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The Atlantic Crisis, William Hopkinson

Newport Papers

It would in any case have been desirable to review the transatlantic relationship more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, taking account of the interlinked processes of globalization and a changing security agenda. The events of 11 September 2001 and the publication of the U.S. national security strategy in September 2002 reinforced the need. A review was made imperative by the fissures opened up within Western alliance and security structures, as well as globally, by the action of the United States and United Kingdom against Iraq, and arguably the requirement was further reinforced by the reelection …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 3, Issue 5, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Food Democracy Ii: Revolution Or Restoration?, Neil D. Hamilton

Journal of Food Law & Policy

Author's Note: This essay is a companion to the essay 'Food Democracy, "which appears in 9 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 9 (2004). In that essay, the author discussed many of the progressive trends that are helping reshape America's food system. These trends have a common denominator in their reflection of the democratic tendencies of the American populace. The desire of an increasing number of consumers to eat better food and to have access to the information, choices, and alternatives that make better food available are helping drive shifts in food production and marketing. Accompanying these shifts are political and …

Report, Potential Economic Effects Of The Proposed Free Trade Area Of The Americas (Ftaa) On The State Of Florida, May 2005, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

This report investigates the potential economic effects of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) on the state of Florida. It examines how the FTAA could impact trade, employment, and income within the state, highlighting both opportunities and challenges for Florida's economy. The findings provide insights into the broader implications of the FTAA for regional economic development.

Report, Potential Economic Effects Of The Proposed Dominican Republic, Central America Free Trade Agreement On The State Of Florida, May 2005, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

This report serves to advance effective public policy recommendations regarding the impacts across the state of Florida of globalization.

Herbivore-Induced Defenses In Passiflora Biflora, May 2005, Melissa Morris

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Herbivore-induced defenses in plants save energy in the absence of herbivory (Karban et al. 1997). Despite this, Passiflora biflora has not been shown to have short-term induced defenses in past studies (Baptiste 2002). P. biflora might have a slower reaction to chronic herbivory either through greater leaf toughness or greater cyanide concentrations. To test this, leaves from three sites were assessed for herbivory defense. The first two sites were butterfly gardens with high and low populations of butterflies from the genus Heliconius, for whom Passiflora vines are the host plant. Defense levels were compared with nearby plants outside the garden …

Niche Partitioning By Frugivorous Bats In The San Luis Valley, Costa Rica, May 2005, Rachel M. Johnson

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Niche partitioning is an important form of ecological differentiation that allows two or more species to coexist. It has also been shown to be responsible for maintaining the vast diversity of bat species found in the tropics (Aguirre et al. 2002). A community of frugivorous bats in the San Luis Valley, Costa Rica, was sampled to determine the parameters of niche differentiation used by the bats. The study took place at the San Luis Ecolodge at 1100 meters in elevation in premontane wet secondary forest. Bats were mist netted using two 12-meter mist nets over seven nights in the month …

European Union Food Law Update, Nicole Coutrelis

Journal of Food Law & Policy

The purpose of this update is to present the main events that have taken place each six months in the food law sector in the European Union (E.U.). This presentation will cover June through December 2004, but is not exhaustive. This update will not include detailed discussions of regulations, such as authorizations of new additives for animal feed or registrations of new geographic names. Instead it will concentrate on fundamental topics and focus on food, which excludes from our scope questions regarding the management of agricultural products (Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP). However, some questions which legally pertain to the …

Examining The Basis For Change In Clark County Non-Conforming Zone Change Process, Was It Needed?, Maria D. Kaseko

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study reviews Clark County's non-conforming zone change process from 1990 to 2002. A non-conforming zone change, sometimes known as a non-conforming zone boundary amendment is a proposed request that is not within the range of residential densities and/or non-residential intensities indicated on the applicable land use plan map, master plan, or concept plan. This research explores and examines two questions raised by the Clark County's new implementation plan, which was approved in April 2003 to amend the non-conforming zone change process. 1) Clark County assumed there was a public perception that non-conforming zone changes were being approved without regard …

Hard Cases And The Politics Of Righteousness, Carl E. Schneider

Articles

The law of bioethics has been the law of cases. Interpreting the common law and the Constitution, judges have written the law of informed consent, abortion, and assisted suicide. Reacting to causes célèbres, legislatures have written the law of advance directives and end of life decisions. The long, sad death of Terri Schiavo eclipsed even the long, sad deaths of Karen Ann Quinlan and Nancy Beth Cruzan in the duration and strength of the attention and passions it evoked. What are Schiavo’s lessons? Hard cases, lawyers say, make bad law. Why? First, hard cases are atypical cases. They present abnormal …

Interpretación Del Análisis Del Ensilaje De Maíz, Alvaro Garcia, Nancy Thiex, Kenneth Kalscheur, Kent Tjardes

