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Focal Spot, Fall/Winter 2003/2004

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Of Mice And Men And Trillium: Cascading Effects Of Forest Fragmentation, D. A. Tallmon, E. S. Jules, N. J. Radke, L. Scott Mills

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Cascading ecological effects of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation have been studied primarily in extreme cases (e.g., the isolation of habitat fragments in a novel habitat matrix such as suburban developments, reservoirs, or agricultural fields), with less attention to more subtle and widespread cases, such as habitat fragmentation due to timber harvest. Few studies have used rigorous demographic data to demonstrate the direct and indirect effects of habitat fragmentation. We trapped deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) at five sites over two years in southwest Oregon, USA, and used multi-state capture-recapture models to estimate deer mouse survival and movement in clearcuts; forest-fragment edges, forest-fragment …

Predicting Fish Species Diversity In Lotic Freshwaters Of Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes

Virginia Journal of Science

Objectives were to test the hypothesis that stream order and stream width alone account for species diversity in drainages of Greece, and to create a mathematical model that predicts fish diversity in small and medium sized freshwater streams in the southern Balkan Peninsula in accord with the stream classification system proposed by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). Thirty-seven species of fishes in 12 families (Petromyzontidae, Anguillidae, Cyprinidae, Moronidae, Centrarchidae, and Blenniidae) were collected in five stream orders (1-5) from 19 river drainages in Greece in 1993 and from 2000-2002. Numbers of species were significantly correlated with stream order (+), width …

The Evolution Of Equality In American Law, Gerald Torres

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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War And Insurance, Josiah Royce

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Biotechs Beware: Safe Harbor No More, Shawn C. Troxler

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

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Toxicogenomics: Toward The Future Of Toxic Tort Causation, Jon R. Pierce, Terrence Sexton

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

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The American Civil Rights Tradition: Anticlassification Or Antisubordination?, Jack M. Balkin, Reva B. Siegel

University of Miami Law Review

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Md. Service Learning: Classroom Link Weak?, Michelle Galley

School K-12

Maryland students are mucking out horse stalls, dancing in ballets, answering telephones, and ladling soup for the homeless in order to graduate from high school.

Eleven years after the legislature passed a first-of-its-kind state law requiring all public school students to complete 75 hours of service learning, young people are fulfilling the requirement with varying degrees of success.

Offshore Seismic And Fisheries And Environmental Issues - How Can They Be Reconciled?: A Case Study On The Public Review On The Effects Of Potential Oil And Gas Exploration Offshore Cape Breton, David Macdougall

Dalhousie Law Journal

The author describes the review process preceding the 2003 CNSOPB decision which permitted seismic activities offshore of Cape Breton. The process included a public review conducted by Commissioner Dr. Teresa MacNeil and the subsequent establishment of an Ad Hoc Working Group (part of the CNSOPB's existing Fisheries and Environment Advisory Committee (FEAC)) and a Science Working Group reporting to the Ad Hoc Working Group. In the author's view, the Ad Hoc Working Group arrived at the anticipated result; that is, continued disagreement among the opposing parties on the fundamental issues. Consequently CNSOPB was left with the decision on how to …

No Blood For Oil? United States National Security, Oil, And The Arctic Wildlife Refuge, Christopher R. Clements

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Introduction To The Symposium: Pesticides: What Will The Future Reap?, Natasha C. Robinson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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The Anunnaki, The Vampire, And The Structure Of Dissent, Marcus Librizzi

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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The latest incarnation of the vampire - in the conspiracy theories of David Icke - reveals the critical, revolutionary heart of the vampire legend. Discourse on the vampire appears above all to provide a structure of dissent, a metaphorical means of representing and soliciting critiques of the social order. The Anunnaki form of the vampire - in its immersion in the constellation of contemporary conspiracy theories, in its reflection on global capitalism, and in its blurring of historical and fictional narratives - has moved this structure of dissent from the cloak of darkness to the light of day.

Creation, Liberation, And Property: Virtues And Values Toward A Theocentric Earth Ethic, W. Wade Berryhill

Law Faculty Publications

Religion continues to play a significant role in shaping our attitudes toward nature.2 Time-honored principles of stewardship of the land demand that we owe a duty to future generations to allow them to inherit a healthy environment. Essential to this obligation is spiritual faith, not the trendy brand of secular humanism espoused by ecodogmatists seeking environmental justice through means unmoored from centuries-old principles of creation. What secular humanism ignores-and what religious traditions the world over have recognizedis the reality that we are a "creative expression of the earth's own evolution."3 Thus, in light of our duty to posterity, mere emphasis …

Annual Report To The Pastoral Lands Board Of Western Australia: 2002 / 2003 Financial Year, Rod Williams, Sandra Van Vreeswyk, Philip Thomas

Natural resources published reports

The Department of Agriculture has prepared this Annual Report for the Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia for the financial year 2002 – 2003. The report details trends in a number of indicators of importance to Western Australia’s rangelands.

