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R.I.T. News & Events - May 18, 2006, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology May 2006

R.I.T. News & Events - May 18, 2006, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

RIT salutes 2006 grads, Simone to retire, Innovator to deliver convocation address, RIT students develop deep-sea explorer, Graduation schedule, 2006 College Delegates, Graduating to a commitment of service, SG president makes history, New software assists web site developers, TAGA book cracks the code, Closing the achievement gap, Eisenhart award for outstanding teaching honorees, Provosts award for excellence in teaching, Trustees scholarship and provosts winners, scientist aims to protect forest, News briefs, Formula team hits the racing circuit, Fullbright winner to study in Crotia, Federal grants encourage math, science study, Fruits of their labor, Not just a day at the beach, …

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Disease Emergence And Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection, Milton Friend May 2006

Disease Emergence And Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection, Milton Friend

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Humans have been affected by and have contributed to the eruption and spread of disease since antiquity. This connectivity is such that disease in the Americas was one of the five Seeds of Change addressed by the National Museum of Natural History’s commemoration of the Columbus Quincentenary. As for the other Seeds of Change, diseases “…sent ripples around the globe, affecting the people as well as the flora and fauna of both the New World and the Old.” During recent decades, these ripples have become waves that are likely to intensify, swelled by human population growth, civil strife, and other …

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Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, May 18, 2006 May 2006

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, May 18, 2006

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on May 18, 2006.

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Ohio Board Of Regents Approves Doctor Of Physical Therapy Degree, Addresses Critical Shortage Of Physical Therapists In Dayton Region May 2006

Ohio Board Of Regents Approves Doctor Of Physical Therapy Degree, Addresses Critical Shortage Of Physical Therapists In Dayton Region

News Releases

News release announces that the Ohio Board of Regents today approved a doctor of physical therapy degree program at the University of Dayton that will prepare students for well-paying jobs in a growing health care field and help alleviate a shortage of physical therapists in the Dayton region.

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Relation Of Fish Communities To Environmental Conditions In Urban Streams Of The Wasatch Front, Utah, Elise M. Giddings, Larry R. Brown, Terry M. Short, Michael R. Meador May 2006

Relation Of Fish Communities To Environmental Conditions In Urban Streams Of The Wasatch Front, Utah, Elise M. Giddings, Larry R. Brown, Terry M. Short, Michael R. Meador

Western North American Naturalist

Twenty-eight sites along the Wasatch Front, north central Utah, representing the range of urban land use intensity for wadeable streams of the area, were sampled in September 2000. Fish communities were assessed by single-pass electrofishing, and physical habitat and water-quality characteristics were measured. On average, nonnative species comprised 54% of species richness and 53% of relative abundance, although only Salmo trutta and Pimephales promelas were very abundant at any 1 site. Salmo trutta and Catostomus platyrhynchus, a native species, were the most widely distributed and abundant species captured. Analysis of fish communities using nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) revealed a …

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Comparison Of Gila Topminnow And Western Mosquitofish As Biological Control Agents Of Mosquitoes, Michael R. Childs May 2006

Comparison Of Gila Topminnow And Western Mosquitofish As Biological Control Agents Of Mosquitoes, Michael R. Childs

Western North American Naturalist

I compared acute tolerance of Gila topminnow, Poeciliopsis occidentalis, and western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, to ammonia and high water temperature and also compared diet, food selectivity, and impact on invertebrate populations to evaluate the potential for each species to effectively control mosquitoes (Culicidae) in wetland habitats. Critical thermal maxima differed among species, sexes, and lifestages, but these differences were likely not biologically significant due to their small magnitude and the ability of wild populations of both species to adapt to high temperatures. In 24-hour tests, G. affinis displayed about twice the ammonia tolerance as did P. occidentalis. …

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Tamarix Aphylla: A Newly Invasive Tree In Southern Nevada, Lawrence R. Walker, Pamela L. Barnes, Elizabeth A. Powell May 2006

Tamarix Aphylla: A Newly Invasive Tree In Southern Nevada, Lawrence R. Walker, Pamela L. Barnes, Elizabeth A. Powell

Western North American Naturalist

In the southwestern United States, the nonnative athel pine (Tamarix aphylla) was presumed to be sterile and therefore not as likely to spread as its widely distributed, nonnative congener, T. ramosissima. However, at Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA) in southern Nevada, populations of T. aphylla have recently spread beyond their limited pre-1990 distribution and now form extensive monospecific stands. Over a 3-year period, we quantified seed production and germination from 60 T. aphylla trees at LMNRA. The annual mean seed production period was 50.6 days, and the mean potential germination (under laboratory conditions) was 22%, indicating …

