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Disturbing Constructions Of Tropical Savannas And The People Who Burn Them, Cynthia Fowler

Faculty Scholarship

The transition from equilibrium to non-equilibrium models of ecosystems in the biological sciences during the past several decades parallels an evolution in the ways that anthropologists understand culture. Reconceptualizations of ecosystem processes (e.g., disturbance) and units (e.g., landscapes) are apparent in fire science where they have influenced a conversion from the belief that fire is a destructive artificial force to the belief that fire is a controllable natural element. What adjustments have fire scientists made in their understandings of people who ignite fires? Even though fire science literature is voluminous, the sociocultural and biophysical relationships surrounding fire are insufficiently understood. …

Curriculum Reform In Science Education In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

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Behavior Of An Escolar Lepidocybium Flavobrunneum In The Windward Passage As Determined By Popup Satellite Archival Tagging, David Kerstetter, P. H. Rice, Derke Snodgrass, Eric Prince

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

In June 2003, fisheries research was conducted in the Windward Passage using a chartered commercial pelagic longline vessel (Rice and Snodgrass 2003). This paper describes the habitat use by an escolar in this location tagged with a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT) that remained attached to the fish for 14 d. Data recovered from the PSAT were used to directly document diel vertical migration and ambient temperature range for the first time in a mesopelagic teleost.

Catalog 2008-09, Dmacc

Catalogs

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William Marsh V. Board Of Equalization Of Box Elder County, State Of Utah: Brief Of Petitioner, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

PETITION FOR REVIEW OF THE UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION'S FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND FINAL DECISION DENYING PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT OF BOX ELDER COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS OF PORTIONS OF THE 160 YEAR OLD MARSH FARM NEAR WILLARD UTAH

Cranial Anatomy And Taxonomy Of Dolichorhynchops Bonneri New Combination, A Polycotylid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) From The Pierre Shale Of Wyoming And South Dakota, F. Robin O’Keefe

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

The taxonomic identity of two well-preserved polycotylid plesiosaur skeletons from the Pierre Shale of far northern Wyoming and southern South Dakota has been controversial since their discovery. Originally referred to Dolichorhynchops osborni, the material was almost immediately christened Trinacromerum bonneri Adams 1997; more recently the material has been referred toPolycotylus. Recent preparation of the well-preserved skull of one specimen permits detailed examination of the cranial morphology of this animal for the first time, and allows for its inclusion in a cladistic analysis of the Polycotylidae. This analysis reveals a stable sister-taxon relationship with Dolichorhynchops osborni. However, …

Clear As Mud: How Heldermon V. Wright Missed An Opportunity To Clarify Oklahoma's Murky Water Law, H. Cole Marshall

Oklahoma Law Review

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Judicial Iron Triangles: The Roadless Rule To Nowhere—And What Can Be Done To Free The Forest Service's Rulemaking Process, Christopher Cumings

Oklahoma Law Review

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The Revolution Of 1938 And Its Discontents, Rex R. Perschbacher, Deborah Bassett

Oklahoma Law Review

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Exploring The Limits Of Executive Civil Rights Policymaking, Stephen Plass

Oklahoma Law Review

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Justness! Speed! Inexpense! An Introduction To The Revolution Of 1938 Revisited: The Role And Future Of The Federal Rules, Steven S. Gensler

Oklahoma Law Review

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Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2009, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

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2008 Louisiana Summary: Agriculture And Natural Resources, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Summary: Agriculture and Natural Resources

This publication tabulates the value of Louisiana agriculture in 2008. Agents and specialists of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, as well as other agencies – both private and public – compiled the data. Their analysis focuses on the animal, forestry, fisheries, plant and wildlife commodities that comprise our vital agricultural industry. The agricultural industry continues to contribute significantly to the state’s economy with the potential for increased benefits through value-added processing.

The 2008 production year for the food and fiber sector of the state started with as much optimism as has been experienced in several years. Two years removed from …

Central And Peripheral Administration Of Kisspeptin Activates Gonadotropin But Not Somatotropin Secretion In Prepubertal Gilts, Clay A. Lents, Neely L. Heidorn, C. Richard Barb, J. Joe Ford

Faculty Publications

It is well established that kisspeptin signaling is necessary for the onset of puberty in laboratory animals. However, the role that kisspeptin may have in regulating puberty in large domestic animals is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that either central or peripheral infusion of kisspeptin would stimulate gonadotropin and GH secretion in prepubertal gilts. In experiment 1, prepubertal gilts were fitted with i.c.v. cannula and indwelling jugular catheters. Animals were randomly assigned to receive 0, 10, or 100 μg kisspeptin in saline. In experiment 2, prepubertal gilts, fitted with indwelling jugular catheters, randomly received 0, 1, 2.5, or 5 mg …

Components, Volume 4 (2008), Lsu Center For Computation & Technology

Components

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Phonotaxis To Amphibian Vocalizations In Culex Territans (Diptera: Culicidae), Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Wayne Crans, Randy Gaugler

