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Evaluating The Impact Of Climate Change On Global Hpai H5n1 Outbreaks, Zhijie Zhang, Dongmei Chen, Wenbao Liu, Lei Wang Jul 2010

Evaluating The Impact Of Climate Change On Global Hpai H5n1 Outbreaks, Zhijie Zhang, Dongmei Chen, Wenbao Liu, Lei Wang

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses H5N1 have spread throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa in the past decade, raising serious worldwide concerns about a potential new pandemic. Many studies have investigated the spread of the HPAI H5N1 virus and discussed its possible risk factors. However, the climate factor, which can affect the whole process of H5N1 outbreaks, has been greatly ignored. The objective of this preliminary study is to use a GIS-based approach to explore the potential impacts of temperature change on H5N1 outbreaks. We have divided the outbreaks into five epidemic waves. Although the temperature ranges of different epidemic waves …

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Unexpected Side-Effects Of Winter Feeding: Learning From Mahalanobis Distances Factor Analysis In The Case Of Red-Crowned Cranes In Hokkaido, Japan, Yi-Liang Kuo Jul 2010

Unexpected Side-Effects Of Winter Feeding: Learning From Mahalanobis Distances Factor Analysis In The Case Of Red-Crowned Cranes In Hokkaido, Japan, Yi-Liang Kuo

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Winter feeding has become a critical approach to sustain animals in high latitude,but little literature has investigated possible side-effects in terms of ecological niches. Toexplore whether winter feeding might affect species distributions at regional scale, weemployed a novel spatial model, Mahalanobis Distances Factor Analysis, in the case ofRed-crowned Cranes (Grus japonensis) in Hokkaido, Japan. This model features betterprediction ability with more explicit ecological significance compared to conventionalmethods. Furthermore, particularly innovative is that axes are used to define ecologicalniches, with a minimal set of habitual variables to calculate habitat suitability in thealgorithm. In results, winter feeding seemed to considerably impact the …

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Decision Support For Environmental Monitoring And Restoration: Application Of The Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, David Tomberlin Jul 2010

Decision Support For Environmental Monitoring And Restoration: Application Of The Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, David Tomberlin

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environmental monitoring programs can improve management over time, butgenerally require that correspondingly less time and money be put into direct restorationefforts such as revegetation or dam removal. Thus, budget constraints compelenvironmental managers to make difficult decisions regarding the allocation of scarcefunds and personnel between environmental monitoring and environmental restoration.Among other factors, the best allocation of resources between monitoring and restoration—or, more generally, learning and doing—will depend on the quality of information availablefrom a monitoring program. This paper demonstrates the application of the partiallyobservable Markov decision process (POMDP) as a framework for investigating theoptimal intensity of monitoring given stochastic state dynamics …

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Modeling For Uncertainty Assessment In Human Health Risk Quantification: A Fuzzy Based Approach, Abdullah Mofarrah, Tahir Husain Jul 2010

Modeling For Uncertainty Assessment In Human Health Risk Quantification: A Fuzzy Based Approach, Abdullah Mofarrah, Tahir Husain

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Health risk analysis to the contaminated water involves the use of mechanisticmodels that include many uncertain and variable parameters. Currently, the uncertainties ofrisk analysis models are treated using statistical theories considering the randomness in datadistribution. However, not all uncertainties in data or model parameters are due torandomness. Other sources of imprecision that may lead to uncertainty include scarce orincomplete data, measurement error or subjective interpretation of available information.These kinds of uncertainties cannot be treated solely by statistical methods. This paper usesfuzzy set theory (FST) together with probability theory (PT) to incorporate uncertaintiesinto risk analysis model. Based on the form of …

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Learning How To Model Ecosystem Trade-Offs At The Farm Scale, E. Pilgrim, C. J. A. Macleod, D. Beaumont, M. S. A. Blackwell, R. Bol, A. Del Prado, B. Griffith, R. Orr, A. Shepherd, L. Wu, L. G. Firbank Jul 2010

Learning How To Model Ecosystem Trade-Offs At The Farm Scale, E. Pilgrim, C. J. A. Macleod, D. Beaumont, M. S. A. Blackwell, R. Bol, A. Del Prado, B. Griffith, R. Orr, A. Shepherd, L. Wu, L. G. Firbank

