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Affiliation Among Females In Wild Hamadryas Baboons (Papio Hamadryas Hamadryas), Larissa Swedell

Publications and Research

Previous studies of hamadryas baboons have described a “star-shaped” sociogram, whereby the strongest social bonds within hamadryas one-male units are those between a leader male and his females and bonds among females are weak by comparison. This type of social organization has also been called “cross bonding” to distinguish it from the “female bonding” found in most papionin monkeys. Models of female primate socioecology have suggested that hamadryas baboons lack female bonding due to their reliance on scarce, widely-dispersed food resources. Here I report observational data from a wild population of hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia indicating that, while females varied …

Ranging Behavior, Group Size, And Behavioral Flexibility In Ethiopian Hamadryas Baboons (Papio Hamadryas Hamadryas)., Larissa Swedell

Publications and Research

This study reports group size, home range size, daily path lengths, seasonal effects on ranging behavior and qualitative information on diet for a population of hamadryas baboons inhabiting the lowlands of the northern Rift Valley in central Ethiopia. The minimum home range size and daily path length for this population are similar to those reported for other populations of hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. Group sizes, however, are much larger than those in most other hamadryas populations for which published data are available. The large group sizes in this area may be related to the abundance of one …

The Effect Of Time Of Day On The Performance Of A Child With Autism In Speech And Language Therapy, Memorie M. Gosa

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Estrogen Receptor And Aromatase Genes In Japanese Medaka : Characterization Of Promoter Methylation, Rooha Contractor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: An Historical Analysis Of Copyright Liability, Matt Jackson

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Allchin's Folly: Exploding Some Myths About Open Source Software, Joseph Scott Miller

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Broad Are Nebraska's Rolling Plains: The Early Writings Of George Bird Grinnell, Richard Vaughan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Profiles the life of writer George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and the influence his first trip to Nebraska had in shaping his early writings about the American West. Among the works he published were several groundbreaking books about the Plains Indians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only did this 1870 trip to Nebraska, as a member of O. C. Marsh’s first Yale Paleontological Expedition, influence Grinnell's scholarly endeavors, but his deep interest in the state also influenced his lifelong devotion to environmental preservation and established him as an important advocate for the protection and welfare of Native …

Biodiversity Hotspots : Threats And Conservation Efforts, Edyta Dowksza

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Biodiversity is a fairly new word. It is a combination of the words: biological and diversity. "The contracted form 'biodiversity' was apparently coined by Walter G. Rosen in 1985 for the first planning meeting of the 'National Forum on Biodiversity' held in Washington DC in September 1986, the proceedings of which brought the notion of biodiversity to the attention of a wide field of scientists and others (Heywood, 1995).

Sex In Advertising, Christina L. Servedio

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Advertisements sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity, and normalcy. They tell us who we are and who we should be. This paper is intended to raise the issues of how advertising uses sex appeal to sell a product or service and at what cost to society.

Concurrent Deficits In Behavior Inhibition, Non-Verbal Working Memory And Psychological Sense Of Time In Adhd, Roya D. Mccloskey

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

According to the Hybrid Model of Executive Function for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), hyperactive and combined types, a delay in behavior inhibition causes secondary deficits in four executive function; non-verbal working memory, verbal working memory, reconstitution and self-regulation of affect/motivation/arousal. The deficit in non-verbal working memory causes a deficit in psychological sense of time, which in tum impairs self-regulation in those with ADHD. This single case study investigated concurrent deficits in behavior inhibition, non-verbal working memory and psychological sense of time in a 1O-year-old male with ADHD, combined type. Three interrelated components of behavior inhibition were measured by the …

Defining The Personality Characteristics Of Delinquent Adolescent Recividists, Barbara J. Sulik

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This study was done to provide basic empirical data on the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory with the focus on establishing a personality profile for recidivistic juvenile offenders. The subjects of this study consisted of four groups of male and female adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 years. The control group (n = 50) consisted of adolescents not adjudicated either delinquent or dependent. The dependent group (n = 50) consisted of adolescents not adjudicated delinquent and fitting the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder. The delinquent group (n = 50) consisted of adolescents that were diagnosed as conduct disordered and …

A Marketing Research Study: Entertainment Preferences And Perceptions Among Teenagers In Utah County And Salt Lake County High Schools / Prepared For Thanksgiving Point Institute, Richard L. Frost, Jeff Watson, Clark Cotterell, Colby Slaughter

Student Works

Thanksgiving Point Institute is interested in attracting more teenagers to its entertainment resort in Lehi, Utah. In order to better understand how to become a teenage entertainment destination, Thanksgiving Point must find the answers to three important questions: 1) What are teenagers' entertainment habits and preferences? 2) What are teenagers' current perceptions of Thanksgiving Point, and how would they suggest improvement? 3) Through what media can teenagers most effectively be reached? University Research Consultants comprised of Rick Frost, Jeff Watson, Clark Cotterell and Colby Slaughter.

Renewing Congregations: The Contribution Of Faith-Based Community Organizing, Mary Ann Ford Flaherty, Richard L. Wood

Sociology Faculty and Staff Publications

Congregations of faith seek to live out the call of their faith traditions in a culture experiencing enormous change. One of the key shifts continuing to occur is the pressure experienced by families and communities in a culture of rising individualism and global economics.The emerging market-driven economy is expanding to influence more than just the acquisition of things. Relationships and communities are now being seen as commodities that are bought and sold.

Evaluating Accuracy In Estimating Blood Loss By Nurse Anesthetists, Curtis C. Krueger

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Turbulent Times: Epic Fantasy In Adolescent Literature, Karie Eliza Crawford

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a development of the theories presented by Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Bruno Bettelheim concerning archetypes, the anima/animus concept, the Hero Cycle, and identity development through fairy tales. I argue that there are vital rites of passage missing in Anglo-Saxon culture, and while bibliotherapy cannot replace them, it can help adolescents synthesize their experiences. The theories of Jung, Campbell, and Bettelheim demonstrate this concept by defining segments of the story and how they apply to the reader. Because of the applicability, readers, despite their age, can use the examples in the book to help reconcile their own …

An Exploration Of Relationships Between Environmental Change And Place Identity: An Analysis Of Personal Stories From The South Coast Of Western Australia, Ruth E. Rogan

Theses : Honours

The complex relationships between people and places have been investigated by philosophic and scientific writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and more recently by researchers within the discipline of environmental psychology. A plethora of concepts have been developed to describe the relationship between people and their environments, including place identity and place attachment. Complex relationships exist between place identity, place attachment and the physical environment. Despite this, research situated within the discipline of environmental management, which addresses changes within the biophysical environment, rarely considers the psychological impacts of such change on individuals interacting within those environments. This study investigates …

Placental Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma And Leptin Receptor In Human Pregnancy, Gwyneth H. Gladstones

Theses : Honours

Leptin is a 16kDa peptide hormone that has recently been implicated in human reproductive processes. Like other hormones, leptin exerts its influence through its receptor. Of the three major isoforms of the receptor (OB-Ra, OB-Rb, and 0B-Re), OB-Ra (the dominant short form) has been implicated in transport processes within rat and human placentas, suggesting a role for it in implantation and pregnancy maintenance. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-dependent transcription factors that are a subfamily of nuclear hormone receptors. PPARs form heterodimers with another nuclear hormone receptor, RXRα, before binding to PPAR response elements (PPREs). Recently PPARϒ/RXRα heterodimers have …

John Forrest: Western Australia Under The Banyan Tree, Zoë Janina Yökki Joy Trotman

Theses : Honours

This story is about a man named John Forrest, my great-great-great uncle. I want to Investigate how he shaped and enacted upon the space we now call the State of Western Australia: as explorer, as surveyor, and as Premier. The photographs in my thesis explore how he impacted upon the landscape that we currently observe: they illustrate ways in which his past influence can be detected in the landmarks of our state, and they act as evidence of the “bigger picture”, demonstrating the effects his influence has had on the present condition of the land itself. Forrest helped construct many …

Travellers And The Industrial Revolution: Observations Of Cornwall, Cynthia Lane

Theses : Honours

The following dissertation is a "contribution to contemporary debates about the industrial revolution and the perpetuation of 'differcnce'."¹ It covers the era of Cornish industrialisation and the attendant socio-economic and cultural changes from the emergence of copper mining in the 1690s to the eve of its crash in 1866, through the observations of a selection of contemporary travellers/writers. It explores the image of Com wall through West Barbary versus Industrial Civilisation, and compares the county's processes of industrialisation with the canonical industrial revolution of the midlands and the north of England. Cornwall is examined as an example of the …

Determinants Of Erythropoietin Release In Response To Short-Term Hypobaric Hypoxia, Ri Li Ge, S. Witkowski, Y. Zhang, C. Alfrey, M. Sivieri, T. Karlsen, G. K. Resaland, M. Harber, J. Stray-Gundersen, B. D. Levine

Exercise and Sport Studies: Faculty Publications

We measured blood erythropoietin (EPO) concentration, arterial O2 saturation (SaO2), and urine PO2 in 48 subjects (32 men and 16 women) at sea level and after 6 and 24 h at simulated altitudes of 1,780, 2,085, 2,454, and 2,800 m. Renal blood flow (Doppler) and Hb were determined at sea level and after 6 h at each altitude (n = 24) to calculate renal O2 delivery. EPO increased significantly after 6 h at all altitudes and continued to increase after 24 h at 2,454 and 2,800 m, although not at 1,780 or 2,085 m. The increase in EPO varied markedly …

