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Causes And Consequences Of Prolonged Dormancy For An Iteroparous Geophyte, Silene Spaldingii, Peter Lesica, Elizabeth E. Crone

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

1. Prolonged dormancy, during which a plant does not produce above-ground shoots during one or more growing seasons, is common in temperate herbaceous species, but its role in life history is poorly understood.

2. We analysed stage transitions to determine the consequences of prolonged dormancy for Silene spaldingii, a perennial geophyte of semi-arid grasslands in the Columbia Basin of western North America. We monitored 179 S. spaldingii plants from 1987 through 2005, and analysed demographic rates as a function of plant state and seasonal precipitation.

3. Dormant plants had similar survival and growth to vegetative plants, and were more …

Exploring Visual Expressions To Articulate Thoughts On Human Existence, Mieko Tachibana

Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to broaden my thoughts on human existence and identity in nature and the universe. It is also to explore the varied visual expressions of my thoughts, feelings, and ways to engage the audiences. ... I tried to experiment with various possible visualizations of my thoughts and feelings through four different installations. Video and installation 1 is about the existence of human beings. In Installation 1, I limited my personal visual images, and instead used language to convey my thoughts. Installation 2 is about the relationship between human beings and nature, and is expressed through …

Cross-Chronotope Alignment In Senegalese Oral Narrative, Sabina Perrino

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

While oral self-narratives are often presumed to be deictically anchored as ‘past’ by default, speakers routinely create more complex and varied temporalization effects, including tropic effects that are this article’s focus. One of the most well-known tropic temporalization effects is the so-called ‘historical present’, where speakers use non-past deixis to frame ‘past’ events. This juxtaposition of temporalization effects can be used to align the spatio-temporal universe of the story (the denotational text) and the here-and-now storytelling event (the interactional text) as ‘coeval’, as if they were part of the same spatio-temporal or ‘chronotopic’ frame. This article examines a Senegalese oral …

Relational And Incarnational Leadership: A Flattening Of The Congregational Hierarchy And A Shared Journey Of Faith, Timothy D. Ozment

Doctor of Ministry

The problem addressed in this paper is: How can mainline congregational leadership move a church forward toward health in a postmodern world wherein the mainline Church as a whole is in such serious decline? This problem will be addressed by proposing a model of pastoral leadership that lives relationally and incarnationally with the congregation, flattens the hierarchy, and nurtures key lay leaders who are empowered to: answer their personal call, cultivate intentional relationships, and nurture the congregation into a missional and incarnationally focused living organism. Pastoral leadership, as we will argue, is, therefore, primarily living incarnationally and relationally with a …

Annual Report Of The Officers And Committees Of The Town Of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, Year Ending December 31, 2006., Lyndeborough Town Representatives

Lyndeborough, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Reports Of The Town Officers Of Fitzwilliam, N.H. For The Year Ending December 31, 2006., Fitzwilliam Town Representatives

Fitzwilliam, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Dermal Stresses And Foot Ground Stresses In Diabetic Patients, Zaid M. Hasasneh

ETD Archive

The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the U.S. has been showing a large increase. It has more than doubled during the period of 1980 to 2002. Approximately 18 million Americans have diabetes today with more than 5.2 million undiagnosed cases. While diabetes is categorized as an endocrine system disorder, some of its known complications are associated to the science of biomechanics. Foot ulcers are caused by vascular deterioration due to diabetes, but also directly related to the natural mechanical forces and loads applied to the feet. Therefore, studying these forces, their locations, distribution and their stresses may be …

Rescue Me: Legislating Cooperation Between Animal Control Authorities And Rescue Organizations, Rebecca J. Huss

Law Faculty Publications

Notwithstanding the overwhelming evidence that shows how important pets are to many people in the United States, the leading cause of death for dogs and cats in this country is euthanasia because of the lack of homes. Although progress has been made, conservative estimates are that between three and four million dogs and cats are euthanized each year. A successful program for implementing non-lethal strategies to control the pet population incorporates three prongs: (a) increasing adoptions, (b) increasing the number of animals sterilized and (c) increasing the number of animals retained in homes. This Article focuses on the legislative actions …

Isolation Of Glossina Typanolysis/Trypanoglutinin And Assessment Of Their Use In The Interruption Of Trypanosome Differentiation, Mahamat Hassan Abakar

All PhD Dissertations

Midgut trypanolysin from Glossina morsitans morsitans was isolated by a combination of an anion-exchange and gel permeation chromatography. The trypanolysin activity was recovered in the bound fraction. The native molecular weight of trypanolysin was determined -669kDa. Analysis oftrypanolysin by SDS-PAGE recovered a single sub-unit ofMr-14kDa. The induction of trypanolysin activity by bloodmeal increased gradually reaching a peak at 72-120 h after the bloodmeal, and then decreased rapidly, with only 25% of the peak activity remaining after 192 h. Midgut homogenates from twice-fed G. m. morsitans had the highest trypanolysin activity against bloodstream-form trypanosomes followed by those once-fed and unfed. Trypanolysin …

The Return Of Henri Lefebvre, David Alvarez

Grand Valley Review

No abstract provided.

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2007-2008, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Undergraduate Catalog for the 2007-2008 academic year.

A Behavior Analytic Look At Contemporary Issues In The Assessment Of Child Sexual Abuse, W. Joseph Wyatt

Psychology Faculty Research

The assessment of child sexual abuse has largely been ignored by behavior analysts, although behavior analytic theory and methodology, if applied, likely would advance the field. Three classic cases demonstrate historic errors that might have been avoided, had a behaviorally based approach been employed. Functional analytic interpretations are provided for phenomena that have been explored in a representative sample of studies that, though empirical, do not appear in the behavioral literature. Specific recommendations for practice, and a call for greater involvement of behavior analysis, are presented.

The Effects Of Charging By Ultraviolet Light On Granular Lunar Simulant In A Microgravity Environment, Sydney J. Chamberlin, Troy Munro, Sarah Isert, Tracy Garin Savage

Reports and Proposals

No abstract provided.

Participant/Observer Vol. 1. No. 1 Winter 2007, Anthropology Department

Participant/Observer

A Newsletter for Friends of the Western Michigan University Department of Anthropology

Table of Contents:

• Violence in Kenya is topic of Anthropologist’s Research
• Letter from the Chair
• Meet the Newest Member of the Anthropology Department: Kristina Wirtz
• WMU Archaeology Students Excavate at Fort St. Joseph During Field School
• Questions for a Faculty Member. . . Dr. Robert Anemone
• Archaeology Grad Student Works in Bolivia
• Anthropology Students Make Energy Headlines
• The Development of a Web-Based, Role-Playing Simulation
• In The Spotlight: Vin Lyon-Callo
• Anthropologist is Fulbright Scholar
• Department News

What’S Good For The Goose…The Israeli Supreme Court, Foie Gras And The Future Of Farmed Animals In The United States, Mariann Sullivan, David J. Wolfson

Law and Contemporary Problems

Of particular interest in the issue of cruelty to farmed animals is the 2003 decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, annulling, on animal cruelty grounds, regulations regarding the force-feeding of geese for the production of foie gras, and, ultimately, prohibiting the practice and thereby eradicating the industry.

A Psychological And Behavioral Analysis Of Child Sex Offenders: The Use Of Expert Search Warrants In The Criminal Investigation Of Acquaintance Molestation: The Use Of Expert Search Warrants In The Criminal Investigation Of Acquaintance Molestation, Joseph M. Deangelo

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The Use of Expert Search Warrants in the Criminal Investigation of Acquaintance Molestation Child sexual abuse is a critical social problem throughout the U.S. and the world. Often, a competent and thorough investigation can substantiate or discredit an allegation and notably support a subsequent prosecution of a substantiated case. A manual was created to assist law enforcement detectives who investigate allegations of child sex abuse. The investigative process includes: (a) forensic interviews of child victims, (b) collection of corroborative evidence, (c) analysis of offender characteristics and typologies, (d) offender interviews, and (e) search warrants to include expert search warrants.

Moistened Seeds Increase Rodent Trap Success, Michael W. Sears, John C. Tull

Publications

Seed moisture has been shown to influence the rates of seed cache removal by rodents. Although the precise mechanism is not known, this knowledge might prove useful in field applications. We examined whether moistened bait would increase trap success in desert rodent populations. We placed traps 15 m apart in grids within a 500-ha study area and randomly baited traps with either dry or moistened seeds. We found that traps baited with moistened seeds had 34.9% higher success than traps baited with dry seeds (n = 190, Χ² = 5.389, df = 1, P = 0.020). Our results …

Wind Damage And Salinity Effects Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita On Coastal Baldcypress Forests Of Louisiana, William Conner, Thomas W. Doyle, Richard H. Day, Ken W. Krauss, Christopher M. Swarzenski

Publications

The frequency of hurricane landfall in a given coastal stretch may play a more important role in the ecology of coastal forests than previously thought because of direct and indirect impacts of fallen trees and the introduction of salt water that lingers long after the storm passes. Findings show that surge events can inundate interior freshwater forests many miles from the coast and elevate soil salinities twofold to threefold. These elevated salinities may contribute to delayed mortality of certain tree species and set the stage for eventual forest decline and dieback.

