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Analysis Of Fatty Acids In Soil And Sediments, Deepika P Panawennage Jan 2005

Analysis Of Fatty Acids In Soil And Sediments, Deepika P Panawennage

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Fatty acids are one of the most important classes of naturally occurring organic compounds. Various organisms have distinctive fatty acid profiles. Therefore analyzing fatty acids present in soil and sediments can provide important information on sources of origin of the organic matter; Analysis of fatty acids by gas chromatography requires derivatization to produce a derivative volatile enough for gas chromatography followed by mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analysis. In this work conventional acid catalyzed derivatization methods and tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) chemopyrolysis methods were examined and compared. Results obtained for Lake Mead sediments show the variation of fatty acids profile with depth, which …

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Charm City, Victoria Elizabeth Plasse Jan 2005

Charm City, Victoria Elizabeth Plasse

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Charm City is under construction. It is a space occupied with mutability, free will and perception through physical evidence. This is the ephemeral renovation project of the individual. It is a poetic city trying to articulate what it is to have the rhythms of history and new philosophy manifest into the real. Motion is central to the city and central to the empty space the city has yet to define or occupy. Could Charm City exist outside of America---yes---but the words and sounds would be different. Central to America is motion and central to motion is a guttural voice: an …

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Points Of Contact: Nineteenth Century Visual Rhetoric Of The Underground Railroad, Theodore Ransaw Jan 2005

Points Of Contact: Nineteenth Century Visual Rhetoric Of The Underground Railroad, Theodore Ransaw

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Just as eighteenth century master seamstress Betsy Ross implemented more meanings and messages into the first American flag than what is obvious at first glance, so too did African American seamstresses weave messages into quilt patterns used on the Underground Railroad. Similar to the way themes of freedom and liberty in the Declaration of Independence were reinterpreted to include disenfranchised groups, Biblical themes such as heaven and the Promised Land were reinterpreted to include slaves. This study examines the visual rhetoric of nineteenth century textiles used by the Underground Railroad. From the evidence examined, I argue that the visual texts …

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Differences In Soil Physical, Chemical And Mineralogical Properties Between Inhabited And Uninhabited Arctomecon Californica Habitats, Rekha Saxena Jan 2005

Differences In Soil Physical, Chemical And Mineralogical Properties Between Inhabited And Uninhabited Arctomecon Californica Habitats, Rekha Saxena

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Vascular plant endemism to gypsum soils in arid environments is fairly rare; in southern Nevada few plant species are known to exist solely on gypsum soils and the explanation for why they exist on these soils is even less understood. One such species, commonly known as Las Vegas Bearpoppy (Arctomecon californica), is believed to be a gypsophile endemic occurring on substrates derived from the Moenkopi and Horse springs geological formations in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. During the past two decades, populations of A. californica have been declining mostly around the rapidly developing urban areas on public lands on the …

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Development Of A Street Sweeper Fleet Management System, Ravi Shenkar Seera Jan 2005

Development Of A Street Sweeper Fleet Management System, Ravi Shenkar Seera

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Street sweeping is a vital public service that not only facilitates traffic flow and improves the appearance of the neighborhoods. It also helps removes debris and dust from the roadways thus enhancing drainage and reducing air pollution. The need for a street sweeper fleet management system is to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of street sweeping programs. In this research, an application is developed for the management of street sweepers with the aid of a mapping system interface to query and analyze the data collected using Global Positioning System (GPS) devices installed in the sweeper trucks. Based on the …

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Conceptual Modeling And Analysis Of A Solar Receiver For Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi Jan 2005

Conceptual Modeling And Analysis Of A Solar Receiver For Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hydrogen has the potential to revolutionize the way we live our everyday lives in the near future. With the global demand for oil increasing and pumping capabilities running at, or almost at full capacity, the world will eventually have to turn to alternative energy sources to satisfy the need for fuel in the near future; The processes involved in designing a system capable of hydrogen production include many different components. For the generation of hydrogen through a solar process, one of these components is the design and analysis of the solar receiver. The solar receiver is the component of the …

