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Phil 119h.01: Western Philosophical Perspectives On Women, Joanne Charbonneau Feb 2005

Phil 119h.01: Western Philosophical Perspectives On Women, Joanne Charbonneau

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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University Magazine Winter 2004, University News Service, Office Of Alumni Relations Feb 2005

University Magazine Winter 2004, University News Service, Office Of Alumni Relations

University Publications

A message from the president||One for the books||RIT rocs!||RIT at 175||Brick city festival/alumni weekend/family weekend||Report on giving||On campus||Letters||RIT works!||FYI||Alumni activities

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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 17, No. 1, February 2005 Feb 2005

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 17, No. 1, February 2005

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Contents:
Congratulations
Welcome
Farewell
Faculty News
Grad Student News
From the Office
Grants
Museum News
Publications
Travel
Condolences
This & That
Hexapod Herald Archives

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News From Hope College, Volume 36.4: February, 2005, Hope College Feb 2005

News From Hope College, Volume 36.4: February, 2005, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

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Mechanisms For The Environmental Regulation Of Gene Expression: Ecological Aspects Of Animal Development, Scott F. Gilbert Feb 2005

Mechanisms For The Environmental Regulation Of Gene Expression: Ecological Aspects Of Animal Development, Scott F. Gilbert

Biology Faculty Works

The environment can play a significant role in the production of phenotypes. However, the developmental mechanisms by which the environmental agents effect normal development are Just becoming known. At least three paths have been found through which the environment can modify gene activity. The first is the neuroendocrine route. Here, the nervous system monitors the environment and transfers signals to the endocrine system. The endocrine hormones can then alter gene expression. The second route involves environmental factors that change the methylation pattern of genes, thereby altering their transcriptional capabilities. The third route involves the direct induction of gene expression in …

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Grutter And The Passion Of Justice Thomas: A Response To Professor Kearney, Ronald Turner Feb 2005

Grutter And The Passion Of Justice Thomas: A Response To Professor Kearney, Ronald Turner

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Maastrichtian Record From Shatsky Rise (Northwest Pacific): A Tropical Perspective On Global Ecological And Oceanographic Changes, Tracy D. Frank, Deborah J. Thomas, R. Mark Leckie, Michael A. Arthur, Paul R. Brown, Kelly Jones, Jackie A. Lees Feb 2005

The Maastrichtian Record From Shatsky Rise (Northwest Pacific): A Tropical Perspective On Global Ecological And Oceanographic Changes, Tracy D. Frank, Deborah J. Thomas, R. Mark Leckie, Michael A. Arthur, Paul R. Brown, Kelly Jones, Jackie A. Lees

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

We present new isotopic and micropaleontological data from a depth transect on Shatsky Rise that record the response of the tropical Pacific to global biotic and oceanographic shifts during the mid-Maastrichtian. Results reveal a coupling between the upper ocean, characterized by a weak thermocline and low to intermediate productivity, and intermediate waters. During the earliest Maastrichtian, oxygen and neodymium isotope data suggest a significant contribution of relatively warm intermediate water from the North Pacific. Isotopic shifts through the early Maastrichtian suggest that this warmer water mass was gradually replaced by cooler waters originating in the Southern Ocean. Although the cooler …

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University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, February 2005 Feb 2005

University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, February 2005

Connect (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension)

Inside this issue:

Pg. 3 Economic perks
Pg. 5 Meth problems
Pg. 7 Irrigation management

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Assessment Of Biogeochemical Deposits In Landfill Drainage Systems, Audrey D. Levine, Valerie J. Harwood, Antonio J. Cardoso, Lisa R. Rhea, Bina S. Nayak, Barbara M. Dodge, Mindy L. Decker, George Dzama, Lawrence Jones, Edward Haller Feb 2005

Assessment Of Biogeochemical Deposits In Landfill Drainage Systems, Audrey D. Levine, Valerie J. Harwood, Antonio J. Cardoso, Lisa R. Rhea, Bina S. Nayak, Barbara M. Dodge, Mindy L. Decker, George Dzama, Lawrence Jones, Edward Haller

