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The Potential For Crop-To-Wild Gene Flow In Sorghum In Ethiopia And Niger: A Geographic Survey, Tesfaye Tesso, Issoufou Kapran, Cecile Grenier, Allison Snow, Patricia Sweeney, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, David B. Marx, Gurling Bothma, Gebisa Ejeta

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Information about the potential for crop–wild hybridization is needed to understand how crop genes, including transgenes, affect the population genetics and ecology of sexually compatible relatives. Transgenic sorghum is under development for use by traditional farmers in Africa, the center of origin for sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], but systematic surveys of the current extent of contact with wild and weedy relatives are lacking. We studied wild and weedy sorghums that are interfertile with the crop and constitute a crop–wild–weed complex. The survey was conducted in 2005 in areas of traditional sorghum cultivation in three regions of Ethiopia and …

Vol. 33, No. 3: Summer 2008, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

No abstract provided.

Biological Monitoring And Chromosomal Aberration Of Workers In Rubber Industry, M. Indra, V. Bhuvaneshwari

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The genotoxic and biochemical characteristic effect of environmental pollutants generated in a rubber tyre industry workers was investigated on biochemical characteristic of 15 workers exposed for different periods and compared with an equal number of unexposed controls matched in respect of age, sex, social status, period of exposures, smoking habits and drug intake, if any. Chromosomal aberrations (CA), hematological parameters, selected bio-chemical parameters and enzymic antioxidants were analysed . All the parameters showed a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the exposed sample compared with controls The environmental pollutants generated in rubber industry were thus found to be genotoxic and tobacco smoke was found to enhance the genotoxic effect.

Hydrophilic And Lipophilic Antioxidant Capacity And Content Of Phenolic Compounds In Fresh Khat Leaves (Catha Edulis Forsk.), Yakov Vinokur Et Al.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) is used in East Africa and Middle East as a mild stimulant and traditional remedy. At the same time, long-term use of khat may have adverse health effects. The stimulant action of the plant is related to the presence of amphetamine-like alkaloids, primarily cathinone. In addition, the khat leaves are rich in phytochemicals with health-promoting potential, such as polyphenols and ascorbic acid. In this work, the content of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of hydrophilic and lipophilic fractions were investigated in fresh leaves and stems from two distinct genetic forms of khat (“red” and “green”). …

Intra-Specific Genetic Relationship Analyses Of Cinnamomum Trivancoricum Based On Gc-Ms Volatile Oil Markers, Muthiah Maridass

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Cinnamomum trivancoricum (Lauraceae) is an endemic species to India. The identification and genetic relationship of these species were studied based mainly on volatile oil constituents and their retention time. The color of essential oils was brown and the number of components of oils that were identified from Kodaiyar, Karaiyar, Thenmalai and Kodaikkanal samples were 22, 20, 19 and 18 which accounts 85.6%, 85.4%, 91.26% and 85% of their contents, respectively. Among them, terpinen-4-ol, trans-cinnamaldehyde, a-terpineol, and β-caryophyllene were the major compounds. A Dendrogram based on Jaccard’s similarity coefficients indicated that the distribution pattern of the four accessions was coherent with …

Mistletoes: Pathology, Systematics, Ecology, And Management, Robert L. Mathiasen, Daniel L. Nickrent, David C. Shaw, David M. Watson

Publications

Mistletoes are familiar to most Europeans and North Americans because of the Christmas folklore associated with these parasitic flowering plants (33,116). Some may also know these plants are parasites of trees but do not realize that mistletoes are widespread, ecologically important components of forests worldwide. Although some mistletoe species are damaging pathogens, most do not impact economically valuable crops and forest products but actually play key roles in forest ecosystems. Particularly in Loranthaceae, coevolutionary relationships with birds (involving pollination and seed dispersal) have fueled several adaptive radiations, thus producing one of the most diverse and fascinating life forms on our …

Water Resources Management Under Competing Demands In The Walawe River Basin, Sri Lanka, Neelanga Weragala, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi

2008

Many developing countries depend on their agricultural production to ensure food security. However, along with agriculture, there are many other sectors that impose demands on basin water resources. Declining water supplies and growing demands require better management decisions in water allocation. This paper describes the current water demand and supply situation in a rural river basin of a developing country and analyzes several solutions to overcome the water allocation issues.

Famous For Fifteen Minutes: Ip And Internet Social Networking, Patricia S. Abril, Jonathan Darrow, Peter Ludlow, Michael J. Monahan

Articles

No abstract provided.

