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The Statesman, V. 47, I. 43, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 47, i. 43

Montana Kaimin, March 3, 2004, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Statesman, V. 47, I. 39, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 47, i. 39

Contributing Factors To Student Success In Anatomy & Physiology: Lower Outside Workload & Better Preparation., David E. Harris, Lynn Hannum, Sat Gupta

School of Nursing

Presents a study that examined the factors associated with the success in undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology coursework at Lewiston-Auburn College, University of Southern Maine in Lewiston. Details of the grading system used for the period of the study; Analysis of the independent variables that correlated significantly with the final course grades of the students; Relation between the amount of previous study of mathematics and science in both high school and college and the final course grades of the students.

Feasibility Of Mapping Benthic Biotopes In The Hudson River, Nicole P. Maher, Robert M. Cerrato

School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications

Successful management of aquatic resources requires comprehensive maps that identify the spatial distribution and extent of potentially vulnerable habitats and their resident biota (e.g., essential fish habitat). We illustrate a technique that describes submerged landscapes not only in terms of geophysical properties, but also in terms of the resident biotic communities. Biological community distribution was highly correlated with the geophysical provinces initially identified by Bell et al. (2000). However, fewer groups of stations (created mainly by combining provinces) explained almost as much of the variation in benthic community structure and was a better description of the major biotopes in this …

Characterizing A Rapid Extraction Apparatus For The Removal Of Vocs From Aqueous Samples And Interfacing It With Fast Analysis Systems Such As The Aromatic Specific Laser Ionization Detector., Melissa Jean Meyer

Theses and Dissertations

Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is an important analytical task because of the prevalence of these compounds and the detriment they pose to the environment and human health. There are many improvements that are possible in the extraction and detection steps of these analytes. This dissertation will focus on these improvements. In particular, an extraction apparatus was developed in our laboratory for the removal of VOCs from aqueous samples in less than one minute. Also, a detector that is highly selective for aromatic VOCs will be discussed in detail.

Extraction of VOCs from aqueous samples into the gas phase …

Amyloid-Beta Peptide Induces Oligodendrocyte Death By Activating The Neutral Sphingomyelinase-Ceramide Pathway, Jiunn-Tay Lee, Jan Xu, Jin-Moo Lee, Grace Ku, Xianlin Han, Ding-I Yang, Shawei Chen, Chung Y. Hsu

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Bioconductor: Open Software Development For Computational Biology And Bioinformatics, Robert C. Gentleman, Vincent J. Carey, Douglas J. Bates, Benjamin M. Bolstad, Marcel Dettling, Sandrine Dudoit, Byron Ellis, Laurent Gautier, Yongchao Ge, Jeff Gentry, Kurt Hornik, Torsten Hothorn, Wolfgang Huber, Stefano Iacus, Rafael Irizarry, Friedrich Leisch, Cheng Li, Martin Maechler, Anthony J. Rossini, Guenther Sawitzki, Colin Smith, Gordon K. Smyth, Luke Tierney, Yee Hwa Yang, Jianhua Zhang

Bioconductor Project Working Papers

The Bioconductor project is an initiative for the collaborative creation of extensible software for computational biology and bioinformatics. We detail some of the design decisions, software paradigms and operational strategies that have allowed a small number of researchers to provide a wide variety of innovative, extensible, software solutions in a relatively short time. The use of an object oriented programming paradigm, the adoption and development of a software package system, designing by contract, distributed development and collaboration with other projects are elements of this project's success. Individually, each of these concepts are useful and important but when combined they have …

Students’ Assessment Of Biology Education At Marshall University, Chris A. Barker

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this thesis research was to evaluate the quality of scientific education offered in the College of Science’s Department of Biology at Marshall University. The objectives of this study were to emphasize the important aspects of higher education assessment, point out that a scientifically literate citizenry is imperative for society to function effectively, and to determine what factors contribute to differences among students with regard to their perception of the quality of scientific education they are receiving at Marshall. A survey questionnaire was administered to students in eleven biological science courses during the Fall semester of 2003 and …

Abstracts For The 72nd Annual Meeting

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

The Wetland Continuum: A Conceptual Framework For Interpreting Biological Studies, Ned H. Euliss Jr., James W. Labaugh, Leigh H. Fredrickson, David M. Mushet, Murray K. Laubhan, George A. Swanson, Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry, Richard D. Nelson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

