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Museu.M. News, No. 31, University Of Montana--Missoula. Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum

Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Newsletters

Recent Accessions -- Museum Opens New Exhibits -- Any Skeletons in Your Closet?

Evaluating Effectiveness Of Employee Attraction Strategies, Gregory Doane

Honors Projects in Management

This project deals with the effectiveness of attraction strategies, specifically those utilized by corporate accounting firms at Bryant University. The primary concern of the research was to identify various aspects that influence the recruitment of college students and ultimately share this knowledge with the companies, subsequently rendering the recruitment process more efficient for everyone involved. In order to accomplish this task, several methods of data collection were used including surveys of companies, surveys of students, interviews, and participant observation. This data was then organized and analyzed to determine the strategies each firm engaged in, the effect of those strategies, and …

Pat Proteins, An Ancient Family Of Lipid Droplet Proteins That Regulate Cellular Lipid Stores. Biochim Biophys Acta, John Tansey

Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

The PAT family of lipid droplet proteins includes 5 members in mammals: perilipin, adipose differentiation-related protein (ADRP), tail-interacting protein of 47 kiloDaltons (TIP47), S3-12, and OXPAT. Members of this family are also present in evolutionarily distant organisms, including insects, slime molds and fungi. All PAT proteins share sequence similarity and the ability to bind intracellular lipid droplets, either constitutively or in response to metabolic stimuli, such as increased lipid flux into or out of lipid droplets. Positioned at the lipid droplet surface, PAT proteins manage access of other proteins (lipases) to the lipid esters within the lipid droplet core and …

The Rows: A Newsbrake For The Faculty And Staff, Unknown

The Rows

The Rows is a satirical newspaper mocking various campus developments and policies. Articles include papal support for a pay cut, the arrival of a federal stimulus plan, the infestation of Bruner Hall by slime mold, a mascot change, and the purchase of the English department by Peugeot.

Tempo Magazine, Spring 2009, Office Of Student Life

Tempo Magazine

Tempo Magazine is Coastal Carolina University's student-produced feature magazine. TEMPO #21. Editor: Lauren Formalarie. Faculty advisor: Melissa Paschuck and Paul Olsen.

Flourishing, Not Fear: Why Aren't We Flourishing? (Part I), Marykate Morse

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

No abstract provided.

An Attempt To Reduce 2-Methyl-1, 4-Naphthalenedione (Menadione) To 1, 4-Dihydro-2- Methyl-1, 4-Naphthalenediol, Alexandria S. Cooke

Capstone Research Projects

In the following report, menadione is used as the starting material of a multi-step Aldol synthesis to yield a derivative. Menadione, a known precursor of vitamin K., is proposed to be combined with safranal, from the saffron plant, to generate a product with possible benefits in the food and medical industries. The target derivative compound is a highly conjugated structure with three 6-membered rings. Current findings show that menadione is highly insoluble in water and difficult to hydrate using a typical acid and water hydration method. Hydration was attempted and unsuccessful withH3PO4 and H2SO4, thus a new method was implemented. …

An Attempted Synthesis Of A Menadione Derivative Via A Diels-Alder Reaction, Charity A. Peñaloza

Capstone Research Projects

With menadione and cyclopentadiene as starting materials, a menadione-cyclopentadiene adduct was synthesized via a Diels-Alder reaction. This reaction serves as the first step in a pathway to synthesize a menadione-safranal derivative that could potentially have antioxidant activity.

The Death Of Ignorance: Essays On Identity And Travel, Sarah Hayhoe

Capstone Research Projects

No abstract provided.

Gene Expression Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Exposed To Commercial Wood Preservatives By Dna Microarray Analysis And Rt-Pcr, Madison M. Stevens

Theses & Honors Papers

Creosote and pentachlorophenol (PtCP) are two commercial wood preservatives that are regulated by the EPA because of their toxicity to wildlife and humans. Cresote and PtCP have been suspected of causing cancer in humans, but that claim has not been proven. To observe changes in gene expression in organisms exposed to these compounds, a model system such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) is used. S. cerevisiae cells were exposed to a creosote concentration of 50ng/ml and to a PtCP concentration of 50uM. Since creosote and PtCP were suspended in methylene chloride and ethanol, respectively, yeast cells were also exposed separately …

Editor's Note

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Portland: Implementation Series 2, New England Environmental Finance Center

Climate Change

The Portland Municipal Climate Change Working Group prepared a report in March 2008 that outlined several recommendations as a commitment by the City to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) produced during daily municipal operations. The Municipal Climate Action Plan was written in partnership with Clean Air – Cool Planet and Portland officials, and acknowledges under Recommendation #2 that an employee energy efficiency program would provide significant positive impact on the City’s reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Best practices from three cities show that focus on the greening of City Hall is critical in developing a program that promotes partnerships, community …

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 19.01: Spring 2009, Carl Van Faasen, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

"In Standing Is The Preservation Of His World": Justice Scalia And The Varieties Of Natural-Religious Experience , Don Ellinghausen Jr.