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The Effect Of Livestock Grazing On The Rainbow Grasshopper: Population Differences And Ecological Correlates, Sandra J. Debano May 2006

The Effect Of Livestock Grazing On The Rainbow Grasshopper: Population Differences And Ecological Correlates, Sandra J. Debano

Western North American Naturalist

This study examined the effect of livestock grazing on a common herbivore in semiarid grasslands of the Southwest: the rainbow grasshopper, Dactylotum variegatum. Population attributes and key environmental variables were compared between sites on active cattle ranches and sites on a 3160-ha ungrazed sanctuary. Although density of D. variegatum nymphs did not differ significantly between grazed and ungrazed sites, adult density was significantly lower on grazed sites, and sex ratios differed between grazed and ungrazed sites over time. Grazed sites had higher percentages of bare ground and fewer Baccharis pteronioides, a common shrub. However, only bare ground was …

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First Record Of Calochortus Apiculatus (Liliaceae) In Wyoming, Joseph R. Thomasson, Scott A. Thomasson, Daryl E. Mergen May 2006

First Record Of Calochortus Apiculatus (Liliaceae) In Wyoming, Joseph R. Thomasson, Scott A. Thomasson, Daryl E. Mergen

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Observations On The Reproductive Biology Of Roundtail Chub, Gila Robusta, In The Upper Verde River, Arizona, Mark J. Brouder, Diana D. Rogers, Lorraine D. Avenetti May 2006

Observations On The Reproductive Biology Of Roundtail Chub, Gila Robusta, In The Upper Verde River, Arizona, Mark J. Brouder, Diana D. Rogers, Lorraine D. Avenetti

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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San Francisco's Golden Gate: A Bridge Between Historically Distinct Coyote (Canis Latrans) Populations?, Benjamin N. Sacks, Holly B. Ernest, Erin E. Boydston May 2006

San Francisco's Golden Gate: A Bridge Between Historically Distinct Coyote (Canis Latrans) Populations?, Benjamin N. Sacks, Holly B. Ernest, Erin E. Boydston

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Current Records Of The Mexican Long-Tongued Bat, Choeronycteris Mexicana, In Baja California, Mexico, Ruben Couoh–De La Garza, Emma Flores-Rojas, Nazdry Briones-Escobedo, Eiracitlalli Hernández–Del Angel, Roberto Martínez-Gallardo, Juana Claudia Leyva Aguilera May 2006

Current Records Of The Mexican Long-Tongued Bat, Choeronycteris Mexicana, In Baja California, Mexico, Ruben Couoh–De La Garza, Emma Flores-Rojas, Nazdry Briones-Escobedo, Eiracitlalli Hernández–Del Angel, Roberto Martínez-Gallardo, Juana Claudia Leyva Aguilera

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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New Records Of The Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Subflavus) In Colorado, David M. Armstrong, Rick A. Adams, Karen E. Taylor May 2006

New Records Of The Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus Subflavus) In Colorado, David M. Armstrong, Rick A. Adams, Karen E. Taylor

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Plant Species Richness At Different Scales In Native And Exotic Grasslands In Southeastern Arizona, Steven P. Mclaughlin, Janice E. Bowers May 2006

Plant Species Richness At Different Scales In Native And Exotic Grasslands In Southeastern Arizona, Steven P. Mclaughlin, Janice E. Bowers

Western North American Naturalist

Species richness in Madrean mixed-grass prairies dominated by native or exotic species in southeastern Arizona was characterized at the community and point scales using ten 1-m2 quadrats nested within each of eight 1000-m2 plots. In the 1000-m2 plots average richness was significantly higher in oak savanna (OS, 121.0 species) than in exotic grassland on mesa tops (EMT, 52.0 species), whereas native grassland on mesa slopes (NMS, 92.5 species) and native grassland on mesa tops (NMT, 77.0 species) did not differ significantly in richness from OS or EMT. When richness was partitioned by life form, EMT was notably …

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Observations Of Selected True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Of The Pacific Northwest Shrubsteppe Zone, John D. Lattin May 2006

Observations Of Selected True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Of The Pacific Northwest Shrubsteppe Zone, John D. Lattin

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Characteristics Of Swift Fox Dens In Northwest Texas, Brady K. Mcgee, Kerry L. Nicholson, Warren B. Ballard, Matthew J. Butler May 2006

Characteristics Of Swift Fox Dens In Northwest Texas, Brady K. Mcgee, Kerry L. Nicholson, Warren B. Ballard, Matthew J. Butler

