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Small Treasures: Rare Frogs Of The New Zealand Rainforests, Heather Moulton

Inquiry Journal 2006

No abstract provided.

Volume 12, Number 2: April/May 2006, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University libraries looks at the steps the library has taken this year toward achieving its Strategic Plan 2010.

Page 3 - Bill Frederiksen, still a practicing artist in his 90s, shares his personal view of Watergate through his art.

Page 5 - Students share their thoughts on what do and what they’ve learned by working in the library.

Page 6 - Staff News: service anniversaries and new faces

Page 7 - Peter Good & son to design husky dog sculpture.

An Extension Of Sharkovsky’S Theorem To Periodic Difference Equations, Ziyad Alsharawi, James Angelos, Saber Elaydi, Leela Rakesh

Mathematics Faculty Research

We present an extension of Sharkovsky’s Theorem and its converse to periodic difference equations. In addition, we provide a simple method for constructing a p-periodic difference equation having an r-periodic geometric cycle with or without stability properties.

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Spring 2006, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

A Novel Computational Framework For Fast, Distributed Computing And Knowledge Integration For Microarray Gene Expression Data Analysis, Prerna Sethi

Doctoral Dissertations

The healthcare burden and suffering due to life-threatening diseases such as cancer would be significantly reduced by the design and refinement of computational interpretation of micro-molecular data collected by bioinformaticians. Rapid technological advancements in the field of microarray analysis, an important component in the design of in-silico molecular medicine methods, have generated enormous amounts of such data, a trend that has been increasing exponentially over the last few years. However, the analysis and handling of these data has become one of the major bottlenecks in the utilization of the technology. The rate of collection of these data has far surpassed …

Effect Of Investigator Disturbance In Experimental Forensic Entomology: Succession And Community Composition, G. D. De Jong, W. W. Hoback

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Carrion insect succession studies have historically used repeated sampling of single or a few carcasses to produce data, either weighing the carcasses, removing a qualitative subsample of the fauna present, or both, on every visit over the course of decomposition and succession. This study, conducted in a set of related experimental hypotheses with two trials in a single season, investigated the effect that repeated sampling has on insect succession, determined by the number of taxa collected on each visit and by community composition. Each trial lasted at least 21 days, with daily visits on the first 14 days. Rat carcasses …

Whitworth Today Spring 2006, Whitworth University

Whitworth Alumni and Bulletin Publications

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

Field Peas In Diets Fed To Swine, Hans H. Stein

SDSU Extension Special Series

Field peas (Pisum sativum L.) have a nutrient profile intermediate between corn and soybean meal. The digestibility of most nutrients in field peas is similar to that in soybean meal, and the concentration of digestible energy in field peas is similar to that in corn.
Although the digestibility of most nutrients may be improved by thermal treatment, field peas are usually fed to swine without prior heat treatment. Pigs tolerate field peas well and the palatability of diets containing field peas is not different from diets containing only corn and soybean meal.
Recent research with U.S.-grown field peas indicates that …

Nanotechnology, Biology, Ethics And Society: Overcoming The Multidisciplinary Teaching Challenges, Linda Vanasupa, Matthew Ritter, Barbara Schader, Katherine C. Chen, Richard N. Savage, Peter Schwartz, Lynne Slivovsky

Materials Engineering

One of the inherent challenges of teaching any emerging technology like nanotechnology, is the fact that its core competencies flux in the new disciplines' early stages. Nanotechnology presents an additional challenge in that its underpinnings cross multiple traditional disciplinary boundaries. We have designed a course that aims to address some of these challenges through a handful of structural features: team-based learning; a "reverse of the learning pyramid" approach; team-teaching; embedded information literacy techniques; and application-centered content. Our course is organized around four applications that are in their developmental stages: gold nanoshells for cancer treatment; molecular manufacturing; tissue engineering of a …

Sustainable Development, Tourism, And Preservation: An International Project In Copan, Honduras, Richard Rojas

Focus

For one week in the fall of 2005, a team of CRP and LARCH professors and students from the City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture departments traveled to Copan, Honduras to collaborate with university students, professionals, government officials, and community members in a concept plan for the sustainable development of the Copan River Valley Region. Within this valley is the modern town of Copan Ruinas and an archaeological park containing Mayan ruins that is designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Contributors

Moebius

No abstract provided.

