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Wildlife Use And Habitat Quality Of Back Channel Areas Associated With Islands On The Ohio River, West Virginia, Andrew Karl Zadnik

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The islands and associated back channels on the Ohio River have long been thought to provide important habitat characteristics for riparian wildlife. However, few studies have quantitatively evaluated this importance. As pressure continues to develop back channel areas for commercial and residential use, quantitative information is vital for natural resource managers to justify conserving these areas for wildlife. The goals of my study were to quantify wildlife use of back and main channels relative to waterbirds, anurans, turtles, and riparian furbearing mammals, and to evaluate the habitat quality of back and main channels through the use of habitat suitability index …

Studies On The Effects Of Propanil On Macrophage Function And Signaling, Laura Lynn Frost

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Propanil has been shown to induce numerous manifestations of impaired immune responses. This dissertation focuses on the effects of propanil on TNF-alpha production and NFB activation in murine and human macrophages in response to LPS stimulation. Initial studies demonstrated that propanil treatment of the murine peritoneal macrophage cell line, IC-21 resulted in decreased NF-kappaB activation and transcriptional activity as determined by Western blot and NF-kappaB-dependent reporter gene transcription, respectively. Nuclear localization of NF-kappaB was also shown to be decreased by immunofluorescence. Additional studies to confirm these effects in the human cell line, THP-1 also showed decreased nuclear levels of NF-kappaB …

Influence Of Sward Height, Daily Timing Of Concentrate Supplementation And Grazing Time Management On Pasture Utilization Of Lactating Beef Cows, Ondieki James Gekara

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

To establish the effect of sward height, concentrate feeding time and grazing time management on performance of grazing cattle, thirty-two cross-bred beef (24 Angus and 8 Hereford) cows (632 kg BW) and calves (104 kg BW) were grouped by weight and calving date. They were randomly assigned to two sward height (SH) treatments (4 to 8 or 8 to 12 cm), replicated four times. The cows were fed a concentrate supplement (4.1 kg DM·cow -1·d-1) in the AM at 0700 h or PM at 1800 h (T), and either restricted to 12 h/d grazing (0700 to 1900 h) or unrestricted …

Regulation Of P-Glycoprotein And Abcp Transporters, Dhanashri Ramkrishna Kolwankar

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The placenta plays an important role in modulating xenobiotic passage from mother to fetus. Smoking is known to induce cytochrome P450 1Al (CYP1A1) expression in the placenta, however its effect on P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and ABC transporter in placenta (ABCP) levels in placenta is not known. In-vitro studies in hepatocytes have reported induction of P-gp mRNA by some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. To examine whether smoking can affect placental P-gp and ABCP, their expression and activity were determined in placentas from smokers and non-smokers. Uptake of [3H]-vinblastine and [3H]-mitoxantrone was used to measure P-gp and ABCP function, respectively and CYP1A1 activity (positive …

Population Dynamics Of Selected Lepidoptera Associated With Gypsy Moth [Lymantria Dispar (L.)] In Central Appalachia, Sandra Raimondo

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Despite the wealth of research conducted on gypsy moth [(Lymantria dispar L.)(Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera)] populations dynamics, quantitative analysis of the native lepidopteran community in which gypsy moth has become naturalized is extremely limited. This study examined the population dynamics of native Lepidoptera in two gypsy moth management areas in West Virginia and Virginia. Data were collected between 1995 and 2001 on 18 plots distributed on two national forests (Monongahela National Forest, WV and George Washington National Forest, VA). Four lepidopteran sampling techniques (gypsy moth egg mass surveys, canvas bands and foliage clippings for larval sampling, and light trap samples for adults) …

Children As Chattel: Invoking The Thirteenth Amendment To Reform Child Welfare, Kurt Mundorff

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note argues that the child welfare system perpetuates systemic oppression and commodification of children, particularly targeting African American and poor families, mirroring the exploitation of slavery. The author contends that the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, should be invoked to reform this system. The current system prioritizes intervention and removal over support, leading to harm and perpetuating racial and economic disparities. The author advocates for a balanced approach that protects children while addressing the systemic exploitation and racial control embedded in the foster care system.

Richmond Music Journal (2003-05)

Richmond Music Journal

No abstract provided.

