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Canada’S Commercial Seal Hunt: It’S More Than A Question Of Humane Killing, David M. Lavigne, William S. Lynn

Animal Welfare Collection

No abstract provided.

Critical Evaluation Of The Use Of Dogs In Biomedical Research And Testing In Europe, Nina Hasiwa, Jarrod Bailey, Peter Clausing, Mardas Daneshian, Sándor Farkas, István Gyertyán, Robert Hubrecht, Werner Kobel, Goran Krummenacher, Marcel Leist, Hannes Lohi, Adám Miklósi, Frauke Ohl, Klaus Olejniczak, Georg Schmitt, Patrick Sinnett-Smith, David Smith, Kristina Wagner, James D. Yager, Joanne Zurlo, Thomas Hartung

Companion Animals as Laboratory Research Subjects Collection

Dogs are sometimes referred to as “man’s best friend” and with the increase in urbanization and lifestyle changes, dogs are seen by their owners as family members. Society expresses specific concerns about the experimental use of dogs, as they are sometimes perceived to have a special status for humans. This may appear somewhat conflicting with the idea that the intrinsic value of all animals is the same, and that also several other animal species are used in biomedical research and toxicology. This aspect and many others are discussed in an introductory chapter dealing with ethical considerations on the use of …

Hierarchies Of Race And Gender In The French Colonial Empire, 1914–1946, Jennifer Anne Boittin, Christina Firpo, Emily Musil Church

History

This article looks at French Indochina, metropolitan France, and French West Africa from 1914 through 1946 to illustrate specific ways in which French colonial authority operated across the French empire. We look at how colonized people challenged the complex formal and informal hierarchies of race, class, and gender that French administrators and colonizers sought to impose upon them. We argue that both the French imperial prerogatives and colonized peoples' responses to them are revealed through directly comparing and contrasting various locales across the empire. Our case studies explore interracial families and single white women seeking compensation from the French in …

University Of Northern Iowa Today, V94n2 [V95n1], Spring 2011, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
-- The truth about sustainability
-- UNI achieves gold STARS rating
-- A return of light
-- DOR puts innovation to work
-- College spotlight: Interior Design in CSBS
-- Serving Iowa's sustainability needs
-- Wind-solar hybrid power station installed on campus
-- UNI am a legacy family
-- Panther Athletics
-- College & University
-- Foundation Update
-- UNI Alumni Association News
-- Class Notes
-- Calendar of Events

Instruction Size Report, Spring 2011, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Spring 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Natural Landscaping at UNI
-- Map of the Mid-Continent Tallgrass Prairie
-- Iowa Prairie Conference
-- Reaching Out
-- Interested in planting a prairie? Or perhaps you're restoring a remant savanna prairie or wetland?
-- Another Roadside Attraction: AFIRM Winter Meeting & REAP Day at the Capitol (and Weed Sociology 101)
-- Student Employee Profiles

Intertwinings Of Death And Desire In Michele Soavi’S Dellamorte Dellamore, Douglas Keesey

English

This article engages in an in-depth discussion of Michele Soavi's Dellamorte Dellamore/Cemetery Man, a 1993 film based on a bestselling novel and on Italy's most popular comic-book series (Dylan Dog). Close analysis reveals that, rather than being just another forgettable splatter movie or ridiculous horror comedy, this zombie thriller is a film of great psychosexual complexity, along the lines of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ligeia' (1838) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). In Dellamorte Dellamore, horror becomes the vehicle for the female character's struggle with guilt over infidelity to her deceased husband, with fear of phallic sexuality and with masochistic …

Robot Ethics: Mapping The Issues For A Mechanized World, Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George Bekey

Philosophy

As with other emerging technologies, advanced robotics brings with it new ethical and policy challenges. This paper will describe the flourishing role of robots in society—from security to sex—and survey the numerous ethical and social issues, which we locate in three broad categories: safety & errors, law & ethics, and social impact. We discuss many of these issues in greater detail in our forthcoming edited volume on robot ethics from MIT Press.

Building Communities Through Civic Engagement, Cheryl Jacobs

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Civic engagement is based on the basic concepts of democracy. Engaged citizens understand that com-munities will prosper when they are governed by “the many” rather than “the few.” Civic engagement is crucial for community leaders to be able to identify issues and to make good decisions. Civic engagement can include serving in a public office, but also includes ordinary citizens that want to be involved in determining the future of their community. Logically, communities that have high levels of civic engagement fare better and experience fewer declines than communities where apathy and disenfranchisement are the norm.