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The ecosystem service framework provides a forum for scientists from a rangeof disciplines to communicate and work together alongside other key stakeholders.However to be effective, place-based comparison of the tradeoffs of ecosystem servicesneed further development. These place-based comparisons are vital in agricultural systemsdue to the increasing global demand for food production, coupled with the realization thatthis should be achieved with minimal negative impact on the environment. The farm is thelogical unit of management in agricultural systems and hence there is a need for ecosystemtradeoff assessments at the farm scale. We have carried out a literature review of thetradeoffs in the …

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Co2 Embodied In China's Foreign Trade 2007 With Global Policy Implications, Lei Liu, Xiaoming Ma Jul 2010

Co2 Embodied In China's Foreign Trade 2007 With Global Policy Implications, Lei Liu, Xiaoming Ma

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

This article estimated the carbon emissions embodied in China's foreign trade in2007 with an input-output method. The results showed that China was a net exporter of atleast 484.18MT carbon emissions in 2007, which accounted for 8.59% of total on aproduction basis. In total emissions, imported carbon accounted for 21.97% while exportedcarbon occupied 30.56%. In terms of sectors, Manufacture of Textile was the biggest netexporter, which was followed by Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals, Manufacture ofMetal Products, and so on. In terms of trading partners, Hong Kong was the biggestrecipient of exported emissions of mainland China, which was followed by …

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From Landscape-Scale Models Of Forest Biodiversity Change Towards An Integrated Planning Tool – A Gui For Building Empirical Ecological Extrapolation Models Based On Land Cover Data –, Tobias Lung, Gertrud Schaab Jul 2010

From Landscape-Scale Models Of Forest Biodiversity Change Towards An Integrated Planning Tool – A Gui For Building Empirical Ecological Extrapolation Models Based On Land Cover Data –, Tobias Lung, Gertrud Schaab

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Spatially explicit models linking biological field data with remotely-sensed landcover data have become commonplace for landscape-scale biodiversity assessments, butthey usually neither consider time series data nor include future scenarios. Extrapolationmodels addressing these deficiencies for three keystone species/groups of the Kakamega-Nandi forests in western Kenya proved to be a suitable means for investigating the effectsof long-term land change processes on the development of forest biodiversity in space andtime. However, the experimental modelling design of the approaches is not consideredconvenient for a more comprehensive, interlinked assessment including morespecies/groups and also ecosystem functions and services, nor is it adequate for a stronglocal stakeholder …

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Habitat Models As A Research Gap In Biodiversity Conservation In Tropical Rain Forest Of Southeast Asia, Mona Nazeri, Jusoff Kamaruzzaman, Nima Madani Jul 2010

Habitat Models As A Research Gap In Biodiversity Conservation In Tropical Rain Forest Of Southeast Asia, Mona Nazeri, Jusoff Kamaruzzaman, Nima Madani

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Tropical rain forests, the richest terrestrial ecosystem on earth are disappearing due to land use changes mainly agricultural activities and timber logging. Habitat alteration and as a result fragmentation have direct effect on species survival trough lose of connectivity between suitable habitats. Without a doubt the traditional strategies for protecting different wildlife species in this region was not successful enough to guarantee the survival of remaining biodiversity. Distribution modelling which, very little has been studied in the region, is significantly important for biodiversity conservation programs. Distribution data can determine all the areas that can have high potential of occupancy by …

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Qualitative Reasoning In Participatory Spatial Planning: The Use Of Osiris In The Yellow River Delta, P. J. F. M. Verweij, M. Van Eupen, J. Roos-Klein Lankhorst, W. Nieuwenhuizen Jul 2010

Qualitative Reasoning In Participatory Spatial Planning: The Use Of Osiris In The Yellow River Delta, P. J. F. M. Verweij, M. Van Eupen, J. Roos-Klein Lankhorst, W. Nieuwenhuizen

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Societies see the emergence of new governance concepts, based on the assumption that processes of planning and decision taking are no longer hierarchical but the product of complex interactions between governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the general public (the model of ‘co-production of knowledge’; Callon, 1999). All involved are seeking to influence the collectively binding decisions that have consequences for their interests. To account for this changing governance and the increased number of stakeholders involved, decisions need to be assessed in an integrated context. This paper discusses the OSIRIS modeling environment for knowledge rule based reasoning on spatial information. The …

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Modelling The Complexity Of The Cropping Plan Decision-Making, J. Dury, F. Garcia, Arnaud Reynaud, O. Thérond, Jacques-Eric Bergez Jul 2010

Modelling The Complexity Of The Cropping Plan Decision-Making, J. Dury, F. Garcia, Arnaud Reynaud, O. Thérond, Jacques-Eric Bergez

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Every year farmers have to allocate their fields to different crops and crop management. These choices depend on multiple spatial and temporal factors, farmers’ strategy and risk behaviour. To support farmers in these complex decisions and efficiently allocate scarce resources, we studied cropping plan decisions in arable farms with the aim of simulating contextual changes. A deeper understanding of these processes at farm level is then a start to model and design flexible and environmental-friendly cropping systems. We propose a stepwise approach to study and formalize the complexity of the decision-making processes based on farmer’s interviews and on modelling approach …

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Interacting Environmental Interfaces: Synchronization In Substance Exchange Between Environmental Interfaces Regarded As Biophysical Complex Systems, Dragutin T. Mihailović, M. Budincevic, D. Perisic, Igor Balaž, A. Firanj Jul 2010

Interacting Environmental Interfaces: Synchronization In Substance Exchange Between Environmental Interfaces Regarded As Biophysical Complex Systems, Dragutin T. Mihailović, M. Budincevic, D. Perisic, Igor Balaž, A. Firanj

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In modeling environmental interfaces regarded as biophysical complex systems, one of the main tasks is to create an operative interface with the external environment. The interface should provide a robust and prompt translation of the vast diversity of external physical and/or chemical changes into a set of signals that are understandable for a biophysical entity. Although the organization of any system is of crucial importance for its functioning, it should not be forgotten that in biophysical systems we deal with real-life problems where a number of other conditions must be satisfied in order to put the system to work. One …

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Alteration In Lignin Biosynthesis Restricts Growth Of Fusarium Spp. In Brown Midrib Sorghum, Deanna L. Funnell-Harris, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, Scott E. Sattler Jul 2010

Alteration In Lignin Biosynthesis Restricts Growth Of Fusarium Spp. In Brown Midrib Sorghum, Deanna L. Funnell-Harris, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, Scott E. Sattler

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

To improve sorghum for bioenergy and forage uses, brown midrib (bmr)6 and -12 near-isogenic genotypes were developed in different sorghum backgrounds. The bmr6 and bmr12 grain had significantly reduced colonization by members of the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex compared with the wild type, as detected on two semiselective media. Fusarium spp. were identified using sequence analysis of a portion of the translation elongation factor (TEF) 1-α gene. The pathogens Fusarium thapsinum, F. proliferatum, and F. verticillioides, G. fujikuroi members, were commonly recovered. Other frequently isolated Fusarium spp. likely colonize sorghum asymptomatically. The χ2 analyses showed that the …

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How To Read Like A Fool: Riddle Contests And The Banquet Of Conscience In Piers Plowman, Curtis Gruenler Jul 2010

How To Read Like A Fool: Riddle Contests And The Banquet Of Conscience In Piers Plowman, Curtis Gruenler

Faculty Publications

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Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 1 Summer 2010, Grand Valley State University Jul 2010

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 1 Summer 2010, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

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Behavioral And Physiological Plasticity: Rapid Changes During Social Ascent In An African Cichlid Fish, Karen P. Maruska, Russell D. Fernald Jul 2010

Behavioral And Physiological Plasticity: Rapid Changes During Social Ascent In An African Cichlid Fish, Karen P. Maruska, Russell D. Fernald

Faculty Publications

In many vertebrates, reproduction is regulated by social interactions in which dominant males control access to females and food. Subordinate males that displace dominant individuals must rapidly adopt behavioral and physiological traits of the higher rank to gain reproductive success. To understand the process of phenotypic plasticity during social ascent, we analyzed the temporal expression pattern of dominance behaviors and circulating androgen levels when socially-suppressed males of an African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni ascended in status. These experiments tested a prediction of the 'challenge hypothesis' that, during periods of social instability, male androgen levels are higher than during socially stable …

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Salivary Gland Thrombostasin Isoforms Differentially Regulate Blood Uptake Of Horn Flies Fed On Control- And Thrombostasin-Vaccinated Cattle, Mary S. Cupp, Eddie W. Cupp, Christine Navarre, Dunhua Zhang, Xin Yue, Latora Todd, Victor Panangala Jul 2010

