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Daily Devotions For The Deaf, January-February-March 2008

Daily Devotions for the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Council Bluffs, IA

Daily Devotions for the Deaf Finding Aid

Plantsman, Dec/Jan 2008, New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Plantsman

A newsletter of the New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Carey, J. R. And Judge, D. S. (2008). Longevity Records : Life Spans Of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, And Fish [E-Resource Review], Kevin Mcdonough

Publication

No abstract provided.

Journals Of A Digital Design Studio, Thomas Fowler, Iv, Sarah Jester

Architecture

No abstract provided.

Journals Of A Digital Design Studio, Sarah Jester, Thomas Fowler

Architecture

No abstract provided.

Meas With Trade Measures And The Wto: Aiming Toward Sustainable Development?, Miguel A. Elizalde Carranza

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Worms As Wedges: Effects Of Sediment Mechanics On Burrowing Behavior, Kelly M. Dorgan, Sanjay R. Arwade, Peter A. Jumars

Journal of Marine Research

Recent studies document linear elastic response of muddy marine sediments to load and deformation on temporal and spatial scales relevant to animal movement, with burrowers making openings for movement in such sediments by fracture. Cracks propagate through linear elastic solids in mode I (opening-mode crack growth) when the stress intensity factor (K_I) at the crack tip exceeds the material's fracture toughness (K_Ic). Fracture mechanics depend on material stiffness as well as fracture toughness, and we prepared a range of transparent gels that varied in stiffness and fracture toughness to assess the dependence of burrowing …

Comments On The Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock, James L. Murphy

Indian Head Rock Project

Report issued by James L. Murphy on the history of Indian Head Rock and its legitimacy as a "object of antiquity".

2008 Author Recognition Bibliography, Grand Valley State University Libraries

Author Recognition Archives

No abstract provided.

The Broadband Digital Divide And The Nexus Of Race, Competition, And Quality, James Prieger, Wei-Min Hu

School of Public Policy Working Papers

We examine the gap in broadband access to the Internet between minority groups and white households with geographically fine data on DSL subscription. In addition to income and demographics, we also examine quality of service and competition as components of the Digital Divide. The gaps in DSL demand for blacks and Hispanics do not disappear when income, education, and other demographic variables are accounted for. However, lack of competition is an important driver of the Digital Divide for blacks. Service quality is an important determinant of demand, and ignoring it masks the true size of the DSL gap for Hispanics.

Animal Speech As Revelation In Genesis 3 And Numbers 22, Cameron B. R. Howard

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Twenty-Seventh Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law:Summary Of Bench Memorandum, 26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 259 (2008), Robin Ficke, James Lai, Steven Tseng, Panagiota Kelali

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

Petitioner, Alex Romero (“Romero”), appeals to the Marshall Supreme Court from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Respondent, Windbucket Entertainment, LLC (“Windbucket”). Romero’s lawsuit alleged that Windbucket and a third party (not a party to the present appeal) were liable to him for invasion of privacy by intrusion upon seclusion. Romero then sought discovery sanctions against Windbucket for violations of Marshall Rule of Civil Procedure 37. The issues in the case concern whether a subscriber to an Internet-based, multiplayer computer game can state a valid invasion of privacy claim against the game’s publisher, when liability is based on …

The Ties That Bind: Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Governance, Benjamin J. Richardson

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

Canvassing practices in many countries, this chapter analyses the relationships between Indigenous peoples and environmental governance. It examines the environmental values and practices of Indigenous peoples, primarily in order to assess their implications for the Indigenous stake in environmental governance. It identifies at least six major theories or perspectives concerning Indigenous environmental values and practices. Secondly, the chapter reviews the legal norms and governance tools that structure Indigenous involvement in environmental management, in order to assess their relative value for Indigenous stakeholders and implications for sustainable utilisation of natural resources.

Meddimmune, Microsoft, And Ksr: The United States Supreme Court In 2007 Tips The Balance In Favor Of Innovation In Patent Cases, And Thrice Reverses The Federal Circuit, Sue Ann Mota

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

In 2007 the Supreme Court reversed three patent cases from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The three cases were MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (holding a patent licensee does not have to breach a license agreement before seeking declaratory judgment that the underlying patent is invalid, unenforceable, or not infringed), Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (holding Microsoft did not supply a component of an invention from the United States that had the possibility of infringing under the Patent Act), and KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (holding the requirement of non-obviousness under the Patent Act is analyzed …

Speaking Words Of Wisdom: Let It Be: The Reexamination Of The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents, Julia Vom Wege Dovi

