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Alaskan Caver, Volume 29, No. 1, January 2009, Carlene Allred

Alaskan Caver

Contents: Nizina Cave Hunt and Alder Thrash, by Steve Lewis - Map of Latticework Chamber - Map of Three Sherp No Skunk Cave - Map of Cracked Up Cave - Mendenhall Glacier Caves Hike, by Jansen Cardy - Contract Cave, by Gwen Herrewig - Grotto Website - President's Corner - Letter - Nizina Glacier Passage, by Jean Krejca

Measurement Of Atmospheric Ammonia Species : Development, Validation, And Field Applications Of An Analytical Method, Jian Hou

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Ammonia is the primary base in the atmosphere. It reacts readily with atmospheric acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid to form ammonium salts that occur predominantly in the fine aerosol particle (PM2.5) fraction. The ability to measure ammonia species (NHx, the sum of gaseous NH₃ and particulate NH₄+) is essential for the investigation of atmospheric behaviors of NHx. In this dissertation work, a highly sensitive technique has been developed for the measurement of atmospheric NHx species. The method is based on aqueous scrubbing of the atmospheric NH₃ and NH₄+ using …

Leadership As A Performing Art : Leadership Training Pedagogies As Found In Performing Arts Programs In Higher Education, Yoav Kaddar

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The purpose of this study is to present a case in favor of the educational value of performing arts pedagogies beyond the aesthetic training that they offer especially in regard to the field of leadership education.

Molecular Evolution Of Genes Underlying Phenotypic Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees, Santhoshi Bandla

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (P. paniscus) are often used as models to study the genetic and morphological changes on the lineage leading to the modern humans (Homo sapiens). Results of this dissertation suggest that, in comparison to other hominoids, chimpanzees and bonobos are more derived in their relative testes sizes and promiscuous mating systems. Phylogenetic analysis of genes that might underlie increased testes size revealed that, in addition to being a sex-determining gene, SRY displays Pan-specific amino acid replacements that make it a compelling candidate as a testes-size determining gene. Strikingly, SRY and another candidate gene, DMRT3, display patterns …

Biomonitoring For Exposure To Trace Elements In Utero : Analysis Of The Human Placenta, Pamela Catherine Kruger

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The placenta forms in eutherian mammals, and is responsible for the nutrition of the developing fetus. However, maternal exposure to environmental pollutants both before and during pregnancy may result in the passage of toxins through the placental barrier and into fetal tissues. The placenta is the only organ derived from both maternal and fetal tissues, and establishes a link between the fetus and the environmental exposures of the mother. The analysis of placentae for the presence of environmental pollutants offers the possibility of exposure measurements in both the mother and the developing fetus. Specifically, trace element determination in human placentae …

Specular Subjects : Technologies Of Vision In The Transatlantic Novel, 1719-1850, Matthew Henry Pangborn

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Scholars of the long eighteenth century have traced the rise in modern Anglophone culture of an observational, episto-factual standard of truth and value, new techniques of surveillance and disciplinarity, image-based and global networks of consumption and exchange, and a mass culture honing its ostensibly comprehensive power of sight through new media of text and image. While debate has occurred over the origins and meanings of the ascendancy of such an overwhelmingly visual mode of engagement with the world, scholars have tended to examine such topics in isolation, with little attention to the ethical and political consequences of the material practices …

Three-Dimensional Hydrogel Cell Culture Systems For Modeling Neural Tissue, John P. Frampton

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Two-dimensional (2-D) neural cell culture systems have served as physiological models for understanding the cellular and molecular events that underlie responses to physical and chemical stimuli, control sensory and motor function, and lead to the development of neurological diseases. However, the development of three-dimensional (3-D) cell culture systems will be essential for the advancement of experimental research in a variety of fields including tissue engineering, chemical transport and delivery, cell growth, and cell-cell communication. In 3-D cell culture, cells are provided with an environment similar to tissue, in which they are surrounded on all sides by other cells, structural molecules …

The Psychotherapeutic Use Of Imaginal Dialogue, Jenny Dillman Marks

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

An investigation of the scholarly literature uncovered deep schisms in the philosophy and theory of imagination stemming from long-standing debates. These debates have often been political in nature, and some originate far back in history. Such differences in philosophy are reflected in the varying ways in which client imagination is used in psychotherapy today. Interventions involving imaginal dialogue are generally among those approaches that have not been adequately studied.

