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A Tick From A Prehistoric Arizona Coprolite, Keith L. Johnson, Karl J. Reinhard, Luciana Sianto, Adauto Araújo, Scott Lyell Gardner, John J. Janovy Jr.

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Ticks have never been reported in archaeological analyses. Here, we present the discovery of a tick from a coprolite excavated from Antelope Cave in extreme northwest Arizona. Dietary analysis indicates that the coprolite has a human origin. This archaeological occupation is associated with the Ancestral Pueblo culture (Anasazi). This discovery supports previous hypotheses that ticks were a potential source of disease and that ectoparasites were eaten by ancient people.

Bifidobacteria In Feces And Environmental Waters, Regina Lamendella, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Catherine A. Kelty, Daniel B. Oerther

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Bifidobacteria have been recommended as potential indicators of human fecal pollution in surface waters even though very little is known about their presence in nonhuman fecal sources. The objective of this research was to shed light on the occurrence and molecular diversity of this fecal indicator group in different animals and environmental waters. Genus- and species-specific 16S rRNA gene PCR assays were used to study the presence of bifidobacteria among 269 fecal DNA extracts from 32 different animals. Twelve samples from three wastewater treatment plants and 34 water samples from two fecally impacted watersheds were also tested. The species-specific assays …

Homes For The Soul, James Hardy

Theses

This thesis describes the creation of a body of paintings, "Homes for the Soul," inspired by the paintings found in Retablos and home altars in Mexico. The paintings also incorporate wooden housing structures and found objects. The themes of the paintings express the artist's Christian spirituality. The thesis presents historical background on Retablos and home altars of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., then describes the themes and creation of each piece of art in the artist's thesis show.

The Utility Of Unenhanced Helical Ct In Assessing The Frequency Of Ureterolithiasis In Saudi Patients, Nizar A. Al-Nakshabandi, Mohamed A. Zayed, Mohamed Al-Omar, Mohamed S. Elsharkaway, Ahmad A. Al-Boukai

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To identify 650 patients who underwent CT for renal colic, and review them for age and gender, in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Scans were performed on a 16 multislice scanner. A total of 650 patients, with the clinical suspicion of ureteric colic were reviewed; 220 females (33.8%) and 430 males (66.2%), with a female to male ratio of 1:2. Exams were carried out from January 2005 to November 2006, at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Three hundred and ninety five patients out of 650 had stones; 2 of 395 (0.5%) had stones in the 5-15 …

Prevalence And Risk Factors For Giardiasis Among Primary School Children In Damascus, Syria, Muhammad Q. Almerie, Muhammad S. Azzouz, Mohamad A. Abdessamad, Mohamad A. Mouchli, Mohammad W. Sakbani, Mohammad S. Alsibai, Abeer Alkafri, Mohammad T. Ismail

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of giardiasis in primary school children in Damascus city and the countryside, and to investigate the possible risk factors for giardiasis infection. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out on school children from 23 primary schools in Damascus, between March and June 2006. Data were collected from 1469 children of both genders from urban and rural regions using structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, and laboratory analysis of fecal samples. The parasites were detected using a single-stool sample by direct wet examination under light microscope. RESULTS: Two hundred and six (14%) of 1469 children were infected with …

Effects Of Crocus Sativus On The Fetal Development Of Nmri Mice, Mohammad J. Golalipour, Anneh M. Gharravi, Sorya Ghafari, Mohammad Afshar, Vahid Khori

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Smoking Among Female Medical Students In The College Of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Yousef A. Al-Turki, Norah A. Al-Rowais

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Relevance And Value Of Confucianism In Contemporary Business Ethics, Gary Kok Yew Chan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article examines the relevance and value of Confucian Ethics to contemporary Business Ethics by comparing their respective perspectives and approaches towards business activities within the modern capitalist framework, the principle of reciprocity and the concept of human virtues. Confucian Ethics provides interesting parallels with contemporary Western-oriented Business Ethics. At the same, it diverges from contemporary Business Ethics in some significant ways. Upon an examination of philosophical texts as well as empirical studies, it is argued that Confucian Ethics is able to provide some unique philosophical and intellectual perspectives in order to forge a richer understanding and analysis of the …

