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Dit News, 1st.-30th. Of November, 2009, Dit:Students Union

DIT Student Union

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Creating A Reacting To The Past Website, Martha Driver, Nancy Reagin

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

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Banding With Brothers: Authorizing Force Through A Concert Of Democracies, Alexander Bernard

Pace International Law Review Online Companion

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Optimizing The Release And Methylation Of Bacterial Endospore Dipicolinic Acid, Aaron N. Nackos

Theses and Dissertations

Rapid, portable detection of biological threat agents such as Bacillus anthracis endospores (“spores”) is extremely important given the real and perceived threats of bioterrorism. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is an excellent general means for chemical detection, although special sample preparation and specialized equipment are required to employ GC-MS for detecting biological agents such as spores in the field. A GC sample introduction probe consisting of a helical wire that can be retracted inside a syringe needle, called a coiled wire filament (CWF), was employed as a simple, passively-heated means to introduce the mixture of spores plus reagents for thermochemolysis methylation …

Forage News [2009-11], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Forages at KCA
• 10th Kentucky Grazing Conference
• KFGC Presents Awards
• KFGC Update
• Caldwell Willig is New Kentucky Forage Spokesman
• Forage Testing A Must for This Years' Hay Crop
• "Growing Alfalfa in the South" & "Understanding Forage Quality" New Available on NAF Website
• It's the Pitts: A Can of Worms
• Estimating Clover Percentage in Your Pasture
• Upcoming Events

Aging Influences The Neural Correlates Of Lexical Decision But Not Automatic Semantic Priming, Brian T. Gold, Anders H. Andersen, Greg A. Jicha, Charles D. Smith

Neuroscience Faculty Publications

Human behavioral data indicate that older adults are slower to perform lexical decisions (LDs) than young adults but show similar reaction time gains when these decisions are primed semantically. The present study explored the functional neuroanatomic bases of these frequently observed behavioral findings. Young and older groups completed unprimed and primed LD tasks while functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was recorded, using a fully randomized trial design paralleling those used in behavioral research. Results from the unprimed task found that age-related slowing of LD was associated with decreased activation in perceptual extrastriate regions and increased activation in regions associated with …

Routes To New Networks: A Guide To Social Media For The Public Transportation Industry, Cutr

Research Reports

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Can We Make Accounting Relevant Again? Non-Traditional Accounting Systems Can Drive Productivity And Future Prosperity, Mark Doggett

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

The financial information used for operational decision-making is inconsistent and current accounting practices encourage tampering. Recent monetary events created turmoil in the stock market and uncertainty in investments. Furthermore, accounting methods seem ineffective in discouraging unscrupulous behavior. Because the financial health of business is measured using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), what other choices exist for measuring fiscal performance? This paper provides an overview on a few potential alternatives to current accounting practice. One such practice is lean accounting. The other accounting systems are Activity Based Costing (ABC), Throughput Accounting (TA), and Resource Consumption Accounting (RCA). This paper will refer …

Facets Of The History Of New Bern, Michael Hill, Ansley Wegner

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The affable climate and geography of the coastal plain of North Carolina made it an attractive settlement point for incoming Europeans. The land is relatively flat, and the rich soils are ideal for agriculture. The mild climate allowed for longer growing seasons, and a number of wide, slow-moving rivers provided both navigation and a food source. Indeed, John Lawson, the British naturalist and explorer, described North Carolina as "a country, whose inhabitants may enjoy a life of the greatest ease and satisfaction, and pass away their hours in solid contentment."

The Enmeshment Of Five Worlds, 1710-1713: The Making Of New Bern In Southern Iroquoia, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Review

On September 29, 1710, a hundred and three people - among them their leader Christoph von Graffenried and his son Christoph jr. - arrived at a river the Tuscarora called Gow-ta-no, meaning "pine water." 1 When in 15 84 reconnoitering the coast between what his people named Cape Fear and Cape Lookout, the English captain Arthur Barlowe (?-?) called it Neus River, possibly derived from the name of the Neusiok people living at its mouth,.2 The newcomers were from Canton Bern, a leading member state of the Swiss Confederacy, and they intended to settle in a region located on the …

Letters Of Swiss Immigrants From New Bern, 1710 -1711, Vincent H. Todd, Translator, Hedwig Rappolt, Translator

Swiss American Historical Society Review

HANS RUEGSEGGER: I am in hopes that within a year I'll have over 100 head of horses, cattle, and pigs.

Next to my friendly greetings I report to you that I and my household arrived in Carolina safe and sound, and luckily at that, but on the 26th of Hornung [February] my son HanB died with great longing for the Lord Jesus. However on the last of Haying-Month [July] 1710, my daughter gave birth to a beautiful young son. We are on truly good and fat land; I am in hopes that within the year I'll have over 100 head …

The Abundance Of The Vector Insect, Triatoma Dimidiata (Reduviidae) And The Ecology Of Infection With Trypanosoma Cruzi, November 2009, Erica Vargas

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

A study was conducted in the Monteverde region to determine patterns of infection in Triatoma dimidiata with Trypanosoma cruzi. It was predicted that proximity to domestic animals and looking at the sex ratio would reveal patterns of infection in T. dimidiata. This study was conducted in San Luis, and 12 properties were searched for T. dimidiata. Fourteen individuals were found overall at four sites with two infected individuals. However, the two infected individuals were found in close association with dogs. Fewer nymphs than expected were found this year. Weather patterns of the region could account for the low abundance of …

Effect Of The Parasite Ophryocystis Elektroscirrha On Asymmetry And Wing Color Of The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus Plexippus, November 2009, Emily Landeck

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, a protozoan parasite, can have many different effects on the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, including difficulty emerging from the pupal case and spreading their wings, and increased mortality within 24 hours of eclosion. Color in the wings of the butterfly is a strong indicator of fitness in terms of reproductive success. In this study I test if parasite load has an effect on the fitness of individuals of D. plexippus using color of the wings as a proxy for fitness. I measured the wingspan; asymmetry of forewings; color hue, saturation, and brightness; and parasite load on 15 individuals …

Alteration Of Crickets Songs Due To Competition Via Playbacks, November 2009, Katie Ehlers

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

In many animal species, females do not mate randomly but rather they choose males based on their courtship signals. With crickets, calls may not be used soley for attracting a mate; they can also be used to reduce a competitor’s reproductive success. It was thus predicted that crickets would both respond to playbacks in an attempt to compete with the singing male and also alter their song in some way when singing competitively. Two different playbacks were created with one having a single cricket’s song and the other having a cricket chorus, and individuals received each treatment to determine its …

The Effect Of Land Use On Stream Water Quality In San Luis And Cañitas, November 2009, Anna Stuart Burnett

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Human altered landscapes often have significant impacts on water quality in their respective watersheds. However, in order to create policy and educate people about better land use practices, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the effects of land use on stream water quality. This study looks at the health of stream water in three streams flowing through different land uses – forest, cattle pasture, and coffee – in San Luis and Cañitas in the Monteverde area. Water quality was determined using biotic and abiotic indicators. The abiotic indicators included dissolved oxygen, temperature, nitrogen, phosphorus, pH, and turbidity. …

Impact Of Intraspecific And Interspecific Competition On Aggression And Foraging Of Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae), November 2009, Whitney Tsai

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Hummingbirds have high metabolic needs and many aggressively compete for food. Competition is a potentially important component of resource defense but its impact on aggression and foraging of hummingbirds is not well understood. I manipulated the perception of competition by using the playback of the Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira curpeiceps), a territorial hummingbird, and of the Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus), a traplining hummingbird, to assess the impact on number of aggressive chases and foraging success of hummingbirds at feeders. This study was performed in Monteverde at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and Selvatura Park. The playbacks caused some but not all …

Effects Of Satiation On Pit-Trap Structure In The Larval Antlion Myrmeleon Crudelis (Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae), November 2009, Zack Newman

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Sit-and-wait predators have many strategies to deal with food scarcity. Some predators become more active, while others conserve energy by becoming more sedentary. I decided to test the effects that starvation has on the larval antlion Myrmeleon crudelis. Myrmeleon crudelis build pit-traps, conical structures built in sand, to capture prey. These pit-traps vary in diameter, depth, and angle for each larva. Seven individuals in one group were fed every other day, while seven other individuals were starved for all ten days this study took place. The pit-traps of both groups were then compared to each other. The results show that …

