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Effects Of Climate On Inflorescences Of The Aroid (Araceae) Xanthosoma Sp. And Visitation Rates Of Their Scarab Beetle Pollinators, Cyclocephala Sp., September 2001, Jeffrey Lebrun Sep 2001

Effects Of Climate On Inflorescences Of The Aroid (Araceae) Xanthosoma Sp. And Visitation Rates Of Their Scarab Beetle Pollinators, Cyclocephala Sp., September 2001, Jeffrey Lebrun

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Spadices of many aroids (Araceae) go through a process known as "thermogenesis", manufacturing heat to attract scarab (Coleoptera) pollinators. In Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Xanthosoma undipes occurs in patches at 1550 meters elevation. Here they attract two scarabs that are thought to be the sole pollinators: Cyclocephala nigerrima and C. sexpunctata. Chances of successful pollination of Xanthosoma have been shown to increase drastically with higher visitation rates of scarabs. Previous studies in Monteverde found no relationship between the temperature of the spathe and beetle visitation (Craig 2001) though taller plants at lower altitudes have been shown to attract more beetles …

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A Medicinal Plant Analysis In Premontane Wet/Moist And Premontane Wet Life Zones In Monteverde, Costa Rica, September 2001, Ryan Pjesky Sep 2001

A Medicinal Plant Analysis In Premontane Wet/Moist And Premontane Wet Life Zones In Monteverde, Costa Rica, September 2001, Ryan Pjesky

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study was completed in Monteverde, Costa Rica on the diversity of medicinal plants in: premontane wet/moist and premontane wet forest. The purpose of this study was to find overall plant diversity and medicinal plant diversity within these two forests. After finding medicinal plant diversity, a conservation value could then be applied for each life zone accordingly. This was done by surveying three, 10-meter square plots in both life zones. It was hypothesized that plant diversities would be different within the two life zones. This hypothesis was not supported: the two plant communities had similar richness (S), diversity (H'), and …

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A Comparison Of Moss-Dwelling Invertebrates Along An Altitudinal Gradient, September 2001, Lauren Afsahi Sep 2001

A Comparison Of Moss-Dwelling Invertebrates Along An Altitudinal Gradient, September 2001, Lauren Afsahi

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Moss abundance and the invertebrates that inhabit moss differ with varying elevations. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in diversity and morphospecies composition of moss-dwelling invertebrates between three different elevations on the Pacific slope (1550 m, 1650 m, and 1750 m) along a tropical wet cloud forest. This study also examined if there was a significant difference between the diversity and morphospecies composition between the Atlantic and the Pacific slopes at an altitude of 1750 m. Eighty-one samples of one morphospecies of moss were collected from trees in a tropical wet cloud …

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Assessments Of China's Military: A Resource Guide, Bert Chapman Sep 2001

Assessments Of China's Military: A Resource Guide, Bert Chapman

Libraries Research Publications

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Toward A Strategy Of Positive Ends, Antulio J. Echevarria Dr., Huba Wass De Czege Brigadier General (Ret.) Sep 2001

Toward A Strategy Of Positive Ends, Antulio J. Echevarria Dr., Huba Wass De Czege Brigadier General (Ret.)

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Brigadier General (Retired) Huba Wass de Czege and Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II make a case for a strategy aimed at achieving positive, rather than neutral or negative, ends. They first discuss the dynamic conditions of the new strategic environment, then explore the options the United States has available for dealing with those conditions. The options include (1) preventive defense, (2) neo-isolationism, and (3) a strategy that pursues positive ends. Only the last, the authors argue, deals with the new security environment in a proactive way. It enables the United States to define its vital interests in terms of …

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Preparing For Asymmetry: As Seen Through The Lens Of Joint Vision 2020, Melissa Applegate Ms. Sep 2001

Preparing For Asymmetry: As Seen Through The Lens Of Joint Vision 2020, Melissa Applegate Ms.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Since the mid-1990s, the concept of strategic asymmetry has begun to receive serious attention from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review, for instance, stated, "U.S. dominance in the conventional military arena may encourage adversaries to use…asymmetric means to attack our forces and interests overseas and Americans at home." But while American strategists and defense leaders sense the importance of strategy asymmetry, much analytical work remains to be done before it is fully understood. The author assesses the revisions to Joint Vision 2020, DOD's roadmap to the future, that must be undertaken in order to prepare …

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Internal Wars: Rethinking Problem And Response, Max G. Manwaring Dr. Sep 2001

Internal Wars: Rethinking Problem And Response, Max G. Manwaring Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Asymmetric guerrilla war—insurgencies, internal wars, and other small-scale contingencies (SSCs)—are the most pervasive and likely type of conflict in the post-Cold War era. It is almost certain that the United States will become involved directly or indirectly in some of these conflicts. Yet, there appears to be little or no recognition and application of the strategic-level lessons of the Vietnam War and the hundreds of other smaller conflicts that have taken place over the past several years. The author draws from the lessons of the recent past to better prepare today's civilian and military leaders to meet the unconventional and …

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Toward A Strategy Of Positive Ends, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, Huba Wass De Czege Brigadier General (Ret.) Sep 2001

Toward A Strategy Of Positive Ends, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, Huba Wass De Czege Brigadier General (Ret.)

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Brigadier General (Retired) Huba Wass de Czege and Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II make a case for a strategy aimed at achieving positive, rather than neutral or negative, ends. They first discuss the dynamic conditions of the new strategic environment, then explore the options the United States has available for dealing with those conditions. The options include (1) preventive defense, (2) neo-isolationism, and (3) a strategy that pursues positive ends. Only the last, the authors argue, deals with the new security environment in a proactive way. It enables the United States to define its vital interests in terms of …

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Preparing For Asymmetry: As Seen Through The Lens Of Joint Vision 2020, Melissa Applegate Ms. Sep 2001

Preparing For Asymmetry: As Seen Through The Lens Of Joint Vision 2020, Melissa Applegate Ms.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Since the mid-1990s, the concept of strategic asymmetry has begun to receive serious attention from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review, for instance, stated, "U.S. dominance in the conventional military arena may encourage adversaries to use…asymmetric means to attack our forces and interests overseas and Americans at home." But while American strategists and defense leaders sense the importance of strategy asymmetry, much analytical work remains to be done before it is fully understood. The author assesses the revisions to Joint Vision 2020, DOD's roadmap to the future, that must be undertaken in order to prepare …

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Land Use, Land Abuse And Land Re-Use: A Framework For The Implementation Of Tmdls For Nonpoint Source Polluted Waterbodies, Paula J. Lebowitz Sep 2001

Land Use, Land Abuse And Land Re-Use: A Framework For The Implementation Of Tmdls For Nonpoint Source Polluted Waterbodies, Paula J. Lebowitz

Pace Environmental Law Review

In July 2000, EPA promulgated new regulations to implement Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act by requiring states to set Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for water bodies that do not meet water quality standards. Primarily, these regulations were meant to address pollution from non-point sources. However, as the result of the settlement of a lawsuit between environmental and agricultural interests and the EPA, the implementation of the regulations was postponed until March 2003. In this comment, the author suggests that the key to implementing TMDLs and to controlling non-point source pollution is through land use management, and further …

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Book Review: Grazing Management, 2nd Ed., Lowell E. Moser Sep 2001

Book Review: Grazing Management, 2nd Ed., Lowell E. Moser

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Grazing management is critical in obtaining optimum production from grasslands and maintaining the grazing resource. Grazing management involves a complex relationship among the herbivores, vegetation, and other biotic and abiotic factors. Proper grazing management of grazing lands has a tremendous importance in agriculture and natural resource conservation because much of the earth’s surface is covered with grazable vegetation. This book is an updated second edition of Grazing Management, which was first published in 1990. This edition is increased in size and coverage compared with the first edition.. A lot of progress in grazing management has been made in the 11 …

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The Use Of Landmarks By Clark's Nutcrackers: First Tests Of A New Model, Alan Kamil, Aleida J. Goodyear, Ken Cheng Sep 2001

The Use Of Landmarks By Clark's Nutcrackers: First Tests Of A New Model, Alan Kamil, Aleida J. Goodyear, Ken Cheng

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Animals use many different mechanisms to navigate in space. The characteristics of the mechanism employed are usually well-suited to the demands of each particular navigational problem. For example, desert ants navigating in a relatively featureless environment use path integration, birds homing or migrating over long distances use compasses of various sorts, salmon returning to their natal stream home on olfactory cues. The study of navigation requires the study of many different taxa confronting different problems. One interesting case 1 involves scatter-hoarding species that use memory to relocate their hidden food. Such animals face the problem of remembering many locations simultaneously. …

