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Bats Of Nevis, Northern Lesser Antilles, Scott C. Pedersen, Hugh H. Genoways, Matthew N. Morton, James W. Johnson, Siân E. Courts Jan 2003

Bats Of Nevis, Northern Lesser Antilles, Scott C. Pedersen, Hugh H. Genoways, Matthew N. Morton, James W. Johnson, Siân E. Courts

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Only one species of bat, Molossus molossus, previously has been documented as occurring on the northern Lesser Antillean island of Nevis. Field research and reviews of existing museum collections have provided documentation based on voucher specimens for an additional seven species occurring on the island — Noctilio leporinus, Brachyphylla cavernarum, Monophyllus plethodon, Ardops nichollsi, Artibeus jamaicensis, Natalus stramineus, and Tadarida brasiliensis. The biological diversity of the chiropteran fauna on Nevis is similar to that found on other islands in the northern Lesser Antilles. Ecologically, this is a simple chiropteran fauna, including one …

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Characterization Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 From Downer And Healthy Dairy Cattle In The Upper Midwest Region Of The United States, C. M. Byrne, I. Erol, J. E. Call, C. W. Kaspar, D. R. Buege, C. J. Hiemke, P. J. Fedorka-Cray, Andrew K. Benson, F. M. Wallace, J. B. Luchansky Jan 2003

Characterization Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 From Downer And Healthy Dairy Cattle In The Upper Midwest Region Of The United States, C. M. Byrne, I. Erol, J. E. Call, C. W. Kaspar, D. R. Buege, C. J. Hiemke, P. J. Fedorka-Cray, Andrew K. Benson, F. M. Wallace, J. B. Luchansky

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

While cattle in general have been identified as a reservoir of Escherichia coli O157:H7, there are limited data regarding the prevalence and clonality of this pathogen in downer dairy cattle and the potential impact to human health that may occur following consumption of meat derived from downer dairy cattle. In the present study, conducted at two slaughter facilities in Wisconsin between May and October of 2001, we established a higher prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in fecal and/or tissue samples obtained aseptically from intact colons of downer dairy cattle (10 of 203, 4.9%) than in those from healthy dairy cattle …

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Influence Of The Pacific Decadal Oscillation On The Climate Of The Sierra Nevada, California And Nevada, Larry Benson, Braddock Linsley, Joe Smoot, Scott Mensing, Steve Lund, Scott Stine, Andre Sarna-Wojcicki Jan 2003

Influence Of The Pacific Decadal Oscillation On The Climate Of The Sierra Nevada, California And Nevada, Larry Benson, Braddock Linsley, Joe Smoot, Scott Mensing, Steve Lund, Scott Stine, Andre Sarna-Wojcicki

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Mono Lake sediments have recorded five major oscillations in the hydrologic balance between A.D. 1700 and 1941. These oscillations can be correlated with tree-ring-based oscillations in Sierra Nevada snowpack. Comparison of a tree-ring-based reconstruction of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index (D’Arrigo et al., 2001) with a coral-based reconstruction of Subtropical South Pacific sea-surface temperature (Linsley et al., 2000) indicates a high degree of correlation between the two records during the past 300 yr. This suggests that the PDO has been a pan-Pacific phenomena for at least the past few hundred years. Major oscillations in the hydrologic balance of the …

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Aeolian Cliff-Top Deposits And Buried Soils In The White River Badlands, South Dakota, Usa, J. Elmo Rawling Iii, Glen G. Fredlund, Shannon Mahan Jan 2003

Aeolian Cliff-Top Deposits And Buried Soils In The White River Badlands, South Dakota, Usa, J. Elmo Rawling Iii, Glen G. Fredlund, Shannon Mahan

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Aeolian deposits in the North American Great Plains are important sources of Holocene palaeoenvironmental records. Although there are extensive studies on loess and dune records in the region, little is known about records in aeolian cliff-top deposits. These are common on table (mesa) edges in the White River Badlands. These sediments typically have loam and sandy-loam textures with dominantly very fine sand, 0.5–1% organic carbon and 0.5–5% CaCO3. Some of these aeolian deposits are atypically coarse and contain granules and fine pebbles. Buried soils within these deposits are weakly developed with A-C and A-AC-C profiles. Beneath these are …

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Quaternary Loess-Paleosol Sequences As Examples Of Climate-Driven Sedimentary Extremes, Daniel R. Muhs, E. Arthur Bettis Iii Jan 2003

Quaternary Loess-Paleosol Sequences As Examples Of Climate-Driven Sedimentary Extremes, Daniel R. Muhs, E. Arthur Bettis Iii