Western North American Naturalist

The swift fox (Vulpes velox) was classified in 1995 as a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Since then, several studies have addressed survey methods for monitoring swift fox populations. The purpose of this paper is to assist field researchers in documenting the presence of swift foxes by identification of recently active den sites. We propose that swift foxes have unique external den characteristics that can be distinguished during aerial surveys. We collected data from 30 swift fox den complexes on both continuous rangeland and landscapes fragmented by cropland in northwest Texas. There were no differences …

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Growth Rate And Thermal Tolerance Of Two Endangered Snake River Snails, Steven Lysne, Peter Koetsier May 2006

Growth Rate And Thermal Tolerance Of Two Endangered Snake River Snails, Steven Lysne, Peter Koetsier

Western North American Naturalist

We investigated the temperature tolerance and growth of 2 federally protected freshwater gastropods from southern Idaho: Valvata utahensis and Pyrgulopsis idahoensis. Snails were collected in the Snake River and transported to the laboratory where they were kept under highly controlled conditions. In varying-temperature, short-duration experiments, the temperatures tolerated by both species were between 7°C and 34°C. In constant-temperature, long-duration experiments, growth rates were between 0.004 mm · d−1 and 0.016 mm · d−1, and we created growth curves for both species that were previously lacking. Our results are among the first to report temperature tolerances and …

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Age And Population Structure Of Joshua Trees (Yucca Brevifolia) In The Northwestern Mojave Desert, Kimberly D. Gilliland, Nancy J. Huntly, J. E. Anderson May 2006

Age And Population Structure Of Joshua Trees (Yucca Brevifolia) In The Northwestern Mojave Desert, Kimberly D. Gilliland, Nancy J. Huntly, J. E. Anderson

Western North American Naturalist

Many desert perennials are long-lived, but there are few data on ages or population structures of desert plants. We used 2 methods to estimate ages of a population of Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree) in southwestern Utah from a 14-year census of plant sizes. Plant height at the 1st census ranged from 0.08 m to 6.0 m, and trees grew in height at a mean rate of 3.75 cm · yr−1. Plants also increased slowly in basal diameter (0.142 cm · yr−1) and branch length (0.024 m · yr−1), but basal diameter varied greatly from …

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Rediscovery Of The Rare Stonefly Utaperla Sopladora At The Type Locality More Than Half A Century After It Was Described, Richard W. Baumann May 2006

Rediscovery Of The Rare Stonefly Utaperla Sopladora At The Type Locality More Than Half A Century After It Was Described, Richard W. Baumann

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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The World Bank And The Ideology Of Reform In International Development Discourse, Joel M. Ngugi May 2006

The World Bank And The Ideology Of Reform In International Development Discourse, Joel M. Ngugi

ExpressO

Does the current development reform agenda, especially the one operationalized by the World Bank, is Ideological? If so, does it matter? These are the two questions that animate this article. In answering both questions in the affirmative, the article first demonstrates how the current development reform agenda is Ideological. It then discusses why and how it matters that the development reform agenda is Ideological. First, the article argues that Ideological rendering of the development reform agenda effectively weakens the ability of Third World countries to articulate their economic and foreign policies in ways that would benefit their citizenry the most. …

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05/17/2006 - Lovell Receives Eiu Stephen J. Gould Essay Award, University Marketing And Communications May 2006

05/17/2006 - Lovell Receives Eiu Stephen J. Gould Essay Award, University Marketing And Communications

2006

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Howard R. Dufour: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), James A. Kohler, Howard R. Dufour May 2006

Howard R. Dufour: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), James A. Kohler, Howard R. Dufour

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

James Kohler interviewed Howard DuFour on May 17, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. DuFour discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the first of three interviews with Mr. DuFour.

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2006-05-17 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department May 2006

2006-05-17 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2006

No abstract provided.

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Public Health Confronts The Chicken, The Hamster, And The Goat, W. John Pape May 2006

Public Health Confronts The Chicken, The Hamster, And The Goat, W. John Pape

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

John Pape is an Epidemiologist with the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. This slide-show presents facts and images relating to Zoonoses: diseases of animals transmissible to humans under natural conditions. The characteristics of Zoonoses are: common in natural reservoir, uncommon in people; rural exposure; serious diseases with high fatality rates; complex cycles; prevention achieved via “The Weakest Link.” Zoonotic diseases comprise the majority of potential bioterrorist agents and emerging infections.