Biotechnology For Immune Cell Detection And Evaluation : Devices Specifically Designed To Capture, Detect Or To Evaluate Alterations In Leukocyte Structure And Function, Thomas Joseph Zieziulewicz

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The advent of Nano-biotechnology has opened a whole new area of biological study that has allowed us to pattern, manipulate, separate, evaluate and detect biological structures and functions that were previously not possible. This dissertation will describe different types of micro-fabricated devices that were designed to quantify and/or evaluate the functional activities of cells of the immune system. The micro-fabricated devices were developed in collaboration with our colleagues at Princeton University as part of our Cellular Micro-dynamics Program of the Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) at Cornell University.

Anatomical Substrates Of Central Nervous System Plasticity Induced By Spinal Cord Reflex Conditioning And Sensorimotor Cortex Stimulation, Shreejith Pillai

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

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Pathways To Obesity In Women : The Role Of Coping And Emotional Eating, Veronica Nicole Stotts

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Obesity is a major health crisis in the United States, with approximately two-thirds of the population qualifying as overweight and, of those, almost one half qualifying as obese (CDC, 2007). While there are a myriad of causes of obesity, a great deal of evidence shows that many individuals, and particularly women, eat as a coping response to stress (e.g., Greeno & Wing, 1994). Therefore, one's ability to cope, or the process by which individuals deal with situations that involve stress or threat, may be a factor that contributes to increased body mass index, or BMI, a common measure of obesity. …

Passages, Volume 10, No. 2, Summer 2009, Joe Mitchell

Texas Cave Management Association

Contents: TCMA: Cavers Protecting Caves -- View from the Palit -- Deep & Punkin Caves: Two Texas Classics -- TCMA -- Ezell's Cave: Home of the Blind Monster -- Godwin Ranch: Habitat for Endangered Species -- Rolling Oaks: A Small Preserve Protecting Small Creatures -- Robber Baron: History, Mystery, and Restoration -- Deep and Punkin Cave Survey Update -- LIDAR Mapping the Devil's Sinkhole -- Linda Palit: Highlights from a Lifetime of Caving -- LIDAR -- A Geology Field Trip to Deep & Punkin Caves -- RBC -- Whirlpool Preserve -- Lost Oasis Preserve -- TCMA Supports the 15th ICS …

Kenyon Collegiate - Undated

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

Rscn 273.01: Wilderness And Civilization - Field Studies, Nicky Phear, Paul Alaback

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Rscn 273.01: Wilderness And Civilization I - Field Studies, Nicky Phear

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Mark Greenwold’S Excited Self, Shannon Egan

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

In a recent exhibition catalog of painter Mark Greenwold at New York’s DC Moore Gallery, the artist, in lieu of a conventional statement about his work, conducted a self-interview. To his question, ‘‘Why?’’ Greenwold responded:

"I thought that I could possibly get at things that another person might find too daunting or too polite to ask—very obvious questions by the way, that I’d probably be too thin-skinned or reactive to give an honest response to if another person asked the question." [excerpt]

The Bridge, Volume 6, 2009, Bridgewater State College

the bridge

Volume 6 Staff

Sarah Haag, Editor-in-Chief
Tara M. Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief
Amanda Armas
Laura M. Bowen
Rachael Dunphy
Grant Ferro
Kyle J. Giacomozzi
Matthew Keogh
Jillian Moore
Lauren Rheaume
Shannon Rosenblat

Mary Dondero, Faculty Advisor
Jerald Walker, Faculty Advisor
Linda Hall, Alumni Consultant
Rosann Kozlowski, Alumni Consultant

Deep Secrets, Rachel Hatch

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

Research by Jeanette Wyneken '78 yields surprising insights about one of Earth's most ancient and mysterious creatures.

