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High Species Density Patterns In Macrofaunal Invertebrate Communities In The Marine Benthos, John Oliver, Kamille Hammerstrom, Erika Mcphee-Shaw, Peter Slattery, James Oakden, Stacy Kim, S. Ian Hartwell Jan 2011

High Species Density Patterns In Macrofaunal Invertebrate Communities In The Marine Benthos, John Oliver, Kamille Hammerstrom, Erika Mcphee-Shaw, Peter Slattery, James Oakden, Stacy Kim, S. Ian Hartwell

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Species density of macrofaunal invertebrates living in marine soft sediments was highest at the shelf-slope break (100–150 m) in Monterey Bay (449 m-2). There were 337 species m-2 in the mid-shelf mud zone (80 m). There were fewer species along the slope: 205 m-2 from the lower slope (950-2000 m) and 335 m-2 on the upper slope (250-750 m). Species density was highest inside the bay (328-446 m-2) compared to outside (336-339 m-2), when examining samples at selected water depths (60-1000 m). There was little difference in local species density from …

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Defining Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Stocks Based On Environmental, Physical, And Behavioral Characteristics, Jacalyn L. Toth, Aleta A. Hohn, Kenneth W. Able, Antoinette M. Gorgone Jan 2011

Defining Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Stocks Based On Environmental, Physical, And Behavioral Characteristics, Jacalyn L. Toth, Aleta A. Hohn, Kenneth W. Able, Antoinette M. Gorgone

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

The population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, along the U.S. Atlantic coast has recently been redefined from one homogenous population into five coastal stocks. Local studies indicate even finer structure, primarily based on isolation of dolphins inhabiting estuaries.We identified population structuring of non-estuarine coastal bottlenose dolphins during a study in New Jersey, the northern range along the Atlantic Coast. Using photo-identification and distribution survey results, an analysis identified two major clusters of individuals significantly separated by five variables (distance from shoreline, group size, occurrence of the barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis, avoidance behavior, and individual coloration). Sightings assigned to …

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Inquiry: The University Of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal - Volume 12 - Fall 2011, Inquiry Editors Jan 2011

Inquiry: The University Of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal - Volume 12 - Fall 2011, Inquiry Editors

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

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Immigration And The Extreme Right: An Analysis Of Recent Voting Trends In Western Europe, Andrew Walchuk Jan 2011

Immigration And The Extreme Right: An Analysis Of Recent Voting Trends In Western Europe, Andrew Walchuk

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

Western European politics have been marked over the last couple of decades by a fierce debate about the place of Europe’s increasingly large immigrant population in society. Across the continent, far-right parties campaigning on nationalistic platforms opposing immigration have seen great electoral success. The debate is undoubtedly becoming more heated as more immigrants pour into the area, and these anti-immigrant parties seem to have established themselves in the political arena. Immigration does not appear to be slowing down at any point in the near future, so what is going to happen to these far-right parties as we move into the …

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Caveat Bibliotheca: The First Sale Doctrine And The Future Of Libraries After Omega V. Costco, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 414 (2011), Thomas J. Bacon Jan 2011

Caveat Bibliotheca: The First Sale Doctrine And The Future Of Libraries After Omega V. Costco, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 414 (2011), Thomas J. Bacon

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

Having discovered that several of its watches, which were manufactured in Europe, were imported into the United States and sold without authorization, Omega, S.A. ("Omega") commenced an action against Costco Wholesale Corp. in 2005. These watches are a typical example of what are referred to either as parallel imports or gray market goods. In finding for Omega, the Ninth Circuit held that the first sale doctrine does not apply to goods created or produced outside the United States. Such a rule, however, poses grave problems for libraries, in that circulation materials are not required to have a place of manufacture …

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Climate, Fire And Carbon: Tipping Points And Landscape Vulnerability In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Anthony L. Westerling, Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Michael G. Ryan Jan 2011

Climate, Fire And Carbon: Tipping Points And Landscape Vulnerability In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Anthony L. Westerling, Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Michael G. Ryan

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

More frequent fires under climate warming are likely to alter terrestrial carbon (C) stocks by reducing the amount of C stored in biomass and soil. However, the thresholds of fire frequency that could shift landscapes from C sinks to C sources under future climates and whether these are likely to be exceeded during the coming century are not known. We used the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) as a case study to explore the conditions under which future climate and fire regimes would result in tipping points of C source/sink dynamics. We asked: (1) How great a change in climate and …

