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Summary Of Previous And New Records Of The Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma Cragini) In Arkansas, B. K. Wagner, M. D. Kottmyer, M. E. Slay Jan 2011

Summary Of Previous And New Records Of The Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma Cragini) In Arkansas, B. K. Wagner, M. D. Kottmyer, M. E. Slay

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The Arkansas Darter, Etheostoma cragini, has an extremely limited distribution in Arkansas and is designated as a candidate for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act. It was first documented in the state in 1979 in Wilson Spring near Fayetteville. Between 1979 and 1985 it was collected in 4 additional headwater streams in Benton and Washington counties. A 1997 study documented the persistence of the species in 3 of the 5 historic streams, but 1 stream yielded only a single individual. A 2004-2005 study reassessed the status of the 5 historically known populations and searched broadly for new populations, documenting …

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Assessment And Characterization Of Physical Habitat, Water Quality, And Biotic Assemblages Of The Tyronza River, Arkansas, N. J. Wentz, N. D. Henderson, A. D. Christian Jan 2011

Assessment And Characterization Of Physical Habitat, Water Quality, And Biotic Assemblages Of The Tyronza River, Arkansas, N. J. Wentz, N. D. Henderson, A. D. Christian

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Few studies within the last few decades have addressed water quality and biotic assemblages within Arkansas’s large channel-altered deltaic rivers. The Tyronza River is located in northeast Arkansas and its watershed has a heavy agricultural presence that drastically affects habitat quality. Meanwhile, the Tyronza River hosts one of the more recent documented range extensions of the federally endangered fat pocketbook mussel [Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)]. The purpose of this study was to assess physical habitat, water quality, and biotic assemblages of the Tyronza River using the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) regional biometrics. Water samples were collected at 9 …

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Foraging Behavior Of Three Sympatric And Congeneric Tyrannid Flycatchers (Tyrannus Spp.) In Western Arkansas, R. Kannan, D. A. James Jan 2011

Foraging Behavior Of Three Sympatric And Congeneric Tyrannid Flycatchers (Tyrannus Spp.) In Western Arkansas, R. Kannan, D. A. James

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Caryospora Duszynskii (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) From The Speckled Kingsnake, Lampropeltis Holbrooki (Reptilia: Ophidia), In Arkansas, With A Summary Of Previousreports, Chris T. Mcallister, H. W. Robison, R. S. Seville, Z. P. Roehrs, S. E. Trauth Jan 2011

Caryospora Duszynskii (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) From The Speckled Kingsnake, Lampropeltis Holbrooki (Reptilia: Ophidia), In Arkansas, With A Summary Of Previousreports, Chris T. Mcallister, H. W. Robison, R. S. Seville, Z. P. Roehrs, S. E. Trauth

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Distribution, Conservation And Current Status Of The Little Brown Bat(Myotis Lucifugus) In Arkansas, D. Blake Sasse, D. A. Saugey, R. W. Perry Jan 2011

Distribution, Conservation And Current Status Of The Little Brown Bat(Myotis Lucifugus) In Arkansas, D. Blake Sasse, D. A. Saugey, R. W. Perry

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Missiological Imagination As A Pedagogical Tool: African And Asian Christians In Conversion, Benjamin Hartley Jan 2011

Missiological Imagination As A Pedagogical Tool: African And Asian Christians In Conversion, Benjamin Hartley

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

This article provides an example of how mission history may be utilized in imaginative ways to promote student reflection about missiology. The article first presents biographical portraits of three Christian leaders from Africa and Asia in the late eighteenth century with respect to three missiological themes (migration, empire, and theology of evangelism). The second section of the essay is a fictitious and imaginative conversation among these three historical characters and me, the author, where questions are posed concerning these same themes. The article concludes with pedagogical reflections on the use of a similar exercise with students.

