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International Legal Updates, Sara Ibrahim, Abby Morrow Richardson, Patricia Staible

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Enicostemma Littorale Blume- Scientific Monograph, Amrit Pal Singh

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

No abstract provided.

Leadership - Organization / Teamwork

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Craig Dart: Conduct Trainings for Personal Achievement and Organizational Performance. Cathy Harrington: You, Too, Can Be an Awards Winner in 2004. Jo Jones: Learning Teams-->Productive Teams-->Satisfied Team Members-->Supportive Clientele. Jacqueline Lamuth: I'm Not a Manager...Or Am I? Deborah J. Maddy: Building Capacity in the 21st Century. Kathleen Riggs: Effective Team Building for Cooperative Extension. R. Dale Safrit: A Longitudinal Study of the Evolution of Organizational Values of Ohio. Jerold R. Thomas: Designing the 21st Century Extension Professional.

Youth Education - Curriculum / Education

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Mary S. Averbeck: The Top Ten Reasons to Offer Creative Art Experiences to Children. Keith G. Diem: “Break Through” to Kids with Real World Science Fun. Linda K. Early: Teaching Conflict Resolution through Children’s Literature. Barry W. Fox: Curriculum Resources for Environmental & Natural Resource Education. Kevin Heaton: Outdoor Summer Science School. Cynthia Higgins: Learning Can Be Fun with 4-H Game Shows. Joy Jordan: The ABCs of Entomology - A Classroom Adventure! Cindy A. Kinder: 4-H’ers Learn How to Protect Livestock Quality. Mike Knutz: 4-H Program Delivery to Homeschooled Youth. Theresa C. Mayhew: “Give Drinking Water a Hand” Water Conservation …

Youth Education - Health / Nutrition

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Deborah L. Angell: The Bug Stops Here! Cheryl L. Barber: Successful Snacks - Food, Fitness and Food Safety Learning Activities. Darcy Batura: At-Risk Youth and Household Hazardous Waste Education. Katherine L. Cason: Nutrition Mission – A Multimedia Educational Tool for Youth . Patsy A. Ezell: An Interactive Food and Nutrition Education Program for Youth. Rhea Lanting: Got Calcium? Sandy McCurdy: Reaching Teens through a Food Safety Education Partnership. Patricia Mulkeen: Choosing 4-H Fitness Club Pilot Study. Amy L. Peterson: Starving for Success – The Dangerous World of Eating Disorders. Marilyn Rabe: Impact of a Nutrition Education Program in Ohio. Rebecca …

New Tools And Technology - Technology / Outreach

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Karen S. Bruns: TNT: Teams for New Technology. Bruce Deyoung: The Webbook of Its Innovations in Extension. David R. Drake: It's in the DNA, Why are Fruits Different? Scott V. Fedale: "Technology Options for Distance Training and Communications." Julie M. Fox: Technology Enhanced Learning for New and Emerging Rural Entrepreneurs, Project Highlights. Kay Hendrickson: Fashion Institute --Linking Creativity, Technology, and the Apparel Industry. Barbara O'Neill: Tax Planning Strategies for Extension Educators. Scott D. Scheer: Connecting to 4-H Cloverbud Volunteers through an Educational Video Production. Jan Scholl: Video Flash Cards. Dewey Teel: Technologies Across Nebraska.

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 …

Abstract Proceedings Of The Galaxy Ii Conference - Exceeding Expectations Through Teamwork, Deptember 21-25, 2003, Salt Lake City, Utah, Galaxy Ii Conference Sponcors

