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Effect Of Temperature On Efficiency Of In Situ Bioremediation Technology: A Laboratory Microcosm And Field Study, Javed Iqbal Jan 2003

Effect Of Temperature On Efficiency Of In Situ Bioremediation Technology: A Laboratory Microcosm And Field Study, Javed Iqbal

LSU Master's Theses

Laboratory microcosm experiment and parallel ex situ bioremediation studies were conducted to study the effect of temperature on in situ bioremediation systems installed at Superfund site in southeast Georgia. Laboratory microcosms, inoculated with PAHs/phenols specific microorganisms, at high temperatures (42±2°C; 107±3°F) demonstrated a significant reduction of residual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and selected phenols from 4927±1356ng/g dry weight soil to 1158±530ng/g with a kinetic rate of 76.1±16.8ng/g/day (84% reduction; p≤0.01) in 49days. High temperature non-inoculated microcosms were reduced of residual PAHs and phenols from 1117±436ng/g to 341±116ng/g with a kinetic rate of 15.8±6.5ng/g/day (65% reduction; p≤0.01) in 49days. Low temperature …

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Making The Grade: Academic Literacies And First-Generation College Students In A Highly Selective Liberal Arts College, Theresa Perri Ammirati Jan 2003

Making The Grade: Academic Literacies And First-Generation College Students In A Highly Selective Liberal Arts College, Theresa Perri Ammirati

Open Access Dissertations

Previous research on first-generation college students has concentrated largely on students enrolled in community colleges or universities. This study examines first generation students at a single, highly selective, four-year, liberal arts college, and uses an academic literacies approach to understand the relationship between first-generation status and written and oral literacies as illustrated in academic papers and classroom performance. Twelve first-generation college students were interviewed extensively about their early literacy experiences, family background, relationship to family and home community, high school preparation, selection of and transition into a highly selective college, and written and oral literacy experiences at that institution. Writing …

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2003-2004 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar Jan 2003

2003-2004 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

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Que Ondee Sola - January 2003, Michael Rodriguez-Muniz Jan 2003

Que Ondee Sola - January 2003, Michael Rodriguez-Muniz

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: School Kids/Street Kids, A Date with Spic Chic, Mexican was the Color of Mud, Latino History Courses All Survey No Insightful Analysis, Are NEIU Departments Committed to Faculty Diversity, Challenging Goodbyes: Interview with Miriam Rivers, Elizam Escobar: the Artist and Thinker, A Struggle Far from Being OVer, US Navy to Leave Vieques in May 2003, R. Drums, Remembering World AIDS Day, Puerto Rico y el Triunfo Republicano, io: Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Poetry

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2003-2004 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology Jan 2003

2003-2004 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

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Jon Newman’S Theory Of Disparagement And The First Amendment In The Administrative State, Edward L. Rubin Jan 2003

Jon Newman’S Theory Of Disparagement And The First Amendment In The Administrative State, Edward L. Rubin

NYLS Law Review

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Edison Community College General Catalog 2002-2003, Edison Community College Jan 2003

Edison Community College General Catalog 2002-2003, Edison Community College

FSW Course Catalogs

Edison Community College General Catalog Volume Forty One. 2002-2003. Scanned by Internet Archive.

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Evaluating Monitoring Practices Of Community-Based Ecotourism Projects, Suzanne M. Behrenfeld Jan 2003

Evaluating Monitoring Practices Of Community-Based Ecotourism Projects, Suzanne M. Behrenfeld

Master's Theses

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Claimsmaking And Risk Construction : Reverse Osmosis In Pleasanton, California, Daniel Mark Hadsall Jan 2003

Claimsmaking And Risk Construction : Reverse Osmosis In Pleasanton, California, Daniel Mark Hadsall

Master's Theses

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Effects Of Goat Grazing On Composition And Structure Of Fire-Prone Vegetation, Barbara Lee Kluger Jan 2003

Effects Of Goat Grazing On Composition And Structure Of Fire-Prone Vegetation, Barbara Lee Kluger

Master's Theses

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An Assessment Of The Endangerment Status Of The Santa Cruz Kangaroo Rat, Caitlin Bean Jan 2003

An Assessment Of The Endangerment Status Of The Santa Cruz Kangaroo Rat, Caitlin Bean

Master's Theses

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Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Native Landscapes : A San José Mercury News Campus Study, Kristin Marie Hess Jan 2003

Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Native Landscapes : A San José Mercury News Campus Study, Kristin Marie Hess

Master's Theses

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Endangered Plant Conservation : Do Pollinators Matter To The Robust Spineflower?, Kathryn Ann Murphy Jan 2003

Endangered Plant Conservation : Do Pollinators Matter To The Robust Spineflower?, Kathryn Ann Murphy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Effect Of Predator Management On Snowy Plovers In Monterey Bay, California, Kristina K. Neuman Jan 2003