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

Embryonic stem cell research represents an area of scientific inquiry that bears great promise, and patent law ensures that stem cell technology is both protected and utilized to its fullest potential. This article analyzes why the USPTO should not invalidate or narrow three challenged stem cell patents owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) through the Public Patent Foundation. The author outlines the science behind stem cells, explains the applicable law, and articulates the policy considerations relevant to patent law and stem cells. Ultimately, the author argues that that the challenged patents should remain valid because they have not …

History Of The Life Science Museum Movement At Brigham Young University 1900–2008, Wilmer W. Tanner

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Abstract

This work details the century-long journey of the BYU Life Science Museum. The museum's early days began at Brigham Young Academy, where it was established by President Benjamin Cluff Jr., with collections gathered by Chester Van Buren. It then moved to the Brimhall Building and then the Grant Building, under the direction of Dr. Kent McKnight and Vera McKnight. The museum passed through the directorship of Dr. C. Lynn Hayward and then began a new phase when Monte L. Bean and his wife Birdie Bean committed to build a museum to house their collection along with the collections BYU …

Freeriders And Diversity In The Legal Academy: A New Dirty Dozen List, Ediberto Román, Christopher B. Carbot

Faculty Publications

Latina and Latino student enrollment in U.S. law schools the last few decades has increased. This increase, however, has not resulted in a comparable increase in Latino and Latina law professors. To foster diversity in law school faculties and to increase Latina representation, the “Dirty Dozen List” was published. The List was comprised of the top twelve U.S. law schools located in high Latina populated areas but lacking a single Latina professor on the faculty. The List served to increase awareness of the lack of diversity at some of the nation’s top legal institutions, as well as “shame” these schools …

Toward A Visceral Scholarship Online: Folkvine.Org And Hypermedia Ethnography, Craig Saper

The Journal of e-Media Studies

This essay describes an experiment in scholarly presentation and ethnographic representation. The project, called folkvine.org, focuses on folk art and artists in Florida. It specifically examines Ruby C. Williams, Taft Richardson, Diamond Jim Parker, the Scott family, and Ginger LaVoie among many other folk and outsider artists represented on the website. Design functions as a crucial aspect of the content to illuminate the sensibility of the artists and traditions explored. The visceral, visual, and sonic modes function not as ornamentation. The visceral design of scholarship, not merely an ornament or a necessarily invisible lens for scholarship, has unique advantages. This …

Treasures And Dreams_2008-1-5, Nova Southeastern University

Treasures and Dreams: The Literary Magazine of the NSU Lower School

No abstract provided.

Horizons Winter 2008/2009, Nova Southeastern University

Horizons

• Features
  • 14 Autism Council Supports Families Looking for Answers
  • 20 NSU Prepares the Next Generation of Leaders
  • 26 What’s Hot in Today’s Cooling Job Market
  • 32 Osteopathic Medicine: What We Don’t Know Might Cure Us
• Departments
  • 2 Letter from the President
  • 3 Academic Notes
    • Holographic Professors: NSU Designs Distance Education of the Future
    • Law Center Welcomes New Dean
    • Collaborators in Change: NSU Therapy Clinic and Its Clients
    • Fischler School’s Doctoral Degree Licensed in New Jersey
    • Learning to Think Like a Researcher
    • Above and Beyond the Practice of Sports Medicine
    • Audiology Professor’s Invention Helps Thousands of Users
    • Diverse Graduate Degree Programs …

Fibs In The Wikipedia (Supplemental Data), P.D. Magnus

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

These are details of research conducted in November and December 2007. The file is meant as a supplement to publication, and I have not attempted here to provide any analysis of the results

Effectiveness Of Lethal, Directed Wolf-Depredation Control In Minnesota, Elizabeth Harper, William J. Paul, L. David Mech, Sanford Weisberg

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Wolf (Canis lupus) depredations on livestock in Minnesota, USA, are an economic problem for many livestock producers, and depredating wolves are lethally controlled. We sought to determine the effectiveness of lethal control through the analysis of data from 923 government-verified wolf depredations from 1979 to 1998. We analyzed the data by 1) assessing the correlations between the number of wolves killed in response to depredations with number of depredations the following year at state and local levels, and 2) the time to the next depredation. No analysis indicated that trapping wolves substantially reduced the following year’s depredations at …

What Constitutes A Natural Fire Regime? Insight From The Ecology And Distribution Of Coniferous Forest Birds In North America, Richard L. Hutto, Courtney J. Conway, Victoria A. Saab, Jeffrey R. Walters