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Los resultados del análisis del ensilaje de maíz son de poco valor si no se los comprende y se los usa. Estos resultados pueden usarse para: balancear las dietas y mejorar el futuro manejo de la cosecha si el for raje actual es de calidad cuestionable. Los resultados del análisis se expresan en “tal como recibido” y en “100% base materia seca (MS).” “Tal como recibido” a menudo se le llama también “tal como ofrecido” o “fresco.” El material en base “tal como recibido” incluye el agua o la humedad contenida en el alimento. Los nutrientes expresados en esta base …

Interpretación De Los Análisis De Henos Y Henilajes, Alvaro Garcia, Nancy Thiex, Kenneth Kalscheur, Kent Tjardes

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Los resultados del análisis de los alimentos son de poco valor si no se los comprende y se los usa. Los resultados pueden ser usados para: (1) balancear las dietas, (2) mejorar el futuro manejo de la cosecha si el forraje actual es de calidad cuestionable, y (3) determinar precios adecuados para los alimentos basados en su valor nutritivo.

Inside Earth, Volume 8, No. 1, Spring 2005, Rodney D. Horrocks, Cave And Karst Program (U.S.)

Inside Earth

Contents: Integrating Cave and Karst Inventory Methods with GIS -- Coyote Cave Hits a Mile -- Park Updates

Omesubel A Ureor: Workforce Development In Palau From Pre-Contact To 1999, Patrick Ubal Tellei Edd

Dissertations

After being a ward of many nations for over 250 years, the Republic of Palau gained its independence on October 1, 1994. One of the many challenges facing this young nation is the workforce preparation of its people to engage in nation building. After many years of being subjugated by foreign governments, the people have developed a taste of material consumerism. This has driven people away from their subsistence way of life in favor of a market driven economy which calls for infrastructure development that cannot be accomplished if there is a nonexistent skilled workforce to undertake this challenge. To …

Predicted Range Expansion Of The Invasive Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta, In The Eastern United States Based On The Vemap Global Warming Scenario, Lloyd W. Morrison, Michael D. Korzukhin, Sanford D. Porter

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, is an invasive pest from South America that currently occupies much of the south-eastern USA. Global warming is likely to allow range expansion of many invasive species, including S. invicta. We used a dynamic, ecophysiological model of fire ant colony growth coupled with models simulating climate change to predict the potential range expansion of S. invicta in the eastern USA over the next century. The climate change scenario predicted by the Vegetation-Ecosystem Modelling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) was used in our analyses. Our predictions indicate that the habitable area for S. invicta …

Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted?, John R. Alford, Carolyn L. Funk, John R. Hibbing

Department of Political Science: Faculty Publications

We test the possibility that political attitudes and behaviors are the result of both environmental and genetic factors. Employing standard methodological approaches in behavioral genetics—–specifically, comparisons of the differential correlations of the attitudes of monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins—–we analyze data drawn from a large sample of twins in the United States, supplemented with findings from twins in Australia. The results indicate that genetics plays an important role in shaping political attitudes and ideologies but a more modest role in forming party identification; as such, they call for finer distinctions in theorizing about the sources of political attitudes. We conclude …

The Elegance Of Gower Champion: An Analysis Of His Style Of Direction In The Musical Hello Dolly!, Mary Ann Snow Kabaker

Theses and Dissertations

After early success as a peiformer and choreographer in night clubs, vaudeville road shows, theatre, film and television, Gower Champion launched a career as a director of Broadway musicals. In 1960, he began his Broadway career with the musical Bye Bye Birdie, and at once, proved himself capable of employing every element of production to fashion his unique work of art. In the works that followed (Carnival 1961 and Hello, Dolly! 1964,1 Do, I Do. 1966, and Happy Time, 1968) he streamlined the American musical.

This thesis will focus on characteristics of his directing technique and rehearsal style. In directing, …

The Problems That Must Be Understood And Overcome When Committed To "A Diverse America", George C. Wright

President Emeritus George C. Wright Speeches

No abstract provided.

Essential Kinase-Independent Role Of A Fer-Like Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase In Caenorhabditis Elegans Morphogenesis, Aaron P. Putzke

Biology Faculty Scholarship

Morphogenesis requires coordination of cell surface activity and cytoskeletal architecture. During the initial stage of morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans, the concerted movement of surface epithelial cells results in enclosure of the embryo by the epidermis. We report that Fer-related kinase-1 (FRK-1), an ortholog of the mammalian non-receptor tyrosine kinase Fer, is necessary for embryonic enclosure and morphogenesis in C. elegans. Expression of FRK-1 in epidermal cells is sufficient to rescue a chromosomal deficiency that removes the frk-1 locus, demonstrating its autonomous requirement in the epidermis. The essential function of FRK-1 is independent of its kinase domain, suggesting a …

The Attraction To Activism: Recruitment And Retention In Progressive Student Organizations, Waverly De Bruijn

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Abstract not Included

Developing A Constitutively Active Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor In The Mouse Heart, Bruno Decaria