Calliope's Comments, Vol. 37 (2002), Richard H.W. Dillard

Calliope's Comments

Table of Contents:

• A Formal Feeling
• Faculty Roundtable
• Kudos
• 2001-2002 Honors and Awards
• Graduate Program in Children's Literature
• Punctuation
• Recommended Reading
• Creative Writing Graduate Students: 2001-2002
• Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest Winner
• New Books by Alumnae/i Authors
• New Books by Current and Former Faculty
• Writer-in-Residence News and Hollins Writers
• The Hollins Critic order form
• Contents

Determination Of Protein Profile And Presence Of Antibodies In Llama Seminal Plasma (Llama Glama), Francisco Flores Lópes

Theses and Dissertations

Internationally, Bolivia has the largest llama population followed by Peru. This makes our country a power in this renewable resource for working and generating economic development. This is mainly because of the quality of llama meat, which has nutritional properties superior to other animal species. The development and research in our country of llamas is not very significant. But in other countries advanced studies have been done for years, specifically in the area of reproduction, which represents problems for intensive repopulation because of singular characteristics of semen and copulation. The present research work was done at the UAC in Tiahuanacu …

Judicial Restraints On Illegal State Violence: Israel And The United States, John T. Parry

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article examines the role of courts in controlling state violence in the United States and Israel. The Author considers how U.S. federal courts should respond to illegal state violence by comparing a U.S. Supreme Court case, "City of Los Angeles v. Lyons", with a case decided by the Supreme Court of Israel, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel v. Israel. Part II highlights the legal issues that were central to each court in reaching a decision, including standing, the scope of equitable discretion to craft remedies, and baseline attitudes towards illegal government action. Part III examines the doctrines discussed …

Corporate Governance In The Cause Of Peace: An Environmental Perspective, Donald O. Mayer

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article examines the role of multinational corporations in creating global peace. Part I discusses the role of multinational corporations in the global economy, emphasizing the relationship between multinational corporations, governments, and the environment. Part II explores whether corporations have a moral duty to oppose ill-conceived laws and policy proposals and to support well-conceived laws that encourage efficiency and sustainability, but may hinder short-term profitability. Part III expands and further explores the argument set forth in Part II by examining the continuing dependency of the United States and other industrialized democracies on oil from the Middle East. Part IV concludes …

Health Versus Trade: The Future Of The Who's Framework Convention On Tobacco Control, Alyssa Woo

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

On October 16, 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) began the first session of negotiations of its first international health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Scheduled for adoption in May 2003, the FCTC is a comprehensive multilateral treaty that will cover everything from tobacco smuggling to tobacco advertising and the extent of the liability of tobacco companies.

This Note argues that even-handed domestic measures implementing the FCTC will be protected from international, trade-based complaints because the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement system has given sufficient and appropriate content to the health exception to the normal trade rules …

Regulating Environmental And Safety Hazards Of Agricultural Biotechnology For A Sustainable World, George Van Cleve

Faculty Articles

This essay first presents an overview of key legal principles that support sustainability. This essay then reviews the major alleged risks of agricultural biotechnology. It then describes the existing U.S. and European agricultural biotechnology regulatory system designed to control those risks. Next, this essay analyzes the existing U.S. regulatory system using sustainability principles. In the course of that analysis, this essay considers lessons to be derived from three case studies: the permitting of Starlink™ corn, the discovery of Mexican maize containing genetically engineered corn genes, and the possible permitting of transgenic salmon for ocean fish farming. This essay also considers …

Eisgruber's House Of Lords, Jeremy Waldron

University of San Francisco Law Review

The conditions of judicial appointment and tenure were supposed to be the key to Eisgruber's defense of the power of the courts in the American system. But all they do is deepen our puzzlement about this peculiar kind of "democratic" arrangement.

Is Proof Of Access Still Required - Proving Copyright Infringement Using The Strikingly Similar Doctrine: An Analysis Of The Fourth Circuit's Decision In Bouchat V. Baltimore Ravens, Inc., Henry J. Lanzalottie

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

No Room For Cheers: Schizophrenic Application In The Realm Of Right Of Publicity Protection, Jennifer Y. Choi

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

2002 - Appropriations 1.4, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

By year (2001-2019)

This series consists of appropriations supported by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez. Appropriations included: Clean Air Act, the SBA's HUBZone Program, Concordia Child Care Center, steel tariffs, bilateral HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Neurofibromatosis (NF) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program, Bridge Discretionary Program, Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program, National Training and Information Center (NTIC), Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), Cesar E. Chavez Education and Retreat Center, Department of …