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An Alphataxonomic Revision Of Extinct And Extant Razorbills (Aves, Alcidae): A Combined Morphometric And Phylogenetic Approach, N. Adam Smith, Julia A. Clarke Jan 2011

An Alphataxonomic Revision Of Extinct And Extant Razorbills (Aves, Alcidae): A Combined Morphometric And Phylogenetic Approach, N. Adam Smith, Julia A. Clarke

Ornithological Monographs

Alca (Aves, Alcidae) has a comparatively rich fossil record with respect to other Charadriiformes, consisting of thousands of specimens. Despite the abundance of fossil material, species richness in this clade has remained poorly understood, primarily because of the paucity of associated specimens. To address this issue, a combined morphometric and apomorphy- based method was developed that would allow referral of fragmentary and isolated specimens, which constitute ~97% of the Alca fossil record. Measurements of multiple variables from >2,000 Alca fossils were categorized by hierarchical cluster analysis and resulted in the recognition of "species clusters." Discriminant function analysis was used to …

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A Multivariate Stochastic Hybrid Model With Switching Coefficients And Jumps: Solution And Distribution, D. P. Siu, G. S. Ladde Jan 2011

A Multivariate Stochastic Hybrid Model With Switching Coefficients And Jumps: Solution And Distribution, D. P. Siu, G. S. Ladde

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

In this work, a class of multidimensional stochastic hybrid dynamic models is studied. The system under investigation is a first-order linear nonhomogeneous system of Itô-Doob type stochastic differential equations with switching coefficients. The switching of the system is governed by a discrete dynamic which is monitored by a non-homogeneous Poisson process. Closed-form solutions of the systems are obtained. Furthermore, the major part of the work is devoted to finding closed-form probability density functions of the solution processes of linear homogeneous and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type systems with jumps.

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Mixed-Species Foraging Aggregation Of Kites In The Nesting Season, Bradley J. Bergstrom, Marvin T. Smith Jan 2011

Mixed-Species Foraging Aggregation Of Kites In The Nesting Season, Bradley J. Bergstrom, Marvin T. Smith

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Tidal Marsh Sparrows, Ken Blankenship Jan 2011

Tidal Marsh Sparrows, Ken Blankenship

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If You Build Them, They Will Come: Nest Boxes Increase Eastern Bluebird Recruitment Within A Site In Northwest Georgia, Renee E. Carleton, Hannah Pruett Jan 2011

If You Build Them, They Will Come: Nest Boxes Increase Eastern Bluebird Recruitment Within A Site In Northwest Georgia, Renee E. Carleton, Hannah Pruett

Oriole

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Juvenile Purple Gallinules In Bibb County, Paul Johnson Jan 2011

Juvenile Purple Gallinules In Bibb County, Paul Johnson

Oriole

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Proceedings Of The 2011 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26-29, 2011 Usgs Karst Interest Group Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031, Eve L. Kuniansky Jan 2011

Proceedings Of The 2011 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26-29, 2011 Usgs Karst Interest Group Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031, Eve L. Kuniansky

KIP Talks and Conferences

Contents: Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Agenda U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group and University of Arkansas Hydro Days Workshops. SpeleogenesisPaleokarst of the USA: A Brief Review / Arthur N. Palmer and Margaret V. Palmer. Karst in coastal Zones: Influence of Tides and Salinity on the Discharge at the Coastal Spring Creek Springs Group and the Connection to Discharge at the Inland Wakulla Springs, Wakulla County, Florida / J. Hal Davis and Richard J. Verdi -- Revised Hydrogeologic Framework for the Floridan Aquifer System in the Northern Coastal Areas of Georgia and Parts of South Carolina / Harold E. Gill and …

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Biological Assessment Barton Springs Bypass And Dam Repairs Austin, Texas Jan 2011

Biological Assessment Barton Springs Bypass And Dam Repairs Austin, Texas

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

The City of Austin is proposing to undertake two projects in Barton Springs Pool: repair of the concrete bypass culvert along the northwest bank of the Pool and minor repairs to the downstream dam. The City holds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 10(a) permits (10(a)1(A) #TE833851-2 and 10(a)1(B) #PRT-839031) in conjunction with a Habitat Conservation Plan for protection of the endangered Eurycea sosorum, the Barton Springs Salamander. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has informally determined that these permits are also protective of candidate species Eurycea waterlooensis, the Austin Blind Salamander, because it inhabits the same springs as E. sosorum. …

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Biospeologica Bibliographia Publications 2010-2, Jean-Pierre Besson, Bernard Lebreton Jan 2011

