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Genealib Archive 2004-08, Genealib

GENEALIB Archive

No abstract provided.

Observational Analysis Of Insect Diversity, Richness, And Abundance On The Fungus, Auricularia Delicata (Basiodiomycata), August 2004, Megan Scott

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Fungi are important to ecosystems because of their ability to release nutrients back into the environment and their relationships with insects. This study determined the diversity and richness of insects attracted to Auricularia delicata and related it to external conditions. Eleven colonies of Auricularia delicata were located near the Estación Biológica de Monteverde and observed to determine the morphospecies and abundance of insects present. The results illustrated that insect abundance significantly increased with species diversity (RS = 0.778, P = 0.0001.) Insect abundance significantly increased with colony surface area (RS = 0.659, P = 0.0371) and number of fruiting bodies …

Quality Of Life In Rural Nebraska: Trends And Changes, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Randolph L. Cantrell

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

Nebraska’s economy has begun to improve but the drought has continued to linger in some parts of the state. How have these changes affected rural Nebraskans? How do rural Nebraskans perceive their quality of life? Do their perceptions differ by community size, the region in which they live, or their occupation?

This report details 2,915 responses to the 2004 Nebraska Rural Poll, the ninth annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding their individual well-being. Trends for these questions are examined by comparing data from the eight previous polls to this year’s results. …

Vital Signs, Fall 2004, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A twenty-seven page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

The Babbler Volume 84 (2004-2005), Lipscomb University

The Babbler (Student Newspaper)

The 2004-2005 volume of Lipscomb University's The Babbler student newspaper, which ran from August 2004–April 2005. It had 28 issues, including a special "Freshman Orientation Edition." Issues 13 and 27 were special "Bison Basketball Preview" and "Graduation Edition" issues, respectively. Issues 11 and 20 are misnumbered as 10 and 19 respectively.

Academic Performance Of Psychiatrists Compared To Other Specialists Before, During, And After Medical School., Frederick S. Sierles, Michael Vergare, Mohammadreza Hojat, Joseph S. Gonnella

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to compare psychiatrists with other physicians on measures of academic performance before, during, and after medical school.

METHOD: More than three decades of data for graduates of Jefferson Medical College (N=5,701) were analyzed. Those who pursued psychiatry were compared to physicians in seven other specialties on 18 performance measures. Analysis of covariance was used to control for gender effect.

RESULTS: Compared to other physicians, psychiatrists scored higher on measures of verbal ability and general information before medical school and on evaluations of knowledge and skills in behavioral sciences during medical school, but they scored lower …

Dollars And Death, Cass R. Sunstein, Eric A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Administrative regulations and tort law both impose controls on activities that cause mortality risks, but they do so in puzzlingly different ways. Under a relatively new and still-controversial procedure, administrative regulations rely on a fixed value of a statistical life representing the hedonic loss from death. Under much older law, tort law in most states excludes hedonic loss from the calculation of damages, and instead focuses on loss of income, which regulatory policy ignores. Regulatory policy also disregards losses to dependents; tort law usually allows dependents to recover for loss of support. Regulatory policy generally treats the loss of the …

The Effects Of Water Versus Land Plyometric Drills On Balance, Jaclyn Kelly

Masters Theses

Plyometrics are used by athletes of all to increase strength, power, and speed and often used during rehabilitation programs both on land and in water. Previous research suggested that aquatic plyometrics may have an affect on balance, however there is no data to support this claim. The purpose of this study was to compare aquatic to land plyometrics and the effects on balance. Thirty-six healthy subjects (17 males, 19 females) were randomly assigned to one of three groups, control, land, or aquatic. Plyometric training took place twice a week for seven weeks. Each subject performed three trials of static (single …

Comparative Analysis Of Federal Income Tax Imposed On U.S. C Corporations And Russian Joint Stock Companies, Alina Y. Mitskevich

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis compares federal income tax imposed on corporations in two different tax systems: U.S. and Russian. Russian joint stock companies and U.S. C corporations are viewed as subjects of the federal income tax. The thesis analyzes and compares such elements of corporate federal income tax as taxpayers, tax base, rates. The focus of the paper is to find in the U.S. tax system advantages which may be successfully adopted by Russia.

Main Hall To Main Street, August 2004, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 10, number 8 of Main Hall to Main Street.

"Competing Conceptions Of Globalization" Revisited: Relocating The Tension Between World-Systems Analysis And Globalization Analysis, Thomas Clayton

Linguistics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Report, Economic Structure Of The Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, August 2004, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

Commissioned by USF's Globalization Research Center, Innovation Insight conducted a baseline report of offshore outsourcing of labor in the Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater metropolitan statistical area. This report provides quantitative data for Innovation Insight's report.

Low Levels Of Nucleotide Diversity In Crocodylus Moreletii And Evidence Of Hybridization With C. Acutus, David A. Ray, Jennifer A. Dever, Steven G. Platt, Thomas R. Rainwater, Adam G. Finger, Scott T. Mcmurry, Mark A. Batzer, Brady Barr, Peter J. Stafford, Jenna Mcknight, Llewellyn D. Densmore

Faculty Publications

Examinations of both population genetic structure and the processes that lead to such structure in crocodilians have been initiated in several species in response to a call by the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group. A recent study used microsatellite markers to characterize Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) populations in north-central Belize and presented evidence for isolation by distance. To further investigate this hypothesis, we sequenced a portion of the mitochondrial control region for representative animals after including samples from additional locales in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. While there is limited evidence of subdivision involving other locales, we found that most of the …

Graduate Program Descriptions For 2004-2005, Wright State University

Program Descriptions

Wright State University graduate program descriptions for the 2004-2005 school year.

