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Review Of Beer And Revolution, By Tom Goyens, Carol A. Leibiger

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Liquid Bread, Edited By Wulf Schiefenhövel And Helen Macbeth, Carol A. Leibiger

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Functional Upgrading Through Research And Development In The Czech Automotive Industry, Petr Pavlinek, Jan Ženka, Pavla Žížalová

Geography and Geology Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Based on firm-level research and development (R&D) data, we evaluate the extent of functional upgrading in the Czech automotive industry between 1998 and 2008. The analysis draws on a unique database of 476 Czech-based automotive firms with 20 and more employees in the broadly defined automotive industry, a survey of 274 automotive firms and twenty-five in-depth company interviews. In addition to assessing changes in the extent of automotive R&D, we analyze the most important locational factors of automotive R&D in Czechia and its regional distribution in the country. We examine changes in the spatial concentration of automotive R&D between 1998 …

Physical Habitat And Social Conditions Across A Coral Reef Shape Spatial Patterns Of Intraspecific Behavioral Variation In A Demersal Fish, Meagan N. Schrandt, Kristin M. Hardy, Kaitlin M. Johnson, Sean C. Lema

Biological Sciences

As coral reef ecosystems decline in health worldwide, reef-associated fishes are being impacted by changes to their coral reef habitats. While previous studies have shown coral reef structure to affect the demography of reef fishes, changes in reef conditions may also impact the behavior of reef fishes as they cope with altered habitats. In this study, we examined spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation in the bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) across the fringing reefs of Curaçao (Caribbean Sea), and explored how this behavioral variation associated with physical and social conditions on the reef. Principal components analysis (PCA) condensed …

How (And What) Political Theorists Teach: Results Of A National Survey, Matthew J. Moore

Political Science

The article reports the results of a 2008 national survey of political theorists concerning what and how they teach. The results are based on 1,086 responses from professors at accredited, four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The responses include information about which thinkers are currently being taught, the status of non-Western political thought in political theory education, the relative degrees of implementation of various teaching methodologies, demographic information about the respondents, information about the kinds of texts theorists use to teach, and finally a ranking of undergraduate programs in terms of their strength in theory.

Engendering Agency: The Differentiated Impact Of Educational Initiatives In Zambia And India, Monisha Bajaj, M Pathmarajah

School of Education Faculty Research

Efforts to interrupt the reproduction of unequal gender relations in schools involve alternative practices and pedagogies intended to transform students’ notions of gender and gender relations. Beyond the protective environments where such educational initiatives take shape, however, students must rely on their own sense of agency to reenact newly developed gender roles, behaviors, and understandings. This article examines how human agency is differentially experienced and acted upon by boy and girl students responding to educational nongovernmental initiatives in Zambia and India. Two case studies are reviewed, offering evidence from participants in educational programs that seek to deliberately disrupt gender inequality, …

Implications Of Community Concordance For Assessing Stream Integrity At Three Nested Spatial Scales In Minnesota, U.S.A., Christine L. Dolph, David D. Huff, Christopher J. Chizinski, Bruce Vondracek

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

1. Fish and invertebrate assemblage data collected from 670 stream sites in Minnesota (U.S.A.) were used to calculate concordance across three nested spatial scales (statewide, ecoregion and catchment). Predictive taxa richness models, calibrated using the same data, were used to evaluate whether concordant communities exhibited similar trends in human-induced taxa loss across all three scales. Finally, we evaluated the strength of the relationship between selected environmental variables and the composition of both assemblages at all three spatial scales.

2. Significant concordance between fish and invertebrate communities occurred at the statewide scale as well as in six of seven ecoregions and …

Ua19 Championship Effort, Wku Athletics

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Athletics annual report for 2010-2011 includes information regarding student athletes and achievements in team and individual sports.

Reparations, Microfinance, And Gender: A Plan, With Strategies For Implementation, Anita Bernstein, Hans D. Siebel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

University Of Arkansas Catalog Of Studies, 2010-2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Undergraduate Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

Examination Of Factors Contributing To The Achievement Gap Of Native American Students In Select School Districts In Michigan, Thomas R. Harwood

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Most of the studies on student achievement gaps involve the Black-White achievement gap due to the availability of significant sample populations in order to draw scientific conclusions from the analysis of the student achievement data. However, there are few empirical quantitative studies that analyze a similar gap in achievement between the Native American student and their White cohort. Such studies have been limited due to a small and isolated Native American population in regions across the nation. In Michigan, less than 1% of the student population in the schools is Native American. This study identified 20 select school districts (both …