Salivary Gland Thrombostasin Isoforms Differentially Regulate Blood Uptake Of Horn Flies Fed On Control- And Thrombostasin-Vaccinated Cattle, Mary S. Cupp, Eddie W. Cupp, Christine Navarre, Dunhua Zhang, Xin Yue, Latora Todd, Victor Panangala

Faculty Publications

Thrombostasin (TS) is an anticlotting protein found in saliva of Haematobia irritons (horn flies). The polymorphic nature of the ts gene was first associated with success of horn flies blood feeding on a laboratory host, New Zealand White rabbits. In this study, we report results of similar studies testing blood uptake of horn flies feeding on a natural host, cattle. These studies confirmed the association of ts genotype with blood uptake of horn flies and showed that it was host species specific. In contrast to rabbits, blood uptake volumes of homozygous ts10 horn flies were lower than those of other …

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Salivary Gland Thrombostasin Isoforms Differentially Regulate Blood Uptake Of Horn Flies Fed On Control- And Thrombostasin-Vaccinated Cattle, Mary S. Cupp, Eddie W. Cupp, Christine Navarre, Dunhua Zhang, Xin Yue, Latora Todd, Victor Panangala Jul 2010

Salivary Gland Thrombostasin Isoforms Differentially Regulate Blood Uptake Of Horn Flies Fed On Control- And Thrombostasin-Vaccinated Cattle, Mary S. Cupp, Eddie W. Cupp, Christine Navarre, Dunhua Zhang, Xin Yue, Latora Todd, Victor Panangala

Faculty Publications

Thrombostasin (TS) is an anticlotting protein found in saliva of Haematobia irritons (horn flies). The polymorphic nature of the ts gene was first associated with success of horn flies blood feeding on a laboratory host, New Zealand White rabbits. In this study, we report results of similar studies testing blood uptake of horn flies feeding on a natural host, cattle. These studies confirmed the association of ts genotype with blood uptake of horn flies and showed that it was host species specific. In contrast to rabbits, blood uptake volumes of homozygous ts10 horn flies were lower than those of other …

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High-Throughput Genomic/Proteomic Studies: Finding Structure And Meaning By Similarity, George Sidney Davidson Jul 2010

High-Throughput Genomic/Proteomic Studies: Finding Structure And Meaning By Similarity, George Sidney Davidson

Biology ETDs

The post-genomic challenge was to develop high-throughput technologies for measuring genome scale mRNA expression levels. Analyses of these data rely on computers in an unprecedented way to make the results accessible to researchers. My research in this area enabled the first compendium of microarray experiments for a multi-cellular eukaryote, Caenorhabditis elegans. Prior to this research approximately 6% of the C. elegans genome had been studied, and little was known about global expression patterns in this organism. Here I cluster data from 553 different microarray experiments and show that the results are stable, statistically significant and highly enriched for specific biological …

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Always Read The Introduction: Integrating Regulatory And Coding Sequence Evolution In Yeast, Annette M. Evangelisti Jul 2010

Always Read The Introduction: Integrating Regulatory And Coding Sequence Evolution In Yeast, Annette M. Evangelisti

Biology ETDs

We analyze duplicate genes in a yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the aim of determining a genes history and to observe that gene in its genomic context. In Chapter 2 we show that the fate of a duplicate gene pair is in part determined by its genome location. Moreover, we show that for two classes of duplicate genes, resulting from either small-scale duplication or whole-genome duplication, this fate can often be assessed by measuring the patterns of asymmetry in the sequence divergence of the genes in question. In Chapter 3 we study duplicate genes in the context of their local environments …

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Female Perception Of Testeronized Male Facial Images: Evidence Of A Co-Evolutionary Tradeoff Responsive To Conditions For Both Competition And Cooperation, Melissa L. Franklin Jul 2010

Female Perception Of Testeronized Male Facial Images: Evidence Of A Co-Evolutionary Tradeoff Responsive To Conditions For Both Competition And Cooperation, Melissa L. Franklin

Biology ETDs

Theorists and researchers who examine the evolutionary ecology of mating dynamics consider two primary forces, intrasexual and intersexual, as important pressures of selection. Bilateral symmetry and, more controversially, hormone markers in many species, impart information that has been found to influence some aspects of intersexual selection. Both symmetry, as a sign of developmental stability, and hormone markers (i.e., testosteronized traits as cues of immunocompetence) have been classically treated as signals of genetic fitness (Moller & Swaddle, 1997; Hamilton & Zuk, 1982), although neither are consistently shown to correlate with increased mating success. Indeed, results between studies on either trait independently …

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Orange & White - Summer 2010, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jul 2010

Orange & White - Summer 2010, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

UTB/TSC Archives - Orange & White Magazine

No abstract provided.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 42, July 1, 2010 Jul 2010

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 42, July 1, 2010

Central Florida Future

Teachers staying the course; Uncover Thursdays; Summer season; Plus: Boom town; Salt shaker; Tea Party club gives UCF some new flavor; UCF robotics team vehicle wins $5,000.

