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Abiotic Vs. Biotic Influences On Habitat Selection Of Coexisting Species: Climate Change Impacts?, Thomas E. Martin

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Species are commonly segregated along gradients of microclimate and vegetation. I explore the question of whether segregation is the result of microhabitat partitioning (biotic effects) or choice of differing microclimates (abiotic effects). I explored this question for four ground-nesting bird species that an segregated along a microclimate and vegetation gradient in Arizona. Birds shifted position of their nests on the microhabitat and microclimate gradient in response to changing precipitation over nine years. Similarly, annual bird abundance varied with precipitation across 12 yr. Those shifts in abundance and nesting microhabitat with changing precipitation demonstrate the importance of abiotic influences on bird …

Overcoming America's Wood Deficit: An Overlooked Option, Carl E. Fiedler, Stephen F. Arno, Charles E. Keegan, Keith A. Blatner

Forest Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Inflation & Monopoly Expectations, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Inflation and oligopoly and monopoly explanations [Handwritten notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Stadnichenko, A. (1975). Monetary crisis of capitalism: Origin and development. New York, NY: Dunellen Publishing Company.

• Sawyer, M. (2001). Kalecki on imperfect competition, inflation and money. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 25(2), 245–261.

Use Of Red Mangrove For Nesting By Snail Kites In Florida, Victoria J. Dreitz, Jamie A. Duberstein

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

During 1999 we monitored Snail Kite nesting activity throughout central and south Florida as part of an ongoing study from 1995 to 1999 evaluating the influences of environmental variation on the demography of the Florida population of Snail Kites. We discovered three nests in red mangrove built approximately 2 m above water. These nests were located in the stairstep unit of Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, south ofHwy 441 in Lostman's Slough.

Behavioral Interactions Between Coexisting Species: Song Playback Experiments With Wood Warblers, P. R. Martin, Thomas E. Martin

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Behavioral interactions between coexisting species may reflect underlying ecological interactions or may arise from factors unrelated to ecological interactions between species. We examined behavioral interactions between two coexisting, migratory wood warblers that competitively interact on breeding territories in central Arizona, USA. The larger Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) is aggressive toward the later-arriving Virginia's Warbler (V. virginiae) and responds to playback of Virginia's Warbler songs by approaching the playback speaker or by singing over Virginia's Warbler songs. Virginia's Warblers retreat from interactions with Orange-crowned Warblers and avoid the playback speaker when presented with Orange-crowned Warbler songs. Responses of both species to …

In The Site Of The Unseen: The Place Of African-American Culture Within Film, Austin Allen

Western Reserve Studies Symposium

Austin Allen discusses “the creation, distortion, re-mapping, dislocation, mythologies, and loss of space in the construction of African American culture in cinema and the televisual experience” through an examination of how African American neighborhoods and cultures are represented and misrepresented in film. Abstract; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (15th: 2001: Cleveland, Ohio)

Fewer And Better Babies: The Maternal Health Association Of Cleveland, Ohio, Jimmy Elaine Wilkinson Meyer

Western Reserve Studies Symposium

Jimmy Meyer details the history of Cleveland’s Maternal Health Association, the volunteers who made it possible, and the many motives that prompted volunteers to provide birth control information in the early years. Abstract; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (16th:2001 : Cleveland, Ohio)

Microwave Ionization Of An Atomic Electron Wave Packet, Michael W. Noel, Lung Ko, T. F. Gallagher

Physics Faculty Research and Scholarship

A short microwave pulse is used to ionize a lithium Rydberg wave packet launched from the core at a well-defined phase of the field. We observe a strong dependence on the relative phase between the motion of the wave packet and the oscillations of the field. This phase dependent ionization is also studied as a function of the relative frequency. Our experimental observations are in good qualitative agreement with a one-dimensional classical model of wave packet ionization.

