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What's Happening: May, 2006, Maine Medical Center May 2006

What's Happening: May, 2006, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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Performance Of Pre And Post-Partum Weather Stressed Cows Supplemented With Yeast Culture, Fabian Ortiz May 2006

Performance Of Pre And Post-Partum Weather Stressed Cows Supplemented With Yeast Culture, Fabian Ortiz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Livestock have been fed yeast as a feed supplement for more than 100 years Stone, C. 00). Yeast is a microscopic, single cell fungi of the plant kingdom. Of the 50,000 species of fungi, only 60 different genera of yeast representing about 500 different species exist. A few of these are used commercially in the animal feed industry as active dry yeast or yeast culture (Kreger, van Rij, 1984). Yeast culture consists of live yeast cells, plus the medium on which yeast is grown. Yeast products are commonly fed as pro-biotics, but little is known about their effects. Some studies …

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A Curriculum Unit For 8th Grade Students Of Spanish: ¿CóMo Eras Tú De NiñO? (What Were You Like As A Child?), Cheyenne A. Jones May 2006

A Curriculum Unit For 8th Grade Students Of Spanish: ¿CóMo Eras Tú De NiñO? (What Were You Like As A Child?), Cheyenne A. Jones

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following Independent Study, written in partial fulfillment for a Master of Science degree in Middle-Level Education from Bank Street College, is a nine-lesson curriculum unit on the study of imperfect tense verbs in Spanish. The unit, titled ¿Cómo eras tú de niño? (What Were You Like As a Child?) was designed for 8th grade English-speaking students of Spanish.

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The City Wild, Adele Conover May 2006

The City Wild, Adele Conover

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

It is an urban movement whose time has come. Although much of conservation remains focused on preserving unspoiled areas, an emerging view suggests preserving biodiversity in human habitats. With urban areas having become home to more people than rural areas, many scientists now argue that preserving human habitats is as essential to sustaining biodiversity as preserving the last great forests, grasslands and savannas.

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Using Environmental Education Centers To Support Incorporation Of Environmental Education In Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Preparation, Beth Shiner Klein And Andrea Lachance May 2006

Using Environmental Education Centers To Support Incorporation Of Environmental Education In Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Preparation, Beth Shiner Klein And Andrea Lachance

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Increasing pollution and global warming concerns, a deteriorating ozone layer, high levels of chemical toxins in soil and water, dwindling natural resources – concerns about our environment continue to grow as we struggle to meet the challenges of humans’ impact on our planet. If we are to have a citizenry who are environmentally literate to meet these challenges to the planet, then we must do more to integrate environmental education into the K-12 curriculum and to develop a force of teachers who can support children’s learning about environmental issues and stewardship of the earth.

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Review Of The Soul Unearthed, Charles Yaple May 2006

Review Of The Soul Unearthed, Charles Yaple

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

There are so many well-written essays in The Soul Unearthed it is difficult to select just a few to include in a one-page review. And, of course, other readers will take different pieces to heart. What follows here are descriptions of some articles that “spoke” to this reviewer.

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Walking Into Wonder, Cynthia Macleod May 2006

Walking Into Wonder, Cynthia Macleod

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Observant walking is not the kind of walking that most of us usually do, and it may be an entirely new experience for some of our students. Yet learning to walk with awareness can open us to a greater sense of connection with our surroundings and enable us to find joy in the specifics of our life settings. For our students, this personal connection to their immediate place can jump-start a lifetime of care for the environment. Taking class time to help students observe with wonder the world around them can give them a way of seeing the ordinary as …

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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 82, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections May 2006

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 82, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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Chaordic Ministry: Structuring Church Ministry For The Emerging Culture, Warren D. Schatz May 2006

Chaordic Ministry: Structuring Church Ministry For The Emerging Culture, Warren D. Schatz

Doctor of Ministry

Many churches are struggling to adapt to changing needs and characteristics of people in the twenty-first century. For decades churches operated by developing standardized programs to reach large groups of people with relatively homogenous needs. The fragmentation of culture into ever-smaller affinity circles means that people often have very different and unique needs from each other. Further, fragmentation has also affected the character and pattern of lifestyles in the emerging culture. There is no longer any standard pattern of work, recreation and home life. Each family has its own needs and its own schedule. This means people no longer have …

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Chaordic Ministry: Structuring Church Ministry For The Emerging Culture, Warren D. Schatz May 2006

Chaordic Ministry: Structuring Church Ministry For The Emerging Culture, Warren D. Schatz