Here Comes The Neighborhood - Virginia V. Hicks And How The New York Legislature Should Empower Law Enforcement With More Powerful Trespass-Barment Statutes As A Tool To Combat Crime In Public Housing Projects, David G. Lazarus

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Personal Experience With Employment Services, And Supports Rural North Dakota, Robin F. Medalen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Jacob Boehme And The Foundations Of A Vegetarian Food Ideology, Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

Focuses on Jacob Boehme, a mystic Paracelsian Hermetic theosopher, and his works on vegetarianism. Significance of the Garden of Eden in the vegetarian, non-violent tradition; Concept of the new man explained by Boehme in "The Three Principles"; Difference between Edenic food and earthly food.

Weight History, Perception Of Body Size, And Self-Rated Physical And Mental Health In Black Female Food Stamp Recipients Living In Southeast Louisiana, Catharine Grace Wolfe

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Taking Pennsylvania Off Life Support: A Systems-Based Approach To Resolving Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Crisis, Kristen R. Salvatore

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Maintenance Payments And Same-Sex Relationships: When An Ex-Spouse "Cohabitates" With A Member Of The Same Sex, Patricia A. Krogman

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Charting The Court Challenges To Charter Schools, Robert J. Martin

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Beguiling Heresy: Regulating The Franchise Relationship, Paul Steinberg, Gerald Lescatre

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

A Conjoint Analysis Of Site Selection For The U.S. Broiler Industry: Impications For Louisiana (Bulletin #882), Pramod R. Sambidi, R. Wes Harrison, A. James Farr

LSU AgCenter Bulletins

The purpose of this study is to analyze broiler industry executives’ decisions on where to locate a broiler complex in the United States. The specific objectives are to identify factors affecting site locations of broiler complexes in the United States and to measure the effects and relative importance of these factors on the broiler complex location decision.

Homologs Of Plant Psbp And Psbq Proteins Are Necessary For Regulation Of Photosystem Ii Activity In The Cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 W Inside Box Sign, Leeann E. Thomton, Hiroshi Ohkawa, Johnna L. Roose, Yasuhiro Kashino, Nir Keren, Himadri B. Pakrasi

Faculty Publications

The mechanism of oxygen evolution by photosystem II (PSII) has remained highly conserved during the course of evolution from ancestral cyanobacteria to green plants. A cluster of manganese, calcium, and chloride ions, whose binding environment is optimized by PSII extrinsic proteins, catalyzes this water-splitting reaction. The accepted view is that in plants and green algae, the three extrinsic proteins are PsbO, PsbP, and PsbQ, whereas in cyanobacteria, they are PsbO, PsbV, and PsbU. Our previous proteomic analysis established the presence of a PsbQ homolog in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803. The current study additionally demonstrates the presence of a PsbP homolog …

Hydrothermal Venting In Magma Deserts: The Ultraslow-Spreading Gakkel And Southwest Indian Ridges, Edward T. Baker, Henrietta N. Edmonds, Peter J. Michael, Wolfgang Bach, Henry J.B. Dick, Jonathan E. Snow, Sharon L. Walker, Neil R. Banerjee, Charles H. Langmuir

Faculty Publications

Detailed hydrothermal surveys over ridges with spreading rates of 50-150 mm/yr have found a linear relation between spreading rate and the spatial frequency of hydrothermal venting, but the validity of this relation at slow and ultraslow ridges is unproved. Here we compare hydrothermal plume surveys along three sections of the Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean) and the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) to determine if hydrothermal activity is similarly distributed among these ultraslow ridge sections and if these distributions follow the hypothesized linear trend derived from surveys along fast ridges. Along the Gakkel Ridge, most apparent vent sites occur on volcanic highs, …

Pacific Review Fall 2004, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

University Of Arkansas Razorbacks Basketball Media Guide, 2003-2004, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations

Arkansas Men’s Basketball

No abstract provided.

Pain Catastrophizing And Social Support In Married Individuals With Chronic Pain: The Moderating Role Of Pain Duration, Annmarie Cano

Psychology Faculty Research Publications

In the current study, 96 married chronic pain patients were recruited from the community to test hypotheses about the roles of catastrophizing and psychological distress in relation to perceived support from close others. It was expected that pain duration would moderate the relationship between catastrophizing and perceived support and between catastrophizing and psychological distress. In addition, distress was hypothesized to mediate the relationship between the pain durationcatastrophizing interaction and support. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that pain duration interacted with catastrophizing such that at shorter pain durations, pain catastrophizing was related to more perceived solicitous spouse responses; however no such relationship …

It's A Small World After All: Making The Case For The Extraterritorial Application Of The National Environmental Policy Act, Browne C. Lewis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The purpose of this article is to illustrate why NEPA should be applied extraterritorially. For purposes of this article, extraterritorially means "beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the United States." Section One discusses the mandates of NEPA and its importance to the protection of the environment. In the second section, the article addresses the historic treatment of the issue of NEPA' s extraterritorial application by the legislative, executive and judicial branches. The third section analyzes the possible future treatment of the issue by those branches. The fourth section consists of a discussion of the reasons why NEPA should be applied extraterritorially. …

Applications Of Mobile Computing For Fish Species At Risk Management, James Carswell, Keith Gardiner, Michela Bertolotto, Nick Mandrak

Conference papers

This paper describes the on-going development of a web-based and Mobile Environmental Management System (MEMS) prototype specifically tailored to perform context-aware queries and updating of spatial datasets. Spatially enabled computing can provide situation aware assistance to both web-based and mobile users by presenting the right information at the right time, place, and situation using context-associated knowledge. Contextassociated knowledge is assembled by combining knowledge gained about information accessed in the past with the activities planned by the user, together with other situation dependencies (e.g. location) of these activities. The MEMS datasets are provided by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans …