae): Implications For Range Expansion, B W. Alto, Steven A. Juliano Sep 2001

Precipitation And Temperature Effects On Populations Of Aedes Albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae): Implications For Range Expansion, B W. Alto, Steven A. Juliano

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

We investigated how temperature and precipitation regime encountered over the life cycle of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) affects populations. Caged populations of A. albopictus were maintained at 22, 26, and 30 degreesC. Cages were equipped with containers that served as sites for oviposition and larval development. All cages were assigned to one of three simulated precipitation regimes: (1) low fluctuation regime - water within the containers was allowed to evaporate to 90% of its maximum before being refilled, (2) high fluctuation regime - water was allowed to evaporate to 25% of its maximum before being refilled, and (3) drying regime - …


Bioaerosols In The Workplace: Evaluation, Control And Prevention Guide, Nicole Goyer, Jacques Lavoie, Louis Lazure, Geneviève Marchand Sep 2001

Bioaerosols In The Workplace: Evaluation, Control And Prevention Guide, Nicole Goyer, Jacques Lavoie, Louis Lazure, Geneviève Marchand

Guides

No abstract provided.


Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist. V. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 313 (2001), John A. Helfrich Sep 2001

Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist. V. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 313 (2001), John A. Helfrich

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.


Kandra V. United States, 145 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Or. 2001), Dan Wennogle Sep 2001

Kandra V. United States, 145 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Or. 2001), Dan Wennogle

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.


Genomes, Gould, And Emergence, Ursula Goodenough Sep 2001

Genomes, Gould, And Emergence, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

The publication of the human genome has elicited commentary to the effect that, since fewer genes were identified than anticipated, it follows that genes are less important to human biology than anticipated. The flaws in this syllogism are explained in the context of a treatise on how genomes operate and evolve and how genes function to produce embryos and brains. Most of our most cherished human traits are the result of the emergence of new properties from preexisting genetically scripted ideas, offering countless opportunities to celebrate the evolutionary process.


Realities Of Rape: Of Science And Politics, Causes And Meanings, Owen D. Jones Sep 2001

Realities Of Rape: Of Science And Politics, Causes And Meanings, Owen D. Jones

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This review essay discusses the book A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion, by Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer (MIT Press, 2000). The essay builds on work previously appearing in Owen D. Jones, Sex, Culture, and the Biology of Rape: Toward Explanation and Prevention, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 827 (1999) and Owen D. Jones, Law and the Biology of Rape: Reflections on Transitions, 11 Hastings Women's Law Journal 151 (2000).


Book Review Forum: John Lynch, Pacific Languages: An Introduction, Susan U. Philips Sep 2001

Book Review Forum: John Lynch, Pacific Languages: An Introduction, Susan U. Philips

Pacific Studies

Book review of "John Lynch, Pacific Languages: An Introduction" by Susan U. Philips


Public Perceptions Of Genetically Engineered Foods: Playing God Or Trusting Science, Michael D. Mehta Sep 2001

Public Perceptions Of Genetically Engineered Foods: Playing God Or Trusting Science, Michael D. Mehta

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

The author considers whether levels of religiosity or scientism affect public perceptions of genetically engineered foods.


What The Report Of The World Commission On Dams Might Mean For The United States Water Community, A. Dan Tarlock Sep 2001

What The Report Of The World Commission On Dams Might Mean For The United States Water Community, A. Dan Tarlock

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Mutation In The Latency-Related Gene Of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Leads To Impaired Ocular Shedding In Acutely Infected Calves, Melissa Inman, Luciane Lovato, Alan R. Doster, Clinton J. Jones Sep 2001

A Mutation In The Latency-Related Gene Of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Leads To Impaired Ocular Shedding In Acutely Infected Calves, Melissa Inman, Luciane Lovato, Alan R. Doster, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) is an important pathogen of cattle, and infection is usually initiated in the ocular or nasal cavity. Like other alphaherpesviruses, BHV-1 establishes latency in sensory neurons but has the potential of reactivating from latency and spreading. The only abundant viral transcript expressed during latency is the latency-related (LR) RNA, which is alternatively spliced in trigeminal ganglia during acute infection (L. R. Devireddy and C. Jones, J. Virol. 72:7294–7301, 1998). LR gene products inhibit cell cycle progression (Y. Jiang, A. Hossain, M. T. Winkler, T. Holt, A. Doster, and C. Jones, J. Virol. 72:8133–8142, 1998) and chemically …


