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Trans Fatty Acids Provide Evidence Of Anthropogenic Feeding By Black Bears, Gregory W. Thiemann, Randal S. Stahl, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Stewart W. Breck Jan 2008

Trans Fatty Acids Provide Evidence Of Anthropogenic Feeding By Black Bears, Gregory W. Thiemann, Randal S. Stahl, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Stewart W. Breck

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Bears (Ursus spp.) that become conditioned to anthropogenic food sources pose a risk to human safety and generally need to be relocated, rehabilitated, or destroyed. Identifying food-conditioned bears may be difficult if the animal is not captured or killed while immediately engaged in the nuisance behavior. Fatty acid signature analysis has been used to examine the dietary habits of bears and other carnivores and is based on the predictable incorporation of ingested fatty acids into the consumer’s fat stores. Unusual fatty acids that are available in only a few food types may be particularly useful dietary markers. In this …


Evaluation Of Virtual Routing Appliances As Routers Virtual Environment, Ahmed Al-Amoudi Jan 2008

Evaluation Of Virtual Routing Appliances As Routers Virtual Environment, Ahmed Al-Amoudi

Theses

A virtual routing appliance is a system for the rapid, automated management and employment of virtual networks. Virtual routing appliances utilize virtual machines to enable virtual infrastructure, and they have been used commonly in order to implement experimental networks and devoted subnets over a virtual network. Existing research in this area such as cluster-based virtual routers, and Xen routers require the use of physical resources to establish connectivity and to guarantee efficient resource utilization. The virtual routing appliance uses dynamic routing protocols such as RIP, and OSPF to forward traffic between different subnets and manage IP packets at the IP …


Guest Satisfaction And Guest Loyalty Study For Hotel Industry, Danijel Carev Jan 2008

Guest Satisfaction And Guest Loyalty Study For Hotel Industry, Danijel Carev

Theses

Common perception by practitioners in the hotel industry today that a satisfied guest would become a repeat customer was considered as a major subject of this research. It determined the extent to which satisfaction fostered loyalty. Interviewing guests and demonstrating the expression of visual experience through photography illustrated the guests´ propensity for recommending and returning to the hotel as a repeat customer. Using a provided digital camera, participating guests were asked to photograph whatever caught their eye to illustrate the hotel as being meaningful. In examining factors such as ambience, service, as well as with the guest’s overall satisfaction with …


Strategies For Success In The E-Grocery Industry, Tong Niu Jan 2008

Strategies For Success In The E-Grocery Industry, Tong Niu

Theses

US e-grocers have been testing different business models with varying results. This research conducted a meta-analysis of six online grocers (Peapod, Tesco, Safeway, FreshDirect, Webvan and Streamline) to identify the pattern of strategies that contribute to their performance. Each company's management capabilities, expansion and market selection strategy, order-picking method, delivery method, website design and Customer Relations Management (CRM) are explored and compared to identify the factors that provide these businesses with a greater chance of success. The findings suggest that knowledge of and experience in the grocery business play an important role in the success of an online grocer. Using …


A Comparative Study Of Silicon Dioxide Thin Film Deposition Techniques And The Fabrication Of Ultra-Low Refractive Index Nano-Porous Silicon Dioxide Thin Film, Mengshu Pan Jan 2008

A Comparative Study Of Silicon Dioxide Thin Film Deposition Techniques And The Fabrication Of Ultra-Low Refractive Index Nano-Porous Silicon Dioxide Thin Film, Mengshu Pan

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Preferred Vision For Leading Schools : A Reflective Essay, Sarah E. Willenborg Jan 2008

A Preferred Vision For Leading Schools : A Reflective Essay, Sarah E. Willenborg

Graduate Research Papers

In order to be a strong leader, one must be able to implement change effectively, link curriculum to instruction, and be called to service. These three components are vital in order to be an effective administrator. Through out my paper, I have reflected on the ways I feel I can most effectively implement each criterion, and create life long learners in my teachers and students.


