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Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 54, April 3, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Acute Health Effects Of The Tasman Spirit Oil Spill On Residents Of Karachi, Pakistan, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Haq Nawaz, Sadia Zohra Farooqui, Urooj Bakht Khuwaja, Najam-Ul-Hassan, Syed Nadim Jafri, Shahid Ali Lutfi, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Nalini Sathiakumar

Community Health Sciences

Background: On July 27 2003, a ship carrying crude oil ran aground near Karachi and after two weeks released 37,000 tons of its cargo into the sea. Oil on the coastal areas and fumes in air raised health concerns among people. We assessed the immediate health impact of oil spill from the tanker Tasman Spirit on residents of the affected coastline in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods: We conducted a study consisting of an exposed group including adults living in houses on the affected shoreline and two control groups (A and B) who lived at the distance of 2 km and 20 km …

The Bg News April 3, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 3, 2006. Volume 96-Issue 128.

The Influence Of Roads On The Florida Panther, Autumn C. Schwab

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) is a relatively well studied species, but some aspects of its habitat requirements remain poorly understood. While it has been well established that the most important threat to panthers include limited habitat area and continued habitat loss and fragmentation, the importance of roads in this context has not been determined. The goal of this research is to determine the influence of roads on the movement patterns of the Florida panther. Panther telemetry data from 1981 until 2003 was used, as well as detailed road networks and vegetation maps. The influence of roads on individual …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, April 2, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2006

No abstract provided.

2006 Petersheim Academic Exposition, Seton Hall University

Petersheim Academic Exposition

No abstract provided.

Spectral Network (Specnet)—What Is It And Why Do We Need It?, John A. Gamon, A. F. Rahman, J. L. Dungan, M. Schildhauer, K. F. Huemmrich

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

Effective integration of optical remote sensing with flux measurements across multiple scales is essential for understanding global patterns of surface–atmosphere fluxes of carbon and water vapor. SpecNet (Spectral Network) is an international network of cooperating investigators and sites linking optical measurements with flux sampling for the purpose of improving our understanding of the controls on these fluxes. An additional goal is to characterize disturbance impacts on surface–atmosphere fluxes. To reach these goals, key SpecNet objectives include the exploration of scaling issues, development of novel sampling tools, standardization and intercomparison of sampling methods, development of models and statistical methods that relate …

Cwu Summer Session 2006, Central Washington University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Bridge: Laguardia Community College Student Newspaper (April-May 2006), Laguardia Community College

The Bridge: LaGuardia Community College Student Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 2006, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Cornerstone

No abstract provided.

Ethnobotanical Study Of Economic Trees: Uses Of Trees As Timbers And Fuelwoods In Ilorin Emirate Of Kwara State, Nigeria, A. A. Abdulrahaman, O. J. Fajemiroye, F. A. Oladele

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

A survey of the five local government areas that make up Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, Nigeria, revealed extensive use of economic trees as timber woods and fuel woods. The forest resources are indiscriminately exploited by the poor inhabitants who solely depend on the forest to earn their livelihood. Tree species such as Pterocarpus erinaceus, Parkia biglobosa, Prosobis africana, Trichilia emetica, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Danielia oliveri, Khaya senegalensis, Tectonia grandis, Milicia excelsa and Vitellaria paradoxa are popular among the inhabitants as fuelwoods, with Vitellaria paradoxa being the most frequently used. Among timber woods, Pterocarpus erinaceus is the most highly demanded by …

Anaerobic Biodegradation Of Rdx And Tce: Single- And Dual-Contaminant Batch Tests, Travis S. M. Young, Matthew C. Morley, Daniel D. Snow

Nebraska Water Center: Faculty Publications

Several sites in the United States have groundwater contaminated with mixtures of high explosives and chlorinated solvents. This research examined the ability of two microbial cultures (anaerobic sludge and a facultative enrichment culture) to biodegrade single- and dual-contaminant mixtures of trichloroethene (TCE) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) under anaerobic conditions. In single component batch tests, both cultures degraded 0.6–1 mg RDX/L and its nitroso metabolites to below detection limits in <7 days. During initial 9-day TCE biodegradation tests, the anaerobic sludge did not transform TCE, whereas the facultative culture transformed approximately 10% of the initial 1.4 mg TCE/L. Prior to dual-contaminant batch tests, both cultures were grown in the presence of TCE. Subsequently, both acclimated cultures rapidly biodegraded mixtures of RDX and TCE. Both cultures degraded RDX and RDX-nitroso compounds to below detection limits in <4 days. In the same tests, TCE-acclimated anaerobic sludge converted TCE primarily to cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE), while the acclimated facultative culture produced cis-DCE and other chlorinated metabolites. These preliminary results demonstrate that anaerobic bioremediation may be part of a feasible groundwater remediation …

The Predicament Of Nature: Keiko The Whale And The Cultural Politics Of Whaling In Iceland, Anne Brydon

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This cultural analysis reconsiders the modernist narrative about the politics of whales and whale hunting in order to explore Icelandic responses to the return of the killer whale Keiko (star of the Free Willy movies) to Icelandic waters in 1998. Ambivalence about Keiko’s plight required cultural creativity to block identification with the whale since in Icelandic hegemonic discourse such feelings have been associated with the supposed irrationality of foreign protests against whale hunting. This essay draws on Bruno Latour’s writings about the politics of nature to argue for abandoning nature in a step toward the ethnographic study of human-nonhuman relations.