Examining Foreign Language Film: Exposure And Audiences In Houston, Texas., Deann Dunkins

Theses (Pre-2016)

For years, film has provided a large source of entertainment and facilitated the process of social intercourse. As a result of this evident supremacy, communication researchers have for many years, focused on audiences' relationships to films. As film becomes increasingly global it provides people with not only entertainment, but also exposes them to places quite different from their own. The need to introduce films from various lifestyles is important in shaping the minds of audiences. This study surveys the opinions and preferences of foreign films of individuals in Houston, Texas. This study surveyed 113 individuals and four foreign film distributors …

Manganese Toxicity And Oxidative Stress, Johnny Barr

Theses (Pre-2016)

Manganese (Mn), an element that in traces amounts is critical for normal cell function and health, but at high concentrations is causes severe neurodegenerative disease. Mn is a gasoline additive in the United States and thus most chronic exposure to Mn occurs through the environment. Individuals surviving a severe Mn-intoxication often develop neuromotor degenerative conditions, a delayed Parkinson-like disease. The cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in Mn toxicity are poorly understood. The main goal of this project is to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effects of Mn on mesenceplalic cell culture model system. We used a novel immortalized rat mesenceplalic …

The Divine Craftsman : A Comparative Study Of Bezalel's Divine Endowment And Craftsmanship In The Ancient World And Its Implications In Isaiah 11: 1-9, Nancy Lynn Erickson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Sleep Is For Other People, Marisa Myers

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

A senior from Fort Wayne, IN. One of these days, she'll start acting her age. Until then... Me-ow!

The Periodical Cicada, Brently Johnson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Graduated from DePauw in 1995 as English Writing major.

Assemblages Of Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) In Cwa 305(B) Fully-Supporting, Partially-Supporting, And Non-Supporting Streams On Walden's Ridge, Tennessee, Jason M. Houck

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Surface mining throughout the southeastern United States leading to acid mine drainage (AMD) has caused significant declines in plethodontid salamander communities in AMD affected streams. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that each navigable body of water in the United States be assigned a use designation and a support status based upon the stream's use designation and how it is affected by local pollution to be published in the CW A 305(b) report. Three streams on the Cumberland Escarpment, outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee, representing CWA 305(b) fully-supporting, partiallysupporting, and non-supporting status were surveyed for aquatic plethodontid salamanders. Plethodontid salamanders were …

The Cowl - V.67 - N.22 - May 1, 2003

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 22 - May 1, 2003. 36 pages.

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2003 - 2004, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Rapid Prototyping Of Digital Controls For Power Electronics, Antonello Monti, Enrico Santi, Roger A. Dougal, Marco Riva

Faculty Publications

The process for designing digital controls for power electronics is typically quite convoluted and affords many opportunities for errors to occur. We present here a new and complete, method for rapid prototyping of digital controls that allows rapid realization of new designs. The approach uses a collection of tools that include both software (the virtual test bed (VTB) and Matlab/Simulink) and hardware (dSpace DSP). An example application of the methodology completes the discussion.

Some People Call Them Dolls: Capturing The Iconic Power Of The Female Form In Non-Ferrous Metals., Alison Greer Pack

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The artist discusses her Master of Fine Arts exhibition at East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, Tennessee, October 28-November 8, 2002. Her exhibition was a personal narrative of her southern upbringing in small town Appalachia as well as a reflection of her inner thoughts and feelings towards feminism, adolescence, sexuality and Barbie. She chose to reference the female form, void of an actual body, implied through clothing. Works are figurative and sculptural and are constructed of copper, sterling and fine silver. They are sculptural hollow vessels, raised, formed, and colored with gesso and prismacolor pencils.

Topics discussed: the …

Conjugated Linoleic Acids In Dairy Products: Effect Of Lactic Acid Cultures, Fat Concentration And Heat, Julian E. Nixon

All Theses

No abstract provided.

Epidemiology And Management Of Hypertension Among Bedouins In Northern Jordan, Hashem Y. Jaddou, Anwar M. Bateiha, Mohammed S. Al-Khateeb, Kamel M. Ajlouni

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the magnitude of hypertension, and its levels of awareness and control of hypertension among a community of Jordanian aborigines in Northern Jordan; and to compare the study findings with findings from other Jordanian communities. METHODS: A systematic sample of 50% of all households of Qafqafa, Northern Jordan was selected and all members of the selected households were included in the study at Qafqafa Health Center, Qafqafa, Jordan. A structured questionnaire was administered to all study participants and measurement of blood pressure was performed according to a preset criteria. Data on 366 subjects included in the sample were …

Vernal Pools: Nature's Laboratory, Gaytha A. Langlois

Science and Technology Department Faculty Journal Articles

Vernal pools are described and discussed. The importance to wildlife and ecology is explained.