A Philosophical Quest For The Reality Of Time, Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra

Moebius

No abstract provided.

Measuring Inter-Dna Potentials In Solution, Xiangyun Qiu, Lisa W. Kwok, Hye Yoon Park, Jessica S. Lamb, Kurt Andresen, Lois Pollack

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Interactions between short strands of DNA can be tuned from repulsive to attractive by varying solution conditions and have been quantified using small angle x-ray scattering techniques. The effective DNA interaction charge was extracted by fitting the scattering profiles with the generalized one-component method and inter-DNA Yukawa pair potentials. A significant charge is measured at low to moderate monovalent counterion concentrations, resulting in strong inter-DNA repulsion. The charge and repulsion diminish rapidly upon the addition of divalent counterions. An intriguing short range attraction is observed at surprisingly low divalent cation concentrations, ~16 mM Mg2+. Quantitative measurements of inter- DNA potentials …

The Hunt For Sealed Settlement Agreements, Robert Timothy Reagan

Chicago-Kent Law Review

When a United States senator asked the federal judiciary to look into sealed settlement agreements, the Civil Rules Advisory Committee asked the Federal Judicial Center to undertake a research effort to discover how often settlement agreements are sealed in federal court and under what circumstances. The Center learned that the sealing of settlement agreements in federal court is rare, and typically the only part of the court record kept secret by the sealing of a settlement agreement is the amount of settlement. This article describes how the Center developed its re- search project to address the senator's concerns. The article …

Adult Attachment And Disordered Eating In Undergraduate Men And Women, Jenna Elgin

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Eating disorders threaten the physical and mental health of an alarming number of people today. Attachment theory has been identified as having important utility in many areas of psychological functioning and is commonly used as a way to conceptualize emotional, social, and interpersonal problems. Attachment theory, therefore, may have important implications in the development and maintenance of eating disorders. Recently, a line of research has demonstrated a link between attachment styles and eating disorders. Nearly all of the research in this area, however, is on women. The purpose of this study is to examine both female and male undergraduate students …

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.

"Anxiety" In Heidegger's Being And Time: The Harbinger Of Authenticity, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

Analyzing the fundamental ontology of Dasein in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, this essay details the essential relation ship between the mood of "anxiety" (Angst) and Dasein's authentic comportment to existence. Although a highly disturbing experience, anxiety holds the potential for enlightenment, as it opens Dasein to the fundamental characteristics of its temporal authenticity. Dasein assents to its Selfhood and enacts its freedom in a "resolute," authentic manner only when it grasps the difficult and burdensome aspects of life revealed by way of Angst's attunement. Thus, I argue that anxiety is the single most important mode of human attunement …

Simon Says (Spring 2006), Callie Mcginnis, Reagan Grimsley, Susan Wynne, Michelle Jones

Library Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• University-Wide Faculty Research Forums
• Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration
• Tea-Time Talks
• New Editor Named for Provenance: The Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
• New Library Personnel
• GALILEO Upgrades
• Library Card Catalog Art
• Friends of the Library
• Oral Histories
• Rite of Passage

Reviews, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography. Based on the system of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. By Hans-Jörg Uther.
Review by Lee Haring.

American Folktales from the Collections of the Library of Congress. Edited by Carl Lindahl.
Review by Cristina Bacchilega.

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. By Jack Zipes.
The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. By Jack Zipes.
Review by Danielle M. Roemer.

Sommeils et Veilles dans le Conte Merveilleux Grec. By Marilena Papachristophorou.
Review by Isabel Cardigos.

Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self. …

The Classic, Spring 2006, Public Relations

The Classic, 2000-2009

President's Report: Rx for a unique nursing program; Northwestern featured at Christian college forum; Guidebook recommends NWC programs; Students present biological research; NWC names Forgette associate academic dean; Northwestern theatre tours new Sudan drama; Koerselman joins board; Wooldridge receives summer research grant; Season of Justice adopted as national program; Nursing program accepting students; Auction raises $38.000; Theatre students excel at regional competition; Students to study abroad this summer; Visual identity system earns district award; Students' vocation exploration takes them off campus; Faculty/staff news; Students serve over spring break; Of Course: Believing in the Supreme Court?; Hooked on Religion; Jump!; In …

When Scholarship Goes South: Biblical Scholarship And Global Trends, Evertt W. Huffard

Restoration Quarterly

Huffard, Evertt W. (2006) "When Scholarship Goes South: Biblical Scholarship and Global Trends," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 48 : No. 2.