Doctor of Ministry

Many churches are struggling to adapt to changing needs and characteristics of people in the twenty-first century. For decades churches operated by developing standardized programs to reach large groups of people with relatively homogenous needs. The fragmentation of culture into ever-smaller affinity circles means thatpeople often have very different and unique needs from each other. Further, fragmentation has also affected the character and pattern of lifestyles in the emerging culture. There is no longer any standard pattern of work, recreation and home life. Each family has its own needs and its own schedule. This means people no longer have the …

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Fat Teen Trouble: A Sociological Perspective Of Obesity In Adolescents, Katherine Malnor May 2006

Fat Teen Trouble: A Sociological Perspective Of Obesity In Adolescents, Katherine Malnor

Sociology Honors Projects

While many studies have sought to isolate some of the causes and possible solutions to the growing problem of childhood obesity in the United States, researchers have given scant attention to the influence of social factors on obesity. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, this study examines if social factors can explain adolescent obesity. Models predicting obesity as measured by body-mass-index found that different factors were associated with obesity for males and females, but had poor overall predictive power. Separate analysis of parents’ subjective assessment of adolescent obesity found different influences and no association with objective …

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Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 5, Issue 4, Wku Provost May 2006

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 5, Issue 4, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

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Impacts Of Feral And Free-Ranging Cats On Bird Species Of Conservation Concern, Linda Winter, George E. Wallace Ph.D. May 2006

Impacts Of Feral And Free-Ranging Cats On Bird Species Of Conservation Concern, Linda Winter, George E. Wallace Ph.D.

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

This report reviews cat predation impacts on rare birds in the states of New York, New Jersey, Flor¬ida, California, and Hawaii, reviews government-authorized programs and ordinances affecting feral and free-ranging cats and their management, and makes recommendations on better ways to manage cat overpopulation problems. Sites marked * are State Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and sites marked ** are Global IBAs as identified by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) in The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in The United States. These areas are considered high priorities for cat control to protect threatened bird species.

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Selective Male Mortality In The Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta, Gary N. Fritz, Robert K. Vander Meer, Catherine A. Preston May 2006

Selective Male Mortality In The Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta, Gary N. Fritz, Robert K. Vander Meer, Catherine A. Preston

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Males in polygyne populations of Solenopsis invicta are primarily sterile diploids and thought to not express the Gp-9 gene coding for a pheromone-binding protein affecting complex social behavior.We examined an aspect of the breeding system hitherto not considered—male Gp-9 genotypes in relation to sperm stored in queens. Four sites with varying frequencies of sympatric monogyne and polygyne colonies were sampled, including sexuals, workers, and broods from four colonies. Most queens were heterozygotes storing B sperm. Although predicted to be common, only 14 of 504 males were B or BB genotypes, suggesting strong selection. Increased frequency of polygyne colonies at each …

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Sequence Analysis Of The Rdna Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 And Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification Of Anopheles Fluminensis (Diptera: Culicidae: Anopheles) In Bolivia, Corey L. Brelsfoard, Gary Fritz, Roberto Rodriguez May 2006

Sequence Analysis Of The Rdna Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 And Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification Of Anopheles Fluminensis (Diptera: Culicidae: Anopheles) In Bolivia, Corey L. Brelsfoard, Gary Fritz, Roberto Rodriguez

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Anopheles fluminensis Root is a member of the Arribalzagia Series in the subgenus Anopheles. We report the first record of this species in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. This species was sampled from two locations in the foothills of the eastern Andes Mountains within the Chapare Valley. Larvae were collected in fast-flowing, shaded streams at the edges of rocky pools. We provide the first sequence data for the rDNA of An. fluminensis, a partial sequence of the 5.8S and the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2). The ITS2 of An. fluminensis, sequenced from two individuals at one site, was at least …

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Speech And Distrust: Rethinking The Content Approach To Protecting The Freedom Of Expression, Barry P. Mcdonald May 2006

Speech And Distrust: Rethinking The Content Approach To Protecting The Freedom Of Expression, Barry P. Mcdonald

Notre Dame Law Review

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Impact Of Environmental Disturbance On The Stability And Benefits Of Individual Status Within Dominance Hierarchies, Lynne U. Sneddon, Sophie Hawkesworth, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Julia Yerbury May 2006

Impact Of Environmental Disturbance On The Stability And Benefits Of Individual Status Within Dominance Hierarchies, Lynne U. Sneddon, Sophie Hawkesworth, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Julia Yerbury