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Funerary Iconography On An Infant Burial Jar From Ashkelon, Brian R. Doak, Kathleen Birney Jan 2011

Funerary Iconography On An Infant Burial Jar From Ashkelon, Brian R. Doak, Kathleen Birney

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

The 2007 season of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon unearthed a remarkable intramural infant jar burial, bearing roughly incised images on both sides. While a number of intramural infant burials have been recovered from late twelfth–eleventh century levels at the site, this jar is the first burial to reveal anything about the funerary beliefs and rituals that might be associated with such practices. The iconography itself is unique within the Philistine milieu, as well as within the broader context of Syro-Palestinian funerary imagery, instead echoing Egyptian funerary motifs. After a brief discussion of the jar and its archaeological context …

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Anthology Of American Literature - Tenth Edition, Volume Two, George Mcmichael, James S. Leonard, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, David Bradley, Dana D. Nelson, Joseph Csicsila Jan 2011

Anthology Of American Literature - Tenth Edition, Volume Two, George Mcmichael, James S. Leonard, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, David Bradley, Dana D. Nelson, Joseph Csicsila

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Table of Contents

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Characterization Of The Expression Of Bdnf And Cgrp And Their Regulatory Pathways In Dorsal Root Ganglion During Cystitis., Sharon Yu Jan 2011

Characterization Of The Expression Of Bdnf And Cgrp And Their Regulatory Pathways In Dorsal Root Ganglion During Cystitis., Sharon Yu

Theses and Dissertations

Interstitial cystitis is a chronic debilitating disease that causes pain and increased frequency of micturition, amongst other symptoms, without any identifiable cause. This disease affects a large number of the population, yet the etiology is still unknown. The present study aimed to characterize BDNF and CGRP—two neuropeptides that have both been proven to play an important role in the transmission of pain as well as in hypersensitivity. The signaling pathways regulating the expression of the two neuropeptides were also examined. Results revealed that BDNF protein expression levels increased in both L1 and L6 DRG following 48 hours post CYP-induced cystitis. …

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Gleaning Insight From Absence: Intelligence Tradecraft Lessons From Finding Bin Laden, John D. Deniston Jan 2011

Gleaning Insight From Absence: Intelligence Tradecraft Lessons From Finding Bin Laden, John D. Deniston

Australian Counter Terrorism Conference

Shortly after the May 2011 raid by American Special Forces that killed Osama Bin Laden, several of the fascinating clues that the Intelligence Community had used to unlock the puzzle of the Al Qaeda leader’s final whereabouts became public. While much analysis has focused on the centrality of surveillance of a trusted al Qaeda courier to narrow the bin Laden search, this paper offers attention to other compelling clues including the size and composition of bin Laden’s compound, its lack of internet or telephone service, and the peculiar behaviour of its occupants. On the basis of these leads, this paper …

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Bacterial Fermentation And The Missing Terroir Factor In Historic Cookery, Ken Albala Jan 2011

Bacterial Fermentation And The Missing Terroir Factor In Historic Cookery, Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Books and Book Chapters

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High Resolution Hybrid Mass Spectrometry For The Determination Of Marine Biotoxins, Azaspiracids, And Their Biotransformation Products., Zuzana Skrabakova Jan 2011

High Resolution Hybrid Mass Spectrometry For The Determination Of Marine Biotoxins, Azaspiracids, And Their Biotransformation Products., Zuzana Skrabakova

Theses

Azaspiracids (AZAs), polyether marine toxins, are produced by marine microalgae and accumulate in filter-feeding bivalve molluscs, such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops, while grazing on phytoplankton, from which they derive nutrition. Although being discovered quite recently, AZAs have caused several human intoxication events and thus became a problem for health authorities and shellfish industries. The rapid development of highly sensitive liquid chromatography multiple tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS, LC-MS") methods enabled the identification of numerous AZA analogues and added to the control of shellfish contamination. Tandem mass spectrometry techniques, while being highly selective and sensitive for determination of AZAs in …

