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Testing The Persistence Of Phenotypic Plasticity After Incubation In The Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Occidentalis, Christine R. Buckley, Maddalena Jackson, Mina Youssef, Duncan J. Irschick, Stephen C. Adolph

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Hypothesis: Phenotypic variation in traits induced by different incubation temperatures does not persist into the lifetime of young lizards, and therefore contributes little to variation in long-term fitness.

Organism: Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).

Methods: Split-clutch laboratory incubation experiment including eggs from two different populations under two different incubation regimes, measurement of morphological traits at hatching, and tracking of morphology and temperature preference behaviour for 7 weeks after hatching.

Results: Several morphological traits, including body mass, hindlimb length, inter-limb length, and tail length, initially differed between the two incubation treatments, but only the difference in tail length persisted …

Seeking Bang-Bang Solutions Of Mixed Immuno-Chemotherapy Of Tumors, Lisette G. De Pillis, K Renee Fister, Weiqing Gu, Craig Collins, Michael Daub, David Gross '08, James Moore '07, Benjamin Preskill '09

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It is known that a beneficial cancer treatment approach for a single patient often involves the administration of more than one type of therapy. The question of how best to combine multiple cancer therapies, however, is still open. In this study, we investigate the theoretical interaction of three treatment types (two biological therapies and one chemotherapy) with a growing cancer, and present an analysis of an optimal control strategy for administering all three therapies in combination. In the situations with controls introduced linearly, we find that there are conditions on which the controls exist singularly. Although bang-bang controls (on-off) reflect …

Turing Patterns On Growing Spheres: The Exponential Case, Julijana Gjorgjieva, Jon T. Jacobsen

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We consider Turing patterns for reaction-diffusion systems on the surface of a growing sphere. In particular, we are interested in the effect of dynamic growth on the pattern formation. We consider exponential isotropic growth of the sphere and perform a linear stability analysis and compare the results with numerical simulations.

Review Of Jewish Tradition And The Challenge Of Darwinism, Geoffery Cantor And Marc Swetlitz, Eds., Daniel M. Stoebel

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This is a book review.

The Phylum Cnidaria: A Review Of Phylogenetic Patterns And Diversity 300 Years After Linnaeus, Catherine S. Mcfadden, Marymegan Daly, Mercer R. Brugler, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G. Collins, Michael N. Dawson, Daphne G. Fautin, Scott C. France, Dennis M. Opresko, Estefania Rodriguez, Sandra L. Romano, Joel L. Stake

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Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done, and the diversity of the group is not well represented. We contrast the Linnaean perspective on cnidarian diversity with the modern, phylogenetic perspective. For each order, we detail diversity at the family level, providing phylogenetic context where possible.

Academic Program Review: Policies, Principles And Procedures, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

University principles policies and procedures regarding accreditation.

Index To The Senate Journal State Of Colorado: Sixty-Sixth General Assembly First Regular Session, Colorado General Assembly

Colorado House and Senate Journals

No abstract provided.

Due Process Traditionalism, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

In important cases, the Supreme Court has limited the scope of "substantive due process" by reference to tradition, but it has yet to explain why it has done so. Due process traditionalism might be defended in several distinctive ways. The most ambitious defense draws on a set of ideas associated with Edmund Burke and Friedrich Hayek, who suggested that traditions have special credentials by virtue of their acceptance by many minds. But this defense runs into three problems. Those who have participated in a tradition may not have accepted any relevant proposition; they might suffer from a systematic bias; and …

Unratified Treaties, Domestic Politics, And The U.S. Constitution, Curtis A. Bradley

Articles

Many commentators who favor expansions in international law also favor restrictions on executive authority. What these commentators often fail to recognize is the potential for conflict between these two commitments. In this Article, I consider one example of this potential conflict: the effect under international law of signed but unratified treaties.