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Population Ecology Of White-Tailed Deer In The Drift Prairie-Coteau Of North Dakota, Jason R. Smith Jan 2005

Population Ecology Of White-Tailed Deer In The Drift Prairie-Coteau Of North Dakota, Jason R. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

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Avian And Vegetative Diversity Of Restored And Natural Basin Wetlands In East Central North Dakota, Blane A. Klemek Jan 2005

Avian And Vegetative Diversity Of Restored And Natural Basin Wetlands In East Central North Dakota, Blane A. Klemek

Theses and Dissertations

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Hyperventilation And Its Effects On The Neurosurgical Patient, Melissa L. Laspi Jan 2005

Hyperventilation And Its Effects On The Neurosurgical Patient, Melissa L. Laspi

Theses and Dissertations

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Discover Mojave Outdoor World: Open House, Public Lands Institute Jan 2005

Discover Mojave Outdoor World: Open House, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (DM)

Increase the connection of urban youth to the natural world and our public lands through discovery, recreation, and education.

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Science In The Community: A Look At Informal Science Organizations In Clark County, Public Lands Institute Jan 2005

Science In The Community: A Look At Informal Science Organizations In Clark County, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (PLI Education)

UNLV’s Public Lands Institute is partnering with area-wide Informal Science Organizations to provide experiences that can have significant and lasting impacts on student learning.

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The Climax Of Conflicts With Native Americans In New Mexico: Spanish And Mexican Antecedents To U.S. Treaty Making During The U.S.-Mexico War, 1846–1848, Douglas W. Richmond Jan 2005

The Climax Of Conflicts With Native Americans In New Mexico: Spanish And Mexican Antecedents To U.S. Treaty Making During The U.S.-Mexico War, 1846–1848, Douglas W. Richmond

New Mexico Historical Review

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Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review Jan 2005

Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

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Book Reviews Jan 2005

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

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Water Element Of The Las Vegas 2020 Master Plan, City Of Las Vegas, Nevada Jan 2005

Water Element Of The Las Vegas 2020 Master Plan, City Of Las Vegas, Nevada

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Development in the city of Las Vegas is guided by the goals, objectives and policies outlined in the 2020 Master Plan, and elements of the Plan such as the Public Safety Element, which contain goals and policies designed to protect and enhance groundwater drainage. Additionally, the city of Las Vegas Strategic Plan has the following goals, strategies, and performance measures: Goal: Encourage conservation and optimization of natural resources. Strategy: Identify appropriate water conservation strategies and priorities. Strategy: Explore best development and urban design practices for environmental stewardship, energy and water conservation, and efficient use of the land. Performance Measure: Adoption …

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The Burn: A Novel, Kevin Michael Capp Jan 2005

The Burn: A Novel, Kevin Michael Capp

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Burn: A Novel tells the story of Richie Thornton, a 21-year-old former petty criminal and minor drug dealer. He's left his sordid often violent past behind him, and now lives with his college-age girlfriend, Laurel Metti, and her parents. It's a strained existence, primarily because Richie doesn't feel he belongs, but he makes do, working as a stockman at an organic food store; Then he discovers that his cousin, Robert, has been released from prison early. Robert had been put in prison for attacking Laurel one year ago, and his release spells trouble for the new life Richie and …

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Fecal Pellet Deposition And Disappearance Rates For Snowshoe Hares Near Seeley Lake Montana, Pilar T. Rivera Jan 2005

Fecal Pellet Deposition And Disappearance Rates For Snowshoe Hares Near Seeley Lake Montana, Pilar T. Rivera

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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The Pollen Burden: Nomadic Communion With Landscape, Sacha N. Pealer Jan 2005