Berita Autumn 2011, Derek Heng

Berita

Chair’s Address... 2

Editor’s Foreword...3

Members’ Updates...4

Announcements...5

John A. Lent Prize...6

Islam, Corporatization and Economy in Southeast Asia...8

Singapore’s Democratic Opening? 2011 Elections...12

What is National Education in Singapore?...15

Researching the Colonial Ethnology of British Malaya & the Netherlands Indies...20

Virginia Commonwealth University Fall Commencement Program [2011], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Sci-Tech Book News Reviews, Susan Fingerman

Sci-Tech News

The following section consists of 100 book reviews selected from Sci-Tech Book News, reprinted with the permission of Book News Inc. This review journal is published four times a year, each issue reviewing over 2,000 new titles in the physical and biological sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer science, technology, and agriculture. For a sample issue and subscription information, contact Book News Inc. at 5739 NE Sumner Street, Portland, OR 97218. Phone: (503)281-9230; Fax: (503)287-4485; E-mail: [email protected].

Global Competitiveness Sub-Indices As Potential Determinants Of Basic Education Quality Across Different Countries, Dexter S. Ontoy, Roberto N. Padua

CNU Journal of Higher Education

Very recent research (Felipe and Porio, 2010) revealed no direct relationship between the lengths of basic education cycles and student performance in TIMSS (2007) science and mathematics tests. The TIMSS scores were impliedly used as proxy measures of quality for basic education. The present study is an in-depth analysis of the various socio-economic factors that directly bear on the quality of basic education outcomes using the sub-indices of the Global Economic Index (GCI) 2009 in view of the assertion that a mechanical addition of more years in basic education does not improve quality at that level. Results revealed that specific …

Current Status Of Lichen Diversity In Iowa, James T. Colbert

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Plant Species Vulnerability To Climate Change In Peninsular Thailand., Y. Trisuart, S. Fajendra, Roger K. Kjelgren

CWEL Publications

The objective of this research study was to evaluate the consequences of climate change on shifts in distributions of plant species and the vulnerability of the species in Peninsular Thailand. A sub-scene of the predicted climate in the year 2100, under the B2a scenario of the Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HadCM3), was extracted and calibrated with topographic variables. A machine learning algorithm based on the maximum entropy theory (Maxent) was employed to generate ecological niche models of 66 forest plant species from 22 families. The results of the study showed that altitude was a significant factor for calibrating …

Interprofessional Education About Patient Decision Support In Specialty Care, Mary Politi, Arwen H. Pieterse, Tracy Truant, Cornelia Borkhoff, Vikram Jha, Laura Kuhl, Jennifer Nicolai, Claudia Goss

Health Literacy and Communication Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Excerpts Of Directory, University Of South Florida, 2011, University Of South Florida

Excerpts of University Directories

The front cover and pages 134-141 of the 2011 University of South Florida directory. The pages include phone numbers for the St. Petersburg campus.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 11: Mexico’S Vietnam War? Soldier-To-Criminal Exchange Rates And Narco Battlefield Deaths In Context, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

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Mexican Cartel Operational Note No. 1: Mexican Military Operations Against Los Zetas Communications Networks, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

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Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 9: Why Does Napolitano Focus On Al Qaeda Lone Wolves And Ignore The Mexican Cartels?, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note No. 7: Los Zetas Three Vehicle (Suv) Commando Engages In Offensive Action In Northwest Harris County, Texas: Ensuing Fire Fight With Us Law Enforcement, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

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Mexican Cartel Tactical Note No. 5: Indications & Warning (I&W): Vbied Anti-Vehicular/Anti-Personnel Ambush Capability For Los Zetas [Assumed], Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note No. 4: Cartel Military Weapons Cache Discovered Near Fronton, Texas., David A. Kuhn, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 6: 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment: 40% Increase In Active Gang Members From 2009 To 1.4 Million, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note: Mexican Cartels (Transnational Criminal Organizations) Now Operating In Over 1,000 Us Cities; Up From 195 Us Cities, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note No. 2: Ambush/Targeted Killing Of Us Law Enforcement Officer (San Antonio, Texas), Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mexican Cartel Tactical Notes, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Criminal Insurgencies In Mexico: Web And Social Media Resources, Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The authors of this piece, individually, collectively, and in cooperation with other scholars and analysts, have written about the criminal insurgencies in Mexico and various themes related to them in Small Wars Journal and in many other publications for some years now. The Small Wars publications alone include "State of Siege: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency," "Plazas for Profit: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency," "Cartel v. Cartel: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency," "The Spiritual Significance of ¿Plata O Plomo?," "Explosive Escalation?: Reflections on the Car Bombing in Ciudad Juarez," and "The U.S. Strategic Imperative Must …