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Phytotoxicity Of Antofine From Invasive Swallow-Worts, Donna M. Gibson, Stuart B. Krasnoff, Jeromy Biazzo, Lindsey Milbrath Jan 2011

Phytotoxicity Of Antofine From Invasive Swallow-Worts, Donna M. Gibson, Stuart B. Krasnoff, Jeromy Biazzo, Lindsey Milbrath

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum) and black swallow-wort (V. nigrum) are two emerging invasive plant species in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada that have shown rapid population expansion over the past 20 years. Using bioassay-guided fractionation, the known phytochemical phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, (−)-antofine, was identified as a potent phytotoxin in roots, leaves, and seeds of both swallow-wort species. In seedling bioassays, (−)-antofine, at μM concentrations, resulted in greatly reduced root growth of Asclepias tuberosa, A. syriaca, and Apocynum cannabinum, three related, native plant species typically found in habitats where large stands of swallow-wort …

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Molecular Mapping Of The Rust Resistance Gene R4 To A Large Nbs-Lrr Cluster On Linkage Group 13 Of Sunflower, L. L. Qi, B. S. Hulke, B. A. Vick, T. J. Gulya Jan 2011

Molecular Mapping Of The Rust Resistance Gene R4 To A Large Nbs-Lrr Cluster On Linkage Group 13 Of Sunflower, L. L. Qi, B. S. Hulke, B. A. Vick, T. J. Gulya

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Rust is a serious fungal disease in the sunflower growing areas worldwide with increasing importance in North America in recent years. Several genes conferring resistance to rust have been identified in sunflower, but few of them have been genetically mapped and linked to molecular markers. The rust resistance gene R4 in the germplasm line HA-R3 was derived from an Argentinean open-pollinated variety and is still one of most effective genes. The objectives of this study were to determine the chromosome location of the R4 gene and the allelic relationship of R4 with the Radv rust resistance …

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A Lidar‐Derived Evaluation Of Watershed‐Scale Large Woody Debris Sources And Recruitment Mechanisms: Coastal Maine, Usa, A. Kasprak, F. J. Magilligan, K. H. Nislow, N. P. Snyder Jan 2011

A Lidar‐Derived Evaluation Of Watershed‐Scale Large Woody Debris Sources And Recruitment Mechanisms: Coastal Maine, Usa, A. Kasprak, F. J. Magilligan, K. H. Nislow, N. P. Snyder

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

In‐channel large woody debris (LWD) promotes quality aquatic habitat through sediment sorting, pool scouring and in‐stream nutrient retention and transport. LWD recruitment occurs by numerous ecological and geomorphic mechanisms including channel migration, mass wasting and natural tree fall, yet LWD sourcing on the watershed scale remains poorly constrained. We developed a rapid and spatially extensive method for using light detection and ranging data to do the following: (i) estimate tree height and recruitable tree abundance throughout a watershed; (ii) determine the likelihood for the stream to recruit channel‐spanning trees at reach scales and assess whether mass wasting or channel migration …

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Alternative Methods And Strategies To Reduce, Refine, And Replace Animal Use For Veterinary Vaccine Post-Licensing Safety Testing: State Of The Science And Future Directions, Jodie Kulpa-Eddy, Geetha Srinivas, Marlies Halder, Karen Brown, Hans Draayer, Jeffrey Galvin, Ivo Claassen, Glen Gifford, Ralph Woodland, Vivian Doelling, Brett Jones, William S. Stokes Jan 2011

Alternative Methods And Strategies To Reduce, Refine, And Replace Animal Use For Veterinary Vaccine Post-Licensing Safety Testing: State Of The Science And Future Directions, Jodie Kulpa-Eddy, Geetha Srinivas, Marlies Halder, Karen Brown, Hans Draayer, Jeffrey Galvin, Ivo Claassen, Glen Gifford, Ralph Woodland, Vivian Doelling, Brett Jones, William S. Stokes