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

Youth Education - Gardening / Outdoor Activity

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Arlene Bailey: Pyramid Gardening - Cooperative Extension Teaming Up with the Master Gardeners. Deborah L. Cole: Cultivating Young Minds - Gardening & Business Skills to Help Young Minds Grow. David R. Drake: The 21st Century Crops Contest – Not Just Weed ID. Gretchen Ferenz: Participatory Research and Learning Communities. Jeff Fisher: Gardening for Special Needs Youth. Laura Jane Murphy: 4-H Camping Especially for Special-Needs Members. Angela O’Callaghan: Barriers to School Gardens in Clark County, Nevada. Vernon Parent: Ideas for Camps and Teen Retreats. Dawn Sanchez: Hispanic Youth Join 4-H and Learn about Horticulture. Deborah J. Ward: Grow a Garden, Grow …

Teaching Leadership And Public Speaking Through Service-Learning And Independent Study, John R. Seiler, Jeffery L. Kirwan

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

Useful Concepts And Approaches To Ethics In Natural Resources Management, John D. Fox Jr.

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

My objective in this paper is to highlight a few concepts and approaches from ethics that might serve as food for thought when students are wrestling with controversial natural resource issues. Overall, I'm advocating critical reflection, empirical inquiry, and intellectual honesty. I am particularly going to look at the interrelationship between science and ethics. I suspect not everyone will agree with everything I suggest, but, as in the classroom, my purpose is to stimulate thought and dialogue. First, I present some basic concepts followed by a simplified summary of classical approaches to ethics. Finally, I suggest that Aldo Leopold's land …

Building Professionally-Based Communities Of Learning Among Faculty, Students, And Practitioners, Henry Campa, William W. Taylor, Scott R. Winterstein, Alexandra B. Felix

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Residential and non-residential "communities of learning" have been sued within institutions of higher education as formal methods to enhance interactions among individuals that ultimately helps learning. Typically, these communities have included student-to-student and faculty-to-student interactions within residential living areas, teams in a core of courses, or teams of students within a course. If students are to develop into leaders within their respective disciplines an additional component that should be integrated into communities of learning is practioners. The objectives of our paper are to describe: 1) communities of learning and why they should be established for all students to enhance learning, …

Teaching And Assessing An Integrated Field Practicum For Forestry And Applied Ecology Majors, Linda Marie Nagel

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Field practicums (also known as field camps) have long been a traditional component of many university forestry curricula. Natural resource professionals need a balance of knowledge in multiple disciplines, as well as applied technical and communication skills. The field practicum at Michigan Tech, a cornerstone of the School’s degree programs, has evolved in the courses offered, level of instruction, and the make-up of participants over the past decade. For the first time in 2003, students from two majors (forestry and applied ecology and environmental science), as well as graduate students and Peace Corps International students, took two different tracks at …

Integrative Model Of Graduate Education In Biodiversity Conservation And Sustainable Production In Fragmented Landscapes, Jo Ellen Force, Lisette Waits, Nilsa Bosque-Perez, Sanford Eigenbrode, Paul Mcdaniel, J. D. Wulfhorst, Jan Boll, Bryan Finegan, Celia Harvey, Eduardo Somarriba

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Libraries, Annual Report 2003-2004, Ucf Libraries

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

Spotlight: Response To Violence Against Women At The University Of Missouri At Columbia, Mary M. Beck

Faculty Publications

The University of Missouri (“MU”) sits in the picturesque college town of Columbia on the largest and oldest campus of the Missouri University system. MU is a land grant institution created with funds and land appropriated by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The University “honors [that public trust] and accepts the associated accountability” by acquiring, creating, transmitting, and preserving knowledge. “MU's primary mission in research and doctoral education . . . provides the basis for service to the people of [Missouri] via outreach programs.” Domestic violence impacts MU's land grant influenced service mission. Its organizational departments, educational units, …

The Mold Rush: The Onslaught Of Mold-Related Bad Faith Suits Against Insurers And The Price For Homeowners, Kellie Maccready

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Greater Yellowstone Coalition V. Flowers: Clearing The Irreparable Harm Hurdle In The Tenth Circuit To Protect Yellowstone Bald Eagles, Steven Sutton

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

The Knowledge Commons: Theory And Collective Action; Or Kollektive Aktionismus?, Charlotte Hess

Librarian Publications

Keynote address presented at the Wizards of OS 3: The Future of the Digital Commons,” An International conference held at the Berliner Congress Center, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, 10-12 June 2004.

Habitat Preferences And Diving Behavior Of White Marlin (Tetrapturus Albidus) Released From The Recreational Rod-And-Reel And Commercial Pelagic Longline Fisheries In The Western North Atlantic Ocean: Implications For Habitat-Based Stock Assessment Models, Andrij Horodysky, David W. Kerstetter, John E. Graves

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

To improve billfish assessments, researchers have applied habitat-based models that incorporate behavioral and oceanographic parameters to standardize historical catch-per-uniteffort time -series data, accounting for significant gear changes over time. However, there has been little behavioral data from Atlantic billfishes to support these models. We provide information on habitat preferences of white marlin released from recreational and commercial fisheries in the western North Atlantic. White marlin were tagged with pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) from recreational rod and reel (n=22) and commercial pelagic longline (n=2) fisheries between May-November 2002. Our data indicate that each surviving white marlin spent the majority of …

Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Broward County, Fl 2004 Report, Curtis M. Burney, Stefanie Ouellette

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

No abstract provided.

Microfauna As Tracers Of Sediment Transport: Ft. Pierce Dredge Spoils Sediment Study, Patricia Blackwelder, Carlos Alvares Zarikian, Terry Hood, Charles M. Featherstone, John Proni, Jules Craynock

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

No abstract provided.

Ncri Work And Projects: Abstracts Of Oral Presentations And Scientific Poster Presentations, National Coral Reef Institute (Ncri)

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

No abstract provided.

Luther's Theology Of Learning: Discovering The Vocation Of Today's Small Lutheran Liberal Arts College, Eric Childers

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Dual Citizenship In Athens And Jerusalem: Ricoeur's Hermeneutics And The Promise Of Lutheran Higher Education, Mark C. Mattes

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Heritability Of Kinship Pheromone In The Beaver: How Is Information About Relatedness Coded?, Lixing Sun, Dietland Muller-Schwarze

Biology Faculty Scholarship

We attempted to estimate the narrow-sense heritability of single compounds and whole profile of the anal gland secretion (AGS) with the regression method using several sets of relatives in the beaver (Castor canadensis). We used GC (gas chromatography) and GC-MS (mass spectrometry) to characterize and quantify chemical compounds in beaver AGS. We found that the heritability of single compounds seemed to be low, whereas the heritability of AGS profile appeared to be moderate. We conclude that many compounds might be involved in the coding of genetic relatedness, which was through a combination of analog and digital coding using …

Reconstructability Analysis With Fourier Transforms, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Fourier methods used in two‐ and three‐dimensional image reconstruction can be used also in reconstructability analysis (RA). These methods maximize a variance‐type measure instead of information‐theoretic uncertainty, but the two measures are roughly collinear and the Fourier approach yields results close to that of standard RA. The Fourier method, however, does not require iterative calculations for models with loops. Moreover, the error in Fourier RA models can be assessed without actually generating the full probability distributions of the models; calculations scale with the size of the data rather than the state space. State‐based modeling using the Fourier approach is also …

Working Out An Environmental Ethic: Anniversary Lessons From Mono Lake, Craig Anthony Arnold

Wyoming Law Review

No abstract provided.

Crop Watch No. 2004-1, March 5, 2004, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Ag Briefs

Soybean Seed Quality

Crop Scout Training

Soil Moisture Readings

Controlling Downy Brome

Ag Grants Sought

Grasshopper Workshop

On-farm Research Reported

Maintaining Stored Grain

New Herbicides

Subscribing to Crop Watch

Crop Watch No. 2004-2, March 19, 2004, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Ag Briefs

Klein Recognized

Weed Control in Alfalfa

Select Crops to Reduce Risk

Scout for Army Cutworms

Fertilizing Wheat

Fallow Weed Control

Controlling Winter Annuals

Wheat Disease Alert