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Notes On The Short Animation Passing, Eliza Fernbach

SPECS journal of art and culture

No abstract provided.

Rcaf Identity In Bomber Command: Squadron Names And Sponsors, John G. Armstrong

Canadian Military History

Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadrons which served overseas during the Second World War were not only identified on the Commonwealth air forces order of battle by the customary squadron number but by a title or nickname as well. Additionally, Canadian squadrons received formal sponsorship and support, generally from Canadian communities or other organizations. In one instance the sponsor was a major Hollywood film studio which also mobilized its roster of movie stars to the cause. Needless to say, these practices were something of a departure from the general orthodoxy within the parent RAF, where the normal practice was to …

“While The Shells Crashed We Were Strong”: The Life Of War Poet “Toronto” Prewitt, Andrew Coppolino

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

With Hms Prince Of Wales And Hms Warspite: The Adventures Of A Canadian Radar Officer In The Royal Navy, Stuart E. Paddon

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

“The Vast Experiment”: The New Brunswick Militia’S 1865 Camp Of Instruction, J. Brent Wilson

Canadian Military History

In July 1865, almost 1,000 New Brunswick militiamen assembled in Fredericton for a twenty-four day Camp of Instruction. This was the first time peacetime militia training on this scale was ever attempted in British North America. At the time, and since, the camp was praised as a notable achievement. New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor and provincial commander-in-chief, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, wrote: “The entire success of this experiment is admitted with an unanimity which is remarkable, because rare in this Province.” Although the uniqueness of the camp has been the subject of some interest, it has never been subjected to more in-depth analysis. …

A Global Assessment Of The Water Footprint Of Farm Animal Products, Mesfin Mekonnen, Arjen Y. Hoekstra

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

The increase in the consumption of animal products is likely to put further pressure on the world’s freshwater resources. This paper provides a comprehensive account of the water footprint of animal products, considering different production systems and feed composition per animal type and country. Nearly one-third of the total water footprint of agriculture in the world is related to the production of animal products. The water footprint of any animal product is larger than the water footprint of crop products with equivalent nutritional value. The average water footprint per calorie for beef is 20 times larger than for cereals and …

Transcription Factor Foxo1 Is Essential For Enamel Biomineralization, Ross A. Poché, Ramaswamy Sharma, Monica D. Garcia, Aya M. Wada, Mark J. Nolte, Ryan S. Udan, Ji Hye Paik, Ronald A. Depinho, John D. Bartlett, Mary E. Dickinson

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

The Transforming growth factor β (Tgf-β) pathway, by signaling via the activation of Smad transcription factors, induces the expression of many diverse downstream target genes thereby regulating a vast array of cellular events essential for proper development and homeostasis. In order for a specific cell type to properly interpret the Tgf-β signal and elicit a specific cellular response, cell-specific transcriptional co-factors often cooperate with the Smads to activate a discrete set of genes in the appropriate temporal and spatial manner. Here, via a conditional knockout approach, we show that mice mutant for Forkhead Box O transcription factor FoxO1 exhibit an …

Executive Committee - Agenda, 1/24/2012, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (1/24/2012), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.

2011 Annual Report To The Pieper Foundation, Monica Rico

Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership

This report was prepared by Lawrence’s Pieper Family Chair in Servant Leadership and submitted to the Pieper Family Foundation. The Foundation asks that every institution endowed with a Chair in Servant Leadership report on progress towards seven goals stipulated by the Foundation. The reports are submitted at the end of each calendar year.

Public Hearing Transcripts - Coast - Kwale - Rtjrc24.01 (Kwale) (Women's Hearing), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

January

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 94, January 24, 2012, Daniel Menin, Leda Zogbi, Roberto Cassimiro

KIP Articles

Nesta edição você saberá mais sobre os seguintes assuntos: - Prospecção no encontro do Rio Pilões e Ribeirãozinho/Buenos (Iporanga/SP) - Colômbia: um maravilhoso carste praticamente desconhecido - EspeleoInfo - Informativo Cecav - Edital para contratação Cecav - Notas de falecimento - perdas importantes para a espeleologia nacional - Desejo de matar - Caverna aparece na listagem de 20 destinos para aventureiros da National Geographic - Petrobras e Vale avaliam parceria para projeto em SE - Neandertais construíam casas com ossos de mamute - Morcegos ameaçados pelo desconhecimento - I Congresso Latino-americano de Espeleologia será realizado na Argentina - Centro Excursionista …

Method For Screening For A Tobiano Coat Color Genotype, Ernest Bailey, Samantha A. Brooks

Veterinary Science Faculty Patents

A method for screening for a Tobiano genotype includes obtaining a nucleic acid from an equine animal, and analyzing the nucleic acid for the presence of an inversion in a chromosome ECA3q which is indicative of the genotype for Tobiano. The method includes detecting at least one of a telomeric breakpoint of an inverted ECA3q chromosome and/or a centromeric breakpoint of an inverted ECA3q chromosome. In one embodiment, the nucleic acid may be analyzed by the steps of hybridizing the group of probes or primers having the sequences set forth herein in SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO: 9, and …

On Site Wastewater Treatment Using A Functionalized Green Filtration Media Sorption Field (Divb), Ni-Bin Chang, Ammarin Makkeasorn

UCF Patents

Methods, systems and compositions for a green sorption media for bioretention soil amendments in drainfields for on-site waste water systems filled with the green sorption media to foster an anaerobic or anoxic environment saturated. The green sorption media includes one or more recycled materials, including tire crumb, sawdust, orange peel, coconut husks, leaf compost, oyster shell, soy bean hulls and one or more naturally occuring materials including peat, sands, zeolites, and clay. The wastewater filtration system for a passive drainfield includes the green sorption material mixture, a cell including baffled compartments and a riser, the cell filled with green sorption …