Petrogenesis Of The Kösedağ Pluton, Suşehri-Ne Sivas, East-Central Pontides, Turkey, Durmuş Boztuğ Jan 2008

Petrogenesis Of The Kösedağ Pluton, Suşehri-Ne Sivas, East-Central Pontides, Turkey, Durmuş Boztuğ

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Kösedağ syenite crops out as a shallow-seated pluton within the Eocene volcano-sedimentary rocks and is unconformably overlain by Lower Miocene limestones in the Suşehri-NE Sivas region, east-central Pontides. It consists of syenites and quartz syenites with a phaneritic, porphyritic texture characterized by K-feldspar megacrysts set in a coarse- to medium-grained groundmass comprising K-feldspar, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, amphibole, biotite and quartz. Major element geochemistry data reveal a high-K, alkaline, metaluminous to slightly peraluminous character, with a low Aluminum Saturation Index (ASI) value. The main solidification process, which modified the composition of magma during crystallization, was fractional crystallization, in which syenites solidified …


Palynostratigraphic, Palaeovegetational And Palaeoclimatic Investigations On The Miocene Deposits In Central Anatolia (Çorum Region And Sivas Basin), Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇, Funda Akgün Jan 2008

Palynostratigraphic, Palaeovegetational And Palaeoclimatic Investigations On The Miocene Deposits In Central Anatolia (Çorum Region And Sivas Basin), Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇, Funda Akgün

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Palynostratigraphy of the Neogene coal-bearing sediments in the Çorum region and Sivas Basin has been determined, and three sporomorph associations have been defined. Sporomorph association A is described from the Samsun-Havza region and is of latest Burdigalian age. Sporomorph association B is described from the Çorum region and Sivas Basin and is of early-middle Serravalian age. Sporomorph association C is described from the Sivas-Vasıltepe region and is of earliest Tortonian age. Sporomorph association A indicates warm subtropical climatic conditions and the Coexistence Approach (CA) results are: mean annual temperature (MAT) 19 °C, mean annual coldest month (CMT) 9.75 °C, mean …


Cover And Contents Jan 2008

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

No abstract provided.


Platinum-Group Minerals (Pgm) And Other Solid Inclusions In The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş Mantle-Hosted Ophiolitic Chromitites, South-Eastern Turkey: Their Petrogenetic Significance, İbrahi̇m Uysal Jan 2008

Platinum-Group Minerals (Pgm) And Other Solid Inclusions In The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş Mantle-Hosted Ophiolitic Chromitites, South-Eastern Turkey: Their Petrogenetic Significance, İbrahi̇m Uysal

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş podiform ophiolitic chromitites, in southeastern Turkey, contain abundant primary inclusions of platinum-group minerals (PGM), base-metals sulphides (BMS) and silicates. These inclusions are very small, generally less than 15 microns in size, and mostly occur in chromian spinel. The following PGM have been recognized: laurite, iridium, irarsite, ruarsite and several unidentified PGE phases. Millerite, pentlandite, bornite, digenite, chalcopyrite and betekhtinite are the BMS that have been identified. Mg-rich hornblende, accompanied by rare olivine, clinopyroxene and phlogopite, are the most abundant silicate inclusions. Most of the PGM, BMS and silicate inclusions are considered primary, i.e. formed during the high temperature …


Requerimientos De Espacio Y Metas De Diseños-Plan Del Edificio Municipal--Materiales De Apoyo, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Requerimientos De Espacio Y Metas De Diseños-Plan Del Edificio Municipal--Materiales De Apoyo, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Space requirements and design goals in the remodeling of the old Banco Nacional building into the new municipal building.


Removed Walls--Municipal Building Proposal--Supporting Material--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Removed Walls--Municipal Building Proposal--Supporting Material--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Computer renderings of walls removed in the proposal to remodel the old national bank building into a new municipal building.


Red Cross, Proposal A--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Red Cross, Proposal A--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Image 1, Back elevation; Image 2, Elevation; Image 3, Front elevation; Image 4, Kitchen interior; Image 5, Left elevation; Image 6, Outside; Image 7, Pan; Image 8, Panorama Proposal 1; Image 9, Picture 1; Image 10, Right elevation.


Concept Drawing: Multiple Centers, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Concept Drawing: Multiple Centers, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Concept drawing of scenario using multiple centers in Santa Elena.


Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas--Materiales De Apoyo--Dibujos, 2008, Desai Dipal Jan 2008

Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas--Materiales De Apoyo--Dibujos, 2008, Desai Dipal

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A drawing of Barrio Las Orquídeas Park.


Water: Source Life--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Water: Source Life--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Developed storm water.


Sendero Verde [Powerpoint], 2008, Brian Hughes, Lori Tella, Tim Madden, Dipal Desai Jan 2008

Sendero Verde [Powerpoint], 2008, Brian Hughes, Lori Tella, Tim Madden, Dipal Desai

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

This project proposes a solution on how to conect the Gas Station and the Cheese Factory with a system of trails.


