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University Of Montana Events Friday, Feb. 6, Through Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Volume 95 Issue 16, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

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02/04/2004 - Eiu Sponsored Events To Commemorate Darwin Day.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

2004

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The Chronicle, Amber Bryant-Tapper, Dan Slatterly, Eric Gookin, Jenny Stanley, Heather Kilby, Rob Oxenford, Brian Wilkins, Katie Fulton, Mike Allsup, Linda Escaran, Jessica Hofeldt, Stacey Woodard, Ebonee Woods, Steve Ocasio, Kim Mccallister, Peter Riley, Ian Pope, Scott Mussell, Tommy Birch, Chris Augustine, Ethan Clarkson, Angela Skalsky, Julie Roosa

Campus Chronicle

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The Spinnaker Vol. 27 No. 20, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community

Ke Alaka'i, Vol. 68, No. 04 (2004-02-04), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

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Daily Eastern News: February 04, 2004, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Clinical And Molecular Allergy: A New Open Access Journal That Addresses Rapidly Evolving Information In The Field Of Allergy And Immunology, Guha Krishnaswamy, David S. Chi

ETSU Faculty Works

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Effects Of Aerial Lines On Red-Winged Blackbird Nesting, William H. Clark, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The Red-winged blackbird (RWBL) is one of the most abundant birds in all of North America (Dolbeer 1980, Beletsky 1996). Red-winged blackbird damage to crops continues to be a dilemma in localized areas of the United States (Dolbeer 1980). In addition to economic losses, bird damage may intensify conflicts between agricultural interests and the enforcement of laws defending wildlife and their habitats (Stone et al. 1984). When chemicals are shown to be environmentally harmful or when public unease grows over the mass killing of wildlife, new methods of repelling blackbirds need to be evaluated. A more humane and less hazardous …

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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Choosing Smoothness Parameters For Smoothing Splines By Minimizing And Estimate Of Risk, Rafael A. Irizarry

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Smoothing splines are a popular approach for non-parametric regression problems. We use periodic smoothing splines to fit a periodic signal plus noise model to data for which we assume there are underlying circadian patterns. In the smoothing spline methodology, choosing an appropriate smoothness parameter is an important step in practice. In this paper, we draw a connection between smoothing splines and REACT estimators that provides motivation for the creation of criteria for choosing the smoothness parameter. The new criteria are compared to three existing methods, namely cross-validation, generalized cross-validation, and generalization of maximum likelihood criteria, by a Monte Carlo simulation …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 78, No. 34 [Vol. 79], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Facilities Watching Overtime – Budget
• Brueggemann, Marlene. HYPE: Helping Young People Endure – Religion
• Hardin, Adriane. Honors Program Trying to Keep Students
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Western Leads State in Endowment Growth
• Reed, Lindsey. Book Buying Plan a Success
• Brugemann, Marlene. Nikki Giovanni to Lecture Tomorrow
• Budget Proposal Needs Changes for Final Version
• Reuter, Michael. Editorial Cartoon re: Big Red Cards
• Carman, Ann. College Heights Herald Needs More Fun Articles
• Smith, Jessica. Kentucky Laws Make It Difficult to Find Jobs
• Clark, Ashlee. Student Government Association Passes Plan to Adopt …

The Bates Student - Volume 133 Number 13 - February 3, 2004, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Lawal V. Atty Gen Usa

2004 Decisions

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Dna Samples. Collection. Database. Funding. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

DNA SAMPLES. COLLECTION. DATABASE. FUNDING. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires collection of DNA samples from all felons, and from adults and juveniles arrested for or charged with specified crimes, and submission to state DNA database; and, in five years, from adults arrested for or charged with any felony. Authorizes local law enforcement laboratories to perform analyses for state database and maintain local database. Specifies procedures for confidentiality and removing samples from databases. Imposes additional monetary penalty upon certain fines/forfeitures to fund program. Designates California Department of Justice to implement program, subject to available moneys: Authorizes $7,000,000 loan from Legislature for implementation. Summary …

Curricular Affairs Committee Report #421, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

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Large-Scale Climate And Land Cover Influences On Blackbird Populations In The Prairie Pothole Region Of The United States And Canada, George M. Forcey, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Blackbirds are ubiquitous members of the avian fauna in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States and Canada. Their abundance combined with their food habitats make blackbirds significant agricultural pests on sunflower. Cost estimates for blackbird damage to sunflower in the northern Great Plains range from 4-11 million dollars per year. Because of their economic impact on agriculture, it is imperative to understand the environmental factors that influence their abundance. This study attempts to quantify the effects of landscape-level climatic and land use patterns on blackbird population dynamics in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States and Canada.