Managing Flooding In Bangladesh: The Importance Of Ngos, Priyanka Joseph

Macro Center Working Papers

This paper examines Non Government Organizations (NGOs) and their role in Bangladesh, a country where natural disasters have caused destruction to the land and population throughout its history.

Amicus (Spring/Summer 2006), University Of Colorado Law School

Amicus

The relationship between the law and the power of the written word is one that is as undeniable as it is persistent. An array of Colorado Law’s faculty and alumni have explored this connection and made careers out of publishing books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Featured in this issue:

• Manuel Ramos ‘73
• Stephanie Kane ‘81
• Mark Cohen ‘83
• Jonathan Miller ‘88
• Mary F. White ‘73
• Professor Hal Bruff
• Professor Mimi Wesson
• Professor Robert Nagel
• Professor Charles Wilkinson
• Professor Chris Mueller

Spring 2006, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

Contents:

• Pfau Library Welcomes New Librarian by Lisa Bartle
• Looking for Some Good Reads? by Les Kong
• Stand Up and Be Counted: The Census Changes and Grows by Jill Vassilakos
• Database Developments by Stacy Magedanz
• Serials, From Birth to Death
• Library Goings On

The Prospect Of Enacting An Unborn Victims Of Violence Act In North Carolina, Jennifer A. Brobst

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Daily Announcements April 2006, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

Partners, April 2006, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville). Center Of Excellence For Poultry Science

Partners

No abstract provided.

Report 22

UConn 2000 Reports

No abstract provided.

Electronic Repository To House University's Scholarly Output, Jonathan Nabe

DigitalCommons@UConn Documents

No abstract provided.

Spring 2006, Seattle University

Seattle University Magazine

No abstract provided.

From The Dean, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

This Bill of Particulars provides a window to some of the exciting changes at Indiana Law since the adoption of our Strategic Plan. The plan calls for Indiana Law to be a "highly visible and influential law school whose faculty, students, and graduates advance knowledge, justice, and the public good in the state, in the nation, and around the world." We chose three strategies for achieving that vision: enhancing our community of engaged, influential scholars; communicating our ideas more effectively to influence debate in the academy, the profession, and the wider world; and educating our students for the demands of …

Exogenous Expression Of Human Na, K-Atpase Isoforms In Insect Cells, Christal Renee' Carpenter

McCabe Thesis Collection

The Na-K-ATPase or Na pump is a membrane bound enzyme that maintains a high concentration of K+ and low concentration of Na+ in most animal cells. Three subunits constitute the Na pump, named alpha (ex), beta (~). and gamma (y). The ex subunit is responsible for the catalytic and transport of the enzyme, the ~ subunit is important for bringing the ex to the plasma membrane of the cell, and y is a regulatory subunit of the Na pump. In addition, there are several molecular variants or isoforms of the ex and ~ subunits. At present four different ex (ex …

Library Perspectives, Issue 34, Spring 2006, Friends Of The Oberlin College Libraries

Library Perspectives Newsletter

This issue includes items about Director of Libraries Ray English, the Jefferson Architecture Collection, Mudd statue makeovers, and much more.

The Lack Of Mold Legislation: A Recipe For Disaster, Leticia M. Diaz

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Creative Statutory Interpretation: How The Epa Escaped Regulation Of Motor Vehicle Emissions Under The Clean Air Act. Massachusetts V. Epa, Erin C. Bartley

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

The Supreme Court Wades Through The Clean Water Act To Determine What Constitutes The "Waters Of The United States." Rapanos V. United States, Lakshmi Lakshmanan

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

The Webb Magazine 2006, Spring, Noel T. Manning Ii

The Web Magazine

The Webb Magazine focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue begins by summarizing several mission trips that GWU students and faculty participated in, as well as many community service activities such as "Make a Difference Day". Exciting changes/events for GWU are covered in this issue, beginning with the inauguration of A. Frank Bonner as the new University President; following are articles about the school of business being awarded accreditation, the introduction of the VPhone for deaf/hard of hearing students, and opera performances. Articles featuring Gardner-Webb alumni appear towards the end of the …

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2-4 Campus Mass Spectrometry Facility

Page 4 Alumni News

Page 5 Alum Featured; Scholarships and Awards

Page 6 Two New Departmental Scholarships; Recent Faculty Publications; Funding

Page 7 2006 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduates