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The Spanish Assistant, James Randolph Campbell

Theses Digitization Project

The Spanish Assistant is an electronic resource created with Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver and Hot Potatoes 6, to help students in their quest to learn Spanish faster and easier. This project includes a discussion of the processes used to analyze, develop, design, implement and evaluate the electronic resource.

Impact Of Parental Visitation On The Behavior Of Foster Children, Tricia Lynn Haggerty

Theses Digitization Project

This study employed a behavioral symptom checklist filled out by foster parents to examine the impact of biological parents' visits on the behavior of children in foster care. It includes recommendations on educating both foster and birth parents' regarding the effect of these visits.

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Winter 2006, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

Differences In Mnemonic Processing By Neurons In The Human Hippocampus And Parahippocampal Regions, Indre Viskontas, B. J. Knowlton, P. N. Steinmetz, I. Fried

Psychology

Different structures within the medial-temporal lobe likely make distinct contributions to declarative memory. In particular, several current psychological and computational models of memory predict that the hippocampus and parahippocampal regions play different roles in the formation and retrieval of declarative memories [e.g., Norman, K. A., & O'Reilly, R. C. Modeling hippocampal and neocortical contributions to recognition memory: A complementary-learning systems approach. Psychological Review, 110, 611-646, 2003]. Here, we examined the neuronal firing patterns in these two regions during recognition memory. Recording directly from neurons in humans, we find that cells in both regions respond to novel stimuli with an increase …

The Western Response To 9/11, Philip Towle

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

It was politically and strategically unwise for the Bush administration to use the term "war on terror" after 9/11.

Cold Shock Domain Family Members Yb-1 And Msy4 Share Essential Functions During Murine Embryogenesis, Zhi Hong Lu, Jason T. Books, Timothy J. Ley

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Maturation Of Intracellular Escherichia Coli Communities Requires Sura, Sheryl S. Justice, Scott R. Lauer, Scott J. Hultgren, David A. Hunstad

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Lung Surfactant Collectins On Bronchoalveolar Macrophage Interaction With Blastomyces Dermatitidis: Inhibition Of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production By Surfactant Protein D, Madhavi Lekkala, Ann Marie Levine, Michael J. Linke, Erika C. Crouch, Bruce Linders, Elmer Brummer, David A. Stevens

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Shia Abrogates The Innate T-Cell Response To Shigella Flexneri Infection, Molly A. Ingersoll, Arturo Zychlinsky

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli In The Fecal Microflora Of Children, Xuan Qin, Yasmin Razia, James R. Johnson, Jennifer R. Stapp, Daniel R. Boster, Treva Tsosie, Donna L. Smith, Christopher R. Braden, Kathryn Gay, Frederick J. Angulo, Phillip I. Tarr

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Targeted Disruption Of Fibulin-4 Abolishes Elastogenesis And Causes Perinatal Lethality In Mice, Precious J. Mclaughlin, Qiuyun Chen, Masahito Horiguchi, Barry C. Starcher, J. Brett Stanton, Thomas J. Broekelmann, Alan D. Marmorstein, Brian Mckay, Robert Mecham, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Lihua Y. Marmorstein

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Personal And Political Bias In The Debate Over Federal Income Taxation Rates And Progressivity, Richard J. Kovach

Akron Tax Journal

Unlike the commentaries of flat tax proponents, this article will not attempt to dispel the notion of progressive taxation. Rather, this article will first question whether professors who write about tax policy can as a group reach unbiased conclusions about progressivity policy. Next, this article will address a few progressivity concepts that fuel taxation debates. Finally, this commentary will outline some ideas for structuring the federal income taxation system in ways that reduce political rancor and potentially create reasonable acceptance by tax producers, tax beneficiaries, and their respective advocates.

The Heroic Nature Of Tax Lawyers, Erik M. Jensen

Faculty Publications

This essay uses John Grisham’s monumental work, 'The Firm,' to refute the notion that tax lawyers are nerds. A tax lawyer himself, the author challenges anyone who disagrees with him to a duel with broadswords.

Karin Michaelis: Famous Danish Novelist And Humanitarian Rebel With A Cause, Merete Von Eyben

The Bridge

Consider the following question: Which Danish author was not only one of the most famous European authors in the early part of the twentieth century, but also one of the most widely read female ones; had all of her books translated into German and some of them into as many as 30 other languages; wrote the most notorious bestseller of that period; celebrated her 60th birthday at a banquet hosted by Austrian PEN in Vienna where she was awarded both an Austrian and a Czechoslovakian medal and honored by the German language papers as Europe's Conscience; had her books banned …

Science Vs. Mormonism: The Dangers Of Dogmatism And Sloppy Reading, Robert R. Bennett

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Duwayne R. Anderson. Farewell to Eden: Coming to Terms with Mormonism and Science.

Alumni News, Linfield Magazine Staff

Linfield Magazine

Schedule of upcoming events and brief articles about alumni activities

Effect Of In Ovo Exposure To Pcbs And Hg On Clapper Rail Bone Mineral Chemistry From A Contaminated Salt Marsh In Coastal Georgia, Alejandro Rodriquez-Navarro, Christopher S. Romanek, Pedro Alvarez-Lloret, Karen F. Gaines

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The effect of Hg and PCBs (Aroclor 1268) on bone characteristics was investigated in a population of Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) inhabiting contaminated and unimpacted estuarine marsh systems in coastal Georgia. Exposure to contaminants did not affect the length or weight of leg bones, but it significantly altered the chemical composition of the bone. Specifically, bone in the contaminated site had a higher Ca to P, and lower carbonate and acid phosphate content. These characteristics are typical of more mature bone mineral and indicate that toxicants have accelerated bone maturation. FTIR spectroscopy data revealed a dose dependent change in the …

Annual Report, 2006, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. J. William Fulbright College Of Arts And Sciences. King Fahd Center For Middle East Studies

King Fahd Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies Annual Report

Program Director: Tom Paradise, 2005-2009; Joel Gordon, 2009-

Data Distribution And Archiving In Support Of The Agricultural Ecosystems Program, Gail Steinhart

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

No abstract provided.