The Pollen Burden: Nomadic Communion With Landscape, Sacha N. Pealer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Interactions Between The Invasive Plant Centaurea Maculosa And Ant Communities In Savannas In Western Montana, Joseph M. Jensen Jan 2005

Interactions Between The Invasive Plant Centaurea Maculosa And Ant Communities In Savannas In Western Montana, Joseph M. Jensen

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Assessing The Success Of Swift Fox Reintroductions On The Blackfeet Indian Reservation Montana, David E. Ausband Jan 2005

Assessing The Success Of Swift Fox Reintroductions On The Blackfeet Indian Reservation Montana, David E. Ausband

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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The Establishment, Management And Evaluation Of The Conservation Reserve System In The Rangelands Of Western Australia, Anthony Brandis Jan 2005

The Establishment, Management And Evaluation Of The Conservation Reserve System In The Rangelands Of Western Australia, Anthony Brandis

Theses

The rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the State and include the sub-tropical savanna of the Kimberley, the semi arid and arid spinifex, the southern mulga shrublands and the extensive chenopod plains of the Nullarbor. About 40% of the rangelands are managed for the production of meat and wool under a pastoral lease system. A large range of ecosystems occurs within these pastoral leases where, after a relatively short period of time, many changes to native flora and fauna populations have occurred. Biological diversity in the rangelands is declining most noticeably with the extinction, or reduction in the …

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Effects Of Historical And Contemporary Factors On Genetic Diversity In The Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium Williamsoni), Andrew Robert Whiteley Jan 2005

Effects Of Historical And Contemporary Factors On Genetic Diversity In The Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium Williamsoni), Andrew Robert Whiteley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Mechanisms Of Functional Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Thomas M. Joudinaud Jan 2005

Mechanisms Of Functional Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Thomas M. Joudinaud

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Squaring The Circle? Reconciling Sovereignty And Global Governance Through Global Government Networks (Review Of Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New World Order), Kenneth Anderson Jan 2005

Squaring The Circle? Reconciling Sovereignty And Global Governance Through Global Government Networks (Review Of Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New World Order), Kenneth Anderson

Book Reviews

This book review summarizes and critiques A New World Order, offering both an internal critique of the argument's consistency as well as an outside critique of the argument from the standpoint of the value of democratic sovereignty. The review locates Slaughter's argument within the debate over international relations realism and idealism, and further locates it within a continuum of seven idealized positions in the debate between global governance and sovereignty, with pure sovereignty at one extreme and world government at the other, with the most relevant positions of democratic sovereignty and liberal internationalism located in the middle. The article concludes …

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Narrowing The Gap Between Readers And Books, Kaavonia Hinton, Gail K. Dickinson Jan 2005

Narrowing The Gap Between Readers And Books, Kaavonia Hinton, Gail K. Dickinson

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Retinohypothalamic Connections In The Rhesus Monkey., John C. Chijuka Jan 2005

Retinohypothalamic Connections In The Rhesus Monkey., John C. Chijuka

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Vaccines And Disease Mechanisms Relevant To Pneumococcal Disease In Two Groups Of High -Risk Children., Mamie Thomas Coats Jan 2005

Vaccines And Disease Mechanisms Relevant To Pneumococcal Disease In Two Groups Of High -Risk Children., Mamie Thomas Coats

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Regulation Of Angiogenesis In Gliomas And Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells., Constance Y. Fears Jan 2005

Regulation Of Angiogenesis In Gliomas And Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells., Constance Y. Fears

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Blockage Of O-Glcnac Metabolism By Overexpressing A Dominant-Negative Splice Variant Of Ncoat Results In Cell Apoptosis., Yong Hu Jan 2005

Blockage Of O-Glcnac Metabolism By Overexpressing A Dominant-Negative Splice Variant Of Ncoat Results In Cell Apoptosis., Yong Hu

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Hox Proteins As Bmp Downstream Transcription Factors., Xuelin Li Jan 2005

Hox Proteins As Bmp Downstream Transcription Factors., Xuelin Li

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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