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Peak Lek Attendance For Greater Sage-Grouse Within The Northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Destin Harrell

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

Lek attendance surveys were analyzed to gain a better understanding of the life history of greater sage-grouse on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Cody Field Office.

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Faculty Senate Voting Faculty, Academic Year 2007-2008, Vol 41, P 614-648, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

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Genome Sequencing And Analysis Of The Biomass-Degrading Fungus Trichoderma Reesei (Syn. Hypocrea Jecorina), Diego Martinez, Randy M. Berka, Bernard Henrissat, Markku Saloheimo, Mikko Arvas, Scott E. Baker, Jarod Chapman, Olga Chertkov, Pedro M. Coutinho, Dan Cullen, Etienne G. J. Danchin, Igor V. Grigoriev, Paul Harris, Melissa Jackson, Christian P. Kubicek, Cliff S. Han, Isaac Ho, Luis F. Larrondo, Alfredo Lopez De Leon, Jon K. Magnuson, Sandy Merino, Monica Misra, Beth Nelson, Nicholas Putnam, Barbara Robbertse, Asaf A. Salamov, Monika Schmoll, Astrid Terry, Nina Thayer, Ann Westerholm-Parvinen, Conrad L. Schoch, Jian Yao, Ravi Barabote, Mary Anne Nelson, Chris Detter, David Bruce, Cheryl R. Kuske, Gary Xie, Paul Richardson, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Susan M. Lucas, Edward M. Rubin, Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Michael Ward, Thomas Brettin

United States Department of Energy: Publications

Trichoderma reesei is the main industrial source of cellulases and hemicellulases used to depolymerize biomass to simple sugars that are converted to chemical intermediates and biofuels, such as ethanol. We assembled 89 scaffolds (sets of ordered and oriented contigs) to generate 34 Mbp of nearly contiguous T. reesei genome sequence comprising 9,129 predicted gene models. Unexpectedly, considering the industrial utility and effectiveness of the carbohydrate-active enzymes of T. reesei, its genome encodes fewer cellulases and hemicellulases than any other sequenced fungus able to hydrolyze plant cell wall polysaccharides. Many T. reesei genes encoding carbohydrate-active enzymes are distributed nonrandomly in …

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Panda-Monium: A Panda Environment For The Henry Doorly Zoo, Roseann I. M. Masek

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The project that I am proposing to accomplish would be to design a Panda Exhibit located at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE. John Armknecht from Stanley How Architects in Omaha has been contacted for consultation and mentoring purposes since their firm handles the Zoo’s designs. Previously he has also helped another student with his thesis design for the expansion of the Gorilla Complex, and he said he would be glad to help out again. Work has preliminarily begun on the panda design by their firm; however, only the site location has been decided. Over the summer I would …

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Adaptability In Architecture, Lucas J. Kielion

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

For too long, architecture has stood as an expression of permanence, recording a specific moment in history. This project begins with an idea that the adaptation of architecture is eminent, thus changing the process in which we design. The information age resulted in a highly mobile society, where modernization became more generic, the specificity of place changed, and time became more abstract. Mechanic invention supplied ‘generic’ standards to improve common application for tools. Strategies of a general building system could be familiarized with a local place, inherent with the idea of versatility. Through this design, it is important not to …

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All Elephants Are Bigger Than All Mice, Sebastian Rudolph, Markus Krotzsch, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

We investigate the concept product as an expressive feature for description logics (DLs). While this construct allows us to express an arguably very common and natural type of statement, it can be simulated only by the very expressive DL SROIQ for which no tight worst-case complexity is known. However, we show that concept products can also be added to the DLs SHOIQ and SHOI, and to the tractable DL EL⁺⁺ without increasing the worst-case complexities in any of those cases. We therefore argue that concept products provide practically relevant expressivity at little cost, making them a good candidate …

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Washington University Record, May 1, 2008

Washington University Record

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Submercial: Research At Its Closest Proximity, Kristin L. Ubben

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Located off the coast of Northern California, just west of Eureka and Humboldt Bay, it is the intention of mine to design a site specific research facility to primarily study oceanic activity. Responding to the planet’s current environmental conditions, I feel it necessary for solutions to manifest themselves within the realm of sustainable, as well as in an interest for future energy sources. The planet’s oceans hold one possible answer for this. By committing to a project that focuses on researching water at an extremely close proximity, it will also strive for the ability to be dependent on water for …

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Modeling Of Thermodynamically Coupled Reaction-Transport Systems, Yaşar Demirel