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Laboratory Of Tree-Ring Research And School Of Natural Resources And The Environment, Thomas W. Swetnam, Donald Falk, Elaine K. Sutherland, Peter M. Brown, Timothy J. Brown Jan 2011

Laboratory Of Tree-Ring Research And School Of Natural Resources And The Environment, Thomas W. Swetnam, Donald Falk, Elaine K. Sutherland, Peter M. Brown, Timothy J. Brown

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

Understanding the role of climate variation in governing fire regimes remains one of the central needs in contemporary fire science and management. Ideally, this understanding should encompass both historical and current fire-climatology, and inform both basic science and ecosystem management. In this project, Fire and Climate Synthesis (FACS) we undertook a detailed synthesis of both paleofire and modern fire based on compilations of existing data sets. We also analyzed three major thematic pathways by which climate has impacted fire policy, including direct and indirect climate effects on fire policy. Paleofire. We assembled the largest and most comprehensive data set of …

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Plantation Land Management, Fires And Haze In Southeast Asia, H. Varkkey Jan 2011

Plantation Land Management, Fires And Haze In Southeast Asia, H. Varkkey

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Forest fires and its resulting haze has been a recurring transboundary environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This research paper shows the strong correlation between the opening of plantation land in Indonesia and Malaysia and fires that cause haze. It argues that commercial plantations contribute significantly more to open burning fires than small-scale slash-and-burn farmers. It shows that economic motivation and governmental encouragement has motivated commercial plantations, especially for oil palm, to open land on fire-prone peatland and old cropland, producing smoke that often travels across borders. This has contributed to and exacerbated the transboundary haze problem in the region. This …

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Taxonomy And Dna Sequence Databases: A Perfect Match?, J.J. Wilson Jan 2011

Taxonomy And Dna Sequence Databases: A Perfect Match?, J.J. Wilson

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

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The Influence Of Scuba Divers’ Personality, Experience,And Demographic Profile On Their Underwater Behavior, G. Musa, W.T. Seng, T. Thirumoorthy, M. Abessi Jan 2011

The Influence Of Scuba Divers’ Personality, Experience,And Demographic Profile On Their Underwater Behavior, G. Musa, W.T. Seng, T. Thirumoorthy, M. Abessi

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Scuba diving activity is known to cause detrimental impact on the marine environment and its sustainability. This study explores the influence of divers’ personality, experience, and demographic profile on their underwater behavior. Data were collected using convenience sampling among divers in Malaysia. A total of 302 questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The results show that divers are generally responsible underwater. Scuba diving experience parameters of duration of involvement, number of dives, self-rating experience, and diving frequency influence underwater behavior. Divers with high neuroticism are more likely to be irresponsible, while high agreeableness personality factor is related to more responsible behavior …

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Fuzzy-Assisted Social-Based Routing For Urban Vehicular Environments, R. Hafeez Khokhar, R. Md Noor, K. Zrar Ghafoor, C.H. Ke, M.A. Ngadi Jan 2011

Fuzzy-Assisted Social-Based Routing For Urban Vehicular Environments, R. Hafeez Khokhar, R. Md Noor, K. Zrar Ghafoor, C.H. Ke, M.A. Ngadi

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

In the autonomous environment of Vehicular Ad hoc NETwork (VANET), vehicles randomly move with high speed and rely on each other for successful data transmission process. The routing can be difficult or impossible to predict in such intermittent vehicles connectivity and highly dynamic topology. The existing routing solutions do not consider the knowledge that behaviour patterns exist in real-time urban vehicular networks. In this article, we propose a fuzzy-assisted social-based routing (FAST) protocol that takes the advantage of social behaviour of humans on the road to make optimal and secure routing decisions. FAST uses prior global knowledge of real-time vehicular …

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Factors Associated With High Prevalence Of Intestinal Protozoan Infections Among Patients In Sana'a City, Yemen, Naelah A. Alyousefi, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Rohela Mahmud, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim Jan 2011

Factors Associated With High Prevalence Of Intestinal Protozoan Infections Among Patients In Sana'a City, Yemen, Naelah A. Alyousefi, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Rohela Mahmud, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

BACKGROUND: Intestinal protozoan diseases in Yemen are a significant health problem with prevalence ranging from 18 to 27. The present study is a cross-sectional study aimed at determining the factors associated with the high prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among patients seeking health care in Sana'a City, the capital of Yemen. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Stool samples were collected from 503 patients aged between 1 and 80 years old; 219 were males and 284 females. Biodata were collected via pretested standard questionnaire. Faecal samples were processed and examined for (oo)cysts or ova using a wet mount preparation after formal-ether concentration technique. Cryptosporidium …

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Common Data Set, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University Jan 2011

Common Data Set, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Common data set

No abstract provided.

