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Rwanda And Darfur: A Comparative Analysis, Scott Straus Jul 2006

Rwanda And Darfur: A Comparative Analysis, Scott Straus

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

The article presents a comparative analysis of genocide in Rwanda and Darfur. The first half of the article examines the patterns and origins of violence in both cases and uses the comparison to generate some theoretical inferences about the causes of genocide. The analysis finds that both cases demonstrate a similar character of violence but that in Rwanda the violence was more intense, more exterminatory, and more participatory than in Darfur. Both episodes took place in the midst of civil war, in periods of political transition, in countries with histories of ethnic nationalism, and in areas where the conflicting ethnic …

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Occupational Stress And Slavery: Evidence From Bridgetown, Barbados, Sarah Muno Jul 2006

Occupational Stress And Slavery: Evidence From Bridgetown, Barbados, Sarah Muno

Masters Theses

In 1996 and 2000, construction workers uncovered unmarked burial grounds in the Pierhead and Fontabelle sections of Bridgetown, Barbados. The human remains were removed in salvage excavation and are now housed at the University of the West Indies and the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. The associated grave goods, documentary record, and initial osteological analysis indicate these individuals were part of the enslaved workforce during the early to mid- eighteenth century. This thesis will explore the presence of vertebral osteophytosis, vertebral anterior wedge compression fractures, vertebral apophyseal facet remodeling and musculoskeletal stress markers among the human remains from Pierhead and …

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Wealth Building In Rural America: Perspective, Knowledge, Outlook, Jami C. Curley, Brian Dabson, Elisabeth Howard, E. G. Nadeau, Michael Sherraden Jul 2006

Wealth Building In Rural America: Perspective, Knowledge, Outlook, Jami C. Curley, Brian Dabson, Elisabeth Howard, E. G. Nadeau, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Wealth Building in Rural America: Perspective, Knowledge, Outlook

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Older Adults In Service To Society, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Fengyan Tang, Song-Iee Hong, Jaime Goldberg, So Yeon Kim, Amy Luman, Michael Sherraden, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Erin Auth, Kerry Finegan, Lisa Lawrence Jul 2006

Older Adults In Service To Society, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Fengyan Tang, Song-Iee Hong, Jaime Goldberg, So Yeon Kim, Amy Luman, Michael Sherraden, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Erin Auth, Kerry Finegan, Lisa Lawrence

Center for Social Development Research

Older Adults in Service to Society

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Presidential Signing Statements And Executive Power, Eric A. Posner, Curtis A. Bradley Jul 2006

Presidential Signing Statements And Executive Power, Eric A. Posner, Curtis A. Bradley

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

A recent debate about the Bush administration’s use of presidential signing statements has raised questions about their function, legality, and value. We argue that presidential signing statements are legal and that they provide a useful way for the president to disclose his views about the meaning and constitutionality of legislation. Although President Bush has challenged more statutory provisions in signing statements than prior administrations have, his signing statements are similar in many respects to the signing statements issued by prior presidents, such as President Clinton. In addition, basic tenets of positive political theory suggest that signing statements do not undermine …

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Does A Specialist Parasitoid Adapt To Its Host On A New Host Plant?, A. Roßbach, B. Löhr, S. Vidal Jul 2006

Does A Specialist Parasitoid Adapt To Its Host On A New Host Plant?, A. Roßbach, B. Löhr, S. Vidal

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The host plant expansion of a diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (DBM) strain to snowpea (Pisum sativum L.) raised the question whether a specialist parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum (DS) could be conditioned to locate and parasitize its host on the new host plant. In a specialist parasitoid a behavioural change towards a plant outside the normal host plant range of its host due to developmental experience is not expected. The responsive behaviour, parasitism rates and fitness of three subsequent DS generations were investigated on the snowpea-strain of DBM. After three generations of DS on the pea 62.5% of females chose an …

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Evidence For Absence Of Latch-Bridge Formation In Muscular Saphenous Arteries, Shaojie Han, John E. Speich, Thomas J. Eddinger, Krystina M. Berg, Amy S. Miner, Chris Call, Paul H. Ratz Jul 2006

Evidence For Absence Of Latch-Bridge Formation In Muscular Saphenous Arteries, Shaojie Han, John E. Speich, Thomas J. Eddinger, Krystina M. Berg, Amy S. Miner, Chris Call, Paul H. Ratz