Community Capitals: Natural Capital, Cheryl Jacobs

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Natural capital consists of all the natural resources available to a community. Examples include water, air, soil, biodiversity, and landscape. These natural resources may be scarce or they may be found in abundance in your community. Natural capital adds to the richness of our communities. Depending on where you live, you may benefit from wildlife habitats, wind power, water resources, and fertile soil ideal for farming and ranching. Or you may have resources like minerals, timber, oil, and natural gas. In its purest form, natural capital is something that already exists and is not made by human hands. These natural …

Community Capitals: Political Capital, Cheryl Jacobs

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Political capital affects how decisions are made in the community and how outside resources are brought in. Both individuals and groups can possess political capital. Political capital is based on organizations, connections, voice, power, and the ability to influence the distribution of resources. Having political capital is having leverage to get things done. Political capital is created when access to power causes a change in resources. Political capital can affect the other capitals that exist in a community. Powerful government officials can make things happen—”it’s who you know, not what you know.” For instance, represenatatives and senators can bring projects …

Closing The Achievement Gap Between Boys And Girls, Helen Finley

Dissertations

The critical role of accountability on schools has intensified the need to understand the impact of intervention strategies and best practices on literacy. Of particular concern is the underachievement of boys and identifying the learning differences between boys and girls. Examined in this quantitative study were the strategies and practices implemented by Blue Ribbon and Gold Star school educators to increase the literacy skills of primary-aged boys. Strategies and practices were determined through a Likert scale survey distributed to six Missouri Blue Ribbon and Gold Star schools and an equal number of schools that were not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress. …

Monarch, Jim Raper (Editor)

Monarch Magazine

Spring 2011 issue of Monarch, the Old Dominion University Magazine.

Subtitled: Adapting to Our Changing Environment

Inspiring Achievements, Unlv Foundation

Giving Matters

No abstract provided.

Research View, Spring 2011

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

Wild Prairie Dancers: Major land-use initiative protects sage grouse

Mapping Waterways: River Analyzer software may launch business

Chemical Cleansing: UM technology launches Far East factories that pull metal from polluted streams

Submerged Science: Study reveals fundamental changes to Flathead Lake food web

Science Today In Verse, Hope Leman

Sci-Tech News

No abstract provided.

Annotated Bibliography, Changes In The Concept Of “Good” Parenting From 1950-2008, Megan Stohner

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

The Most Dangerous Man In England, Nicole Anderson

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Lateralized Behavior In Domesticated Dogs, Christine Berta

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Study To Explore The Low Number Of Women In Information Technology In The United States, William Baker

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The number of women in Information Technology in the United States has historically been lower than the number of men in the field. This study explores the reasons behind this disparity and recommends steps that can be taken to increase the number of women in the field. This qualitative study examines why women are not attracted to the Information Technology field and examines reasons why women leave the field. Surveys were conducted with two populations, (1) women who currently work in Information Technology and (2) Information Technology recruiters. The results of these surveys were analyzed to see if there were …

Comparison Of Subcellular Responses For The Evaluation And Prediction Of The Chemotherapeutic Response To Cisplatin In Lung Adenocarcinoma Using Raman Spectroscopy, Haq Nawaz, Franck Bonnier, Aidan Meade, Fiona Lyng, Hugh Byrne

Articles

Confocal Raman Micro spectroscopy (CRM) is employed to examine the chemical and physiological effects of anticancer agents, using cisplatin and A549 adenocarcinoma cells as a model compound and test system respectively. Spectral responses of the membrane and cytoplasm of the cell are analysed independently and the results are compared to previously reported spectroscopic studies of the nucleus. Moreover, Raman spectra from the proteins extracted from the control and exposed samples are acquired and analysed to confirm the origin of the molecular changes of the cell membrane and cytoplasm of the A549 cells. Multivariate data analysis techniques including Principal Component Analysis …

Biogas Technology On Uzi Island, Zanzibar: A Feasibility Study, Peter J. Mcinerney

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

With realization of the finite quantity of fossil fuels and improved study on the effects of global climate change there has been an increasing demand for energy production from renewable, sustainable sources in developed and developing nations alike. The population of Tanzania relies overwhelmingly on biomass as a source of primary energy, with such impacts as deforestation and negative health effects. Biogas generation is a renewable energy technology that utilizes organic waste sources to produce a methane-rich gas suitable for cooking and lighting with the potential to replace current unsustainable energy sources and provide several environmental and socioeconomic benefits. A …

Rural Futures: How Can Agricultural Development Lead To A High Quality Of Life?, Jessie Ebersole

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Study Objectives:

