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The Sorcery Of Context, Michael Constantine Mcconnell

Word Ways

There are countless one-word palindromes in the English language, many of them common, such as Mom, Dad, poop, boob, sees, racecar, level, and rotor, as well as the names Bob, Otto, Ava, and Hannah. At their most base level, one-word palindromes signify a concept, and the words themselves are palindromic more by coincidence than anything else; they sound perfectly natural when spoken. Slightly longer phrase palindromes, like a red-eyed era and to prefer pot are evasive as naturally uttered speech and in fact probably have been spoken by many yet recognized by few to no listeners or speakers.

Trophic Ecology Of The Deep-Sea Fish Malacosteus Niger (Pisces: Stomiidae): An Enigmatic Feeding Ecology To Facilitate A Unique Visual System?, Tracey Sutton

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

The ‘dragonfishes’ and their relatives (family Stomiidae) are among the top predators of the mesopelagic zone of the open ocean. Based on feeding morphology (e.g., large gape, long fangs, and no gill-rakers or ethmoid membrane), the meso/bathypelagic fish Malacosteus niger would also be expected to be a large-item predator, as are the other members of its family. However, analysis of specimens from different ocean basins revealed that the most common prey items are calanoid copepods, despite an apparent inability to handle such small prey. Malacosteus niger is considered advanced within the Stomiidae, so this feeding mode represents a secondary reversion …

Predicting Biodiversity Patterns In Deep Water Coral Ecosystems: Lessons From Phylogenetic Studies Of Shallow Water Coral Reef Crustacea, James Darwin Thomas

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

Comprehensive studies of coral reef biodiversity suggest that diversity patterns may be more congruent with geotectonic events than with the reigning paradigms of dispersal, center of origin, and vicariance. Geotectonic processes slowly accumulate taxa in areas exemplified by the presence of composite or lineage-based evolutionary diversity. This process-pattern model can suggest additional areas where similar patterns are likely to occur. Information on types and levels of diversity should be a primary concern in emerging conservation efforts for deepwater coral ecosystems. Current marine conservation efforts in shallow reef systems rely primarily on identifying “hotspots” that reflect measures of species richness and …

Interactions Between Zooplankton And Karenia Brevis In The Gulf Of Mexico., Kristen M. Lester, Gabriel A. Vargo, John J. Walsh, Cynthia A. Heil, Mary B. Neely, Danylle N. Spence, Susan Murasko, Tracey Sutton, Scott E. Burghart, Andrew Remsen, T. L. Hopkins, Richard N. Bohrer

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

Blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate K. brevis are common in the Gulf of Mexico, yet no in situ studies of the interactions between zooplankton and K. brevis in the Gulf of Mexico have been conducted. Zooplankton numerical abundance, biomass and taxonomic composition of nonbloom and K. brevis bloom stations within the ECOHAB study area were compared. At nonbloom stations, the most important determinant species were Parvolcalanus crassirostris, Oithona colcarva and Paracalanus quasimodo at the 5-m isobath and P. quasimodo, O. colcarva and Oikopleura dioka at the 25-m isobath. There was considerable overlap between the 5 and 25-m isobaths, with …

Variation In Sulfide Tolerance Of Photosystem Ii In Phylogenetically Diverse Cyanobacteria From Sulfidic Habitats, Scott R. Miller, Brad M. Bebout

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Physiological and molecular phylogenetic approaches were used to investigate variation among 12 cyanobacterial strains in their tolerance of sulfide, an inhibitor of oxygenic photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria from sulfidic habitats were found to be phylogenetically diverse and exhibited an approximately 50-fold variation in photosystem II performance in the presence of sulfide. Whereas the degree of tolerance was positively correlated with sulfide levels in the environment, a strain's phenotype could not be predicted from the tolerance of its closest relatives. These observations suggest that sulfide tolerance is a dynamic trait primarily shaped by environmental variation. Despite differences in absolute tolerance, similarities among strains …

Letters To The Editor, Catholic Medical Association

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Ethiopian Soils Harbor Natural Populations Of Rhizobia That Form Symbioses With Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Serawit Kassa, Desta Beyene, Franklin Ampy, Amha Asseffa, Tadesse Gebremedhin, Peter Van Berkum