Shifts In Flowering Phenology In Response To Irregular Precipitation And Temperature Patterns In Monteverde, November 2009, Wynn Moss

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Studies of plant flowering phenology have the potential to provide essential information on the structure and function of communities. Additionally, shifts in flowering phenology as a response to local weather variability have been observed in the tropics, and may worsen as the effects of anthropogenic climate change increase. Unfortunately, comprehensive data on the phenology of many Monteverde plant species is unavailable. This survey of 79 flowering plants of Monteverde in October and November of 2009 aimed to determine the effects of El-Niño on the timing of anthesis as well as provide new information on the phenology of local plant species. …

Size-Related Niche-Partitioning Of Epiphytic Orchids In Cloud Forest Canopies, November 2009, Blaine Marchant

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Ten recently fallen trees in the Lower Montane Wet Forest (1550-1650 m) and Lower Montane Rain Forest (1650 m to 1800 m) of Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica were each divided into four zones based on tree architecture. Each zone theoretically represents differences in substrate and abiotic conditions: Zone 1 was the main trunk, Zone 2 the inner third of the canopy, Zone 3 the second third of the canopy, and Zone 4 the outer-most third of the canopy. The epiphytic orchids of each tree were surveyed to determine the role of weight in epiphytic orchid distribution among the different zones …

Resource Allocation To Vegetative Versus Reproductive Structures In Piper Sp, November 2009, Melissa M. Martinko

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Resource allocation theory in plants dictates that resources utilized for one physiological process are unavailable for another, and that plants must selectively allocate critical resources in order to maximize their fitness. Therefore, resources allocated to reproductive growth are unavailable for vegetative growth and vice versa. The relationship between vegetative and reproductive growth was examined for a common Piper species found in San Luis, Monteverde, Costa Rica by comparing the size of leaves with opposing inflorescences on the same node to the size of leaves without opposing inflorescences on the same node. A total of 18 Piper plants with mature inflorescences …

Spatial Dispersion Of Fruits And Foraging Optimization Of Frugivorous Bats, November 2009, Kristen Omori

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Optimal foraging helps maximize fitness of the disperser and corresponding plant. Fruiting strategies may influence foraging success in order to increase seed dispersal rate. This study examines the spatial dispersion of fruits and its influence on foraging time of frugivorous bats. Five bat species in captivity at the Bat Jungle in Monteverde, Costa Rica, including Carollia brevicauda and Artibeus toltecus, are used to test the foraging time on three spatial arrangements, uniform, random and clumped, using a natural food source, Solanum umbellatum (Solanaceae). Each of the three arrangements were tested for fruit removal rate during one day and two of …

Advocate, November 2009, Vol. [21], No. [3], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

From the Editor’s Desk: Education Über Alles. (p. 2)

Adjuncting: The Collapse of the Tenure Track. Alison Powell (p. 4)

Health Issues: Rapid HIV Testing Returns to GC on Dec. 3. Collette Sosnowy (p. 5)

Political Analysis: The Militarization of Crowd Control. Justin Rogers-Cooper (p. 6)

Dispatches from the Front: Grading Papers is Hell (But It Doesn’t Have to Be). Talia Argondezzi (p. 8)

Books That Changed the Way We Think: Autonomy! Review of Autonomia: Post-Political Politics, edited by Sylvère Lotringer and Christian Marazzi (MIT Press, 2007). Ashley Dawson (p. 9)

Lessons in Terror at John …

A 2009 Supplement To Birds Of The Rocky Mountains, Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Rocky Mountains by Paul A. Johnsgard

More than 20 years have elapsed since the publication of Birds of the Rocky Mountains, and many changes have occurred in that region’s ecology and bird life. There has also been a marked increase in recreational bird-watching, and an associated need for informative regional references on where and when to look for rare or especially appealing birds. As a result, an updating of the text seemed appropriate, especially as to the species accounts and the technical literature. The following update includes all those species that have undergone changes in their vernacular or Latin names, have had important changes in ranges, …

Where Are The Victims? Perspectives On U.S. Anti-Trafficking Policy: Funding & Practice, Johnny Mcgaha

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 1st (2009)

There is a major problem in the domestic sex trafficking of minors and sufficient funds should be reallocated to address this issue.

