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Valuing New Jersey's Natural Capital: An Assessment Of The Economic Value Of The State's Natural Resources, Robert Costanza

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

This report is divided into three main parts. Part I presents essential background information, summarizes the detailed findings of Parts II and III and their limitations, and explores in a preliminary way the policy implications of the natural capital project and the future research needs in this area. Part II focuses on ecosystem services and Part III deals with ecosystem goods.

Middle Columbia River Aquatic Nuisance Species Survey, Robyn Draheim, Mark D. Sytsma, Rich Miller, Jeffery Cordell

Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Publications and Presentations

Aquatic nonindigenous species (ANS) in the middle Columbia and lower Snake rivers were surveyed during the summer of 2006. The project area included eight reservoirs and the free-flowing, Hanford Reach on the Columbia River. We also conducted a literature review to create a complete list of ANS for the study area.

Women's Heart Health, Comments From Service Providers In Kent County, Community Research Institute-Johnson Center

Research, Reports, and Publications

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Fifth Circuit Survey: Taxation, Michael Hatfield

Articles

During the survey period, the Fifth Circuit decided nine federal tax cases. Four of the nine cases were appealed from district courts. The remaining five were appealed from the Tax Court. Three of the Tax Court's five decisions (60%) were affirmed, and three of the four district court decisions (75%) were affirmed. Thus, the Fifth Circuit affirmed most of the lower court decisions (66%). Interestingly, only three of the decisions (33%) favored the taxpayer—EC Term of Years Trust v. United States; Garber Industries, Inc. v. Commissioner; and Estate of Baird v. Commissioner—even though the Fifth Circuit …

Global Health And Human Rights Imperative, Patricia C. Kuszler

Articles

Open any magazine, click on a television news channel, or surf the net and you are likely to find global health highlighted as one of the foremost challenges of new millennium. First, this article will consider the meaning and measures of global health and detail the path to improved health and development prescribed by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Second, it will trace the development of international human rights law as it relates to health. Third, it demonstrate how human rights and health, long traversing parallel routes, are in fact converging in the 21st Century quest for global health–a …

Feral Swine Action Plan For Oregon, Mark Sytsma, Arick Christopher Rouhe

Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Publications and Presentations

Feral swine are defined as free roaming animals of the genus Sus that are not being held under domestic management or confinement. Swine have spread from Europe and Russia to habitats around the world via human introduction. Currently, feral swine populations are established on every continent except Antarctica. Unlike other large mammal invaders, swine have a high reproductive capacity and are omnivorous, which allows for a quick assimilation into most habitats. Once a breeding population is established in an area, the population can quickly increase and negatively impact the ecosystem. A successful invasion of feral swine is difficult, and sometimes …

Be Careful What You Ask For: Educacion Para Todas/Os, The Perils And The Power, Jessica Solyom, Jeremiah Chin, Kristi Ryujin

Articles

Demonstrations supporting human and civil rights, while often romanticized as a phenomenon of the past, are becoming more pervasive today, reflecting the continued forms of discrimination and oppression undocumented workers, individuals, and families experience. In the past few years, Utah residents have been engaged in their own battle to determine the level of support the state is willing to extend students of color interested in attending institutions of higher education. On the "frontstage" many of the state's universities echo a rhetoric of support for diversity. Some even go as far as to outline their commitment to diversity as part of …

The Latino Caregiver Experience Among Dementia And Non-Dementia Caregivers : Can Community Based Care Management Improve Caregiver Health?, Catherine Oliveros

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Purpose: This study provides an analysis of the Latino caregiving community in Southeast Texas and the role community based care management plays in influencing caregiver physical and emotional well-being. Design and Methods: A non-random sample of 63 Latino caregivers was interviewed by phone. Caregiver physical and emotional well-being was studied through burden, depression, perceived health status, and resourcefulness. Regression, correlation, and comparison analysis was performed with key variables. Results: Acculturation was positively correlated with care management use. In comparing dementia and non-dementia caregivers both groups had similar levels of depression and burden, however, the dementia group had significantly lower levels …

Richmond Law Magazine: Winter 2007

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Creative Balance: Intellectual Property and Free Expression

Hanging a Shingle in Cairo: Practice Among the Pyramids Brings Rewards, Challenges

From the Streets to a GED: Law Students Volunteer for Offender GED Program

Asthme Au Travail : Hygiène Dentaire : Fiche De Prévention, Brigitte Roberge, Éric Audet, Denyse Gautrin

Fiches

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Modeling The Dynamics Of Tritrophic Population Interactions, Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Johann Baumgärtner

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Introduction Increasingly, population modeling and systems analysis are being used to examine the complex issues that are at the heart of CP/IPM (crop production and integrated pest management) and biological control. The design of economically sound and sustainable crop management strategies requires a thorough understanding of the whole production system including arthropod pests, pathogens, and weeds. More than three decades ago, Huffaker and Croft (1976) stressed the need to rely on systems analysis and interdisciplinary collaboration to accomplish this task. Soon the question arose as to how mathematical techniques employed in the analysis of physical systems could be adapted to …

Environmental Abundance Of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) Larval Habitats On Land Cover Change Sites In Karima Village, Mwea Rice Scheme, Kenya, Benjamin G. Jacob, Ephantus Muturi, Patrick Halbig, Joseph Mwangangi, R. K. Wanjogu, Enock Mpanga, Jose Funes, Josephat Shililu, John Githure, James L. Regens, Robert J. Novak

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A study was carried out at Karima Village in the Mwea Rice Irrigation Scheme in Kenya to assess the impact of rice husbandry and associated land cover change for mosquito larval abundance. A multi-temporal, land use land cover (LULC) classification dataset incorporating distributions of Anopheles arabiensis aquatic larval habitats was produced in ERDAS Imagine version 8.7 using combined images from IKONOS at 4m spatial resolution from 2005 and Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)™ classification data at 30-meters spatial resolution from 1988 for Karima. Of 207 larval habitats sampled, most were either canals (53.4%) or paddies (45.9%), and only one habitat was …

Larval Habitat Dynamics And Diversity Of Culex Mosquitoes In Rice Agro-Ecosystem In Mwea, Kenya, Ephantus J. Muturi, Josephat I. Shililu, Weidong Gu, Benjamin G. Jacob, John I. Githure, Robert J. Novak

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Introduction of irrigation projects in developing nations has often been blamed for aggravating the problem of mosquito-borne diseases by creating ideal larval habitats for vector mosquitoes. However, whereas several studies have demonstrated the relationship between malaria vectors and irrigation, little work has been done on culicine mosquitoes despite their potential in transmission of filariasis and arboviruses and their significant biting nuisance in these areas. This study examined the diversity of Culex mosquito fauna and their larval habitats at two sites (Murinduko and Kiamachiri) in Mwea, Kenya over a 12-month period. The habitat types present at each site within a 200-meter …

Potential Of A Brazilian Population Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus Longipes As A Biological Control Agent Of Tetranychus Evansi (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae), I. P. Furtado, G. J.De Moraes, S. Kreiter, M. S. Tixier, M. Knapp

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard, is a key pest of tomato in Africa. Surveys have been conducted in the last few years to search for predators associated with this pest in Brazil for introduction into Africa. Biological parameters of Phytoseiulus longipes Evans, one of the predators found in those surveys, were evaluated when it was exposed to different food items, including T. evansi, in laboratory tests. The predator had about the same oviposition rate on T. evansi and on Tetranychus urticae Koch; it did not oviposite when fed on pollen of Ricinus communis L. or Typha sp. When given the …

Distribution And Relative Importance Of Lepidopteran Cereal Stemborers And Their Parasitoids In Uganda, T. Matama-Kauma, F. Schulthess, J. A. Ogwang, J. M. Mueke, C. O. Omwega

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Infestation levels and parasitism of lepidopteran stemborers on maize were assessed in four agroecological zones (AEZ) in Uganda. The indigenous noctuid Busseola fusca Fuller (Noctuidae) and the invasive Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Crambidae) were the most important stemborers recorded. C. partellus represented 77% of the stemborers in the Eastern AEZ while B. fusca was dominant in the other AEZs, accounting for 60-79%. The proportion of infested plants was between 16% and 45% and borer density between 0.2 and 1.0 borers per plant. There was no clear relationship between damage and stem tunneling, which is often used to estimate yield loss. Telenomus …

Health Care-Associated Pneumonia And Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Single-Center Experience, Scott T. Micek, Katherine E. Kollef, Richard M. Reichley, Nareg Roubinian, Marin H. Kollef

Open Access Publications

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Identification And Characterization Of Small Molecules That Inhibit Intracellular Toxin Transport, Jose B. Saenz, Teresa A. Doggett, David B. Haslam

Open Access Publications

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Escherichia Coli From Urine Of Female Patients With Urinary Tract Infections Is Competent For Intracellular Bacterial Community Formation, Corinne K. Garofalo, Thomas M. Hooton, Steven M. Martin, Walter E. Stamm, Joseph J. Palermo, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Scott J. Hultgren

Open Access Publications

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Multicode-Plx System For Multiplexed Detection Of Seventeen Respiratory Viruses, Frederick S. Nolte, David J. Marshall, Christopher Rasberry, Sabina Schievelbein, Grier G. Banks, Gregory A. Storch, Max Q. Arens, Richard S. Buller, James R. Prudent

Open Access Publications

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Anionic Lipids Enriched At The Exportal Of Streptococcus Pyogenes, Jason W. Rosch, Fong Fu Hsu, Michael G. Caparon

Open Access Publications

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Genomic Medicine: A Future Flooded With Risk Information, Edward R. B. Mccabe, Linda L. Mccabe

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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The Role Of Diffusion Characteristics In Formulating A General Theory Of Law And Technology, Gaia Bernstein

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Brave New World At The General Assembly: The United Nations Declaration On Human Cloning, Nigel M. De S. Cameron, Anna V. Henderson

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Effect Of Fertilizer And Pesticide On The Biocontrol Of Cereal Stemborer's And The Awareness Of The Introduced Parasitoid In Zanzibar, Ibrahim Abdalla Ali

All Master’s Theses

The exotic stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) causes the highest economic loss to maize and sorghum yield in the Islands of Zanzibar. A number of studies on its biology, ecology and management in Zanzibar have been conducted since early 1901 (Zanzibar Archive un-published report).However, so much still remains unknown about these pests. As a part of integrated pest management (IPM) strategy for controlling Ch. Partellus in Zanzibar, an exotic Braconidae larval parasitoid, Cotesia flavipes was introduced in 1999 as a classical biological control agent to supplement the indigenous Cotesia sesamiae population after being proved to be successful in Kenya. It was …

Aga Khan University Prospectus 2007, The Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Prospectuses and Brochures

The University, University Resources, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College, Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Medical Education, School of Nursing, Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Nursing Education, Institute for Educational Development, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University Human Development Programme, Faculty List

The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse: A New Digitized Archive At Washington University In St. Louis, Margo Schlanger

Articles

In November 2006, Washington University School of Law launched a new internet resource, the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Completely free and accessible to the public, its web address is . The Clearinghouse vastly expands tie availability of information about and documents from civil rights cases of many different types, allowing researchers to find and read source documents and litigation summaries for over eighteen hundred litigations (and counting). The collection is organized by case; it follows cases from their start to finish, however many courts or opinions are involved, and however long the case takes. For each entry, in the collection, …

Symposium: Feminism And Dualism In Intellectual Property, Dan L. Burk

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Symposium: Molecules And Conflict: Cancer, Petents, And Women's Health, Eileen M. Kane

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Symposium: Comments On Panel 2, Peter Jaszi

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Parentage Puzzle: The Interplay Between Genetics, Procreative Intent, And Parental Conduct In Determining Legal Parentage, Deborah H. Wald, Esq.

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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