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West Virginia Libraries 2003 Vol.56 No.3, Jennifer Soule

West Virginia Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Life-History Variation In The Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus Graciosus): Phenotypic Plasticity Or Local Adaptation?, Michael W. Sears

Publications

We performed a laboratory common-environment study to determine the genetic and environmental sources of variation in growth rates of the sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus). Hatchling lizards were reared from gravid females collected from three study populations along an elevational gradient in southern Utah, USA. Hatchlings were fed ad libidum and were maintained on a 14:10 light:dark cycle, with temperatures at 33°C and 21°C during photophase and scotophase, respectively. Each hatchling was randomly assigned to either a water-supplementation treatment or a control group receiving no supplemental water. Once every five days, the water-supplemented lizards were administered orally a quantity …

Fighting Capitulation: A Research Agenda For The Future Of Dispute Resolution, Gregory Todd Jones

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

Stories Of Mothers And Child Welfare (Summary Report), Gary Cameron, S. Hoy

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

The voices we hear describing the lives of mothers who come into contact with child welfare agencies are usually those of service providers and researchers. How do mothers make sense of their own lives and what happened to their families when they became involved with child welfare? This report provides an opportunity to listen to what 16 of these mothers had to say over conversations averaging 5 - 6 hours with each woman. Aspects of these stories will be familiar to some readers. Nonetheless, these stories challenge both popular and professional perceptions of who these mothers are and how they …

2003/2004 University Of The Pacific General Catalog, University Of The Pacific

Catalogue, Bulletin, Catalog

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Degree Candidates, Summer 2003, Vol 30, P 560-614, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

Fisheries Occasional Publications No. 4 - Research Project Assessment - A Decision Framework, W. J. Fletcher, J. W. Penn, H. G. Brayford

Fisheries Occasional Publications

Determining the relative priority for research proposals within an agency such as the Department of Fisheries, particularly when they are from different program areas, is a difficult task to achieve effectively. Traditionally within the Department, this task has been completed by a sub-group of the executive who have used their combined understanding of the broader issues and their experience of what has been done before and what is most likely to succeed. Such a system, while it has produced satisfactory outcomes, suffers from a lack of transparency and may be at longer-term risk when personnel changes occur and corporate knowledge …

A Case For Extrinsic Dispositions, Jennifer Mckitrick

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

Many philosophers think that dispositions are necessarily intrinsic. However, there are no good positive arguments for this view. Furthermore, many properties (such as weight, visibility, and vulnerability) are dispositional but are not necessarily shared by perfect duplicates. So, some dispositions are extrinsic. I consider three main objections to the possibility of extrinsic dispositions: the Objection from Relationally Specified Properties, the Objection from Underlying Intrinsic Properties, and the Objection from Natural Properties. These objections ultimately fail.

Ard News June 2003

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Comments from the Associate Dean
ARD Advisory Council
Frontiers in Agricultural Research Food, Health, Environment and Communities
Anna Elliott Proposals
ARD Interdisciplinary Research Grants Program
Sampson Range Pasture Management Endowments
Helen Porter Van Spronssen Charitable Trust
Arch and Frances Jorgensen Fund
Ralph H. Bainbridge Memorial Fund
New or Revised Projects
Grants and Contracts Received April and May, 2003
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants

Forum, June - July 2003, University Of South Florida. Office Of Public Affairs

Inside USF

The June - July 2003, issue of Forum.

Psc 150e.01: Introduction To Political Theory, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Tools For The Automatic Identification And Classification Of Rna Base Pairs, Neocles B. Leontis, Huanwang Yang, Fabrice Jossinet, Li Chen, John Westbrook, Helen Berman, Eric Westhof

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Three programs have been developed to aid in the classification and visualization of RNA structure. BPViewer provides a web interface for displaying three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of individual base pairs or base pair collections. A web server, RNAview, automatically identifies and classifies the types of base pairs that are formed in nucleic acid structures by various combinations of the three edges, Watson-Crick, Hoogsteen and the Sugar edge. RNAView produces two-dimensional (2D) diagrams of secondary and tertiary structure in either Postscript, VRML or RNAML formats. The application RNAMLview can be used to rearrange various parts of the RNAView 2D diagram to generate …

News From Hope College, Volume 34.6: June, 2003, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

The Changing Seasons: Winter Of The Half-Hardies, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Joe Fontaine

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

Hudson-Delaware, Joseph C. Burgiel, David A. Cutler, Steve Kelling, Robert O. Paxton, Richard R. Veit

