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The Aesthetic Mask: Cinematic And Musical Icons In Ellison's Invisible Man, Gary Lemco Jan 2004

The Aesthetic Mask: Cinematic And Musical Icons In Ellison's Invisible Man, Gary Lemco

The Utah English Journal

Critics of Invisible Man seem to have been blind to the fact that Ralph Waldo Ellison was both music major and filmgoer. While struggling to create a seminal novel of Afro-American identity, Ellison was the cultural inheritor of a vast system of sounds and visual icons making up the national and - I daresay - the international tradition of aesthetic values. If the narrator of Juneteenth comes to claim a movie actress as his mother, so too does the unnamed narrator of Invisible Man seize upon music and film as possible sources of his being, as stable representatives of our …

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Principled Remedial Discretion Under The Charter, Kent Roach Jan 2004

Principled Remedial Discretion Under The Charter, Kent Roach

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

The first part of this paper outlines three different approaches to the exercise of remedial discretion under the Charter, namely the exercise of strong discretion, rule-based discretion and principled discretion. The Supreme Court’s decision in Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia is next examined as an example of how remedial discretion can be guided by general principles such as the need for an effective remedy and respect for institutional roles. The Court’s advance costs decision in British Columbia v. Okanagan Indian Band is examined from the perspective of all three models of discretion with an emphasis on the dangers of strong discretion …

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Measure For Measure: Two Misunderstood Prinicples Of Damages, Exodus 21:22-25 Life For Life, Eye For Eye And Matthew 5:38-39 Turn The Other Cheek, Andrew R. Simmonds Jan 2004

Measure For Measure: Two Misunderstood Prinicples Of Damages, Exodus 21:22-25 Life For Life, Eye For Eye And Matthew 5:38-39 Turn The Other Cheek, Andrew R. Simmonds

St. Thomas Law Review

The most important measure of damages is measure for measure: the rule of proportional damages, which in its most famous iteration is the rule of "eye for eye." Found most prominently in the biblical Book of the Covenant in Exodus 21:22-25, the rule states that where two men fight and in the course of their fight a pregnant woman and her fetuses are killed the penalty shall be "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, stripe for stripe." The biblical maxims "eye for eye" and "you have heard it …

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Impulse, Dave Graves, Kyle Johnson Jan 2004

Impulse, Dave Graves, Kyle Johnson

Impulse (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Publication)

Features:
[Page] 2 SDSU engineers restore Solberg Hall to active duty: From donors to the project manager, this effort was the project of alumni.
[Page] 4 Unique funding spawns new Solberg Hall: At $1, Solberg was the best purchase the State ever made.
[Page] 6 Back from Iraq: Guard members tell their story about the restoration of Iraq.
[Page] 8 Inquisitive nature leads Barnett to 'quality' career: Andy Barnett was living in a monastery when he decided to be an engineer
[Page] 10 Mobile classroom brings science to students: Retired teachers drive the truck and an SDSU instructor steers the …

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Construction And Analysis Of A Spherical Four-Bar Mechanism With A Translating Center, Shadab Shaikh Jan 2004

Construction And Analysis Of A Spherical Four-Bar Mechanism With A Translating Center, Shadab Shaikh

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Development Of Software Tools For The Redesign Of Loading Arm Counterbalance Mechanisms, Matthew Joseph Sejba Jan 2004

The Development Of Software Tools For The Redesign Of Loading Arm Counterbalance Mechanisms, Matthew Joseph Sejba

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Towards A Theology Of Christian Communications, Ryszard J. Osicki Jan 2004

Towards A Theology Of Christian Communications, Ryszard J. Osicki

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Histochemical Assessment Of Tissue Viability And Herbicide Damage In Woody Stems Of Lonicera Maackii, Mark A. Fuchs Jan 2004

Histochemical Assessment Of Tissue Viability And Herbicide Damage In Woody Stems Of Lonicera Maackii, Mark A. Fuchs

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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An Evaluation Of How John Paul Ii's Critics Engage The Arguments That He Uses To Support Natural Family Planning And To Oppose The Use Of Artificial Birth Control, Daniel Joseph Engel Jan 2004