Ethology Collection

Changes in environmental conditions affect social interactions and thus may modify an individual’s competitive ability within a social group. We subjected three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, housed in groups of four individuals, to environmental perturbations to assess the impact on dominance hierarchy stability. Hierarchy stability decreased during increased turbulence or lowered water levels (‘simulated drought’) whereas control hierarchies became more stable in a constant environment. The dominant individual either became more aggressive and remained dominant during the environmental manipulation or was usurped by a lower rank member. Only simulated drought affected rates of aggression where levels of aggression were higher after …

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Using Self-Organizing Maps To Recognize Acoustic Units Associated With Information Content In Animal Vocalizations, John Placer, C. N. Slobodchikoff, Jason Burns, Jeffrey Placer, Ryan Middleton May 2006

Using Self-Organizing Maps To Recognize Acoustic Units Associated With Information Content In Animal Vocalizations, John Placer, C. N. Slobodchikoff, Jason Burns, Jeffrey Placer, Ryan Middleton

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

Kohonen self-organizing neural networks, also called self-organizing maps (SOMs), have been used successfully to recognize human phonemes and in this way to aid in human speech recognition. This paper describes how SOMS also can be used to associate specific information content with animal vocalizations. A SOM was used to identify acoustic units in Gunnison’s prairie dog alarm calls that were vocalized in the presence of three different predator species. Some of these acoustic units and their combinations were found exclusively in the alarm calls associated with a particular predator species and were used to associate predator species information with individual …

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Acoustic Structures In The Alarm Calls Of Gunnison’S Prairie Dogs, C. N. Slobodchikoff, J. Placer May 2006

Acoustic Structures In The Alarm Calls Of Gunnison’S Prairie Dogs, C. N. Slobodchikoff, J. Placer

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

Acoustic structures of sound in Gunnison’s prairie dog alarm calls are described, showing how these acoustic structures may encode information about three different predator species (red-tailed hawk—Buteo jamaicensis; domestic dog—Canis familaris; and coyote—Canis latrans). By dividing each alarm call into 25 equal-sized partitions and using resonant frequencies within each partition, commonly occurring acoustic structures were identified as components of alarm calls for the three predators. Although most of the acoustic structures appeared in alarm calls elicited by all three predator species, the frequency of occurrence of these acoustic structures varied among the alarm calls for the different predators, suggesting that …

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The Effects Of Romano-Persian Interaction On The Cultures Of The Cities On The Syrian Limes Of The Roman Empire, Matthew Selmer May 2006

The Effects Of Romano-Persian Interaction On The Cultures Of The Cities On The Syrian Limes Of The Roman Empire, Matthew Selmer

Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects

Despite the almost continuous state of war that existed between the Roman and Persian Empires from the first century BCE until the destruction of the Sassanid Persian Empire, cultural exchange between East and West occurred frequently in the cities on the borders of these two empires. Despite their more apparent influences of Rome and Persia, local culture often had far reaching effects, not only in their respective cities and territories, but throughout Antiquity. This paper seeks to explore and explain the nature of this phenomenon and to give a new face to the relationships between the cultures and peoples that …

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Wayward Nuns, Randy Priests, And Women's Autonomy: "Convent Abuse" And The Threat To Protestant Patriarchy In Victorian England, Cassandra N. Berman May 2006

Wayward Nuns, Randy Priests, And Women's Autonomy: "Convent Abuse" And The Threat To Protestant Patriarchy In Victorian England, Cassandra N. Berman

Religious Studies Honors Projects

This paper examines anti-Catholicism in Victorian England in conjunction with the birth of modern feminism, the changing nature of women’s roles, and the attendant phenomenon of “convent abuse” tales in popular literature. These tales are distinguished from other forms of anti-Catholicism by their focus on gender and sexual perversity. The convent provides a setting for the complete rejection of traditional Protestant gender roles and the stories betray fear of women’s crossover into a male dominated world. Though I acknowledge these tales as anti-Catholic, I reanalyze them as expressions of Protestant unrest over the freedoms women were gaining in the mid-1800s.

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Somato-Dendritic Morphology Predicts Physiology For Neurons That Contribute To Several Kinds Of Limb Movements, Ari Berkowitz, Gina L.C. Yosten, R. Mark Ballard May 2006

Somato-Dendritic Morphology Predicts Physiology For Neurons That Contribute To Several Kinds Of Limb Movements, Ari Berkowitz, Gina L.C. Yosten, R. Mark Ballard

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

It has been difficult to predict the behavioral roles of vertebrate CNS neurons based solely on their morphologies, especially for the neurons that control limb movements in adults. We examined the morphologies of spinal interneurons involved in limb movement control, using intracellular recording followed by Neurobiotin injection in the in vivo adult turtle spinal cord preparation. We report here the first description of a class of spinal interneurons whose somato-dendritic morphologies predict their robust activity during multiple forms of ipsilateral and contralateral fictive hindlimb scratching and fictive hindlimb withdrawal. These "transverse interneurons" or T cells have mediolaterally elongated soma and …

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The Nighthawk Review, 2006, Usu Eastern English Department May 2006

The Nighthawk Review, 2006, Usu Eastern English Department

Nighthawk Review

An annual publication featuring student work from Utah State University Eastern Campus.

