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Implementation Of The Biological Opinion For The Missouri River Main Stem System, Missouri River Bank Stabilization And Navigation Project, Kansas River Reservoir System

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires that the Corps of Engineers (Corps), in coordination with the appropriate resource agencies, will ensure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any federally listed threatened or endangered species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. Formal consultation between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Corps under Section 7 of the ESA culminated with the "Biological Opinion on the Operation of the Missouri River Main Stem System, Operation and Maintenance of the Missouri River Bank Stabilization and …

Commentary And Reply To: Would Smokers With Schizophrenia Benefit From A More Flexible Approach To Smoking Treatment?, Tony George, Jennifer Vessicchio, David G. Gilbert, John R. Hughes, Dennis E. Mcchargue, Suzy B. Gulliver, Brian Hitsman

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Treating Tobacco Addiction in Schizophrenia: Where do we go From Here?
Yes! Smokers with Schizophrenia will Benefit from More Flexible Treatment Approaches
Rigidity in Measures of Smoking Cessation
A Reply to the Commentaries on Schizophrenia and Smoking Treatment: More Research is Needed

Assisted Reproduction In Jewish Law, Daniel B. Sinclair

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article attempts to untangle Jewish law regarding assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), namely artificial insemination with husband's sperm, artificial insemination with donor sperm, and in vitro fertilization. The author examines teachings by prominent Jewish law scholars and clarifies basic schools of thought regarding each method. He explores Jewish law prohibitions on incest and adultery and the laws regarding legal parentage and lineage of the child and explains the consequences of ARTs on those laws.

A New Flavor-Coated Sachet Bait For Delivering Oral Rabies Vaccine To Raccoons And Coyotes, Samuel B. Linhart, John C. Wlodkowski, Darrell M. Kavanaugh, Laurie Motes-Kreimeyer, Andrew J. Montoney, Richard B. Chipman, Dennis Slate, Laura L. Bigler, Malcomb G. Fearneyhough

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Research was conducted during 1996–2000 to develop baits for delivering an oral rabies vaccine to raccoons (Procyon lotor) and coyotes (Canis latrans). A bait was sought that: (1) was attractive to the target species, (2) could be distributed by aircraft, (3) was as effective (or more so) than the currently used fish meal polymer bait, and (4) could be produced in large numbers by automated procedures and could be purchased by user groups at substantially lower cost.

Ten field trials were conducted to document raccoons’ bait flavor preferences, evaluate a new vaccine sachet bait coated with …

The Brazilian Legal Tradition And Environmental Protection: Friend Or Foe, Janelle E. Kellman

UC Law SF International Law Review

Brazil is home to almost forty-two percent of the area known worldwide as the Amazon basin. Despite its tremendous beauty and ecological richness, the Amazon forest is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. Legal historians and international scholars have argued that the controversy surrounding the Amazon has stemmed from conflicting economic uses of the forest. Economics, however, is only one piece of the puzzle that accounts for the massive destruction of the rainforest and its surrounding ecosystem. Brazil has a complex set of environmental regulations and statutes. This Article examines how Brazilian legal culture and society have made it virtually …

Annual Report To The Faculty On A&S Governance 2001-2002, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

2002-2003 - Graduate Catalog, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Environmental Federalism In The United States And The European Union: A Harmonic Convergence, Alfred R. Light

St. Thomas Law Review

In 1788, Benjamin Franklin wrote to some European friends just after the United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia, "I send you. . . the proposed new federal Constitution for these states [i]f it succeeds, I do not see why you might not in Europe [do the same] by forming a Federal Union and one grand republic of all the different states and kingdoms; by means of a like Convention, for we had many interests to reconcile." Here, in the twenty-first century, Americans still measure their system of federalism with reference to the same document to which Franklin referred. It …

Manure Matters, Volume 8, Number 1, Bahman Eghball, John Gilley

Manure Matters (newsletter)

Phosphorus Risk Assessment Index Evaluation Using Runoff Measurements

Published by University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Livestock Environmental Issues Committee. Manure and composted manure are valuable and renewable resources that can be effectively utilized for crop production and soil improvement. However, runoff from cropland areas receiving manure or compost may contribute to increased phosphorus (P) in streams and lakes. The main factors controlling P movement in surface runoff are transport (runoff and erosion) and source factors such as manure or fertilizer application method and rate, and soil P test level. Elevated soil P levels may result from application of manure at …

Manure Matters, Volume 8, Number 3, Charles S. Wortmann

Manure Matters (newsletter)

How much can you pay to have manure applied to your land?