Uganda, with its wealth of arable land and water resources, has unrealized agricultural development potential. How food is produced and distributed will impact United Nations Millennium Development Goal targets, including the eradication of extreme hunger, reductions in child mortality, and improvements in maternal health and environmental sustainability, yet advances towards the MDG’s have been limited. This study explores how Uganda’s agricultural sector can be developed in a way that improves the quality of life of smallholder farmers in Katente and Namuyenje parishes in Mukono district, Uganda. Ugandan agricultural production is starved of new sources of knowledge and technology, …

Predators Of Enashiva: A Survey Of Occurrence & Distribution, Adrienne Fisk Bowles

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study was conducted during a period of 16 days (April 10 to April 26, 2011) at the Enashiva Nature Refuge in Northern Tanzania. It was a modified repeat study, using the same methodologies of a mammal survey conducted in November 2009, however this study only focused on occurrence and distribution of predators in the highest trophic level and accounted for reptile and birds, in addition to mammals. Based upon the findings of the November 2009 study, it was hypothesized that the woodland would have the highest predator species richness. This hypothesis was supported by the data; the woodland habitat …

Assessing Possible Environmental Causes Behind The Reduced Colonisation Of Western Rock Lobster Puerulus Collectors By A Wide Suite Of Species. Frdc Report : Project 2008/085, Simon De Lestang, Jason How, Shelley Foster

Fisheries Research Reports

Objectives 1) Begin monitoring the community composition of marine flora and fauna along the Western Australian coastline during this current poor settlement period. 2) Develop standard methodology for monitoring the spatial and temporal variability in the settlement of marine flora and fauna. 3) Determine what environmental parameters may be linked to the majority of variation in the floral and faunal communities colonizing puerulus collectors, focusing on those relating to puerulus settlement. 4) Identify indicator marine flora and fauna species for monitoring the influences of environmental change on Western Australian marine environment. 5) Detect any known or potential introduced marine pests …

Rippled Scour Depressions Add Ecologically Significant Heterogeneity To Soft Sediment Habitats On The Continental Shelf, Todd Russell Hallenbeck

SNS Master's Theses

Comprehensive high-resolution seafloor mapping of California's state waters have revealed rippled scour depressions (RSD) to be one of the most abundant and widespread habitats of the inner continental shelf. These sharply delineated elongate features range in size from 1 OO's to 1000's of m2 in aerial extent and are characterized by 30 to 50 cm deep depressions of coarser sediments and longer period bedforms than found on the surrounding seabed. Although RSDs have been identified on many of the world's continental margins, previous stUdies focused on their geomorphology and dynamics, leaving the ecological influence and associated biological communities of RSDs …

Marine Debris In Central California: Quantifying Type And Abundance Of Beach Litter In Monterey Bay, Ca, Carolyn Rosevelt

SNS Master's Theses

The Monterey Bay on the central coast of California lies within a protected marine sanctuary where recreation, tourism, and marine species coexist. Marine debris washing ashore poses a human health risk as well as contributing to economic losses and ecological harm. Central California’s coastal managers require reliable scientific information on debris abundance, distribution, and type to help ameliorate this threat. To help address potentially harmful beach debris, I created a survey method which allows for trained volunteers to quantify the types and abundance of beach litter. This method was put into effect at twelve beaches within the Monterey Bay in …

Lottia Gigantea Size And Density Differences In Rocky Intertidal Communities Near Monterey Bay, California, Shae Mitchell

SNS Master's Theses

Owl limpets (Lottia gigantea) are ecologically important grazers that live on exposed rocky intertidal shores of the west coast of North America. In recent years Lottia gigantea have been impacted by human access via visitation and harvesting. Owl limpet size and density have been correlated with human access in Southern California, where higher access leads to reduced size and density. Human visitation may have different effects on owl limpets in central California, where space may not be a limiting factor in owl limpet populations. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between humans and their potential impact …

Detecting Change In Benthic Communities At San Cristobal Reef In La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2007-2009, Jeremy M. Kerr

SNS Master's Theses

The ecological integrity of coral reef ecosystems around the world and their associated goods and services are threatened by the synergistic effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Benthic community composition at San Cristobal reef in La Parguera, Puerto Rico, was monitored from 2007 to 2009 using SCUBA-based photoquadrat surveys, and assessed for change over time using a model-comparison approach, which accounted for spatial autocorrelation. Additionally, the optimal point densities and optimal photoquadrat totals necessary to detect change reliably in proportional cover were investigated. Benthic community structure was similar at all sampling sites throughout the study; algal and sand classes were …