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Guide To Stakeholder Groups For Great Basin Sagebrush Steppe Restoration, Scott Hoffmann, Mark W. Brunson, Summer Olsen

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

As efforts are made to restore the health and functioning of sagebrush ecosystems within the Great Basin, various stakeholder interest groups have the potential to offer partnerships as well as adversarial involvement with land managers tasked with restoration. Given that greater than 60% of the Great Basin is publicly owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies, it is critical for those working in restoration to understand the views held by key stakeholder groups that may enhance or impair such efforts (Brunson and Peterson 2007). Gaining knowledge about and familiarity with those interest groups active …

Cougar Resource Selection In Two Mountain Ranges In Utah: A Study On Scale And Behavior, Wendy R. Rieth

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

An understanding of habitat relationships is essential for managing hunted species, such as cougar, that are difficult to census. In the first phase of this study, I used aerial telemetry data to examine diurnal cougar resource selection at 2 scales, and compared results between 2 study sites, the Oquirrh Mountains and Monroe Mountain, Utah. In the second phase of this study, I used conditional logistic regression models and GPS collar data from the Oquirrh Mountains to determine whether cougar resource selection varied over 3 behaviors (prey caching, resting at a daybed site, and nocturnal activities) and 2 scales.

Results from …

A Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Landscape Change Within The Eastern Terai, India: Linking Grassland And Forest Loss To Change In River Course And Land Use, Tanushree Biswas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Land degradation is one of the most important drivers of landscape change around the globe. This dissertation examines land use-land cover change within a mosaic landscape in Eastern Terai, India, and shows evidence of anthropogenic factors contributing to landscape change. Land use and land cover change were examined within the Alipurduar Subdivision, a representative of the Eastern Terai landscape and the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected area nested within Alipurduar through the use of multi-temporal satellite data over the past 28 years (1978 – 2006).

This study establishes the potential of remote sensing technology to identify the drivers of landscape …

The "Mother Tongue" In A World Of Sons: Language And Power In The Earthsea Cycle, Daniel Newell

Masters Theses

Between the years 1968 and 1972, professed feminist Ursula Le Guin penned the first three novels of The Earthsea Cycle, a fantasy series, which, at the time, appeared to be a trilogy. However, in 1990 Le Guin added a fourth book, Tehanu, to The Cycle, claiming that it was a necessary "revisioning" of the male-dominated world of Earthsea. While the original three Earthsea novels do not subvert the patriarchal society of Le Guin's fictitious world, they do reflect her feminist values. Contrary to the charges by detractors that her novels betray feminist dicta, these first three books consistently demonstrate the …

Speak Softly, But Carry A Big Stick: Tom Sawyer And Company's Quest For Linguistic Power A Sociolinguistic Analysis Of Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, And Tom Sawyer Abroad, Anne Lea Ryan

Masters Theses

Social stigma associated with the way an individual speaks is not new, and language can be a powerful divider of people. Since the Norman Conquest of 1066, researchers have noted that certain English dialects have been more esteemed than others, and it is certainly well-documented that those who spoke these prestigious varieties were the authority figures. Sociolinguists have determined that one's identity is inextricably bound with the way one speaks, and Mark Twain, a nineteenth-century realist, was aware of this concept well before sociolinguistics became a defined field of study in the 1970s. Because he profusely uses varieties of English …

Forage News [2010-05], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Kentucky Grazing School
• Barren County to Host KFGC Field Day
• National and International Meeting Coming to Kentucky
• Forage Quality, Ethanol Production Studied
• Teff Grass
• Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council Celebrating 50th Birthday
• Spontaneous Combustion in Hay
• Change in Yield and Quality of Alfalfa
• Hay Inoculants and Preservatives

Mere Christianity: The Lasting Work Of C.S. Lewis, Stephanie Jeanne Johnson

Communication Studies

No abstract provided.

