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Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 2000-2005

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Advancements. Editorial and advertising offices are located at JMU, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Staff can be reached at (540) 568-3191 or [email protected].

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2004, Volume 10, No. 3

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

WILD Nebraska Grasslands by Bill Vodehnal, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

High School Students Improve Their Game While Having Fun at UNL Golf Camp

Multiple Dimensions of a Strong Professional Golf Management Program by Charles Francis, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

CGS Advisory Council Tours Northeast Nebraska

Groundwater Nitrates Being Used to Fertilize Intensive Grazed Pasture

Grazing and Grassland Management Is Theme of Wildlife Society Meeting

Regional Researchers Collaborate to Improve Grazing Systems

UNL Researchers Study Seed Production of Eastern Red Cedar

Range Management Focus of Beef Basics VI

Still Time to See Exhibition – Listening to the Prairie …

2004-06 Catalog, Eastern Kentucky University

Catalog, Undergraduate

No abstract provided.

How To Compare Different Conceptual Approaches To Metapopulation Modelling, Frank M. Hilker, Martin Hinsch, Hans Joachim Poethke

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Models are essential tools in understanding population dynamics and deriving management measuresin the context of population viability analysis. However, very often the question arises which type ofmodel architecture is appropriate for a given situation. Mostly this situation is characterized by a shortage ofdata for model parameterization. In this study, an approach is presented to overcome this lack of real-worlddata by using the output of long-term simulation runs of specific individual-based models. Thus, it is possibleto evaluate the quality of macroscopic model predictions. Furthermore, this setting allows to compare totallydifferent types of metapopulation models. As an exemplary case study, this approach …

Two Teachers Implement One-To-One Computing: A Case Study, Abigail Garthwait, Herman Weller

Education Technology

No abstract provided.

Globalization’S Effects On The Environment – Boon Or Bane?, Jo Kwong

Center for Applied Economics

In recent years, globalization has become a remarkably polarizing issue. In particular, discussions about globalization and its environmental impacts generate ferocious debate among policy analysts, environmental activists, economists and other opinion leaders. Is globalization a solution to serious economic and social problems of the world? Or is it a profit-motivated process that leads to oppression and exploitation of the world’s less fortunate?

This paper examines alternative perspectives about globalization and the environment. It offers an explanation for the conflicting visions that are frequently expressed and suggests elements of an institutional framework that can align the benefits of globalization with the …

Museu.M. News, No. 24, University Of Montana--Missoula. Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum

Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Newsletters

Recent Accessions -- Museum Hosts Bird Preparation Workshop -- Exhibits Update

2004 L'Ami Yearbook, George Fox University

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Ecosystems As Evolutionary Complex Systems: A Synthesis Of Two System-Theoretic Approaches Based On Boolean Networks, Brian D. Fath, W. E. Grant

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Understanding and managing ecosystems as biocomplex wholes is the compelling scientific challenge of our times. Several different system-theoretic approaches have been proposed to study biocomplexity and two in particular, Kauffman’s NK networks and Patten’s ecological network analysis, have shown promising results. This research investigates the similarities between these two approaches, which to date have developed separately and independently. Kauffman (1993) has demonstrated that networks of non-equilibrium, open thermodynamic systems can exhibit profound order (subcritical complexity) or profound chaos (fundamental complexity). He uses Boolean NK networks to describe system behavior, where N is the number of nodes in the network and …

Stability Analyses Of The 50/50 Sex Ratio Using Lattice Simulation, Y. Itoh, K. Tainaka, J. Yoshimura

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The observed sex ratio is nearly one half in many animals including humans. Fisher explained thatthe 50/50 sex ratio is optimal. However, the 50/50 sex ratio seems highly unstable because a slight deviationfrom 50/50 changes the optimal ratio to the opposite extremes; zero or unity. Thus sex ratio should befluctuating wildly around 50/50. In contrast, the observed 50/50 sex ratios in wild populations seem to bevery stable. There should be some unknown mechanisms to stabilize the sex ratio 50/50. We build the latticemodel of mating populations. Each cell represents a male, a female, or an empty site. We perform latticesimulation …

Participatory Spatial Modeling And The Septic Dilemma, Alexey Voinov, Erica Gaddis, Helena Vladich

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Whereas point sources of nutrients are quite well known and controlled, there is growing concern about non-point sources, especially those that are related to individual homeowners and citizens' practices. They seem to be the hardest to manage and reduce. On-site sewage disposal systems (OSDS) are among the major contributors to the nutrient pollution of surface and ground waters. In Calvert County, Maryland, up to 25% of the non point source nitrogen pollution originates from septic systems. A participatory landscape modeling approach has been used to analyze and visualize the impact of septic systems on the water quality entering the estuary. …