Biospeologica Bibliographia Publications 2010-2, Jean-Pierre Besson, Bernard Lebreton

KIP Articles

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Dramatic Immediacy And Imaginative Distortion In Robert Olen Butler's "Anne Boleyn," Severance, Alice Clark Jan 2011

Dramatic Immediacy And Imaginative Distortion In Robert Olen Butler's "Anne Boleyn," Severance, Alice Clark

Short Story

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A Decade Of Research Exploring Biology And Communication, Justin P. Boren, Alice E. Veksler Jan 2011

A Decade Of Research Exploring Biology And Communication, Justin P. Boren, Alice E. Veksler

Communication

The study of communication has come a long way since Aristotle's conceptualization of persuasion in Rhetoric from the 4th century B.C. Today, scholars conceptualize communication in much more comprehensive ways than did those Greek Aristotelian philosophers. Still, much of the discipline of communication focuses on the way that messages have an impact on individuals or societies. Since the late 1970s a small group of communication scholars, greatly influenced by their peers in other social-science disciplines (i.e., psychology) began to direct their attention to the way that communication influences and is influenced by processes in the human body. During the early …

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Prevalence Of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men And Injecting Drug Users And Validation Of Audio Computer-Assisted Self Interview (Acasi) Technique In Abuja, Lagos, And Ibadan, Nigeria: Report Fact Sheet, Enhancing Nigeria's Hiv/Aids Response (Enr) Programme Jan 2011

Prevalence Of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men And Injecting Drug Users And Validation Of Audio Computer-Assisted Self Interview (Acasi) Technique In Abuja, Lagos, And Ibadan, Nigeria: Report Fact Sheet, Enhancing Nigeria's Hiv/Aids Response (Enr) Programme

HIV and AIDS

Most-at-risk populations (MARPS), including men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs), represent only 1 percent of Nigeria’s population yet account for 38 percent of new HIV infections. Despite their elevated risk, MSM and IDUs are less likely than the general population to access HIV prevention and sexual health services because of stigmatization. There is a dearth of data on prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among MSM and IDUs because their behaviors make them difficult to be reached programmatically and engaged in research. While the need for HIV and STI prevalence data is …

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Book Review: Transforming Law’S Family: The Legal Recognition Of Planned Lesbian Motherhood By Fiona Kelly, Shelley A.M. Gavigan Jan 2011

Book Review: Transforming Law’S Family: The Legal Recognition Of Planned Lesbian Motherhood By Fiona Kelly, Shelley A.M. Gavigan

Canadian Journal of Family Law

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“Putting The Child First”: A Necessary Step In The Recognition Of The Right To Identity, Michelle Giroux, Mariana De Lorenzi Jan 2011

“Putting The Child First”: A Necessary Step In The Recognition Of The Right To Identity, Michelle Giroux, Mariana De Lorenzi

Canadian Journal of Family Law

In recent years, the number of nations which have banned the anonymous character of gamete donations has increased, including nations that once strongly supported such a position. This shift in national legislative policy worldwide has aided a growing recognition of the right to know one's origins in international law and gives a wider effect to this fundamental right. In Canada, while there has been discussion about the importance of the right to know one's biological origins, this right has not been universally guaranteed through legislation, either to adoptees or to the donor-conceived. This article refers mostly to Québec legislation, but …

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Introducing The Next Class Of Bastard: An Assessment Of The Definitional Implications Of The Succession Law Reform Act For After-Born Children, Courtney Retter Jan 2011

Introducing The Next Class Of Bastard: An Assessment Of The Definitional Implications Of The Succession Law Reform Act For After-Born Children, Courtney Retter

Canadian Journal of Family Law

After-born children are anachronistic aberrations. Defying any commonsense notion of procreation, an after-born child is conceived after the death of its parent. While a remarkable feat for reproductive medical science, posthumously conceived children push the boundaries of existing laws, creating problems previous generations of lawmakers did not need to consider. This article examines the challenges posed by after-born children in the area of intestate succession law. More specifically, using the province of Ontario as a case study, this article argues that the definitions of "child" and "issue" in the Succession Law Reform Act ["SLRA"] subject after-born children to …

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Donor Unknown: Assessing The Section 15 Rights Of Donor-Conceived Offspring, Vanessa Gruben, Daphne Gilbert Jan 2011

Donor Unknown: Assessing The Section 15 Rights Of Donor-Conceived Offspring, Vanessa Gruben, Daphne Gilbert