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

NICEATM and ICCVAM convened an international workshop to review the state of the science of human and veterinary vaccine potency and safety testing methods and to identify opportunities to advance new and improved methods that can further reduce, refine, and replace animal use. Six topics were addressed in detail by speakers and workshop participants and are reported in a series of six reports. This workshop report, the last in the series, addresses methods and strategies for veterinary vaccine post-licensing safety testing that can reduce, refine, and replace animal use (the 3Rs). It also provides recommendations for priority research and other …

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Application Of Baba And S-Aba For Drought Resistance In Apple, Tom Tworkoski, Michael Wisniewski, Timothy Artlip Jan 2011

Application Of Baba And S-Aba For Drought Resistance In Apple, Tom Tworkoski, Michael Wisniewski, Timothy Artlip

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Limited fresh water is a global problem that adversely affects crops, including young apple (Malus × domestica) trees. Innovative technologies will be needed to ensure tree survival and productivity. Recently, selected chemicals have been used to prepare plants for avoidance and recovery from water stress by a process termed priming. Two priming compounds, abscisic acid (ABA) and DL- β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) have been shown to confer plant protection against a range of biotic and abiotic stresses. Our objective was to determine the resistance to and recovery from dehydration of apple seedlings treated with s-ABA and BABA. Three greenhouse …

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Dryland Cropping Systems Influence The Microbial Biomass And Enzyme Activities In A Semiarid Sandy Soil, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Robert Lascano, Francisco Calderón, Jill D. Booker, Ted M. Zobeck, Dan R. Upchurch Jan 2011

Dryland Cropping Systems Influence The Microbial Biomass And Enzyme Activities In A Semiarid Sandy Soil, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Robert Lascano, Francisco Calderón, Jill D. Booker, Ted M. Zobeck, Dan R. Upchurch

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Indicators of soil quality, such as microbial biomass C and N (MBC, MBN) and enzyme activities (EAs), involved in C, P, N, and S cycling, as affected by dryland cropping systems under conventional (ct) and no tillage (nt) practices were evaluated for 5 years. The soil is sandy loam with an average of 16.4% clay, 67.6% sand, and 0.65 g kg−1 OM at 0– 10 cm. The crops evaluated were rotations of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) or forage sorghum (also called haygrazer), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), and winter rye (Secale cereale): grain sorghum–cotton (Sr …

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Identification Of Wild Apple Germplasm (Malus Spp.) Accessions With Resistance To The Postharvest Decay Pathogens Penicillium Expansum And Colletotrichum Acutatum, W. M. Jurick Ii, W. J. Janisiewicz, R. A. Saftner, I. Vico, V. L. Gaskins, E. Park, P. L. Forsline, G. Fazio, W. S. Conway Jan 2011

Identification Of Wild Apple Germplasm (Malus Spp.) Accessions With Resistance To The Postharvest Decay Pathogens Penicillium Expansum And Colletotrichum Acutatum, W. M. Jurick Ii, W. J. Janisiewicz, R. A. Saftner, I. Vico, V. L. Gaskins, E. Park, P. L. Forsline, G. Fazio, W. S. Conway

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Penicillium expansum and Colletotrichum acutatum cause blue mould and bitter rot of apples during storage which results in significant economic losses. Resistance to these pathogens in commercial apple cultivars has not been documented in the literature. An apple germplasm collection, from the centre of origin in Kazakhstan, is maintained in Geneva, New York. This collection represents a more diverse apple gene pool than commercial cultivars and was evaluated for resistance to the pathogens that cause blue mould and bitter rot. Resistance reactions were skewed towards susceptibility for both fungi and comprised the majority of accessions examined. However, resistance to P. …

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Spatial Ramifications Of Crop Selection: Water Quality And Biomass Energy, M. P. Russelle, D. W. Kelley, A. S. Birr, D. C. Tiffany Jan 2011

Spatial Ramifications Of Crop Selection: Water Quality And Biomass Energy, M. P. Russelle, D. W. Kelley, A. S. Birr, D. C. Tiffany

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The use of GIS in concert with simple or complex simulation modeling provides an unparalleled way to generate new data and to help a variety of audiences understand spatial patterns of data. From improved understanding, policy incentives can be crafted to reduce adverse environmental impacts of agricultural production at lower costs than would be necessary otherwise. In this chapter, two case studies demonstrate how GIS and modeling can be used to understand how crop selection and soils interact to effect environmental outcomes across an agricultural landscape. We addressed the needs of two distinctly different audiences: (1) a public drinking water …

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Efficacy Of Pyriproxyfen For Control Of Stored-Product Psocids (Psocoptera) On Concrete Surfaces, Christos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, James E. Throne Jan 2011

Efficacy Of Pyriproxyfen For Control Of Stored-Product Psocids (Psocoptera) On Concrete Surfaces, Christos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, James E. Throne

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen was evaluated as a surface treatment for control of three stored-product psocid pests Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, Liposcelis decolor (Pearman), and Liposcelis paeta Pearman (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Nymphs were exposed for 35 d on a concrete surface treated with 2.3 mg of active ingredient/m2 pyriproxyfen. Exposure to pyriproxyfen significantly reduced the numbers of both adults and nymphs in comparison with untreated controls. In adults, the greatest reduction (>90%) was for L. decolor and L. bostrychophila, whereas for L. paeta it was 49%. Few adults of any species were found in the pyriproxyfen treatments. The …

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Efficacy Of Spinosad And Methoprene, Applied Alone Or In Combination, Against Six Stored-Product Insect Species, Christos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, James E. Throne Jan 2011

Efficacy Of Spinosad And Methoprene, Applied Alone Or In Combination, Against Six Stored-Product Insect Species, Christos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, James E. Throne

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Efficacy of the insecticides spinosad and methoprene, applied alone or in combination to wheat, was evaluated against six stored-product insect species, Rhyzopertha dominica, Sitophilus oryzae, S. granarius, Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, and Liposcelis bostrychophila. The concentrations of the insecticides were 0.1 and 0.5 ppm for spinosad and 1 and 5 ppm for methoprene. Parental mortality of R. dominica was 100% on wheat treated with either rate of spinosad, with no progeny production in any combination treatment. Parental mortality of S. oryzae did not exceed 62%, and progeny production was not reduced by any insecticide …

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Small, Slow, And Local: Essays On Building A More Sustainable And Local Food System, Mary Jane Angelo, Amelia Timbers, Matthew J. Walker, Joshua B. Donabedian, Devon Van Noble, Erik Phillips-Nania, Emily Parish, Jennifer L. Perez Jan 2011

Small, Slow, And Local: Essays On Building A More Sustainable And Local Food System, Mary Jane Angelo, Amelia Timbers, Matthew J. Walker, Joshua B. Donabedian, Devon Van Noble, Erik Phillips-Nania, Emily Parish, Jennifer L. Perez

UF Law Faculty Publications

A collection of essays that have strong arguments in favor of shifting from our existing centralized industrial agricultural system to a more localized system. This shift will reduce reliance on fossils fuels, which are used to make pesticide and fertilizer inputs and to transport foods long distances, thereby reducing contributions to climate change and decreasing environmental impacts. The shift will also provide social and economic benefits to local communities, improved health and a more sustainable, secure, and resilient food supply. To achieve such a shift, however, it will be necessary to overcome existing legal, economic, and social barriers and to …

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Conservation Easements At The Climate Change Crossroads, Jessica Owley Jan 2011

Conservation Easements At The Climate Change Crossroads, Jessica Owley

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The Parentless Child's Right To A Permanent Family, Joseph S. Jackson, Lauren G. Fasig Jan 2011

The Parentless Child's Right To A Permanent Family, Joseph S. Jackson, Lauren G. Fasig

UF Law Faculty Publications

More than 420,000 children in the United States are in foster care, and more than 110,000 of them are waiting to be adopted. State adoption statutes typically seek to achieve adoption for these children as promptly as possible, but some limit the pool of potential adoptive parents in one way or another. In this Article, we argue that such restrictions violate the State’s constitutional duties to parentless children in its care. Specifically, we contend that children in State custody have a substantive liberty interest in a secure and stable family relationship, because such a relationship is essential in order for …

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Tourism, Persistence, And Change: Sherpa Spirituality And Place In Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park And Buffer Zone, Nepal, Jeremy Spoon Jan 2011

Tourism, Persistence, And Change: Sherpa Spirituality And Place In Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park And Buffer Zone, Nepal, Jeremy Spoon