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bird species that specialize in the use of burned forest conditions can provide insight into the prehistoric fire regimes associated with the forest types that they have occupied over evolutionary time. The nature of their adaptations reflects the specific post-fire conditions that occurred prior to the unnatural influence of humans after European settlement. Specifically, the post-fire conditions, nest site locations, and social systems of two species (Bachman's sparrow [Aimophila aestivalis] and red-cockaded woodpecker [Picoides borealis]) suggest that, prehistorically, a frequent, low-severity fire regime characterized the southeastern pine system in which they evolved. In contrast, the patterns …

The Age, Function, And Distribution Of Keyhole Structures In The Upper Susquehanna River Valley, Douglas H. Macdonald

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This paper provides a summary of current data regarding the age, geographical distribution, and function of keyhole structures in the upper Susquehanna River Valley of north-central Pennsylvania and south-central New York. Keyhole structures have been identified at 11 sites in the West and North Branches of the Susquehanna River Valley. The feature type likely originated in the West Branch Valley from which it spread to the north, south, and east. Their main period of use was during the latter portion of the Late Woodland period, between approximately 1230 and 1670 A.D. Given the locations of the sites along major waterways, …

Forensic Emergency Medicine - Six-Year Experience Of 13823 Cases In A University Emergency Department, Ahmet Demi̇rcan, Ayfer Keleş, Nesli̇han Gürbüz, Fi̇kret Bi̇ldi̇k, Şahender Gülbi̇n Aygencel, Nuretti̇n Özgür Doğan, Okşan Deri̇nöz, Taner Akar

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Aims: Clinical forensic medicine deals with cases involving both the legal and medical aspects of patient care, such as motor vehicle trauma or poisoning. In this study, we aimed to draw attention to the forensic issues by retrospective investigation of 13823 emergency cases and to share our experiences on this topic. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in a university Emergency Department (ED) in Ankara, Turkey. The data were collected from official hospital police sheets. Results: Between 2000 and 2005, 13823 legal cases (3.66% of all ED patients) were examined, and 58.23% of them were male. The mean …

Annual Report Of The Town Of Lyme, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2007., Lyme Town Representatives

Lyme, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Reports Of The Town Officers Of Fitzwilliam, N.H. For The Year Ending December 31, 2007., Fitzwilliam Town Representatives

Fitzwilliam, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Bioecology Of The New Invasive Fruit Fly Bactrocera Invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) In Kenya And Its Interaction With Indigenous Mango-Infesting Fruit Fly Species, Ivan Rwomushana

All PhD Dissertations

Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White (Diptera: Tephritidae), an alien invasive fruit fly species of Asian origin was first detected in Kenya in 2003. This pest has rapidly spread across sub-Saharan Africa and is currently reported from at least 24 countries. Because of its novelty status, there was no information on its biology and ecology that could aid development of management efforts. There was also evidence that B. invadens eo-infested the same fruits with native fruit fly species and it was speculated that this could result in competitive displacement of native fruit flies. This study, therefore, was initiated to establish …

The Ecology And Economic Potential Of Wild Silkmoth Anaphe Panda (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera:Thaumetopoeidae) In The Kakamega Forest, Mbahin Norber

All PhD Dissertations

The superiority of silk as a textile fibre has been recognized from time immemorial, the luxurious look: sleek feel and lustre of silk fabric are unquestionably inimitable. The demand for silk is constantly increasing in the world market and this provides excellent opportunities for any producer country to diversify and optimize any source of production. African countries that enjoy congenital climate for rearing wild silkmoths have great scope and opportunity to promote sericulture. Studies were carried out during 2005-2007 on the ecology and economic potential of wild silkmoth Anaphe panda (Boisduval) which occurs in the Kakamega Forest. western Kenya. Silkworms …

Potential Of Entomopathogenic Fungi In The Control Of Economically Important Spider Mites Species Tetranychus Urticae Koch And Tetranychus Evansi Baker & Pritchard, David Mugisho Bugeme

All PhD Dissertations

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, and the tomato spider mite, T. evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae), are among the most important pest of horticultural crops, such as tomato, beans, cur flowers, eggplants and several other vegetables. While T. urticae has been known as a worldwide pest of a wide range of horticultural crops both outdoors and in the greenhouses, the importance of T. evansi has dramatically increased during the last decade. In Africa, farmers largely rely on synthetic acaricides to control these two pests. However, due to problems related to the use of synthetic acaricides in controlling …