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Habitat Use Of Urban Bats In Springfield, Missouri, Sarah Jane Robertson

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

During the summers of 1998-2000, the Anabat II bat detector system was placed in a mosaic of habitats within Springfield, Missouri and surrounding rural areas in southern Missouri to compare the activity indices of nine bat species between urban and rural environments. A total of 1,876 echolocation call sequences was recorded, identified to species and analyzed; 1,066 were from 42 Springfield sites, and 810 were from 22 rural locations. For all species combined, urban bat activity tended to be higher than rural activity, but those differences were only significant at the reading taken 3 hours after sunset. Eptesicus fuscus activity …

An Avian Inventory Of Blackbird State Forest: Species Composition And Implications For Conservation, Christopher M. Heckscher, Kevin S. Kalasz

Delaware Ornithologist

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Mammals Of The Archie Carr And Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuges, Joseph S. Weidlich

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT This summarizes a study conducted on the Archie Carr (ACNWR) and Pelican Island (PINWR) National Wildlife Refuges located on the barrier island complex of southern Brevard and northern Indian River counties, Florida. Major objectives of this study were designed to 1) survey the mammals of the ACNWR and PINWR, 2) perform a small mammal population demographic study in coastal scrub and maritime hammock habitats, and 3) document a population monitoring project of Peromyscus po/ionotus niveiventris in northern Indian River County at Treasure Shores Park, within ACNWR Segment 4. A total of7,279 trap nights was compiled during the survey portion …

Does Literature Work As Social Science? The Case Of George Orwell, Richard A. Epstein

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

The National Energy Policy: Assessing Energy Policy Changes, Gary C. Bryner

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sustaining Geographies Of Hope: Cultural Resources On Public Lands, Sandra B. Zellmer

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow And The Endangered Species Act, Sean O'Connor

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

An End To Gene Patents? The Human Genome Project Versus The United States Patent And Trademark Office's 1999 Utility Guidelines, Mary Breen Smith

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Activism Is Not A Four-Letter Word, Rebecca L. Brown

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Étude Préliminaire De La Friction Des Planchers Recouverts De Matière Grasse, André Massicotte, François Quirion

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Au cours des cinq dernières années, les chutes par glissades ont été la cause de plus de 32000 cas de lésions professionnelles au Québec. Ce type d’accidents est généralement associé à une mauvaise résistance au glissement des planchers, particulièrement dans les services alimentaires où les planchers sont exposés à la matière grasse.

De juin à novembre 2001, QInc a réalisé une étude préliminaire visant à évaluer l’impact de l’entretien et de l’encrassement sur la résistance au glissement des planchers de grès exposés à la matière grasse et à l’usure depuis plusieurs années.

Une procédure a été mise au point afin …

Comparaison De L'Implantation D'Une Démarche D'Ergonomie Participative Et D'Outils D'Analyse Du Travail Destinés Aux Tâches Variées Dans Deux Entreprises Au Contexte Différent, Marie St-Vincent, Chantal Tellier, Denise Chicoine, Marie Laberge

Rapports de recherche scientifique

L’étude présente les résultats d’implantation d’une démarche participative visant l’analyse de tâches variées dans deux entreprises au contexte différent : l’une au contexte favorable à cette approche (usine 2), l’autre au contexte peu favorable (usine 1). Dans les deux entreprises, la structure d’intervention était basée sur un groupe d’ergonomie formé d’opérateurs et de spécialistes techniques; ce comité était encadré tout au long de l’intervention par des ergonomes et chapeauté par un comité de suivi, constitué de représentants de la direction et du syndicat.

Le projet a été réalisé en fonction de quatre objectifs :

1. transformer des situations de travail à …

La Pratique D'Intervention En Santé, En Sécurité Et En Ergonomie Dans Des Projets De Conception : Étude D'Un Cas De Conception D'Une Usine, Fernande Lamonde, Philippe Beaufort, Jean-Guy Richard

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Ce rapport s’adresse à ceux qui, dans les entreprises, firmes de consultants ou autres, sont impliqués dans la gestion ou interviennent directement en SST et en ergonomie : les directions d’entreprise, les responsables des méthodes et de la production, les chargés de projet (ingénieurs, informaticiens, architectes) de même que les préventionnistes et les ergonomes eux-mêmes.

