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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 81, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

The Contagion: Sin And The Human Person From The Cappadocian Perspective, Brice John Tennant

Doctor of Ministry

This thesis examines the nature of sin and its effects on human nature in the thought of Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. In order to achieve this, it opens with an exploration of the original created state of human nature and the telos or purpose God established for it, then moves to a survey of the origin and ontology of evil, followed by a discussion of humanity in Paradise, and concludes with the state of human nature after the transgression. The human being is found to be a creature of composite nature, uniting soul and matter. It possesses …

Speaking For Others, Lauren Marino

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

The Status Of Free Will: A Philosophical And Empirical Analysis, Gordon Kerns

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus Novemcinctus), Michael T. Mengak

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Scientists classify armadillos with anteaters and sloths which tells us immediately that they have poorly developed teeth and limited mobility. Armadillos have small, peg-like teeth that are useful for grinding their food but of little value for capturing prey. No other mammal in Georgia has bony skin plates which makes the armadillo easy to identify. Their common name, armadillo, is derived from a Spanish term meaning “little armored one”. The nine-banded part of their name refers to the nine flexible plates that comprise their shell. Just like a turtle, the shell is called a carapace.

The Probe, Issue 238 – May/June 2005

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Dusting Off the CLOD -- Are Berentsen, Research Associate, Utah State University, Jack H. Berryman Institute
A Last Resort for Bear and Lion Problems -- By Dexter K. Oliver, Duncan, Arizona
Book Review: “Innovative Skunk Control” by Rob Erickson (DeKalb, Ill: R.J.E. Publications, 2005.) paperback pp. 1-79. $15.95
BEIJING - China imported a U.S.-made scream machine to scare away the birds at Beijing airport -- except they didn’t recognize the noises and refused to budge.

Final Report: Citizens Monitoring Of Columbia River Radionuclides, Government Accountability Project, Marco Kaltofen, Tom Carpenter

Government Accountability Project (GAP)

The findings of this report include:

Radionuclide levels were higher in some offsite plant and animal tissues than had been previously reported for the Hanford site. These levels reach unacceptably high concentrations for plants such as mulberries, reinforcing mulberry plant data from past studies.

The size of the offsite area showing increased radionuclide concentrations also appears to be higher than previously reported, apparently including areas which lie upstream of the site on the Columbia River.

Increased levels of plutonium, strontium, mercury and beryllium (nonradioactive metals), uranium, and cesium were detected in both biological and mineral samples. The finding of plutonium …

Number Comprehension By A Grey Parrot (Psittacus Erithacus), Including A Zero-Like Concept, Irene M. Pepperberg, Jesse D. Gordon

Sentience Collection

A Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) that was able to quantify 6 item sets (including subsets of heterogeneous groups, e.g., blue blocks within groupings of blue and green blocks and balls) using English labels (I. M. Pepperberg, 1994a) was tested on comprehension of these labels, which is crucial for numerical competence (K. C. Fuson, 1988). He was, without training, asked “What color/object [number]?” for collections of various simultaneously presented quantities (e.g., subsets of 4, 5, and 6 blocks of 3 different colors; subsets of 2, 4, and 6 keys, corks, and sticks). Accuracy was greater than 80% and was unaffected by …

Range Expansion By Moose Into Coastal Temperate Rainforests Of British Columbia, Canada, C. T. Darimont, P. C. Paquet, T. E. Reimchen, V. Crichton

Biogeography and Ecological Opportunity Collection

Ranges of species are dynamic and respond to long-term climate change and contemporary effects such as habitat modification. We report here that moose (Alces alces) have recently colonized coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia, Canada. Contrary to recent publications, field observations of moose and their sign, combined with their occurrence in wolf (Canis lupus) faeces, suggest that moose are now widespread on the coastal mainland and occur on least three islands. Traditional ecological knowledge (information accumulated by aboriginal peoples about their environment) suggests that colonization occurred during the mid 1900s, concomitant with logging of major watersheds that bisect the Coast …

The Effect Of Wildfire On Populations Of The Jemez Mountains Salamander (Plethodon Neomexicanus) With Consideration To Arthropod Prey Availability Following The Cerro Grande Fire Of Northern New Mexico, Michelle R. Cummer

