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Using Van Valens Procedure In Business Research To Assess Consistent Differences In Multidimensional Variability In Two Or More Groups, Mark L. Berenson, Kimberly Killmer Hollister Jun 2008

Using Van Valens Procedure In Business Research To Assess Consistent Differences In Multidimensional Variability In Two Or More Groups, Mark L. Berenson, Kimberly Killmer Hollister

Department of Information Management and Business Analytics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Much business research involves comparisons in two or more groups on many dimensions. This paper primarily focuses on demonstrating and providing guidance as to how researchers should approach a multivariate analysis in the comparison of sets of corresponding characteristics in two or more independent groups. In particular, this paper demonstrates the utility of a simple but not widely known procedure developed by Van Valen (1978) that should be employed to test for the significance of differences in overall variability in the sets of corresponding characteristics in two or more groups, a test that enjoys much statistical power in detecting significant …

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Toward A Pedagogy Grounded In Christian Spirituality, Gini Shimabukuro Jun 2008

Toward A Pedagogy Grounded In Christian Spirituality, Gini Shimabukuro

Journal of Catholic Education

Church documents, theology, leadership theory, and sociology come together in this article to present a pedagogy for Catholic schools that is deeply rooted in personal faith and a contemporary understanding of the person. Practical insights into developing a spirituality for teaching are offered.

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A Comparison Of Perceptions Of Knowledge And Skills Held By Primary And Secondary Teachers: From The Entry To Exit Of Their Preservice Programme, Angela F. Wong, Sylvia Chong, Doris Choy, Isabella Y. Wong, Kim C. Goh Jun 2008

A Comparison Of Perceptions Of Knowledge And Skills Held By Primary And Secondary Teachers: From The Entry To Exit Of Their Preservice Programme, Angela F. Wong, Sylvia Chong, Doris Choy, Isabella Y. Wong, Kim C. Goh

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The purpose of this study was to investigate if there were differences in the levels of pedagogical knowledge and skills as perceived by the student teachers who were enrolled in the Primary and the Secondary Post Graduate Diploma in Education programme at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. 170 Primary and 426 Secondary student teachers participated in the study. The results showed that there were no significant differences at the beginning of the programme between the two cohorts. However, there were significant differences between the two groups at the end of programme, with the Primary student teachers tending to …

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Globalisation Of Trade Liberalisation Under The Wto: Its Effects On Human Rights And Social Justice, Rafiqul Islam Jun 2008

Globalisation Of Trade Liberalisation Under The Wto: Its Effects On Human Rights And Social Justice, Rafiqul Islam

Indian Journal of International Economic Law

The true nexus between trade liberalisation and human rights has become a recurring feature of contemporary international discourse and is the subject-matter of this article. This article critically examines their interface and the ability of international law to render them mutually supportive. It finds that trade liberalisation is complimentary to human rights in some instances. But the distant goal of humanism is, more often than not, lost in the pursuit of immediate economic gains. This reality has relegated the human rights protection regime to the status of soft law, which often fails to grapple with hard economic rationales. In the …

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Emotions, Values And The Construction Of Risk, Susan A. Bandes Jun 2008

Emotions, Values And The Construction Of Risk, Susan A. Bandes

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

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O Positivismo No Ensino De Ciências Naturais Na Escola Secundária Brasileira: 1890-1900 [Positivism And The Teaching Of The Natural Sciences In The Brazilian Secondary School: 1890-1900], Karl M. Lorenz Jun 2008

O Positivismo No Ensino De Ciências Naturais Na Escola Secundária Brasileira: 1890-1900 [Positivism And The Teaching Of The Natural Sciences In The Brazilian Secondary School: 1890-1900], Karl M. Lorenz

Education Faculty Publications

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Main Hall To Main Street, June 2008, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Jun 2008

Main Hall To Main Street, June 2008, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 14, number 6 of Main Hall to Main Street.

