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Protecting Shoreland And Riparian Buffers Workshop (2007), Jennifer Hunter

PREP Reports & Publications

The New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) organized and implemented a workshop on protecting shoreland and riparian buffers. A number of other organizations, including three regional planning commissions, NH Fish and Game Department, NH Department of Environmental Services, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and UNH Cooperative Extension, were involved in the planning and execution of the workshop. The workshop was designed to provide information and tools to encourage greater municipal regulatory protections for buffers. The workshop was held three times in October and November 2007 and attended by 75 people, primarily planning board and conservation commission members.

Nimbus (Spring 2008), New College Alumnae/I Association

Alumnae/i Association Collection

No abstract provided.

The Student Career Guide To Biotechnology, Ali Malik

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Protecting Paradise: A Cross-National Analysis Of Biome-Protection Policies, Candace Archer, Shannon Orr

Political Science Faculty Publications

Land protection policies such as creating and preserving national parks have been promoted to counter global threats to the environment and to conserve biodiversity. We know little, however, about the country characteristics that might be good predictors of whether states will choose to protect land or not. What factors within a state need to be the focus of global attention or need to be encouraged to promote land-protection policies? Using the global standard of 10% ecoregion protection, we test four categories of predictors–biodiversity, environmental threats, politics (such as treaty participation and NGO activity), and economics (such as GDP and trade …

The Complexity Of Re-Evaluating Antiretroviral Therapy Eligibility Guidelines For Hiv/Aids Patients In Uganda, Jennifer Klein

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

When I first learned that the eligibility criteria for Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) in Uganda is to have a CD4 cell count of 200 or below, I was shocked. Actually, I think my exact response was, “So patients must have full-blown AIDS, severely weakened immune systems, and may be on their deathbeds before they can receive the drugs?” I knew little of the subject, other than that in the United States HIV-positive patients who are on drugs may avoid many of the opportunistic infections and complications that come from delaying treatment until the CD4 count is low. My initial confusion over …

Toward A Rfra That Works, Nicholas Nugent

Vanderbilt Law Review

The history of the Supreme Court's First Amendment jurisprudence regarding the proper standard of protection for the free exercise of religion is complicated. In determining how the First Amendment speaks to situations in which generally applicable health, welfare, and safety laws incidentally or accidentally burden certain individuals' religious practices, the Court has vacillated between different standards and different extremes, overruling itself several times. Early on, the Court held that, provided the government did not interfere deliberately with religion for religious reasons, an inadvertent interference with religious practice raised no Free xercise Clause problem,' "no matter how trivial the state's nonreligious …

Spring 2008 Commencement, Eastern Illinois University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

An Appetite For Apatite: A Study Of Black Apatite Adsorption Effects On Organic And Non–Organic Environmental Contaminants, Owen Friend–Gray

Inquiry Journal 2008

No abstract provided.

The Fda And Nano: Big Problems With Tiny Technology, Jessica K. Fender

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Nanotechnology-related products and materials are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society. In the U.S., much of the burden for regulating these products falls upon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Thus far, the FDA has insisted that its present regulatory scheme is adequate to the task of analyzing nanotechnology products. Other administrative agencies, however, have recognized the special properties that can attach to nanosized materials. For example, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has created a special cross-reference classification: Class 977. By cross-referencing an application or a patent under Class 977, the USPTO provides strong evidence that the invention …

The Destructive Legacy Of Deforestation In The Amazon, Jennifer Rodriguez

ESSAI

As the global penalties of industrialization and human land use become more evident in the world we call home, more questions are raised about the future of our Earth and its inhabitants. This paper intends to look back and revisit history and why the Earth has fallen prey to global warming and the alarmingly rapid rate of destruction of its biodiversity through the means of deforestation. While the current state of the Earth and its rapidly disappearing rainforests are of global concern, the global community hungry for profits, development, and expansion of industrialization is also destroying them. In Brazil, the …

The Effects Of Ant Mounds Of Acanthomyops Claviger On Floral Diversity In A Restored Tallgrass Prairie, Joanna Ciesielski

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Biomechanical Modeling Of Forelimb Adduction In The Eastern Mole, Scalopusaquaticus, Mark Sandefur

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The hypertrophied musculoskeletal system driving adduction of Sealopus aquatieus's forelimb supports the locomotion of these burrowing subterranean mammals. Due to the excessive bulk of the major muscles contributing to this action, it was thought that this particular species may represent a rare case of a mammalian species with a greatly enhanced force contribution from each muscle, correlating with a reduction in the potential for the forelimb to adduct at a high velocity. By assessing the lever ratios of five significant muscles contributing to forelimb adduction, combined with vector analyses for the angles of these muscles' insertions, a model was established …

Spring 2008, Twenty-Two Scholarships Awarded For ‘08-09 Study Abroad, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

The Center for International Education (CIE) is pleased to announce the names of 22 UNH students who were granted scholarships for study abroad summer or fall 2008 or spring 2009. The winners represent 18 academic majors from all five schools or colleges and study in 14 countries. CIE scholarships were provided by the Ellsworth Endowed Fund for International Study, the CIE Endowment for International Studies, the Martha L. Foley ‘76 ‘96G and William S. Jackson ‘75 Fund for International Studies, the Robert G. Leblanc Memorial Endowment and the American Institute of Foreign Study (AIFS).

