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Woodlot Ownership And Forest Cover In Maine, Liza Mitchell ('08)

Atlas of Maine

The Woodlot Ownership map was created using data from the Maine Office of GIS and analyzed using ArcGIS 9. The data show where woodlots are located and the category of ownership as well as the density of forest cover across the state.

Educational Opportunities And Average Income In Maine Towns, Sharon Mcmonagle ('06)

Atlas of Maine

This map shows the locations of schools and libraries in Maine. Schools include public and private K-12 schools, public and private colleges, as well as vocational and technical colleges. Libraries include local, school, and college libraries. The mean income for each town was obtained from census data. The goal of the map is to analyze the relationship between economic characteristics of a school district and the availability of resources associated with educational opportunity.

Spatial Analysis Of Colby College Trails: Perkins Arboretum And Runnals Hill, Jacqueline Rolleri ('05)

Atlas of Maine

I created an updated map of trails at Colby College using global positioning system data that were then edited in ArcGIS. The map background, obtained from the Maine Office of GIS, was created from digital orthophotographs produced from aerial photos collected over southwest Maine in Spring 2003. Trail difficulty was determined by creating a slope layer and taking other factors into consideration such as ground surface and path width. The map will eventually be available online, enabling interactive selection of trails where users can access additional trail information.

A Spatial Analysis Of Impervious Surfaces At Colby College In 1965 And 2006, Katherine Renwick ('07)

Atlas of Maine

Roads, parking lots, buildings, and other impervious surfaces do not allow rainwater to infiltrate the ground. As a result, they can lead to an increase in runoff to nearby ditches and streams, as well as a greater influx of pollutants such as motor oil that can often be found on paved surfaces. For this project, GIS was used to find the total area covered by impervious surfaces on the Colby campus, and to show how this area has grown in the past 40 years. It was found that new development on the campus has lead to a 56% increase in …

Estimating The Impact Of Catastrophic Sea Level Rise In Maine, Randa Capponi ('06), Gregory Lashoto ('07 J), Sharon Mcmonagle ('06), Christopher Russoniello ('06)

Atlas of Maine

Maine's 3,500 miles of coastline is the longest coastline in the continental US. The goal of our study was to use GIS to estimate the impact future global sea level rise could potentially have on our state. We show the area of coastline and some of the economic and social impacts that would result from a rise of one meter and six meters. We used roads to estimate the impact on infrastructure and public building, including schools, libraries, hospitals, police and fire stations, as a measure of social impact. A sea level rise of six meters would result in a …

Conservation Land And Human Presence Surrounding Roseate Tern, Lest Tern And Piping Plover Nest Sites In Maine, Rachel Terry ('07 J)

Atlas of Maine

A map showing the nest site locations of three endangered species of shore bird in the state of Maine as they relate to human presence and conservation efforts. Least terns, roseate terns, and piping plovers are highly effected by human presence in their nesting areas. This map indicates where roads and boat launches bring people into the fragile nesting and brooding sites of these birds.

Feasibility Of The Reintroduction Of Wolves In Maine: A Gis Study, Caitlin Cleaver ('06), Liza Mitchell ('08), Caroline Polgar ('06), Samuel Weeks ('06)

Atlas of Maine

The eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) once inhabited Maine, as well as the rest of the eastern United States and southern Canada. As a result of human land use and widespread extermination campaigns, wolf numbers dramatically decreased, and by the early twentieth century, no wolves remained in Maine. As large carnivorous and territorial mammals, wolves require contiguous undeveloped areas with abundant prey. This project is a feasibility study that identifies the areas in Maine that are suitable for the reintroduction of wolves. We used GIS modeling to identify contiguous forested areas over 1,000 km2, calculate road and population density, …

Developing A Model For Pedestrian Route Selection At Colby, Alexander Mcpherson ('07)

Atlas of Maine

Millions of unconscious calculations are made daily by pedestrians walking through the Colby College campus. I used ArcGIS to make a predictive spatial model that chose paths similar to those that are actually used by people on a regular basis. To make a viable model of how most travelers choose their way, I considered both the distance required and the type of traveling surface. I used an iterative process to develop a scheme for weighting travel costs which resulted in accurate least-cost paths to be predicted by ArcMap. The accuracy was confirmed when the calculated routes were compared to satellite …