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

Design, operation, and closure practices for Class I municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are based on RCRA Subtitle D requirements for control of leachates and gases generated during the life of the landfill. Because leachate is generated as a result of water percolating through the landfill and waste consolidation, it contains dissolved and suspended materials that reflect the characteristics of the material it contacts. Over the past two decades significant changes have occurred in the characteristics of the waste streams that are disposed in landfills. In addition, many Florida municipalities have implemented Waste-to-Energy (WTE) systems. The WTE ash is either …

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Biochemical Screening For The Prediction Of Preeclampsia, Dileep Kumar Rohra, Nazia Qidwai Feb 2005

Biochemical Screening For The Prediction Of Preeclampsia, Dileep Kumar Rohra, Nazia Qidwai

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Ccfss News Spring 2005, Wei-Wen Yu Center For Cold-Formed Steel Structures Feb 2005

Ccfss News Spring 2005, Wei-Wen Yu Center For Cold-Formed Steel Structures

CCFSS Newsletters (1999 - 2008)

No abstract provided.

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Resonant Light Interaction With Plasmonic Nanowire Systems, Viktor Podolskiy, Andrey Sarychev, Evgenii Narimanov, Vladimir Shalaev Feb 2005

Resonant Light Interaction With Plasmonic Nanowire Systems, Viktor Podolskiy, Andrey Sarychev, Evgenii Narimanov, Vladimir Shalaev

Other Nanotechnology Publications

We compare the optical response of isolated nanowires, double-wire systems, and Pi-structures, and show that their radiation is well described in terms of their electric and magnetic dipole moments. We also show that both dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability can be negative at optical and near infrared frequencies, and demonstrate the connection between the geometry of the system and its resonance characteristics. We conclude that plasmonic nanowires can be employed for novel negative-index materials. Finally, we demonstrate that it is possible to construct a nanowire-based,transparent nanoresonator' with dramatically enhanced intensity and metal concentration below 5%.

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Ecological Science And Sustainability For The 21st Century, Margaret A. Palmer, Emily S. Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. Chornesky, Scott L. Collins, Andrew P. Dobson, Clifford S. Duke, Barry D. Gold, Robert B. Jacobson, Sharon E. Kingsland, Rhonda H. Kranz, Michael J. Mappin, M. Luisa Martinez, Florenza Micheli, Jennifer L. Morse, Michael L. Pace, Mercedes Pascual, Stephen S. Palumbi, Oj Reichman, Alan R. Townsend, Monica G. Turner Feb 2005

Ecological Science And Sustainability For The 21st Century, Margaret A. Palmer, Emily S. Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. Chornesky, Scott L. Collins, Andrew P. Dobson, Clifford S. Duke, Barry D. Gold, Robert B. Jacobson, Sharon E. Kingsland, Rhonda H. Kranz, Michael J. Mappin, M. Luisa Martinez, Florenza Micheli, Jennifer L. Morse, Michael L. Pace, Mercedes Pascual, Stephen S. Palumbi, Oj Reichman, Alan R. Townsend, Monica G. Turner

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Ecological science has contributed greatly to our understanding of the natural world and the impact of humans on that world. Now, we need to refocus the discipline towards research that ensures a future in which natural systems and the humans they include coexist on a more sustainable planet. Acknowledging that managed ecosystems and intensive exploitation of resources define our future, ecologists must play a greatly expanded role in communicating their research and influencing policy and decisions that affect the environment. To accomplish this, they will have to forge partnerships at scales and in forms they have not traditionally used. These …

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The Effects Of Fire Suppression On Bachman’S Sparrows In Upland Pine Forests Of Eastern Texas, Richard N. Conner, Clifford E. Shackelford, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz Feb 2005

The Effects Of Fire Suppression On Bachman’S Sparrows In Upland Pine Forests Of Eastern Texas, Richard N. Conner, Clifford E. Shackelford, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