The Department of Agriculture’s activities to the Board are outlined and environmental indicators are presented at the regional and property scales. New methodologies of pastoral lease inspections incorporating a categorisation model are also introduced. The integrated assessment processes incorporating rangeland resource and condition surveys, pastoral lease inspection processes, and WARMS provides land users with a sound information base from which informed …

Protease Activity In The Plasma Of American Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Experimentally Infected With The Protozoan Parasite Perkinsus Marinus, P. Muñoz, K. Vance, M. Gomez-Chiarri

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Perkinsus marinus is responsible for disease and mortality of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica. To inves-tigate the interactions between P. marinus and oyster hemocytes, protease activity was measured in plasma of oysters collected 4 hr, 24 hr, 4 days, and 2 mo after experimental infection with P. marinus. A significant increase in protease activity was observed in oyster plasma 4 hr after injection with P. marinus, followed by a sharp decrease within 24 hr. Gelatin-impregnated gel electrophoresis showed the presence of 2 major bands (60 and 112 kDa) and 3 less prevalent bands (35, 92, and 200 kDa) with metalloproteinaselike …

Familial Mediterranean Fever Mutation Frequencies And Carrier Rates Among A Mixed Arabic Population, Jamil R. Al-Alami, Marwan K. Tayeh, Dana A. Najib, Ziad A. Abu-Rubaiha, Hassan A. Majeed, Mohammed S. Al-Khateeb, Hatem I. El-Shanti

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory periodic disorder characterized by febrile and painful attacks due to inflammation involving the serosal membranes. The gene implicated in this disorder, MEFV, has been cloned and mutations in its coding regions have been identified. We aimed at identifying the frequency of MEFV mutations and carrier frequency in a mixed Arabic population. METHODS: We identified 29 probands from 29 unrelated sibships segregating the disorder and representing the affected individual cohort. We screened 200 anonymous deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) samples, representing a healthy adult cohort, for the mutations found to be common in the affected …

Law And Morality In Patrick O'Brian's Post Captain, Alison M. Sulentic

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

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Library Perspectives, Issue 29, Fall 2003, Friends Of The Oberlin College Libraries

Library Perspectives Newsletter

This issue includes items about novelist Tracy Chevalier '84, the Robert M. Campbell ('34) Collection, "The Holocaust Series" exhibition, William Lloyd Garrison and The African Repository, and much more.

Evaluating Incentive Mechanisms For Conserving Habitat, Gregory M. Parkhurst, Jason F. Shogren

Natural Resources Journal

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The Economics Of Total Maximum Daily Loads, Keith Keplinger

Natural Resources Journal

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Focal Spot, Fall/Winter 2002/2003

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The Women's Christian Temperance Union In The Pacific Northwest: The Battle For Cultural Control, Dale E. Soden

History Faculty Scholarship

At 3:00 p.m. on March I, 1915, Governor Moses Alexander signed House Bill 142, which would make Idaho a dry state as of Ianuary I, 1916. He used four pens, then gave one to his granddaughter and the rest to the Reverend Will Herwig, president of the Anti-Saloon League, and Nettie Chipp and Mollie Vance, representatives of the North Idaho and South Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Unions. To commemorate the moment, a news service took moving pictures for its newsreel, and the WCTU ladies present sang temperance lyrics to the tune of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."

African-American Farmers And The Fight For Survival: The Continuing Examination For Insights Into The Historical Genesis Of This Dilemma, Phyliss Craig-Taylor

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Jeffress Research Grant Awards, Virginia Journal Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Announcements of the Jeffress Research Grants that have been awarded in 2002.

Necrology Lynn Deforrest Abbott Jr., Virginia Journal Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Medical College of Virginia biochemistry department Chairman Lynn DeForrest Abbott Jr. wasn't the kind of teacher who wanted his students to 'memorize this or memorize that.'

Identification Key To Fishes In Fresh Waters Of Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, Panos S. Economidis

Virginia Journal of Science

The European Environmental Agency formulated a biodiversity initiative in 1996 specifying a freshwater stream-monitoring program to inventory, identify and describe aquatic and terrestrial species in European Union countries. With one of the richest freshwater ichthyofaunas in Europe (126 fish taxa: 97 species and 29 subspecies of primary or secondary freshwater fishes), Greece has two extinct fish species, five listed as critically endangered, and 29 considered endangered and/or vulnerable. There are, however, no published identification guides that are available for identifying fish specimens from fresh waters in Greece. We present an English translation of the only available identification key (in Greek) …

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Fall 2003, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

Featured article: Forty Candles on Sacred Heart University's Cake, by Christopher J. Sheehan.

A Perpective Digest Feature: In Focus, Multiple

Perspective Digest

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Word Games, Earnes H J Word

Perspective Digest

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