We describe a conceptual model, the wetland continuum, which allows wetland managers, scientists, and ecologists to consider simultaneously the influence of climate and hydrologic setting on wetland biological communities. Although multidimensional, the wetland continuum is most easily represented as a two-dimensional gradient, with ground water and atmospheric water constituting the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively. By locating the position of a wetland on both axes of the continuum, the potential biological expression of the wetland can be predicted at any point in time. The model provides a framework useful in the organization and interpretation of biological data from wetlands by …

Volume 10, Number 1: February/March 2004, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Seeding The Universe With Life: Securing Our Cosmological Future, Michael Noah Mautner

Chemistry Publications

Life is unique in Nature, and for us, it is precious. Life is unique in its complex patterns, and in its purposeful self-continuation. We belong to life and share its drive for self-propagation. Belonging to life then implies a human purpose to secure, expand and propagate our family of gene/protein life.

This purpose is best achieved in space, where life has an immense future. We can start now to secure this future, by seeding with life new solar systems. New species can develop there into intelligent beings who will further expand life in the galaxy. Filling the universe with life …

An Inventory And Condition Survey Of The Pilbara Region, Western Australia, A M E Van Vreeswyk, K A. Leighton, A L. Payne, P Hennig

Technical Bulletins

The inventory and condition survey of the Pilbara region, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia between 1995 and 1999, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record of the existence and condition of the natural area’s resources, to assist with the planning and implementation of land management practices. The report identified and described the condition of soils, landforms, vegetation, habitat, ecosystems, and declared plants and animals. It also assessed the impact of pastoralism and made land management recommendations. The area surveyed covers about 181 723 km². Seven …

Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds. Initiative Constitutional Amendment And Statute

Propositions

Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. • Establishes “California Institute for Regenerative Medicine” to regulate stem cell research and provide funding, through grants and loans, for such research and research facilities. • Establishes constitutional right to conduct stem cell research; prohibits Institute’s funding of human reproductive cloning research. • Establishes oversight committee to govern Institute. • Provides General Fund loan up to $3 million for Institute’s initial administration/implementation costs. • Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to finance Institute activities up to $3 billion subject to annual limit of $350 million. • Appropriates monies from General …

Needs Assessment, Creation, And Utilization Of The Coastal Geotoolbox, Arthur Rodriguez

Open Access Master's Theses

Barrier islands are extremely dynamic landforms, and one of the most dynamic aspects of a barrier island is the beach. In an effort to document change in these environments, the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory & Monitoring Program Northeast Coast & Barrier Network (NCBN) have established a set of coastal geomorphology protocols to collect ecological indicator datasets. Two of the most important and readily available sources of data within these protocols are horizontal shoreline locations collected by global positioning systems (GPS), and general beach topography collected by lidar topographic surveys. There are several methods used to quantify the amount of …

Rice-Feeding Insects And Selected Natural Enemies In West Africa: Biology, Ecology, Identification, E. A. Heinrichs, Alberto T. Barrion

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

FOREWORD • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • INTRODUCTION • RICE IN AFRICA • RICE-FEEDING INSECTS • CLIMATIC ZONES AND RICE ECOSYSTEMS AS HABITATS • CONSTRAINTS TO RICE PRODUCTION • SPECIES IN WEST AFRICA • DIRECT DAMAGE • ROLE IN DISEASE TRANSMISSION

BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF RICE-FEEDING INSECTS

ROOT FEEDERS : Mole crickets, Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois; Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae • Root aphids, Tetraneura nigriabdominalis (Sasaki); Hemiptera (suborder Homoptera): Aphididae • Termites, Macrotermes, Microtermes, and Trinervitermes spp.; Isoptera: Termitidae • Black beetles, Heteronychus mosambicus Peringuey (= H. oryzae Britton); Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae • Rice water weevils, Afroryzophilus djibai Lyal; Coleoptera: Curculionidae • …

Ippp Um Research Bulletin, Volume 4, Number 1, 2004, Institute Of Research Management & Monitoring University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2000s)

Now, known as UMR Bulletin

Psychology Of Terrorism, Randy Borum

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Beyond Mere Ownership: How The Confederated Salish And Kootenai Tribes Used Regulatory Control Over Natural Resources To Establish A Viable Tribal Homeland, Jason Williams

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.

