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Insights- February 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

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Insights- October 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

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Insights- May 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

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Educational Foundations And Research: How Two Program Areas Became One Department, Sandra Arnau-Dewar

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.

Geography: 1983-2007, Paul E. Todhunter

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.

Expanding The Ecological Consciousness Of Social Work Students: Education For Sustainable Practice, Peter Jones

EDU-COM International Conference

Social work has a long tradition of being explicitly concerned with the ‗person-in-environment‘, recognising the need to take account of context when working to address disadvantage and maximise wellbeing. This concern with environment, and indeed with the concept of sustainability has, however, been focused primarily on the social rather than the ecological (Coates 2003; Besthorne & McMillen 2002). At a time when increasing attention is being paid to the importance of promoting education about, and for, sustainability in higher education (Sipos, Battisti & Grimm 2008; Wright 2002; Thomas 2004), the social work profession also needs to begin engaging in a …

In Brief

In Brief

Table of Contents:

• From the Dean's Desk
• Masthead
• Electronic Health Records...
• The Generosity of Alumni and Friends
• A Trio for Change... (Adler, Steinberg, Wagner)
• 'To Teach or Not to Teach'
• Faculty Profile
• Faculty News
• Doping? Acceptable or Not for Olympic Athletes?
• The Past, Present, and Future of Euclid Avenue
• Faculty Briefs
• Alumni Spotlight
• Stephen Ellis '72, Words to Live by for the Graduating Class of 2008
• Alumni in the News
• Turning 80 in '08 (Al Gray)
• Class Notes
• Thank You and Farewell to the 2008 LL.M. graduates
• Student Snapshots
• Student Perspective
• In Memoriam (Hugh Ross and Stephanie Tubbs Jones)
• Calendar …

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Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

November 2008 - Articles, Comments and Notes

Breaking Ground: Planning And Building In Priority Growth Districts, John R. Nolon, Jessica A. Bacher

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

It is now understood that compact, mixed use development prevents the ill effects of sprawl and can mitigate climate change significantly. There is an innovative land use technique that can be used by communities to manage and define future growth in a way that provides for such developments and creates more livable places, places that are environmentally, socially, and fiscally sound. Specifically, a community may create Priority Growth Districts, or PGDs, and thereby direct development to selected locations and also specify design standards that meet the needs of the community's current and future residents.

Gordie News, January 2008, West Chester University Of Pennsylvania

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.

The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area For Environmental Studies, Erika Szonntag

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.

A Photographic Survey Of Mammalian Trail Use In Big Basin Redwood State Park, Jennifer Robin Casey

Master's Theses

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Western Snowy Plover Use Of Managed Salt Ponds At Eden Landing, Hayward, Ca, Caitlin W. Robinson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Competition Effects Of Mycorrhizae On Two California Grasses And B. Hordeaceus, NoëLle Marie Antolin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Harbor Seal Behavioral Reponse To Boaters At Bair Island Refuge, Kathlyn Snyder Fox

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Native Oyster Recruitment Study In Central And South San Francisco Bay 2006-07, Sumudu Welaratna

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Increasing The Sensitivity Of A Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor, Fatemeh Parayandeh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Osteoporosis In A Prehistoric Bay Area Population, Melynda Leigh Atwood

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Vegetation Change Over Time In Naturally-Regenerating Coast Redwood Communities, Kristin K. Hageseth

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Customary Marine Tenure And Traditional Ecological Knowledge In Palau, Robin Putney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Trampling On Recovery After A Distribution Within The Rocky Intertidal, Marie Nicole Rucker

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Influences On Effective Local Wildfire Mitigation Programs, Kimberly Ann Geaghan

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this research is to identify key components of community wildfire risk reduction programs and potential influences on the adoption of these program elements. Community wildfire programs have been developed to educate and encourage property owners to adopt “vegetation management” practices such as creating defensible space around structures, landscaping with fire-resistant plants, and removing potential wildfire fuels such as trees and shrubs. The analyses are based on a survey conducted by investigators from Louisiana State University in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. This survey was distributed to wildfire mitigation program managers listed on the National Wildfire Programs …

Evaluating The Economic And Environmental Impacts Of Water Subsidies In Kuwait, Mohammad Alshawaf