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Membrane Glycoprotein Gp130 Of Dictyostelium Discoideum Is Lipid-Linked And Its Fate Altered In The Presence Of Tunicamycin, Betsy L. Barent, Catherine P. Chia Sep 2001

Membrane Glycoprotein Gp130 Of Dictyostelium Discoideum Is Lipid-Linked And Its Fate Altered In The Presence Of Tunicamycin, Betsy L. Barent, Catherine P. Chia

Papers in Microbiology

We are studying the structure and role in phagocytosis of gp130, a glycoprotein located on the extracellular surface of D. discoideum amoebae. Predictions from the protein sequence of gp130 deduced from the cDNA indicate its attachment to the membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GP1)-anchor. This was confirmed when radiolabeled palmitic acid was incorporated into gp130 of axenically grown cells, and when nitrous acid deamination released gp130 from purified membranes. The GPI-anchor of gp130 resisted cleavage by bacterial and mammalian phosphoinositol-specific phospholipases. However, in the presence of protease inhibitors, we detected in vitro a time-dependent cleavage of gp 130 that was effectively …

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Physical Activity Profile Of Adult Males In Riyadh City, Saeed A. Al-Rafaee, Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa Sep 2001

Physical Activity Profile Of Adult Males In Riyadh City, Saeed A. Al-Rafaee, Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the patterns and determinants of physical activity among Saudi adult males living in Riyadh. METHODS: Self-administered questionnaires were filled out by 1333 randomly selected Saudi males 19 years and older, during the Fall of 1996. RESULTS: Over 53% of Saudi males were totally physically inactive, and another 27.5% were irregularly active. Only 19% of the entire sample were active on a regular basis. A curvilinear relationship was found between age and inactivity, with the middle age group the least active. Physical activity was lower among those who were married, work in the private sectors, working 2 shifts, …

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The Environment Of Child Maltreatment: Contextual Factors And The Development Of Psychopathology, Debra B. Hecht, David J. Hansen Sep 2001

The Environment Of Child Maltreatment: Contextual Factors And The Development Of Psychopathology, Debra B. Hecht, David J. Hansen

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Some professionals have hypothesized that the observed problems in children who have been maltreated may actually be a result of the combination of risk factors surrounding the child, including but not limited to direct results of the abuse itself. This article examines the complexity of hypothesized pathways to poor adjustment after physical and sexual abuse. The literature on the impact of major risk factors associated with maltreatment is reviewed in an attempt to clarify the potential contributions of these contextual variables on the development of psychopathology in physically and sexually abused children. The implications this analysis may yield for prevention, …

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Invited Synthesis Paper: Principles And Practices For Managing Rangeland Invasive Plants, Robert A. Masters, Roger Sheley Sep 2001

Invited Synthesis Paper: Principles And Practices For Managing Rangeland Invasive Plants, Robert A. Masters, Roger Sheley

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Invasive plants reduce the capacity of ecosystems to provide goods and services required by society, alter ecological processes, and can displace desirable species. They can reduce wildlife habitat quality, riparian area integrity, rangeland economic value, and enterprise net returns. The invasion process is regulated by characteristics of the invading plant and the community being invaded. The presence and spread of invasive plants is often symptomatic of underlying management problems that must be corrected before acceptable, long-term rangeland improvement can be achieved. Disturbance appears to be important early in the invasion process because it creates vacant niches that alien plants can …

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School Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Program Directors 2001-2002, Saint Mary's College Of California Sep 2001

School Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Program Directors 2001-2002, Saint Mary's College Of California

Chairs and Program Directors lists

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Expression Of Tumor-Associated Glycoprotein-72 (Tag-72) Antigen In Human Prostatic Adenocarcinomas., Dev Karan, Sonny L. Johansson, Ming-Fong Lin, Surinder K. Batra Sep 2001

Expression Of Tumor-Associated Glycoprotein-72 (Tag-72) Antigen In Human Prostatic Adenocarcinomas., Dev Karan, Sonny L. Johansson, Ming-Fong Lin, Surinder K. Batra