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Loess is a widespread, wind-transported, silt-dominated deposit that contains geologic archives of atmospheric circulation and paleoclimate on continents. Loess may cover as much as 10% of the Earth’s land surface. It is composed mainly of quartz, feldspars, and clay minerals, with varying amounts of carbonate minerals. The geochemistry of loess differs from region to region, depending on source materials, but all loess is very high in SiO2 with lesser amounts of other major elements. Trends in loess downwind from source areas include systematic decreases in thickness and amounts of sand and coarse silt, and increases in amounts of fine silt …

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Development Of A Plan At Concordia University Wisconsin To Create A Campus Where Racial And Cultural Diversity Is Valued, Teresa Wanbaugh Jan 2003

Development Of A Plan At Concordia University Wisconsin To Create A Campus Where Racial And Cultural Diversity Is Valued, Teresa Wanbaugh

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to develop a plan at Concordia University Wisconsin to create a campus where racial and cultural diversity is valued. Concordia University Wisconsin is a Lutheran higher education community dedicated to integrating faith and learning. Concordia University Wisconsin lacks an inclusive environment where racial and cultural diversity is valued. Without valuing racial and cultural diversity, Concordia University Wisconsin cannot effectively represent the communities it serves, and it cannot meet the needs of all student populations. The purpose of this study was to discover what the attributes of an inclusive campus are, discover what barriers must be …

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Seasonal And Enso Variability In Global Ocean Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Derived From 4 Years Of Seawifs Measurements, James A. Yoder, Maureen A. Kennely Jan 2003

Seasonal And Enso Variability In Global Ocean Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Derived From 4 Years Of Seawifs Measurements, James A. Yoder, Maureen A. Kennely

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

The 4‐year, calibrated SeaWiFS data set provides a means to determine seasonal and other sources of phytoplankton variability on global scales, which is an important component of the total variability associated with ocean biological and biogeochemical processes. We used empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis on a 4‐year time series of global SeaWiFS chlorophyll a measurements to quantify the major seasonal (as well as the late El Niño and La Niña phase of the 1997–1998 ENSO) signals in phytoplankton biomass between 50°S and 50°N, and then a second analysis to quantify summer patterns at higher latitudes. Our results help place regional …

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Variability Of Metals In Soils In The Sudbury Area (Ontario), Vera Spektor Jan 2003

Variability Of Metals In Soils In The Sudbury Area (Ontario), Vera Spektor

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Industrial development influences the natural and human environment. At the local scale, the most intensive industrial pollution is in the area of factories and industrial centers. Industrial pollution is concentrated in soil and vegetation (then, using water systems and trophic chains it may enter all ecosystem components). The industrial pollution of the Sudbury region includes mostly sulfur dioxide and heavy metals. The main goal of this study was to examine spatial variability in metal distribution in soil for the Sudbury area. Objectives of the work were to describe metal distribution depending on geographic factors such as topographic location, vegetation cover, …

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Combining Dynamic Cartography And Temporal Gis To Visualize Industrial Development In Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Shawn Mueller Jan 2003

Combining Dynamic Cartography And Temporal Gis To Visualize Industrial Development In Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Shawn Mueller

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis uses dynamic cartography and temporal geographic information systems (GIS) to explore visualization of the industrial development of Kitchener, Ontario. The discussion centres on the nature of dealing with temporal data in geography. This project addresses this issue by constructing a temporal dataset that accounts for the historical location of industrial/manufacturing businesses in Kitchener. Based on this temporal data, animated visualizations are then constructed that show the cadence and distribution of industrial development in Kitchener. The visualization process used by this project makes use of the inherent temporality of GIS to plan and construct animated visualizations in a way …

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Differential Vulnerability To Debris Flow Hazard In Two High Mountain Communities Of The Karakoram Himalaya, Northern Pakistan, Shauna Flanagan Jan 2003

Differential Vulnerability To Debris Flow Hazard In Two High Mountain Communities Of The Karakoram Himalaya, Northern Pakistan, Shauna Flanagan

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis presents the findings of a comparative study of vulnerability, coping and risk-averting strategies and social responses to environmental hazards, particularly debris flow and flooding hazards, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Two small village-scale settlements, the prevailing form of community in the region, were selected as case studies and are described in detail. The villages exhibit a comparable subsistence agro-pastoral economy and socio-cultural organization reflecting similarities in environmental opportunities and constraints, historical processes and religious beliefs. However, they differ greatly in their proximity to commercial centres and in the rate at which modernization processes are being introduced and …

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Book Reviews, Bernhard Lang, John H. Choi, Bill T. Arnold, Robert W. Yarbrough, Marc A. Clauson, Max Turner, Ruth Anne Reese, Harold Greenlee, Fred Sanders, Lester Ruth, Marc A. Clauson, Chuck Gutenson, Thomas F. Tumblin, Barry W. Hamilton, Marc A. Clauson, Chuck Gutenson, Ben Devan, Fred Sanders, Marc A. Clauson, W. Brian Shelton Jan 2003