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Large-diameter elastic arteries can produce strong contractions indefinitely at a high-energy economy by the formation of latch bridges. Whether ownstream blood vessels also use latch bridges remains unknown. The zero-pressure medial thickness and lumen diameter of rabbit saphenous artery (SA), a muscular branch of the elastic femoral artery (FA), were, respectively, approximately twofold and half-fold that of the FA. In isolated FA and SA rings, KCl rapidly (s) caused strong increases in isometric stress (1.2 x 105 N/m2) and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i; 250 nM). By 10 min, [Ca2+]i declined …

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Geospatial Ontology Development And Semantic Analytics, I. Budak Arpinar, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Molly Azami, Amit P. Sheth, E. Lynn Usery, Mei-Po Kwan Jul 2006

Geospatial Ontology Development And Semantic Analytics, I. Budak Arpinar, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Molly Azami, Amit P. Sheth, E. Lynn Usery, Mei-Po Kwan

Kno.e.sis Publications

Geospatial ontology development and semantic knowledge discovery addresses the need for modeling, analyzing and visualizing multimodal information, and is unique in offering integrated analytics that encompasses spatial, temporal and thematic dimensions of information and knowledge. The comprehensive ability to provide integrated analysis from multiple forms of information and use of explicit knowledge make this approach unique. This also involves specification of spatiotemporal thematic ontologies and populating such ontologies with high quality knowledge. Such ontologies form the basis for defining the meaning of important relations terms, such as near or surrounded by, and enable computation of spatiotemporal thematic proximity measures we …

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University News Jul 2006

University News

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

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Enriching Agriculture, Teresa Hendrix Jul 2006

Enriching Agriculture, Teresa Hendrix

Cal Poly Magazine

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Moving Up, Teresa Hendrix Jul 2006

Moving Up, Teresa Hendrix

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

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A Budgetary Process Of Michigan State Parks, Kimberly Ann Langley Jul 2006

A Budgetary Process Of Michigan State Parks, Kimberly Ann Langley

SPNA Review

This analysis addresses issues of budgeting in Michigan State Parks. Understanding the budgetary process is key, especially with the current state of the economy. Today, the Michigan State Park system is 4.5 million dollars in debt, and there is no relief in sight. For the last past 3 years, increases in state park fees have been seen. However, these increases can no longer go on forever. Something other than fee increases must occur to save the Michigan State Park system. There is currently discussion about closing some Michigan State Parks because the state cannot afford to keep them open. Hundreds …

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Stress Responses In Tropical Sparrows: Comparing Tropical And Temperate Zonotrichia, Haruka Wada, Ignacio T. Moore, Creagh W. Breuner, John C. Wingfield Jul 2006

Stress Responses In Tropical Sparrows: Comparing Tropical And Temperate Zonotrichia, Haruka Wada, Ignacio T. Moore, Creagh W. Breuner, John C. Wingfield

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Seasonal modulation of the adrenocortical response appears to be ubiquitous in mid- to high- latitude vertebrates but has not been investigated in tropical vertebrates. Previous studies demonstrate that temperate passerines show seasonality in corticosterone secretion and corticosteroid binding globulin capacities. We examined seasonal and sex differences in the stress response in an equatorial population of Zonotrichia capensis, the only Zonotrichia that breeds in the tropics, and compared the results with those of northern Zonotrichia. Seasonal differences in tropical Zonotrichia would presumably be independent of photoperiod and thus directly related to such activities as reproduction and feather molt. In addition, we …

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Linking Scales In Stream Ecology, Winsor H. Lowe, Gene E. Likens, Mary E. Power Jul 2006

Linking Scales In Stream Ecology, Winsor H. Lowe, Gene E. Likens, Mary E. Power

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The hierarchical structure of natural systems can be useful in designing ecological studies that are informative at multiple spatial scales. Although stream systems have long been recognized as having a hierarchical spatial structure, there is a need for more empirical research that exploits this structure to generate an understanding of population biology, community ecology, and species-ecosystem linkages across spatial scales. We review studies that link pattern and process across multiple scales of stream-habitat organization, highlighting the insight derived from this multiscale approach and the role that mechanistic hypotheses play in its successful application. We also describe afrontier in stream research …

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Facilitation By Pinus Flexilis During Succession: A Hierarchy Of Mechanisms Benefits Other Plant Species, Dayna Baumeister, Ragan M. Callaway Jul 2006