Characterization Of Steel Fiber And/Or Polymer Concrete Mixes And Applications To Slender Rectangular And I -Beams, Ashraf Ibrahim Ahmed

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation presents results from experimental studies related to polymer modified concrete, steel fiber reinforced concrete, and steel fiber/polymer modified concrete. As a first stage of this research, the properties of different concrete mixes were characterized. These mixes were: plain concrete, steel fiber concrete with fiber volume fraction of 1%, polymer modified concrete with 1% to 7.5% solids of polymer, and steel fiber/polymer modified concrete with 1% to 7.5% polymer solids and I% steel fiber fraction. Concrete cylinders and 4 x 4 inches beams were tested under compressive, tensile, flexural, and bar pull-out loadings; In the second phase of this …

Spectroscopy Of Negative Molecular Ions: Studies In The Infrared Of Methide (Ch(3)-) And In The Vacuum Ultraviolet Of No(-) And Atomic And Molecular Oxygen (O(-) And O(2)-), Stephen Earl Mitchell

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The methide ion, CH3-, is isoelectronic with ammonia, NH3. Two different autodetachment life times have been observed. Metastable autodetaching states of methide have been observed, with an autodetachment lifetime range of 17 to 667 mus using a fast coaxial ion-laser beam apparatus. The excited states responsible for autodetachment are presumably rotationally excited states. A rovibrational transition in methide has been observed at 3206.74 cm-1 using a fast coaxial ion-laser beam apparatus and sub-Doppler tuning techniques. The full-width-at-half-maximum was measured to be 22.65 MHz, which corresponds to a 7.03 ns lifetime of the vibrationally excited state. This is the first rovibrational …

Non–Water–Stressed Baseline As A Tool For Dynamic Control Of A Misting System For Propagation Of Poinsettias, Sérgio Zolnier, Richard S. Gates, Robert G. Anderson, Sue E. Nokes, George A. Duncan

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

A technique is presented for dynamically adjusting misting intervals during propagation of vegetative cuttings. A crop setpoint temperature for activation of misting was defined by a "non-water-stressed baseline" concept, using infrared thermometry to acquire canopy temperature for plant feedback. The critical crop setpoint temperature was calculated from instantaneous values of air temperature, incident radiation, and air vapor pressure deficit (VPD_air). Misting was activated when the actual crop temperature exceeded the critical crop setpoint temperature. The dynamic control was shown to have the potential to reduce the amount of applied water from 9 to 12 times during low levels …

古龍《陸小鳳傳奇》的理想型與變態型人物, Suk Tuen Cheung

Dissertations from all years

《陸小鳳傳奇》轟動了文壇，令作者古龍名聲大斐。《陸小鳳傳奇》成功的原因是寫出諸多獨具個性的人物，不論主角配角亦同樣精彩。每個人物都是有血有肉，其行為也是可圈可點。而且這部推理武俠小說的情節懸疑迭起，令讀者如入迷障，引人入勝。再加上文字洗煉優美，當中妙語如珠，像散文詩亦如禪機，可謂精妙絕倫。

全文分作兩大部份，第一部份分析小說中的三個理想型人物，分別為陸小鳳、花滿樓和西門吹雪。本文會以李贄的〈童心說〉作基礎分析陸小鳳的性格，以中國傳統的仁愛道德觀去顯示出花滿樓的完美性格，及以「性痴」來分析西門吹雪這位劍神的內在情感。

第二部份是探索《陸小鳳傳奇》中的變態人物性格特徵，集中分析宮九和牛肉湯這對心理變態的兄妹。古龍善寫變態人物，此二人的變態心理異常矛盾複雜，宮九自卑又自戀，牛肉湯既自大又墮落，這部份會以西方心理學為基礎進行研究，主要用佛洛伊德的心理學理論如性異常和多重性格等，從當九和牛肉湯的行為分析二人形成變態心理的原因和找出他們行為的動機。

古龍正是透過這兩種截然不同的人物的強烈對比，令他們互相突出對方，使兩種人物在小說中性格也非常鮮明。他們的對立衍生出人物之間的愛恨，不但使故事高潮迭起，同時亦因此而深深吸引了讀者，令讀者與小說中的人物一起走進古龍的奇幻武俠世界。

Development Of A Scale To Assess Hwa-Byung On The Korean Mmpi-2 / By Michael E. Roberts, Michael E. Roberts

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Hoodoo In Mississippi And Contemporary Black Health / By Phoenix Marie Savage, Phoenix Marie Savage

