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Sami Matters (Fall 2003), Center For Evidence Based Practices

SAMI Matters

A newsletter of the Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE). The SAMI CCOE is a partnership between the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Research Institute at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, CWRU. The partnership is in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health.

Child Placement And Mothering Ideologies: Images Of Mothers In Child Welfare, Nancy Colleen Freymond

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

No abstract provided.

Draft Plan Of Management For The Proposed Point Quobba Fish Habitat Protection Area., Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries Management Papers

Point Quobba is a popular site for locals and tourists for beach activities, fishing and snorkelling, and as a place for children to learn to swim and gain an awareness of the marine environment. The marine life and habitats of the area are of considerable scientific and recreational interest and are highly valued in the local community. However, they are at risk from their high level of use and from conflict between users due to their proximity to popular tourism, boat ramp, camping and settlement areas on-shore.

Management Of The Proposed Geographe Bay Blue Swimmer And Sand Crab Managed Fishery., Jane Borg

Fisheries Management Papers

This discussion paper has been prepared following an extensive consultation process, to encourage continued public involvement in the development of management arrangements for the blue swimmer and sand crab resources of Geographe Bay. These proposed management arrangements affect both commercial and recreational fishers.

Information Interface - Volume 31, Issue 2 - August/September 2003, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Information Interface (1976 - 2009)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on computer network improvements, PDA resources, the annual book sale, and database search tips.

Who Is Eating Most Of The Zooplankton In The Oceanic Gulf Of Mexico? The Impact Of Mesopelagic Fishes, Tracey Sutton, Scott E. Burghart

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

Deep-sea pelagic fishes are the most abundant vertebrates on Earth, yet their role in the overall economy of these is poorly known. Low latitude oligotrophic regimes, typified by the eastern Gulf of Mexico, constitute most of the world ocean and consequently support the largest global ecosystems. Thus, we have little information on the trophic role of most of Earth's vertebrates. To address this, the diets of an entire midwater fish assemblage (164 species, constituting > 99% of assemblage numbers) were analyzed to assess feeding guilds and predation impact. Zooplanktivory was the dominant feeding mode (80% of prey biomass taken), followed by …

A Structural Linkage Between The Dimerization And Encapsidation Signals In Hiv-2 Leader Rna, J. M. Lanchy, J. D. Ivanovitch, J. Stephen Lodmell

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The 5' untranslated leader region of retroviral RNAs contains noncoding information that is essential for viral replication, including signals for transcriptional transactivation, splicing, primer binding for reverse transcription, dimerization of the genomic RNA, and encapsidation of the viral RNA into virions. These RNA motifs have considerable structural and functional overlap. in this study, we investigate the conformational dynamics associated with the use and silencing of a sequence in HIV-2 RNA that is involved in genomic RNA dimerization called stem-loop 1 (SL1) and its relationship with a flanking sequence that is known to be important for encapsidation of viral RNAs. We …

Ribosomal Localization Of Translation Initiation Factor If2, Stefano Marzi, William Knight, Letizia Brandi, Enrico Caserta, Natalia Soboleva, Walter E. Hill, Claudio O. Gualerzi, J. Stephen Lodmell

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bacterial translation initiation factor IF2 is a GTP-binding protein that catalyzes binding of initiator fMet-tRNA in the ribosomal P site. The topographical localization of IF2 on the ribosomal subunits, a prerequisite for understanding the mechanism of initiation complex formation, has remained elusive. Here, we present a model for the positioning of IF2 in the 70S initiation complex as determined by cleavage of rRNA by the chemical nucleases Cu(II):1,10-orthophenanthroline and Fe(II):EDTA tethered to cysteine residues introduced into IF2. Two specific amino acids in the GII domain of IF2 are in proximity to helices H3, H4, H17, and H18 of 16S rRNA. …

River Flows And Water Wars: Emerging Science For Environmental Decision Making, N. Leroy Poff, J. David Allan, Margaret A. Palmer, David D. Hart, Brian D. Richter, Angela H. Arthington, Kevin H. Rogers, Judy L. Meyer, Jack Arthur Stanford

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Real and apparent conflicts between ecosystem and human needs for fresh water are contributing to the emergence of an alternative model for conducting river science around the world. The core of this new paradigm emphasizes the need to forge new partnerships between scientists and other stakeholders where shared ecological goals and river visions are developed, and the need for new experimental approaches to advance scientific understanding at the scales relevant to whole-river management. We identify four key elements required to make this model succeed: existing and planned water projects represent opportunities to conduct ecosystem-scale experiments through controlled river flow manipulations; …

[Book Review Of] Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program For Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, And Impulsiveness, Daniel G. Amen, Paul Flaman

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

What's New In Spine Surgery, Jack E. Zigler, Paul A. Anderson, Scott D. Boden, Keith H. Bridwell, Alexander R. Vaccaro

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Wsu Research News, Fall 2003, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs, Wright State University

WSU Research News

A twenty page newsletter of the WSU Research News. The WSU Research News was published monthly beginning in June of 1968 and issued by the Office of Research Development. This newsletter was created to provide information to the WSU faculty about the availability of outside funds for research and educational programs, new developments that may affect availability of funds, and general information on research and educational activities at Wright State University.

Faculty Senate Attendance, 2003, Vol 31, P 8-10, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Election Memo, 2003, Vol 31, P 6, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

Environmental Impact Statement, M. Jeff Hagener

Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery: Annual Reports

Introduction

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) are thriving and expanding in number and distribution in Montana. This is because of natural emigration from Canada and a successful federal effort that reintroduced wolves into Yellowstone National Park (YNP) and the wilderness areas of central Idaho. There are probably more wild wolves in Montana now than at any time in the past 70 years. Since 1974, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has managed wolves in Montana, under the authority of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The biological recovery goal for the northern Rockies wolf population is a total of …

Field Crops Newsletter - July 2003, Ernest "Ernie" Flint Jr.

Ernie Flint - Mississippi State Extension Reports

Flint's field crops newsletter about going from a flood to a drought and how that effects area crops. He then dicusses the current conditions of cotton, corn, and soybean fields.

Graduate Catalog. 2003-2004., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Ard News August 2003

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
Nebraska Research Initiative FY 2004
Layman Awards
Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award
Shear-Miles Fellowship 2003-2004
Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for 2003-2004
John and Louise Skala Fellowship 2003-
AI Moseman International Studies Fund 2003-2004
William G. Whitmore Student Travel Endowment
David H. and Annie E. Larrick Fund 2003-2004
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Undergraduate Honors Research Program
Grants and Contracts Received June and July, 2003
New or Revised Projects
Federal Research Budget for FY 2003
Adoption of Biotechnology- Enhanced Craps in the Cornbelt
Certified Organic Acreage of Selected Craps by State - 2001

When Animals Invade And Occupy: Physical Takings And The Endangered Species Act, Rebecca E. Harrison

Washington Law Review

Government actions implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on private lands have sparked extensive debate and litigation over whether such actions result in Fifth Amendment takings. To date, courts have uniformly rejected regulatory takings claims under the ESA, leading several landowners to advance a different theory-physical takings claims. Successful physical takings claims require landowners to show that government actions resulted in either per se physical takings or compensable physical invasions of their land. In two recent decisions, Boise Cascade Corp. v. United States,/i> and Seiber v. United States, courts rejected per se physical takings claims under the ESA, finding …

Intercom, Volume 39, No. 4, July-August 2003, Scott Dankof

Intercom

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Nettle Cave Revisited -- Ranshaw Avenue -- Iowa Grotto Picnic 2003 -- Ganter Obscured -- Nettle Cave Map

An Interdisciplinary And Synthetic Approach To Ecological Boundaries, Mary L. Cadenasso, Steward T. A. Pickett, Kathleen C. Weathers, Susan S. Bell, Tracy L. Benning, Margaret M. Carreiro, Todd E. Dawson