Prioritizing Land Purchases For The Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, Hilary Langer ('06), Karen Prisby ('07), Rachel Terry ('07)

Atlas of Maine

The Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance is an organization that is dedicated to preserving land and water quality in the Belgrade Lakes region in Maine. The BRCA holds land in such towns as Belgrade, Mount Vernon, New Sharon, Vienna, Rome, Smithfield, and Oakland. The BRCA is looking to expand its acreage in and around these areas to better accommodate the public and to promote the ongoing effort to conserve land as part of the Kennebec Highlands Project. The BRCA is currently considering parcels of 50+ acres in New Sharon, Rome, Belgrade, and Mount Vernon. In order to identify possible suitable parcels, …

Solar Panel Modeling On Suitable Roofs At Colby, Sarah Kelly ('06), Scott Shahverdian ('06)

Atlas of Maine

With the recent construction of Colby Green and the current plans for the construction of several new buildings, the total area for future development on campus has declined. The goal of this study was to illustrate existing campus development and to determine where future growth could occur. GIS was used in determining the different soil systems on campus, the current use of the land, and the boundaries of the Colby property. The project shows what potential obstacles the college will have in attempting to expand the campus and proposes where the best options are for construction.

New Expression: April/May 2006 (Volume 29, Issue 3), Columbia College Chicago

New Expression

April/May 2006, Volume 29, Issue 3, edition of New Expression, a news publication researched, contributed, written, and edited by Chicago high school journalists

Breathing Easier About Air Quality, Joel Schwartz

Center for Applied Economics

Most people associate air pollution with automobiles and factories. But air pollution has been a part of human existence for thousands of years, and accounts of noxious urban air go back to ancient times. The Roman statesman Seneca bemoaned, “the stink, soot, and heavy air” of Rome in 61 AD.1 London has suffered from air pollution since the Middle Ages, when coal became a common fuel in smithies and lime burners. The problem was bad enough that King Edward I in 1285 created a commission to improve the city’s air quality.2

Today, despite vast increases in energy production, motorized transportation, …

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2006, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

John Muir's World Tour (part III) Introduction by W. R. Swagerty Director, John Muir Center In this issue, we resume John Muir's unpublished notebooks from his World Tour, 1903-1904. This double issue covers the dates August 18 through November 2, 1903, all recorded in notebook number fifty of the John Muir Papers at University of the Pacific. The transcription by Pulizer-prize winner and Muir-biographer Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945) is part of her papers, also at Pacific in Holt-Atherton Special Collections, a subset of.. ' the Muir Papers. The Wolfe Papers are described thus in the on-line catalog to Holt-Atherton Department …

Macalester Today Spring 2006, Macalester College

Macalester Today

No abstract provided.

Testing Hypotheses On Simulated Data: Why Traditional Hypotheses-Testing Statistics Are Not Always Adequate For Simulated Data, And How To Modify Them, Richard Aló, Vladik Kreinovich, Scott A. Starks

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

To check whether a new algorithm is better, researchers use traditional statistical techniques for hypotheses testing. In particular, when the results are inconclusive, they run more and more simulations (n2>n1, n3>n2, ..., nm) until the results become conclusive. In this paper, we point out that these results may be misleading. Indeed, in the traditional approach, we select a statistic and then choose a threshold for which the probability of this statistic "accidentally" exceeding this threshold is smaller than, say, 1%. It is very easy to run additional simulations with ever-larger n. The probability of error is still 1% …

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Spring 2006, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

College Of Arts & Sciences Newsletter Vol. 7 No. 2 Spring 2006, College Of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

A Publication for Friends of the College of Arts & Sciences

Zephyr: The Seventh Issue, Zephyr Faculty Advisor, Jamie Thompson, Emma Bouthillette, Brittany Campbell, Alissa Ehmke, Abby Elliott, Courtney Hartelius, Brady Potter

Zephyr

This is the seventh issue of Zephyr, the University of New England's journal of creative expression. Since 2000, Zephyr has published original drawings, paintings, photography, prose, and verse created by current and former members of the University community. Zephyr's Editorial Board is made up exclusively of matriculating students.

