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Endangered Species Act Innovations In The Post-Babbittonian Era—Are There Any?, J. B. Ruhl

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Nancy K. Frankenberry, Ed., Radical Interpretation In Religion, Philip L. Quinn

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Queer Theory By Men, Ian Halley

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Signatures Of The Impossible, Ranjana Khanna

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Dear Ian,, Robyn Wiegman

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Prototype Computer-Based Instruction Module: Foundational Neuroscience For Physical Therapy Students, Gilbert M. Willett

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

This paper details one faculty members approach to developing a prototype module for a computer based instruction (CBI) course in foundational neuroscience for physical therapy students. The process was based on the generic instructional systems design model, ADDIE. ADDIE is an acronym for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Each step has an outcome that feeds the subsequent step or results in modification of the prior step in order to reach the desired outcome. The analysis section summarizes the state of the global academic environment in health professions education and the environment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) …

Well-Structured Texts Help Second-Year German Students Learn To Narrate, Priscilla A. Hayden-Roy

German Language and Literature Papers

The past twenty years have seen a significant paradigm shift in foreign language pedagogy from measuring language achievement (based on a defined and finite curriculum, such as a textbook chapter or a grammar lesson) to measuring proficiency (general competence in the foreign language independent of a defined curriculum). Building on the work done previously in language testing by government language schools, the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (1986) sought to reach consensus about describing and measuring language abilities. These Guidelines give generalized descriptions of abilities at four levels of proficiency (Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior). With the widespread recognition of these Guidelines have …

Life Cycle And Paratenesis Of American Gordiids (Nematomorpha: Gordiida), Ben Hanelt, John J. Janovy Jr.

John J. Janovy, Jr. Publications

To complete their life cycle, gordiids must make a transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments. However, epibenthic aquatic larvae and their terrestrial definitive hosts do not overlap in habitat. This has led many investigators to suggest that infections are acquired through the ingestion of insects, which become infected as aquatic larvae with gordiid cysts and subsequently carry gordiids to land. This proposed life cycle was experimentally tested using three common American species of gordiids: Gordius robustus, Paragordius varius, and Chordodes morgani. Cysts of all three species survived the metamorphosis of Tanytarsus sp., a midge. Subsequent infection trials of …

In Explorers' Footsteps: You Can Find Nearly All The Birds Documented By Lewis And Clark In Great Refuges On The Great Plains, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

Two hundred years ago this May, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, together with the three dozen army volunteers and hired hunter-interpreters who made up the Corps of Discovery, departed their winter camp at the mouth of the Missouri River, north of St. Louis, Missouri, and set out to make history. President Thomas Jefferson had charged them with the monumental task of exploring the unknown lands of the Louisiana Territory, purchased from France the year before, and trying to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean via the Missouri River. The explorers were also asked to make extensive geological, geographic, …

Ten Suggestions To Strengthen The Science Of Ecology, Gary E. Belovsky, Daniel B. Botkin, Todd A. Crowl, Kenneth W. Cummins, Jerry F. Franklin, Malcolm L. Hunter, Anthony Joern, David B. Lindenmayer, James A. Macmahon, Chris R. Margules, J. Michael Scott

Papers in Ecology

There are few well-documented, general ecological principles that can be applied to pressing environmental issues. When they discuss them at all, ecologists often disagree about the relative importance of different aspects of the science’s original and still important issues. It may be that the sum of ecological science is not open to universal statements because of the wide range of organizational, spatial, and temporal phenomena, as well as the sheer number of possible interactions.We believe, however, that the search for general principles has been inadequate to establish the extent to which generalities are possible.We suggest that ecologists may need to …

Graduate Education In Surgery In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. The Challenge Of Growing Pains., Ahmed A. Alsaddique

Saudi Medical Journal

With the establishment of undergraduate medical education and the progress of health care in the country heralded by the return of well trained and dedicated physicians and surgeons, it was only natural that the attention will be focused on establishing graduate training for the different medical specialties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This paper addresses the current status of general surgery training in the country and compares our model with the experience of others from the perspective of a program director. It is not the exception, but it is the rule to have challenges at this stage of development. …