Biology

Fire regimes in North America, including the American Southwest, have undergone relatively dramatic shifts in the last century, resulting in novel stand-replacing fires that are changing landscapes in unprecedented ways. Some possible effects of these novel landscape changes on a terrestrial plethodontid salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) were investigated. Microhabitat temperatures in four burn-severity types following recent fires were measured. Temperatures were significantly greater in high-severity and moderate-severity burn areas than in low-severity and unburned areas. Salamander presence/absence data from four burn-severity types that were documented as having salamanders prior to wildfire are considered. The proportions of presence and absence …

Physiological And Molecular Genetic Mechanisms Of Tetrodotoxin Resistance In The Garter Snake, Thamnophis Sirtalis, Shana L. Geffeney

Biology

The focus of this project was the identification of physiological and molecular genetic mechanisms of tetrodotoxin resistance in the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin, specifically blocks the activity of voltage-gated sodium channels. Some populations of garter snake have evolved geographically variable resistance to tetrodotoxin in a coevolutionary arms race with their tetrodotoxic prey, newts of the genus Taricha. Variation in tetrodotoxin resistance among snake populations is extreme and spans three orders of magnitude. Here I describe a physiological mechanism of whole-animal tetrodotoxin resistance in four populations of snake that represent two independent evolutionary origins of …

Ecology And Physiology Of Tetrodotoxin Toxicity In The Newt Genus Taricha: Ramifications For A Coevolutionary Predator-Prey Interaction, Charles T. Hanifin

Biology

I examined the ecology and physiology of tetrodotoxin (TTX) toxicity in the newt genus Taricha (family Salamandridae) to understand the forces that have shaped the adaptive evolution of TTX toxicity in this group. In particular, this work sought to explore how coevolution with a TTX-resistant predator (the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis) has shaped patterns of phenotypic diversity in TTX toxicity among populations of Taricha. I developed a set of techniques to directly measure levels of TTX in the skin of newts, and used those measurements to estimate the amount of TTX a snake predator would be exposed to …

A Qualitative And Quantitative Characterization Of Emergent, Distributed Computation As A Possible Mechanism For Biological Information Processing In Stomatal Networks, Susanna M. Messinger

Biology

This research presents an exploration of the qualitative and quantitative properties of emergent, distributed computation in artificial cellular networks with the goal of better understanding the same computational mechanism as it might occur in biological systems, particularly plants. Stomata are tiny pores on the surface of a plant. As the sole pathway for the exchange of gasses between a plant and the atmosphere, stomata are responsible for both CO₂ assimilation and water loss. By adjusting their pore size in response to environmental conditions, stomata appear to maximize carbon assimilation while minimizing water loss—a constrained optimization problem. Stomata interact with …

Functional Diversity In Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria From Agricultural Soils, Teresa E. Koper

Biology

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria carry out the first step of nitrification, producing nitrite that is subsequently converted to nitrate, which may contribute to environmental pollution. The objective of this study was to gain insight into the functional diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in agricultural soils. We investigated the urease encoding gene sequences of several nitrifying bacteria and the kinetics of nitrification of soils treated with different nitrogen sources. Many, but not all, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria produce urease and are capable of hydrolyzing urea for their source of ammonium. The urease operons were sequenced from the betaproteobacterial Nitrosospira sp. NpAV and the gammaproteobacterial Nitrosococcus oceani. …

Biotic And Abiotic Determinants Of Species Distribution: Desert Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma Platyrhinos) And Ants In A Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem, T. A. Scott Newbold

Biology

The primary objective of this study was to attempt to disentangle the relative importance of biotic vs. abiotic factors on the distribution and abundance of desert horned lizards (Phrynosoma platyrhinos). Research was conducted along a Great Basin shrub-steppe bajada that examined interactions among P. platyrhinos, ants, plants, and soil characteristics. Studies focused on: (1) pattern description and habitat associations of P. platyrhinos, and (2) evaluating specific biotic and abiotic pathways underlying observed patterns of lizard abundance and distribution. Examination of lizard habitat associations along the elevational gradient revealed that unvegetated spaces and cryptobiotic crust cover were …

The Nighthawk Review, 2005, Usu Eastern English Department

Nighthawk Review

An annual publication featuring student work from Utah State University Eastern Campus.

Island Times, May 2005, Mary Lou Wendell, David Tyler

Island Times Newspaper, 2005

No abstract provided.