Yaşar Demirel Publications

Nonisothermal reaction-diffusion systems control the behavior of many transport and rate processes in physical, chemical and biological systems, such as pattern formation and chemical pumps. Considerable work has been published on mathematically coupled nonlinear differential equations by neglecting thermodynamic coupling between a chemical reaction and transport processes of mass and heat. This study presents the modeling of thermodynamically coupled system of a simple elementary chemical reaction with molecular heat and mass transport. The thermodynamic coupling refers that a flow occurs without or against its primary thermodynamic driving force, which may be a gradient of temperature or chemical potential or reaction …

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Traditional Natural Resource Use And Development In Northeast Thailand, Christie Moulton

Senior Honors Projects

This paper explores the effects of development projects on traditional natural resource use in three communities in Northeast Thailand, a region known as Isan. I interviewed villagers in each community and asked them to describe their environmental perceptions, management practices and livelihood strategies. Participants described several subsistence livelihoods that have traditionally been present in Isan. These include rice farming, fishing, community forestry, and wetland use. Residents from the three communities all described various cultural activities, knowledge systems, and religious ceremonies that are closely tied to their local resources. Raising silk worms, making clay pots, and performing rituals for a spirit …

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Utah State University Commencement, 2008 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

119th Annual Commencement of Utah State University

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Refuge Update – May/June 2008, Volume 5, Number 3

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Table of Contents:
Liberating Rat Island, page 4
Focus on . . . Through the Eyes of Children, pages 10-19
Back to Midway, page 23

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Subordination And The Fortuity Of Our Circumstances, Sergio J. Campos

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The antisubordination principle exists at the margins of equality law. This Article seeks to revive the antisubordination principle by taking a fresh look at its structure and underlying justification. First, the Article provides an account of the harm of subordination that focuses on one's position in society, rejecting the focus on groups popular in the existing antisubordination literature. Second, it argues for a theory of state obligation that goes beyond both the existing state action doctrine of the Equal Protection Clause and the failure to protect doctrine associated with Charles Black. The Article argues instead that the antisubordination principle mandates …

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Development Of In Vitro Protocols To Enhance Secondary Metabolite Production From Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.), Matthew Cousins

All Theses

Plant and organ culture can readily be applied to the field of medicinal plant and secondary metabolite production. Many studies that have been conducted attest to the utility of in vitro methods for preservation of genetic diversity, propagation of clonal individuals for use in commercial field planting, and production of metabolites directly from culture. Experiments have also shown that tissue culture is an important tool for enhancement of medicinal compound production utilizing various methods including elicitation. This thesis focuses on production of metabolites using an in vitro system. An overview in the form of a literature review is provided, which …

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Foraging Preference By Wild Deer On Toyon (Heteromeles Arbutifolia) From Santa Catalina Island Versus Malibu, Amelia I. Clark, Brett Smith, Courtney Smith, Stephen D. Davis

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Our group collected samples of Heteromeles Arbutifolia from both Santa Catalina Island and Pepperdine University’s campus in Malibu, CA in order to compare the morphological differences and deer preference between them. In our experiment, we planted the H. Arbutifolia from both locations side by side on a hillside overlooked by the Thorton Administration Center building on Pepperdine’s campus. In the first trial the deer did not consume either of the samples; we believe this was due to the length of time from when the branches were collected from the island to when they were introduced to the deer on campus. …

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Soil Moisture Adjacent The Roots Of Post-Fire Ceanothus Megacarpus And Malosma Laurina, Kristi Holly, Kelly Sayre, Anson Snow

Featured Research

Hydraulic lift is a passive process in which a plant will bring water from subsoil to topsoil levels through its roots. In this experiment, we compared the soil moisture levels in the area surrounding two different chaparral species C. megacarpus, a shallow rooted nonsprouter, and M. laurina, a deep-rooted obligate sprouter, in order to determine the hydraulic lift patterns of chaparral as they regrow after fire. Furthermore, the C. Megacarpus had died due to the Malibu fire, while the M. Laurina was resprouting. Therefore, using a Hydrosense Soil Water Measurement System, we measured soil moisture percentages, and the results showed …

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Stomatal Conductance Of Malosma Laurina In Frequently Burned And Non-Frequently Burned Sites, Kamron A. King, Matthew T. Bender, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

In the months following the Malibu fires, the fire zones have experienced and abundance of new growth. Among this new growth, there are differences that can be observed when comparing the top of the Malibu hill (frequent fire zone) to the base of the hill (nonfrequent fire zone). As the chaparral resprouted we noticed the behavior of the Malosma laurina in both frequent and non-frequent fire zones and stomatal conductance, height, and water potential were tested for plants in the two varying zones, with plants in the non-frequent fire zone outperforming their counterparts.