Acceso A Información De La Salud Femenina En La Zona De Monteverde [Powerpoint], 2008, Emily Balf, Janelle Christensen, Stephanie Melton, Kristin Monnard Jan 2008

Acceso A Información De La Salud Femenina En La Zona De Monteverde [Powerpoint], 2008, Emily Balf, Janelle Christensen, Stephanie Melton, Kristin Monnard

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

A PowerPoint on Woman's access to health information in the Monteverde Zone.


Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas [Powerpoint], 2008, Desai Dipal Jan 2008

Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas [Powerpoint], 2008, Desai Dipal

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A park model that inspires other communities.


Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas--Materiales De Apoyo-- Dibujos, 2008, Desai Dipal Jan 2008

Parque Barrio Las Orquídeas--Materiales De Apoyo-- Dibujos, 2008, Desai Dipal

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

An overview plan of Barrio Las Orquídeas Park.


City Council Of Monteverde District [Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings], 2008, Bethany Farner, Silvia Lee, Jason Long, Franco Zavaglia Jan 2008

City Council Of Monteverde District [Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings], 2008, Bethany Farner, Silvia Lee, Jason Long, Franco Zavaglia

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Poster illustrating the proposed changes for the renovation of the old Banco Nacional into a new municipal building in Santa Elena.


Water: Source Of Life--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Water: Source Of Life--Supporting Materials--Computer Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Do-it-yourself water dosing siphon


¿De Donde Viene Su Comida? Participación En La Feria Del Agricultor. [Powerpoint], 2008, Allison Cantor, Charlotte Noble, Aidan Seale-Feldman, Caitie Trucksess, Dawn Waltonbaugh Jan 2008

¿De Donde Viene Su Comida? Participación En La Feria Del Agricultor. [Powerpoint], 2008, Allison Cantor, Charlotte Noble, Aidan Seale-Feldman, Caitie Trucksess, Dawn Waltonbaugh

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

A study on the participation at the farmer's market in Santa Elena.


Green Ways [Powerpoint], 2008, Brian Hughes, Lori Tella, Tim Madden, Dipal Desai Jan 2008

Green Ways [Powerpoint], 2008, Brian Hughes, Lori Tella, Tim Madden, Dipal Desai

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

This project proposes a solution on how to connect the Gas Station and the Cheese Factory with a system of trails.


Población Y Demografía En Monteverde-Un Estudio De Guacimal Y San Luis [Powerpoint], 2008, Susannah Barton, Jesse Reiter Jan 2008

Población Y Demografía En Monteverde-Un Estudio De Guacimal Y San Luis [Powerpoint], 2008, Susannah Barton, Jesse Reiter

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A study of population and demography in the Monteverde region.


Greenways--Supporting Materials--Drawings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Greenways--Supporting Materials--Drawings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A drawing of the boulevard.


Red Cross, Sun And Wind Assessment-English--Supporting Documents--Hand Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute Jan 2008

Red Cross, Sun And Wind Assessment-English--Supporting Documents--Hand Renderings, 2008, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A plan of the sun and wind assessment.


Consejo Municipal Del Distrito Monteverde [Powerpoint], 2008, Bethany Farner, Silvia Lee, Jason Long, Franco Zavaglia Jan 2008

Consejo Municipal Del Distrito Monteverde [Powerpoint], 2008, Bethany Farner, Silvia Lee, Jason Long, Franco Zavaglia

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Final presentation of the remodeling plans to convert the old National Bank building in Santa Elena into a new municipal council building for the Monteverde District.


Cruz Roja Monteverde: Propuesta A, Cruz Roja Monteverde: Propuesta B [Materiales De Apoyo--Posters], 2008, Stephanie Dann, Brian Goldman, John Sepples Jan 2008

Cruz Roja Monteverde: Propuesta A, Cruz Roja Monteverde: Propuesta B [Materiales De Apoyo--Posters], 2008, Stephanie Dann, Brian Goldman, John Sepples

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A poster of the Red Cross Monteverde proposal.


Population And Demographics In Monteverde--A Study Of Guacimal And San Luis--Supporting Materials--Maps, 2008, Tim Madden Jan 2008

Population And Demographics In Monteverde--A Study Of Guacimal And San Luis--Supporting Materials--Maps, 2008, Tim Madden

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

A map of the Monteverde region.