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Transmembrane Domain Length Of Viral K+ Channels Is A Signal For Mitochondria Targeting, Jorg Balss, Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Mario Mehmel, Dirk Baumeister, Brigitte Hertel, Nicolas Delaroque, Frank C. Chatelain, Daniel L. Minor Jr., James L. Van Etten, Joachim Rassow, Anna Moroni, Gerhard Thiel Jun 2008

Transmembrane Domain Length Of Viral K+ Channels Is A Signal For Mitochondria Targeting, Jorg Balss, Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Mario Mehmel, Dirk Baumeister, Brigitte Hertel, Nicolas Delaroque, Frank C. Chatelain, Daniel L. Minor Jr., James L. Van Etten, Joachim Rassow, Anna Moroni, Gerhard Thiel

James Van Etten Publications

K+ channels operate in the plasma membrane and in membranes of organelles including mitochondria. The mechanisms and topogenic information for their differential synthesis and targeting is unknown. This article describes 2 similar viral K+ channels that are differentially sorted; one protein (Kesv) is imported by the Tom complex into the mitochondria, the other (Kcv) to the plasma membrane. By creating chimeras we discovered that mitochondrial sorting of Kesv depends on a hierarchical combination of N- and C-terminal signals. Crucial is the length of the second transmembrane domain; extending its C terminus by >2 hydrophobic amino acids redirects Kesv …

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Evaluation Of Different Insecticides And Fabric Types For Development Of Treated Targets For Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Control, Jerome A. Hogsette, Alyce Nalli, Lane D. Foil Jun 2008

Evaluation Of Different Insecticides And Fabric Types For Development Of Treated Targets For Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Control, Jerome A. Hogsette, Alyce Nalli, Lane D. Foil

Faculty Publications

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), once only a pest of pastured cattle, has become a serious pest of range cattle in the United States. Because of the difficulties associated with stable fly management under range conditions, a pesticide-impregnated cloth target is being developed as a management tool. We conducted studies to determine the influence of weather, time, fabric type, insecticide type, and insecticide concentration on the mortality of stable flies from a susceptible laboratory colony exposed for 30 s to treated cloth targets. We found that 100% of the flies exposed to trigger (Trigger-Royal Box, 65% polyester and …

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Observations On The Age And Growth Of Varicorhinus Damascinus (Val.) In Tigris River At Salahuldin Province – Iraq*, Hussain A. M. Dauod, Qatar Al-Nada A. Al-Ibady, Riyad A. Abid Al-Jabbar Jun 2008

Observations On The Age And Growth Of Varicorhinus Damascinus (Val.) In Tigris River At Salahuldin Province – Iraq*, Hussain A. M. Dauod, Qatar Al-Nada A. Al-Ibady, Riyad A. Abid Al-Jabbar

Baghdad Science Journal

Age and growth of Varicorhinus damascinus (Val.) in Tigris river at Salahuldin province have been investigated. Monthly samples were taken during the period from September 1999 to August 2000, using small-meshed gill nets. The age data showed that there were six age groups and the dominant age groups were (III – IV) for both sexes. The results of the present study revealed that the increment in length of V. damascinus at the sites of study showed a tendency to decrease with the increase in age, after the third year of life in both sexes. The length-weight relationship of males and …

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Mitochondria In Energy-Limited States: Mechanisms That Blunt The Signaling Of Cell Death, Steven C. Hand, Michael A. Menze Jun 2008

Mitochondria In Energy-Limited States: Mechanisms That Blunt The Signaling Of Cell Death, Steven C. Hand, Michael A. Menze

Faculty Publications

Cellular conditions experienced during energy-limited states - elevated calcium, shifts in cellular adenylate status, compromised mitochondrial membrane potential - are precisely those that trigger, at least in mammals, the mitochondrion to initiate opening of the permeability transition pore, to assemble additional protein release channels, and to release pro-apoptotic factors. These proapototic factors in turn activate initiator and executer caspases. How is activation of mitochondria-based pathways for the signaling of apoptotic and necrotic cell death avoided under conditions of hypoxia, anoxia, diapause, estivation and anhydrobiosis? Functional trade-offs in environmental tolerance may have occurred in parallel with the evolution of diversified pathways …