Alaskan Caver, Volume 28, No. 3, July 2008, Carlene Allred

Alaskan Caver

Contents: From the Editor - Broken Moose Snow Cave, by Mike Van Note - Leprechaun Cave - A Visit to Altanira, by Mike Van Note - Rope Cutter, by Phreada Phreatic - Cave? Hunt, by Carlene Allred - Expedition to Wulong Province, China, By Johanna Kovarik - Cave Madness and Karst Landscapes, by Louis Hoock and Karen Michael

Sfra Review, Summer 2008, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Summer 2008 issue of the SFRA Review.

Florida Blue, Summer 2008, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A Florida Blue magazine with health advice and tips from Summer 2008.

Heuristics, Biases, And Philosophy, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 30, No. 2, Summer 2008, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.

Nebline, July 2008

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Homemade Skillet Meals: Easy, Healthy & Low-Cost
Create Your Own Skillet Meal
Colorful Annual Vines
Watch out for Poison Ivy
Summer Pruning of Apple Trees
Keep the Vegetables Coming with a Fall Garden
Cost of Pumping Water for Domestic and Acreage Needs
Managing Financial Risk During Boom Periods
Plan the Timing of Grass Hay Harvest
Midges: Non-biting Gnats
Midge Control Program at Capitol Beach
Bats In and Around Structures
Bats and Disease
Supermarket Savings: 16 Tips that Can Total Big Bucks
Family & Community Education (FCE) Clubs: Presidents’ Notes—Bonnie’s Bits
FCE News & Events
Household Hints: Swimsuit Care
Strengthening Family …

Mathematics And Evolution, Kacy Heiser

Department of Mathematics: Master of Arts in Teaching, Exam Expository Papers

What is game theory and how does it apply to Evolutionary Biology? Game theory was originally developed to help portray how individuals interact with each other and it was mainly used in the economics and political science fields. This area of mathematical study came about after World War II and was developed by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that George Price and John Maynard Smith began to apply game theory to evolution in trying to predict the behavior of animals in a species. There are two main evolutionary trends we will study using game …

Water Current, Volume 40, No. 3, Summer 2008

Water Current Newsletter

Latest on Water Science, Economics and Law at October Colloquium
Water is Theme for UNL at September's Husker Harvest Days
From the Director: What I Didn't Do During My Summer Vacation
Meet the Faculty: Jinsheng You, Gary L. Stone
Water.unl.edu Gateway to All Things Water
Water Resources Advisory Panel Expands; Members to Reconvene in September
Agricultural Water Management Network
UNL and China Explore
Hydroinformatics Collaboratory
Water and Climate Change: Perfect Storm in Sight
2008 Water and Natural Resources Tour: Republican River Basin of Kansas and Nebraska
Water Brief News
A Primer on Emerging Contaminants
What's New at the Water Sciences …

Civic Service In Lesotho: Local Sources And U.S. Connections, R Drew Smith, Stephanie Boddie

Center for Social Development Research

Civic Service in Lesotho: Local Sources and U.S. Connections

Design Research Quarterly Volume 3 Issue 3, Peter Storkerson

Design Research Quarterly (2006 - 2009)

Design Research Quarterly (2006-9) was a hybrid journal-newsletter of the Design Research Society. It contained news of the society, its members and regions and its sister societies, as well as peer-reviewed articles about issues of importance to design research, theory and knowledge.

The Objective Theory Of Contracts, Wayne Barnes

Faculty Scholarship

The objective theory of contracts is the dominant approach for determining whether there has been mutual assent to the formation of a contract. Under objective theory, a party’s manifestation of assent will be held to mean what a reasonable person in the position of the other party would conclude that the manifestation meant. The objective theory is a sound approach for determining assent because: it reflects the pragmatic reality that the law must be largely based on externals rather than the whim of subjective perception, it protects the basis for economic exchanges in our commercial system by enforcing the expectations …

Out Of The Blue: A Novel, Trans‐Atlantic Clade Of Geckos (Gekkota, Squamata), Tony Gamble, Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards were estimated from five nuclear protein-coding genes in separate and combined analyses using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. All analyses recovered a monophyletic trans-Atlantic gecko clade (Phyllodactylidae) consisting of the genera Asaccus, Haemodracon, Homonota, Phyllodactylus, Phyllopezus, Ptyodactylus, Tarentola and Thecadactylus. No other phylogenetic or taxonomic hypotheses have proposed linking these genera, which have been consistently grouped with other taxa outside of the clade. In this paper, we determine the relationships of this new clade to other major gekkotan groups, evaluate previous phylogenetic hypotheses regarding constituent members of this novel clade, and critically …