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Abstract not Included

Play Assessment: The Effects Of Peer Interaction On Children's Cognitive Capabilities., Korrinda Mendez

Student Work

Play Assessment (PA) has recently gained the attention of researchers as a potential valid assessment tool for determining the cognitive capabilities in younger children. O f particular importance is the use o f PA among various contexts. Specifically, PA can provide insight into the types of contextual situations that promote higher levels of cognitive skills in younger children. The present study explored peer interactions as a contextual aspect of PA using the PACSS empirical coding scheme to determine the highest level of play behavior. According to the present study, results did not yield any significant differences in overall cognitive play …

Acute Physiological Responses And Psychological Perceptions Of Various Resistance Training Regimens, William J. Vincent

Student Work

The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of four different resistance training protocols associated with periodization of resistance training on the biological signals that are associated with exercise regimens to increase muscle hypertrophy. A secondary purpose was to compare the ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) in the four weight training regimens. A total of eight male resistance trainers within the ages of 23-35 served as subjects for this study. On the first visit all had a baseline blood assay drawn to measure human growth hormone (hGH) and testosterone (T) and their 5 repetition maximum (RM) strength …

The True Patron Of Ireland : Saint Brigit And The Rise Of Celtic Christianity, Autumn Dolan

Honors Theses

When Saint Patrick landed in Ireland in 432 AD, history says that he brought Christianity to the Irish. In actuality, though, Patrick's arrival was the beginning of a religious struggle between Rome and Ireland. Patrick's Church was based on Roman traditions and his mission in Ireland was not just to defeat paganism, but to intercede in the foundations of an already developing Celtic Church. To challenge Patrick and his Roman ways, Ireland exalted a saint of its own. Saint Brigit ( 452-525 AD) and the characteristics she represented in Irish hagiography clearly illustrated the ideal Irish saint. Ireland's reverence for …

Macrofungi Of The Tennessee River Gorge, William D. Starrett

Honors Theses

Representative macro fungi of the Tennessee River Gorge were collected on the Tennessee River Gorge Trust (TRGT) property during 18 forays I conducted fom May to November 2004. This dramatically added to the baseline data on the macrofungi of the TRGT by adding 15 orders, 34 families, and 138 species to the existing list. These data were recorded in the herbarium of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga database. I converted the University's File Maker Pro fungi database into Microsoft Excel and Access, which allows it to be processed for introduction into the National Biological Information Infrastructure and onto the …

The Kelo Threshold: Private Property And Public Use Reconsidered, Steven E. Buckingham

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Instinct And Second-Guessing Oneself On Tests, Bethany Bennett, Nicole Lafser

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

When taking exams, students may find themselves deciding between the answer that first comes to mind, and a second logical answer. When given the option to record both first instinct and second-guess answers, are students able to answer correctly more on their first or second try? Furthermore, do those students who tend to answer correctly on their second try have lower grade point averages? If so, this would indicate that when taking tests, they have not been able to fully represent their knowledge. In the present study, 16 participants read an informative passage and completed a series of ten open-ended …

Developing A Valid Screening Tool For Assessing Nutritional Adequacy And Osteoporosis Risk Among Vegans In The United States, Patricia Adelle Dyett

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The vegetarian lifestyle in the United States has increased significantly over recent decades. With this growth trend, it has become necessary to assess the pros and cons of vegetarian diet patterns, particularly with respect to nutrition adequacy and chronic disease concerns.

The vegan diet engenders more concern than other common vegetarian lifestyles because it seeks to replace all nutrient-rich animal food products with only plant foods. Consequently, there are concerns of compromised protein, calcium. vitamin D, vitamin B₁₂, n-3 fatty acid, zinc, and iron status. Moreover, because of typical vegan diet phenomena such as low BMI, low protein …

Administrative Law Goes To War, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

What are the President’s war-making powers? This essay, a brief reply to an article by Curtis Bradley and Jack Goldsmith, contends that the answer lies in administrative law, at least in the first instance. The President’s authority often depends on what Congress has said, and under established principles, the President has a great deal of power to interpret ambiguities in congressional enactments – in war no less than in peace. The principal qualifications involve interpretive principles, also found in administrative law, that call for a narrow construction of presidential authority to invade constitutionally sensitive interests. The relevant arguments are illustrated …

Parasitized And Non-Parasitized Prey Selectivity By An Insectivorous Bird, Gregory A. Jones, Kathryn E. Sieving, Michael L. Avery, Robert L. Meagher

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The identification and conservation of naturally occurring enemies of crop pests is an important means of improving biological control in cropping systems. One particularly important potential mechanism whereby birds might stabilize and improve pest control is consumption of individual prey that escape mortality from other agents of biological control. We tested the hypothesis that birds prefer to forage upon non-parasitized fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) prey via captive feeding trials, where birds were also offered armyworms parasitized by Euplectrus plathypenae (Howard) larvae. While birds were equally willing to eat both parasitized and non-parasitized armyworm prey of the same …