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Genomic And Phylogenic Comparisons Of The X-Globin And B-Globin Intergenic Sequences Between Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) And Six Closely Related Cyprinindae Species / By Gregory A. Vidal, Gregory A. Vidal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Peculiar Case Of State V. Terry Lynn Nichols: Are Television Cameras Really Banned From Oklahoma Criminal Proceedings?, Robert D. Nelon

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

The truck bomb ripped into A.P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. One hundred sixty-eight men, women, and children died. None knew Timothy McVeigh or Terry Lynn Nichols, nor did McVeigh and Nichols know them. In fact, Nichols was not even in Oklahoma City when the bombing occurred. He is now--occupying a special cell in the Oklahoma County Jail, awaiting trial on state charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and aiding in placing a bomb near a public building.

Nichols' trip to Oklahoma City was circuitous. Initially, separate federal proceedings against McVeigh and Nichols were …

Changes In The Ticket Distribution Industry: Is This The Beginning Of The End For Ticketmaster?, Joycelyn Stevenson

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

This Note aims to explore the legal underpinnings of consumer frustration with Ticketmaster and the rest of the ticket distribution industry as it moves into the electronic age. First, this Note introduces Ticketmaster and examines its use of exclusive dealing agreements with local venues. It then discusses the relevant federal antitrust statutes affecting the industry and the market in which distributors operate. It also analyzes the role exclusive dealing agreements play in stifling competition. Next, this Note discusses the challenges--both legal and economic--to the industry's most visible member. It then discusses Ticketmaster as a possible product of competition in light …

The Recording Artist Agreement: Does It Empower Or Enslave, Lynn Morrow

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

In June 2000, Courtney Love, the controversial lead singer of the rock group Hole, lambasts, among other things, record company profits. In an essay entitled "Courtney Love Does the Math," she maintains that a recording artist agreement is itself a form of music piracy. She tells a compelling story about a band and a record company. As a result of a bidding war between the major labels, the band was given what is considered a huge deal-a twenty percent artist royalty and a million dollar advance. Providing a breakdown of how the million dollars was spent, Ms. Love calculates that, …

For Entertainment Purposes Or Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: Televangelism In The Marketplace Of Ideas, Juan G. Villasenor

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

This Note discusses the proposed legal responses to the problem of fraud by televangelists. Finding the solutions constitutionally deficient, politically unsound, or practically ineffective as deterrents, it then explores the possibility of a content-based restriction on televangelists' speech. The Note concludes that such a deliberate restriction on speech cannot withstand First Amendment scrutiny, regardless of the dishonesty or disingenuousness one may find in televangelists' tactics. Accordingly, despite the great potential for deception, televangelists' activities are, and should be, absolutely protected by the First Amendment. Any proposed remedy to deal with televangelism must occur in the marketplace of ideas, which is …

Chillin' Effect Of Section 506: The Battle Over Digital Sampling In Rap Music, Ronald Gaither

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Digital samples are to rap music as precedent is to the practice of law. Lawyers, mindful of the principle of stare decisis, mine court opinions for arguments to support legal theories. Similarly, rappers use the lyrics and musical arrangements found in previously recorded works to spin out new and creative pieces. But where-as no one worries when a lawyer quotes pieces of old case law to fashion her arguments in a novel case, rappers' heavy reliance on digital sampling routinely puts their community front and center in a debate over copyright infringement...

Considering the severity of most criminal penalties for …

Beyond The Blackboard: Regulating Distance Learning In Higher Education, Leslie T. Thornton

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

It is not so surprising that traditional institutions of higher education have been relatively slower than businesses, for example, to embrace the potential of the new technologies, and have lost students to those institutions and businesses which have been more willing to change. But technology is playing an enormous role in the shape, size, and direction of education, and it's not waiting for the leaders of traditional institutions--or anyone else, for that matter--to join the club.