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Purification, Characterisation And Applications Of A Cloned Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Lysin For The Control Of Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Including Mrsa, Mark Fenton Jan 2011

Purification, Characterisation And Applications Of A Cloned Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Lysin For The Control Of Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Including Mrsa, Mark Fenton

Theses

The work presented in this thesis focuses on the purification, characterisation and practical applications of an anti-staphylococcal lysin (LysK) and its single-domain truncated derivative (CHAPk) against pathogenic staphylococci including meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Both proteins were purified to greater than 90% homogeneity. Affinity chromatography was applied as the optimum method for LysK purification and ion-exchange chromatography was successfully applied to CHAPk. The lytic spectrum of LysK was investigated by zymogram analysis where the enzyme exhibited strong activity against a range of staphylococci regardless of their origin, sequence type (ST) or antibiotic resistant profile. This analysis …

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Stem Cells: Medical Applications And Issues Of Concern, Pakpoom Kheolamai Jan 2011

Stem Cells: Medical Applications And Issues Of Concern, Pakpoom Kheolamai

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

During the last decade, stem cells emerge as a potential alternative treatment for several degenerativediseases. Despite their ability to generate most specific cell types for cell replacement therapy and tissue engineering,the uses of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and adult stem cells in clinical applicationsare still limited. There are several problems that need to be addressed before stem cell treatment can be consideredfor practical applications. According to that, the carefully designed basic and clinical studies have to be performedto improve our understanding on basic biology and therapeutic potentials of stem cells, as well as the safety andlong-term …

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Dioxin Animal Feed Scare Shuts German Farms, Chongrak Polprasert, Rachnarin Nitisoravut Jan 2011

Dioxin Animal Feed Scare Shuts German Farms, Chongrak Polprasert, Rachnarin Nitisoravut

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

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The Evolution Of Bacteriophages E11/2 And E4/Lc For Control Of Verocytotxigenic E.Coli At Key Stages In The Beef Chain, Bríd Coffey Jan 2011

The Evolution Of Bacteriophages E11/2 And E4/Lc For Control Of Verocytotxigenic E.Coli At Key Stages In The Beef Chain, Bríd Coffey

Theses

The objective of this thesis was lo evaluate the potential of bactcriophages e4/1 c and cl 1/2 ns biocontrol agents for E. coli O157:H7. Initially, e4/lc and el 1/2 were subjected to high-throughput 454 sequencing. The data generated revealed that e4/I c (47,112 bp) is very similar to the lytic E. coli phages RTP and JK06. Interestingly, differences within the tail module led to the identification of a putative site of attachment to E. coli O157:H?. Comparative genomic analysis indicated that el 1/2 (168,470 bp) is a novel member of the T-even group, with high degrees of similarity to T4 …

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Virtual Prototype Modeling And Simulation Of Pipe Wagon Articulating System, Y. Li, Samuel Frimpong, W. Y. Liu Jan 2011

Virtual Prototype Modeling And Simulation Of Pipe Wagon Articulating System, Y. Li, Samuel Frimpong, W. Y. Liu

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Virtual prototype of pipe wagon articulating (PWA) system has been developed and simulated based on the kinematics and dynamics of machinery and Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems (ADAMS) software. It has been integrated with real-time three dimensional (3-D) system simulations for detailed and responsive interaction with dynamic virtual environments. By using this virtual model, the conceptual design examination and performance analysis of the PWA system have been realized dynamically in virtual laboratory. System dynamic force, displacement and tension of pipe have been measured through verifying this 3- D virtual prototype. By comparing the static tension and dynamic tension of …

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Justice In Her Infinite Variety: Mithi Mukherjee, India In The Shadows Of The Empire: A Legal And Political History 1774 – 1950 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010), Kalyani Ramnath Jan 2011

Justice In Her Infinite Variety: Mithi Mukherjee, India In The Shadows Of The Empire: A Legal And Political History 1774 – 1950 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010), Kalyani Ramnath