Under contemporary treaty practice, a nation’s signature of a treaty, especially a multilateral treaty, typically does not make the nation a party to the treaty. Rather, nations become parties to treaties by an act of ratification or accession, either by depositing an instrument of ratification or accession with a …

Meredith, Larry Oral History Interview, George Blum

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Dean of the Chapel, Callison College, Religious Studies, Humanities (1966-1999). Topics include:Innovations in the Chapel program, attitude toward University administrators, Robert Burns, Stanley McCaffery, Donald DeRosa, role of Academic Vice President John Bevan, Alistair McCrone, Clifford Hand, notable University faculty, involvement in curriculum changes at Callison College, innovative courses at the University, University community relations.

Community Context And Health Disparities Among Older Adults, Helen M. Zayac

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities in the U.S. continue to face conditions of residential and educational segregation, lower socioeconomic status, and higher rates of mortality than whites. Better theory-based research that uses community and individual level factors to explain how health disparities are created and perpetuated is needed. The Community Context and Health Disparities Model, which extends the work of Schulz and Northridge (2004) with elements described by Williams and Collins (2001), is described. This framework identifies the pathways by which characteristics of the physical, built, social, economic, and healthcare environments impact health and are mediated by individual traits. …

Micro Coaxial Transmission Lines For Integrated Microwave Circuits, Saravana Prakash Natarajan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The research presented in this doctoral dissertation introduces a developmental path to realize micro coaxial transmission lines for wafer-level microwave and millimeter wave circuits. The micro coax lines conceptualized in this research are three-dimensional, with a uniquely low vertical profile of 20 mu m. They are distinguishable from other transmission line topologies due to frequency limitless, cross-talk free performance in high density circuits resulting from the totally shielded construction. Design and optimization was done using equations and electromagnetic simulations. Extensive process development has been carried out to fabricate these devices on CMOS grade silicon wafers using processes amenable to the …

Temperature Anomalies In The Lower Suwannee River And Tidal Creeks, Florida, 2005, Ellen A. Raabe, Elzbieta Bialkowska-Jelinska

School of Geosciences Student Publications

Temperature anomalies in coastal waters were detected with Thermal Infrared imagery of the Lower Suwannee River (LSR) and nearshore tidal marshes on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Imagery included 1.5-m-resolution day and night Thermal Infrared (TIR) and 0.75-m-resolution Color Infrared (CIR) imagery acquired on 2-3 March 2005. Coincident temperature readings were collected on the ground and used to calibrate the imagery. The Floridan aquifer is at or near the land surface in this area and bears a constant temperature signature of ~ 22 degrees Celsius. This consistent temperature contrasts sharply with ambient temperatures during winter and summer months. Temperature anomalies identified in …

Colby College Catalogue 2007 - 2008, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 2007 - August 2008

Domestic Agreements, Brian H. Bix

Articles

In this Article I want to explore the treatment of certain domestic agreements in family law and to see what can be learned about law and families. It is a clich6, in discussions of family law and agreements, to point to Sir Henry Maine's famous quotation that society has moved "from Status to Contract."' I will not disappoint expectations here. The Maine quotation is usually offered ironically-and perhaps defiantly-in family law articles, as this is one area where status has stoutly, and largely successfully, resisted being overtaken by contract.

A Century Of Juvenile Justice: A Work In Progress Or A Revolution That Failed?, Barry C. Feld

Articles

A century ago, Progressive reformers adopted a more modem construction of childhood as a developmental period of innocence, dependence, and vulnerability. They embraced a more scientific understanding of social control - positive criminology - and tried to identify the causes of crime and to treat, rather than to punish, offenders. Reformers combined the new vision of childhood with new insights into criminality to create a judicial-welfare alternative to the adult criminal process. Jurisdiction over dependent as well as delinquent children reflected juvenile courts' broader role as a child-saving welfare agency and not simply a "junior" criminal court.'