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Tumor-specific antigens are usually defined by monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and can play critical roles in the diagnosis and therapy of carcinomas. Despite advances in the understanding of the molecular genetics of human prostate carcinomas, therapeutic approaches require that tumor-specific markers, preferably on the cell surface, should be defined. In this study, we examined the expression of an oncofetal antigen tumor-associated glycoprotein-72 (TAG-72) in prostatic adenocarcinomas with a Gleason grade of six or higher. Using a second generation MAb CC49 against TAG-72, immunoreactivity was detected in 88% (29/33) of the prostatic cancer tissues. Occasionally, the benign epithelium showed a very faint …

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Now Open For Development: The Present State Of Regulation Of Activities In North Carolina Wetlands, Joseph J. Kalo Sep 2001

Now Open For Development: The Present State Of Regulation Of Activities In North Carolina Wetlands, Joseph J. Kalo

North Carolina Law Review

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Seeing And Believing: Images Of Heredity In Biological Theories Of Crime, Nicole Hahn Rafter Sep 2001

Seeing And Believing: Images Of Heredity In Biological Theories Of Crime, Nicole Hahn Rafter

Brooklyn Law Review

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The Tipping Point In The Law's Use Of Science: The Epidemic Of Scientific Sophistication That Began With Dna Profiling And Toxic Torts, David L. Faigman Sep 2001

The Tipping Point In The Law's Use Of Science: The Epidemic Of Scientific Sophistication That Began With Dna Profiling And Toxic Torts, David L. Faigman

Brooklyn Law Review

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Legal And Policy Issues In Expanding The Scope Of Law Enforcement Dna Data Banks, Mark A. Rothstein, Sandra Carnahan Sep 2001

Legal And Policy Issues In Expanding The Scope Of Law Enforcement Dna Data Banks, Mark A. Rothstein, Sandra Carnahan

Brooklyn Law Review

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Introduction, Margaret Berger, Bailey Kuklin Sep 2001

Introduction, Margaret Berger, Bailey Kuklin

Brooklyn Law Review

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Evolutionary Analysis In Law: Some Objections Considered, Owen D. Jones Sep 2001

Evolutionary Analysis In Law: Some Objections Considered, Owen D. Jones

Brooklyn Law Review

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Commentary: Lessons From The Past For The Genetic Future, Simon A. Cole Sep 2001

Commentary: Lessons From The Past For The Genetic Future, Simon A. Cole

Brooklyn Law Review

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Commentary: Two Fallacies About Dna Data Banks For Law Enforcement, David H. Kaye Sep 2001

Commentary: Two Fallacies About Dna Data Banks For Law Enforcement, David H. Kaye

Brooklyn Law Review

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The Gene Patenting Controversy: A Convergence Of Law, Economic Interests, And Ethics, Daniel J. Kevles, Ari Berkowitz Sep 2001

The Gene Patenting Controversy: A Convergence Of Law, Economic Interests, And Ethics, Daniel J. Kevles, Ari Berkowitz

Brooklyn Law Review

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Essay: The Future Of Dna Testing And Law Enforcement, Charlotte J. Word Sep 2001

Essay: The Future Of Dna Testing And Law Enforcement, Charlotte J. Word

Brooklyn Law Review

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Inside Unlv, Carol C. Harter, Betty Biodgett Sep 2001

Inside Unlv, Carol C. Harter, Betty Biodgett

Inside UNLV

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"Woman Is Man's Best Friend And Her Own Worst Enemy": Jury Bias, Ashley C. Nielson, Laura K. Jones, Timothy M. Woodrum Sep 2001

"Woman Is Man's Best Friend And Her Own Worst Enemy": Jury Bias, Ashley C. Nielson, Laura K. Jones, Timothy M. Woodrum

Modern Psychological Studies

The Supreme Court recently ruled that no jury could be chosen on the basis of sex. This study was conducted to determine whether jury biases exist in the sentencing of murder cases. It was therefore hypothesized that women would judge female murderers more severely than their male counterpart. The severity of sentences were determined by the participants' marks on a severity of sentence scale. These participants evaluated both domestic and mutilation murder cases, each of which varied in the gender of the accused. Using a 2X2 ANOVA in the evaluation of the results, no significant differences were found between the …

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