Book Reviews, Bernhard Lang, John H. Choi, Bill T. Arnold, Robert W. Yarbrough, Marc A. Clauson, Max Turner, Ruth Anne Reese, Harold Greenlee, Fred Sanders, Lester Ruth, Marc A. Clauson, Chuck Gutenson, Thomas F. Tumblin, Barry W. Hamilton, Marc A. Clauson, Chuck Gutenson, Ben Devan, Fred Sanders, Marc A. Clauson, W. Brian Shelton

The Asbury Journal

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Teaching Adr In The Labor Field In China, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 2003

Teaching Adr In The Labor Field In China, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

The editors have asked us to be quite personal in our ruminations on the future of comparative labor law and policy. For me, over the past several years, the focus has been on China. My first visit to China in 1994, purely as a tourist, was almost by accident. In late September of that year I attended the XIV World Congress of the International Society for Labor Law and Social Security in Seoul, South Korea. In the second week of October, I was scheduled to begin teaching a oneterm course in American law as a visiting professor at Cambridge University …

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A Multi-Class Suspended Particulate Matter Calibration For Bottom Boundary Layers, Philip M. Orton, David A. Jay, D. J. Wilson Jan 2003

A Multi-Class Suspended Particulate Matter Calibration For Bottom Boundary Layers, Philip M. Orton, David A. Jay, D. J. Wilson

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

We present a multi-class suspended particulate matter (SPM) calibration for use with in situ water sample SPM concentration data and backscatter (or transmission) from one or more acoustic and optical sensors. The output of this calibration is high-resolution SPM concentration data in several discrete settling velocity (Ws) classes. Separately for each sensor, the calibration involves three steps: (1) a calibration of backscatter to total SPM concentration; (2) a decomposition of resulting concentration data into several Wsclasses, utilizing a dynamical vertical SPM profile model; and (3) a sensor bias calibration where water sample concentration data are used to correct for the …

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Monetary-Policy Targeting In The Central European Transition Economies, Lucjan T. Orlowski Jan 2003

Monetary-Policy Targeting In The Central European Transition Economies, Lucjan T. Orlowski

WCBT Faculty Publications

This chapter examines the monetary-policy-targeting systems, in the second half of the 1990s (until 1998), of three Central European EU-accession candidates—the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland--and advocates the potential benefits of applying a direct-inflation-targeting (DIT) system in them. For the purpose of the analysis presented here, DIT is defined as "a monetary policy framework that is based on the assumption of long-term price stability as the official policy goal and on the designation of the official inflation forecast as intermediate policy target" (Orlowski, 2000). Section 1 is a brief overview of monetary-targeting practices in the Czech Republic Hungary, and Poland. …

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Jill Mccorkle & Lee Smith Interview, Lacey Galbraith Jan 2003

Jill Mccorkle & Lee Smith Interview, Lacey Galbraith

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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Online Avatar Based Interactions, Han Wei Koay Jan 2003

Online Avatar Based Interactions, Han Wei Koay

Theses : Honours

The gridWorld project attempts to utilize 3D to develop an online multi-user visual chat system. GridWorld address ideas of how conversations in a virtual environment can be facilitated and enhanced by an abstract visual interface design. The visual interface was developed from research and examination of existing ideas, methodologies and application for development of user-embodiment, chat/virtual space, and interface useability towards the visualization of communication.

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Hepatitis C, Quality Of Life And Cognitive Function : An Exploratory Study, John Caithness Jan 2003

Hepatitis C, Quality Of Life And Cognitive Function : An Exploratory Study, John Caithness

Theses : Honours

Active chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a viral infection that affects approximately 150,000 Austra1ians. It has various quality of life impacts and the literature suggests some cognitive ramifications. In this Western Australian exploratory study, 13 healthy students from Edith Cowan University made up a control group. One experimental group consisted of 11 people with CHC and mild liver damage, and a second experimental group consisted of 8 people with CHC and at least moderate liver damage. The participants were assessed with a health-related quality of life questionnaire, the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36); a test of cognitive functioning, the …

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The Right To Privacy Under The Montana Constitution: Sex And Intimacy, Patricia A. Cain Jan 2003

The Right To Privacy Under The Montana Constitution: Sex And Intimacy, Patricia A. Cain

Montana Law Review

The Right to Privacy Under the Montana Constitution

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Open Communications Platforms: The Physical Infrastructure As The Bedrock Of Innovation And Democratic Discourse In The Internet Age, Mark Cooper Jan 2003

Open Communications Platforms: The Physical Infrastructure As The Bedrock Of Innovation And Democratic Discourse In The Internet Age, Mark Cooper

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Reality Beneath The Rhetoric: Probing The Discourses Surrounding The Safe Third Country Agreement, Lara Sarbit Jan 2003