Mirror Lake Management Plan, Ashley Bottom, Laura Byrd, Reed Loy, Katie Peluso

Center for Freshwater Biology

Management Plan and Comprehensive Lake Inventory of Mirror Lake in Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro, NH

Cbap Chronicle - Vol. 2, No. 3, Nova Southeastern University College Of Osteopathic Medicine

IDEP Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Footnotes, Issue 1, Spring 2008, Department Of English

Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter (2008-2012)

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 2008, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Patriot, V. 05, N. 08, Stony Brook University. Patriot.

The Patriot

v.: ill.; 32 cm (original analog pub.)

The Sower, April 2008

The Sower (CASNR Alumni Newsletter)

In This Issue:

1. School of Natural Resources Happenings

2. CASNR Football Reunion September 13, 2008

3. UNL Rodeo 50th Anniversary in Lincoln

4. Biological Systems Engineering Department News

5. 100 Years of Campus Architecture Online

6. At Work For Nebraska

Academic Aunting: Reimaging Feminist (Wo)Mentoring, Teaching, And Relationships., Laura L. Ellingson, Patricia Sotirin

Gender and Sexuality Studies

In this essay, we explore the potential of aunting relationships for rethinking feminist selves and relationships, especially in academic settings. Relationships between generations of academic feminists have often been described using mother-daughter metaphors. We suggest some limitations to framing teaching and learning across academic generations (e.g., teacher-student) and among colleagues (e.g., peer review of scholarship) using maternal imagery. We then argue that the figure of the aunt offers a powerful trope for negotiating relationships between the "waves" of academic feminism. Aunts provide a generative alternative to mothering and sisterhood as frameworks for feminist womentoring, teaching, and scholarly reviewing.

Kahn Chronicle: Spring 2008, Smith College, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Kahn Chronicle

Table of Contents:

The Kahn Institute "On the Road"
Announcements
Spotlight on Students
Interim Reports: Sustainable Houses, Homes and Communities; Undergrounds Underworlds
Spring 2008 Short-Term Projects
Updates on New Project Forms
Spotlight on Faculty
A Word From the Director

The Rock, Spring 2008 (Vol. 78, No. 2), Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Using A Paradigm Shift To Teach Neurobiology And The Nature Of Science—A C.R.E.A.T.E.-Based Approach, Sally G. Hoskins

Publications and Research

Decades ago, classic experiments established the phenomenon of “neural induction” (Spemann and Mangold, 1924; Holtfreter, 1933). It appeared clear that amphibian ectoderm was pre-programmed to form epidermis, and that the neural phenotype was induced by a chemical signal from mesoderm. The “ectoderm makes skin, unless induced to make nervous system” model appeared in many textbooks. This interpretation, however, was not simply incorrect but 180 degrees out of alignment with the actual situation. As subsequently demonstrated, the default state of amphibian ectoderm is neuronal, and the expression of the epidermal phenotype requires cell signaling (Hemmati-Brivanlou and Melton, 1992; 1994; 1997). In …

Cannabinoid Ester Constituents From High-Potency Cannabis Sativa, Safwat A. Ahmed, Samir A. Ross, Desmond Slade, Mohamed M. Radwan, Fazila Zulfiqar, Rae R. Matsumoto, Yan-Tong Xu, Eddy Viard, Robert C. Speth, Vardan T. Karamyan, M A. Elsohly

HPD Articles

Eleven new cannabinoid esters, together with three known cannabinoid acids and Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol ( Delta9-THC ), were isolated from a high-potency variety of Cannabis sativa. The structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic analyses to be beta-fenchyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 1), epi-bornyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 2), alpha-terpenyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 3), 4-terpenyl Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 4), alpha-cadinyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 5), gamma-eudesmyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 6), gamma-eudesmyl cannabigerolate ( 7), 4-terpenyl cannabinolate ( 8), bornyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 9), alpha-fenchyl Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolate ( 10), alpha-cadinyl cannabigerolate ( 11), Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol ( Delta9-THC ), Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A ( Delta9-THCA ), cannabinolic acid A ( CBNA), and cannabigerolic acid ( CBGA). Compound …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2008, Volume 14, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

Restricted Feeding Can Improve Performance of Growing Steers Prior to Grazing on Burned Native Flint Hills Pasture by Chad Anglin, Dale Blasi, KC Olson, Chris Reinhardt, Marc Epp, Rodney Derstein, and Brian Barnhardt, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University

UNL Study Reports on the Cost of Growing Switchgrass as Ethanol Feedstock by Brian Williams and Richard Perrin, Department of Agricultural Economics, UNL

Water Is Focus of Prairie Conference

Professional Golf Management Highlights

2008 Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July

Program for 2008 Nebraska Grazing Conference

The Nebraska Range Shortcourse

2008 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report Available …

Foreword

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

ESSAI

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Conservation Ecology Hits Close To Home, Victoria Canaday Howard

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Stomata Densities Of Developing And Mature Leaves Of Geraniums, Robert Schletz

ESSAI

Stomata are pores on specialized epidermal cells of plant leaves that facilitate photosynthesis and water transport. This research using geraniums, seeks to determine if stomata densities vary among developing and mature leaves. Epidermal leaf impressions were taken and stomata densities were calculated. Developing leaves were found to average 7.75 ± 0.79 and mature leaves 5.65 ± 0.44. This was found to be statistically significant and is thought to be a result of the maximization of growth potential by developing leaves balanced by a need to regulate water loss by mature leaves.

Science And Civilizational Study: A Sand-Clearing Procedure, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.