Il relate la démarche originale qui a été mise en place pour intégrer la SST et l’ergonomie dans un projet de conception d’une usine réalisé au Québec de 1996 à 2002. Cette démarche a été reconstituée en analysant l’activité des deux préventionnistes et de l’ergonome …

Inauguration Or Day Of Atonement?: A Response To Norman Young's "Old Testament Background To Hebrews 6:19-20 Revisited", Richard M. Davidson

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Genesis Matriarchs Engage Feminism, Jo Ann Davidson

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Books And Letters Vol. 16, University Libraries, Anne Marie Candido, Ethel C. Simpson, Juana R. Young, Beth Juhl, Kristine Shrauger, Donald W. Batson, Cheri Pearce

Books and Letters

Library Benefits from $300 Million Gift to the University; Phyllis W. Boyce Memorial Endowment; Michael Dabrishus Takes Job at University of Pittsburgh; New Electronic Collections Open Worlds to Scholars & Students; A Note of Thanks!; CRL Membership Opens New Doors for Researchers; Meeting the Challenge

Quantification Of Land-Use Impact On Stream Water Quality, Scott Dennis, Indrajeet Chaubey, Brian Haggard

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Accelerated eutrophication of Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas is a major environmental concern. When developing watershed-management plans to protect lake water quality, it is important that linkages among land-use activities and water quality of tributary streams be quantified. This study assessed longitudinal base-flow and storm-flow water quality at War Eagle Creek and quantified linkages between stream water quality and land-use conditions within the War Eagle Creek sub-watershed of the Beaver Lake watershed. We collected six water samples: three from base-flow conditions and three from storm-flow conditions during Spring 2002. In general, concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N), total N (TN), total …

Writing Toward Democracy: Service-Learning And Composition, Glenn C. Hutchinson Jr.

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

This study will show how encouraging students to write toward democracy could help them to become better writers and citizens. Service-learning can help students learn to write through active inquiry, collaboration with different discourse communities, and consideration of their roles as citizens. However, service-learning must meet three challenges in order to be successful.

First, I will argue that freshman composition's subordinate status as a service course to the university can inhibit a pedagogy of service-learning. Even though service-learning may be a useful term to name this pedagogy, I propose that we find a different name in order to emphasize student …

Antigenic Community Between Schistosoma Mansoni And Biomphalaria Glabrata: On The Search Of Candidate Antigens For Vaccines, Nathalie Chacon, S. Losada, B. Noya, B. Alarcon De Noya, O. Noya

Physician Assistant Studies Faculty Publications

We have previously confirmed the presence of common antigens between Schistosoma mansoni and its vector, Biomphalaria glabrata. Cross-reactive antigens may be important as possible candidates for vaccine and diagnosis of schistosomiasis. Sera from outbred mice immunized with a soluble Biomphalaria glabrata antigen (SBgA) of non-infected B. glabrata snails recognized molecules of SBgA itself and S. mansoni AWA by Western blot. Recognition of several molecules of the SBgA were inhibited by pre-incubation with AWA (16, 30, 36, 60 and 155 kDa). The only specific molecule of AWA, inhibited by SBgA, was a 120 kDa protein. In order to determine which epitopes …

Contents, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Mercury Exposure And Malaria Prevalence Among Gold Miners In Pará, Brazil, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Denis Nash, Circey Trevant, G. Thomas Strickland, Jose Maria De Souza, Rui S.U. Da Silva

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Choice Of Law In Online Legal Ethics: Changing A Vague Standard For Attorney Advertising On The Internet, Daniel Backer

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law Of Armed Conflict, Nada Al-Duaij