Above All Else Stop Digging: Local Government Law As A (Partial) Cause Of (And Solution To) The Current Housing Crisis, Darien Shanske

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

So many things have gone wrong with our housing market that it is hard to know where to start. One simple diagnosis is that we invested too much in houses that were not worth as much as we thought. Looked at in this way, it is relatively easy to see how innovations like interest-only loans contributed to an over-valuation of housing. Certain actions of the federal government were and are also clearly problematic, such as the longstanding tax breaks for home ownership.

This Article looks at state and local government law, and particularly at financing mechanisms created by state law …

Individual Micrornas (Mirnas) Display Distinct Mrna Targeting "Rules", Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Kevin Xie, Mary H. Jennings, Yanling Hu, Arnold J. Stromberg, Peter T. Nelson

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) guide Argonaute (AGO)-containing microribonucleoprotein (miRNP) complexes to target mRNAs.It has been assumed that miRNAs behave similarly to each other with regard to mRNA target recognition. The usual assumptions, which are based on prior studies, are that miRNAs target preferentially sequences in the 3'UTR of mRNAs,guided by the 5' "seed" portion of the miRNAs. Here we isolated AGO- and miRNA-containing miRNPs from human H4 tumor cells by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) with anti-AGO antibody. Cells were transfected with miR-107, miR-124,miR-128, miR-320, or a negative control miRNA. Co-IPed RNAs were subjected to downstream high-density Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST microarray analyses using …

Houses In A Landscape: Memory And Everyday Life In Mesoamerica, Julia A. Hendon

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

In Houses in a Landscape, Julia A. Hendon examines the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. While these societies left behind monumental buildings, the remains of their dead, remnants of their daily life, intricate works of art, and fine examples of craftsmanship such as pottery and stone tools, they left only a small body of written records. Despite this paucity of written information, Hendon contends that an archaeological study of memory in such societies is possible and worthwhile. It …

Optimal Energy Allocation And Behavior Modification In Provisioning Crawfordapis Luctuosa, May 2010, David Gardner

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Behaviors and actions of species can be described according to optimality. Crawfordapis luctuosa, an understudied endemic species to Central America, has little information pertaining to its behavior. Energy allocation can provide insight on what actions are most important to C. luctuosa. Measured times spent inside and outside provisioned nests indicate that manipulations involving the covering of nests influence these times. Optimal energy allocation for behaviors observed during a manipulation are noted and studied. Different behaviors could account for the amount of provisioning the bee needs to maintain. Further research on cost/benefit analyses and C. luctuosa could better describe the natural …

Non-Vocal Sounds Produced By The Wings Of Inca Doves, Columbina Inca, And Seasonal Effects On Communication Behavior In Costa Rican Dry-Moist Lowland Forest, May 2010, Robert Niese

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Recent studies have shown that many birds communicate non-vocally using highly modified feathers in their wings. Several columbid species (pigeons and doves) are believed to produce these non-vocal sounds when they are alarmed and take-off in flight, conveying threat-related information to other birds. This study investigated the communicative significance of the buzzing wing-sounds created during the flight of the Inca dove in dry to moist lowland forest of the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica and characterized seasonal changes in communication behavior. Recordings of alarmed and non-alarmed flight were acoustically analyzed and used for playback experiments to determine if wing-sounds can …

Site Fidelity And Song Rate As Indicators Of Territoriality In Neotropical Cricket (Gryllidae), May 2010, Hannah Bergemann

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Territoriality is a competitive behavior expressed commonly throughout the animal kingdom in a wide variety of ways. To establish there is territoriality in simpler animals such as insects the practice of two specific types of behavior is a strong indicator. The first behavior is site fidelity, or the tendency of an animal to regularly return to previously occupied locations. The second behavior is the expression of aggression during encounters between two individuals in the presence of the aforementioned location. To test the presence of territoriality in a Neotropical cricket population, site fidelity was recorded as well as the response to …

Sleep Site Selection In Three Species Of Norops Lizards (Squamata Polychrotidae) In The San Luis Valley, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, May 2010, Peter M. Gibson

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The sleeping patterns of animals are important factors in fully understanding their behavior. I studied the sleeping site selection of three species of Norops lizards. I caught the lizards during the day, applied fluorescent powder, and tracked them to their eventual sleeping location at night using UV light. I measured multiple variables, including weather conditions, height, and level of protection provided by the site. Mean night heights of males and females, as well as among species, proved significantly different, thus maintaining daytime stratification. However, males and females were distributed opposite of that seen during the day, with females sleeping higher …