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

We introduce a collection of articles that proposes conceptual and methodological tools to advance the integrated study of ecological boundaries. A number of studies are germane to understanding the structure and function of boundaries over a wide array of ecological systems and scales. However, these studies have not been unified in a consistent theoretical framework. To integrate these seemingly disparate studies and to advance future research on boundaries, these articles present a common conceptual framework, a classification of the different types of boundaries and their potential functions, and statistical and modeling approaches that can be applied to a wide range …

Cardiac Acceleration As A Marker Of Vagal Withdrawal In Heart Rate Control During Exercise In Humans, S S I Bokhari, H R. Ahmad, M M F Subhan, S A. Ali, M N. Khan

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Objective: To investigate whether the time rate of change in heart rate i.e. cardiac acceleration, during aerobic exercise in human subjects could be used to differentiate vagal withdrawal from sympathetic stimulation.Methods: Fifteen male subjects exercised on a bicycle ergometer at 50 Watts (Step 1), then 100 Watts (Step 2), for 2 minutes each.Results: Heart rate (HR) was monitored from a resting value (mean +/- SD) of 80.3 +/- 12.9 to 113.8 +/- 13.6 beats min-1 in Step 1. In Step 2 exercise, HR increased from 113.8 +/- 13.6 to 145 +/- 20 beats min-1. At the initiation of Step 1, …

Faculty Senate Senate Membership, 2003-2004, Vol 31, P 7, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

A Cloud-Free, Satellite-Derived, Sea Surface Temperature Analysis For The West Florida Shelf, Ruoying He, Robert H. Weisberg, Haiying Zhang, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Robert W. Helber

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Clouds are problematic in using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery for describing sea surface temperature (SST). The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) observes SST through clouds, providing daily, 1/4° maps under all weather conditions excepting rain. A TMI limitation, however, is coarse resolution. Optimal interpolation (OI) is used to generate a cloud-free, 5-km, daily SST analysis for the West Florida Shelf (WFS) by merging the high-resolution (cloud-covered) AVHRR with the coarse-resolution (cloud-free) TMI SST products. Comparisons with in-situ data show good agreements. Given large spatial gradients by coastal ocean processes, this regional analysis has advantage over …

The Texas Caver, Volume 49, No. 4, August 2003, Don Arburn

The Texas Caver

Contents: News: Features, Utg At Beck Ranch Cave -- Trip Reports: High Guads New Mexico, Rucker Bat Cave Circle Ranch -- Tcc Activities Update: Tcma, TSA, From The Files Of The TSS, NSS -- TSA Business: Minutes Of TSA Bog Meeting -- How To & Not To: Cave Digging -- Questionnaire -- Book Review

The Knight Summer Orientation Issue, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Vital Signs, Fall 2003, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A twenty-eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, faculty profiles, and more.

2001 Coastal Illicit Connection Identification And Elimination Grant Project, Andrea F. Donlon

PREP Reports & Publications

This final report describes a grant program funded by NHEP and administered by DES. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between NHEP and DES created a grant program to provide assistance to coastal communities to identify and eliminate illicit discharges into the storm drain system. A total of $60,000 was available for grants to municipalities. DES issued a request for proposals (RFP), chose grant recipients, and managed the grant agreements. This report provides details on the projects completed by Exeter, Dover, and Somersworth. The deadline for completion of all grant projects was June 30, 2003

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat - Biological And Ecotoxicological Charactersistics

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Fish As Pollutants: Limitations Of And Crosscurrents In Law, Science, Management, And Policy, Jeremy Firestone, Robert Barber

Washington Law Review

When we think of pollutants, we either consciously or unconsciously draw a bright line between pollutants and what might be called "natural." That which is natural cannot be a pollutant; that which is a pollutant cannot be natural. It seems odd to speak of live fish as pollutants, as odd as it would be to speak of dioxins as natural. Nevertheless, the traditional definition of fish as natural may be fading as our awareness of the adverse environmental effects of accidental or poorly planned fish introductions increases. Along these lines, a federal court recently found that non-native Atlantic salmon that …