Structural And Immunophenotypic Characterization Of High Endothelial Venules In Rat And Human Tissue, Murat Akkus, Sinan Yuruker, Attila Dagdeviren, Esin Asan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To present additional data on high endothelial venule (HEV) structure and immunophenotype. METHODS: We used the zinc iodide-osmium tetroxide technique (ZIO), which is a metallophilic fixation and staining technique to examine HEVs at light and electron microscopic levels as this technique was previously reported to be reactive with cells in HEVs. Tonsils and lymph nodes were obtained from the Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Departments, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey during 2002 and 2003. An indirect immunohistochemical technique was used to examine frozen human tissue samples. RESULTS: Organelle rich high endothelial cells, sheet-like processes of pericytes surrounding HEVs, structural relation of …

Ineffectiveness Of Rat Liver Tissues In The Screening Of Connective Tissue Disease, Khalil A. Aziz

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of using rat liver tissues (RLT) for the screening of connective tissue disease (CTD). METHODS: Results of patient samples, submitted to the Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom for investigation of CTD between 2001 and 2002, were analyzed. Positive results for anti-double stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibodies and anti-extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibodies were correlated with the results of the corresponding anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA), obtained by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) using RLT. In the second part of the study samples that were previously tested positive for anti-ENA or anti-dsDNA antibodies, were investigated prospectively for …

Frequency Of Benign And Preinvasive Breast Diseases, Fadwa J. Altaf, Lailah S. Abdullah, Awatif A. Jamal

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The importance of benign proliferative and non-invasive breast lesions as a risk factor preceding the development of invasive mammary carcinoma is well established in the literature. The objective of this study is to estimate the magnitude of benign proliferative diseases as well as mammary intra-epithelial neoplasia in the Western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), in order to encourage nationwide breast cancer screening programs for early detection of the high risk proliferative and pre-invasive breast lesions. METHODS: We reviewed histopathology records (reports and slides of selected cases) of 2129 breast cases including mastectomies and breast biopsies from …

Rift Valley Fever Hepatitis Complicated By Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation And Hepatorenal Syndrome, Tarig S. Al-Khuwaitir, Abdurahman M. Al-Moghairi, Safia M. Sherbeeni, Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Fum3p, A 2-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase Required For C-5 Hydroxylation Of Fumonisins In Fusarium Verticillioides, Yousong Ding, Ravi S. Bojja, Liangcheng Du

Liangcheng Du Publications

Fumonisins are polyketide-derived mycotoxins produced by several agriculturally important Fusarium species. The B series fumonisins, FB₁, FB₂, FB₃, and FB₄, are fumonisins produced by wild-type Fusarium verticillioides strains, differing in the number and location of hydroxyl groups attached to the carbon backbone. We characterized the protein encoded by FUM3, a gene in the fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster. The 33-kDa FUM3 protein (Fum3p) was heterologously expressed and purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast cells expressing the Fum3p converted FB₃ to FB₁, indicating that Fum3p catalyzes the C-5 hydroxylation of fumonisins. …

Management Of Vegetation To Reduce Wildlife Hazards At Airports, Brian E. Washburn, Thomas W. Seamans

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) pose a serious safety risk to aircraft. Wildlife strikes cost civil and military aviation at least S490 million annually in the United States (Cleary et al. [I]). Over 46,500 wildlife strikes with civil aircraft were reported to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during 1990-2002 (Cleary et al. 111). Aircraft collisions with birds accounted for 97% of the reported strikes, whereas strikes with mammals and reptiles were 3% and Larus spp.), waterfowl such as Canada geese (Branta canadensis), raptors (hawks and owls), and blackbirds (Ictennae)/starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are the species presently of …

Procyrnea Chabaud, 1958 (Nematoda: Habronematoidea: Habronematidae) In Birds From The Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Including Descriptions Of 3 New Species, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks, Douglas Causey

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Four species of Procyrnea were collected in birds from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. ,i>Procyrnea brevicaudata,/i> n. sp. in Crypturellus cinnamomeus resembles P. ficheuri, P. murrayi, P. ameerae, P. dollfusi, and P. aptera in lacking lateral alae but differs from all these species in having two longitudinal ridges on the left side of the body, in having a sinistral rather than ventral vulvar opening, and in having dorsally bent rather than straight female tails. Procyrnea mawsonae n. sp., in Buteo magnirostris, is similar to P. strialata in body size and in having …

“Emerging” Parasitic Infections In Arctic Ungulates, Susan J. Kutz, Eric P. Hoberg, John Nagy, Lydden Polley, Brett Elkin