This Article examines the scope and impact of that role, specifically as it has developed through a new trend toward online "distance education" or …

Digital Performance Royalties: Should Radio Pay?, Bruce H. Phillips, Carl R. Moore

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

We must acknowledge that some questions remain unanswered. Have we entered an era in which record labels, recording artists, record producers, and musicians will finally earn royalties for the public performance of their creations? Will the recent Copyright Office action be a watershed development in United States copyright law? Or will the broadcasters and their well-funded and powerful lobbying arm, the NAB, prevail in the end--if not in the courts, then in Congress? The only clear answer is simply this: not if the RIAA, the record labels' own well-funded and powerful lobbying arm, has anything to do with it. It …

Development Of Equilibrium After Preheating, Gary Felder, Lev Kofman

Physics: Faculty Publications

We present a fully nonlinear study of the development of equilibrium after preheating. Preheating is the exponentially rapid transfer of energy from the nearly homogeneous inflaton field to fluctuations of other fields and/or the inflaton itself. This rapid transfer leaves these fields in a highly nonthermal state with energy concentrated in infrared modes. We have performed lattice simulations of the evolution of interacting scalar fields during and after preheating for a variety of inflationary models. We have formulated a set of generic rules that govern the thermalization process in all of these models. Notably, we see that once one of …

Bonus Impacts On Receipt Of Unemployment Insurance, Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, Stephen A. Woodbury

Upjohn Press Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Gulf Estuarine Research Society Fall 2000 Meeting Abstracts

Gulf and Caribbean Research

The Fall 2000 meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS) was held at the Holiday Inn in Hammond, Louisiana on Monday and Tuesday, November 13 and 14, 2000. Local arrangements were organized by Denise J. Reed (University of New Orleans) and Robert W. Hastings (Southeastern Louisiana University) with significant support from Carolyn Woosley and Dr. Gary P. Shaffer. The Scientific Program was organized by Mark S. Peterson (The University of Southern Mississippi).

Country Of Origin Effect On Products From Mainland China In Hong Kong, Man Yee Chan, Pui Wa Tsang

Bachelor Degree - Marketing - Final Year Project

This study examines the effect of the country of origin cue on Hong Kong consumers’ purchasing of products from the two countries—China and Japan. The research findings suggest that the country of origin and brand image are the important evaluative criteria for Hong Kong consumer.

There are three main objectives in the report. First is to explore the overall image of Mainland Chinese products in Hong Kong market. The other is to assess the impact of the country of origin on Mainland Chinese products in Hong Kong market. Last, we make some suggestions for improving the image of Mainland Chinese …

Life On The Edge: Community And Trade On The Anglo -American Periphery, Pemaquid, Maine, 1610--1689, Neill De Paoli

Doctoral Dissertations

Seventeenth-century New England's northern frontier has been an important but poorly understood place of contact between a diverse array of English, French, and Indian actors who traded, socialized, and fought with one another over land, commercial and political alliances. The English fishing settlement of Pemaquid was a key player in this world. Pemaquid emerged as one of New England's earliest year-round settlements after its beginning as a migratory fishing station in the early 1610s. In those early years, Pemaquid benefited and paid for its strategic position on the northern edge of New England. It was situated in a region that …

2001 Commencement Program, New York Law School

Commencement Programs

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Using Computers In The Administration Of Primary Schools, Donncha Ó Fiannachta

Theses

This project investigates the use of computers in the administration of primary schools. A survey has been undertaken to determine current usage and future needs of schools such as training requirements.

It contains an overview of international thinking in this area and looks at aspects such as the legal issues involved in the keeping of electronic data on individuals in schools. Reference is made to the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act and the Education Act.

The author has determined the type of data that is most commonly needed by primary schools in Ireland. Some of this information must …

Development Of Amperometric Enzyme Electrodes For Glucose And Hypoxanthine., Eilish Broderick

Theses

This thesis is concerned with the immobilisation of enzymes on electrosynthesised poly (o- phenylenediamine) membranes for use on amperometric electrodes. The thesis opens with a discussion of the basic principles of enzymology and a review of a diverse range of biosensors, followed by a consideration of amperometry as governed by the Cottrell equation.

Glucose oxidase and horseradish peroxidase were co-immobilised in poly (o-phenylenediamine) on platinum electrodes at + 0.6 V versus Ag/AgCl. Using this approach the enzymes are entrapped in a strongly adherent, highly reproducible thin membrane, of thickness approximately 10 nm. This one-step procedure produces a glucose sensor with …