Smokejumper Magazine, July 2008, National Smokejumper Association, Penn Stohr Jr., Vern Lattin

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

This issue of the National Smokejumper Association (NSA) Smokejumper Magazine contains the following articles: Airport Named After McCall’s 1st Smokejumper Pilot (Penn Stohr Jr.), The Goode Olde Days (Vern Lattin), Eight-Mile Ridge Fire (Historic). Smokejumper Magazine continues Static Line, which was the original title of the NSA quarterly magazine.

Accidental Privacy Spills, James Grimmelmann

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The realm of privacy law has more crimes than criminals, more wrongs than wrongdoers. Some invasions of privacy are neither intentional nor negligent; it's easy to recognize the harm, but hard to pin the blame.

Laurie Garrett attended the World Economic Forum as a journalist and wrote a private email to a few close friends, only to see that email end up on a widely-read weblog.

This essay tells the story of that inevitable accident: an "accident" in that it needn't have happened, but "inevitable" in that there's no principled way to prevent similar misunderstandings from recurring, again and again …

Heuristics, Biases, And Philosophy, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Commenting on Professor Cass Sunstein's work is a daunting task. There is simply so much of it. Professor Sunstein produces scholarship at a rate that is faster than I can consume it. Scarcely an area of law has failed to feel his impact. One cannot today write an article on administrative law, free speech, punitive damages, Internet law, law and economics, separation of powers, or animal rights law without addressing one or more of Sunstein's papers. And his work is typically not a mere footnote. Sunstein has changed how scholars think about each of these areas of law. More broadly, …

Hotline Press Newspaper- July 1,2008 Vol 26 No 2, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2008

No abstract provided.

Nihilism With A Happy Ending? The Interstate Commerce Commission And The Emergence Of The Post-Enlightenment Paradigm, Mark F. Kightlinger

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This Article examines early Supreme Court opinions about the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)—the first federal administrative agency—in an effort to identify the intellectual roots of the modern administrative state. The Article argues that the Court's effort to explain and justify the function of the newborn ICC shows the traces of a post-Enlightenment crisis in the field of moral philosophy—i.e., the growing conviction that it is no longer possible for reasonable people to agree on what constitutes a true, objective, universally valid standard of reasonable or just conduct. From this essentially nihilistic starting point, the Court helped to fashion a new …

Since You're Here, Volume 2, No. 7, Summer 2008, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

The Summer 2008 issue of the newsletter "Since You're Here."

Forum, Volume 32, No. 2, Summer 2008, Florida Humanities Council, Barbara O'Reilley

FORUM: The Magazine of Florida Humanities

Contents: Letter from the Director -- Humanities Alive! -- The Florida Reader -- Tourist Season -- Head Games -- Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place -- Magic City -- Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. -- Florida Then and Now -- Savoring Florida -- Introducing the Winning Authors -- Libro de Silencio -- Compulsions of Silkworms & Bees -- The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems

Universities & Other Institutions Of Higher Learning

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

"The Image-Interface": New Forms Of Narrative Visualization, Space And Time In Postmodern Cinema, Chiara Armentano

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

This essay argues for an analysis of the narrative models of postmodern cinema by looking at them as visualization forms re-mediated (Bolter and Grusin 1999) by new media's formal structures. Instead of being organized in a classical way through causal and temporal logics, contemporary storytelling models seem to be structured according to "casual," "catalogue" and "homogeneous" aggregative logics following the "database" and "navigable space" visual forms of new media (Manovich 2001). The conventional "narrative" paradigm (Metz 1974; Branigan 1992, Jullier 1997) in postmodern film seems to be fully "fragmented," following textual organization models similar to computer logic and aesthetics. This …

Screenplay Visualization: Concepts And Practice, Stewart Mckie

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

A typical feature film screenplay goes through many development iterations before the original story idea becomes the audio-visual movie we experience. As the screenplay is developed it becomes more complex and may involve an ever-larger group of "content stakeholders" who have a need for different perspectives on the content of the screenplay. Here I discuss four conceptual archetypes for analyzing and visualizing the textual content of a screenplay: Circular, linear, rollercoaster and nodal. I show examples of support for screenplay analysis and visualization in the current generation of screenwriting software and I also suggest how these visualizations and others may …