Science And The Storms: The Usgs Response To The Hurricanes Of 2005 - Chapter Six: Ecological Impacts, William Conner, Stephen Faulkner, Wylie Barrow, Brady Couvillion, Lori Randall, Michael Baldwin

Publications

Ecological impacts from the hurricanes of 2005 affected both vegetation and the animals that depend on coastal habits on land and in water. Discussed in this section are migratory birds, coastal marsh vegetation, chenier forests, coastal floodplain forests, mangrove forests, estuaries, and the endangered manatee.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - White Squirrels, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Articles regarding the white squirrels that live on the WKU campus.

Frje Echeverría: Self-Portraits, Frje Echeverria, Brad Covington

Art on Campus Book Gallery

A book featuring the self-portrait paintings of artist frje Echeverria. An essay by Brad Covington is included.

Neck Of The World, Daniel F. Rzicznek

Swenson Poetry Award Winners

May Swenson Poetry Award Volume 11, with foreward by Alice Quinn. Neck of the World is the eleventh volume in the prestigious May Swenson Poetry Award series. In it, Daniel Rzicznek offers poems that, in quick angular language, capture the natural world and at the same time extend it into a surreal vision, sometimes dream-like, sometimes dark. Alice Quinn, judge for the 2007 Swenson Award, says this of Rzicznek's work: "Throughout, the language pulsates, always vigorous, by turns knotty and crystalline. . . . In Neck of the World, we have a poet with a striking new vision--challenging, rewarding, and …

Design Of An Automated Wood-Pallet Machine, Cheng Lin, Steve Hsiung

Journal of Applied Science & Engineering Technology

This article discusses an applied engineering project on the design and test of a wood-pallet machine that was supervised and sponsored by the Technology Application Center (TAC) at Old Dominion University. A hydraulic-power machine was designed to press six metal plates simultaneously onto six end surfaces of a wood pallet, which is used to stack items during movement or storage. Operation of this machine significantly reduces the manual hammering from four minutes to forty-five seconds. Students were guided to design the mechanical components and hydraulic power system. The animating software uses Automation Studio and Autodesk Inventor to simulate the system …

Haunting Experiences: Ghosts In Contemporary Folklore, Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, Jeannie B. Thomas

All USU Press Publications

Ghosts and the supernatural appear throughout modern culture, in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts. Popular media's commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from what people believe about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Belief and tradition and the popular or commercial nevertheless continually feed off each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from multiple angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously. They …

Improving The Effectiveness Of Interventions To Balance Conservation And Development: A Conceptual Framework, S. Garnett, J. Sayer, Johan T. Du Toit

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

There are numerous case studies around the world describing integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs). Recently some localized syntheses have been published that use sophisticated statistics to identify patterns and causal linkages, but no attempt has yet been made to draw together lessons from across the globe. This paper is an attempt to provide a framework for such an analysis. A set of lessons is proposed for improving the prospects of ICDPs by giving consideration to each of the five capitals: natural, social, human, built, and financial. The language of ICDPs has been adopted by development agencies of all persuasions. …

A Meta-Baci Approach Forevaluating Management Intervention On Chronic Wasting Disease In Mule Deer, Mary M. Conner, Michael W. Miller, Michael Ryan Ebinger, Kenneth P. Burnham

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Advances in acquiring and analyzing the spatial attributes of data have greatlyenhanced the potential utility of wildlife disease surveillance data for addressing problems ofecological or economic importance. We present an approach for using wildlife diseasesurveillance data to identify areas for (or of ) intervention, to spatially delineate pairedtreatment and control areas, and then to analyze these nonrandomly selected sites in a meta-analysis framework via before–after–control–impact (BACI) estimates of effect size. We applythese methods to evaluate the effectiveness of attempts to reduce chronic wasting disease(CWD) prevalence through intensive localized culling of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)innorth-central Colorado, USA. Areas where surveillance data …

Paria View Rehabilitation Project Environmental Assessment, U.S. Department Of The Interior

Elusive Documents

No abstract provided.

The Falcon 2007-2008, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Volume 18, No. 3

Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children

Carter, Fern­-Chantele. “Developing Communities of Inquiry in the Creative Arts Classroom.” 43-­48.

Dobashi, Takar. “The First Children’s Philosopher of Japan: Takeji Hayashi.” 35-­42.

Glina, Monica. “A Community of Barbarians: The Community of Inquiry as Strong Democracy.” 12­-17.

Ronhuis, Tecla. “Philosophical quality of children’s thinking patterns.” 18-­24.

Trickey, Steve & Keith Topping. “Collaborative Philosophical Enquiry for School Children: Participant Evaluation at Eleven Years.” 25-­34.

Wartenberg, Thomas. “Review: The Well of Being: Childhood, Subjectivity and Education by David Kennedy.” 1­-3.

Weber, Barbara. “Subjective Time and Encounter in the Moment: Towards an Ethical Attitude for Intergenerational Dialogue within the Context of Various Theories …

Annual Report Of The Town Of Enfield, New Hampshire. Year Ending December 31, 2006., Enfield Town Representatives

Enfield, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.