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Combating Amphibian Population Declines: An Investigation Of The Pathophysiology And Possible Treatments Of Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Christopher A. Gaulke Jan 2008

Combating Amphibian Population Declines: An Investigation Of The Pathophysiology And Possible Treatments Of Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Christopher A. Gaulke

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been linked to the decline of amphibians worldwide. Research has been devoted to examining the range of B. dendrobatidis and various physiological aspects of the fungus; however, little is known about how it causes mortality in individuals. Subsequently, we investigated the potential mechanisms of mortality by examining the pathogen's effect on metabolic rate and osmotic balance. In addition, we attempted to develop a field treatment for the pathogen using Itraconazol. Metabolic rates, mass, pathogen symptoms and osmotic concentrations were measured in Rana pipiens and Hyla rigilla. Results suggest symptoms are variable and individuals survive for …

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Ontogenetic Changes In Feeding Morphology And Diet In The Chiselmouth Minnow, Acrocheilus Alutaceus, Corrie Murray Jan 2008

Ontogenetic Changes In Feeding Morphology And Diet In The Chiselmouth Minnow, Acrocheilus Alutaceus, Corrie Murray

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The chiselmouth minnow (Acrocheilus alutaceus) is an herbivorous fish endemic to freshwater systems of the Pacific Northwest and abundant in mid-reaches of the Yakima River, WA. Uncommon in temperate streams, herbivorous fish are ecologically important because they provide a direct link between primary production and fish biomass. Chiselmouth minnows undergo ontogenetic morphological changes as they transform from insectivore to herbivore, the lower jaw becomes flattened, calcified and hardened for scraping algae and the intestine grows long for digestion. The timing of these changes in relation to diet and ecological status are poorly understood. By quantifying changes in jaw …

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The Metabolic Effects Of Epigallo Catechin Gallate On Females At Rest And Low Exertion, Bret Mcconaughy Rust Jan 2008

The Metabolic Effects Of Epigallo Catechin Gallate On Females At Rest And Low Exertion, Bret Mcconaughy Rust

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Green tea extract (GTE) containing catechin polyphenols is marketed widely as a dietary supplement intended to enhance weight loss. Epigallo Catechin Gallate (EGCG) is a polyphenol found in green tea that some studies have found to increase Energy Expenditure (EE) and to decrease Respiratory Quotient (RQ) in human subjects. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of two weeks of chronic supplementation of 540 mg of EGCG on anthropometric measurements, body composition, blood pressure, EE and RQ in adult women at rest and at low levels of exertion. Results trended toward reducing resting RQ (p=.098) but showed …

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Self-Directed Behaviors In Tibetan Macaques (Maca Thibetana) As A Function Of Tourist Density And Proximity At The Valley Of The Wild Monkeys, Terrence A. Yenter Jan 2008

Self-Directed Behaviors In Tibetan Macaques (Maca Thibetana) As A Function Of Tourist Density And Proximity At The Valley Of The Wild Monkeys, Terrence A. Yenter

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Prior work has shown a relationship between tourist density and self-directed behaviors (SDBs) in Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at the Valley of the Wild Monkeys. In this study, focal animal sampling was used to collect data on two groups, one with eight adults and the other with 20, during August 2007. Consistent with past research, we found that the quadrat of the study site where monkeys are at eye-level with humans was both least visited by the monkeys and had the highest SDB rates. Of the remaining tourist adjacent quadrats, monkeys spent significantly less time in these areas, …

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Instructional Models And Strategies For Language Acquisition And Literacy, Sheri Ann Ruiz Jan 2008

Instructional Models And Strategies For Language Acquisition And Literacy, Sheri Ann Ruiz

All Graduate Projects

This study introduces research that shows the most effective teaching models and strategies for language acquisition for students whose primary language is not English in the United States; although most of the research and suggestions presented are also effective for teaching all students, regardless of the student's language level. First, a short background of the history of bilingual education is reviewed. Then, the language domains and various stages oflanguage acquisition are explained. Later, an overview of the research of the most effective teaching models and strategies are provided to inform preschool through 12th grade classroom teachers, Para educators (teaching assistants), …

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Brain Stem Glioma, A Rare Cause Of Hearing Loss And Dysequilibrium, Murat Unal, Demir Apaydin Jan 2008

Brain Stem Glioma, A Rare Cause Of Hearing Loss And Dysequilibrium, Murat Unal, Demir Apaydin

Neurosciences

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Deoxy-Ribonucleic Acid Repair Genes Xrcc1 And Xpd Polymorphisms And Brain Tumor Risk, Sahika L. Cengiz, Hasan Acar, Ziyaeddin Inan, Servet Yavuz, Alper Baysefer Jan 2008

Deoxy-Ribonucleic Acid Repair Genes Xrcc1 And Xpd Polymorphisms And Brain Tumor Risk, Sahika L. Cengiz, Hasan Acar, Ziyaeddin Inan, Servet Yavuz, Alper Baysefer