Dissertations & Theses

This thesis explains the law of the environment during armed conflicts in five parts. Part One, “General Background of Armed Conflict,” focuses on the nature of armed conflict, including international and national disputes, civil war, and the problem of applying international legal duties to internal belligerents, the impact of armed conflict on civilians, and the environmental impact of preparing for, engaging in, and recovering from armed conflict. Part Two, “Environmental Protection in International Humanitarian Law,” examines the definition of international humanitarian law (IHL), focusing particularly on the environmental protection provisions in the IHL and its current inadequacy as a tool …

'Rogue States' Within American Borders: Remedying State Noncompliance With The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Margaret S. Thomas

Journal Articles

Nearly a decade after the United States ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the treaty's implementation is incomplete. A complex maze of reservations, understandings, and declarations has hindered domestic implementation, as has Congress 's failure to pass national implementing legislation. Almost every state in the Union has laws that violate the Covenant. For example, the treaty requires that in criminal matters, juveniles must be tried in a manner that takes account of their age. Nevertheless, California and many other states frequently treat minors as adults in such matters. Because the Senate declared the treaty to be non-self-executing, …

Human Population And Freshwater Resources: U.S. Cases And International Perspectives, Karin M. Krchnak, Victoria Dompka Markham, Nancy Thorne

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

No abstract provided.

Feminist Legal Writing, Kathryn M. Stanchi

Scholarly Works

To lay the groundwork for the exploration of feminist legal writing, this Article first summarizes the traditions and conventions of persuasion and persuasive writing-how they are characterized in law and how they are taught in law school. It then summarizes a type of language in linguistic theory called "antilanguage," which is language created by groups in society that are outcasts or otherwise excluded from the dominant social class to rebel against the dominant class. Analyzing several pieces of feminist legal scholarship that use unconventional writing techniques, this Article identifies a type of feminist legal antilanguage. This feminist legal antilanguage uses …

"An Overwhelming Question" About Non-Formal Procedure, Thomas O. Main

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

The Blues In Three Parts: A Collection Of Poetry, Short Stories, And A Screenplay, Desha Tolar Kelly

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis is entitled, “The Blues in Three Parts: A Collection of Poetry, Short Stories, and a Screenplay.” The first part, a collection of poetry, contains themes of childhood and adolescence, love and loss, life struggles, writing, and death. The second part, a collection of short stories, contains five stories centered on similar themes. The third and final part, a screenplay entitled “Cow”, contains elements of the first two parts as well. The epigraph, which contemplates the idea that the blues is not only music, but all the ups and downs of life, sets the stage for the central thread, …

Hourly Variations In Planktonic Larval Concentrations On The Inner Shelf: Emerging Patterns And Processes, Elizabeth D. Garland, Cheryl Ann Zimmer

Journal of Marine Research

Planktonic larvae are unlikely to be randomly distributed over time or in space. Fluctuations in larval density may result from a variety of physical and biological processes. To identify relatively high-frequency patterns of larval variation for an inner-shelf environment, zooplankton were sampled hourly for 3 d using an automated plankton pump. Moored ~80 cm above bottom, the pump was located in 8 m of water on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Densities of all larval groups were highly variable: 5-746 m^-3 for barnacle cyprids, 0-668 m^-3 for polychaetes, 0-516 m^-3 for bivalves, 6-414 m^-3 for …

Intermingling Of Two Pseudocalanus Species On Georges Bank, D. J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., A. Bucklin

Journal of Marine Research

Physical and biological controls on the springtime distributions of Pseudocalanus moultoni and P. newmani on Georges Bank are examined by assimilating observations into a coupled physical-biological model. Monthly snapshots of abundance are derived from U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank broad-scale surveys during 1997. The forward problem is posed as an advection-diffusion-reaction equation for the copepod concentration. The adjoint method of data assimilation is used to invert for the biological sources and sinks implied by the observed changes in abundance between surveys and the flow during the intervening period. Based on this analysis, the two species appear to have distinct population centers …