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

West Indies And Bermuda, Robert L. Norton, Anthony White, Andrew Dobson

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

First Atlantic Ocean And Gulf Of Mexico Specimen Of Short-Tailed Shearwater, Andrew W. Kratter, David W. Steadman

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

Probable Hybridization Between Elegant Tern And Sandwich Tern In West-Central Florida: The First North American Nesting Record Of Elegant Tern Away From The Pacific Coast, Richard T. Paul, Ann F. Paul, Bill Pranty, Ann B. Hodgson, David J. Powell

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

Front Matter (Pdf), North American Birds

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

Barnette'S Big Blunder, Steven D. Smith

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Among the most celebrated statements ever issued in a Supreme Court opinion is Justice Robert Jackson's resounding declaration in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that "[i]f there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." By using the preposition "or" rather than "and," Jackson asserted two constitutional prohibitions: government may not force citizens to confess an orthodoxy, but government may also not …

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 31, No. 2, June 2003, Lois Lyles

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: Correction -- A Note from the Editor -- CRF Merger: Toomey-Winkler Wedding -- CKKC Expedition at Hamilton Valley Research Center -- The Caving Safety Talk Revisited -- Roswell Field Office, BLM Volunteer Nomination for the 2002 National Take Pride in America Award -- Regional Expedition Reports -- 2003 Expedition Calendar

The Texas Caver, Volume 49, No. 3, June 2003, Don Arburn

The Texas Caver

Contents: News: Features, Kickapoo K.S.P. -- News: Trip Reports, Kickapoo Caverns S. P., Falling Waters Ranch, Hard & Soft Rock Caving -- News: From the files of the TSS, Highway 17 Caverns -- News: TSA Business, Minutes of Winter BOG -- How To & Not To: How to Get Lost!, Book Review

Law, Culture, And Family: The Transformative Power Of Culture And The Limits Of Law, Nancy E. Dowd

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Law's relation to culture is both powerful and subordinate. That complex role is apparent when the relationship of law and culture is viewed from the perspective of families. Law supports a defined concept of family, and does so very powerfully. Law acts as a barrier to other definitions and structures, and fails to recognize and honor all family relationships. Ultimately, however, the cultural construction of family is so strong that it can subvert and even change the law. Thus, culture can change law, but law cannot change culture.

This interaction of law and culture with respect to family is evident …

Health As A Global Security Challenge, Jonathan Ban

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Foreward, Yanzhong Huang

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

The Globalization Of Health, Gro Harlem Brundtland

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Nsf Ccli: Developing A Molecular Biology Lab Course In Environmental Engineering And Science, Daniel B. Oerther

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A new course and associated short course, to teach molecular biology skills to undergraduate and graduate students in environment engineering and practitioners of environmental engineering across the state of Ohio and around the world, is developed. Environmental engineers use microorganisms as biocatalysts to degrade pollutants in sewage as well as in the sites undergoing bioremediation. A series of courses to introduce engineering students to the principles of biology, at the University of Cincinnati are developed. These courses include, 'introduction to environmental engineering', required for all third year civil engineering students.

Monthly Accomplishments For Turnbull National Refuge, June 2003, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Reports

A monthly report of accomplishments at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge written by Project Leader Nancy Curry.

Athletic Trainers' Perceptions Of Competence In Therapeutic Exercise, Christopher J. Jones

Masters Theses

As the athletic training profession continues to expand, it is necessary to evaluate the preparedness of the entry-level certified athletic trainer (ATC). The purpose of this research is to determine if entry-level certified athletic trainers perceive that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform specific tasks related to therapeutic exercise.

An online questionnaire was sent out to 450 entry-level certified athletic trainers in District Four. A total of 69 subjects returned the survey for a response rate of 15.3%. The questionnaire utilized a Likert-type scale consisting of questions derived in the area of therapeutic exercise of the NATA …

Can Status Be Revealed? Dichotomous Cultural And Physiological Markers Of Social Differentiation In Two Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Sites In The Levant, Monika L. Trahe

Masters Theses

Bioarchaeological studies utilize linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH) to discuss and interpret the health among peoples of the past. This research explores the bioarchaeology from two Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (9,000-8,500 BP) sites in south-central Levant, Kfar HaHoresh and Yiftahel, to uncover a record of health and social status in order to understand these sites in the context of the greater Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic period.

Archaeological evidence suggests that the Kfar HaHoresh site served as a mortuary complex in which the elite from surrounding communities, such as Yiftahel, are buried (Goring-Morris 2000). This research examines the biological remains alongside the archaeological evidence …