This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.

Gallaudet Today Volume 36 Number 1 Spring 2006, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Nixi: A Case Study Of The Influences Of China’S Economic Development On The Fringe Of Tibet, Zachary Johnson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

On the eastern mountainside of Nixi cling several tall, red earthen houses, the winding road to Deqin cuts between; they face a swell in the middle of the valley where several more houses stand, and one in mid-construction. The two clusters of beautiful Tibetan houses are connected by a fairly recently added crushed stone road, walled in by rough stonework patched with cement. The village is surrounded by evergreens and blossoming mountain laurels. To the north the green mountains are staggered until they slowly fade into pale blue creases humbled by a high snowcapped range at the Tibetan border. To …

Effectiveness Of Cane Toad Eradication Methods: Arakwal National Park, Matthew Miller

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The cane toad (Bufo marinus) is a pest throughout Australia. Not only is it poisonous to native predators, it also consumes or out competes native fauna. It has only recently entered into Northern New South Wales where the site for this study is located, at Arakwal National Park. This study aims to discover the most effective method of cane toad eradication in the National Park.

Over the course of 18 days, three traps were set and rotated between 9 different sites. Traps were set at sunset and cleared at sunrise. The three traps used were; (1) Pitfall style trap by …

Decision Modeling: Why Farmers Do Or Do Not Convert To Organic Farming, Ryan Locke

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study examines why farmers in Northern New South Wales, Australia do or do not convert to organic farming from conventional farming practices. Organic agriculture provides a production alternative that may be environmentally and nutritionally beneficial. Because the structural settings of economy and society influence decision-making on an individual basis at the farm level, discussions of policy must consider why farmers do, or do not, convert to organic farming. Ultimately, the successfulness of a policy depends on the effectiveness of motivating individual action. A hierarchical decision tree was created using ethnographic decision tree modeling. Elimination criteria, motivational criteria, and constraints …

Sea Urchin Predation In Misali Island Marine Park, Nicole Esclamado

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The populations of sea urchins and their main predators, triggerfish (Balistidae), wrasses (Labridae) and emperors (Lethrinidae), were studied in the extractive and non-extractive zones of the Misali Island Marine Conservation Area in order to (1) evaluate the applicability of a sea urchin-sea urchin predator model developed in Kenya’s fringing reefs, (2) gain baseline data on Misali’s coral reef, and (3) evaluate the recovery status of the protected zone. This study revealed the predictive power of the sea urchin-sea urchin predator model for the reef ecosystem of Misali Island. As expected, a decline in sea urchin predators as a gross trophic …

Development, Civil Society And The Conflict In Nepal, Shan Rehman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

For more than two decades now, scholars such as Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri have argued the ‘total subsumption of capital’; there remains no ‘outside’- all aspects of social life are governed by commodities and wage labor. This process, given impetus by the processes commonly referred to as economic globalization or market liberalization, also came to be synonymous with ‘development’. Imperfect markets, the widely implemented ‘Washington Consensus’ package of economic policies further implied, were far better social mechanisms than imperfect states.

The study and practice of ‘development’ worldwide, however, is in flux. Critiques of the mainstream ‘development’ project, widely implemented …

Ethnic And Gender Identity In Hip-Hop Among Three Female Emcees In The Netherlands, Shoshana Walter

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This field study project examines how female rappers in the Netherlands transgress notions of what it means to be Dutch and what it means be female. Based on interviews with three female rappers, as well as academics and participants in the hip hop scene, the author explores the significance of self identification within the current political and social context of the Netherlands. Beginning with a history of hip hop, an analysis of globalization and the Dutch hip hop scene, and a review of relevant current events, a firm foundation is established on which issues of identity, ethnicity, and gender in …

The Development Of Bilingual Education In Berlin’S Primary Schools, Elizabeth Buckley

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The debate on language education is flourishing in the current state of globalization and immigration. The rising amount of globalization has increased the amount of linguistic diversity present in one’s everyday life. There are between 6,000 and 7,000 languages in the world and half of them are in danger of disappearing. Therefore, it is becoming more common for the presence of many different linguistic groups within one country. For instance, in Indonesia, there are over 700 languages spoken. Although, the distribution of languages is not equal, it is nearly impossible to go through life without being exposed to another language …