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Caenorhabditis Briggsae Recombinant Inbred Line Genotypes Reveal Inter-Strain Incompatibility And The Rvolution Of Recombination, Joseph A. Ross, Daniel C. Koboldt, Julia E. Staisch, Helen M. Chamberlin, Bhagwati P. Gupta, Raymond D. Miller, Scott E. Baird, Eric S. Haag Jan 2011

Caenorhabditis Briggsae Recombinant Inbred Line Genotypes Reveal Inter-Strain Incompatibility And The Rvolution Of Recombination, Joseph A. Ross, Daniel C. Koboldt, Julia E. Staisch, Helen M. Chamberlin, Bhagwati P. Gupta, Raymond D. Miller, Scott E. Baird, Eric S. Haag

Open Access Publications

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In The Garden Jan 2011

In The Garden

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: Publications

January is a quiet month. Christmas things are packed away, the hustle of gatherings has slowed down and the pace of the new year has not yet begun. It’s time to read. Michael Pollan describes writing and gardening as “two ways of rendering the world in rows.” Both have a wonderful way of resolving things, of putting things right. Naturalist Ann Zwinger says she writes with the hope that her words will be “witnesses to grace and coherence.” And witnesses they are.

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Human Rights Education: Ideology, Location, And Approaches, Monisha Bajaj Jan 2011

Human Rights Education: Ideology, Location, And Approaches, Monisha Bajaj

School of Education Faculty Research

As human rights education (HRE) becomes a more common feature of international policy discussions, national textbook reform, and post-conflict educational strategies, greater clarity about what HRE is, does, and means is needed. This article reviews existing definitions and models of HRE, and argues that ideology—as much as location or other variables—offers a means of schematizing varying approaches to HRE. This article reviews models organized around principles of global citizenship, coexistence, and transformative action in the context of one nation-state (India), and suggests that the mutability and adaptability of human rights education are its strength.

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2011 American Incentive System Almanac, Don P. Diffine Ph.D. Jan 2011

2011 American Incentive System Almanac, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Monographs

No abstract provided.

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Cuba Dependency And Development, Carlos A. Iglesias Garcia Jan 2011

Cuba Dependency And Development, Carlos A. Iglesias Garcia

Theses & ETDs

This thesis portrays the economic pattern of Cuba and exposes how the socialist model failed to improve the economic outcome of the island. The question is whether or not the socialist model works on how to bring the economy of a country like Cuba to a higher level of development, or at least to take the country away from underdevelopment. Dependency theory addresses some of the issues that these underdeveloped Latin American nations face. The dependency on capital and technology reinforce the patterns of underdevelopment regardless of the economic model. History and statistical data from before and after the revolution …

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Mind And Heart 2011, Whitworth University Jan 2011

Mind And Heart 2011, Whitworth University

Mind and Heart Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Joint Force Quarterly 60 (1st Quarter, January 2011), National Defense University Press Jan 2011

Joint Force Quarterly 60 (1st Quarter, January 2011), National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly ARCHIVES

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University Work Plan : 2011 Update, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg., University Of South Florida. System. Jan 2011

University Work Plan : 2011 Update, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg., University Of South Florida. System.

Statewide Governing Boards: Reports and Planning Documents

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Review Of Fur, Fortune, And Empire: The Epic History Of The Fur Trade In America, Claiborne A. Skinner Jr. Jan 2011

Review Of Fur, Fortune, And Empire: The Epic History Of The Fur Trade In America, Claiborne A. Skinner Jr.