Department of Biology Faculty Publications

The diversity and taxonomic relationships of 83 bean-nodulating rhizobia indigenous to Ethiopian soils were characterized by PCR-RFLP of the internally transcribed spacer (ITS) region between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE), and amplified fragment-length polymorphism. The isolates fell into 13 distinct genotypes according to PCR-RFLP analysis of the ITS region. Based on MLEE, the majority of these genotypes (70%) was genetically related to the type strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum. However, from analysis of their 16S rRNA genes, the majority was placed with Rhizobium etli. Transfer and recombination of the 16S rRNA …

Faculty Focus, February 2004, Vol. 3 No. 3, California State University, Monterey Bay

Faculty Focus

Focus on Multiculturalism -- How Are Our Pedagogies Working for Social Justice? -- Teaching and Learning about Slavery and Race in the Americas -- Building Community about Race Issues Through Film and Dialogue -- Creating Classroom Justice -- Recent Faculty Scholarship -- Coming to Terms With Race -- Cross-Cultural Strategies -- Pedagogies for Considering Race Issues -- Upcoming Race Issues in the Classroom Sessions from TLA -- Race, Pedagogy, and White Discomfort -- Race Issues Resource Network Being Planned -- Recent Book Arrivals at TLA -- Race, Standpoint, and Cooperative Argumentation -- Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education …

Effects Of Management Practices On Grassland Birds: Prairie Falcon, John P. Delong, Karen Steenhof

United States Geological Survey: Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds

Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the breeding, year-round, and nonbreeding ranges in the United States and southern Canada. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated, the maps are intended to show areas where managers might concentrate their attention. It may be ineffectual to manage habitat at a site for a species that rarely occurs in an area. The species account begins with a brief capsule statement, which provides the fundamental …

To Unknown Male: Notice Of Plan For Adoption In The Florida 2001 Adoption Act, Claire L. Mckenna

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Classical Religious Perpsectives Of Adoption Law, Daniel Pollack, Moshe Bleich, Charles J. Reid, Mohammad H. Fadel

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ard News February 2004

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Comments from the Dean
Hatch and State Projects
FY 2004 CSREES Appropriation and the President's FY 2005 Budget
117th ARD Annual Report
Federal Earmark Grants – FY 2004
Endeavors
Grants and Contracts Received December 2003 and January 2004
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
New or Revised Projects
Fall 2003 Graduate Census

Narrogin Townsite Test Pumping Results 2003, Louise Hopgood

Resource management technical reports

Test pumping of a production bore in Narrogin took place for 24 hours in August 2003. Data generated by the test pumping was analysed along with groundwater monitoring, climate and geological data. Laboratory analyses of water samples from the production bore indicate very high levels of salinity and hardness which may lead to severe scaling and corrosion of pumps, pipes and pipe fittings.

Geometric Approach To Detecting And Locating Cracks In Thin Plates By Lamb Wave Reflection: Case Of Moving Transducer, Jose R. Mares, Roberto A. Osegueda, Nagaswaroopa Kaukuri, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

This paper portrays work for the development of a Lamb wave scanning method for the detection of defects in thin plates. The approach requires the generation of an ultrasonic A0 and S0-mode Lamb wave using an incident transmitter excited with a tone burst centered at a near non-dispersive frequency. With a fixed relative separation both transmitter and receiving transducer remotely scan a specific line section of the plate. The arrival time information coming from incident and reflected waves contain information associated with the location of reflection surfaces or potential flaws. The Hilbert-Huang transform is applied to the intrinsic mode functions …

Justification For Class Iii Permit Modification February 2004, Swmu 9, Burial Site/Open Dump, Operable Unit 1334, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Justification for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 9. Contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Justification For Class Iii Permit Modification February 2004 Swmu 30 Reclamation Yard Operable Unit 1302, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Justification for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 30. Contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

News From Hope College, Volume 35.4: February, 2004, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Epulse: February 2004, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

Issues:

• February 6, 2004
• February 13, 2004
• February 20, 2004
• February 27, 2004

Web-Based E-Learning System Science Year One Explore Science And Math / Sandhya Hari Mohan Ratti, Mohan Ratti Sandhya Hari

Student Works (2000-2009)

Explore Science & Math system is a Web-based e-Learning System Science for Year one students. The e-Learning system enables the users to access Science Year One syllabus as an alternative process in learning. The Explore Science & Math System refers to a well-designed set of interactions with sufficient contents of notes, exercise, quiz and revision activities. Games are included to create potential creative skills and understanding. Besides, there is an animated genie to guide and make the learning environment more fun and interesting. The e-learning system as a learning tool is developed based on increment development model. Functional and non-functional …

Dit Independent, Issue 4, 1st.-29th. Of February, 2004, Dit:Students Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Primary And Secondary Interventions, Robert J. Gatchel