An Evaluation Of How John Paul Ii's Critics Engage The Arguments That He Uses To Support Natural Family Planning And To Oppose The Use Of Artificial Birth Control, Daniel Joseph Engel

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Driving To Antarctica: Tales From The Watery Road, Amy Krisko Krug Jan 2004

Driving To Antarctica: Tales From The Watery Road, Amy Krisko Krug

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Book #25, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 2004

Book #25, Roger J. Miner '56

Scrapbooks

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Prevalence Of Neurotoxic Clostridium Botulinum Type C In The Gastrointestinal Tracts Of Tilapia (Oreochromis Mossambicus) In The Salton Sea, P. P. Nol, T. E. Rocke, K. Gross, T. M. Yuill Jan 2004

Prevalence Of Neurotoxic Clostridium Botulinum Type C In The Gastrointestinal Tracts Of Tilapia (Oreochromis Mossambicus) In The Salton Sea, P. P. Nol, T. E. Rocke, K. Gross, T. M. Yuill

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) have been implicated as the source of type C toxin in avian botulism outbreaks in pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) at the Salton Sea in southern California (USA). We collected sick, dead, and healthy fish from various sites throughout the Sea during the summers of 1999 through 2001 and tested them for the presence of Clostridium botulinum type C cells by polymerase chain reaction targeting the C1 neurotoxin gene. Four of 96 (4%), 57 of 664 (9%), and five of 355 (1%) tilapia tested were positive for C. botulinum type C …

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Solutions Through Science: Protecting Sunflowers From Blackbirds Jan 2004

Solutions Through Science: Protecting Sunflowers From Blackbirds

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In late summer, large flocks of blackbirds gather in the northern Great Plains to prepare for their strenuous migration to southern wintering grounds in the United States and Mexico. The birds acquire energy for their trip by feasting on energy-rich seeds and berries. Unfortunately for farmers, many of those seeds come from agricultural crops. Red-winged blackbirds, common grackles, and yellow-headed blackbirds cause most of the damage to commercial crops. Sunflower producers in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota suffer millions of dollars’ worth of losses annually due to blackbirds.

Reducing blackbird damage to sunflower crops continues to be a challenge …

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Short Story, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2004 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2004

Short Story, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2004 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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On The Strength Of The Sentence: Aesthetics, Nuance, And Narrative Effect, Richard Lee Jan 2004

On The Strength Of The Sentence: Aesthetics, Nuance, And Narrative Effect, Richard Lee

Short Story

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Responses Of Captive Fish Crows (Corvus Ossifragus) To Acetaminophen Baits And Bait Stations For Brown Tree Snake (Boiga Irregularis) Control On Guam, Michael L. Avery, Eric A. Tillman, Peter J. Savarie Jan 2004

Responses Of Captive Fish Crows (Corvus Ossifragus) To Acetaminophen Baits And Bait Stations For Brown Tree Snake (Boiga Irregularis) Control On Guam, Michael L. Avery, Eric A. Tillman, Peter J. Savarie

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

One component of brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) management on Guam is the use of a toxic bait that consists of acetaminophen tablets inserted into a dead neonatal mouse (DNM), which in turn is placed within a cylindrical polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bait station suspended above ground. Whereas this technique is effective in killing snakes, possible hazards to nontarget species, especially the Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi), are of concern. We used the fish crow (C. ossifragus) as a surrogate for the Mariana crow to evaluate (1) oral toxicity of acetaminophen, (2) behavior of crows exposed to DNM containing acetaminophen tablets, and …

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Uab Magazine - Spring 2004, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Jan 2004

Uab Magazine - Spring 2004, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

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“Thank God We’Re Here”: Judicial Exclusivity In Charter Interpretation And Its Consequences, Grant A. Huscroft Jan 2004

“Thank God We’Re Here”: Judicial Exclusivity In Charter Interpretation And Its Consequences, Grant A. Huscroft

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

The Court has claimed the role of “guardian of the constitution”, and neither Parliament nor the provincial legislatures have claimed any authority where the Charter is concerned. On the contrary, they have factored judicial exclusivity in Charter interpretation into their political deliberations. This paper considers the notion that the judiciary is the only legitimate interpreter of the Charter — how it became established, and the impact it has had on public policy and the political process in Canada. The pending reference to the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage is considered as an example of the problems judicial exclusivity can cause.