Socio-Legal Review

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Effects Of Block Predator Management On Duck And Pheasant Nest Success In Eastern South Dakota, Nicholas R. Docken Jan 2011

Effects Of Block Predator Management On Duck And Pheasant Nest Success In Eastern South Dakota, Nicholas R. Docken

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Nest success is the biggest limiting factor governing waterfowl production in the Prairie Pothole Region which supports greater than 50% of North America’s breeding duck population. Depredation by predators accounts for 80% or more of nest losses each year (Klett 1988). Township size block predator management (BPM) has been effective at increasing duck nest success in North Dakota and Canada, but no BPM work has been done in South Dakota. There has also been no research on the effects of BPM on pheasants. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of increasing duck and pheasant nest success …

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The Behavioral Economics Of Mergers And Acquisitions, Donald C. Langevoort Jan 2011

The Behavioral Economics Of Mergers And Acquisitions, Donald C. Langevoort

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Transactional Skills And Tasks Other Than Contract Drafting, W. David East, Douglas Wm. Godfrey, Carol D. Newman Jan 2011

Teaching Transactional Skills And Tasks Other Than Contract Drafting, W. David East, Douglas Wm. Godfrey, Carol D. Newman

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

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Growth Rate Biometric Quantification By X-Ray Microtomography On Larger Benthic Foraminifera: Three-Dimensional Measurements Push Nummulitids Into The Fourth Dimension, Antonino Briguglio, Brian Metscher, Johann Hohenegger Jan 2011

Growth Rate Biometric Quantification By X-Ray Microtomography On Larger Benthic Foraminifera: Three-Dimensional Measurements Push Nummulitids Into The Fourth Dimension, Antonino Briguglio, Brian Metscher, Johann Hohenegger

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This work demonstrates the potential of three-dimensional biometric quantification using microtomography on larger benthic foraminifera. We compare traditional linear and area measures used for calculating three-dimensional characters with actual 3D measurements made from volume images obtained using X-ray microtomography (microCT). Two specimens of recent larger benthic foraminifera, i.e., Palaeonummulites venosus and Operculina ammonoides, were imaged with a high-resolution microCT scanner. This method enables three-dimensional imaging and calculation of measurements like 3D distances, surfaces and volumes. The quantitative high-resolution images enabled the extraction of the lumina from the proloculus to the last complete scanned chamber and of the canal system spreading …

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A Fistful Of Headings: Name Authority Control For Video Recordings, Michelle Emanuel Jan 2011

A Fistful Of Headings: Name Authority Control For Video Recordings, Michelle Emanuel

Library Publications

Cheaper DVD prices and increased patron demand have led to more video recordings in library catalogs. With long lists of cast and crew, these catalog records are more detailed than many books. For institutions requiring authorized name headings, both personal and corporate, heavily detailed catalog records for video recordings can be burdensome. Not all libraries that contribute original cataloging records to utilities such as OCLC are authorized to create corresponding authority records. A recent survey asked a sample of catalog librarians of video recordings in different types of libraries about their viewpoints and workflows in the context of authority control.

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Finding Film Resources: Challenges Of Formats, Policies And Intranets, Michelle Emanuel Jan 2011

Finding Film Resources: Challenges Of Formats, Policies And Intranets, Michelle Emanuel

Library Publications

As interdisciplinary cultural studies programs become increasingly prevalent in North America, many humanities-trained scholars find themselves drawn to study film from a similar perspective. Finding source materials such as copies of canon films and appropriate scholarly resources is complicated by library lending policies that do not extend to media items, or foreign films with formats different from those collected by one’s institution. This article examines such problematic issues for patrons looking for films and includes personal experiences at several research institutions in both Los Angeles and Paris, with advice and insight for the potential researcher writing about film for academic …

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La Grande Mortalità: Florence And The Black Death, Rachel Podd Jan 2011