Psychology Faculty Publications - Archive

In the United States alone, the annual cost associated with the diagnosis and care of musculoskeletal trauma amounts to tens of billions of dollars [Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders: Function, Outcomes and Evidence. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia]. Moreover, these costs are continuing to increase at an alarming rate. In fact, in the United States today, occupational musculoskeletal disorders are the leading causes of work disability. Changes in health care policy and demand for improved allocation of health care resources by the Federal government have also recently placed greater pressure on health care professionals to provide the most cost-effective treatment for these …

Phylogenetic Analyses Of Texas Isolates Indicate An Evolving Subtype Of The Clade B Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses, Eric A. Weaver, Ellen W. Collisson, Margaret Slater, Guan Zhu

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Rigorous phylogenetic analyses were used to compare the nucleotide sequences of feline immunodeficiency virus strains isolated from Texas and throughout the world. The envelope V3-V4 sequences and capsid gene of the Texas isolates formed a cluster between subtypes B and E. Statistical comparisons with other published sequences confirmed that the Texas group is a unique cluster, possibly a new subtype, arising from subtype B.

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was initially isolated in 1987 from a cat in California with severe immunodeficiency and has been recognized as a common worldwide feline pathogen (11, 14, 19, 20, 33). FIV-infected cats exhibit a …

Effects Of Management Practices On Grassland Birds: Golden Eagle, John P. Delong

United States Geological Survey: Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds

Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to the breeding, year-round, and nonbreeding ranges in the United States and southern Canada. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated, the maps are intended to show areas where managers might concentrate their attention. It may be ineffectual to manage habitat at a site for a species that rarely occurs in an area. The species account begins with a brief capsule statement, which provides the fundamental components …

Effects Of Management Practices On Grassland Birds: Merlin, Paul M. Konrad

United States Geological Survey: Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds

Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the breeding, year-round, and nonbreeding ranges in the United States and southern Canada. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated, the maps are intended to show areas where managers might concentrate their attention. It may be ineffectual to manage habitat at a site for a species that rarely occurs in an area. The species account begins with a brief capsule statement, which provides the fundamental …

Using Covers To Minimize Odor And Gas Emissions From Manure Storages, José R. Bicudo, David R. Schmidt, Larry D. Jacobson

Agricultural Engineering Extension Publications

Odor emissions from animal production sites are typically the leading cause of nuisance complaints. Locating facilities far from neighbors is often a solution to the odor problem, but this is not always an option for producers. Most often, reducing odor emissions from the farm is the only option available.

Workforce Series #5 Filling Out A Job Application, Carolyn Clague

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

This document provides insight on how to fill out a job application.

Detection Of Standing Estrus In Cattle, George Perry

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Complete Nucleotide Sequence Of Oat Necrotic Mottle Virus: A Distinct Tritimovirus Species (Family Potyviridae) Most, D.C. Stenger, Roy C. French

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The RNA genome (9346 nucleotides) of Oat necrotic mottle virus (ONMV) was cloned and sequenced. Complete genome comparisons indicated that ONMV, currently classified as a rymovirus, was most closely related (~73% nucleotide, ~79% amino acid identity) to the tritimovirus Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV). ONMV encoded a single polyprotein, with proteinase cleavage sites very similar to those ofWSMV. Pairwise comparison of ONMV andWSMV cistrons revealed that P3 was most conserved (~79% nucleotide, ~86% amino acid), whereas HC-Pro was most divergent (~67% nucleotide, ~69% amino acid). In contrast, the ONMV sequence was distantly related (~40% nt, ~26% amino acid identity) to …

Resolution Of Mixed Human Dna Samples Using Mitochondrial Dna Sequence Variants, Jerilyn A. Walker, Randall K. Garber, Dale J. Hedges, Gail E. Kilroy, Jinchuan Xing, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Four Novel Genes Required For Optimal Photoautotrophic Growth Of The Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. Strain Pcc 6803 Identified By In Vitro Transposon Mutagenesis, Shulu Zhang, Susan M. Laborde, Laurie K. Frankel, Terry M. Bricker

Faculty Publications

Four novel Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 genes (sll1495, sll0804, slr11306, and slr1125) which encode hypothetical proteins were determined by transposon mutagenesis to be required for optimal photoautotrophic growth. Mutations were also recovered in ccmK4, a carboxysome coat protein homologue, and me, the decarboxylating NADP+-dependent malic enzyme. This is the first report that these known genes are required for optimal photoautotrophy.