Effect Of Predator Management On Snowy Plovers In Monterey Bay, California, Kristina K. Neuman

Master's Theses

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Factors Affecting Participation In City Recycling Programs, Stacy Marie Lockhart Jan 2003

Factors Affecting Participation In City Recycling Programs, Stacy Marie Lockhart

LSU Master's Theses

Recycling consists of diverting or recovering materials from the solid waste stream that would otherwise end up returning to the environment as a potential source of pollution. These collected materials are then used as raw materials in the manufacture or assembly of a new product or package. Over the years the amount of municipal solid waste being generated per person has steadily increased. Waste disposal costs are also increasing, making recycling even more important. To address this issue cities are developing recycling policies or plans. The type of plan varies according to the area; as of this time there are …

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Regional Water Quality Models For The Prediction Of Eutrophication Endpoints, Anindita Das Jan 2003

Regional Water Quality Models For The Prediction Of Eutrophication Endpoints, Anindita Das

LSU Master's Theses

Eutrophication is a process by which a waterbody progresses from its origin to its extinction. During this period, there is a gradual accumulation of nutrients and organic biomass, accompanied by a decrease in average depth of the water due to sediment accumulation, and an increase in primary productivity, usually in the form of dense algal blooms. Cultural eutrophication occurs when humans, through their various activities, greatly accelerate this process. Eutrophication can cause loss in species diversity, fish kills, and decrease the aesthetic value of a waterbody. The EPA is trying to prevent cultural eutrophication by setting standards for water quality …

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Purification And Antioxidant Activities Of Soybean Isoflavones, Qiju Wu Jan 2003

Purification And Antioxidant Activities Of Soybean Isoflavones, Qiju Wu

LSU Master's Theses

An efficient procedure was developed and used to extract and purify isoflavones from defatted soy flour. The purity of the final product reached 94%. The antioxidant activities of soybean isoflavones (genistein and daidzein purchased from Sigma Chemical Co, and a mixture of isoflavone glycosides extracted from defatted soy flour) were investigated by a cholesterol oxidation model accelerated by 2,2’-azobis(2-methylpropionamidine) dihydrochloride (AAPH). All components exhibited very high antioxidant activities in the inhibition of cholesterol oxidation. Genistein had higher inhibition to the formation of 5,6beta-epoxycholesterol (5,6b-EP) and 7-ketocholesterol (7-keto), while no significant difference was found between the antioxidant activities of daidzein and …

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Pcr Inhibition And Toxic Effects By Sediment Samples Exposed To Drilling Muds, Neal Gilpin Satterly Jan 2003

Pcr Inhibition And Toxic Effects By Sediment Samples Exposed To Drilling Muds, Neal Gilpin Satterly

LSU Master's Theses

This study evaluated the PCR inhibition and toxic effects by sediment samples exposed to drilling muds. This information was gathered in an attempt to identify what effect, if any, drilling muds had on the microbial community structure in sediments around four specific oil-drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Sediment samples were taken before and after drilling had taken place around two platforms (GB516 and VK916), and sediment samples were taken after drilling had taken place around two other platforms (MC292 and GB602). After using traditional, non-selective DNA extraction methods, successful amplification took place via PCR with all pre-drilling samples …

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Influences On State-Level Policies For Wildfire Risk Reduction, Marios Anastasis Valiantis Jan 2003

Influences On State-Level Policies For Wildfire Risk Reduction, Marios Anastasis Valiantis

LSU Master's Theses

Wildland fires are part of the United State’s history and culture. The human dimension of State wildland fire management, - the relationship of people and wildland fire in America- is an important and driving force in how federal and state agencies respond to wildland fire, now and in the future. In many ways, the critical element for the management of wildland fire is the management of people, communities, and organizations. Explosive growth in the wildland-urban interface puts entire communities, their associated infrastructure and the socioeconomic fabric that holds communities together at a high risk from wildland fire. Year after year …

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Investigating The Urban Heat Island Effect With A Collaborative Inquiry Project, Linda Acha George, William G. Becker Jan 2003

Investigating The Urban Heat Island Effect With A Collaborative Inquiry Project, Linda Acha George, William G. Becker

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Modification of the earth's surface through urbanization can have a dramatic impact on local climate. A phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which is a measure of the near-surface air temperature contrast between urbanized and adjoining rural areas, can be evaluated with readily available instruments. Students in an undergraduate general education science course study this phenomenon in the Portland, Oregon area through a collaborative research project. This inquiry project includes background content and literature review, preliminary studies, development of research questions, experimental design and implementation, data analysis and report writing. This project successfully enables students to collaboratively …

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Field Validation Of Bentazon Phytoremediation, Sajida Begum Jan 2003

