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A Predictive Habitat Model For Endangered White Abalone Restoration Planning In Southern California, Shinobu Okano

SNS Master's Theses

A rapid, reliable and cost effective means for identifying species-habitat relationships is urgently needed to support management planning to preserve and restore for the federally listed endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni). Despite an ongoing recovery effort for this depleted species, little is known about the distribution of the white abalone. The aim of this study was to develop a predictive white abalone habitat model from high-resolution multibeam bathymetry data by analyzing relationships between occurrence patterns and geomorphology of the seafloor at Tanner Bank in California, where the presence white abalone has been well documented using ROV video transect surveys. We …

Graduate Scholar 2009: Journal Of Scholarship And Recognition, Graduate School Of Eastern Illinois University

Graduate Scholar

No abstract provided.

Review Of Farming And The Fate Of Wild Nature, Michael A. Anderson

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature explores social, political, agrarian and ecological issues surrounding two movements that both attract passionate followers: small-scale agriculture and environmental conservation. Both have long been notable grassroots movements. Yet in their attempts to be heard, they often unwittingly oppose each other in addition to their shared detractor, corporate exploitation - whose momentum continues to consume resources at an unsustainable rate. In this collection of over 20 essays by leading thinkers and practitioners in ecological and agrarian competencies, one thing is clear: these two movements must not only work together for efficiency’s sake, but because …

Insider Vol. 10 No. 1 Spring 2009, College Of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

A Publication for Friends of the College of Arts and Sciences

The Anchor, Volume 122.19: April 1, 2009, Hope College

The Anchor: 2009

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Morphosis Leadership Being Visionaries In A Changing World, Stefanos Gialamas, Peggy Pelonis

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Living in a rapidly evolving society where change occurs continuously and on multiple levels, has created a need, more than ever before, for leadership that reflects this new reality. The changes in demographics, the forming of multicultural families, the diversity on an economic, educational, social and ethnic level, as well as the further rise of multinational corporations are all changes that are challenging traditional values and principles. Thus the quest for Authentic Leadership is rising, and it is an idea which implies that leadership is very personal. Why Authentic leadership? One might ask. Because, “there is evidence of the desire …

Profile, Spring 2009, Columbia College Chicago

Profile

Interactive Arts and Media Department Newsletter. 24 pages. Includes student, alumni, faculty profiles, internship experience, art, book, game, sound, movie, and web reviews, feature article, faculty/staff updates, and lecture series news.

Memes In Organization Studies: A Preliminary Research Agenda, K.S Manikandan

Working Papers

Richard Dawkins (1976) introduced the concept of 'memes' as the basic unit of cultural evolution in his popular classic work 'The Selfish Gene'. As organizations can be conceptualized as cultural entities, it makes sense to explore how the concept of memes can be applied in organization studies. Several works have started to appear on this front. This paper offers an introduction to the concept of memes and an account of the literature in the field of memetics. Ideas related to organization studies are explored in detail. It is seen that two key ideas have informed the research in organization studies …

Linking Wildlife Populations With Ecosystem Change: State-Of-The-Art Satellite Ecology For National-Park Science, Mark Hebblewhite

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

As human impacts increase in national parks and the greater ecosystems surrounding them, the National Park Service faces the difficulty of monitoring ecosystem changes and responses of key wildlife indicator species within parks. Responses of bison to trail grooming in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho) and control of the animals once they leave the park (Bruggeman et al. 2007), migration of wildlife across park boundaries (Griffith et al. 2002; Berger 2004), effects of restored wolves on vegetation communities through trophic cascades (Hebblewhite et al. 2005), and responses of wildlife to the use of prescribed fires all represent problems …

Department Of Mathematical Sciences Newsletter, Spring 2009, University Of Montana--Missoula. Department Of Mathematical Sciences

Newsletters from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at UM

An Interview with a Graduate Student from Finland -- AISES Conference 2008: A Universe of Opportunities / Nicole Jefferson -- Graduate Student Does Research in New Zealand / Erin Landguth -- Notes from the Chair / David Patterson -- My Summer Adventure / Marylesa Wilde -- Undergraduate Research: An Eye Opening Experience / Jade Roskam -- Alumni News -- 2009 Spring Scholarship and Award Winners -- Degree Recipients of 2008-2009 -- Department News -- Honor Roll of Donors -- Math Club Corner / Nikolaus Vonessen

Evidence For The Evolution Of Reduced Mycorrhizal Dependence During Plant Invasion, Elizabeth K. Seifert, James D. Bever, John L. Maron

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Introduced species inevitably experience novel selection pressures in their new environments as a result of changes in mutualist and antagonist relationships. While most previous work has examined how escape from specialist enemies has influenced herbivore or pathogen resistance of exotic species, post-introduction shifts in exotic dependence on mutualists have not been considered. In a common environment, we compared dependence on AM fungi of North American and European populations of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort), a forb native to Europe. Introduced North American populations responded less to inoculation with AM fungi than did European populations. Root architecture was strongly correlated with …

The Socializer - Spring 2009, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

No abstract provided.