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Ecotourism and cultural tourism are emerging as vehicles for many of the world’s indigenous peoples to integrate into the global market economy. The ecological knowledge and understanding of these societies may in turn be affected by these nascent industries. As part of shifting human-environment relationships, tourism can influence place-based spirituality. In this manuscript, I describe research on how tourism affected Khumbu Sherpa place-based spiritual values in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. As Tibetan Buddhists, the Sherpa embodied dual overlapping conceptions of sacred landscape that connected people to place in some environmentally sustainable ways. Since the 1960s, …

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Can Salmonids (Oncorhynchus Spp.) Be Identified To Species Using Vertebral Morphometrics?, Harriet R. Huber, Jeffery C. Jorgensen, Virginia L. Butler, Greg Baker, Rebecca Stevens Jan 2011

Can Salmonids (Oncorhynchus Spp.) Be Identified To Species Using Vertebral Morphometrics?, Harriet R. Huber, Jeffery C. Jorgensen, Virginia L. Butler, Greg Baker, Rebecca Stevens

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Remains of anadromous Pacific salmon and trout (genus Oncorhynchus) are common in archaeological sites from California to Alaska; however, morphological similarity generally precludes species identification, limiting the range of questions that salmonid remains can address in relation to past human use and ongoing efforts in conservation biology. We developed a relatively simple, rapid, and non-destructive way to classify salmon and trout vertebrae from archaeological contexts to species using length, height and the ratio of length to height. Modern reference material was obtained from all seven anadromous Oncorhynchus species native to the west coast of North America. A minimum of ten …

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Preliminary Efficacy Of A Computer-Delivered Hiv Prevention Intervention For African American Teenage Females, Charles H. Klein, Josefina J. Card Jan 2011

Preliminary Efficacy Of A Computer-Delivered Hiv Prevention Intervention For African American Teenage Females, Charles H. Klein, Josefina J. Card

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

This study translated SiHLE (Sisters Informing, Healing, Living, and Empowering), a 12-hour Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evidence based group-level intervention for African American females 14-18 years of age, into a 2-hour computer-delivered individual-level intervention. A randomized controlled trial (n = 178) was conducted to examine the efficacy of the new Multimedia SiHLE intervention. Average condom-protected sex acts (proportion of vaginal sex acts with condoms, last 90 days) for sexually active participants receiving Multimedia SiHLE rose from M = 51% at baseline to M = 71% at 3-month follow-up (t = 2.06, p = .05); no statistically significant difference …

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Soil Management For Increasing Water Use Efficiency In Field Crops Under Changing Climates, Jerry L. Hatfield Jan 2011

Soil Management For Increasing Water Use Efficiency In Field Crops Under Changing Climates, Jerry L. Hatfield

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Crop production throughout the world is dependent on soil water availability either directly through precipitation captured in the soil profile or indirectly as soil water recharge applied via irrigation. Increasing water use efficiency (WUE) is critical to ensuring that we continue to produce the food, feed, fuel, and fiber needed to sustain the world’s increasing populations. Optimizing the factors that affect WUE will enhance the stability of crop production across a range of climates; however, the ever-increasing problem of climatic change increases the urgency with which we should view this issue and begin to understand the implications of the interactions …

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Chloroplast Genome Variation In Upland And Lowland Switchgrass, Hugh A. Young, Christina L. Lanzatella, Gautam Sarath, Christian M. Tobias Jan 2011

Chloroplast Genome Variation In Upland And Lowland Switchgrass, Hugh A. Young, Christina L. Lanzatella, Gautam Sarath, Christian M. Tobias

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) exists at multiple ploidies and two phenotypically distinct ecotypes. To facilitate interploidal comparisons and to understand the extent of sequence variation within existing breeding pools, two complete switchgrass chloroplast genomes were sequenced from individuals representative of the upland and lowland ecotypes. The results demonstrated a very high degree of conservation in gene content and order with other sequenced plastid genomes. The lowland ecotype reference sequence (Kanlow Lin1) was 139,677 base pairs while the upland sequence (Summer Lin2) was 139,619 base pairs. Alignments between the lowland reference sequence and short-read sequence data from existing sequence datasets …