Supernormal Stimulus As A Mimicry Strategy The Case For Epidendrum Radicans (Orchidaceae), May 2010, Daniel Paul

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Epidendrum radicans is a food deceptive Batesian mimic of its sympatric model species Asclepias curassavica and Lantana camara. Theoretically, food deceptive orchids should be rare with small inflorescences (Johnson et al. 1993; Weins 1978) yet in San Luis, Costa Rica E. radicans grows in large monotypic stands with individuals sporting up to 12 open flowers per inflorescence. E. radicans might attract pollinators using flower or inflorescence size as a visual supernormal stimulus also implicated in floral mimicry (Scheistl 2004). Pollinia removal of E. radicans was measured in plants with i) inflorescence sizes of two and ten growing amongst model species …

Children's Literature In English: A Malaysian Perspective, S.R. Kassim, S.T. Fernandez, R.J. Mohd Khir

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

Stem Cell Research And Cloning For Human Reproduction: An Analysis Of The Laws, The Direction In Which They May Be Heading In Light Of Recent Developments, And Potential Constitutional Issues, Catherine D. Payne

Mercer Law Review

I. INTRODUCTION

The world is continuously changing before our eyes. New scientific and technological developments are constantly being made. Not surprisingly, these changes usually occur well before the law is ready to respond and accommodate them. One of the most recent developments that will soon be pushing the limits of the law is in the world of science. Researchers around the world have been independently working to see if they can unlock the secrets to the development of reproductive cells. Ultimately, the research teams are hoping to learn what causes stem cells to differentiate into sperm and egg cells. One …

Registration Of ‘Warrior’, ‘Scout’, And ‘Chief’ Indiangrass, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert B. Mitchell, H. J. Gorz, Francis Haskins, L. C. Newell, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Galen Erickson, Bruce Anderson

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

‘Warrior’ (Reg. No. CV-252, PI 655523), ‘Scout’ (Reg. No. CV-253, PI 655524), and ‘Chief’ (Reg. No. CV-254, PI 655525) indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.)] Nash were developed for improved yield and forage digestibility by USDA-ARS and the University of Nebraska for use in the central Great Plains and the Midwest USA. Warrior was tested as Oto C3 and was developed by means of both half-sib family selection and restricted, recurrent phenotypic selection (RRPS). Scout and Chief which were tested as NE54 C2 and Holt × Oto Early C2, respectively, were developed by RRPS. Warrior is adapted to USDA Plant Hardiness …

Memento, Sarah Rollman

Interior Design Program: Terminal Projects

Executive Statement

The focus of this project will be the tattoo parlor and bringing a new identity to the industry. The business is an artistic and creative one that will work well in the historic district among architecture and design firms, graphic design and branding firms, art galleries, and advertising firms.

Tattooing was widely practiced by many cultures in the ancient world, and was associated with a high level of artistic endeavor. The imagery of ancient tattooing is very similar to that of modern tattooing, and throughout history tattooing, like other forms of body decoration, has been related to the …

Review Of Aguecheek’S Beef, Belch’S Hiccup, And Other Gastronomic Interjections: Literature, Culture, And Food Among The Early Moderns By Robert Appelbaum, Elizabeth Spiller

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Histories of food have traditionally emerged out of the fields of structural anthropology, ethnology, and historical sociology. More recent scholarship has emphasized the idea of foodways, those networks by which foods are produced, prepared, and consumed within different food communities. Rather than seeing rituals of culture in food, such scholarship has instead sought to understand food in terms of a circulation of physical resources and values that involves questions of economics, ecology, biology, and ethnobotany. The first approach has tended, broadly speaking, to produce scholarship that is concerned with the ritual, symbolic, and social qualities to our acts of sustenance. …

Indiana Wildlife Disease News, Vol 5, Issue 2 -- May 2010, Joe N. Caudill, Dean Zimmerman