Simulation Of Water And Carbon Fluxes In Agro- And Forest Ecosystems At The Regional Scale, J. Post, Valentina Krysanova, F. Suckow

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

To investigate effects of different land use management practices on carbon fluxes at the regional scale we developed an integrated model by coupling an ecohydrological river basin model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model) and a soil organic matter model SCN (Soil-Carbon-Nitrogen model). The latter is a submodel of the forest growth model 4C. The extended integrated model combines hydrological processes, crop and vegetation growth, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycles and soil organic matter turnover. It is based on a three level spatial disaggregation scheme (basin, subbasin and hydrotopes), whereas a hydrotope is a set of elementary units in the subbasin …

Knowledge Discovery In Environmental Data Bases Using Gesconda, Karina Gibert, Xavier Flores, Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In this work, last results of the research project “Development of an Intelligent Data Analysis System for Knowledge Management in Environmental Data Bases (DB)” are presented. The project is focussed on the design and development of a prototype for Knowledge Discovery (KD) and intelligent data analysis, and specially oriented to environmental DB. It is remarkable the high quantity of information and knowledge patterns that are implicit in large DB coming from environmental domains. In this project, several environmental DB such as meteorological phenomena, wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), or environmental emergencies were used for testing. KD is a prior and mandatory …

How Tight Are The Limits To Land And Water Use? – Com-Bined Impacts Of Food Demand And Climate Change, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Christoph Mülle, Alberte Bondeau, Pascalle Smith, Wolfgang Lucht

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In the coming decades, world agricultural systems will face serious transitions. Population growth, income and lifestyle changes will lead to considerable increases in food demand. Moreover, a rising demand for renewable energy and biodiversity protection may restrict the area available for food production. On the other hand, global climate change will affect production conditions, for better or worse depending on re-gional conditions. In order to simulate these combined effects consistently and in a spatially explicit way, we have linked the Lund-Potsdam-Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) with a "Management model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment" (MAgPIE). …

The Role Of Local Spatial Heterogeneity In The Maintenance Of Parapatric Boundaries: Agent Based Models Of Competition Between Two Parasitic Ticks, A. J. Tyre, Brigitte Tenhumberg, C. M. Bull

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Recent models of ecological parapatry, where the geographical distributions of two similar species abut without overlapping, have shown that spatial gradients in intrinsic growth rates can lead to sharp boundaries when dispersal is density dependent. However, a well documented parapatric boundary in southern Australia between two tick species that parasitise a large lizard lacks one or both of these features; dispersal of ticks is random and there may not be a gradient of population growth rates for one of the species. There is local variation in population growth rates arising from variation in the number of host lizards with overlapping …

A Model Of The Biocomplexity Of Deforestation In Tropical Forest: Caparo Case Study, Raquel Quintero, Rodrigo Barros, Jacinto Dávila, Niandry Moreno, Giorgio Tonella, Magdiel Ablan

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

This paper presents some preliminary results with a multi-agents modeling approach to understand the complexity of deforestation in tropical forests. The approach was applied to the study of the deforestation of the Caparo Forest Reserve, in the western part of Venezuela. The model includes, among others, the following types of agents: several instances of settlers, government and lumber concessionaries. Settler agents represent people of limited economical resources that occupied land of the reserve with the aims of improving their socio-economical status and obtaining in the future the property of the occupied land. They use subsistence agriculture and they try to …

Responses Of Nesting Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) To Habitat Edges, Eric K. Bollinger, Thomas A. Gavin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

T.-Avoidance of habitat edges may be contributing to reduced densities of grass- land birds in small habitat patches. Nest densities for grassland-nesting Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) were much lower than expected within 25 m of forest edges at three sites in New York, and that pattern ("edge avoidance") extended to 100 m at one site. Nests located within 50 m of forest or wooded hedgerow edges had lower daily survival rates, compared with nests >100 m from any habitat edge. Bobolinks tended to move away from forest edges when renest- ing after nest failure; that pattern was especially evident in females …

Workflow Management Systems And Erp Systems: Differences, Commonalities, And Applications, Jorge Cardoso, Robert P. Bostrom, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