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

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Interferon Antagonist Proteins Of Influenza And Vaccinia Viruses Are Suppressors Of Rna Silencing, Wan Xiang Li, Hongwei Li, Rui Lu, Feng Li, Monica Dus, Peter Atkinson, Edward W.A. Brydon, Kyle L. Johnson, Adolfo García-Sastre, L. Andrew Ball, Peter Palese, Shou Wei Ding

Faculty Publications

Homology-dependent RNA silencing occurs in many eukaryotic cells. We reported recently that nodaviral infection triggers an RNA silencing-based antiviral response (RSAR) in Drosophila, which is capable of a rapid virus clearance in the absence of expression of a virus-encoded suppressor. Here, we present further evidence to show that the Drosophila RSAR is mediated by the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, as the viral suppressor of RSAR inhibits experimental RNAi initiated by exogenous double-stranded RNA and RSAR requires the RNAi machinery. We demonstrate that RNAi also functions as a natural antiviral immunity in mosquito cells. We further show that vaccinia virus and …

The Hilltop 2-3-2004, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

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The Bg News February 3, 2004, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 3, 2004. Volume 94-Issue 90.

Cattail Quantification In The Prairie Pothole Region Of North Dakota Regarding Cattail Management For Reduction Of Blackbird Sunflower Damage, Scott T. Ralston, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The spread of cattail across the Northern Great Plains has increased the amount of breeding and roosting habitat available to marsh-nesting blackbirds. In the fall, dense cattail stands attract large numbers of roosting blackbirds, that damage crops like sunflower. In an effort to disperse roosting blackbirds and reduce the resulting crop damage, scientists from the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center and North Dakota State University have developed wetland habitat management techniques using a glyphosate-based aquatic herbicide. These techniques have been used by USDA Wildlife Services as a nonlethal method for reducing blackbird damage.

Previous research on individual wetlands has demonstrated …

Avian Use Of Harvested Crop Fields During Spring Migration Through The Southern Drift Plains Of North Dakota, Alegra M. Galle, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In the Southern Drift Plains of North Dakota, land put into crop production has increased greatly over the last century. Of the approximately 70,000 square miles of land area in North Dakota, about 32,000 square miles are used for harvested cropland. Because of changes in the landscape, the diversity of habitat available for migrant birds has diminished, and migrants are now limited to choosing habitats for stopover sites that are uncharacteristic of those used at other times of the year. With reduced diversity of habitat a birds choice of feeding and resting areas greatly affects success at migration. Choice may …

Avian Use Of Harvested Crop Fields During Spring Migration Through The Southern Drift Plains Of North Dakota, Alegra M. Galle, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In the Southern Drift Plains of North Dakota, land put into crop production has increased greatly over the last century. Of the approximately 70,000 square miles of land area in North Dakota, about 32,000 square miles are used for harvested cropland. Because of changes in the landscape, the diversity of habitat available for migrant birds has diminished, and migrants are now limited to choosing habitats for stopover sites that are uncharacteristic of those used at other times of the year. With reduced diversity of habitat a birds choice of feeding and resting areas greatly affects success at migration. Choice may …

Mustang Daily, February 3, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Optimal Sample Size For Multiple Testing: The Case Of Gene Expression Microarrays, Peter Muller, Giovanni Parmigiani, Christian Robert, Judith Rousseau

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

We consider the choice of an optimal sample size for multiple comparison problems. The motivating application is the choice of the number of microarray experiments to be carried out when learning about differential gene expression. However, the approach is valid in any application that involves multiple comparisons in a large number of hypothesis tests. We discuss two decision problems in the context of this setup: the sample size selection and the decision about the multiple comparisons. We adopt a decision theoretic approach,using loss functions that combine the competing goals of discovering as many ifferentially expressed genes as possible, while keeping …

Ada News - 02/02/2004, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Mustang Daily, February 2, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

The Statesman, V. 47, I. 31, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 47, i. 31