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Survey Of Illinois Law: Environmental Law, Kyle Rominger, Jane Mcbride, William J. Anaya, Robert A. Mckenzie, Eugene P. Schmittgens Jul 2010

Survey Of Illinois Law: Environmental Law, Kyle Rominger, Jane Mcbride, William J. Anaya, Robert A. Mckenzie, Eugene P. Schmittgens

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2010, Lsu Agcenter Jul 2010

Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2010, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

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Rapid Identification Of Oil-Contaminated Soils Using Visible Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, Cristine L.S. Morgan, Yufeng Ge, John M. Galbraith, Bin Li, Charanjit S. Kahlon Jul 2010

Rapid Identification Of Oil-Contaminated Soils Using Visible Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, Cristine L.S. Morgan, Yufeng Ge, John M. Galbraith, Bin Li, Charanjit S. Kahlon

Faculty Publications

In the United States, petroleum extraction, refinement, and transportation present countless opportunities for spillage mishaps. A method for rapid field appraisal and mapping of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils for environmental cleanup purposes would be useful. Visible near-infrared (VisNIR, 350-2500 nm) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) is a rapid, nondestructive, proximal-sensing technique that has proven adept at quantifying soil properties in situ. The objective of this study was to determine the prediction accuracy of VisNIR DRS in quantifying petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils. Forty-six soil samples (including both contaminated and reference samples) were collected from six different parishes in Louisiana. Each soil sample …

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Host Behaviour And Exposure Risk In An Insect-Pathogen Interaction, Benjamin J. Parker, Bret D. Elderd, Greg Dwyer Jul 2010

Host Behaviour And Exposure Risk In An Insect-Pathogen Interaction, Benjamin J. Parker, Bret D. Elderd, Greg Dwyer

Faculty Publications

1. Studies of variability in host resistance to disease generally emphasize variability in susceptibility given exposure, neglecting the possibility that hosts may vary in behaviours that affect the risk of exposure. 2. In many insects, horizontal transmission of baculoviruses occurs when larvae consume foliage contaminated by the cadavers of virus-infected conspecific larvae; so, host behaviour may have a strong effect on the risk of infection. 3. We studied variability in the behaviour of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) larvae, which are able to detect and avoid virus-contaminated foliage. 4. Our results show that detection ability can be affected by the family …

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The Plea Jury, Laura I. Appleman Jul 2010

The Plea Jury, Laura I. Appleman

Indiana Law Journal

This Article argues that it is time to reform the much-criticized plea-bargaining process by restoring the Sixth Amendment jury trial right back to criminal adjudication. My proposal would incorporate the local community into the guilty-plea procedure through the use of a plea jury, thus solving a multitude of problems within the criminal justice system. In a plea jury, a lay panel of citizens would listen to the defendant's allocution and determine the acceptability of the plea and sentence, reinvigorating the community's right to determine punishment for offenders. My goal is to return the Sixth Amendment community-jury right to its proper …

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Full Issue, Byu Studies, Richard N. Holzapfel Jul 2010

Full Issue, Byu Studies, Richard N. Holzapfel

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Ecosystem Services And The Value Of Land, Adam I. Davis Jul 2010

Ecosystem Services And The Value Of Land, Adam I. Davis

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

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A Washington State Elementary Teachers’ Guide To Bilingual Education, Maria G. Garcia-Bautista Jul 2010

A Washington State Elementary Teachers’ Guide To Bilingual Education, Maria G. Garcia-Bautista

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to create an elementary teacher's manual which explained the history and laws of bilingual education, first and second language development theories and approaches, bilingual education models and what research says about the various models. Proponents of English only/ Sheltered Instruction programs argue that immigrants and their descendents should assimilate to the customs and cultural norms of the United States as expeditiously as possible. Those same proponents believe that acquiring English is a prerequisite for success in education. Without a doubt English language proficiency can lead to immeasurable success. In this manual Two-Way Dual Language …

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