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The Effect Of Fire Frequency On The Presence Of Native And Nonnative Species In The Santa Monica Mountains, Bobby Boss, Simone Ross, Taryn Thompson

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We surveyed two sites in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California that experienced both high and low fire frequency (Figure 1). Our objective was to find out if increased fire frequency allowed for the invasion of non-native species. We collected data on herbaceous coverage and point to plant distance of woody chaparral species. A series of random points were used, and each area was divided up into four equal quadrants using two meter sticks. The individual nearest to the center in each quadrant was then identified and measured. To measure herbaceous coverage, percentages were took of cover of each …

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Effects Of Shading On Post-Fire Seedlings Of Laurel Sumac (Malosma Laurina) In The Santa Monica Mountains, Anastasia N. Fry, Jennifer A. Sledge, Drew A. Almodovar

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The interactions between post-fire plants is crucial directly after fire. A recent fire on Pepperdine campus allowed for a study to be performed on these interactions. The dominant chapparal plant, Malosma lauraina, laural sumac, both re-sprouts and grows from seeds after fire. Marah Macrocarpus, wild cucumber, grows rapidly after rain following a fire. Some M. lauraina seedlings end up under the M. Macrocarpus yet survive. This study aimed to find differences between those seedlings interacting with M. Macrocarpus and those that are not. Three groups of specimen were used. One control group grew in the sun, one control group in …

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Comparison Of Post-Fire Growth Rates Between Elymus Condensatus And Yucca Whipplei In Coastal Chaparral, Jae K. Chung, Andrew J. Ishibashi, Francisco B. Sapigao

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The two monocot species, Yucca whippelei and Elymus condensata chosen for this study are two co-occurring species on the Pepperdine campus. We chose 6 samples of each species and looked at parameters that would allow us to compare their post fire growth rates. These parameters included leaf area index, internal CO2 levels, transpiration rate, and photosynthetic rate. We used the Students T-test on the means of each parameter and found significant differences in leaf area index, internal CO2 levels, and transpiration rate. All of these were greater in the Yucca except for the leaf area index. We concluded that, because …

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Growth Sequence Of Post-Fire Chaparral Resprouts In California’S Santa Monica Mountains, Iolana N. Kaneakua, Kelly L. Reynolds, Luke S. Walsh

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The post-fire resprout succession of California Chaparral was surveyed in Corral Canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains. The primary objective of this investigation was to determine the sequence of Chaparral post-fire resprouts and possible correlations to the life histories of those species. Over a three month period, four designated study sites were visited every two weeks, surveying the number of adults, the number of resprouts and the height of the resprouts. It was found that both the facultative and the obligate typed species were successful in post-fire resprout. Facultative species were the first to resprout and obligate species displayed the …

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Physiological Performance In Full-Sun Vs. Shaded Post-Fire Malosma Laurina Seedlings, Lindsey A. Murphy, David C. Valencia, Catherine D. Drummond

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Post-fire Malosma laurina regenerates both by resprouting and by disseminating seeds. The objective of this study is to assess seedling performance either in full-sunlight or in artificially shaded treatments. By identifying under which conditions Malosma laurina seedlings grow more effectively, one can predict where post-fire M. laurina seedling communities will thrive. The methodology employed throughout this experiment began by covering existing seedlings with shade cloth held by wooden stakes. These treatments were adjacent to full-sun environments; each of which contained at least two Malosma laurina seedlings. Six experimental sites were set up, and the seedlings in question were monitored for …

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A Note On Ill-Posedness Of The Cauchy Problem For Heisenberg Wave Maps, Luca Capogna, Jalal Shatah

Mathematics Sciences: Faculty Publications

We introduce a notion of wave maps with a target in the sub- Riemannian Heisenberg group and study their relation with Riemannian wave maps with range in Lagrangian submanifolds. As an application we establish existence and eventually ill-posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem.

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Phytochemical Investigation And Pharmocological Studies Of The Flowers Of Pithecellobium Dulce, P. G. R. Chandran, S. Balaji

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

To evaluate the effects from the fresh flowers of Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth, belonging to the family of Leguminosae subfamily Mimosoideae, a glycoside quercitin has been isolated. The ethyl acetate soluble of P. dulce containing the above glycoside was studied both in silico and in vitro for the anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. The concatenation of the in silico and in vivo has been done. Results indicated the activity of this flavonol glycoside in the protection of HRBC lysis and against the gram positive micro organisms, thus confirming its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.