Battle At The Bridge: Using Participatory Approaches To Develop Community Researchers In Ecological Management, Jonathan Long, Delbin Endfield, Candy Lupe, Mae Burnette

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Land-based communities need problem solvers who can address ecological degradation by bridging gaps between community and outside knowledge systems. Through our experience working for the Watershed Program of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, we have wrestled with the challenge of making ecological research more useful to tribal communities, particularly those that have become highly skeptical of conventional research. Simply importing or exporting knowledge does little to solve long-term ecological problems, which instead require an active dialogue between community and outside knowledge systems to help local institutions evolve with environmental changes. To fulfill these roles, individual need skills in listening, speaking …

^{1}H, ^{13}C, ^{119}Sn Nmr, Mass, Mössbauer And Biological Studies Of Tri-,Di- And Chlorodiorganotin(Iv) Carboxylates, Hajra Masood, Saqib Ali, Mohummad Mazhar, Saira Shahzadi, Khadija Shahid

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The reaction of 2-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]benzoic acid (HL) with tri- and diorganotin(IV) chlorides yielded complexes of the type R_{3}SnL and R_{2}SnL_{2} (R = n-C_{4}H_{9}, C_{6}H_{5}, C_{6}H_{5}CH_{2}, n-C_{8}H_{17}). The compounds R_{2}SnClL were obtained by a redistribution reaction between R_{2}SnL_{2} and R_{2}SnCl_{2}. All the compounds were characterized by CHN analysis, infrared, multinuclear NMR, mass and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The possible mode of carboxylate group bonding in solid as well as in solution is proposed on the basis of infrared, Mössbauer and NMR (^{1}H, ^{13}C, ^{119}Sn) spectroscopy.

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

No abstract provided.

Identification Of Methionine-Rich Clusters That Regulate Copper-Stimulated Endocytosis Of The Human Ctr1 Copper Transporter, Yan Guo

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Copper uptake and subsequent delivery to copper-dependent

enzymes are essential for many cellular processes.

However, the intracellular levels of this nutrient

must be controlled because of its potential toxicity. The

hCtr1 protein functions in high affinity copper uptake

at the plasma membrane of human cells. Recent studies

have shown that elevated copper stimulates the endocytosis

and degradation of the hCtr1 protein, and this

response is likely an important homeostatic mechanism

that prevents the overaccumulation of copper. The domains

of hCtr1 involved in copper-stimulated endocytosis

and degradation are unknown. In this study we examined

the importance of potential copper-binding

sequences in …

History Of Ornithological Exploration Of The Salton Sink, Kimball L. Garrett, Kathy C. Molina, Michael A. Patten

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Arctic-Breeding Waders: A New Initiative For Research And Monitoring: Chasm, Wader Study Group Bulletin

Wader Study Group Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Mary Shelly, Emily Bronte, And Christina Rossetti: The Literature Of Disability, Georgia E Standish

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Many scholarly studies have examined illness, sickness, and invalidism in British nineteenth-century fiction. Few have explored these concepts in both fiction and poetry as "disabilities." This study traces the origins of the concept of disability in the poetic and fictional representations in three nineteenth-century key women authors: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and her poetry, and Christina Rossetti's "Monna Innominata: A Sonnet of Sonnets" and "Goblin Market." Significant to the early development of the concept of disability is the emergence of the related concept of normalcy in the nineteenth-century. Along with the concept of normalcy are also the …

Balanced Biosocial Theory For The Social Sciences, Michael A Restivo

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Evolutionary theory is the unquestioned paradigm for all biological sciences and is gaining acceptance in many of the social sciences, predominantly psychology and anthropology. Sociology, as a discipline, has failed to embrace evolutionary theory and remains uninformed about the most powerful scientific theory of living things: the theory of evolution by Darwinian selection. Traditional sociological theory is based largely on empirically questionable ideas about human development, behavior, and psychology, and often contradicts fundamental knowledge about evolution. As such, it often fails to contribute to a coherent and progressive corpus of sociological knowledge. Biosocial theories present a compelling alternative to the …

Viewbook- 2004, Admissions Staff

Student Handbooks

Student guide

Supercomputers, Patricia Hodges

Senior Seminars

No abstract provided.