Facilitation By Pinus Flexilis During Succession: A Hierarchy Of Mechanisms Benefits Other Plant Species, Dayna Baumeister, Ragan M. Callaway

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Studies of facilitation have primarily been limited to single mechanisms, species, or environments. We examined interacting mechanisms governing the facilitative effects of Pinus flexilis on two later successional understory species, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Ribes cereum, in different microhabitats and seasons at the ecotone between the Rocky Mountain forests and Great Plains grasslands in Montana, USA. In field surveys, 69% of Pseudotsuga and 91% of Ribes were located beneath P. flexilis even though P. flexilis subcrowns accounted for a small proportion of available habitat. For three years, we monitored the survival of Pseudotsuga and Ribes seedlings experimentally planted beneath …

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Estimating Detection Probablities Of River Birds Using Double Surveys, Robert J. Fletcher Jr., Richard L. Hutto Jul 2006

Estimating Detection Probablities Of River Birds Using Double Surveys, Robert J. Fletcher Jr., Richard L. Hutto

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

We describe a method for surveying birds in river habitats that allows for rapid assessment across broad spatial scales and estimation of detection probabilities. Our river survey approach incorporates a double-survey technique, whereby observers in two canoes simultaneously survey birds along a river reach. Data are in the form of a two-sample mark-recapture history, and covariates suspected of influencing detection probabilities can be included in the modeling process and evaluated using information-theoretic approaches. We provide an example using the method along the Madison and upper Missouri rivers in Montana. Overall, detection probabilities for each observer ranged from 57% to 89%, …

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An Exploration Of Enterprise Level Partnership And The Influences Informing Private Sector Organisations' Choice Of This Model In The Republic Of Ireland, Kevin O'Leary Jul 2006

An Exploration Of Enterprise Level Partnership And The Influences Informing Private Sector Organisations' Choice Of This Model In The Republic Of Ireland, Kevin O'Leary

Masters

The research follows the strategic choice of Partnership and seeks to gain an understanding of the processes and practices which define this concept and the political, economic and historical influences which have shaped it's evolution. The primary focus of this study is to explore the factors which have shaped the decision of private sector einployers to engage with or to reject Partnership as an appropriate model. The literature and the surveys consulted suggest that Partnership has not become an established or mainstream activity and reflects singularly low levels of uptake despite being actively promoted by Government and it's social partners. …

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Abnormal Value And Repeated Request For Troponin T Analysis: An Overview From King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Laboratory, P. Jaiwong, P. Ekapong, V. Wiwanitkit Jul 2006

Abnormal Value And Repeated Request For Troponin T Analysis: An Overview From King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Laboratory, P. Jaiwong, P. Ekapong, V. Wiwanitkit

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Forum, Volume 30, No. 2, Summer 2006, Florida Humanities Council, Barbara O'Reilley Jul 2006

Forum, Volume 30, No. 2, Summer 2006, Florida Humanities Council, Barbara O'Reilley

FORUM: The Magazine of Florida Humanities

Contents: Letter from the Director -- Humanities Alive! -- The Prometheus Project -- A Cultural Sea Change -- Fishing Ain't No Easy Life -- This is One Important Fish -- Calusa -- Honoring the Graves of Strangers -- Staying Connected to the Water -- Enclave of History -- Remembering the Forgotten Coast -- The Trade in Sea Sponges -- Sponge Divers Bring Greek Culture -- The Net Ban Controversy -- Net Loss -- No Shrimp. No Seafood. No Bait -- Book Briefs -- A Witness to History -- Scenes of Old Florida

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Environmental Law, Travis M. Trimble Jul 2006

Environmental Law, Travis M. Trimble

Mercer Law Review

In 2005 the Eleventh Circuit courts addressed issues of regulatory interpretation of the Clean Air Act ("CAA"); compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA) in connection with the development of wetlands; and a conflict between the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ("FEMA") coastal flood insurance program and the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). First, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a rule of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that exempted certain stack emissions that otherwise violated the State Implementation Plan under the CAA. Also, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama heard one of several …

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Reference Database Usage Statistics 2005-2006, Andree J. Rathemacher Jul 2006

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2005-2006, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2005 through June 2006. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

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When The Well Runs Dry: An Exploration Of Water Conservation And Blue Theology, Margaret H. Ferris Jul 2006