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether polymorphisms in the deoxy-ribonucleic acid (DNA) repair genes XRCC1 and XPD, have efficacy in the development of brain tumors. METHODS: This is a case-population based study, including 135 cases of brain tumors, and 87 population based age- and gender-matched healthy controls. We examined the role of XRCC1 Arg 399Gln gene and XPD Lys751Gln gene polymorphisms, in the context of brain tumor risk for the Turkish population between 2004 and 2007 at Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. Patients with brain tumors were subdivided into glial tumors (n=71), meningiomas (n=35), pituitary adenomas (n=21), and metastases to the brain (n=8). …

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Central Pontine Myelinolysis Due To Rapid Correction Of Hyponatremia Induced By Excessive Water Intake, Hussein A. Algahtani, Ahmed A. Attar, G.Bryan Young, Abdulrahman M. Shami Jan 2008

Central Pontine Myelinolysis Due To Rapid Correction Of Hyponatremia Induced By Excessive Water Intake, Hussein A. Algahtani, Ahmed A. Attar, G.Bryan Young, Abdulrahman M. Shami

Neurosciences

We report a 25-year-old female with a recent diagnosis of gastric B-cell lymphoma based on imaging and pathological findings. She was discharged against medical advice after it was recommended to her, by an “alternative medicine practitioner,” to restrict her diet to excessive ingestion of the “Holy water Zamzam” (natural well water in Makkah). She presented back with altered level of awareness and severe, new-onset hyponatremia. The hyponatremia was corrected rapidly and her condition improved. Six days later, she developed the classical pyramidal and extrapyramidal features of central pontine myelinolysis, documented by MRI. The patient succumbed to her original disease 3 …

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International Environment Law, David R. Downes, Michael Wascom, Charlotte De Fontaubert, Joseph Dellapenna, Khouane Ditthavong, Kristen Genovese, Richard A. Horsch, David Hunter, Thomas Parker Redick, Marianne Tyrrell, William L. Fang, Robert Mckinstry Jan 2008

International Environment Law, David R. Downes, Michael Wascom, Charlotte De Fontaubert, Joseph Dellapenna, Khouane Ditthavong, Kristen Genovese, Richard A. Horsch, David Hunter, Thomas Parker Redick, Marianne Tyrrell, William L. Fang, Robert Mckinstry

The International Lawyer

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Export Controls And Economic Sanctions, James E. Bartlett Iii, J. Daniel Chapman, Kay C. Georgi, Ira E. Hoffman, Adam Klauder, Michael Lieberman Jan 2008

Export Controls And Economic Sanctions, James E. Bartlett Iii, J. Daniel Chapman, Kay C. Georgi, Ira E. Hoffman, Adam Klauder, Michael Lieberman

The International Lawyer

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Limits On Injunctive Relief Under The Ada: Rethinking The Standing Rule For Deaf Patients In The Medical Setting, Michael A. Schwartz Jan 2008

Limits On Injunctive Relief Under The Ada: Rethinking The Standing Rule For Deaf Patients In The Medical Setting, Michael A. Schwartz

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

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Assessing The Market For Human Reproductive Tissue Alienability: Why Can We Sell Our Eggs But Not Our Livers?, Brenda Reddix-Smalls Jan 2008

Assessing The Market For Human Reproductive Tissue Alienability: Why Can We Sell Our Eggs But Not Our Livers?, Brenda Reddix-Smalls

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Currently, an unregulated marketplace for assisted reproductive technology exists in the United States. For some people suffering from infertility, the ability to purchase human reproductive tissue, eggs, and sperm yields a maximum benefit when examined in a market context. Buyers, sellers, supply and demand, and technological advances all operate in a robust marketplace to provide the infertile with a supply of human eggs for reproduction with minimum state and federal regulatory control. Conversely, the buying and selling of all other human organs and tissues is prohibited in the United States by several federal statutes. The National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) …

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Give Me That Old Time Religion: Nostalgia, Memory And The Rhetoric Of Loss In Bede's Historical Ecclesiastica Gentus Anglorum, John T.R. Terry Jan 2008

Give Me That Old Time Religion: Nostalgia, Memory And The Rhetoric Of Loss In Bede's Historical Ecclesiastica Gentus Anglorum, John T.R. Terry

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

Bede 's Ecclesiastical History of the English People was composed by a monk of northeastern England around AD 731. It is a tome of nearly unparalleled prominence to this day in English church history. Many Bedan scholars have hitherto been concerned with common themes in Bede's works: biblical typology and exegesis, influences, sources, politics and even the nature of Bede's own mysterious life. This paper, however, seeks to add a definite human component to Bede and the times in which he lived where most studies have not, simply by using modern studies of nostalgia in a universal sense.