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Regenerating The Mammalian Heart: Potential Roles For Cardiomyocyte Proliferation, Cardiac Stem Cells, And Fibroblasts, Adam Jerome Thibodeau Schuldt

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Metalloproteinase Activators Of Notch Signaling In Development And Pancreatic Disease, Eric Thomas Sawey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Biomechanical Promotion Of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation As A Countermeasure To The Development Of Obesity And Osteoporosis, Yen Kim Luu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Heraclitus On Meaning And Knowledge Legitimation, Matthew P. Meyer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Disability And Embodiment: Towards An Ethics Of Welcoming, Dean Rowlan O'Harra

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Power Of Linkage Analysis Of A Quantitative Endophenotype, Zhuying Huang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Peak Lek Attendance For Greater Sage-Grouse Within The Northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Destin Harrell

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

Faculty Senate Voting Faculty, Academic Year 2007-2008, Vol 41, P 614-648, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

United States Department of Energy: Publications

Panda-Monium: A Panda Environment For The Henry Doorly Zoo, Roseann I. M. Masek

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Adaptability In Architecture, Lucas J. Kielion

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

All Elephants Are Bigger Than All Mice, Sebastian Rudolph, Markus Krotzsch, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Washington University Record, May 1, 2008

Washington University Record

Submercial: Research At Its Closest Proximity, Kristin L. Ubben

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Modeling Of Thermodynamically Coupled Reaction-Transport Systems, Yaşar Demirel

Yaşar Demirel Publications

Traditional Natural Resource Use And Development In Northeast Thailand, Christie Moulton

Senior Honors Projects

Utah State University Commencement, 2008 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

Refuge Update – May/June 2008, Volume 5, Number 3

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Subordination And The Fortuity Of Our Circumstances, Sergio J. Campos

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Development Of In Vitro Protocols To Enhance Secondary Metabolite Production From Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.), Matthew Cousins

All Theses

Foraging Preference By Wild Deer On Toyon (Heteromeles Arbutifolia) From Santa Catalina Island Versus Malibu, Amelia I. Clark, Brett Smith, Courtney Smith, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

Soil Moisture Adjacent The Roots Of Post-Fire Ceanothus Megacarpus And Malosma Laurina, Kristi Holly, Kelly Sayre, Anson Snow

Featured Research

Stomatal Conductance Of Malosma Laurina In Frequently Burned And Non-Frequently Burned Sites, Kamron A. King, Matthew T. Bender, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

The Effect Of Fire Frequency On The Presence Of Native And Nonnative Species In The Santa Monica Mountains, Bobby Boss, Simone Ross, Taryn Thompson

Featured Research

Effects Of Shading On Post-Fire Seedlings Of Laurel Sumac (Malosma Laurina) In The Santa Monica Mountains, Anastasia N. Fry, Jennifer A. Sledge, Drew A. Almodovar

Featured Research

Comparison Of Post-Fire Growth Rates Between Elymus Condensatus And Yucca Whipplei In Coastal Chaparral, Jae K. Chung, Andrew J. Ishibashi, Francisco B. Sapigao

Featured Research

Growth Sequence Of Post-Fire Chaparral Resprouts In California’S Santa Monica Mountains, Iolana N. Kaneakua, Kelly L. Reynolds, Luke S. Walsh

Featured Research

Physiological Performance In Full-Sun Vs. Shaded Post-Fire Malosma Laurina Seedlings, Lindsey A. Murphy, David C. Valencia, Catherine D. Drummond

Featured Research

A Note On Ill-Posedness Of The Cauchy Problem For Heisenberg Wave Maps, Luca Capogna, Jalal Shatah

Mathematics Sciences: Faculty Publications

Phytochemical Investigation And Pharmocological Studies Of The Flowers Of Pithecellobium Dulce, P. G. R. Chandran, S. Balaji

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Regenerating The Mammalian Heart: Potential Roles For Cardiomyocyte Proliferation, Cardiac Stem Cells, And Fibroblasts, Adam Jerome Thibodeau Schuldt

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Metalloproteinase Activators Of Notch Signaling In Development And Pancreatic Disease, Eric Thomas Sawey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Biomechanical Promotion Of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation As A Countermeasure To The Development Of Obesity And Osteoporosis, Yen Kim Luu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Heraclitus On Meaning And Knowledge Legitimation, Matthew P. Meyer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Disability And Embodiment: Towards An Ethics Of Welcoming, Dean Rowlan O'Harra

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The Power Of Linkage Analysis Of A Quantitative Endophenotype, Zhuying Huang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)