Functional And Structural Adaptations Of Skeletal Muscle To Microgravity, Robert H. Fitts, Danny R. Riley, Jeffrey J. Widrick Sep 2001

Functional And Structural Adaptations Of Skeletal Muscle To Microgravity, Robert H. Fitts, Danny R. Riley, Jeffrey J. Widrick

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Our purpose is to summarize the major effects of space travel on skeletal muscle with particular emphasis on factors that alter function. The primary deleterious changes are muscle atrophy and the associated decline in peak force and power. Studies on both rats and humans demonstrate a rapid loss of cell mass with microgravity. In rats, a reduction in muscle mass of up to 37% was observed within 1 week. For both species, the antigravity soleus muscle showed greater atrophy than the fast-twitch gastrocnemius. However, in the rat, the slow type I fibers atrophied more than the fast type II fibers, …


What Constitutional Law Can Learn From The Ali Principles Of Family Dissolution, David D. Meyer Sep 2001

What Constitutional Law Can Learn From The Ali Principles Of Family Dissolution, David D. Meyer

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Unified Field Theory Of The Family: The American Law Institute's Principles Of The Law Of Family Dissolution, James Herbie Difonzo Sep 2001

Toward A Unified Field Theory Of The Family: The American Law Institute's Principles Of The Law Of Family Dissolution, James Herbie Difonzo

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Eicosanoids Act In Nodulation Reactions To Bacterial Infections In Newly Emerged Adult Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, But Not In Older Foragers, Jon C. Bedick, Hasan Tunaz, A. R. Nor Aliza, Sean Putnam, Marion D. Ellis, David W. Stanley Sep 2001

Eicosanoids Act In Nodulation Reactions To Bacterial Infections In Newly Emerged Adult Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, But Not In Older Foragers, Jon C. Bedick, Hasan Tunaz, A. R. Nor Aliza, Sean Putnam, Marion D. Ellis, David W. Stanley

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Nodulation is the first, and qualitatively predominant, cellular defense reaction to bacterial infections in insects. We tested the hypothesis that eicosanoids also mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial challenge in adults of a social insect, the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Treating newly-emerged experimental bees with the eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitor, dexamethasone, impaired nodulation reactions to bacterial infections, and the influence of dexamethasone was reversed by treating infected insects with arachidonic acid, an eicosanoid precursor. Several other eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitors, including the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin, and the dual cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor, phenidone, also impaired the ability of experimental honeybees to form nodules in …


University Reporter - Vol. 06, No. 01 - September 2001, University Of Massachusetts Boston Sep 2001

University Reporter - Vol. 06, No. 01 - September 2001, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.


Complex, Brittain Phillips Sep 2001

Complex, Brittain Phillips

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Brittain spends his days at the movies writing reviews for his favorite newspaper, *The DePauw*.


The Effects Of Habitat Structural Complexity On Bird Species Richness And Composition, September 2001, Alison Jane Duff Sep 2001

The Effects Of Habitat Structural Complexity On Bird Species Richness And Composition, September 2001, Alison Jane Duff

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

With the increasing rate of human activities in tropical regions, it is imperative that we understand the effects of habitat change on biodiversity, and develop appropriate conservation methods. A general trend of increasing bird species richness with increasing habitat structural complexity has been observed by a number of ecologists. The purpose of this study was to test whether this relationship holds for cloud forest bird communities in structurally complex primary forest as compared with simpler secondary forestdominated by Conostegia oerstediana (Melastomataceae). I predicted a strong positive correlation between bird species richness and habitat structural complexity, and bird species compositional differences …


Agricultural Land Use And Butterfly Communities, September 2001, Anne Baptiste Sep 2001

Agricultural Land Use And Butterfly Communities, September 2001, Anne Baptiste

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Forest habitat in the tropics is being converted at an alarming rate into agricultural lands. The result is loss of global biodiversity at accelerating rates. Butterflies are common indicator species of how biodiversity responds to changing land use. Here butterflies were used to examine the potential impact of different agricultural practices in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Butterflies were trapped in forest, banana, coffee, and pasture. This study found that coffee plantations support significantly greater species diversity (x2 P < 0.005), than banana or pasture. The forest patch was found to support the greatest number of forest dependent species although numbers of these indicator species were comparably high in coffee and banana as well. Forest species were almost absent in pasture and along edge. This suggests that there are crops, which better approximate forest conditions, while drastic land transformations have a large detrimental impact on biodiversity.