Evaluation Of The Effects Of Saka Or Suncho (Viguera Pascensis) In The Feeding Of Guinea Pigs (Cavia Aparea Porcellus) In The Community Of Sococoni, Muñecas Province, La Paz, Boris Rodriguez Peñaranda

Theses and Dissertations

The following work was conducted in the community of Socononi, La Paz, in which we analyzed the effects of three different portions of saka or suncho (viguera pascensis) during the growth, and fattening stages in guinea pigs (cavia aparea porcellus). We used 32 mestizo guinea pigs (improved Peruvian creole breed) weaned 21 days after birth. Four treatments were administrated to the 32 animals (16 males and 16 females), the treatments were the following: (R0) or witness, consisting of corn alone, (R2) consisting of 30% of saka, (R3) consisting of 50% of saka, and (R4) consisting of 70% saka. The variables …

Is Competitive Behavior Controlled By Its Consequences? The Effects Of Omission Training On Competitive Behavior In Rats, Melinda Mallory, '09

Honors Projects

Recent research has examined competitive behavior in rats. When multiple rats are placed in an open field with a single feeder delivering pellets on a Variable Interval Schedule, the rats typically engage in a competitive wrestling response near the feeder tube. This response has been observed in several different experiments, but little is known about its specific nature. One possibility is that the response is a traditional operant. Although there is no explicit contingency with reinforcement, rats that do not engage in the response are unlikely to consume pellets. Alternatively, the competitive response might represent a species-specific foraging mode, controlled …

Voices From The Darkness: A House Of Leaves Experience, Melanie Waltman, '09

Honors Projects

House of Leaves is both a love letter to the written word and a demonstration of its inadequacies, a cautionary tale, a horror story, a romance, a bildungsroman, an eloquent mockery of literary criticism, and much else besides. It incorporates postmodern poly-vocal framing techniques, which are sort of a literary version of Russian nesting dolls, if the dolls all talked to each other and one was a pathological liar and one was claustrophobic and one denied the existence of any other dolls (but even if there were other dolls, this one would tell you, they're all crazy anyway). Granted, it's …

Iis Alumni Newsletter 2009, Farhad Daftary, Shellina Karmali

Selected secondary sources and publications with substantial content about AKU

A report from the Institute of Ismaili Studies highlighting key academic achievements, publications, and alumni activities during Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee year, including the launch of Encyclopaedia Islamica, expansion of STEP and GPISH programmes, and global alumni engagement.

Colorado Christian University V. Weaver: The Tenth Circuit's Improper Redefinition Of "Excessive Entanglement", James T. Koebel

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Speak No Evil: Academic Freedom And The Application Of Garcetti V. Ceballos To Public University Faculty, Robert J. Tepper, Craig G. White

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taming The Mandibles Of Death: Secrecy, Disclosure, And Fiduciary Duties In The Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, J. William Callison, Allan W. Vestal

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sfra Review, Winter 2009, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Winter 2009 issue of the SFRA Review.

E-Health In International Networks: New Opportunities For Collaboration, Shariq Khoja, Azra Naseem

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

Information In Isolation: Gossip And Rumor During The Uk 2001 Foot And Mouth Crisis – Lessons Learned, Christine Hagar

Faculty Publications

The 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak con stituted the biggest crisis ever to affect the UK farming system; it was one of the worst epidemics of its kind in the world. Farmers and rural communities were disrupted and traumatized as FMD spread rapidly through the whole of the country. The crisis unfolded as a series of information and communication problems, primarily from government to farmers, with consequences for action in a time of crisis. Farmers needed information at the different stages of the crisis to inform them about the various processes and procedures that had to be carried …

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Why And How This Act Applies To Child Custody Proceedings, Sara Estrin

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

New Gene Therapy To Repair Damaged Lungs For Transplantation, Timmy Wang

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

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