Specific sections include:
Influenza, Avian Influenza,and Pandemic Influenza
Projected Pandemic Scenarios COLORADO
H5N1 Surveillance Strategy in US
Baylisascaris and Racoons
Q-fever Outbreak Associated …

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A Structural Analysis And Assessment Of The Bjorklunden Forest, Andrew Allan Link May 2006

A Structural Analysis And Assessment Of The Bjorklunden Forest, Andrew Allan Link

Lawrence University Honors Projects

A common assumption in ecology is that stability within an ecosystem is reached through equilibrium. In actuality, the mechanisms that help maintain a healthy ecosystem are based upon heterogeneity and scale multiplicity. This study assessed the vegetation organization at Bjorklunden as a function of time and space. Comparisons were made to previous research that demonstrated both similarities and differences in the vegetational components of the forest. Certain areas of the forest that were previously believed to be in a permanent steady-state were proved otherwise. While other areas that were thought to mature and climax, did not. The forest at Bjorklunden …

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Clay Mineralogy And Soil Formation In Moist Acidic Tundra And Moist Nonacidic Tundra Of Northern Sagwon Hls, Alaska, Patrick William Borden May 2006

Clay Mineralogy And Soil Formation In Moist Acidic Tundra And Moist Nonacidic Tundra Of Northern Sagwon Hls, Alaska, Patrick William Borden

Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences

Clay mineralogy, physical and chemical characteristics were studied in three sites of moist acidic tundra (MAT) and three sites in moist nonacidic tundra (MNT) in the Northern Sagwon Hills, Alaska. The major similarities found in physical characteristics between MAT and MNT were color, field texture and consistence. Dissimilarities were in the depth, boundary and thickness of the horizons as well as soil structure. The major similarities found in chemical characteristics across MAT and MNT were in % carbon and nitrogen, ammonium phosphorus, iron and aluminum contents. The major dissimilarities were in pH, cation exchange capacity, nitrate and base saturation. Upper …

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Photo-Controlled Permeation Of Spiropyran Modified Gramicidin A Ion Channel, Gregory W. Cushing May 2006

Photo-Controlled Permeation Of Spiropyran Modified Gramicidin A Ion Channel, Gregory W. Cushing

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biomimetic devices show great potential as being molecular sensors of biological species. Gramicidin A (gA) is a well studied ionophore that can be easily modified at the C-terminus to be incorporated into phosphotidylcholine bilayer membrane systems. Potassium permeation of modified gA attached to spiropyran can be controlled with light. Upon ultra-violet irradiation spiropyran transforms to the more polar form merocyanine. The process back to spiropyran is completely reversible upon irradiation with 550 nm light or thermally. Free bilayer membrane vesicles are employed to describe the characteristics of modified ion channels. Characteristics of gA modified with spiropyran are described herein. A …

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The Social Construction Of Health Crisis In Intimate Relational Communication, Christen Colette Van Haastert May 2006

The Social Construction Of Health Crisis In Intimate Relational Communication, Christen Colette Van Haastert

Communication

For women who have dealt with health crises, intimate relationships are the single most significant resource for coming to understand how life is affected by such occurrences. Health crises are times of reconstitution of self and relationships (Lorber, 1997). The present research began in Human Science, the epistemology of Constructionism, the theory of Social Construction of Reality, and used Narrative Inquiry and conversational interviewing to produce an understanding of women's lived experience of health crisis in intimate relationships. This research discusses the creation of the meanings of self, other, and relationship for women who have experienced health crisis. During analysis, …

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"Let Us Die Trying": A Post-Colonial Reading Of Velma Wallis, Seth G. Myers May 2006

"Let Us Die Trying": A Post-Colonial Reading Of Velma Wallis, Seth G. Myers

English

This essay explores the work of Velma Wallis from the perspective of post-colonial theory. Her works, Two Old Women and Bird Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun are read within this theoretical framework as volatile and resistant texts, in opposition to readings that might limit their meaning as ethnographic or otherwise. I outline the generalities of my theoretical framework with reference to Edward Said and Homi K. Bhabha, before I approach a discussion of Native American literature and Velma Wallis specifically. Within this theoretical framework, I find that Wallis resists, not only generic definition, but the larger structures …

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What, If Any, Are The Ethical Obligations Of The U.S. Patent Office? A Closer Look At The Biological Sampling Of Indigenous Groups, Marina L. Whelan May 2006

What, If Any, Are The Ethical Obligations Of The U.S. Patent Office? A Closer Look At The Biological Sampling Of Indigenous Groups, Marina L. Whelan

Duke Law & Technology Review

The patenting of biological resources collected from indigenous groups has become a controversial trend. Two U.S. patents in particular, one claiming a cell-line from a 26-year old Guayami woman and one claiming a leukemia virus from a Hagahai man in Papua New Guinea, demonstrate just how volatile this issue has become. This iBrief examines how, in light of such "ethically questionable" patents, the U.S. Patent Office has failed to implement any procedures to identify or curb patent applications involving indigenous peoples.

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