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Host-Parasite Relatedness In Wood Ducks: Patterns Of Kinship And Parasite Success, Charlotte Nielsen, Brad Semel, Paul Sherman, David Westneat, Patricia Parker May 2006

Host-Parasite Relatedness In Wood Ducks: Patterns Of Kinship And Parasite Success, Charlotte Nielsen, Brad Semel, Paul Sherman, David Westneat, Patricia Parker

Biology Department Faculty Works

We investigated the role of kinship in intraspecific nest parasitism of wood ducks (Aix sponsa). Among waterfowl, female philopatry creates the potential for female relatives to nest in proximity. Costs of intraspecific nest parasitism to host females may be reduced if parasites lay eggs with kin. However, previous observations of marked wood ducks indicated that females avoided parasitizing clutch mates or the female that incubated them. To further examine the role of kinship, we determined the genotypes of 27 host-parasite pairs at five microsatellite loci. Average relatedness between hosts and all females laying parasitic eggs was only 0.04 ± 0.03. …

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Members In Business And Industry, May 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) May 2006

Members In Business And Industry, May 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

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Island Times, May 2006, Mary Lou Wendell, David Tyler May 2006

Island Times, May 2006, Mary Lou Wendell, David Tyler

Island Times Newspaper, 2006

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Fisheries Research Report No.156 - Review Of Fishery Resources And Status Of Key Fishery Stocks In The Swan-Canning Estuary, Kimberley A. Smith May 2006

Fisheries Research Report No.156 - Review Of Fishery Resources And Status Of Key Fishery Stocks In The Swan-Canning Estuary, Kimberley A. Smith

Fisheries Research Reports

This report synthesises data from the commercial and recreational fisheries of the Swan-Canning Estuary (hereafter Swan Estuary), as well as relevant biological and environmental data. This information is used to provide an overview of the fisheries, assess the current status of important stocks and highlight changes in the abundances of various fish species in the estuary over recent decades.

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Teaching Students In Grades K-2 Effective Conflict Resolution Skills: A Curricular Unit, Marissa Wilkerson May 2006

Teaching Students In Grades K-2 Effective Conflict Resolution Skills: A Curricular Unit, Marissa Wilkerson

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The purpose of this project will be to develop a curricular unit that can be used to teach students in Kindergarten through second grade how to use effective, constructive conflict resolution techniques with one another. Also, this curricular unit will include methods for the establishment of a kind and cooperative classroom climate and to teach students the communication skills necessary for effective conflict resolution. This researcher has searched for the lessons and activities that best exemplify what have been determined to be the six most important steps to teach conflict resolution: (a) establish a positive classroom climate, (b) teach students …

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Foraging Fruit Flies: Lagrangian And Eulerian Descriptions Of Insect Swarming, Joesph Majkut May 2006

Foraging Fruit Flies: Lagrangian And Eulerian Descriptions Of Insect Swarming, Joesph Majkut

HMC Senior Theses

In this work, I seek to model swarms of fruit flies, drosophila melanogaster, whose flights are characterized by straight flight segments interrupted by rapid turns called saccades. These flights are reminiscent of Levy-distributed random walks which are known to lead to efficient search behavior. I build two types of model for swarms of foraging fruit flies, whose behavior depends on swarm density and chemoattractant concentration, using rules inspired by experimentally observed flight patterns. First I will present a Lagrangian model where the path of each individual fly is tracked. I will also consider an Eulerian model where the fruit fly …

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Succession, Invasion, & Coexistence: Pdes In Ecology, Simon Maccracken Stump May 2006

Succession, Invasion, & Coexistence: Pdes In Ecology, Simon Maccracken Stump

HMC Senior Theses

We study the behavior of diffusive Lotka-Volterra systems in environments with spatially varying carrying capacities. In particular, we use numeric and analytic techniques to study two similar models for population growth, in order to determine their qualitative differences. Additionally, we investigate competition models in the presence of periodic disasters, in order to determine what factors affect competitive dominance. We found that under conditions of high spatial heterogeneity, the model for population growth was the main factor determining coexistence. Under low spatial heterogeneity, the effect of disturbance on the stronger competitor was the main factor determining coexistence.

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