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Preparation Of Botanical Samples For Biomedical Research, Zhijun Liu Jun 2008

Preparation Of Botanical Samples For Biomedical Research, Zhijun Liu

Faculty Publications

Plants are chemical storehouses, a fact which has driven countless multidisciplinary quests for bioactive compounds. As the very first step of botanical research, the whole desire is to find "hit" plants with specific bioactivities. It is logical to use some strategies that can maximize the chances of finding these "hits" with limited time and resources. In addition to selecting the right plants for screening, how the plant extracts are prepared can also influence the bioactivity screening outcomes. An extract from the same plant material can be quite different in chemical composition having different preparations. Because of the complex mixture nature …

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Furman Magazine. Volume 51, Issue 1 - Full Issue, Furman University Jun 2008

Furman Magazine. Volume 51, Issue 1 - Full Issue, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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Helping The World Think Green, Furman University Jun 2008

Helping The World Think Green, Furman University

Furman Magazine

Two young alumni pursue yearlong projects designed to promote environmental responsibility.

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Action On The Homefront: A Practical Guide To Climate Change, Leigh Gauthier Savage Jun 2008

Action On The Homefront: A Practical Guide To Climate Change, Leigh Gauthier Savage

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

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Sports Shorts: Latham Stadium, Cycling Success And Student Honors, Furman University Jun 2008

Sports Shorts: Latham Stadium, Cycling Success And Student Honors, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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The Development Of Day-Night Differences In Sleep And Wakefulness In Norway Rats And The Effect Of Bilateral Enucleation, Andrew J. Gall, William D. Todd, Baisali Ray, Cassandra M. Coleman, Mark S. Blumberg Jun 2008

The Development Of Day-Night Differences In Sleep And Wakefulness In Norway Rats And The Effect Of Bilateral Enucleation, Andrew J. Gall, William D. Todd, Baisali Ray, Cassandra M. Coleman, Mark S. Blumberg

Faculty Publications

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) exhibits circadian rhythmicity in fetal and infant rats, but little is known about the consequences of this rhythmicity for infant behavior. Here, in Experiment 1, we measured sleep and wakefulness in rats during the day and night in postnatal day (P)2, P8, P15 and P21 subjects. As early as P2, day-night differences in sleep-wake activity were detected. Nocturnal wakefulness began to emerge around P15 and was reliably expressed by P21. We hypothesized that the process of photic entrainment over the first postnatal week, which depends upon the development of connectivity between the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) and …

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Aluminum Bioavailability From Basic Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, An Approved Food Additive Emulsifying Agent, Incorporated In Cheese, Robert A. Yokel, Clair L. Hicks, Rebecca L. Florence Jun 2008

Aluminum Bioavailability From Basic Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, An Approved Food Additive Emulsifying Agent, Incorporated In Cheese, Robert A. Yokel, Clair L. Hicks, Rebecca L. Florence

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Oral aluminum (Al) bioavailability from drinking water has been previously estimated, but there is little information on Al bioavailability from foods. It was suggested that oral Al bioavailability from drinking water is much greater than from foods. The objective was to further test this hypothesis. Oral Al bioavailability was determined in the rat from basic [26Al]-sodium aluminum phosphate (basic SALP) in a process cheese. Consumption of approximately 1g cheese containing 1.5% or 3% basic SALP resulted in oral Al bioavailability (F) of approximately 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively, and time to maximum serum 26Al concentration (Tmax) of 8-9h. These Al bioavailability …

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When Parents Don’T Share Values, Susan E. Murray Jun 2008

When Parents Don’T Share Values, Susan E. Murray

Lake Union Herald

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Time And Complexity In Historical Ecology: Studies In The Neotropical Lowlands, Alf Hornborg Jun 2008

Time And Complexity In Historical Ecology: Studies In The Neotropical Lowlands, Alf Hornborg

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Book review of Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology: Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands. William Balée and Clark L. Erickson, editors. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. The Historical Ecology Series. xii + 417 pp., maps, figures, tables, notes, references, index. ISBN 0-231-13288-3.