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Nutritional Plane And Selenium Supply During Gestation Affect Yield And Nutrient Composition Of Colostrum And Milk In Primiparous Ewes, A. M. Meyer, J. J. Reed, T. L. Neville, J. F. Thorson, K. R. Maddock-Carlin, J. B. Taylor, L. P. Reynolds, D. A. Redmer, J. S. Luther, C. J. Hammer, K. A. Vonnahme, J. S. Caton Jan 2011

Nutritional Plane And Selenium Supply During Gestation Affect Yield And Nutrient Composition Of Colostrum And Milk In Primiparous Ewes, A. M. Meyer, J. J. Reed, T. L. Neville, J. F. Thorson, K. R. Maddock-Carlin, J. B. Taylor, L. P. Reynolds, D. A. Redmer, J. S. Luther, C. J. Hammer, K. A. Vonnahme, J. S. Caton

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The objectives were to investigate effects of nutritional plane and Se supply during gestation on yield and nutrient composition of colostrum and milk in first parity ewes. Rambouillet ewe lambs (n = 84, age = 240 ± 17 d, BW = 52.1 ± 6.2 kg) were allocated to 6 treatments in a 2 × 3 factorial array. Factors included Se [adequate Se (ASe, 11.5 µg/ kg of BW) or high Se (HSe, 77.0 µg/kg of BW)] initiated at breeding, and nutritional plane [60 (RES), 100 (CON), or 140% (HIH) of requirements] initiated at d 40 of gestation. Ewes were fed …

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Putting The Whole Grain Puzzle Together: Health Benefits Associated With Whole Grains—Summary Of American Society For Nutrition 2010 Satellite Symposium, Satya S. Jonnalagadda, Lisa Harnack, Rui Hai Liu, Nicola Mckeown, Chris Seal, Simin Liu, George C. Fahey Jan 2011

Putting The Whole Grain Puzzle Together: Health Benefits Associated With Whole Grains—Summary Of American Society For Nutrition 2010 Satellite Symposium, Satya S. Jonnalagadda, Lisa Harnack, Rui Hai Liu, Nicola Mckeown, Chris Seal, Simin Liu, George C. Fahey

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The symposium “Putting the Whole Grain Puzzle Together: Health Benefits Associated with Whole Grains” sponsored by the ASN brought together researchers to review the evidence regarding the health benefits associated with whole grains. Current scientific evidence indicates that whole grains play an important role in lowering the risk of chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and also contribute to body weight management and gastrointestinal health. The essential macro- and micronutrients, along with the phytonutrients present in whole grains, synergistically contribute to their beneficial effects. Current evidence lends credence to the recommendations to incorporate whole grain foods …

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Test 2009: Case Ih Steiger 450, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2011

Test 2009: Case Ih Steiger 450, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

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Positive Peers: Exploring How And Why To Incorporate Peers Into Hiv Prevention Services, Allison Tan Jan 2011

Positive Peers: Exploring How And Why To Incorporate Peers Into Hiv Prevention Services, Allison Tan

Dissertations

In 2002, the Human Resource Service Administration (HRSA) began encouraging and funding a new strategy in HIV prevention. Referred to as Prevention with Positives (PwP), this approach to HIV prevention focused efforts on intervention with individuals who were already HIV-infected. This study examines one particular modality for the delivery of these important prevention messages to men and women living with HIV - the utilization of a peer-based model. "Peer-based" refers to any program which utilizes HIV-positive individuals as service providers for other HIV-positive individuals. A nationwide sample of such programs is used to provide an exploratory look into the possibilities …

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Technology-Assisted Review In E-Discovery Can Be More Effective And More Efficient Than Exhaustive Manual Review, Maura R. Grossman, Gordon V. Cormack Jan 2011

Technology-Assisted Review In E-Discovery Can Be More Effective And More Efficient Than Exhaustive Manual Review, Maura R. Grossman, Gordon V. Cormack