The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) Of California, With The Recognition Of Platycerus Cribripennis Van Dyke As A Valid Species, Michael S. Caterino, M J. Paulson

Publications

Th e status of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke, generally treated as a synonym of P. marginalis Casey, has been unclear. Here we recognize and redescribe P. cribripennis, which is endemic to the coastal mountains of California, as a valid species due to its unique morphology. A key to the Platycerus of California is presented, and the distributions of the recognized species are discussed.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 2009, 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.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• WKU’s Comprehensive Energy Policy
• WKU Honored for Work at Upper Green River Biological Preserve
• Five Inducted into Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame
• Regents Change Minimum Number of Hours Needed for Baccalaureate, Associate Degrees
• Students Likely to See Smaller Tuition Increase; Campus Budget to be Reduced
• WKU Engineering Students Demonstrate Submersible Device
• WKU’s Center for Gifted Studies Awarded $2 Million Grant for Project GEMS, Will Partner with Warren County Schools
• WKU One of Two Public Universities Recognized for Excellence in Teacher Education
• Gatton Academy, Center for Gifted Studies Among Partners for Commonwealth Institute …

Synthesis Of Kurasoin B Analogs, J. R. Nielson, Michael A. Christiansen, M. B. Andrus

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Presentations

Kurasoin B (1), isolated in 1996 by Uchida et al, selectively inhibits Farnesyltransferase (FTase), an enzyme responsible for activating human RAS proteins (ref. 1). When RAS proteins are mutated and then activated, they contribute 20 to 30 percent of all human tumors, including those of the pancreas, colon, small intestine, lung, prostate, liver, skin, and thyroid, as well as multiple myeloma and a number of leukemias (ref. 2). Kurasoin B, therefore, has great potential as a cancer drug lead.

Spring 2009, Seattle University

Seattle University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Boise State University Mcnair Scholars

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Reaching For The Moon: Expanding Transactive Memory's Reach With Wikis And Tagging, Terri L. Griffith, Mark B. Allan, Anthony A. Korolis

Management & Entrepreneurship

Transactive memory systems (TMS) support knowledge sharing and coordination in groups. TMS are enabled by the encoding, storage, retrieval, and communication of knowledge by domain experts-knowing who knows what. The NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group provides an example of how TMS theoretical boundaries are stretched in actual use. This group is characterized as being highly innovative as they routinely engage in field studies that are inherently difficult due to time and technology resource constraints. We provide an expanded view of TMS that includes the technology support system available to this group, and possible further extensions to NASA's or other such …

Kahn Chronicle: Spring 2009, Smith College, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Kahn Chronicle

Title of Contents:

Fact, Construction, Interpretation
Faculty Fellowships Awarded
Call for Faculty Fellows
Applications for Student Fellowships
Reinventing Eurasian Identities
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Festival of Disorder Mid-Year Report
Deceit Project Mid-Year Report
2010-2011 Long-Term Projects
A Note from the Director

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.

Medicine As Friendship With God: Anointing The Sick As A Theological Hermeneutic, M. Therese Lysaught

Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A theological bioethics needs, first, a theological politics. The thesis of this essay rests on the claim that the contours of a theological politics are found in the nature of sacramental practices. More specifically, a theological politics of medicine is found in the sacramental practice of anointing of the sick. Anointing provides a radically theological hermeneutic—a theologically robust vision for interpreting medicine that, if enacted, can powerfully make real God's work in the world. Such a vision is embodied in one particular twentieth-century exemplar—the organization called Partners In Health (PIH) and its cofounder, Paul Farmer. Farmer and PIH, I argue, …

Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 67 - Review Of Fisheries Research Report (177), Aldo Steffe, Department Of Fisheries Western Australia

Fisheries Occasional Publications

To provide a review of the Research Report (177) on recreational boat-based fishing in the West Coast Bioregion during 2005/06 including: • The appropriateness of the basic creel survey design used for deriving estimates of catch, effort and catch rates for this type of fishery. • An assessment of whether the assumptions, scope and omissions were suitably identified. • The robustness of the catch estimates, and any conclusions that were included in the report, and total and seasonal recreational catch estimates. These initial terms of reference were expanded to include some discussion on issues raised by (a) the WA Fisheries …