La Grande Mortalità: Florence And The Black Death, Rachel Podd

Undergraduate Student Research Awards

The epidemic which devastated Medieval Europe, known as the Black Death, struck particularly hard among urban populations, including the Italian city of Florence. A major center of art, religion, and politics, the city that existed after the plague abated in 1350 was far from the city of 1347. Through careful analysis of primary sources, chief among them Il Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and the Chronice of the Villani Brothers, the scholar can deduce several major trends caused by la grande mortalita. Deeper divisions developed between the rich and the poor, even as status symbols became less indicative of class. …

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The Vanishing Mexicana/O: (Dis)Locating The Native In Ruiz De Burton’S 'Who Would Have Thought It?' And 'The Squatter And The Don', Tereza M. Szeghi Jan 2011

The Vanishing Mexicana/O: (Dis)Locating The Native In Ruiz De Burton’S 'Who Would Have Thought It?' And 'The Squatter And The Don', Tereza M. Szeghi

English Faculty Publications

This article complements the existing body of Ruiz de Burton scholarship by providing the first sustained examination of her literary representations of American Indians in both Who Would Have Thought It? (1872) and The Squatter and the Don (1885), and by exploring how these representations serve her broader aims of social and political reform. American Indians’ presence in the novels, however marginal, and Ruiz de Burton’s rendering of them as savage, powerless, and justly shut out from the social and political life of the nation, are critical to the author’s aims. Accounting for the absence and strategic appearance of American …

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From Reading To Revering The Good Book, Or How The Word Became Fossil At The Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger Jan 2011

From Reading To Revering The Good Book, Or How The Word Became Fossil At The Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger

English Faculty Publications

Given the complexity of this sacred text and the intensity with which Protestants have sought to glean its truths from it, it is not surprising that Luther’s “dangerous idea” yielded countless splits, schisms, and sects. Whereas once there was the Church, Protestants dedication to reading the Scripture for themselves has brought an endless variety of theologies, practices, and fellowships with no end in sight. While every one of these groups claims (whether explicitly or implicitly) that they alone have the true word of God, none has been able to arrest the flow of interpretations. With everyone free to read the …

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Report On 16 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes Aura) Nests In Eastern Ohio, Scott Pendleton Jan 2011

Report On 16 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes Aura) Nests In Eastern Ohio, Scott Pendleton

Ohio Cardinal

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The Effects Of Artificial Floating Wetland Islands On Water Quality In A Eutrophic Lake, Alexandra S. Jangrell-Bratli Jan 2011

The Effects Of Artificial Floating Wetland Islands On Water Quality In A Eutrophic Lake, Alexandra S. Jangrell-Bratli

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

Artificial floating wetland islands are alternatives to traditional treatment wetlands in areas with limited shoreline. Artificial floating wetland island vegetation enhances water quality due to direct uptake of nutrients from the increased surface area available for microbial growth. Three artificial islands and two Pontederia tussocks were enclosed in an urban eutrophic lake in St. Petersburg, FL to determine the effects of artificial floating wetland islands on water quality for two months at the end of the growing season. Excess nutrients from anthropogenic input have decreased water quality in the lake which might affect Coffee Pot Bayou and Tampa Bay into …

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The Hanson Family Archives Of Fort Myers, Florida, Cynthia Marie Mott Jan 2011

The Hanson Family Archives Of Fort Myers, Florida, Cynthia Marie Mott

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

The Hanson Family Archives of Fort Myers, Florida offers a comprehensive overview and select examination of a privately owned, family collection of historical artifacts, currently held by the Woody Hanson family of Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. This collection spans five generations, generally from the 1880s through today, with subject matter being mostly Southwest Florida, its settlement, development, and the effects growth and modern progress had on South Florida Indians. The Collection contains thousands of extremely high-quality, black & white photographs, taken over a span of fifty years. The images cover every facet of regional growth, from waterways to architecture …

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