Livestock feeders often need more land for manure application to avoid excessive buildup of soil phosphorus. In some cases, they request payment to reduce transport costs. When is manure a good buy for crop production?
Manure supplies the full complement of nutrients needed by crops and often helps to improve soil biological and physical properties such as the rate of water infiltration. Because of these soil improvements, crop yield is often more with manure application than with fertilizers.
One way of estimating the value of manure is to …

Manure Matters, Volume 8, Number 2, Christopher G. Henry, Dennis D. Schulte

Manure Matters (newsletter)

Assessing Odor Risk

Odors from animal production operations are a major concern in rural communities. Pressure from the public and the potential impact on the rural economy has caused strong emotional conflicts. Currently livestock producers and urban planning officials have few tools to objectively evaluate scientifically based setbacks between livestock operations and residential areas. Conversely, livestock producers have few tools available to them to demonstrate how odor control technologies can reduce the risk potential of odor incidents.

Recognizing this concern in Minnesota, the Minnesota Legislature provided funds to their University to develop a tool to help predict offsite odor movement …

Manure Matters, Volume 8, Number 8, Richard R. Stowell, Christopher G. Henry

Manure Matters (newsletter)

The Economic Potential of Methane Recovery for Swine Operations: Projected Impacts of Various Public-Policy Scenarios

Economic analyses were performed on anaerobic digestion of manure from finishing operations. The main factors considered were herd size (1,000 head; 3,500 head; and 10,000 head) and method of financial support provided (cost-share program, no-interest loans, tax subsidies, and subsidized electrical sales).
Installation of a digester system is a significant investment that is currently very difficult to justify economically to Nebraska producers based upon consideration of readily quantifiable income and expenses, regardless of farm size. Swine finishing operations looking to invest in this technology would …

Wood Thrush Movements And Habitat Use: Effects Of Forest Management For Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers, Jason Lang, Larkin A. Powell, David Krementz, Michael J. Conroy

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

We monitored adult and juvenile breeding-season movements and habitat use of radio-tagged Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, central Georgia, USA. We investigated the effects that management for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), thinning and burning >30 year old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) habitat, had on Wood Thrushes, a ground-foraging and midstory-nesting species. Adult Wood Thrush pairs regularly moved long distances between nesting attempts (range 1 to 17,388 m). The only experimental effect we found on adult movements was a decrease in weekly emigration rates (AP) from thinned and burned compartments …

Graduate Record 2002: Voices Of The 21st Century, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

SWOSU Yearbooks

Dr. John Hays was formally inaugurated as the 16^th president of the university on December 5, 2001. In July 2001, Hays replaced Dr. Joe Anna Hibler, who retired after 10 years as president. State legislators, the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, Faculty, Staff and representatives from the Weatherford community were present at the occasion. Others included were students and family. Fifteen student ambassadors were chosen along with ushers from the Student Government Association. The Weatherford String Quartet provided the reception music. In accepting the symbolic mace of office, Hays stressed the importance of producing graduates who think critically and …

Testimony, Landscape And The West: A Conversation With Stephen Trimble, David Thomas Sumner

Faculty Publications

This interview with Stephen Trimble is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.

Activism, Fly Fishing, And Fiction: A Conversation With David James Duncan, David Thomas Sumner

Faculty Publications

This interview with David James Duncan is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 79, No. 4, 2002)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Shafer Court Connections (2002-01)

Shafer Court Connections, 1994-2010

For alumni of the Academic Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Rollins Alumni Record, Summer 2002, Rollins College Office Of Marketing And Communications

Rollins Magazine

"Many Happy Returns: Reunion 2002"

Mississippi State University - Student Enrollment Profile - Fall 2002, Office Of Institutional Research, Mississippi State University

Enrollment Profiles

No abstract provided.

Enrollment Data, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Bulldog Basics

No abstract provided.