We studied the effects of 8 years of fire suppression on shrub-level vegetation, Bachman’s Sparrows (Aimophila aestivalis), and selected forest bird species between 1995 and 2003 in eastern Texas. Woody shrub-level vegetation between ground level and 3 m above the ground, measured using a leaf area index, increased significantly in all sites (n = 20) previously managed for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in both longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and loblolly- (P. taeda) shortleaf (P. echinata) pine habitats. Woody shrub-level vegetation between ground level and 3 m also increased significantly in one-half of control sites (n = 20). During the 8 …

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Texas Birds And The Blizzard Of 1886, Stanley D. Casto Feb 2005

Texas Birds And The Blizzard Of 1886, Stanley D. Casto

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

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Carrion Consumption By A Great Blue Heron (Aves: Ardeinae), Christopher M. Ritzi, Clare M. Ritzi Feb 2005

Carrion Consumption By A Great Blue Heron (Aves: Ardeinae), Christopher M. Ritzi, Clare M. Ritzi

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

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The Texas Caver, Volume 50, No. 1, February 2005, Diana Tomchick Feb 2005

The Texas Caver, Volume 50, No. 1, February 2005, Diana Tomchick

The Texas Caver

Contents: Secretary's Message - Word from the Chair - 2005 TSA Officers, Committees, and Projects - Official TSS List of Longest/Deepest Caves in Texas -Texas Cavers Directory -Texas Caving Resources - Texas Grottos

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Extended Visions, January/February 2005 Feb 2005

Extended Visions, January/February 2005

Extended Visions Newsletter (ARDC)

Contents:
ARDC FEATURE – Forestry
Woody Florals Applied Research Jump-Starts Producer Enterprises
Consider the Natural Resource for Your College Education!!!
Four Decades of Windbreak Research at the ARDC
The People Behind the Research
Woody Florals Applied Research Jump-Starts Producer Enterprises
Assisting the Community
Calendar of Events
Caryl Carstensen Retires
Director's Comments
Welcome 2005!
Get Your Green Thumb Ready!
Magnet School Updates
National FFA Convention
Mark Your Calendar for These 4-H Events
4-H Leaders Training and Banquet
Market Beef Weigh-In Dates
Quality Assurance Training
Record Turnout at Soybean Day
Upcoming Ag-Related Education Opportunities
Nebraska No-Till Conference
Nitrogen Management Training
NSFGPP Annual …

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Stochastic Dietary Restriction Using A Markov-Chain Feeding Protocol Elicits Complex, Life History Response In Medflies, James R. Carey, Pablo Liedo, Hans-Georg Müller, Jane-Ling Wang, Ying Zhang, Lawrence G. Harshman Feb 2005

Stochastic Dietary Restriction Using A Markov-Chain Feeding Protocol Elicits Complex, Life History Response In Medflies, James R. Carey, Pablo Liedo, Hans-Georg Müller, Jane-Ling Wang, Ying Zhang, Lawrence G. Harshman

Lawrence G. Harshman Publications

Lifespan in individually housed medflies (virgins of both sexes) and daily reproduction for females were studied following one of 12 dietary restriction (DR) treatments in which the availability of high-quality food (yeast–sugar mixture) for each fly was based on a Markov chain feeding scheme – a stochastic dietary regime which specifies that the future dietary state depends only on the present dietary state and not on the path by which the present state was achieved. The stochastic treatments consisted of a combination of one of four values of a ‘discovery’ parameter and one of three values of a ‘persistence’ parameter. …

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Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 33, No. 1, February 2005, William Payne Feb 2005

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 33, No. 1, February 2005, William Payne

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: Annual Report Submission Guidelines for 2004 -- Cave Research Foundation Annual Members' Meeting, Hamilton Valley Field Station, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky -- The Gates of Ft. Stanton -- Alpine Karst Foundation and Alpine Karst Publication -- Eastern Operations News -- Regional Expedition Reports -- 2005 Expedition Calendar -- Cave Books