When The Well Runs Dry: An Exploration Of Water Conservation And Blue Theology, Margaret H. Ferris

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Worldwide, freshwater is becoming scarce as the Earth's population increases, the effects of pollution and global warming shrink available resources, and agriculture demands rise. As theological communities offer distinctive contributions to the dialogue, theologians need to address the crisis and provide appropriate analysis and solutions from the perspective of "Blue Theology". This paper formulates such an approach, offering some of the first efforts made towards addressing the global water crisis through a theological lens. Within the Abrahamic tradition, the essay examines: how water is specifically beloved by the Divine; and the implications of God's love of water. The paper next …

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The Social Nature Of Natural Resources - The Case Of Water, Jamie Linton Jul 2006

The Social Nature Of Natural Resources - The Case Of Water, Jamie Linton

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Of all things, water is among the most difficult to pin down. It is nevertheless characteristic of modernity that we ascribe to it an essence, on which basis particular kinds of human-water relations are made possible while others are denied. The ascription of an essential identity to water constitutes a social and political act by which it is both made known to people and made available for people. This paper explores the implications of ascribing to water an identity as "resource." Water was pronounced a resource in the United States early in the last century in the context of the …

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Time And The Tsunami, Stefan Helmreich Jul 2006

Time And The Tsunami, Stefan Helmreich

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

In this article, Stefan Helmreich delivers an ethnographic report on an international academic conference of physical and biological oceanographers held in Goa, India, shortly after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004. Juxtaposing scientific discussions of the tsunami with novelist and anthropologist Amitav Ghosh's early 2005 visit to the hard-hit Andaman Islands, Helmreich examines various styles of narrating time in circulation in the wake of the disaster. Centering his attention on marine scientists, Helmreich discusses a tension between geological time and what he calls oscillating ocean time, a genre of time that takes in such long durée processes …

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Overlooking, Rivers, Looking Over, T.S. Mcmillin Jul 2006

Overlooking, Rivers, Looking Over, T.S. Mcmillin

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

In this hybrid essay, composed of literary theory, cultural history, and fieldwork, T.S. McMillin attempts to connect the humanities to other disciplines and to connect scholarly work to the land. In the first part of the essay, he briefly develops a theory of palindromes and palindromic reflection. Palindromes connect thinking to movement and to reflection, and in turn serve as a model for experiencing texts or terrain. Occurring in music, literature, film and video art, mathematics, painting, even genetic code, palindromes underscore the complexity of the nature of things and the necessarily complex thinking that understanding the nature of things …

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Cs 205-07: Computer Literacy And Office Automation, John P. Herzog Jul 2006

Cs 205-07: Computer Literacy And Office Automation, John P. Herzog

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Basic computer terminology, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and graphics.

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Growing Up With Glen, Kathryn Miles Jul 2006

Growing Up With Glen, Kathryn Miles

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Ecologists refer to it as 'shifting baselines.' Anthropologists call it 'environmental generational amnesia.' Both refer to the slow change in the ways we respond to and define the environment. As biologists and social scientists have deftly argued, definitions of environmentalism and sustainable resource use are often based on our earliest experiences with nature. We then use these memories as the basis for our understanding of the natural world and its use. Ultimately, this creates a generational approach to issues of conservation, particularly with regards to such contentious issues as water rights and the changing face of the American West. At …

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Making Lemonade: A New Approach To Evaluating Evolution Disclaimers Under The Establishment Clause, Louis J. Virelli Iii Jul 2006

Making Lemonade: A New Approach To Evaluating Evolution Disclaimers Under The Establishment Clause, Louis J. Virelli Iii

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

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The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 11 (July), Debbie Ryan Jul 2006

The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 11 (July), Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

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Audio Narration And Reading Ability In Programmed Instruction, Wendy Jaehnig Jul 2006

Audio Narration And Reading Ability In Programmed Instruction, Wendy Jaehnig

Dissertations

This study compared the effects of audio, textual, and audio-textual narration in a programmed instructional module on the performance of individuals with different reading abilities. One hundred eighty-four college students were randomly assigned to audio, textual, or audio-narration. Dependent variables were posttest score and instruction completion time. An ANCOVA was used to analyze the results, with ACT reading test scores as the covariate. No differences were found between the groups on posttest scores (p = .56) or completion time (p = .90), and there was no interaction between narration type and reading score for either dependent variable. Audio …

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