Field Validation Of Bentazon Phytoremediation, Sajida Begum

LSU Master's Theses

Phytoremediation with black willow (Salix nigra) was conducted in 1996 by planting trees at a density of 2000 trees/hectare at BASF Corporation in a shallow groundwater plume containing low levels of bentazon. In this project, the roots, stems,and leaves of the black willow plants were extracted and analyzed to see if bentazon from the ground water was taken up by the plants. Different extraction procedures such as liquid-phase extraction and solid-phase extraction were compared. Final determination using different analytical techniques such as GC-MSD, GC-ECD, and HPLC with UV detection for the isolation and analysis of bentazon residues from the plant …

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Surface Water Pesticide Contamination In The Upper Terrebonne Basin Of Louisiana, John S. Walther Jan 2003

Surface Water Pesticide Contamination In The Upper Terrebonne Basin Of Louisiana, John S. Walther

LSU Master's Theses

Triazine herbicides are the most heavily used pesticides in the United States. Atrazine and Simazine are the primary triazine herbicides used for broadleaf weed control in the production of corn, sugarcane, and sorghum. Recent monitoring studies of surface waters in the Upper Terrebonne Basin of Louisiana indicate elevated amounts of triazines are running off fields and entering drinking water supplies. Atrazine has been classified as a possible carcinogen by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Recent epidemiological studies have revealed increases in breast cancer and pre-term births following exposure to triazines at levels detected in drinking water. Non-point source pollution …

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The Dream Is Alive … And Well, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2003

The Dream Is Alive … And Well, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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Quo Vadis Environmental Studies?, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2003

Quo Vadis Environmental Studies?, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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A Place To Stand: Wilderness And Civilization, Clancy Flynn Neilsen Jan 2003

A Place To Stand: Wilderness And Civilization, Clancy Flynn Neilsen

Whittier Scholars Program

This senior project is a research paper based on philosophy and social theories and their application to environmental studies. Some references the student uses are well known theorists and thinkers such as John Locke, Michel Foucault, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Henry David Thoreau. They write, Understanding the problem of wilderness and its historicity is more important today than ever. Turning the focus of theory onto wilderness can help us understand and correct, not only ecological issues, but social problems as well. Wilderness has always been a place symbolic of great freedom. Its permanent degradation would be a blow to …

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Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Winter 2003, Connecticut College Jan 2003

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Winter 2003, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

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Upland Rice And Allelopathy, N. K. Fageria, V. C. Baligar Jan 2003

Upland Rice And Allelopathy, N. K. Fageria, V. C. Baligar

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) is mainly grown in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Yield potential of upland rice is quite low and invariably this crop is subjected to many environmental stresses. Further, when upland rice is grown in monoculture for more than two to three years on the same land, allelopathy or autotoxicity is frequently reported. Allelopathy involves complex plant and plant chemical interactions. The level of phytotoxicity of allelochemicals is influenced by abiotic and biotic soil factors. Adopting suitable management strategies in crop rotation can reduce or eliminate allelochemicals phytotoxicity. Rice yields can be improved by growing …

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Toward A Sustainable Energy Future?: A Comparison Between U.S. And European Energy Sectors, Annett Moehner Jan 2003

Toward A Sustainable Energy Future?: A Comparison Between U.S. And European Energy Sectors, Annett Moehner

LSU Master's Theses

Since 1987, the concept of sustainable development, which tries to combine economic, social and environmental concerns into one benign development model, has become increasingly popular worldwide. To explore and explain the differences in accomplishing sustainable development, this thesis looks at one specific aspect: the energy sectors in the United States and the European Union. After giving an overview on the political and theoretical aspects of sustainable development, the various sustainability dimensions in the energy sector are explored. The following four reasons which warrant the change of the current fossil fuel intense energy sector are discussed: first, air pollution; second, insecurity …

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Quantitative Assessment Of Habitat Preferences For The Puerto Rican Terrestrial Frog, Eleutherdoctylus Coqui, Karen H. Beard, S. Mccullough, A. K. Eschtruth Jan 2003

Quantitative Assessment Of Habitat Preferences For The Puerto Rican Terrestrial Frog, Eleutherdoctylus Coqui, Karen H. Beard, S. Mccullough, A. K. Eschtruth

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

We conducted a quantitative analysis of adult and juvenile Eleutherodactylus coqui (coquí) habitat preferences in Puerto Rico. The analysis consisted of two surveys: one to quantify potential habitat and another to quantify habitat use. Coquís were found to use most habitats available to them; however, adults and juveniles preferred different plant species, habitat structural components, and heights from the forest floor. Adult and juvenile coquís had opposite associations with many important plant species in the forest (e.g., Prestoea montana and Heliconia carabea) and habitat structural components. Adults had a negative association with leaves and a positive association with leaf litter. …

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Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 2003-2004, Northeastern Illinois University Jan 2003

Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 2003-2004, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

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