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Volume Management In San Environment, Chang-Soo Kim, Gyoung-Bae Kim, Bum-Joo Shin

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Logical volume managers have long been key components of a storage system. Their key features are creation of logical or virtual views of physical storage devices and support for various software RAID levels. These make it possible to overcome the limits to capacity, availability and performance of a physical storage device. Most logical volume managers are operated in a single system environment. They are not adequate for SAN (storage area network) environments where several hosts share and access a logical volume at the same time. Some recent logical volume managers are run in a multi-host environment. However, they cannot support …

Population Characteristics And Sampling Methods Of Catfish For The James And Big Sioux Rivers, John E. Aterburn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Concerns about the sustainability of catfish populations that produce large fish have increased because of abundant media images of large catfish and improvements in specialized fishing equipment. This study will help biologists address these concerns by providing important information about the channel catfish lctalurus punctarus and flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris populations of the James and Big Sioux rivers and by assessing the effectiveness of various gears used to sample catfish. I compared the number of channel catfish and flathead catfish caught on trotlines by riverine habitat type, hook type, and bait type along with electrofishing and different hoop net combinations. …

Comprehensive Evaluation Of Critical Thinking Skills And Attitudes Of Students In The Department Of Nursing At Rockford College, Kathleen A. Schultz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem addressed in this study was that there had been no evaluation of improvement in the critical thinking (CT) skills and attitudes of nursing students related to the nursing curriculum. No mechanism existed to obtain student input.

The purposes for this project were to determine if there were longitudinal changes in CT skills and attitudes during the sophomore and junior years of the nursing curriculum and if there were cross sectional differences in CT test scores between sophomore, junior, and senior students. In addition a mechanism was developed to obtain feedback from nursing students related to the improvement in …

Computer Viruses, S. R. Subramanya, Natraj Lakshminarasmhan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Purification And Characterization Of Crystallins By Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction, Ondrea Bermudez, Daniel Forciniti

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Crystallins are a family of water-soluble proteins that constitute up to 90% of the water-soluble proteins in mammalian eye lenses. We present in this paper an alternative purification method for these proteins using polyethylene glycol/dextran aqueous two-phase extraction. Under the appropriate conditions, we were able to recover the γ-crystallin fraction essentially free of the remaining proteins. High concentrations of salt at a neutral pH maximize the recovery of γ-crystallins in the top phase and minimize the contamination by the other proteins present in the lenses. The proposed protocol decreases the separation time by about 50%. The complex partition behavior observed …

A Better Analogy: "Jews," "Homosexuals," And The Inclusion Of Sexual Orientation As A Forbidden Characteristic In Antidiscrimination Laws, Marc A. Fajer

Articles

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Justice In Africa: Rwanda's Genocide, Its Courts, And The Un Criminal Tribunal, Jenia I. Turner

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

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Workstation Clusters For Parallel Computing, J. Stone, Fikret Erçal

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Workstation clusters have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional parallel supercomputers for many workloads requiring high performance computing. The use of parallel computing for scientific simulations has increased tremendously in the last ten years, and parallel implementations of scientific simulation codes are now in widespread use. There are two dominant parallel hardware/software architectures in use today: distributed memory, and shared memory. Systems implementing shared memory provide cooperating processes with a shared memory address space that can be accessed by all processors. In shared memory systems, parallel processing occurs through the use of shared data structures, or through emulation of …

The Status And Distribution Of The Topeka Shiner Notropis Topeka In Eastern South Dakota, Carmen M. Blausey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Topeka shiner Notropis topeka is a small (< 75 mm) minnow that inhabits prairie streams in several north central plains states. Once widespread and abundant throughout its historic range, the Topeka shiner is now found only in isolated populations. Because of an 80% reduction in occurrence throughout their range, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Topeka shiner as endangered in January 1999. At the time, limited information on habitat preferences and dist1ibution existed for this species in South Dakota. The objectives of this study were to measure local habitat features and water quality conditions at the reach scale at Topeka shiner study sites, create a model using these data to determine favorable habitat conditions, and identify fish species commonly associated with Topeka shiners. Fish and habitat data were collected at 61 tributary sites of the James, Vermillion, and Big Sioux rivers from June through September in 1999 and 2000. Sample sites in 1999 were based on historic Topeka shiner records in the South Dakota Natural Heritage Database. Sample sites in 2000 were based on a draft GIS model identifying potential Topeka shiner streams. Fish were collected with seines between block nets and standard procedures were used to measure physical and hydrological features of stream reaches. Cyprinids dominated the fish community for each river basin during both sample years. Insectivores and omnivores were the dominant trophic classes for each river basin for both sample years. Fish community associations for Topeka shiners were based on two stepwise logistic regression models: abundance of individual species at each site and presence or absence of individual species at each site. The abundance model indicated that Topeka shiners were most commonly associated with orangespotted sunfish Lepomis lutrenis and tadpole madtoms Noturns gyrinus. The presence/absence model showed that Topeka shiners were typically associated with red shiners Notropis lutrenis, tadpole madtoms Noturns gyrinus, black bullheads Ameiurus melas, and bigmouth shiners Notropis dorsalis. Habitat preferences were based on three stepwise logistic regression models: physical habitat water quality, and substrate composition at the reach scale. The physical habitat model indicated that Topeka shiners are associated with stream reaches that had low animal use, overhanging vegetation, stream bank vegetation comprised of sedges/rushes, low depositional zones, and run macrohabitat. The water quality model did not indicate any favorable or preferred conditions. The substrate model indicated that Topeka shiners are associated with stream reaches that had fine gravel or cobble substrates. The results of my study will lead to a better understanding of Topeka shiner distribution and habitat, and aid federal and state agencies in making management decisions that provide for protection and preservation of this species.