Peaks Island Star : May 2005, Vol. 25, Issue 5, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2005

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Stopover Ecology Of Autumn Landbird Migrants In The Boise Foothills Of Southwestern Idaho, Jay D. Carlisle, Gregory S. Kaltenecker, David L. Swanson

Intermountain Bird Observatory Publications and Presentations

The topography of western North America provides a complex landscape for landbird migrants, and stopover patterns in this region are poorly understood. We examined seven years of stopover data (1997–2003) from a montane area in southwestern Idaho to determine whether this area provides suitable stopover habitat. We compared the proportion of birds recaptured, stopover duration, and changes in energetic condition within and among species and between two mist-netting sites located in different habitats. The proportion of birds recaptured ranged from zero to over 20%, and fewer than 5% of individuals were recaptured in most species. Mean minimum stopover durations from …

The Deaf Catholic, May-June 2005

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

Evolutionary History Of The Clitellariinae And Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) Using Molecular, Morphological, And Total Evidence Approaches, Colin A. Brammer

Biology

Stratiomyidae is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of Diptera (true flies). One of its twelve subfamilies, Clitellariinae, is distributed in all major biogeographic regions except Antarctica. Understanding the evolutionary history of Clitellariinae is key to reconstructing the phylogeny of Stratiomyidae as a whole because Clitellariinae is united only by shared ancestral characters, and, thus, may not be a natural group. This research investigates the relationships between the genera currently placed within Clitellariinae and the subfamilial relationships of Stratiomyidae using morphology, molecules, and combined data. Morphology was analyzed with the method of parsimony using 97 adult characters. Molecular analyses were performed with …

Interview With Mai Lee, Mai Neng Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Mai Lee discussing Hmong culture and experiences with Hmong refugee resettlement.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Mai Neng Vang.

Heterogrammatic Eight-Squares, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

Eight-squares exist in overwhelming numbers (a few million million by my guess, and 27 million million by Chris Long's formula), so there are many 'perfect' examples. A 1902 effort by Charles B Stewart had a two-word place name and word with an initial capital: decisive egomania computes impotent sauterne interned Viennese East Eden.

Long Word Weaves, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

Word weaves were introduced by Steven Kahan in the Feb 2005 Word Ways. When the letters in the odd positions of a word appear alphabetized, we say that the word is odd-ascending and when these letters appear reverse alphabetized, we call the word odd-descending; even-ascending and even-descending are defined similarly. A word in which both the odd letters and the even letters are either ascendant or descendent is called a word weave. Here is a selection of such words of nine or more letters; all are to be found somewhere in the OED or Webster 2 except where noted.

Kickshaws, Dave Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

Intersecting Segments Of The Participatory Puzzle, Danielle Diers

Honors Theses

An engaged and active citizenry is integral to the American democracy. Normally when political participation is discussed, a heavy emphasis is placed on voting in national elections. While this is an important element of politics, it is but one ingredient. It is important to view participation also at the community level, for localities comprise the fabric of America. The late philosopher and educator, John Dewey, believed that democracy not only began at home, but that its home was in the neighborly community (Putnam, 2000). This exemplifies the American political system in that there exist numerous forms of participation that have …

Locke Against Himself: The Case For Re-Evaluating The "Lockean" Concept Of Personal Identity, Ben Larson

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

The Econometric Value Of Silence And Noise As Seen By A Non-Practicing Marxist, Stephen Whelpley

Senior Scholar Papers

A Collection of Poetry and Fiction

From The Editor, Charles Yaple

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Using ecopsychology as a theme, this issue of Taproot rightfully begins with a salute to Michael Cohen. Janet Thomas provides readers with a well-written overview of Michael's life and work in On All Nine Legs - Teaching Outdoor Love to an Indoor World. Like Cohen, Jeannette Armstrong sees a form of insanity that grips modern cultures-a sickness that can only be cured by reconnecting with the natural world that nurtures us. As a Native American (Okanagan), Armstrong provides an outsiders view of the "wild and insane" lifestyles lived by humans in a consumer- oriented world. In Keepers of the Earth, …

Impact Of Tourism On Bird Diversity, Abundance, And Community Composition, May 2005, Micah Scholer

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

In recent years the ecotourism industry has been touted as offering incentives for protecting biodiversity while promoting economic growth for the surrounding communities. This paper examines the impact that ecotourism has on bird communities in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. Abundance and species richness for birds were compared on tourist trails and trails closed to tourist. The results indicated no significant difference in H’ values between trail types. The average species richness between trail types was not significantly different, but tourist trails significantly increased in average abundance. Increases may be a result of food resources provided by the Preserve on …