Canadian Journal of Family Law

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International Intellectual Property Law, Susan Brushaber, Robin S. Fahlberg, Henry Blanco White, Daniel Marugg, Stephen W. Feierabend, Carolina Keller Jupitz, Paul Jones, Mariano Municoy, Bruce Mcdonald, Matt Hofmeister, Navine Karim, Carl Kestens, Melvyn J. Simburg, David Taylor, Michelle Wynne Jan 2011

International Intellectual Property Law, Susan Brushaber, Robin S. Fahlberg, Henry Blanco White, Daniel Marugg, Stephen W. Feierabend, Carolina Keller Jupitz, Paul Jones, Mariano Municoy, Bruce Mcdonald, Matt Hofmeister, Navine Karim, Carl Kestens, Melvyn J. Simburg, David Taylor, Michelle Wynne

The International Lawyer

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Santiago As Matamoros: Race, Class, And Limpieza De Sangre In A Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript, Rebecca C. Quinn Jan 2011

Santiago As Matamoros: Race, Class, And Limpieza De Sangre In A Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript, Rebecca C. Quinn

The Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award

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The New Equal Protection, Kenji Yoshino Jan 2011

The New Equal Protection, Kenji Yoshino

Faculty Articles

Over the past decades, the Court has systematically denied constitutional protection to new groups, curtailed it for already covered groups, and limited Congress’s capacity to protect groups through civil rights legislation. The Court has repeatedly justified these limitations by adverting to pluralism anxiety. These cases signal the end of equality doctrine as we have known it. The end of traditional equality jurisprudence, however, should not be conflated with the end of protection for subordinated groups. The Court’s commitment to civil rights has not been pressed out, but rather over to collateral doctrines. Most notably, the Court has moved away from …

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From Bilski Back To Benson: Preemption, Inventing Around, And The Case Of Genetic Diagnostics, Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, James P. Evans Jan 2011

From Bilski Back To Benson: Preemption, Inventing Around, And The Case Of Genetic Diagnostics, Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, James P. Evans

Faculty Articles

The long-anticipated decision in Bilski v. Kappos was supposed to end uncertainty regarding the patentability of process claims (or, at the least, business method claims). Instead, the opinion featured a series of anomalies: The Court emphasized strict construction of the Patent Act, but acknowledged three judgemade exceptions to patentability. It disapproved State Street, the Federal Circuit case that had upheld business method patents, but could muster only four votes for the proposition that business methods are in fact unpatentable. But even though the Court upheld business method patents, it invalidated all of Bilski's hedging claims. And while the Justices agreed …

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Critical What What?, Devon W. Carbado Jan 2011

Critical What What?, Devon W. Carbado

Faculty Articles

More than twenty years after the establishment of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a self consciously defined intellectual movement, defining oneself as a Critical Race Theorist can still engender the question: critical what what? When asked, the inquiry is not just about the appellation, though this is certainly part of what engenders the question. The query is about the whatness (or, less charitably, the “there, there”) of CRT as well. What is the genesis of CRT? What are the core ideas? What are its goals and aspirations? What intellectual work does the theory perform outside of legal discourse? What are …

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On The Road To Recognition: Irish Travellers’ Quest For Ethnic Identity, Kami Kruckenberg Jan 2011

On The Road To Recognition: Irish Travellers’ Quest For Ethnic Identity, Kami Kruckenberg

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

This paper explores and defends Irish Travellers’ efforts to push the Republic of Ireland to recognize them as an ethnic minority group under law. Irish Travellers are a small indigenous minority group who have lived primarily in Ireland for centuries. They rank at the bottom of Irish society in rates of poverty, unemployment, life expectancy, infant mortality, health, education levels, political representation and access, and living conditions. Much like the Roma, with whom they share a nomadic tradition, Irish Travellers are in the midst of a movement to improve living conditions, fight widespread discrimination, and gain recognition as an ethnic …

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The Analytic Aposteriori And A New Understanding Of Substantive Due Process That Is Exhibited In The Lived Experiences Of Those Seeking To Marry Someone Of The Same Sex, Vincent J. Samar Jan 2011

The Analytic Aposteriori And A New Understanding Of Substantive Due Process That Is Exhibited In The Lived Experiences Of Those Seeking To Marry Someone Of The Same Sex, Vincent J. Samar

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The Theoretical Constitutional Shape (And Shaping) Of American National Security Law, Robert F. Blomquist Jan 2011

The Theoretical Constitutional Shape (And Shaping) Of American National Security Law, Robert F. Blomquist

