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A Multiple Stable Isotope Study Of Steller Sea Lions And Bowhead Whales: Signals Of A Changing Northern Environment, Pieter Andrew Dehart

Marine Biology

The North Pacific and Arctic marine realm is currently experiencing dramatic environmental changes as a result of global climate change. Stable isotope analysis of western arctic bowhead whales (WABW, Balaena mysticetus ) and Steller sea lions (SSL, Eumetopias jubatus) were conducted to examine the influence of these changes on life history characteristics (migration and foraging) of these marine mammals. WABW baleen plates were analyzed for their stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition (delta 18O and deltaD) and were compared to the delta18O and deltaD in water and zooplankton prey along their seasonal migratory route. The delta18O and deltaD varied along …

Distribution, Growth And Egg Production Of Euphausiids In The Northern Gulf Of Alaska, Alexei I. Pinchuk

Marine Biology

The euphausiids Thysanoessa inermis, Thysanoessa spinifera and Euphausia pacifica are key pelagic grazers and important prey for many vertebrates in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This thesis provides the first account of distribution, egg production, growth, development, and temporal variability in abundance of the euphausiids in relation to environmental variations in the northern GOA. T. inermis and T spinifera were abundant on the shelf within 120-130 km from the coast, while E. pacifica originated from offshore and was advected onto the shelf during summer. E. pacifica produced multiple broods with brood size strongly related to ambient chlorophyll a concentrations. In …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

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Socioeconomic Review Of Alaska's Bristol Bay Region, Marie Lowe

ISER Reports

This report provides a “desktop” socioeconomic and sociocultural review of the Bristol Bay Region prepared for the North Star Group by the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Using secondary sources, the report characterizes the local population and its history by examining events that have influenced social change and how locals have adapted to that change. It reviews current social and economic issues in the region to provide a context for potential future mining development. Part 1 presents a regional overview with a description of Bristol Bay’s cultural history, demography, economy, institutions, and …

The Foraker Group Report On The Alaska Nonprofit Economy, Scott Goldsmith

ISER Reports

The nonprofit sector comprises those nongovernmental organizations, commonly known as 501c corporations, that are exempt from the federal corporate income tax. As such, they are a large and very diverse group, as reflected in the different categories identified in the federal tax code. Although comprising a broad array of activities, the entities in the nonprofit sector can be characterized by the following six characteristics: First, they serve some public purpose and contribute to the public good. Second, they involve some voluntary participation, typically in the form of a board of directors, but often involving voluntary labor as well. Third, they …

Health Assessment In The Bowhead Whale, Cheryl Rosa

Biological Sciences

Tissue samples and morphometric data were collected from 64 bowhead whales landed during the 1998-2002 subsistence hunts in Barrow and Kaktovik, Alaska. Our primary goal was to assess the health status of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whales. Ages of whales were determined via aspartic acid racemization of the eye lens nucleus, baleen stable carbon isotope analysis and morphometric and histologic indices. We investigated the gross and microscopic anatomy of organs and blubber, thyroid hormone concentrations, serum haptoglobin, vitamin A and E concentrations in liver, blubber and serum and essential element concentrations in liver and kidney. Thyroid hormone and …

April 17, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Disclosure Interviews Ida Susser. Women's Autonomy And The Political Contours Of Hiv/Aids In Southern Africa

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

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Spring 2006, Cie Newsletter, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

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Volume 43, Number 32: April 14, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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04-14-2006 Swosu Students Hold Research Fair, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2006

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s 13th annual Student Research/Scholarly Activity Fair was recently held on the Weatherford campus. Nearly 110 students and 26 faculty sponsors presented posters and podium sessions.

Washington University Record, April 14, 2006

Washington University Record

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A Probabilistic Approach To Model The Nonisothermal Nucleation Of Triacylglycerol Melts, Alejandro G. Marangoni, Thomas C. Aurand, Silvana Martini, Michel Ollivon

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Crystallization studies are usually performed under isothermal conditions. Kinetic parameters characterizing the isothermal nucleation and growth processes can be obtained using classical nucleation and growth models. However, crystallization regimes found in nature, as well as those used in food and pharmaceutical processing, are rarely isothermal. Focusing on the nucleation stage, the approach followed in this work was to define a new parameter to characterize the driving force of nucleation, the supercooling-time exposure (β), which not only depends on the difference between the melting temperature (Tm) and the onset temperature of nucleation (Tc) ΔTc but also on the induction time of …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 95 [96], No. 44 (April 14, 2006), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 95, but it is the 96th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Before The Inca: Prehistoric Dietary Transitions In The Argentine Cuyo, Nicole Shelnut

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A dietary reconstruction was performed in order to understand changing prehistoric subsistence patterns in the Central Andean geographical area of the Argentine Cuyo that includes the provinces of San Juan and Mendoza. Archaeologically, the Cuyo is also known as a boundary between Andean agriculturalists and the foragers of Patagonia. One hypothesis being tested is whether this area was one of the last South American cultural groups to convert to maize cultivation, probably around 2000 BP. The process of stable isotope analysis is used to reconstruct the diets of individuals, as it reveals the relative proportions of C3 and C4 plants …

Athena Research Conference, Lynn Allchin, Barbara Jacobs

School of Nursing Scholarly Works

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The Express: April 13, 2006, Taylor University Fort Wayne

2005-2006 (Volume 10)

CLL plans for two new programs — Mr. TUFW 2006 — Hollywood director teaches script writing at TUFW — Practicums provide students with real world experience — Students take “Operation Love” to the Dominican Republic — Battered women find solace at “A Friend’s House” — Falcon Day

April 13, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Commonwealth Times 2006-04-13

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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April 13, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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Fishlines, 2006, N/A N/A

Fishlines

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National Youth Service Day: A Youth Development Strategy, Silvia Blitzer Golombek

Journal of Youth Development

A growing number of studies show connections between youth participation in service and service-learning opportunities and positive behavior outcomes. Building on this data, the article presents National Youth Service Day (NYSD) as a program that can be incorporated into ongoing activities to enhance youth development goals. The paper describes the program’s components: building a network of support organizations, offering project planning grants, providing service-learning materials, and developing a media and advocacy campaign. Examples of NYSD projects show how project planners are using the program to learn and practice academic and non-academic skills. A review of evaluations to date indicates the …

Responsible Marine Wildlife Viewing, Terry Johnson

Alaska Seas and Coasts

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Kristin Serna Wins Technos International Prize, Ann Aubry

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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National Youth Service Day: A Youth Development Strategy, Silvia Blitzer Golombek

Journal of Youth Development

A growing number of studies show connections between youth participation in service and service-learning opportunities and positive behavior outcomes. Building on this data, the article presents National Youth Service Day (NYSD) as a program that can be incorporated into ongoing activities to enhance youth development goals. The paper describes the program’s components: building a network of support organizations, offering project planning grants, providing service-learning materials, and developing a media and advocacy campaign. Examples of NYSD projects show how project planners are using the program to learn and practice academic and non-academic skills. A review of evaluations to date indicates the …

Student Scholarship Day 2006, Grand Valley State University

Student Scholars Day Archives

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Prospectus, April 12, 2006, Suzanna Winans, Jon Volkman, Donna Mayer, Dylan Heath, Erika Porter, Jake Mcgill, Erik Pheifer

Prospectus 2006

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2006-04-12, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Daily Eastern News: April 12, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

April

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