Two important classes of information systems, Workflow Management Systems(WfMSs) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, have been used to support e-business process redesign, integration, and management. While both technologies can help with business process automation, data transfer, and information sharing, the technological approach and features of solutions provided by WfMS and ERP are different. Currently, there is a lack of understanding of these two classes of information systems in the industry and academia, thus hindering their effective applications. In this paper, we present a comprehensive comparison between these two classes of systems. We discuss how the two types of systems …

The Morphology Of Steve, Eugenie C. Scott, Nicholas J. Matzke, Glenn Branch, Steven Mccullagh

Faculty Articles

This report is part of Project Steve. Project Steve is, among other things, the first scientific analysis of the sex, geographic location, and body size of scientists named Steve. We performed this research for the best of all reasons: we discovered that we had lots of data. No scientist can resist the opportunity to analyze data, regardless of where that data came from or why it was gathered.

Transferring Terrorists, John Yoo, Minn Chung

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Water Quality Sampling, Analysis And Annual Load Determinations For Tss, Nitrogen And Phosphorus At The Wyman Bridge On The White River, Marc Nelson, L. Wade Cash

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

An automatic water sampler was established in 2000 on the main stem of the White River at the Wyman Road Bridge. The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) was approved by EPA Region six on April 2000 and sampling was begun at that time. This station is coordinated with a USGS gauging station at the same location. This station was instrumented to collect samples at sufficient intervals across the hydrograph to accurately estimate the flux of total suspended solids, nitrogen and phosphorus into the upper end of Beaver Lake from the White River. The Upper White was designated as the states …

Endowed With Power, Steven C. Harper

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

De Facto Custodians: A Response To The Needs Of Informal Kin Caregivers?, Elizabeth Brandt

Articles

No abstract provided.

Dentalgram - Vol. 18, No. 07, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry

Dentalgram

In this issue:

• Dr. John Peterson receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
• Dr. Robert Kinzer receives Teacher of the Year Award
• Endodontic residents fellow, externs begin study
• Department news
• Who wants to be ...
• Dental hygiene juniors honor graduating class

Responses Of Nesting Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) To Habitat Edges, Eric Bollinger, Thomas Gavin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

T.-Avoidance of habitat edges may be contributing to reduced densities of grass- land birds in small habitat patches. Nest densities for grassland-nesting Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) were much lower than expected within 25 m of forest edges at three sites in New York, and that pattern ("edge avoidance") extended to 100 m at one site. Nests located within 50 m of forest or wooded hedgerow edges had lower daily survival rates, compared with nests >100 m from any habitat edge. Bobolinks tended to move away from forest edges when renest- ing after nest failure; that pattern was especially evident in females …

Reinventing The Security Council: The U.N. As A Lockean System, Michael D. Ramsey

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Central Role Of Perilipin A In Lipid Metabolism And Adipocyte Lipolysis, John Tansey

Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

The related disorders of obesity and diabetes are increasing to epidemic proportions. The role of neutral lipid storage and hydrolysis, and hence the adipocyte, is central to understanding this phenomenon. The adipocyte holds the major source of stored energy in the body in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG). It has been known for over 35 years that the breakdown of TAG and release of free (unesterified) fatty acids and glycerol from fat tissue can be regulated by a cAMP-mediated process. However, beyond the initial signaling cascade, the mechanistic details of this lipolytic reaction have remained unclear. Work in recent years …

Ua12/2/1 View Of The Hill, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald, includes articles:

• Ransdell, Gary. View: Welcome from the President
• Warren, Brandy. There Are Some Things You Just Have to Do While at Western
• Getting Around Campus
• Names & Places You Need to Know to Get Around the Hill
• Reed, Lindsey. Greek Life Can Offer Friends, Support
• College Movies
• Clark, Katie. Yearbooks Capture Memories, Excitement of Campus Life
• Reed, Lindsey. Safety a Crucial Part of Campus Life
• Warren, Brandy. Laundry Tips from My Mother
• Learning to Study the College Way
• Warren, Brandy. Bowling Green on a Budget
• Things You Need to Know

Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Receptor Editing Is Observed In The Nod/Scid Model Of Human B-Cell Development, G. R. Kolar, J. D. Capra

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

Receptor editing and receptor revision are the two mechanisms of antibody diversity that result in either complete V-gene replacement or the formation of hybrid V genes. We do not yet understand how this process unfolds, because they are rare and difficult to study in vivo. In this study, we describe a family of VH4-34:VH4-61 hybrids isolated from a human B-cell chimeric non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mouse. The observation of hybrid immunoglobulin sequences in human B cells that developed in this model system makes it useful for the study of this mechanism of diversification and tolerance.