Laudatio: Pietro Trimarchi, Francesco Parisi

Articles

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Toward Mental Illness: The Effects Of Electronic Media And The Social Desirability Bias, Brandi A. Klein

Modern Psychological Studies

This study examined the effects of mental illness portrayal in film and the social desirability bias on participants' attitudes toward mental illness. Participants watched video clips of a mentally ill character acting either normally or abnormally, and were given either anonymous or confidential questionnaires. Participants who viewed abnormal behavior reported more negative attitudes toward mental illness than participants who watched normal behavior (p < .001) on the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale (Hirai & Clum, 2000). No difference was found between the anonymous and confidential conditions, and these scores did not vary by the viewed behavior. These results suggest that the electronic media influenced participants' attitudes toward mental illness, but participants were not influenced by the social desirability bias.

International Trade, Gabriela Carias-Green, Stacy J. Ettinger, Lynn Fischer Fox, Melanie A. Frank, Amy Stanley

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

International Health Law, Jonathan Todres, Laurel R. Hyle, Elizabeth Sepper

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Contracting For Financial Privacy: The Rights Of Banks And Customers Under The Reauthorized Patriot Act, Aditi A. Prabhu

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

The 2001 Patriot Act chipped away financial privacy protections by allowing law enforcement authorities easier access to bank customer records. Under the Patriot Act, federal authorities may access customer records by issuing formal subpoena-like requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") or informal national security letters ("NSLs") to banks while prohibiting notice to any affected customers. However, the 2006 revisions to the Patriot Act permit banks to challenge FISA requests and NSLs in federal court before releasing customer records. While the Act does not require banks to make these challenges on behalf of their customers, this Article will argue …

Undergraduate Bulletin 2007-2008, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

College Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Graduate Bulletin 2007-2008, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

College Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Volume 20 Issue 1, Spectrum Editors

The Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Serum Levels And Inflammatory Response In Acute Ischemic Stroke, Fusun M. Domac, Goksel Somay, Handan Misirli, Nuri Y. Erenoglu

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To assess the implication of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukine-6 (IL-6) in acute ischemic stroke and to correlate this with lesion size, vascular risk factors, and neurological impairment. METHODS: We included 70 patients consecutively admitted to the Department of 1st Neurology, Haydarpasa Numune Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, between September 2001 and April 2002, with first-ever ischemic cerebral infarction within the first 24 hours from onset. The TNF-alpha, IL-6, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leukocytes were determined in plasma on admission. Neurological impairment was evaluated with the modified Rankin Scale. RESULTS: We found …

Acardia Acephalus Fetus In A Twin Pregnancy, Sanam Moradan

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

The Dimensions Of Sustainability And The Neo-Entrepreneurial Adaptation Strategies In Reindeer Herding In Finland, Hannu Ilmari Heikkinen, Sami Lakomäki, John Baldridge

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Current public discourse in Finland concerning reindeer herding has focused on the overgrazing problem and conflicts between herding and competitive forms of land use. Both herders and government administrators agree on the problems of herding, but conceptualize their causes differently. Administrators insist that sustainability in herding is reachable through bioeconomic management that unites biological metrics of sustainable systems with an economic efficiency calculus. However, we found that such policy erodes socio-cultural sustainability at the community level. It also encourages economic rationalization that leads to increased revenues but slower income growth, because it coexists with rising investment costs and decreasing producer …

Influence Of Hunter Adaptability On Resilience Of Subsistence Hunting Systems, Todd J. Brinkman, Gary P. Kofinas, F. Stuart Chapin Iii, David K. Person

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

The capacity of hunters to shape the fundamental properties of their lifestyle at times when extrinsic factors change the availability of subsistence foods is critical to subsistence cultures. Recent changes in deer hunting on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska illustrate the social-ecological challenges to the resilience of a rural subsistence hunting system and raise the broader question of whether efficient hunting strategies necessarily enhance resilience. During the latter half of the 20th century, indigenous people of Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island adapted to changing subsistence opportunities by capitalizing on increased availability of deer due to clearcut logging and the construction …

River Of Love In An Age Of Pollution: The Yamuna River Of Northern India, Pratyusha Basu

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Tribal Dependence On Fly Ash In Korba, Shikha Shrivastava

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.