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Development And Validation Of The Sustainability Climate Survey, David Edward Hall

Dissertations and Theses

Motivated by an assumption of and concern about the unsustainable trajectory of modern human civilization, the purpose of this study was to develop a measurement tool to assist organizations striving to align their operations with principles of sustainability. The relevant context is established with consideration of the dimensions of environment, society and economy, as well as their interconnections, with an eye towards sustainability. Some of the challenges and opportunities presented to organizations by the current unsustainable trajectory are reviewed. The social constructs of culture and climate (organizational and psychological) are discussed as important to understand organizational life. I propose the …

Cal Poly Magazine, Spring 2005

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

Defensin In The Ticks Dermacentor Variabilis And Ixodes Scapularis, Shane Michael Ceraul

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

This dissertation presents the identification, molecular structure and expression of defensin, an antimicrobial peptide, in the ticks, Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis. A 624 bp cDNA molecule for defensin was cloned and sequenced from hemocytes, fat body and midgut of unstimulated D. variabilis ticks. Defensin peptide was detected only in the hemocyte lysates. These results suggest that the defensin from D. variabilis is synthesized and stored in the hemocytes, although the role of other tissues is not excluded.

The ability of the juvenile stage ticks to express the defensin gene was confirmed. Detection of the defensin transcript in all …

Washington University Record, April 1, 2005

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Focal Spot, Spring 2005

Focal Spot All Issues

No abstract provided.

Instruction Size Report, Spring 2005, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

Global Biomass Variation And Its Geodynamic Effects, 1982-1998, M. Rodell, B. F. Chao, A. Y. Au, John S. Kimball, K. C. Mcdonald

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Redistribution of mass near Earth’s surface alters its rotation, gravity field, and geocenter location. Advanced techniques for measuring these geodetic variations now exist, but the ability to attribute the observed modes to individual Earth system processes has been hampered by a shortage of reliable global data on such processes, especially hydrospheric processes. To address one aspect of this deficiency, 17 yr of monthly, global maps of vegetation biomass were produced by applying field-based relationships to satellite-derived vegetation type and leaf area index. The seasonal variability of biomass was estimated to be as large as 5 kg m⁻². Of …

The Effectiveness Of The Endangered Species Act: A Quantitative Analysis, Martin F.J. Taylor, Kieran F. Suckling, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Population trends for 1095 species listed as threatened and endangered under the Endangered Species Act were correlated with the length of time the species were listed and the presence or absence of critical habitat and recovery plans. Species with critical habitat for two or more years were more than twice as likely to have an improving population trend in the late 1990s, and less than half as likely to be declining in the early 1990s, as species without. Species with dedicated recovery plans for two or more years were significantly more likely to be improving and less likely to be …

Medical Monitoring: The Right Way And The Wrong Way, Victor E. Schwartz, Leah Lorber, Emily J. Laird

Missouri Law Review

This Article discusses the accepted scientific and medical approach to medical monitoring and explains the considerations involved. Next, the Article outlines how courts have approached these issues. Then, it details the reasons the courts are ill-equipped to implement medical monitoring causes of action. Finally, the Article explains why the legislature is the institution that should decide whether to implement medical monitoring as a valid claim.

Cnning And Showdown: Iraq: News, New Media, And Popular Culture, G. Kim Blank

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Kim Blank's CNNing and Showdown Iraq, too, provides an innovative model for the interaction and mutual transfusion of case study and the work of theorizing. Although the backdrop to Blank's essay is CNN's cultural significance and the programming it ran under the SHOWDOWN: Iraq banner, it repeatedly returns to the busy intersection of media, technology, popular culture, and mass culture. Characterized by its author as restless, the piece strategically employs a non-linear discursive strategy deliberately mimicking the practices of channel surfing and the constant interruption of the commercial break. It re-contextualizes, in other words, the critical perspective by re-inventing it …

Harnessing Wind Is Not (By Nature) Environmentally Friendly, Victoria Sutton, Nicole Tomich

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Insuring Against The Snail-Darter: Insurance For Land Use And The Endangered Species Act, Jonathan F. Tross

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Department Of Philosophy Alumni Newsletter, Vol. 9, Spring 2005, Illinois State University, Department Of Philosophy