Scholarship @ Rit Winter 2007-08, Rit Libraries Publishing And Scholarship Support Center

RIT Digital Archives

The value of online social networks: a business perspective; Navigating digital research; Live virtual theatre; Sharing expertise and scholarship worldwide; Online learning: one successful approach; Designing and improving the quality of experiments; On the road with itinerant teachers of the deaf; Avoid redundant publication; Students off campus; Political science, a scientific enterprise; International business: it's all in the balance; RIT's newest journal launches; Advancing critical care skills; Holding tight sweetheart: a memoir of the 1920s and the great depression; Creating an online community of scholars; Introducing RIT's new legal counsel

Institutions In The Marketplace Of Ideas, Joseph Blocher

Duke Law Journal

If any area of constitutional law has been defined by a metaphor, the First Amendment is the area, and the "marketplace of ideas" is the metaphor. Ever since Justice Holmes invoked the concept in his Abrams dissent, academic and popular understandings of the First Amendment have embraced the notion that free speech, like the free market, creates a competitive environment in which the best ideas ultimately prevail. But as with the free market for goods and services, there are discontents who point to the market failures that make the marketplace metaphor aspirational at best, and inequitable at worst. Defenders of …

The Internationalization Of Public Interest Law, Scott L. Cummings

Duke Law Journal

This Article describes and explains the influence of global change on American public interest law over the past quarter-century. It suggests that contemporary public interest lawyers, unlike their civil rights-era predecessors, operate in a professional environment integrated into the global political economy in ways that have profound implications for whom they represent, where they advocate, and what sources of law they invoke. The Article provides a preliminary map of this professional environment by tracing the impact of three defining transnational processes on the development of the modem public interest law system: the increasing magnitude and changing composition of immigration, the …

Expression And Evolutionary Relationships Of The Chenopodium Quinoa 11s Seed Storage Protein Gene, Mikel Stevens, Peter J. Maughan, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Marie R. B. Balzotti, Jennifer N. Thornton, David A. Mcclellan, Eric N. Jellen, Craig E. Coleman

Faculty Publications

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a food crop cultivated by subsistence farmers and commercial growers on the high Andean plateau, primarily in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile. Present interest in quinoa is due to its tolerance of harsh environments and its nutritional value. It is thought that the seed storage proteins of quinoa, particularly the 11S globulins and 2S albumins, are responsible for the relatively high protein content and ideal amino acid balance of the quinoa seed. Here we report the genomic and cDNA sequences for two 11S genes representing two orthologous loci from the quinoa genome. Important features of the …

State 4-H Council: A Look Back On What It Meant To Serve, Chris T. Boleman, Kyle Merten, Gayle Hall

Journal of Extension

An ex-post facto evaluation design was implemented to Texas 4-H Council Members from 1987-2006 to seek the perceived impact of life skill development as a result of serving on council. Former Texas 4-H Council members (n = 38) noted that the life skills that were enhanced the most from serving on the council were: development of oral communication skills, ability to relate to others, working in teams, and building self-esteem. In summary, data presented in this article indicate that Texas 4-H Council is an excellent promoter of youth through various aspects of youth development.

Eat Smart. Play Hard™ San Luis Obispo: A Nutrition And Fitness Pilot Program For Young Children And Their Adult Buddies, Shirley S. Peterson, Dana E. Gerstein, Krista Mugford, Rachael Willey

Journal of Extension

Eat Smart. Play Hard™. San Luis Obispo!, a multi-component primary prevention program targeting low-income, Hispanic children 6-8 years, focuses on promoting healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors using an innovative child-adult buddy system approach. The child-adult buddies participate in multiple activities to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables, and level of physical activity and decrease their consumption of sweetened beverages. The results of the pilot program show high program satisfaction and improvements in dietary and physical activity behaviors. Such programs provide an opportunity to establish and promote healthy behaviors among young children and ultimately prevent overweight development.