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V05n1, Spring 2009, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Corrections

--Keep in touch with the IAS Members Only Website

--Lakeside Laboratory Reunion is looking for Alumni

--The Iowa Academy of Science welcomes new Institutional Member

--Candidates for President-Elect

--Candidates for Board of Directors

--Election 2009

--Iowa Science Teachers’ Section Election Candidates

--2008 Donations

Bard Free Press, Vol. 10, No. 6 (April 2009), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

No abstract provided.

Namaste 2009

Namaste: A Student Human Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Review Of Politics And Awe In Rudyard Kipling's Fiction, John S. Mcbratney

English

No abstract provided.

Natal And Breeding Dispersal Of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) And Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis) In An Agricultural Landscape, Natalia Fajardo, Allan M. Strong, Noah G. Perlut, Neil J. Buckley

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Dispersal is a key process in the metapopulation dynamics and genetic structure of spatially segregated populations. However, our knowledge of avian dispersal, particularly in migratory passerines, remains limited. We studied dispersal of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) and Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) to determine whether agricultural management practices affected dispersal patterns and habitat selection. From 2002 to 2006, we banded adults and nestlings on six focal hay fields and two pastures in the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York and searched for banded birds within 1.5 km of Vermont field sites during two years. Natal dispersal distances were …

Wcsa Alumnews: Spring 2009, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Alumni Relations

WCSA AlumNEWS

Contents Include: Morris campus history told through new symbol; Greetings from the Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving; 68 attend 2009 Arizona Winter All-School Reunion in Mesa; WCSA Engineering Building to make statewide "green" history; WCSA garden planting scheduled; Greetings from the Alumni Association President; New overlook ready for visitors; Class News; Wes Thompson '51: in his own words; A 57-year mystery: a request from Kirby Green '53; Faculty and staff notes; A message from Maddy Maxeiner, associate vice chancellor for external relations; Plan to celebrate WCSA and Experiment Station anniversary; 50/100 Committee requests reflections on the West Central …

An Experience In The Challenges Of Research: Prevention Of Age–Related Macular Degeneration, Hilary Snyder

Inquiry Journal 2009

No abstract provided.

Hybrid Filmmaking: Using Digital Photography And Compositing Animation To Create "A Story For Stephanie", Joel Brashear

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Joel Brashear in April of 2009.

Grim Lessons From A Torrent Of Flames In California, Elder Alexander B. Morrison

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Incommon- Spring/Summer 2009, Alumni Association Staff

InCommon

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Law Spring 2009, University Of Tennessee College Of Law

Tennessee Law

No abstract provided.

Reading Between The Crimes: Reflections On A Genre, Frank Kersnowski

Trickster's Way

No abstract provided.

How "Weak" Mindreaders Inherited The Earth, Cameron Buckner, Adam Shriver, Stephen Crowley, Colin Allen

Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Carruthers argues that an integrated faculty of metarepresentation evolved for mindreading and was later exapted for metacognition. A more consistent application of his approach would regard metarepresentation in mindreading with the same skeptical rigor, concluding that the "faculty" may have been entirely exapted. Given this result, the usefulness of Carruthers’ line-drawing exercise is called into question.

American Square Dance Vol. 64, No. 4 (Apr. 2009), Boyd, William (Bill), Boyd, Randy

American Squares

Monthly square dance magazine that began publication in 1945.

Fisheries Research Report No. 189 - Results Of A 2007 Survey Of The Swan River Region For Four Introduced Marine Species, Justin I. Mcdonald, Fred E. Wells

Fisheries Research Reports

A survey of the Swan River region for four non-indigenous marine species was conducted in 2007: the European shore crab Carcinus maenas, the Asian bag mussel Musculista senhousia, the European fan worm Sabella spallanzanii, and the scallop Scaeochlamys livida. The first three of these species are global in their distribution and on the ‘top-ten world’s worst invaders listing; the last species is introduced from the eastern states of Australia.

In this survey divers on SCUBA examined 43 sites for each of the listed species. Despite previous records of Carcinus maenas and Musculista senhousia in this region …

Arden 2009, Rosanne Tempesta

The Arden

An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.