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Hatching Asynchrony, Survival, And The Fitness Of Alternative Adult Morphs In Ambystoma Talpoideum, Travis J. Ryan Jan 2004

Hatching Asynchrony, Survival, And The Fitness Of Alternative Adult Morphs In Ambystoma Talpoideum, Travis J. Ryan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum, exhibits both aquatic (gilled) and terrestrial (metamorphosed) adult morphologies. Previous studies have shown the existence of body-size advantages associated with the terrestrial morph in A. talpoideum and other polymorphic salamanders (e.g., A. tigrinum). However, aquatic adult A. talpoideum mature at a younger age and often breed earlier than terrestrial adults. We tested the hypothesis that early maturation and reproduction in aquatic adults increase fitness (irrespective of body size). We reared larval A. talpoideum in mesocosms and varied the timing of hatching, with early-hatching larvae representing the offspring from early-breeding aquatic adults, and late-hatching larvae representing …

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Communities, Wildlife Conservation, And Tourism-Based Development: Can Community-Based Nature Tourism Live Up To Its Promise?, Robin L. Turner Jan 2004

Communities, Wildlife Conservation, And Tourism-Based Development: Can Community-Based Nature Tourism Live Up To Its Promise?, Robin L. Turner

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This paper analyzes the opportunities and tensions generated by efforts to use conservationbased tourism as a catalyst for economic development. By exploring how historical legacies position actors and influence relationships between them, characterizing the nature tourism sector and its logic, and examining how liberalizing states are likely to engage with community-based tourism. I situate community-based nature tourism ventures in a broader political economic context. The paper draws from research on the Makuleke Region of Kruger National Park, South Africa to illustrate how these factors influence prospects for community benefit from protected area tourism. Like many other protected areas in Africa, …

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Politically Feasible Pro-Poor Livestock Policies In Andhra Pradesh And Orissa States, India, Robin L. Turner Jan 2004

Politically Feasible Pro-Poor Livestock Policies In Andhra Pradesh And Orissa States, India, Robin L. Turner

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The livestock sector has significant potential for improving the livelihoods of landless people and small and marginal farmers, who comprise the majority of India’s rural poor. However, resource and institutional constraints prevent poor producers from realizing the full potential of the animals they possess. Developing effective pro-poor livestock policies requires consideration of the political context and attention to the specific characteristics of poor livestock producers.

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A New Formalization Of Anselm's Ontological Argument, Timothy A. Robinson Jan 2004

A New Formalization Of Anselm's Ontological Argument, Timothy A. Robinson

Philosophy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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9th Annual Joseph C. Andrews Mentoring Breakfast, March 4, 2004, Black Faculty And Staff Association Jan 2004

9th Annual Joseph C. Andrews Mentoring Breakfast, March 4, 2004, Black Faculty And Staff Association

BFSA Collection - Mentoring Breakfast Materials

No abstract provided.

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Feelings And Emotions As Motivators And Learning Facilitators, S. Franklin, L. Mccauley Jan 2004

Feelings And Emotions As Motivators And Learning Facilitators, S. Franklin, L. Mccauley

CCRG Papers

No abstract provided.

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Factors Restricting Recruitment Of Ascophyllum Nodosum L (Le Jolis), Paula K B Philbrick Jan 2004

Factors Restricting Recruitment Of Ascophyllum Nodosum L (Le Jolis), Paula K B Philbrick

Doctoral Dissertations

Ascophyllum nodosum dominates a wide zone on the shore. Juveniles occur high in the zone where canopy is continuous and grazing animals few. Settlement could account for the restricted range if it were enhanced under canopy or on the upper shore. Settlement was monitored under canopy and in the open at four shore levels during spring 1983. Propagules settled everywhere. Settlement does not restrict plant establishment. Germlings caged and not caged were placed under canopy and in the open through the zone to evaluate the effects of animals and the physical environment (shore level x frond cover) on survival and …