Indiana Wildlife Disease News

Botulism in wildlife

White-nose syndrome (WNS) Spreads into Midwestern United States

Publication on Tularemia Now Available from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center

BOAH in New Location and New Contact Information

Midwest Wildlife Disease Update: No TB Found in Indiana Deer Sampled; New BOAH Contact Information; Indiana Cervid Testing; Indiana Man Dies of Rabies; Missouri Has CWD Positive in Captive Herd; A bat from a cave in northwest Oklahoma has tested positive for the fun-gus associated with WNS; Indiana Continues To Be CWD Free; Illinois CWD Positives in Decline

Commercializing Creative Products, Alicia K. Arnold

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

As someone with preferences for ideation and implementation, I enjoy thinking up ideas and working to bring them to life. Over the years, I captured many of these ideas in notebooks and scraps of paper. Although I investigated the creative product ideas, I have yet to commercialize any of them. When I look at new products on store shelves, I am sometimes haunted by ideas I dreamed up that were brought to life by others. After examining past efforts, I realized focusing on clarifying and developing skills could help improve my chances of commercializing my creative product ideas. For this …

Interactive Computer Service Liability For User-Generated Content After Roommates.Com, Bradley M. Smyer

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note explores the future of interactive computer service provider (ICSP) liability for user-generated content under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) after Roommates.com II. Roommates.com II held that a housing website was not entitled to immunity under § 230 of the CDA from federal Fair Housing Act claims, in part because providing preselected answers to a mandatory questionnaire rendered the site an "information content provider" at least partially responsible for creation or development of answers. After examining the historical and legislative origins of ICSP immunity for user-generated content under 47 U.S. C. § 230, this Note argues that courts …

Chanka Settlement Ecology: Hilltop Sites, Land Use And Warfare In Late Prehispanic Andahuaylas, Peru, Lucas C. Kellett

Anthropology ETDs

This dissertation investigates Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1400) hilltop settlements of the central Andean highlands. Rather than a traditional warfare-centered political perspective, the research employs primarily an ecological model in which to evaluate the widespread settlement shift to high altitude ridge tops beginning ca. AD 1000. More specifically, the research investigates the multi-faceted role that climate change may have played in the establishment of LIP hilltop settlements. I examine the concomitant shifts in the local ecology and the economic organization of hilltop communities. Using a multi-scalar and methodologically diverse research design, incorporating ethnohistory, field survey, excavation and GIS, I examine …

The Use Of Theatre As A Collective Enterprise In Disseminating Literature To Children, R.J. Mohd Khir, S.T. Fernandez, S.R. Kassim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

Eagleville Times, Volume 8, Issue 5, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Examining The Neuroscience Evidence For Sensory-Driven Neuroplasticity: Implications For Sensory-Based Occupational Therapy For Children And Adolescents., Shelly J. Lane, Roseann C. Schaaf

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

When Ayres first presented the theory of sensory integration (SI), she grounded it in the neuroscience literature. Neuroplasticity was then, and is today, considered to be at the heart of this theory. This evidence-based review sought to critically examine the basic science literature to specifically identify evidence for the assumptions and tenets of Ayres' theory of SI. We reviewed literature between 1964 and 2005, within psychological, physiological, and biomedical areas, addressing neuroplasticity. The review focused on sensorimotor-based neuroplasticity; explored the data that addressed the links among sensory input, brain function, and behavior; and evaluated its relevance in terms of supporting …

Emerging Parasitic Infection Mimicking Functional Bowel Disease, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Mohammad Asim Beg, Z Abbas, Shagufta Naz,, Muhammad Islam, A. B. Khalid, Rustam Khan, Zubair Ahmad

Section of Gastroenterology

No abstract provided.

01. Ceticismo De Jacob Em Relação À Bíblia, Ao Dr. Sansão Libermann, Christian De Mare Cssp

Antologia Espiritana

No abstract provided.

09. Extratos Das Memórias Do P. Tisserant (Continuação), A Vocação Missionária De Francisco Libermann, Christian De Mare Cssp

Antologia Espiritana

No abstract provided.