Clark University Academic Catalog [2000-2001], Clark University

Clark University Academic Catalogs

Annual academic catalog for the 2000-2001 academic year at Clark University.

Clark University academic catalogs contain academic announcements, course listings and descriptions, degrees and degree requirements, registers of instructor and administrator names, information on buildings and grounds, Clark history, and more. They have had various titles throughout the decades, but for consistency we collectively refer to them as academic catalogs across all titles.

Abstracts Of Wader Theses, Wader Study Group Bulletin

Wader Study Group Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Obituary: Pablo Canevari 1951-2000 : Deeply Inspired, Wader Study Group Bulletin

Wader Study Group Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Recent Publications On Waders 77, Henk Koffijberg

Wader Study Group Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Taxonomic Comments, James D. Rising

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

The Interplay Of Species Concepts, Taxonomy, And Conservation Lessons From The Hawaiian Avifauna, H. Douglas Pratt, Thane K. Pratt

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Introduction, James D. Rising

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Breeding Productivity And Survival Of The Endangered Hawai'i Creeper In A Wet Forest Refuge On Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Bethany L. Woodworth, Jay T. Nelson, Erik J. Tweed, Steven G. Fancy, Michael P. Moore, Emily B. Cohen, Mark S. Collins

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Dedication, Studies In Avian Biology

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Molecular Systematics And Biogeography Of The Hawaiian Avifauna, Robert C. Fleischer, Carl E. Mcintosh

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Drepanidine Movements In Relation To Food Availability In Subalpine Woodland On Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Steven C. Hess, Paul C. Banko, Michelle H. Reynolds, Gregory J. Brenner, Leona P. Laniawe, James D. Jacobi

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Akohekohe Response To Flower Availability Seasonal Abundance, Foraging, Breeding, And Molt, Kim E. Berlin, John C. Simon, Thane K. Pratt, James R. Kowalsky, Jeff S. Hatfield

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Interaction Between The Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel And The Argentine Ant In Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawai'i, Paul D. Krushelnycky, Cathleen S. N. Hodges, Arthur C. Medeiros, Lloyd L. Loope

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Changes In Native And Introduced Bird Populations On O'Ahu Infectious Diseases And Species Replacement, Cherie Shehara, Leonard Freed, Rebecca L. Cann

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

An Ecosystem-Based Management Approach To Enhancing Endangered Waterbird Habitat On A Military Base, Diane Drigot

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Why Isn't The Nihoa Millerbird Extinct?, Sheila Conant, Marie Morin

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Restoration Techniques For Hawaiian Forest Birds: Collection Of Eggs, Artificial Incubation And Hand-Rearing Of Chicks, And Release To The Wild, Cyndi Kuehler, Alan Lieberan, Peter Harrity, Marla Kuhn, Jope Kuhn, Barbara Mcilraith, John Turner

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Predictions Of Sediment Toxicity In The Barton Springs Watershed Located In Texas Using Sediment Quality Guidelines, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Ning Wang, Jeannie M.R. Hayward

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

Elevated concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides, and metals have been documented in bed sediments or in resuspended particles in water in the Barton Springs watershed located in Austin, Texas. The endangered Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum) inhabits the springs and concern has been expressed that sediments in the springs may be contaminated to concentrations that may be toxic to invertebrates that serve as a food source for these salamanders. Consensus-based probable effect concentrations (PECs) were used to predict the potential for toxicity in sediments collected from the springs. These PECs were developed to determine the concentration of …

Front Matter (Pdf), Journal Of Raptor Research

Journal of Raptor Research

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Proceedings Of The 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, St. Petersburg, Florida, February 13-16, 2001 Usgs Karst Interest Group Usgs Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4011, Eve L. Kuniansky, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group

KIP Talks and Conferences

Contents: Preface -- Introduction and Acknowledgements. Karst EcosystemsKarst Landscapes and the Importance of Three Dimensional Data in Protection of Cave and Karst Resources Rick Olson -- The Ecological Role of the Karst Wetlands of Southern Florida in Relation to System Restoration / William F. Loftus, Maria Cristina Bruno, Kevin J. Cunningham, Sue Perry, and Joel C. Trexler. Geologic Framework of Karst Systems: Geologic Framework of Karst Features in Western Buffalo National River, Northern Arkansas / Mark R. Hudson, David N. Mott, and Charles J. Bitting -- Geologic Framework of the Ozarks of South-Central Missouri-Contributions to a Conceptual Model of Karst …

Njit Highlanders Women's Soccer 2001 Media Guide, New Jersey Institute Of Technology Athletic Department

Soccer - Women's

No abstract provided.