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

In order to fathom the theoretical shape of the American national security constitutional system, and to appreciate how that system should be shaped in the future, it is vital to conceptualize the legal field of American national security law as the interaction of four constitutive dimensions. Initially the factual context involves two overarching general concerns: first, the maintenance of the Nation’s strategic advantage over challengers, competitors, and threats to America’s future; and second, the remarkable strategic responsibility of presidents of the United States to deftly shift from one serious, potentially catastrophic, crisis to the next. The second dimension is the …

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Making Health Markets Work Better Through Targeted Doses Of Competition, Regulation, And Collaboration, Len M. Nichols Jan 2011

Making Health Markets Work Better Through Targeted Doses Of Competition, Regulation, And Collaboration, Len M. Nichols

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Polyethylenimine-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles: Gene Transfer Potential And Low Toxicity In The Cornea, Ajay Sharma, Ashish Tandon, Jonathan C. K. Tovey, Rangan Gupta, J. David Robertson, Jennifer A. Fortune, Alexander M. Klibanov, John W. Cowden, Frank G. Rieger, Rajiv R. Mohan Jan 2011

Polyethylenimine-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles: Gene Transfer Potential And Low Toxicity In The Cornea, Ajay Sharma, Ashish Tandon, Jonathan C. K. Tovey, Rangan Gupta, J. David Robertson, Jennifer A. Fortune, Alexander M. Klibanov, John W. Cowden, Frank G. Rieger, Rajiv R. Mohan

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

This study examined the gene transfer efficiency and toxicity of 2-kDa polyethylenimine conjugated to gold nanoparticles (PEI2-GNP) in the human cornea in vitro and rabbit cornea in vivo. PEI2-GNP with nitrogen-to-phosphorus (N/P) ratios of up to 180 exhibited significant transgene delivery in the human cornea without altering the viability or phenotype of these cells. Similarly, PEI2-GNP applied to corneal tissues collected after 12 h, 72 h, or 7 days exhibited appreciable gold uptake throughout the rabbit stroma with gradual clearance of GNP over time. Transmission electron microscopy detected GNP in the keratocytes and the extracellular matrix of the rabbit corneas. …

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Lakes As Buffers Of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter (Dom) Variability: Temporal Patterns Of Dom Characteristics In Mountain Stream-Lake Systems, K. J. Goodman, Michelle A. Baker, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Jan 2011

Lakes As Buffers Of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter (Dom) Variability: Temporal Patterns Of Dom Characteristics In Mountain Stream-Lake Systems, K. J. Goodman, Michelle A. Baker, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Lakes within fluvial networks may affect dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics in streams by dampening spring DOM snowmelt flushing responses and/or by increasing summer DOM production. We assessed the temporal variability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and DOM characteristics (specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA254); DOC:dissolved organic nitrogen (DOC:DON)), as well as DOC export in seven paired lake inflows and outflows in the Sawtooth Mountain lake district, Idaho. We hypothesized that lakes would decrease stream DOM temporal variability and increase DOM export as a result of autotrophic production. We correlated DOM variability with landscape factors to evaluate potential drivers of DOM …

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Health Literacy Dallas, Matthew C. Gayer, Mary C. Corey, Austin Prentice, Michael G. Hammack, Stephen T. Armstrong, Vanessa Mavec, Patrick Probst, Vincent J. Rossi Jan 2011

Health Literacy Dallas, Matthew C. Gayer, Mary C. Corey, Austin Prentice, Michael G. Hammack, Stephen T. Armstrong, Vanessa Mavec, Patrick Probst, Vincent J. Rossi

Big iDeas 2011 Proposals

Health literacy is a major issue in American health. Health literacy pertains to how patients obtain, understand, and use health information, as well as how medical professionals communicate medical information to their patients and the public. The economic costs of health literacy are conservatively estimated at over $70 billion annually in the United States. With recent alterations to the JCAHO standards, as well as pressure from new medical reimbursement legislation, the economics of health communication are only increasing in importance. More importantly though, is the human impact health literacy issues have on Americans. One in seven Americans struggle t read …

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First And Second Majors In Baccalaureate Programs (Spring Semester Counts) Durham And Manchester Degree Candidates Ten Years, 2002-2011, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2011

First And Second Majors In Baccalaureate Programs (Spring Semester Counts) Durham And Manchester Degree Candidates Ten Years, 2002-2011, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2010-2011 academic year

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Exploring Possible Factors Contributing To The Onset Of Osgood Schlatter Disease, Justin Pruitt Jan 2011

Exploring Possible Factors Contributing To The Onset Of Osgood Schlatter Disease, Justin Pruitt

Theses

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