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Harnessing The Power Of Science In Environmental Law: Why We Should, Why We Don't, And How We Can, Mary Jane Angelo Jun 2008

Harnessing The Power Of Science In Environmental Law: Why We Should, Why We Don't, And How We Can, Mary Jane Angelo

UF Law Faculty Publications

To illustrate how legal scholars, lawmakers, environmental agencies, and practicing lawyers have attempted to incorporate new scientific developments into environmental law, particularly in the administrative context, this Article traces the journeys of three distinct scientific developments -- risk assessment, adaptive management, and emergy synthesis -- from scientific academia to environmental administrative law. The Article concludes by making observations about what types of scientific developments are most likely to be incorporated into the law and suggesting ways for improving the likelihood that new beneficial developments will be adopted to inform the law.

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Qualitative Nature Of Some Traditional Crude Drugs Available In Commercial Markets Of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, S. Ganesan, Roopam Y. Bhatt Jun 2008

Qualitative Nature Of Some Traditional Crude Drugs Available In Commercial Markets Of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, S. Ganesan, Roopam Y. Bhatt

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Medicinal plants have been used since ancient times for the treatment of human ailments. Interest in medicinal plants has been shown throughout the world because of the safe and effective constituents of plant products. The increasing demand for herbal medicines, both in the developing and developed countries, has provided the stimulus for the workers in this field to maintain the quality and purity of their herbal raw materials and finished products. The standardization problem relating to herbal drugs arises from the complex composition of drugs that are used in the form of whole plants, plant parts or extracts obtained there …

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Swertia L. (Gentianaceae) In Nepal Himalaya: Checklist, Phytogeography, Ethnobotany And Conservation Status, Kunjani Joshi, Ananda Joshi Jun 2008

Swertia L. (Gentianaceae) In Nepal Himalaya: Checklist, Phytogeography, Ethnobotany And Conservation Status, Kunjani Joshi, Ananda Joshi

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Swertia L., a morphologically diverse but taxonomically distinct genus’s circumscription has often been debated. Four problems still need to be solved: species delimitation, section delimitation, and relation with allied genera and domestication of the species for economic benefits. In the present paper an attempt has been made to prepare a checklist of Swertia species, and documentation of distribution patterns, existing ethnobotanical uses and conservation practices in Nepal. Some integrated measures, which might help to fill up the gaps in our knowledge, are also recommended.

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Origins Of Plant Derived Medicines, Muthia Maridass, A. John De Britto Jun 2008

Origins Of Plant Derived Medicines, Muthia Maridass, A. John De Britto

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

This review article describes the origins of plant derived medicines that have been developed as a result of traditional knowledge being handed down from one generation to the next. Various industries are now searching into sources of alternative, more natural and environmentally friendly antimicrobials, antibiotics, diabetics, antioxidants and crop protection agents. Medicinal plants have provided a good source of a wide variety of compounds, such as phenolic compounds, nitrogen compounds, vitamins, terpenoids and some other secondary metabolites, which are rich in valuable bioactivities, e.g., antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antimutagenic, anti-carcinogenic, antibacterial, or antiviral activities. Medicinal plants have become the main object …

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Ethnobotanical Notes On Tree Species Of Pir Panjal Biodiversity Park Of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, J&K, India, Shreekar Pant, Susheel Verma Jun 2008

Ethnobotanical Notes On Tree Species Of Pir Panjal Biodiversity Park Of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, J&K, India, Shreekar Pant, Susheel Verma

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The documentation of traditional knowledge would appear to be the "need of the hour" in view of the current demand for herb based products. Documentation serves to ensure the preservation of traditional information for future generations. It is also a step forward in the creation of a database on ethnobotanical notes. An attempt therefore, has been made here to document the indigenous uses of tree species of the Pir Panjal Biodiversity Park of BGSB University. A total of 28 species belonging to 24 genera and 19 families were observed being used traditionally to cure various diseases and having other uses. …

