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Web Orientation Of The Banded Garden Spider Argiope Trifasciata (Araneae, Araneidae) In A California Coastal Population, Martina G. Ramirez

Biology Faculty Works

Magnetic heading (direction the spider’s ventrum faced) and web inclination (degree of slant from the vertical) in Argiope trifasciata Forska°l, a diurnal orb-weaving spider, were studied at a coastal site in southern California for nine weeks in fall 1999. Throughout the study, A. trifasciata largely occupied east-west oriented webs with their venters facing south and southwest. Mean magnetic heading was unaffected by ambient temperature extremes. Inclination levels varied from week to week over an approximately 58 range. However, these changes followed no discernible pattern and were independent both of the sun’s decrease in maximum altitude during the course of the …

Proteasome Inhibition Stabilizes Tau Inclusions In Oligodendroglial Cells That Occur After Treatment With Okadaic Acid, Deepa V. Dabir

Biology Faculty Works

Tau-positive inclusions in oligodendrocytes are consistent neuropathological features of corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, and frontotemporal dementias with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17. Here we show by immunohistochemistry that tau-positive oligodendroglial inclusion bodies also contain the small heat-shock protein (HSP) αB-crystallin but not H HSP70. To study the molecular mechanisms underlying inclusion body formation, we engineered an oligodendroglia cell line (OLN-t40) to overexpress the longest human tau isoform. Treatment of OLN-t40 cells with okadaic acid (OA), an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A, caused tau hyperphosphorylation and a decrease in the binding of tau to microtubules. Simultaneously, tau-positive aggregates that also …

Evaluation Of Nitrate Nitrogen Fluxes From A Tile-Drained Watershed In Central Iowa, M. D. Tomer, D. W. Meek, D. B. Jaynes, J. L. Hatfield

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

Nitrate Nfluxes fromtile-drained watersheds have been implicated in water quality studies of the Mississippi River basin, but actual NO₃–N loads from small watersheds during long periods are poorly documented. We evaluated discharge and NO₃–N fluxes passing the outlet of an Iowa watershed (5134 ha) and two of its tile-drained subbasins (493 and 863 ha) from mid-1992 through 2000. The cumulative NO₃–N load from the catchment was 168 kg ha^-1, and 176 and 229 kg ha^-1 from the subbasins. The outlet had greater total discharge (1831 mm) and smaller flow-weighted mean NO …

Biochemistry Of Ensiling, John A. Rooke, Ronald D. Hatfield

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

The biochemistry of ensiling is essentially a simple process, which, however, can become complex when interactions among plant enzymes and the activities of numerous microbial species become involved. The desired effect is the conversion of simple plant sugars such as glucose and fructose to lactic acid by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in an anaerobic fermentation. When sufficient lactic acid has been produced, all microbial activity is suppressed, primarily through the effect of undissociated lactic acid, and the silage can then be stored anaerobically until required for feeding. Complications arise because:

1. There are always aerobic periods at the start and …

Irrigation Technology Transitions In The Mid-Plains States: Implications For Water Conservation/Water Quality Goals And Institutional Changes, Glenn D. Schaible, Marcel P. Aillery

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

A Parks modified multinomial logit model is used to examine the influence of the agricultural economic environment on irrigation technology transitions in the mid-plains states. Simulation analyses assess expected agricultural water conservation and its implications for water quality/environmental goals and water institutional reform. Under baseline agri-economic assumptions, regional agricultural water use efficiency could improve from 2.3% to 9.8%. Technology-specific elasticities show that crop price effects on irrigation technology transitions are relatively inelastic. Results for the mid-plains states differ from those obtained for the Pacific north-west (an earlier study), implying that differentially endowed resource regions will likely require different resource conservation …

Time-Mortality Relationships For Tribolium Castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Life Stages Exposed To Elevated Temperatures, Rizana Mahroof, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, James E. Throne, Anil Menon

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

The use of elevated temperatures (≥40-60°C) or heat treatments for managing insects in food-processing facilities is a viable alternative to space fumigation with methyl bromide. Quantitative data are lacking on the responses of life stages of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), an important pest of food-processing facilities worldwide, to elevated temperatures used during heat treatments. We determined time-mortality relationships for eggs, young (neonate) larvae, old larvae, pupae, and adults of T. castaneum, exposed to constant temperatures of 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, and 60°C. Generally, mortality of each stage increased with an increase in temperature and exposure …

Efficacy Of Diatomaceous Earth To Control Internal Infestations Of Rice Weevil And Maize Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Frank H. Arthur, James E. Throne

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

Densities of 10, 20, and 30 hard red winter wheat kernels, Triticum aestivum L., were infested with different life stages of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.), mixed with 35 g of wheat treated with 300 ppm of the Protect-It (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) formulation of diatomaceous earth (DE), and held at 22, 27, and 32°C. A similar test was conducted by exposing densities of 6, 12, and 18 corn kernels infested with different life stages of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, mixed with 30 g of corn, Zea mays L., treated with 300 ppm of DE. Mortality of adults …

