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Endangered Species Bulletin, September 2007 - Vol. Xxxii No. 3 Sep 2007

Endangered Species Bulletin, September 2007 - Vol. Xxxii No. 3

Endangered Species Bulletin

In this issue:
4 Measuring Recovery Success
6 Partnerships Can Conserve Species and a Way of Life
8 Rare Bird Nest is Cause for Celebration
10 Jump Starting a Rabbit’s Recovery
11 Conserving a Natural Utah Treasure
12 New Hope for the Leon Springs Pupfish
14 Sometimes It’s the Little Things that Matter
16 Cooperative Conservation for the Page Springsnail
18 A Rare Plant Returns to San Francisco Bay
20 Restoring Whooping Crane Habitat in Texas
22 Contaminants in Unexpected Places
24 Protecting and Restoring Marbled Murrelet Habitat
28 Sturgeon Conservation in the Russian Far East and China
33 Focus …

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Ua62/3 September Newsletter, Wku Small Business Development Center Sep 2007

Ua62/3 September Newsletter, Wku Small Business Development Center

University Organizations

Newsletter created by the WKU Small Business Development Center.

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The Leading Object: September/October 2007 Sep 2007

The Leading Object: September/October 2007

Leading Object

Content:
Perspectives by John C. Owens
CASNR Experiences Double Digit Enrollment Increase for Fall 2007
NCTA Increases Enrollment
Fritz Named Associate IANR Vice Chancellor
Drive Through Nebraska as a Teen Led Burnell to UNL
Hejny New Director of Nebraska LEAD
Blezek Recieves Omtvedt Award
Daughter’s Graduation Prompts Thoughts on Education
Etling Selected For Fulbright Project
Gail Henderson Receives OEA

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The Murray Ledger And Times, September 1, 2007, The Murray Ledger And Times Sep 2007

The Murray Ledger And Times, September 1, 2007, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Psc 501.01: Public Administration, Jeffrey D. Greene Sep 2007

Psc 501.01: Public Administration, Jeffrey D. Greene

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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What's Happening: September, 2007, Maine Medical Center Sep 2007

What's Happening: September, 2007, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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Life After The Establishment Clause, Steven G. Gey Sep 2007

Life After The Establishment Clause, Steven G. Gey

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Gamma Sigma Delta Newsletter - Nebraska Chapter, Issue #34, September 2007 Sep 2007

Gamma Sigma Delta Newsletter - Nebraska Chapter, Issue #34, September 2007

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

CONTENTS:
President’s Message
Find Important Details in this Newsletter Regarding the Following Fall Activities of Gamma Sigma Delta
Needed Membership Coordinator
GAMMA SIGMA DELTA COMMITTEES 2007
The Gamma Sigma Delta Fall 2007 Seminar
Environmental Literacy
Gamma Sigma Delta Annual Meeting
NOMINATIONS FOR GAMMA SIGMA DELTA
NOMINATION FOR FACULTY, MANAGERIAL/PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Merit Award Nomination
Extension Award Nomination
Research Award Nomination
Teaching Award Nomination
In Memoriam
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM

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Rluipa, Distress, And Damages, Jennifer D. Larson Sep 2007

Rluipa, Distress, And Damages, Jennifer D. Larson

University of Chicago Law Review

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The Big Questions Of Personality Psychology: Defining Common Pursuits Of The Discipline, John D. Mayer Sep 2007

The Big Questions Of Personality Psychology: Defining Common Pursuits Of The Discipline, John D. Mayer

Psychology

Big questions of personality are those that are simple, important, and often have been asked repeatedly over time, such as “Who am I?” “What is human nature?” and “How does personality work?” This article identifies 20 big questions relevant to personality psychology. The historical background of each question is briefly described, and the questions are arranged into a model of big questions about personality. The questions, it is argued, both reflect and help to clarify the intrinsic interest in studying personality psychology. They offer insight into the cohesive nature of the field of personality by helping to define its common …

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Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 2007), Deborah Periman, André B. Rosay, G. Matthew Snodgrass, Shel L. Evans Sep 2007

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 2007), Deborah Periman, André B. Rosay, G. Matthew Snodgrass, Shel L. Evans

Vols 21-30 (2004-2014)

The Fall 2007 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on the collateral consequences of criminal conviction in Alaska, results of an Alaska Judicial Council evaluation of the Alaska Court System's three felony-level therapeutic courts, disproportionate minority contact within the juvenile justice system in Fairbanks North Star Borough, and results of a community survey in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

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Comparative Microbiota Of Rickettsia Felis-Uninfected And -Infected Colonized Cat Fleas, Ctenocephalides Felis, Walairat Pornwiroon, Michael T. Kearney, Claudia Husseneder, Lane D. Foil, Kevin R. Macaluso Sep 2007

Comparative Microbiota Of Rickettsia Felis-Uninfected And -Infected Colonized Cat Fleas, Ctenocephalides Felis, Walairat Pornwiroon, Michael T. Kearney, Claudia Husseneder, Lane D. Foil, Kevin R. Macaluso

Faculty Publications

Fleas serve as arthropod vectors for several emerging and re-emerging infectious disease causing agents including, Rickettsia felis. Although the prevalence of R. felis infection in colonies of fleas has been examined, the influence of the R. felis infection on flea microbiota has not been investigated. We identified three colonies of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, with varying prevalence of R. felis infection (Louisiana State University (LSU), 93.8; Professional Laboratory and Research Services Inc. (PLRS), 16.4; Elward II (EL), 0) and subsequently utilized polymerase chain reaction amplification, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and sequencing of the 1.4-kb portions of 16S rRNA genes …

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Description, Life History, And Parasitism Of A New Species Of Delphacid Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), James T. Cronin, Stephen W. Wilson Sep 2007

Description, Life History, And Parasitism Of A New Species Of Delphacid Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), James T. Cronin, Stephen W. Wilson

Faculty Publications

Delphacodes scolochloa Cronin & Wilson (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) is a newly discovered delphacid planthopper that feeds and oviposits exclusively on the stems of sprangletop, Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link (Poaceae: Pooidae), in the prairie pothole region of northeastern North Dakota. D. scolochloa is bivoltine. It is also wing dimorphic, but populations are composed predominantly of flightless brachypters. Macropters incur a substantial cost in terms of reduced longevity and fecundity relative to brachypters. The parasitoid complex attacking D. scolochloa consists of two egg parasitoids, Anagrus nigriventris Girault and Anagrus columbi Perkins (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), and one undescribed dryinid. The proportion of eggs parasitized averages …

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Fungi Isolated From Integument And Guts Of Coptotermes Formosanus And Their Antagonistic Effect On Gleophyllum Trabeum, Poornima Jayasimha, Gregg Henderson Sep 2007

Fungi Isolated From Integument And Guts Of Coptotermes Formosanus And Their Antagonistic Effect On Gleophyllum Trabeum, Poornima Jayasimha, Gregg Henderson

Faculty Publications

In our earlier efforts to demonstrate the spread of a brown rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill by Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, we found not only that C. formosanus does not spread G. trabeum but also that G. trabeum did not survive in the presence of C. formosanus. Further investigation of this antagonistic interaction between this termite and fungus led to a hypothesis that green-spored fungi may be carried by termites and that they play a role in suppressing the growth of G. trabeum. Fungal cultures were isolated from integument and guts of laboratory-maintained colonies of C. formosanus …

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Deep Impact: Broadus' Program Teaches Young People Life Lessons, Nancy R. Fullbright '95 Sep 2007

Deep Impact: Broadus' Program Teaches Young People Life Lessons, Nancy R. Fullbright '95

Furman Magazine

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Classifying Foods In Contexts: How Adults Categorize Foods For Different Eating Settings, Christine E. Blake, Carole A. Bisogni, Jeffrey Sobal, Carol M. Devine, Margaret M. Jastran Sep 2007

Classifying Foods In Contexts: How Adults Categorize Foods For Different Eating Settings, Christine E. Blake, Carole A. Bisogni, Jeffrey Sobal, Carol M. Devine, Margaret M. Jastran

Faculty Publications

This project examined adults' food cognitions by applying schema theory to explain how adults categorized foods for different contexts. Qualitative interviews and repeated card sort activities for different eating contexts were conducted to elicit as many food categories as possible form 42 US adults. Participants labeled card sort piles with their own words, providing 991 card sort labels. Qualitative analysis of the labels resulted in the emergence of 12 category types. Personal-experience-based types were specific to the individual (e.g., Preference). Context-based types were related to situational aspects of eating episodes (e.g., Location). Food-based types were related to intrinsic properties of …

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Evst 594.01: Graduate Seminar - The Political Economy Of Food And Agriculture, Jeff Schahczenski Sep 2007

Evst 594.01: Graduate Seminar - The Political Economy Of Food And Agriculture, Jeff Schahczenski

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Nebline, September 2007 Sep 2007

Nebline, September 2007

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Control Winter Annuals in Fall
Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Sample Kits Available
Free Scrap Tire Collection
Keep Roosting Birds From Dirtying Cars, Driveways This Fall
Wood Heat–A Viable Home Heating Alternative
Ten Rules for Planting Trees
Answers to Composting Questions
President’s Notes — Alice’s Analysis
Household Hints: Programmable Thermostats
FCE News & Events
First Step to Eliminate Debt is Cut Expenses
Ease Children Into Staying Home Alone
Strengthening Family Treasures Daughter/Mother Camp
Four Fruit Salad Recipe
Do You REALLY Know How Much You Eat?
ABC’s for Good Health, Oct. 2, 9 & 23
Free Seminar, “Making Many Meals Using a …

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Gender Awareness Of Rural Women In Bangladesh, Shahnaj Parveen Sep 2007

Gender Awareness Of Rural Women In Bangladesh, Shahnaj Parveen

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study aims to determine the social status of rural women and their level of gender awareness (GA) in three villages within the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Data were collected from 156 respondents through group discussions and personal interviews from December 2002 to April 2003. Women’s social status and GA was determined following the Likert scale method. The study reveals that personal income and physical beauty of rural women are the most important factors determining a higher social status while women with distressed conditions including mental and physical disabilities were found to have a lower social status. Among ten pre-selected …

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Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Among College Students In Arkansas And Florida: Food And Culture Vs. Health Knowledge, Christiane Schroeter, Lisa House, Argelia Lorence Sep 2007

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Among College Students In Arkansas And Florida: Food And Culture Vs. Health Knowledge, Christiane Schroeter, Lisa House, Argelia Lorence

Agribusiness

This study determines the impact of demographics, dietary and health knowledge, and food culture on fruit and vegetable consumption of college students in Arkansas and Florida. Our empirical analysis demonstrates that food culture significantly impacts consumption of fruits and vegetables; a finding which emphasizes the need to target cultural aspects when developing effective and efficient management of agribusiness firms. Understanding the antecedents to consumption for products like fruits and vegetables is important to agribusiness industry, policy makers and organizations interested in evaluating the effectiveness of health education in promoting college students’ health and decreasing the trends to obesity.

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Effects Of The Environment On The Nutritional Needs Of Grazing Livestock, Alvaro Garcia, Cody Wright Sep 2007

Effects Of The Environment On The Nutritional Needs Of Grazing Livestock, Alvaro Garcia, Cody Wright

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Profitability of grazing operations is related to productivity per acre. Productivity is determined, among other factors, by the efficiency with which the animal harvests the forage. Efficiency can be defined as nutrients consumed per unit of product produced (feed to gain). Costs incurred in this process which are not translated into products are sources of inefficiencies. Costs are not only related to dollars spent by livestock producers but also to nutrient inputs and outputs (balance) incurred by an animal. Just as in your bank account, the animal has a budget in his body with accretions and withdrawals, and when one …

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Algal Regulation Of Extracellular Enzyme Activity In Stream Microbial Communities Associated With Inert Substrata And Detritus, Steven T. Rier, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven N. Francoeur Sep 2007

Algal Regulation Of Extracellular Enzyme Activity In Stream Microbial Communities Associated With Inert Substrata And Detritus, Steven T. Rier, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven N. Francoeur

Faculty Publications

We tested the hypothesis that algae influence the activities of extracellular enzymes involved in mineralization processes within microbial assemblages in streams. We tested the prediction that the factors that influence algal biomass and photosynthesis (i.e., diel fluctuations in photosynthetically active radiation [PAR], long-term variations in light regime, and community development stage) would have a corresponding effect on extracellular enzyme activities. We also tested the prediction that algae would influence enzyme activities on inorganic substrata and in detrital communities where they ultimately would influence plant litter decomposition rates. We allowed microbial communities to develop on inert substrata (glass-fiber filters) or on …

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Are Human Embryos One Of Us? An Exploration Of Personhood, James Rusthoven Sep 2007

Are Human Embryos One Of Us? An Exploration Of Personhood, James Rusthoven

Pro Rege

This article was originally an address presented by Dr. James Rusthoven at Dordt College, April 12, 2007.

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Gender Differentiation Among Farmers In The Agricultural Sector In Benguet, Philippines, Jinky Leilanie Lu Sep 2007

Gender Differentiation Among Farmers In The Agricultural Sector In Benguet, Philippines, Jinky Leilanie Lu

Journal of International Women's Studies

This is a cross sectional study on gender differences in work distribution, means of production, decision making, illness and hazard exposure among male and female vegetable farmers. Personal interviews were conducted among 39 vegetable growers in Benguet. Bivariate analysis showed that the husband’s control over income is associated with decision making power in regard household expenditures, except food (p=.050). The illness data showed that the most common illness among the wives involves the respiratory tract, such as cough (7.7%) and asthma (5.1%). Among the husbands, the most common was back pain (10.3%) followed by hypertension, blurred vision and cough (7.7% …

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Birds, George M. Linz, Jim Hanzel Sep 2007

Birds, George M. Linz, Jim Hanzel

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Sunflower, due to the easy accessibility and high nutritional value of its seed, is particularly vulnerable to damage by birds (Figure 101). Seeds are exposed and the large head serves as a perch during feeding. Sunflower seed is a preferred bird food because the seed contains many proteins and fats essential to their growth, molt, fat storage and weight maintenance processes. Although many species of birds feed in maturing sunflower fields, the greatest losses are caused by migrating flocks of red-winged blackbirds, yellow- headed blackbirds and common grackles (Figure 102). Significant losses can occur in fields near cattail marshes.

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Severe Anaphylactic Reaction At Induction Of Anaesthesia, Aliya Ahmed, Anand Kumar Sep 2007

Severe Anaphylactic Reaction At Induction Of Anaesthesia, Aliya Ahmed, Anand Kumar

Department of Anaesthesia

Anaphylaxis is an IgE mediated severe allergic reaction causing release of vasoactive substances from mast cells and basophils after re-exposure to an antigen. Signs and symptoms include flushing, urticaria, hypotension, tachycardia, bronchospasm, cardio-respiratory arrest etc. It can occur at induction of anaesthesia when multiple drugs are being administered, but prompt diagnosis with correct management is the key to a successful outcome. This case report describes a patient who developed severe bronchospasm with difficulty in inflating the lungs and dropping oxygen saturations, alongwith hypotension, tachycardia and widespread flushing, at induction of anaesthesia for elective breast surgery. She was promptly managed and …

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The Effect Of Germination On Chemical Constituents Of Broad Beans And Chickpeas Seeds, Salim S. Al-Timimi, Mahdi T. Al-Kaisey, Sura Obaid Neema Sep 2007

The Effect Of Germination On Chemical Constituents Of Broad Beans And Chickpeas Seeds, Salim S. Al-Timimi, Mahdi T. Al-Kaisey, Sura Obaid Neema

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was carried out to find out the effect of germination of broad beans and chickpeas seeds for different periods on their antinutritional factors content ( Trypsin inhibitor and Phytic acid ) and the chemical constituents of germination seeds compared with the control samples (ungerminated seeds) . The results indicated asignificant increase (P<0.05) in crude protein content as germination period proceeded.The highest values of 28.0% and 24.0% were reached on the sixth and fourth day for germinated broad beans and chickpeas respectively, The intial values were 25.6% and 23.5% for control samples, respectively.The content of raffinose,stachyose and verbascose were reduced as germination period proceeded, Stachyose and verbascose were depleted on the fourth and sixth day of germination for broad beans and chickpeas,respectivley, while both raffinose and stachyosewere completely depleted on the fourth day and verbascose on the sixth day of germination for chickpeas,respectively.Both trypsin inhibitoractivity and phytic acid content of germinated seeds were reduced as germination period proceeded.The highest loss of inhibition activity was on the tenth and sixth day for broad beans and chickpeas and amounted to 13.95% and 26.09%, respectively. The drop in phytic acid reached a peck value of 31.6% and 32.0% on the sixth and fourth day for germinated broad beans and chickpeas, respectively.

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A Prospective Study Of Congenital Malformations Among Live Born Neonates At A University Hospital In Western Saudi Arabia, Nadia M. Fida, Jumana Al-Aama, Wafaa Nichols, Wafaa Nichols, Mohamed Alqahtani Sep 2007

A Prospective Study Of Congenital Malformations Among Live Born Neonates At A University Hospital In Western Saudi Arabia, Nadia M. Fida, Jumana Al-Aama, Wafaa Nichols, Wafaa Nichols, Mohamed Alqahtani

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of major and minor congenital malformations among liveborn infants at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Estimation of risk factors were also evaluated. METHODS: Between March 2004 and May 2005, a total of 5356 babies born at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, were enrolled in this study for malformations. Details of cases were recorded after parents9 interviews, clinical, radiological, and laboratory evaluations. RESULTS: One hundred and forty-seven (27.06/1000 livebirth) and 13 (2.39/1000 birth) stillbirth had congenital anomalies. In all livebirth, incidences of major anomalies were 93.9% and minor were 6.1%. Mothers of 95.9% with congenital …

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Enterocutaneous Fistula. Causes And Management, Raafat R. Ahmad, Shawqi Y. Fawzy Sep 2007

Enterocutaneous Fistula. Causes And Management, Raafat R. Ahmad, Shawqi Y. Fawzy

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the main causes of fistula, and to determine the factors related to a successful treatment. METHODS: From November 2002 to October 2005, a total of 70 consecutive patients with enterocutaneous fistula in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, were studied prospectively. Fifty-two patients received total parenteral nutrition. Internal gastrointestinal fistula, and pure pancreatic and biliary fistula were excluded from this study. RESULTS: In 68 patients, the fistula developed postoperatively, the most common primary cause was missile injury (42%), and 2 patients have fistula that developed spontaneously. The fistula was healed by conservative treatment in 34 patients, …

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Bone Metabolism And Mineral Density In Patients With Beta-Thalassemia Major, Umit Dundar, Alphan Kupesiz, Sebahat Ozdem, Erdal Gilgil, Tiraje Tuncer, Akif Yesilipek, Meral Gultekin Sep 2007

Bone Metabolism And Mineral Density In Patients With Beta-Thalassemia Major, Umit Dundar, Alphan Kupesiz, Sebahat Ozdem, Erdal Gilgil, Tiraje Tuncer, Akif Yesilipek, Meral Gultekin

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone metabolism in patients with beta-thalassemia major and to determine the factors associated with the development of osteoporosis. METHODS: We studied 25 patients with thalassemia major with a mean age of 18.4 years (range 5-31) and aged and gender matched 24 healthy controls who were attending the outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic of Akdeniz University Hospital between January 2004 and March 2004 in Turkey. Bone mineral density (BMD) of lumbar spine (L1-L4) and proximal femur were determined using dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Venous blood samples were obtained for determination of blood cell count and markers of …

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