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Conservation Efforts Through In Vitro Seed Germination Of A Hepatoprotective Plant - Phyllanthus Beddomie (Gamble) Mohanan, Muthia Maridass, K. Thangavel Jun 2008

Conservation Efforts Through In Vitro Seed Germination Of A Hepatoprotective Plant - Phyllanthus Beddomie (Gamble) Mohanan, Muthia Maridass, K. Thangavel

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

In vitro propagation of endangered plants can offer considerable benefits for the rapid cultivation of species that are at risk, that have limited reproductive capacity and exist in threatened habitats.

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Report Of Resprouting, G. Jegan, K. Muthuchelian Jun 2008

Report Of Resprouting, G. Jegan, K. Muthuchelian

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The resprouting of the species may be useful for the humankind. The species which are meeting heavy disturbances in their seedling stage must resprout otherwise they will lose their diversity in the community. Prosopis and Morinda are showing the great resprouting after fire incidences, but not other species.

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Preliminary Phytochemical And Anti-Bacterial Studies On Passiflora Edulis, M. Johnson, Muthia Maridass, V. Irudayaraj Jun 2008

Preliminary Phytochemical And Anti-Bacterial Studies On Passiflora Edulis, M. Johnson, Muthia Maridass, V. Irudayaraj

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Preliminary phytochemical and antibacterial activity of the leaf and callus of Passiflora edulis Sims, were examined using extracts of benzene, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, chloroform and petroleum ether. Of these, chloroform extract of the leaf and callus showed the maximum solubility and antimicrobial activity with the MIC ranging from 100 to 250 µl. Extracts of benzene, petroleum ether and isopropanol were ineffective in inhibiting the selected bacteria. In addition, this phytochemical study confirmed the presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannins and triterpenes from ethanol and chloroform extracted sources.

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In Vitro Antibacterial Potential Of Melia Azedarach Crude Leaf Extracts Against Some Human Pathogenic Bacterial Strains, Abdul Viqar Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Indu Shukla Jun 2008

In Vitro Antibacterial Potential Of Melia Azedarach Crude Leaf Extracts Against Some Human Pathogenic Bacterial Strains, Abdul Viqar Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Indu Shukla

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The emphasis of this paper is upon the sensitivity of the crude leaf extracts of Melia azedarach against some of the hospital isolated human pathogenic bacterial strains. Five plant extracts (Petrol, Benzene, Methanol, Ethyl acetate and Aqueous) under five different concentrations (1mg/ml, 2mg/ml, 5mg/ml, 10mg/ml and 15mg/ml) were tested by the Disk diffusion method. Methanol, Ethyl acetate and Aqueous extracts of the plant showed significant inhibition against bacteria tested. A comparison was made among the sensitivity demonstrated by the leaf extracts and known medicinal and ethnobotanical uses.

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Staufferia And Pilgerina: Two New Endemic Monotypic Arborescent Genera Of Santalaceae From Madagascar, Zachary S. Rogers, Daniel L. Nickrent, Malecot Valery Jun 2008

Staufferia And Pilgerina: Two New Endemic Monotypic Arborescent Genera Of Santalaceae From Madagascar, Zachary S. Rogers, Daniel L. Nickrent, Malecot Valery

Publications

Two new arborescent species of Santalaceae, both endemic to Madagascar, are described in the new monotypic genera, Staufferia Z. S. Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot and Pilgerina Z. S. Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot. Based on available molecular and morphological data, the new species are part of a clade formed with Pyrularia Michx. of Asia and North America, the Indo-Malesian genus Scleropyrum Arn., and the central and western African Okoubaka Pellegr. & Normand. Staufferia is distinguished morphologically from Okoubaka by the smaller inflorescences (4 to 10 vs. 50 to 100 flowers); smaller (1.8–2 × 1.1–1.6 cm vs. ca. 9 × 5 cm), …

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