Barriers between funding for foreign victims and domestic victims need to be removed. A victim is a victim.

The current BJA/OVC/DHH grants should allowed to end until a sound TIP policy developed along with a sound implementation strategy based on real documented assessments with built in external accountability. We should not be leaving this to GAO/IG otherwise the whole movement will lose credibility along with funding.

Will the baby will be thrown out with the bath water unless …

Behavior-Based Covert Channel In Cyberspace, Daryl Johnson, Bo Yuan, Peter Lutz

Presentations and other scholarship

Many covert channels take advantages of weaknesses, flaws, or unused data fields in network protocols. In this paper, a behavior-based covert channel, that takes advantages of behavior of an application, is presented along with a formal definition in the framework of finite state machines. The behavior-based covert channel is application specific and lies at the application layer of the network OSI model, which makes the detection of this type of covert channel much more difficult. A detailed sample implementation demonstrates an example of this type of covert channel in the form of a simple online two-person game. The potential of …

Nineteen Years Of Public Opinion: The Boise State University Annual Public Policy Survey, Gregory Hill, Andy Bourne, Seth Grigg, Stephanie L. Witt

Research and Reports

Evidence suggests that public opinion has a significant and measurable impact on legislative, executive, and citizen interaction. The state of Idaho is no exception. In this white paper, we examine a sample of the opinions of Idahoans, as expressed in the Public Policy Survey, over the past nineteen years.

Yours, Mine, And Ours: Law Firm Property Disputes, Douglas R. Richmond

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Lateral movement by lawyers at all levels is now common. Ours is an age of lawyer mobility. It is also an age of client transience. Clients routinely change law firms, sometimes because they move with lateral lawyers, and sometimes for their own reasons. Understandably, lawyer and client mobility have spawned difficult questions about law firm property rights. For competitive reasons, law firms do not want departing lawyers taking the firm's intellectual capital or property with them when they move laterally. Client files are a treasure trove of intellectual capital and property that firms may wish to protect when clients shift …

An Experimental Study Of Differences In Reading Photo Books By Presentation Media: Print Vs. Screen, Ya-Fang Tsai

Theses

As photography technology changes, the penetration of digital cameras is increasing, especially among young users. Compared to conventional camera users who print most of their images, digital camera users print about one-third of their digital images (PMA, 2009b, p. 10). Moreover, only 5 percent of camera phone users make photo prints (Henning, 2008, p. 4). One popular photo-finishing product is the photo book. The objective of this research was to determine whether people interacted differently with photographic content presented in print versus on screen. This research was focused on: 1. Time spent interacting with photo books. 2. Differences of recall …

Stability, Change, And Heritability Of Borderline Personality Disorder Traits From Adolescence To Adulthood: A Longitudinal Twin Study, Marina Bornovalova, Brian M Hicks, William G Iacono, Matt Mcgue

Psychology Faculty Publications

Although personality disorders are best understood in the context of lifetime development, there is a paucity of work examining their longitudinal trajectory. An understanding of the expected course and the genetic and environmental contributions to these disorders is necessary for a detailed understanding of risk processes that lead to their manifestation. The current study examined the longitudinal course and heritability of borderline personality disorder (BPD) over a period of 10 years starting in adolescence (age 14) and ending in adulthood (age 24). In doing so, we built on existing research by using a large community sample of adolescent female twins, …

The Art Of Aidagara: Ethics, Aesthetics, And The Quest For An Ontology Of Social Existence In Watsuji Tetsurō’S Rinrigaku, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper provides an analysis of the key term aidagara (“betweenness”) in the philosophical ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō (1889-1960), in response to and in light of the recent movement in Japanese Buddhist studies known as “Critical Buddhism.” The Critical Buddhist call for a turn away from “topical” or intuitionist thinking and towards (properly Buddhist) “critical” thinking, while problematic in its bipolarity, raises the important issue of the place of “reason” versus “intuition” in Japanese Buddhist ethics. In this paper, a comparison of Watsuji’s “ontological quest” with that of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), Watsuji’s primary Western source and foil, is followed by …