Philosophy Alumni Newsletter

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Departmetn of Philosophy

Sovereignty Of Reason: An Approach To Sovereign Immunity And Copyright Ownership Of Distance-Education Courses At Public Colleges And Universities, Michael W. Klein

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Reflections - Spring 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Thomas Cooper Library Special Collections Wings Project Expands..... p.1
USC Libraries Choose New Integrated Library Service..... p.1
New Music Library Special Collections Room..... p.2
Library 100: A New Information Literacy Course..... p.2
Exhibits at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.2
Joyce Carol Oates Is Thomas Cooper Society Speaker..... p.3
USC Libraries Acquire New Databases..... p.3
Libraries Launch New Digital Activities Department..... p.3
South Caroliniana Library Receives Ball-Gilchrist Family Papers..... p.4
In Memoriam: Alexander MacGregor (Sandy) Gilchrist..... p.4
“An Afternoon with Donald Russell”..... p.5
Bilderback Named Archivist of the Year..... p.5
New Faces: Jeffrey Makala, Douglas King, and Greg Wilsbacher..... p.5
“Two …

Biomechanical Measures Of Neuromuscular Control And Valgus Loading Of The Knee Predict Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk In Female Athletes, Timothy E. Hewett, Gregory D. Myer, Kevin R. Ford, Robert S. Heidt Jr., Angelo J. Colosimo, Scott G. Mclean, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert, Mark V. Paterno, Paul Succop

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Background: Female athletes participating in high-risk sports suffer anterior cruciate ligament injury at a 4- to 6-fold greater rate than do male athletes.

Hypothesis: Prescreened female athletes with subsequent anterior cruciate ligament injury will demonstrate decreased neuromuscular control and increased valgus joint loading, predicting anterior cruciate ligament injury risk.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

Methods: There were 205 female athletes in the high-risk sports of soccer, basketball, and volleyball prospectively measured for neuromuscular control using 3-dimensional kinematics (joint angles) and joint loads using kinetics (joint moments) during a jump-landing task. Analysis of variance as well as linear …

Bio/Cs 271: Introduction To Bioinformatics, Dan E. Krane, Travis E. Doom

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

BIO/CS 271 Introduction to Bioinformatics: Introduction to DNA as an information storage system, data searches and pairwise alignments, substitution patterns, protein folding, and proteomics. Prerequisite: CS 240 or equivalent, BIO 112

Stepping Onto A Moving Train: The Collision Of Illegal Logging, Forestry Policy, And Emerging Free Trade In The Russian Far East, Robert M. Crowley

Washington International Law Journal

Faced with economic decline following the Soviet Union's collapse, Russia is energetically seeking ways to develop its economy and stimulate trade. In order to accomplish these goals, Russia has taken a number of steps to improve its interactions with its trading partners and reform its internal economic structures. Among the most sweeping areas of change are Russia's steps toward bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements and the proposed changes to its Forest Code. Externally, Russia has signed an agreement with China to stabilize relations, increase trade, and address shared environmental concerns, and has taken steps toward membership in the World …

State Responsibility And The High Seas Marine Environment: A Legal Theory For The Protection Of Seamounts In The Global Commons, Gregory D. Pendleton

Washington International Law Journal

At its latest session, the United Nations General Assembly urged States to consider a temporary ban on bottom trawling on the high seas. Bottom trawling technology causes extensive damage both to the habitat of deep sea living marine resources ("LMRs") and to the LMRs themselves. This damage is particularly acute at heavily fished undersea mountains known as seamounts. The pronouncement by the General Assembly, while certainly a positive step, is another unfortunate example of short-sighted fisheries management: instead of creating a legitimate protection regime—such as a moratorium or a system of High Seas Marine Protected Areas ("HSMPA")—for these rare and …

Signs & Symbols, Vol. 5, Spring 2005, Illinois State University, Department Of Sociology And Anthropology

Signs & Symbols

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Copper Exchange Studies Between The First And Fourth N-Terminal Metal-Binding Domains Of Wilson Disease Atpase, Jennifer Bunce