Camas, Spring 2006

Camas

Secret Passages / Teresa Ponikvar -- Beyond the Highway Towns / Heather McKee -- Wildcat’s Revenge / Matthew S. Frank -- Rules for Living at the Urban - Wildland Interface / James McLaughlin -- Moa Hunting / Kim Todd -- Poetry / Jeremy Pataky, Jeff Ross -- First Person / Robin Patten -- Left / Genevieve Jessop Marsh

Rocks In Gettysburg College History, Harold J. Stevens

Hidden in Plain Sight Projects

The glittering stones fill the cases in the lower lobby of the science center. Each one is has a tag saying where it was collected and what kind of rock formation it is. The cases themselves add to the feeling of being in a museum. Each rock is in pristine order and in good condition, very professional. While it is still not the most noticed of all collections on campus (located as it is on the bottom floor of the Science Center), it is still more obvious than it was just a few years ago. The rock collection is actually …

Gatherings No. 37 Fall/Spring 2005-2006, Friends Of The University Libraries

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

Complete issue of Gatherings no. 37. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

Fast Computation Of Centroids For Constant-Width Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets, Jerry M. Mendel, Hongwei Wu, Vladik Kreinovich, Gang Xiang

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Interval-valued fuzzy sets provide a more adequate description of uncertainty than traditional fuzzy sets; it is therefore important to use interval-valued fuzzy sets in applications. One of the main applications of fuzzy sets is fuzzy control, and one of the most computationally intensive part of fuzzy control is defuzzification. Since a transition to interval-valued fuzzy sets usually increases the amount of computations, it is vitally important to design faster algorithms for the corresponding defuzzification. In this paper, we provide such an algorithm for a practically important case of constant-width interval-valued fuzzy sets

"Shared Waters," Shared History, Sharon Carlson

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Spring 2006, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• One man's treasure: Anthropologist Michael Nassaney has made a career of exploring history by uncovering everyday items previous generations have left behind. • The pressure to succeed: Two WMU engineers team up with Haworth Inc. to build a chair that offers pressure in all the right places. • Going the distance: Enrollment manager John Beacon leaves little to chance. He's making recruitment and retention the business of the entire WMU community. • College news • Campus places • Classnotes/Obituaries

Unlv Magazine, Carol C. Harter, Joe Cockrell, Tony Allen, Regina Bacolas, Lori Bachand, Jennifer Lawson, Bret C. Birdsong, Steve Parker, Erin O'Donnell, Jennifer Robison

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

Akuh Nairobi Staff Newsletter, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi Archives

Content:

- The Vision

- Three New Operating Theatres Now Open

- Ist Multidisciplinary Int. Scientific Conference

- Message from the COO's Desk

- Welcome to Guests from AKUH (K)

- What is a University Hospital

- New Appointments

- Trauma Training for team of 30 University Physicians

- Schedule of Events

- Past Evens

2006 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

No abstract provided.

A Study On The Cytological Effects Of Myrobalan (Fruit Of Terminalia Chebula) In Allium Tests, H. S. Rathore Et Al.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The present study was aimed to find the cytogenetic effects of myrobalan using Allium cepa as a model system. The onion bulbs were grown in the suspension of myrobalan in tap water at various concentrations (0.01, 0.10, 1.0, 10.0 and 30 mg/ml) for 96 hours. The mean root length, the colour of growing roots as well as the mitotic index and chromosomal aberrations were observed in the presence of myrolaban, in order to assess the cytological effects of myrobalan. The colour of growing roots was not affected at 0.01 and 0.1 mg/ml myrobalan concentrations, while it appeared pale at 1 …

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, Carol C. Harter, Cate Weeks, Mamie Peers, Regina Vaccari

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Nota Bene; Volume Xx, Number I, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.