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Phylogenetic Reconstruction Of Exoristinae Using Molecular Data: A Bayesian Re-Analysis, John O. Stireman Iii Feb 2005

Phylogenetic Reconstruction Of Exoristinae Using Molecular Data: A Bayesian Re-Analysis, John O. Stireman Iii

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

A few years ago I published the results of a phylogenetic analysis of New World Exoristinae based on molecular data from two genes, 28S rDNA and Elongation Factor 1-alpha (Stireman 2002). In that study I employed parsimony, neighbor joining, and maximum likelihood inference methods to generate phylogenetic reconstructions, and explored a variety of weighting schemes and combinations of the sequence data (i.e. each gene separately and both together). The results of these analyses generally supported recent taxonomic hypotheses (e.g., Herting 1984; Wood 1987; O’Hara and Wood 2004). For example, Tachinidae and Exoristinae were reconstructed as monophyletic in most analyses, as …

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"Straight Stealing": Towards An Indigenous System Of Cultural Property Protection, Angela R. Riley Feb 2005

"Straight Stealing": Towards An Indigenous System Of Cultural Property Protection, Angela R. Riley

Washington Law Review

Incidents involving theft of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge and the blatant appropriation of culture have become more widely acknowledged in recent decades. It is now apparent that international, national, and tribal laws must work together to protect the cultural property of indigenous groups. However, tribal law, which provides vital cultural context, must serve as the foundation. Unlike top-down legal systems, tribal laws reflect tribal economic systems, cultural beliefs, and sensitive sacred knowledge in nuanced ways that national and international regimes simply cannot. Accordingly, this Article offers two central reasons why the development of tribal law is critical for indigenous peoples …

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A Review Of The Empirical Evidence Identifying Effective Interventions And Teaching Practices For Students With Learning Difficulties In Year 4, 5 And 6, Nola Purdie, Louise Ellis Feb 2005

A Review Of The Empirical Evidence Identifying Effective Interventions And Teaching Practices For Students With Learning Difficulties In Year 4, 5 And 6, Nola Purdie, Louise Ellis

School and system improvement

The present literature review arises in the context of the Australian Government's policy initiative of working with the States and Territories to ensure that all Australian children achieve acceptable standards of literacy and numeracy. A key Government priority has been to focus on achieving real, sustained improvements in the literacy and numeracy skills of Australian children to better prepare them for their futures. Ensuring all students gain at least a minimum acceptable standard in literacy and numeracy is critical in overcoming educational disadvantage.

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Trapping And Recapture Rates For Urban White-Winged Doves In Waco, Texas, Cynthia L. Schaefer, J. T. Baccus, Michael F. Small, R. Welch Feb 2005

Trapping And Recapture Rates For Urban White-Winged Doves In Waco, Texas, Cynthia L. Schaefer, J. T. Baccus, Michael F. Small, R. Welch

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

We banded White-winged Doves in a recently established urban population in Waco, Texas. We banded a total of 1,517 White-winged Doves between 16 January and 17 June 2002 and 20 January and 11 July 2003 during 11,235 trap/hours at 36 locations. Capture and recapture rates and their implications are discussed.

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Black Skimmers At Rockport Beach Park, Rockport, Texas, John W. Huckabee Feb 2005

Black Skimmers At Rockport Beach Park, Rockport, Texas, John W. Huckabee

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

The colony of Black Skimmers (Ryncops niger) nesting in suboptimum weedy habitat in Rockport Beach Park from 1998–2003 was censused periodically and management efforts instituted to control vegetation and reduce mortality at the nesting site. Application of herbicides was partially successful for vegetation control. Appearance of first egg, first chick, and first fledgling were variable year to year, as were the number of birds present in the colony day to day. One hundred eighty-seven fledglings were produced in 1998, zero in 1999 and 2000, 108 in 2001, 82 in 2002, and 16 in 2003. These numbers may be insufficient to …

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Alcalá View 2005 21.05, University Of San Diego Publications Office Feb 2005

Alcalá View 2005 21.05, University Of San Diego Publications Office

Alcalá View (1985-2006)