Get It Out Of My Backyard! Why We Need To Proactively Plan For “Sensitive” Uses, Tara A. Kelly

Master's Projects

Today’s planning literature is ripe with articles and books proclaiming the value of “Smart Growth” and to a lesser degree New Urbanism. Planning conferences*, magazines and websites repeatedly proclaim the need for planners and municipal leaders to adopt Smart Growth practices and New Urbanist design guidelines as they shape the futures of their regions.

Broadly, Smart Growth is a set of planning principles largely defined and popularized in reaction to what is seen as the failures of sprawling single-family development which has dominated post-World War II housing construction in the United States.

Smart Growth’s counterpart, New Urbanism, was developed primarily …

Operation G.R.U.B.: Gardens Replace Urban Blight - An Ecological Alternative For Addressing The Health, Socio Economic, And Environmental Needs Of At-Risk Communities, Neil S. Brantley

Master's Projects

The issue of urban sustainability is a crucial one, particularly in poorer urban communities with limited socio-economic and environmental resources. The underlying goal of this research project is to provide a framework of relevant information for the development of sustainable urban agriculture systems as a tool for improving the quality of life of the urban poor.

Two different infrastructure contexts will be presented, with the intent of relating the applicability of Urban Agriculture initiatives to the enhancement of destitute urban communities in both the developed and developing worlds. A number of successful case studies will be referenced in each developmental …

Public/Private Partnerships And Environmentalism, Abbe L. Hoenscheid

Master's Projects

This report explores public/private partnerships and their use in protecting critical lands. It examines the structure of such partnerships, including the benefits and downfalls, the players involved, and the strengths and weaknesses of the players.

Four case studies are examined that illustrate ways that public/private partnerships be specifically geared toward resource conservation. From the facilitation of land purchases intended to preserve sensitive environmental resources, as shown in the discussions of the Trust for Public Lands and the Ballona Wetlands Land Trust, to the protection and ongoing operation of national landmarks, as illustrated in the discussions of the Presidio Trust and …

Reflections On The Citizen-Soldier, Barry Strauss

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

A Taxonomy Of E-Commerce Risks And Failures, Giridharan Vilangadu Vijayaraghavan

Theses and Dissertations

Imagine being asked to test an e-commerce website. If you haven't tested one before, where would you start? What experience would you draw on? Where would you look for more information? Even very experienced testers have blind spots when they try to generate test ideas for an application that they have not tested. This thesis presents a simple outline that will help you generate test ideas and limit your blind spots. The outline is the result of about 18 months of research on classifying e-commerce related failures and risks. The result has 45 top-level categories and 700+ examples of errors …

Greenhouse, Land Management And Carbon Sequestration In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Wa, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Forrest Products Commission, Department Of Environment, Water And Catchment Protection, Anne Bennett

Agriculture reports

This report examines options for greenhouse emissions abatement by changing land management practices and establishing terrestrial organic carbon sinks in Western Australia.

Living Standards And Western Australian Agriculture Research Overview And Key Findings, Nazrul Islam

Agriculture reports

This paper presents an overview and key findings of the collaborative research carried out on the Western Australian agriculture sector at the Economic Research Centre (ERC), University of Western Australia. The Department of Agriculture Western Australia (DAWA) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) jointly supported this research. Under the ARC’S ‘Strategic Partnerships with Industry Research and Training’ Scheme DAWA took part in this research as the ‘industry partner’. The paper discusses

• the background of the research;
• the development of the database and the economy-wide model for WA agriculture; and
• summary and major finding of the research.

Several colleagues have contributed …

Sustainability Issues For Agriculture In Western Australia, Anne Bennett, Ross Kingwell, Ross George

Agriculture reports

This paper describes briefly the main challenges to the sustainability of agriculture in Western Australia and outlines some means of responding the the challenges: market-based approaches; agricultural and environmental research and development; accelerated adjustment; and global and national policy initiatives. Challenges include: land resource quality (salinity, soil acidity), biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, water availability, food safety, and pests and diseases.

Reviewed Work: Regional Cuisines Of Medieval Europe By Melitta Weiss-Adamson, Ed., Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Community Correlates Of Rural Youth Violence, D. Wayne Osgood, Jeff M. Chambers

Center on Children, Families, and the Law: Faculty Publications

Rates of crime and delinquency vary widely across communities, and research going back many decades provides a good understanding of the nature, correlates, and probable causes of these community differences. Unfortunately, previous studies have been limited in an important way. Virtually all studies of communities and crime are based on large urban areas, almost totally excluding nonmetropolitan areas—that is, rural areas and smaller cities and towns. The findings in this Bulletin help to fill some gaps in the research by examining variations in rates of juvenile violence across nonmetropolitan communities in Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, and South Carolina.

Social disorganization is …