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

E-discovery processes that use automated tools to prioritize and select documents for review are typically regarded as potential cost-savers – but inferior alternatives – to exhaustive manual review, in which a cadre of reviewers assesses every document for responsiveness to a production request, and for privilege. This Article offers evidence that such technology-assisted processes, while indeed more efficient, can also yield results superior to those of exhaustive manual review, as measured by recall and precision, as well as F1, a summary measure combining both recall and precision. The evidence derives from an analysis of data collected from the TREC 2009 …

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Earth University (Costa Rica), Mary Finley-Brook, Caroline O'Rourke Jan 2011

Earth University (Costa Rica), Mary Finley-Brook, Caroline O'Rourke

Geography and the Environment Faculty Publications

EARTH is a private nonprofit international university located in the town of Guácimo in the province of Limón, a lowland region in the east of Costa Rica. EARTH derives its acronym from the Spanish title Escuela de Agricultura de la Región Tropical Húmeda (Agricultural School of the Humid Tropical Region). The W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Costa Rican government worked with other national and international agencies to create this unique university in the mid-1980s. The higher education initiative emerged from recognition that unsustainable agricultural practices were damaging and straining soil, water, forest, biological, …

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Auxin Regulation Of Arabidopsis Flower Development Involves Members Of The Aintegumenta-Like/Plethora (Ail/Plt) Family, Beth A. Krizek Jan 2011

Auxin Regulation Of Arabidopsis Flower Development Involves Members Of The Aintegumenta-Like/Plethora (Ail/Plt) Family, Beth A. Krizek

Faculty Publications

Auxin is an important regulator of many aspects of plant growth and development. During reproductive development, auxin specifies the site of flower initiation and subsequently regulates organ growth and patterning as well as later events that determine reproductive success. Underlying auxin action in plant tissues is its uneven distribution, resulting in groups of cells with high auxin levels (auxin maxima) or graded distributions of the hormone (auxin gradients). Dynamic auxin distribution within the periphery of the inflorescence meristems specifies the site of floral meristem initiation, while auxin maxima present at the tips of developing floral organ primordia probably mediate organ …

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Changing Property In A Changing World: A Call For The End Of Perpetual Conservation Easements, Jessica Owley Jan 2011

Changing Property In A Changing World: A Call For The End Of Perpetual Conservation Easements, Jessica Owley

Articles

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Nebraska Summary: S802 Case-Ih Puma 215, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2011

Nebraska Summary: S802 Case-Ih Puma 215, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

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Risk In Sentencing: Constitutionally Suspect Variables And Evidence-Based Sentencing, J. C. Oleson Jan 2011

Risk In Sentencing: Constitutionally Suspect Variables And Evidence-Based Sentencing, J. C. Oleson

SMU Law Review

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Misuse Of Prescription Medication In The Elderly Population And The Impact It Has On Their Functional Occupations, Amber Larson Jan 2011

Misuse Of Prescription Medication In The Elderly Population And The Impact It Has On Their Functional Occupations, Amber Larson

Occupational Therapy Capstones

One of Occupational Therapists' primary responsibilities is to assist clientele at becoming as independent as possible. In order to be successfully independent an individual needs to be able to perform ADLs and IADLs (functional occupations) and have a basic understanding of problematic issues that may affect their abilities to perform these functional occupations. Misusing prescription medication is one way is which functional occupations can be negatively impacted. Specifically, prescription medication misuse is one of the primary issues that may impact elderly individuals' abilities to function independently. Even though this is an issue that needs to be addressed, research into the …

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An Occupational Therapy Community-Based Self-Esteem Program For Adolescents Who Have Experienced Burn Injuries, Karla Beck, Kathryn Miller Jan 2011

An Occupational Therapy Community-Based Self-Esteem Program For Adolescents Who Have Experienced Burn Injuries, Karla Beck, Kathryn Miller

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Self-esteem is a problem that adolescent burn survivors deal with on a daily basis. Yet, there is limited research regarding adolescent burns and the psychosocial aspect within their daily occupations. The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop and provide occupational therapists with interventions and outcome measures to utilize in a Self-Esteem Program for implementation in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This program focuses on helping adolescents to regain their self-esteem and confidence when returning back to their communities. Burns have an emotional and behavioral effect on children/adolescents, causing anxiety, pain, distorted self-image, and depression (Pardo, Garcia, Marrero, & …

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