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

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Dedication, Hon. Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Fredric C. Tausend

Seattle University Law Review

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A Less Tragic Commons?: Using Harvester And Processor Quotas To Address Crab Overfishing, Avi Brisman

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Comment provides a brief overview of the history of the Magnuson Act. Part III describes the current status of the BSAI crab fisheries and the need for crab rationalization. In Part IV, this Comment examines NPFMC's preferred alternative—the three-pie voluntary cooperative program as set forth in its Bering Sea Crab Rationalization Program Alternatives: Public Review Draft (May, 2002) and Summary of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program Submitted to the United States Congress, August, 2002. Part V looks at the legal issues surrounding processor quotas, focusing specifically on …

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

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The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony In Washington On Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Related Trauma Syndromes: Avoiding The Battle Of The Experts By Restoring The Use Of Objective Psychological Testimony In The Courtroom, Dr. Brett C. Trowbridge

Seattle University Law Review

This Article focuses on three types of syndrome evidence-rape trauma syndrome, child abuse syndromes, and battered person syndrome-all of which seem to be closely related to the diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Part II provides background regarding the Frye test, explains how mental disorders are defined in the manual clinicians use, DSM-IV-TR, and outlines PTSD and associated syndromes. Parts III, IV, V, and VI address both legal and psychological concerns regarding specific syndromes and identify what types of testimony Washington law allows in each of these three areas. Part VII discusses the concerns regarding the scientific validity of …

The Use Of Web Services In Bioinformatics, Sheng Lu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Pageant Of Providence, Jill Arlene Foote-Hutton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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'Preferences Of The Platonic Age': Male Homosocial Desire In Quida's Novels Of The 1860s, Lorraine Dubuisson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Building Extraction Using Neuro-Fuzzy Pattern Recognition With Feature Detecting Structures, Patrick M. Jackson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Phytotoxins From The Leaves Of Ruta Graveolens, Amber L. Hale

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Moisture Durability Study Of Pultruded Aoc P 920, Chaitali Meda

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Through A Glass Darkly : Reflections Of Southern Culture In South Carolina's Domestic Violence Policy, Ellen Barbara Meacham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Bifurcation Analysis Of Hiv-1 Dynamics In Vivo, Revanth Babu Mutyala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Professionalizing The Blues : The Economic Thrust Of An Indigenous Art Form In Mississippi, 1920-1945, William Preston Lauterbach

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Enrichments Of Microbial Consortia, Mathematical Modeling And Statistical Analysis For Methane Production Form Acetate, Sulabh Madhusudan Koolwal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Analysis Of Thermal Contact Resistance In A Generic Transmitter, Raghavender Kulkarni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Vibration And Acoustic Monitoring Of Bearing Faults In Machines With Phase Fluctuations / By Suresh Venugopal, Suresh Venugopal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Pride And Prejudice : African Americans In Contemporary Country Music / By Kathryn Pickett Vinroot, Kathryn Pickett Vinroot

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Implementation Of The Asymptotic Boundary Conditions In The Fdtd Method/ By Andrew E. Simon, Andrew E. Simon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Peer Mediation Programs: An End To School Violence?, Alixandra Blitz

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This note focuses on the ineffectiveness of PMPs to combat higher-levels of school violence. Part I discusses school violence, both past and present. Part II explores the shift from traditional methods of discipline to more proactive and education-based methods that are used in many schools today. Part III addresses the fundamentals of peer mediation including what it is and how it is implemented. Part IV examines which students PMPs should be targeting and why PMPs fail to prevent them from committing violent acts on their schools. Finally, the conclusion recommends ways to reduce conflict in schools.

International Advocate For Peace Award 2003, Desmond Tutu

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Victim-Offender Mediation And Violent Crimes: On The Way To Justice, Ilyssa Wellikoff

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This Note will discuss the need for an alternative method within the criminal justice system, such as victimoffender mediation, and will discuss the benefits and implications of extending victim-offender mediation to serious and violent crimes. The first part of this Note will explain the premise and purpose of victim-offender mediation. The Note will detail victim-offender mediation’s roots in restorative justice and the various types of victim-offender mediation programs currently in place. The second part of this Note will address the efficacy of victim-offender mediation programs, highlighting the program’s overall benefits and shortcomings. The Note will then address the criminal judicial …

Reason Over Rhetoric: The Case For Enforcing Predispute Agreements To Arbitrate Employment Discrimination Claims, Craig Hanlon

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Part I of this article will briefly outline the relevant federal statutes to provide the necessary foundation for understanding the issue involved in Waffle House . Specifically, this paper will discuss Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (“EEOC Act”), the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (“1991 Act”), the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ ADA ”). Part II will examine the development of the relevant case law that set the parameters for the current debate, including the conflicting decisions in three Courts of …