LSU Master's Theses

Kuwait and the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have experienced rapid growth in population coupled with a rise in the standards of living and acceleration in social, agricultural, and industrial growths, which greatly increased the demand for water supplies. Due to the scarcity of water resources in the region, non-conventional water supplies such as seawater desalination are and have been the main water resource. Kuwait has so far been able to meet demand by using its access to both the sea and abundant oil needed in the desalination plants. The quantity of water consumed per capita in Kuwait is …

Ethanol Production Using Continuous Multi-Staged Microbe Bioreactors: A Laboratory Study, William Bruce King

LSU Master's Theses

Alternative fuels are important for the United States to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Currently, ethanol is the only renewable fuel that is produced in commercial quantity. The demand for ethanol is increasing throughout the world. The production of ethanol is limited by the available feedstocks and processing technology. Corn is the primary feedstock for ethanol in the United States. It is processed in either the wet milling or dry milling process. Both processes use either the batch or continuous fermentors. Both batch and continuous systems have operational restrictions with maintaining a good growth of yeast and preventing contamination …

Wetland Mitigation Banks And The No-Net-Loss Requirement: An Evaluation Of The Section 404 Permit Program In Southeast Louisiana, Abbey Anne Tyrna

LSU Master's Theses

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act provides regulatory oversight for wetland conservation. One goal of the Section 404 program is to achieve a no-net-loss of the remaining wetland acres and functions. Wetland mitigation banks have been incorporated into wetland policy because of their potential advantage in achieving the no-net-loss requirements. This study analyzed four wetland mitigation banks with credits sold between 1991 and 2007 in southeastern Louisiana to determine if they were contributing to the goal of no-net-loss. The goal of no-net-loss is reached when there is complete compensation of wetland structure and function. The study area for this …

An Evaluation Of The Perceived Obstacles For Policy Officials Regulating The Post Harvest Treatment Of Raw Oysters To Control The Human Health Vibrio Vulnificus Problem, Amy Leah Oestringer

LSU Master's Theses

Vibrio vulnificus is the leading pathogen linked to seafood-associated deaths. This naturally occurring marine bacterium presents a human health risk when it is consumed in raw oysters. Hospitalization is necessary in 90 % Vibrio vulnificus illnesses and 40% end in death. (CDC) Several guidelines and regulations have been enacted to combat this human health issue, but have failed to reduce the steadily rising illness rate. Post-harvest processing requirements for raw oysters could be used to reduce illness rates. A survey was conducted to measure the perceived obstacles that regulators and industry representatives of the raw oyster industry face in policymaking …

Coming To Know (In) This Place Called Home: Teaching And Learning Sustainability At Portland Community College, Karen Elizabeth Wolfgang

Leadership for Sustainability Education Comprehensive Papers

A personal and professional chronicle of the ways in which indigenous education models can be applied to education for sustainability, especially among "New Portlanders."

The Impact Of The Caernarvon Diversion On Above- And Belowground Marsh Biomass In The Breton Sound Estuary After Hurricane Katrina, Matthew Korbel Moerschbaecher

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this project was to monitor the recovery of marsh vegetation following Hurricane Katrina in the Breton Sound estuary, which is directly influenced by the Caernarvon freshwater diversion. From March 2006 until October 2007, we measured above- and belowground biomass, soil porewater nutrients (NOx, NH4, and PO4), porewater salinity, porewater sulfide concentrations, and soil redox potential bimonthly at duplicate Near (N), Intermediate (M), and Far (F) sites (with respect to the diversion), as well as at a Reference (C) site. End of season live (EOSL) below and above ground biomass was measured at 26 separate stations where vegetation …

An Environmental Justice Analysis: Superfund Sites And Surrounding Communities In Illinois, Angela Maranville, Tih-Fen Ting, Yang Zhang

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Is there an association between Superfund sites and the socioeconomic makeup of the surrounding communities? This research analyzes the current economic and racial demographics of Illinois counties that contain Superfund sites. Specifically, variables that are indicators of environmental injustice are analyzed; e.g. race, median household income, and home ownership. Since the inception of the environmental justice movement in the late 1980s, studies have been conducted nationally and at state levels in Michigan, California, Ohio, Florida, Texas, and South Carolina (i.e. Cutter 2006; Mohai & Saha 2006; Pastor et al. 2004; Anderton et al. 1997; Bevc et al. 2007; Bowen et …

Prediction Of Cooling Heat Transfer Coefficient Of Supercritical Co2 With Small Amount Of Entraned Lubricating Oil Entrained By Neural Network Method, Chaobin Dang, Eiji Hihara

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

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