Masters Theses

The human copper-transporting ATPase Wilson's disease protein was one of the first proteins shown to be actively involved in cellular copper homeostasis. The protein includes six N-terminal metal binding domains. The individual capabilities of the domains to bind and transfer copper are not yet fully understood. Each metal-binding domain is about 72 amino acid residues long and contains the conserved binding motif GMTCXXC, of which the cysteines are involved in the copper coordination. Studies have shown that the protein binds six copper atoms suggesting the potential involvement of each metal-binding domain. Separate functional roles for the latter domains have been …

The Antitumor Agent, Arglabin-Dma, Preferentially Induces Apoptosis In Human Colon Tumor Cells, Sung Wook Kwon

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Arglabin-DMA, an analog of farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), reportedly inhibits farnesyltransferase (FTase) directly by competitively blocking the binding of Ras protein and its posttranslational modification, as suggested in previous studies. But, the mechanisms by which Arglabin-DMA inhibits tumor growth in vivo and in vitro are still relatively poorly characterized. To determine the mechanism by which this drug inhibits tumor growth, the effects of Arglabin-DMA in two human colon tumor cell lines (mutant K-ras HCT 116 and wild-type ras HT-29) were explored on cell proliferation, apoptosis, and cell cycle kinetics in vitro. In cell viability studies, we showed that Arglabin-DMA …

Child Psychological Abuse Sexual Attitudes And Sexual Satisfaction: An Examination Of Disclosure Gender And Perpetrator Relationship Differences, Natasha Coy

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The current project examined the associations between childhood psychological abuse, disclosure, and perpetrator relationship on sexual attitudes and satisfaction among adults. A total of 274 female graduate and undergraduate psychology students from Old Dominion University were recruited. Participants anonymously filled out the survey online. It was hypothesized that there would be a positive relationship between childhood psychological abuse and sexual communion and permissiveness. In terms of perpetrator relationship, it was hypothesized that as the objective relationship between the individual and perpetrator became closer, sexual attitudes and satisfaction would be more negatively affected. It was also hypothesized that one's subjective relationship …

Medicare Should, But Cannot, Consider Cost: Legal Impediments To A Sound Policy, Jacqueline Fox

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Drug Development And The Public Health Mission: Collaborative Challenges At The Fda, Nih, And Academic Medical Centers, Sheila R. Shulman, Andrea Kuettel

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reenvisioning Law Through The Dna Lens, Edward K. Cheng

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In recent times, no development has transformed the practice of criminal justice as much as DNA evidence. In little over fifteen years, DNA profiling has produced nothing short of a paradigm shift.1 For police and prosecutors, DNA has become a potent weapon for identifying and convicting criminals. Trace biological material left at a crime scene now provides critical evidence for generating leads through "cold searches" of DNA databases and for convicting defendants at trial. At the same time, for defense attorneys, DNA has become an invaluable tool for seeking exonerations, because just as DNA can link defendants to crimes, it …

Egf-Stimulation Activates The Nuclear Localization Signal Of Shp-1, Dandan He, Xi Song, Lijun Liu, David H. Burk, G. Wayne Zhou

Faculty Publications

Protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 plays a critical role in the regulation of a variety of intracellular signaling pathways. SHP-1 is predominantly expressed in the cells of hematopoietic origin, and is recognized as a negative regulator of lymphocyte development and activation. SHP-1 consists of two Src homology 2 (SH2) domains and one protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) domain followed by a highly basic C-terminal tail containing tyrosyl phosphorylation sites. It is unclear how the C-terminal tail regulates SHP-1 function. We report the examination of the subcellular localization of a variety of truncated or mutated SHP-1 proteins fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein …

J.B. Ruhl's "Law-And-Society System": Burying Norms And Democracy Under Complexity Theory's Foundation, Jeffrey Rudd

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Environmental Justice Since Hammurabi: From Assigning Risk "Eye For An Eye" To Modern-Day Application Of The Responsible Corporate Offcer Doctrine, Peter C. White

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Activism Through Music, Cherry Muhanji, Jack C. Straton

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article discuses the pedagogy behind a University Studies freshman inquiry class taught at Portland State University. Portland State University has been engaged in a 10-year revolution in general education (Journal of General Education, 1999) that has inculcated activist education as central to instruction. In addition to the Critical Thinking and Communication instruction that any general education program must provide, Portland State’s University Studies Program promotes Social Responsibility and Diversity as central goals of its efforts.