The Reality Beneath The Rhetoric: Probing The Discourses Surrounding The Safe Third Country Agreement, Lara Sarbit

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: Disorderly People: Law And The Politics Of Exlusion In Ontario, Eds., Joe Hermer And Janet Mosher, Judith Mccormack Jan 2003

Book Review: Disorderly People: Law And The Politics Of Exlusion In Ontario, Eds., Joe Hermer And Janet Mosher, Judith Mccormack

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

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Diminishing Returns: Age-Discriminatory Elements In The Employment Insurance Act, Gaile Mcgregor Jan 2003

Diminishing Returns: Age-Discriminatory Elements In The Employment Insurance Act, Gaile Mcgregor

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

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The Future Of Air Travel: Three To Five Years Ahead, Donald J. Carty, William Jr. Coleman, John J. Nance Jan 2003

The Future Of Air Travel: Three To Five Years Ahead, Donald J. Carty, William Jr. Coleman, John J. Nance

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Resources Received, Phyllis Fox Jan 2003

Resources Received, Phyllis Fox

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

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Jury Sentencing As Democratic Practice, Jenia I. Turner Jan 2003

Jury Sentencing As Democratic Practice, Jenia I. Turner

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

After a century of reform and experimentation, sentencing remains a highly contested area of the criminal justice system. Scholars as well as the public at large disagree about the proper purposes and functions of punishment, and dissatisfaction with the sentencing status quo is high. Most recent critiques of the sentencing process have focused on the amount of discretion tolerated by the system. This Article goes further in arguing that the source of sentencing discretion is also very important to the legitimacy and integrity of the sentencing process. In the absence of wide consensus on sentencing goals, it is best to …

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Quantifying Ecosystem Geomorphology Of The Southern Appalachian Mountains, Scott R. Abella Jan 2003

Quantifying Ecosystem Geomorphology Of The Southern Appalachian Mountains, Scott R. Abella

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

Geomorphology is a dominant factor influencing vegetation distribution in the southern Appalachians, and quantifying landform characteristics is increasingly important for forest ecosystem classification. This study used slope gradient and two previously published geomorphic indices, terrain shape index and landform index that quantify landform shape and protection, to develop a field-based landform quantification system at four study areas in the southern Appalachians. Six major landform types (ridgetops, nose slopes, linear hillslopes, coves, stream ravines, and stream bottoms) exhibited quantitatively different characteristics, and these differences among landforms were not evident when using only categorical landform descriptions (e.g., convex, concave) that have been …

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Wendy A. Woloson. Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, And Consumers In Nineteenth‐Century America, Ken Albala Jan 2003

Wendy A. Woloson. Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, And Consumers In Nineteenth‐Century America, Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

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"The German Arizonians": Ethnic Identity And Society Formation On A Southwestern Frontier, 1853--World War I, Gerhard Grytz Jan 2003

"The German Arizonians": Ethnic Identity And Society Formation On A Southwestern Frontier, 1853--World War I, Gerhard Grytz

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study discusses the experiences and the acculturation process of German immigrants in Arizona from the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 to World War I. German immigrants with distinct regional identities, Bavarians, Badeners, Wuerttembergers, Rhinelanders, and Prussians, made the transition to a regional New World identity and became Arizonans. Even though their history is ultimately the story of acculturation to a dominant society, it is the process that is important. Based on the analysis of census schedules, letters, newspaper reports, interviews, and other archival materials, this study tries to uncover the forces and mechanisms that determined the processes that formed American …

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The Effect Of Ambient Scent On Affiliation Behaviors And Social Interactions, Dina Marie Victoria Zemke Jan 2003

The Effect Of Ambient Scent On Affiliation Behaviors And Social Interactions, Dina Marie Victoria Zemke

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The intent of the study was to explore if the focus group and the meetings industries can provide meeting environments that would be more conducive to communication and more productive. The concepts tested in this study are based in environmental psychology, or the study of how the physical environment affects individual and group behavior within the environment. Past studies have examined various ambient conditions and other aspects of the physical environment and their effects on retail environments. However, the characteristics that set services businesses apart from product marketing and retail businesses require new techniques to evaluate the effect of the …

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Geographies Of Power In Willa Cather, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, And Dorothy Allison, Suzanne Angela Bergfalk Jan 2003

Geographies Of Power In Willa Cather, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, And Dorothy Allison, Suzanne Angela Bergfalk

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

By redefining social or economic "classes" as cultures, or as Raymond Williams explains, groups that share a "structure of feeling," the dissertation defines power in accordance with the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices defined by the culture of persistence and the culture of wealth. With culturally determined definitions of power in place, the dissertation argues for a broader understanding of female power as that power is accessed and wielded by female characters in the writings of Willa Cather, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Dorothy AlliSon Engaging the strategies of feminist geographies employed by critics including Doreen Massey, Gillian Rose, and …

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