Enrollment By Major, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Bulldog Basics

No abstract provided.

Enrollment By Major, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Bulldog Basics

No abstract provided.

Molecular And Functional Characterization Of A Novel Mutation In Murine Stem Cell Factor, Saurabh Chandra

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Stem cell factor (SCF) encoded by the Steel locus plays an essential role in hematopoiesis, gametogenesis and melanogenesis during both embryonic and adult life. We have characterized a new spontaneous mutant of the Steel locus in mice designated Sl 20J , which arose in the breeding colony at Jackson Laboratories and display a white belly spot. Molecular analysis of the Steel gene transcripts in Sl 20J mice by RT-PCR, revealed a tandem duplication of exon 3. We hypothesized that impaired recombination (IR) resulting in exon duplication was the mechanism of this mutation. A PCR strategy using primers in exon3 was …

Stages Of Change And Self -Efficacy As Factors In Physiological Outcomes In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Maureen Casandra Pierce

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Sedentary lifestyle is one of the most prevalent risk factors for the development and maintenance of cardiovascular disease in the United States. Although a challenge, healthcare providers are in a unique position to promote the adoption and maintenance of regular exercise to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. For this effort to be effective, research on exercise behavior in the context of cardiac rehabilitation is needed. Utilizing Prochaska and DiClemente's (1983) stages of change model and Schwarzer and Fuch's (1995) conceptualization of self-efficacy, the purpose of this study was aimed at identifying the impact of cardiac rehabilitation patients' initial exercise …

Iowa Academy Of Science Membership Directory, 2002-2003, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Editorial Board, Journal ... 5
Committees ... 6
Sections ... 14
ISTS Regional Directors ... 19
Awards of Merit ... 21
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards ... 22
Past Presidents ... 23
Membership Roster ... 24
Institutional Members ... 24
Corporate Sponsors ... 55

Iowa Academy Of Science 114th Annual Meeting [2002]: Advance Program, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2002 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science.

Environmental Change In The Great Plains: An Isotopic Record From Fossil Horses, Benjamin H. Passey, Thure E. Cerling, Michael E. Perkins, Michael R. Voorhies, John M. Harris, Shane T. Tucker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of fossil horse tooth enamel from Nebraska and Texas show evidence for late Neogene environmental changes in the Great Plains. The earliest unambiguous C₄ dietary signal among Texas equids coincides with the age of the classic late Hemphillian–age Coffee Ranch fauna, which we suggest is ∼6.6 Ma based on volcanic ash correlations. C₄ vegetation was present in the diets of a small fraction of late Hemphillian equids in Nebraska and was thereafter ordinary in the diets of both Nebraska and Texas equids. There is no unequivocal evidence for abundant C₄ vegetation in …

Ec02-173 Spotted And Diffuse Knapweed, Neil L. Heckman, Ryan M. Goss, Roch E. Gaussoin, Stevan Z. Knezevic, John L. Lindquist

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Spotted knapweed (Centaure amaculosa Lam. = C. biebersteinii DC.) and diffuse knapweed (C.diffusa Lam.) are two of Nebraska’s seven noxious weeds. They are also noxious in at least 17 other states. These are closely related species that are well adapted to a variety of habitats including open forests, rangelands and pastures, Conservation Reserve Program lands, roadsides, and ditch banks. Centaurea is a large genus of over 400 species, 32 of which are common weeds of the United States and several of which [e.g., yellowstar thistle, C. solstitalis L, and Russian knapweed, C. repens L. =Acroptilon repens (L.) …

Sorting And Mixing Effects In A Wean-To-Finish Facility, Mike Brumm

Nebraska Swine Reports

An experiment was conducted to evaluate whether removing and mixing lightweight pigs in a wean-to-finish facility resulted in improved pig performance to slaughter compared to never removing pigs from a pen from weaning to slaughter. Two populations of pigs were compared. The removed and mixed population consisted of pens comprised of 1) 20 pigs per pen with the five lightest pigs removed three weeks after weaning and 2) 15 pigs per pen with the pen comprised of the five lightest pigs from three of the 20 pig pens. The unsorted population consisted of 15 pigs per pen from weaning to …