Zwitterionic Chitosan Derivative, A New Biocompatible Pharmaceutical Excipient, Prevents Endotoxin-Mediated Cytokine Release, Gaurav Bajaj, William G. Van Alstine, Yoon Yeo

Department of Comparative Pathobiology Faculty Publications

Chitosan is a cationic polymer of natural origin and has been widely explored as a pharmaceutical excipient for a broad range of biomedical applications. While generally considered safe and biocompatible, chitosan has the ability to induce inflammatory reactions, which varies with the physical and chemical properties. We hypothesized that the previously reported zwitterionic chitosan (ZWC) derivative had relatively low pro-inflammatory potential because of the aqueous solubility and reduced amine content. To test this, we compared various chitosans with different aqueous solubilities or primary amine contents with respect to the intraperitoneal (IP) biocompatibility and the propensity to induce proinflammatory cytokine production …

Volume 109, Number 15 - Tuesday, January 24, 2012, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, January 24, 2012, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Drug-Related Offenses Jump 275%

The Current Volume 22 : Issue 17, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Public Hearing Transcripts - Coast - Wundanyi - Rtjrc24.01 (Kenya National Library Hall, Wundanyi) (Women's Hearing), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

No abstract provided.

Designing A Better Weather Display, Colin Ware, Matthew D. Plumlee

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The variables most commonly displayed on weather maps are atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, and surface temperature. But they are usually shown separately, not together on a single map. As a design exercise, we set the goal of finding out if it is possible to show all three variables (two 2D scalar fields and a 2D vector field) simultaneously such that values can be accurately read using keys for all variables, a reasonable level of detail is shown, and important meteorological features stand out clearly. Our solution involves employing three perceptual "channels", a color channel, a texture channel, and …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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High-Yield Maize With Large Net Energy Yield And Small Global Warming Intensity, Patricio Grassini, Kenneth Cassman

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Addressing concerns about future food supply and climate change requires management practices that maximize productivity per unit of arable land while reducing negative environmental impact. Onfarm data were evaluated to assess energy balance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of irrigated maize in Nebraska that received large nitrogen (N) fertilizer (183 kg of N·ha⁻¹) and irrigation water inputs (272 mm or 2,720 m³ ha⁻¹). Although energy inputs (30 GJ·ha⁻¹) were larger than those reported for US maize systems in previous studies, irrigated maize in central Nebraska achieved higher grain and net energy yields (13.2 …

“Failure Is Not Acceptable”: The Recollections Of A Canadian In French Foreign Legion, William Mitchell

Canadian Military History

I remember the day very well, a cold Tuesday in January 1989, and Pearson International Airport was bustling with travellers. I was amongst them, an inconspicuous 18-year-old middle-class Canadian boarding the plane as if it was a frequent occurrence. A seven-day vacation in France, that was the plan. I often wonder if I had known then what I do now—would I have boarded that plane? The trip lasted five years and it was no vacation, for within 24 hours of boarding the plane, I had become a member of the infamous French Foreign Legion. Life would never be the same …

“Sons Of Good Western Stock”: The South African War Artefacts Of Private Alexander W. Stewart, Kyle Mcintyre

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

The Corps Of Guides, 1903–1914, Dan Jenkins

Canadian Military History

The Canadian Corps of Guides was created in April 1903 by General Order 61, and fell under the purview of the Intelligence Department at Militia Headquarters in Ottawa. However, as the Guides were a service of the Active Militia, and not of the Permanent Force, they were not a full-time formation. The Corps was designed to fulfil both a peacetime and wartime role. During active operations it was to act as a combat intelligence force for Canadian armies in the field, and provide commanders with operational and tactical level intelligence. During peacetime it was to prepare for this eventuality, but …

Book Excerpt: The Guns Of Normandy: A Soldier’S Eye View Of France, George G. Blackburn

Canadian Military History

Editor’s Note: Everyone who studies the land battles of the Second World War knows that artillery was the principle weapon employed by the Allied armies, but the gunners rarely receive the attention they deserve in narratives of the campaign. George Blackburn has written a book, The Guns of Normandy which restores the gunners to their rightful place. CMH is proud to publish two chapters from this book to announce that our Autumn issue will include an excerption from Mr. Blackburn’s forthcoming sequel. Chapter 15 takes up the story on 12 July 1944 as 4th Field Regiment is committed to support …

Charles Comfort: Soldiering Artist 1943–1945, Mary Mackie

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

Confrontation In Normandy: The 3rd Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment On D-Day, Stan Medland

Canadian Military History

On D-Day, the 6th of June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment R.C.A. landed in France on Juno Beach as part of the Third Canadian Infantry Division.

The regiment consisted of four batteries: the 4th from Peterborough, Ontario, the 52nd from Weymouth, Nova Scotia, the 94th from Quebec City and the 105th from St. George, New Brunswick, along with a headquarters from Toronto.

Originally trained as field artillery, the regiment had been converted to anti-tank. Each battery had two troops of four 6-pounders anti-tank guns and one of four M 10s, the latter being Sherman tanks with a 3-inch gun …

Churchill And The Historians, Robert Vogel

Canadian Military History

Review of Robert Blake & Roger Louis, eds., Churchill: A Major Reassessment of his Life in Peace and War. London: Oxford University Press, 1992; Tuvia Ben-Moshe, Churchill: Strategy and History. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1992; Richard Lamb, Churchill as War Leader: Right or Wrong? London: Bloomsbury, 1991; John Charmley, Churchill, The End of Glory: A Political Biography. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992.