Strengthening 4-H Youth Consumer Decision-Making Skills: Contest To Community Service, Carrie Ann Olson, Sara R. Croymans

Journal of Extension

The University of Minnesota Extension 4-H Consumer Decision Making program strengthens youth consumer decision-making skills by connecting the contest to service learning. The program uses experiential learning to teach youth to make wise consumer decisions. Youth participate in a judging contest where they rank consumer items based on criteria. Youth gain experience in organizing thoughts and defending decisions with oral reasons. Youth also participate in a "group process" activity where they gain experience with decision making as a team member. Participants are also involved in an educational activity with a community service-learning component that allows more in-depth learning.

Re-Homing Exotic Species--A Pilot Program To Prevent Release Of Exotic Aquatic Pet Species, Andrew M. Lazur, Ruth Hanessian

Journal of Extension

An educational poster program designed to inform pet owners of the dangers of releasing exotic species and provide a re-homing mechanism was evaluated as a means to reduce unwanted environmental releases. The poster provided a URL to the program partners' Web site, which listed participating re-homing pet shops in Maryland. Survey results revealed that 201 aquatic animals were re-homed.1 Survey respondents rated the poster at 94% and 92% percent for educating consumers of the potential of re-homing and benefits to the pet industry, respectively. The program provides a proactive opportunity and alternative to environmental release of exotic species.

Annual Pastoral Land Condition Report 2006 / 2007 Financial Year, Sandra Van Vreeswyk, Philip Thomas

Natural resources published reports

The Department of Agriculture and Food provides services to the Pastoral Lands Board under a Memorandum of Understanding, and is required to provide an annual report to the Board on the overall land condition on pastoral leases throughout the rangelands of Western Australia. This report presents information for the 2006/2007 financial year. The report also satisfies the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation’s obligation to provide the Pastoral Lands Board with a report on the current condition of land under pastoral leases in the State.

The report provides background information on pastoral leases, seasonal conditions and economic conditions, and then …

Telling A Story Is Not A Crime, Danielle Ameden

Reason and Respect

Americans generally take for granted their freedom to read and write stories. The First Amendment says we’re allowed to stomp our feet in protest, verbally bash our political leaders, express ourselves through musical lyrics and poetry, and publish on every controversial topic under the sun. It takes mention of a fatwa – a death condemnation – for us to turn our heads and contemplate what our rights really mean.

Commonwealth Times 2008-01-31

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, January 31, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 130, Issue 5

01/31/2008 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 01/31/2008. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Mustang Daily, January 31, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

The Statesman, V. 51, I. 29, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 51, i. 29

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Brown, Holly. Governor Steve Beshear Pushes for Additional Education Cuts
• Hunton, Ryan. Making a House a Home – Live the Dream, Mitchell Reed
• Day, Michelle. Proposed Bills Seek to Help Higher Education – Tuition
• Bullock, Danielle & Greg Capillo. Storm Causes Fire Alarm Malfunction – Thunderstorms
• Houghton, Daniel. A Thousand Words – Jen-Fu Tung
• Rowell, Larry. Police Say Rumors Haven’t Aided Investigation of William Dugas’ Death – Katie Autry
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Voting, Uncle Sam
• It’s a Privilege: Exercise Your Right to Vote in the Primary, …

Unh Seminar Series Explores Farming For The Future, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Concourse Dreams: A Bronx Neighborhood And Its Future, William A. Casari

Publications and Research

This master's thesis focuses on the West Bronx recent past and illustrates what upward mobility meant for the Grand Concourse neighborhood populated with second generation immigrant groups at the beginning of the 20th century, including Jewish, Italian and Irish people. Later, most of the same area became a slum at the hands of city planners, New York City administration, and negative media portrayals. Race and ethnicity became even more talked about when non-white immigrants and migrants began moving to the Grand Concourse in huge numbers after World War Two.Through a celebrated Bronx past before 1950 and eventually the sensational media …

The Advocate, January 31, 2008, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Bg News January 31, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. January 31, 2008. Volume 98-Issue 94.

The Pan American (2008-01-31), Sandra Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

59th Year, No. 17

Daily Eastern News: January 31, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

January

No abstract provided.