Reviews And End Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration, Contemporary Design, by Valerie Hector (2005), reviewed by Alice Scherer

Beads of Borneo, by Heidi Munan (2005), reviewed by Hwei-Fe'n Cheah.

Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 18 (Complete)

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

No abstract provided.

Validation Of Water Flux And Body Composition In Glaucous Gulls (Larus Hyperboreus), Scott A. Shaffer, Gabrielsen, G.W., Verreault, J, Costa, D.P

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

Water influx rates (WIR) measured with tritiated water dilution were compared with direct measures of water and energy intake in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus). Total body water (TBW) measured isotopically was also compared with TBW determined by body composition analysis (BCA) of the same birds. Seventeen wild gulls were captured and studied in outdoor enclosures at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in July 2002. Gulls were hand-fed known quantities of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) or given water on the basis of one of four experimental treatments: (A) fasting, (B) fish only, (C) water only, or (D) fish and water. Water and energy content …

Testing Intervention Strategies To Reduce The Prevalence Of Lung Lesions In Lambs, Jay A. Daniel, Jeff E. Held

South Dakota Sheep Research Reports, 2006-07

We have previously demonstrated that lung lesions decrease average daily gain in lambs. We have also observed fall born lambs have a lower prevalence of lung lesions than spring born lambs. The different prevalence in lung lesions between spring and fall born lambs suggests that lung lesions can be prevented. Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica and/or Pasteurella multocida are present in lambs with moderate or severe lung lesions, but not in lambs with normal lung tissue. In serial slaughter studies, we observed lung lesions formed post-weaning. Therefore, we designed two studies to test possible intervention strategies to reduce the prevalence or severity …

Shearing Lambs Improves Growth Performance During Periods With Elevated Thermal Load, Jake J. Herrig, Simone M. Holt, J.A. Daniel

South Dakota Sheep Research Reports, 2006-07

The purpose of this study was to determine if average daily gain (ADG) is improved in shorn lambs versus non-shorn lambs in the summer months in the upper Midwestern United States. Forty-nine purebred Hampshire and Columbia ram (n = 10 Hampshire and 4 Columbia) and ewe (n = 22 Hampshire and 13 Columbia) lambs were grouped by breed, sex, age (104 ± 1.7 days of age), and initial weight (109 ± 3.5 lbs) into shorn (n=26) and non-shorn (n=23) groups. After shearing (3 June 2004), shorn sheep had approximately 0.1 inches of wool-cover. Lambs were weighed 1, 29, and 57 …

Predictions On Preserving Bone Mass In Knee Arthroplasty With Bisphosphonates, Jeffry S. Nyman, Juan J. Rodrigo, Scott J. Hazelwood, Oscar C. Yeh, R. Bruce Martin

Biomedical Engineering

Using a computational model of bone adaptation, we investigated the long-term ability of bisphosphonates to minimize proximal bone loss that is associated with stress shielding in the tibia after long-stemmed total knee arthroplasty (TKA). When invoking bisphosphonate effects, the remodeling activity was suppressed, and the resorption size was reduced. Compared with the untreated simulation, bisphosphonate slowed the rate of bone loss after TKA (42% reduction in bone loss at 1 year). Activating the drug 3 months before the surgery reversed bone loss associated with the reduction in such activities as walking, but it did not provide any substantial benefit in …

Annual Summary Of Grant And Contract Activity Fiscal Year 2006, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

No abstract provided.

Proposals Submitted In Fiscal Year 2006, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

No abstract provided.

South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2006-07 Swimming And Diving Media Guide, South Dakota State University

Jackrabbit Swimming and Diving Media Guides (2006-2015)

Coaches [page] 2
2006-07 Men's Team [page] 3-10
2006-07 Women's Team [page] 11-23
Awards [page] 24
History [page] 25-27
About SDSU [page] 28-32

Evaluation Of Reproduction And Blood Metabolites In Beef Heifers Fed Dried Distillers Grains Plus Solubles And Soybean Hulls During Late Gestation, Chanda L. Engel, H. H. Trey Patterson, Ron Haigh, Jason Johnson, Mindy Hubert, Brandi Perry, George A. Perry

South Dakota Beef Report, 2006

Dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) contain a significant amount of both undegradable intake protein and fat, which have both been shown to increase reproductive performance when supplemented to heifers during gestation. The mechanisms leading to enhanced reproduction when fat or UIP are supplemented have not been fully defined. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate DDGS or soybean hulls (SBH) fed during the last trimester of gestation on circulating concentrations of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and reproductive efficiency. Ninety-five crossbred heifers were grouped by expected calving date, BW, BCS, and randomly assigned to DDGS …

Prevention And Treatment: Grass Tetany, Cody Wright, Eric Mousel, Russ Daly

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Lush, green, rapidly growing grasses present a considerable risk for grass tetany, regardless of season. The combination of high potassium and low magnesium and calcium in these forages is thought to be the primary cause of grass tetany. Because of the increased forage production and growth rate, cattle grazing fertilized pastures are generally at higher risk. The principal factor that influences concentration and availability of magnesium to both the plant and the animal is potassium. High concentrations of potassium negatively affect soil magnesium uptake by plants. High nitrogen concentrations following fertilizer applications also may limit magnesium availability.