Strengthening the Sports Programs USD Undergoes NCAA Certification; NBA Star 'Benefits' From Meeting Sally Kuchik; How Others View the Alcalá View; Missing Items; Show Your Love with Doughnuts!; IPJ Lecture Series; School of Education Events; USD Grandparents Weekend; It's A Date!; SEA Snippets; Breakfast With a Boss; Milestones; Classifieds

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Ecological Analysis Of Nutrient, Plankton And Benthic Communities In Farmington Bay And The Great Salt Lake, Utah (2004), Amy M. Marcarelli, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Feb 2005

Ecological Analysis Of Nutrient, Plankton And Benthic Communities In Farmington Bay And The Great Salt Lake, Utah (2004), Amy M. Marcarelli, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

In Fall 2004, the Aquatic Ecology Practicum class at Utah State University finished a third year of research on limnological and ecological characteristics of Farmington Bay and Gilbert Bays of the Great Salt Lake. Our previous research has produced interesting findings in Farmington Bay, including hypereutrophy (Marcarelli et a!. 2001), high phosphorus loading into the Bay, overnight water column anoxia linked to high winds (Wurtsbaugh et a!. 2002), potential predator control of brine shrimp, and high levels of hydrogen sulfide in the sediment and deep brine layer (Marcarelli et a!. 2003). These class findings have lead to increased interest in …

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Understanding Livestock Odors, Richard Nicolai, Steve Pohl Feb 2005

Understanding Livestock Odors, Richard Nicolai, Steve Pohl

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

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Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction For Simultaneous Quantitation Of Human Nuclear, Mitochondrial, And Male Y-Chromosome Dna: Application In Human Identification, Jerilyn A. Walker, Dale J. Hedges, Benjamin P. Perodeau, Kate E. Landry, Nadica Stoilova, Meredith E. Laborde, Jaiprakash Shewale, Sudhir K. Sinha, Mark A. Batzer Feb 2005

Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction For Simultaneous Quantitation Of Human Nuclear, Mitochondrial, And Male Y-Chromosome Dna: Application In Human Identification, Jerilyn A. Walker, Dale J. Hedges, Benjamin P. Perodeau, Kate E. Landry, Nadica Stoilova, Meredith E. Laborde, Jaiprakash Shewale, Sudhir K. Sinha, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

Human forensic casework requires sensitive quantitation of human nuclear (nDNA), mitochondrial (mtDNA), and male Y-chromosome DNA from complex biomaterials. Although many such systems are commercially available, no system is capable of simultaneously quantifying all three targets in a single reaction. Most available methods either are not multiplex compatible or lack human specificity. Here, we report the development of a comprehensive set of human-specific, target-specific multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for DNA quantitation. Using TaqMan-MGB probes, our duplex qPCR for nDNA/mtDNA had a linear quantitation range of 100 ng to 1 pg, and our triplex qPCR assay for nDNA/mtDNA/male Y …

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Meiotic Recombination In Drosophila Females Depends On Chromosome Continuity Between Genetically Defined Boundaries, Dalia Sherizen, Janet K. Jang, Rajal Bhagat, Naohiro Kato, Kim S. Mckim Feb 2005

Meiotic Recombination In Drosophila Females Depends On Chromosome Continuity Between Genetically Defined Boundaries, Dalia Sherizen, Janet K. Jang, Rajal Bhagat, Naohiro Kato, Kim S. Mckim

Faculty Publications

In the pairing-site model, specialized regions on each chromosome function to establish meiotic homolog pairing. Analysis of these sites could provide insights into the mechanism used by Drosophila females to form a synaptonemal complex (SC) in the absence of meiotic recombination. These specialized sites were first established on the X chromosome by noting that there were barriers to crossover suppression caused by translocation heterozygotes. These sites were genetically mapped and proposed to be pairing sites. By comparing the cytological breakpoints of third chromosome translocations to their patterns of crossover suppression, we have mapped two sites on chromosome 3R. We have …

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