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Important drivers for emergence of infectious disease in wildlife include changes in the environment, shrinking habitats or concentration of wildlife, and movement of people, animals, pathogens, or vectors. In this paper we present three case-studies of emerging parasitic infections and diseases in ungulates in the Canadian north. First we discuss climate warming as an important driver for the emergence of disease associated with Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, a nematode lungworm of muskoxen. Then we examine how Protostrongylus stilesi, the sheep lungworm, emerged (or re-emerged) in muskoxen after re-introduction of this host into its historical range made it sympatric with Dall’s …

Music Therapy And Social Skills In Young Children With Disabilities: A Survey Of Music Therapy Practitioners, Sayaka Abe

Masters Theses

Music therapy services have been utilized as one of the related services that may be necessary to assist young children with disabilities in the accomplishment of their educational goals. The purpose of this study was to examine (a) how music therapy services are used in early childhood settings and (b) how music therapy interventions aid in the development of social skills in young children with disabilities. An original survey instrument was sent to music therapists who were members of the American Music Therapy Association and had indicated that they worked in early childhood settings. The survey was sent to 423 …

Opus, Spring 2004, Suny Geneseo English Club

Opus

PROSE
3 Sunsets, Michael Chin
10 The Geneseo Zoo, Ashley Wilson
18 A Dissertation on Blue and Red, Meg Vasey
30 A Different Kind of Conversing, Jane Liu
38 Neuschwanstein Castle, Paige Palmateer
46 iNSANITy, Katie Steinnagel
49 Johnny's House, Pete Lobczowski

POETRY
6 The Survivor's Tale, Gabriel Hoff
8 The Dream, Elijah Hibit
8 Rose Red, carrie braman
9 Pillow, Andrew Campbell
14 Midnight Before the Due Date, Sarah Grace Taylor
15 How Lucky am I?, Peter Howser
16 Identity, Sarah Grace Taylor
17 Why, Alaina Maggio
20 A Gentleman and a Scholar, Janine Giordano
23 I Laugh When …

Re-Assessment Of Carrying Capacities In The Ashburton River Catchment, Alan L. Payne, A M E Van Vreeswyk, K A. Leighton

Agriculture reports

Potential carrying capacities for land systems in the catchment of the Ashburton River were first estimated in 1983 as a result of a rangeland survey of the area undertaken during 1976, 1977 and 1978. Potential carrying capacity (termed capability capacity in the 1988 report) is a suggested sustainable level of use assuming that all pastures are in good range condition, the entire station is adequately watered for the effective management of livestock and seasonal conditions are average.

The Ashburton Land Conservation District Committee had previously requested a re-assessment of carrying capacities for Ashburton stations following the widespread establishment of buffel …

Adapting Riparian Rights To The Twenty-First Century, Joseph W. Dellapenna

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Low Self-Esteem As It Relates To Anxiety And Depression, Joel B. Makowski

Masters Theses

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the relationship between low self-esteem and anxiety and/or depression. Participants were selected based on their subjective experience of having high or low self-esteem. Low self-esteem participants were then selected on the basis of their subjective assessment of attributing anxiety/and or depression to their low self-esteem experience. Two high self-esteem and two low self-esteem participants were interviewed.

High self-esteem participants were found to base their self-worth and respect on an internal locus of evaluation. They did not identify any notable anxiety or depression. Low self-esteem participants were found to base their worth …

Developmental Expression Patterns Of "Eyes Absent" Genes I, Ii, And Iii In Xenopus Laevis, Aaron Bishop Glass

Senior Honors Theses

The original eyes absent gene was first located in Drosophila (fruit fly) and its crucial role in embryological sensorial development has stimulated research which has been conducted on this family of genes in mouse, frog, chick and human. Dr. Martin Offield isolated Eya1, 2 and 3 in Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) in Rob Grainger's lab at the University of Virginia (Personal communication). The present study was a follow up study using the process of in situ hybridization to record the expression patterns of these genes using embryos at various stages of development. After a staining procedure, embryos were photographed …

Juan Bautista De Anza, Father And Son: Pillars Of New Spain's Far North, John L. Kessell

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Indian Depredations Along Texas's Rio Grande And Trans-Pecos Frontiers, 1877–1822: Rhetoric And Reality, Steven M. Karr

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

From The Editor, Philip L. Fetzer

Moebius

No abstract provided.