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Graduate Degree Completions, 1998-2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2008

Graduate Degree Completions, 1998-2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2007-2008 academic year

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2008-09 Granite State College - Undergraduate Catalog, Granite State College Jan 2008

2008-09 Granite State College - Undergraduate Catalog, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

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Can Climate Change Be Good For Greenland? An Arctic Island’S Response To New Development Opportunities, James Mitchell Jan 2008

Can Climate Change Be Good For Greenland? An Arctic Island’S Response To New Development Opportunities, James Mitchell

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Snow, Sand, Ice, And Sun: Climate Change And Equity In The Arctic And Small Island Developing States, John Crump Jan 2008

Snow, Sand, Ice, And Sun: Climate Change And Equity In The Arctic And Small Island Developing States, John Crump

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Volume 8 Issue 3, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2008

Volume 8 Issue 3, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Using The Polar Bear Framework To Protect The Arctic Habitat, Tim P. Shields Jan 2008

Using The Polar Bear Framework To Protect The Arctic Habitat, Tim P. Shields

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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The Forgotten North: Peoples And Lands In Peril, Ursula Kazarian Jan 2008

The Forgotten North: Peoples And Lands In Peril, Ursula Kazarian

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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The Case For Green Food Labels, Emily Alves, Mark Edwards Jan 2008

The Case For Green Food Labels, Emily Alves, Mark Edwards

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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A Simulation-Based Approach For Dock Allocation In A Food Distribution Center, Balagopal Gopakumar, Suvarna Sundaram, Shengyong Wang Jan 2008

A Simulation-Based Approach For Dock Allocation In A Food Distribution Center, Balagopal Gopakumar, Suvarna Sundaram, Shengyong Wang

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

This research endeavor focused on the warehouse receiving process at a large food distribution center, which comprises of trucks with goods reaching the destination warehouse, unloading and finally putting away the contents to the specific aisles. Discrete event simulation was used to model the current system’s functioning and to identify operational inefficiencies which were quantified through a detailed value stream mapping exercise. Inspired by ‘lean’ philosophy, a dock allocation algorithm was designed to take into account the relationship between the dock location and the destination aisle to ‘optimally’ assign the trucks to the docks. After validating the baseline, new scenarios …

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Agriprocessors Inc. Criminal Complaint Jan 2008

Agriprocessors Inc. Criminal Complaint

Postville Project Documents

Documents relating to the child labor violations filed against Agriprocessors ranging in date from August 2008 to January 2009.

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The Immaculate Deception: How The Holy Grail Of Protectionism Led To The Great Steroid Era, Eldon L. Ham Jan 2008

The Immaculate Deception: How The Holy Grail Of Protectionism Led To The Great Steroid Era, Eldon L. Ham

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 51, January 2008, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas Jan 2008

Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 51, January 2008, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas

Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) Commission on Volcanic Caves

Contents: Chairman & editorial address -- Korea - Jeju - 2008 -- New or changed addresses -- Notes &/or heard from -- The caves of Rwanda/Les Grottes du Rwanda -- Gneiss Cave, California Perhaps a Tertiary lava tube cave -- Questions from Bill Halliday -- June in case you have to add something..... -- International Conference on Granite Caves Coruna/Santiago/Vigo - Galicia, Spain 18-21 Sept. 2007

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Use Of Multiple Methods: An Examination Of Constraints Effecting Ethnic Minority Visitor Use Of National Parks And Management Implications, Nina S. Roberts, Donald A. Rodriguez Jan 2008

Use Of Multiple Methods: An Examination Of Constraints Effecting Ethnic Minority Visitor Use Of National Parks And Management Implications, Nina S. Roberts, Donald A. Rodriguez

Ethnic Studies Review

Understanding outdoor recreation participation and national park visitation by members of ethnic minority groups has been a particular focus of outdoor recreation researchers for the past twenty years. Attracting ethnic minorities, and understanding their recreation needs and interests, demands a multi-faceted approach and sustained commitment not only by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) but by other resource management agencies as well.

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Capitalizing On Affect: Viagra (In)Action, Kristin A. Swenson Jan 2008

Capitalizing On Affect: Viagra (In)Action, Kristin A. Swenson

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Recent cultural criticisms of Viagra’s advertisements and promotional materials have argued that rhetorical constructions of Viagra users reestablish a hegemonic masculinity premised on heterosexual standards of traditional gender norms (Baglia, 2005; Bordo, 2000; Loe, 2004). Cultural critics have also noted that Viagra’s promotional materials allow “for alternative readings by potential users who do not fall into the category of the ‘traditional/ideal’ Viagra user” including women and homosexual men (Mamo & Fishman, 2001, p. 14). What most criticisms fail to take into account is that Viagra, like other lifestyle drugs, does not only reestablish cultural constructs of the contemporary gendered body …

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National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2007-2008 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute Jan 2008

National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2007-2008 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

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Music, Emily A. Hicks Jan 2008

Music, Emily A. Hicks

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

Music reference sources continue to evolve, in part because of technological developments and a broadening interest in nonclassical genres, including world music. A few classic works were removed from the list because they are no longer widely available. Others have been subsumed by new print or electronic works. General sources are listed first, followed by sources specific to one or two genres of music. Major categories include blues and jazz, classical, country and gospel, rock and popular, and world music. Works encompassing more than two genres of music are included in the "General Sources" section. Several select online databases are …

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The Franciscan Mariological School And The Coredemptive Movement, Peter Fehlner Jan 2008

The Franciscan Mariological School And The Coredemptive Movement, Peter Fehlner

Marian Studies

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