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The Advantage For Name -Designated Characters During Reading, Kelly A. Peracchi Jan 2004

The Advantage For Name -Designated Characters During Reading, Kelly A. Peracchi

Doctoral Dissertations

When two characters are mentioned in a text, one referred to by a title (e.g., professor) and one referred to by a proper name (e.g., Christopher), the character referred to by the name is more accessible in memory. Although there has been a lot of research documenting the advantages that name-designated characters have over title-designated characters, most of it has done so using very short texts. The experiments reported in this dissertation utilized longer passages of text to examine whether certain variables that are known to affect accessibility, such as order of mention, number of mentions, elaboration, and distance, will …

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The Role Of Frontal Cortical-Basal Ganglia Circuits In Simple And Sequential Visuomotor Learning, Kathleen R. Bailey Jan 2004

The Role Of Frontal Cortical-Basal Ganglia Circuits In Simple And Sequential Visuomotor Learning, Kathleen R. Bailey

Doctoral Dissertations

Imaging, recording and lesioning studies implicate the basal ganglia and anatomically related regions of frontal cortex in visuomotor learning. Two experiments were conducted to elucidate the role of frontal cortex and striatum in visuomotor learning. Several tasks were used to characterize motor function including: a visuomotor reaction time (VSRT) task, measuring response speed and accuracy to luminance cues; simple stimulus-response (S-R) learning, measuring VSRT improvements when cues occurred in consistent locations over several trials; and a serial reaction time (SRT) task measuring motor sequence learning. SRT learning was characterized by incremental changes in reaction time (RT) when trained with the …

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Fire Dynamics In Amazonia, Manoel Cardoso Jan 2004

Fire Dynamics In Amazonia, Manoel Cardoso

Doctoral Dissertations

Fires are major disturbances for ecosystems in Amazonia. Because of their short time scale and strong links to biogeochemical cycles, fires significantly affect fluxes and stocks of carbon and nutrients, change air composition, and modify ecosystems structure and functioning. Fires are strongly related to land-use, land-cover and climate conditions. Because the increasing development of the region, these factors have been changing and leading to different patterns of fire activity. Thus it is very important to understand the dynamics of fires in the region and to develop models that can project their potential changes. To contribute in all these subjects, we …

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Self-Efficacy And Allocation Of Effort During Reading Among Older And Younger Adults, Danielle D. Gagne Jan 2004

Self-Efficacy And Allocation Of Effort During Reading Among Older And Younger Adults, Danielle D. Gagne

Doctoral Dissertations

Recent research in social cognition suggests one's self-efficacy beliefs regarding one's cognitive abilities can influence the effort expended on cognitive tasks (Bandura, 1989; 1997; Cavanaugh & Greene, 1990; Dunlosky & Hertzog, 1998), which may affect performance. This project was conducted to examine the relationship between age, self-efficacy beliefs, text difficulty, resource allocation to text comprehension processes, and memory for text. 82 younger adults and 74 older adults completed the Metamemory in Adulthood Questionnaire (MIA; Dixon, Hultsch & Hertzog, 1988), Reading Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (RSEQ), and Media Consumption Habits Questionnaire. Using the on-line word-by-word moving window method, participants read 24 two-sentence passages …

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Study Of The Enhancement Effect Of Cyclopentadecanolide On Protein Permeation Through Lipid Membranes, Zhengmao Li Jan 2004

Study Of The Enhancement Effect Of Cyclopentadecanolide On Protein Permeation Through Lipid Membranes, Zhengmao Li

Doctoral Dissertations

Intranasal drug delivery has been a topic of increasing interest for a decade as a convenient and reliable method for the systemic administration of drugs. The low bioavailability of simple formulation of protein drugs, such as insulin, can be greatly improved by using permeation enhancers. We studied the effect of cyclopentadecanolide (CPE-215RTM) as a permeation enhancer in protein release through lipid bilayer membranes. We successfully designed a novel in-vitro membrane permeability model using liposomes and performed a series of transmembrane protein release experiments. These were carried out under a wide range of conditions in the presence of different permeation enhancer …

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