Faculty Publications & Research

Eric J. Dolin’s Fur, Fortune, and Empire is a concise, engaging, and remarkably comprehensive survey of the American fur trade. Though aimed at a general readership, the author presents a broad-ranging, sophisticated story of the commerce, supported by nearly a hundred pages of citations. The author says that the inspiration for the book came from a passage in James Truslow Adams’s The Founding of New England: “The Bible and the Beaver were the two mainstays of the Plymouth Colony in its early years.” He knew something about Pilgrims and something about the fur trade, but nothing of the Pilgrim fur …

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Ic107: Cancer Facts: Rural Poor, Intercultural Cancer Council Jan 2011

Ic107: Cancer Facts: Rural Poor, Intercultural Cancer Council

Informational and Promotional Materials

The fact sheet summarizes cancer facts related to the Rural Poor population. The document is organized into seven sections: Who We Are, Causes/Etiology, Patient/Provider Communication, Screening, Disparities, Outcomes, and References. See more at Intercultural Cancer Council Records.

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Fostering Regionalism: Comment On "The Promise And Perils Of 'New Regionalist' Approaches To Sustainable Communities", Nestor M. Davidson Jan 2011

Fostering Regionalism: Comment On "The Promise And Perils Of 'New Regionalist' Approaches To Sustainable Communities", Nestor M. Davidson

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This brief comment, written in response to Professor Lisa Alexander's, "The Promise and Perils of 'New Regionalist' Approaches to Sustainable Communities," reviews Professor Alexander's assessment of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. This comment suggests that although the ability to approach regionalism from a national perspective does not ensure that local power dynamics will not be replicated, the distance and independence that the federal perspective provides may in fact be a cause for optimism, particularly for those marginalized at the local level.

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From Sounds Bites To Sound Policy: Reclaiming The High Ground In Criminal Justice Policy-Making, Anthony C. Thompson Jan 2011

From Sounds Bites To Sound Policy: Reclaiming The High Ground In Criminal Justice Policy-Making, Anthony C. Thompson

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In this article, the author contemplates the way the criminal justice system is portrayed in the media and suggests how the media's emphasis on "sound bites" - which makes it difficult to separate fact from hype - has had significant policy ramifications. The author makes a point of exploring the many ways that conceptions of crime are formed and influenced, as well as how the media has shaped legislation. In the author's opinion, in order to curb the excessive influence of most mainstream representations of the criminal justice system, there must be some mechanism for oversight of both the media …

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School Discipline Of Cyber-Bullies: A Proposed Threshold That Respects Constitutional Rights, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 85 (2011), Laura Pavlik Raatjes Jan 2011

School Discipline Of Cyber-Bullies: A Proposed Threshold That Respects Constitutional Rights, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 85 (2011), Laura Pavlik Raatjes

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Of Benedick And Beatrice: Citizens United And The Reign Of The Laggard Court, Justin J. Wert, Ronald Keith Gaddie, Charles S. Bullock Iii Jan 2011

Of Benedick And Beatrice: Citizens United And The Reign Of The Laggard Court, Justin J. Wert, Ronald Keith Gaddie, Charles S. Bullock Iii

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

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Why Are We Doing This? Teaching Literacy Outside Of The English Classroom, Emily Robinson Jan 2011

Why Are We Doing This? Teaching Literacy Outside Of The English Classroom, Emily Robinson

The Utah English Journal

In assigning class work that involves the written word, I often find myself being presented with the ever-pressing question of middle school students: “Why do we have to do this? This isn’t English class!” And so I must ask myself the same question. Why bother with something that isn’t explicitly stated in the core curriculum for my subject area? As a student at Brigham Young University, more than one professor taught me that every teacher is a literacy teacher. I am now a social studies teacher who loves literacy.

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Grammar With Santiagos, Noel Sloboda Jan 2011

Grammar With Santiagos, Noel Sloboda

The Utah English Journal

No abstract provided.

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Industrial Evolution: A Comparative Case Study Of The Transformation Fron Industry To Leisure In The Ports Of San Francisco And Oakland, California., Annie Fulton Jan 2011

Industrial Evolution: A Comparative Case Study Of The Transformation Fron Industry To Leisure In The Ports Of San Francisco And Oakland, California., Annie Fulton

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

This case study examined two waterfront sites on the San Francisco Bay – The Piers in San Francisco and Jack London Square in Oakland. The Piers, actually consisting of Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5, was formerly the point of entry for immigrants to the city and today is home to offices and restaurant space. Jack London Square, which covers four city blocks, is a project whose aim is to revitalize an industrial shipping port and warehousing district. Today, it is about halfway through its phased development schedule. Multiple techniques were used to investigate the process by which these two …

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