Movements And Dive Patterns Of A Rehabilitated Risso’S Dolphin, Grampus Griseus, In The Gulf Of Mexico And Atlantic Ocean, Randall Wells, Charles Manire, Lynne Byrd, David Smith, Janet Gannon, Deborah Fauquier, Keith Mullin

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) occur throughout the world in tropical and temperate waters. The best estimates of abundance for Risso’s dolphins are 1,589 (CV = 0.27) for the northern Gulf of Mexico and 20,479 (CV = 0.59) for the U.S. Atlantic Ocean (Waring et al. 2006). G. griseus is the fourth most abundant cetacean species in the oceanic waters of the northern Gulf and is found in all seasons (Mullin et al. 1994, 2004; Maze-Foley and Mullin 2006).
Risso’s dolphins typically can be found over the continental shelf edge and the upper continental slope, where sea surface temperatures …

A Trans-Holocene Archaeological Record Of Guadalupe Fur Seals (Arctocephalus Townsendi) On The California Coast, Torben Rick, Robert Delong, Jon Erlandson, Todd Braje, Terry Jones, Douglas Kennett, Thomas Wake, Phillip Walker

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) were decimated by 19th century commercial sealers in the northeastern Pacific and thought to be extinct until 1928 when commercial fishermen caught two adult males at Isla de Guadalupe from a group of up to 60 adults and pups (Wedgeforth 1928, Huey 1930). These two animals were brought to the San Diego Zoo, prompting several zoological expeditions to Isla de Guadalupe in the 1930s and 1940s, but none successfully located Guadalupe fur seals. In 1949, a single male was seen on San Nicolas Island, California (Bartholomew 1950), and in 1954, a small breeding …

Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, 2008, R. P. Angliss, B. M. Allen

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

This report provides information on the marine mammal stocks of Alaska under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service. Each stock assessment includes, when available, a description of the stock’s geographic range, a minimum population estimate, current population trends, current and maximum net productivity rates, optimum sustainable population levels and allowable removal levels, and estimates of annual human-caused mortality and serious injury through interactions with commercial fisheries and subsistence hunters. These data will be used to evaluate the progress of each fishery towards achieving the MMPA’s goal of zero fishery-related mortality and serious injury of marine mammals. The Stock …

Gait Variability Is Altered In Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease, Sara A. Myers, Jason M. Johanning, Nikolaos Stergiou, Rolando I. Celis, Leon Robinson, Iraklis I. Pipinos

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

Objective: Claudication is the most common presentation of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), producing significant ambulatory compromise. Claudicating patients, most of whom are elderly, have reduced mobility and poor health outcomes, including an increased risk of falls. The gait of elderly fallers is characterized by increased variability. Increase in the variability of the locomotor system makes the gait more noisy and unstable. The purpose of this study is to investigate gait variability in patients with PAD.

Methods: Nineteen symptomatic PAD patients (age, 63.6 ± 9.8 years; body mass, 82.1 ± 18.5 kg; height, 1.71 ± 0.06 m) walked on …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2009, Volume 15, No. 1

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:
Estimating Livestock Forage Demand: Defining the Animal Unit (AU) by T.L. Meyer, Don Adams, Terry Klopfenstein, Jerry Volesky, L. Aaron Stalker, Rick Funston, UNL
Landscape Groundcovers by Roch Gaussoin and Kim Todd, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL
Sandhills Ecotourism Project by Wyatt Fraas, Center for Rural Affairs
Program for 2009 Nebraska Grazing Conference
2009 Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July

Foundations, Karen Brasher, Amy Cagle, John P. Rush, Mississippi State University Foundation

Mississippi State University Foundation Foundations Newsletter

This document is an issue of Foundations.

Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: Private Industry Change In South Dakota, Priyanka Chatterjee, W. Trevor Brooks, Michael Mccurry

Census Data Center Newsletter Archive: 2007-2010

South Dakota leaders continue to emphasize the importance of economic development. One aspect of assessing economic development is private industry growth. The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce states:
Economic development is not a choice but rather a necessity. Economies that are advancing create jobs with higher pay, offer people amenities and necessities, and provide the tax base for schools, infrastructure, and law enforcement plus many of the intangibles known as “quality of life.” (South Dakota Chamber of Commerce 2006). Private sector jobs make up a large percentage of South Dakota’s jobs. Capitalistic economies, like the United States’, depend on the …