Faculty Publications

Culex territans Walker (Diptera: Culicidae) acquires bloodmeals from amphibian hosts. Females overwinter as inseminated adults and exit diapause in New Jersey when spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) are calling. We tested the hypothesis that Cx. territans uses amphibian vocalizations as a long-distance attractant. Two thirds of females oriented toward sound across all experiments. Females allowed to orient toward or away from a frog call, bird song, live frog, or control (a plugged in compact disc player) exhibited positive phonotaxis only to the frog call. Females exhibited positive phonotaxis to calls of P. crucifer, Hyla versicolor (northern gray tree frog), Bufo americanus …

The Termite Menace In New Orleans: Did They Cause The Floodwalls To Tumble?, Gregg Henderson

Faculty Publications

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Uncovering A Macrophage Transcriptional Program By Integrating Evidence From Motif Scanning And Expression Dynamics, Stephen A. Ramsey, Sandy L. Klemm, Daniel E. Zak, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Vesteinn Thorsson, Bin Li, Mark Gilchrist, Elizabeth S. Gold, Carrie D. Johnson, Vladimir Litvak, Garnet Navarro, Jared C. Roach, Carrie M. Rosenberger, Alistair G. Rust, Natalya Yudkovsky, Alan Aderem, Ilya Shmulevich

Faculty Publications

Macrophages are versatile immune cells that can detect a variety of pathogen-associated molecular patterns through their Toll-like receptors (TLRs). In response to microbial challenge, the TLR-stimulated macrophage undergoes an activation program controlled by a dynamically inducible transcriptional regulatory network. Mapping a complex mammalian transcriptional network poses significant challenges and requires the integration of multiple experimental data types. In this work, we inferred a transcriptional network underlying TLR-stimulated murine macrophage activation. Microarray-based expression profiling and transcription factor binding site motif scanning were used to infer a network of associations between transcription factor genes and clusters of co-expressed target genes. The time-lagged …

A Concordance Of Bosoms Reconstructing Lewis's Monk, Frederick S. Frank

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"From This Time, I Shall Survey Myself In The Glass With A Sort Of Philosophical Pleasure" Newton And Narcissism In Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Explain 'D For The Use Of The Ladies, Deborah N. Armintor

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Abraham Cowley's Amiability, Tom Mason

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Critical Voices Humor, Irony, And Passion In The Literary Critics Of The Long Eighteenth Century, Philip Smallwood

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Epic Dryden Never Wrote, Cedric D. Reverand Ii

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Voice And Laughter In Johnson's Criticism, Philip Smallwood

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Unnatural Conjugation In Tristram Shandy, Book Vii, Arnd Bohm

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Nesting And Brood-Rearing Success And Resource Selection Of Greater Sage-Grouse In Northwestern South Dakota, Nicholas W. Kaczor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Understanding population dynamics and resource selection is crucial in developing wildlife resource management plans, particularly for sensitive species. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations have declined range-wide at a rate of 2% per year from 1965 to 2003. In South Dakota, populations have generally declined. Reasons for the decline are mostly attributed to human-induced factors such as sagebrush degradation and removal, improper range management practices, oil and gas exploration, and West Nile virus infection. Sage-grouse occupy habitats at the eastern edge of their range in western South Dakota. We conducted a 2-year study to investigate the nesting and brood-rearing ecology of …

Strategies For Commercialization Of Cryopreserved Fish Semen, Terrence R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

Initial success in sperm cryopreservation occurred at about the same time for aquatic species and livestock. However, in the 50 plus years since then cryopreserved sperm of livestock has grown into a billion-dollar global industry, while cryopreserved sperm of aquatic species remains a research activity with little commercial application despite work in more than 90 species and more than 200 published reports. Most research work has focused on large-bodied culture and sport fishes, such as salmon, trout, carp, and catfish, and mollusks such as commercially important oyster and abalone species. However, only a few studies have addressed sperm cryopreservation in …

Berberine Improves Glucose Metabolism Through Induction Of Glycolysis, Jun Yin, Zhanguo Gao, Dong Liu, Zhijun Liu, Jianping Ye

Faculty Publications

Berberine, a botanical alkaloid used to control blood glucose in type 2 diabetes in China, has recently been reported to activate AMPK. However, it is not clear how AMPK is activated by berberine. In this study, activity and action mechanism of berberine were investigated in vivo and in vitro. In dietary obese rats, berberine increased insulin sensitivity after 5-wk administration. Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR were decreased by 46 and 48%, respectively, in the rats. In cell lines including 3T3-L1 adipocytes, L6 myotubes, C 2C12 myotubes, and H4IIE hepatocytes, berberine was found to increase glucose consumption, 2-deoxyglucose uptake, and to a …

Ten Questions On National Security, Norman Abrams, Geoffrey S. Corn, Amos Guiora, Glenn Sulmasy

William Mitchell Law Review

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A New Paradigm For Immigrant Policy: Immigrant Capital. A Case Study Of People Of Mexican Origin In Minnesota, Bruce P. Corrie

William Mitchell Law Review

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