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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 2 Issue 19, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

A Long-Term Perspective On A Modern Drought In The American Southeast, N Pederson, A R. Bell, Troy A. Knight, C Leland, N Malcomb, K J. Anchukaitis, K Tackett, J Scheff, A Brice, B Catron, W Blozan, J Riddle

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

The depth of the 2006–9 drought in the humid, southeastern US left several metropolitan areas with only a 60–120 day water supply. To put the region's recent drought variability in a long-term perspective, a dense and diverse tree-ring network—including the first records throughout the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint river basin—is used to reconstruct drought from 1665 to 2010 CE. The network accounts for up to 58.1% of the annual variance in warm-season drought during the 20th century and captures wet eras during the middle to late 20th century. The reconstruction shows that the recent droughts are not unprecedented over the last 346 years. …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 12, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Impact Of Tutorial Services, Cindy Henning, Kimberly Shaw, Tim Howard

Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019) (Archived)

This is a preliminary report assessing the impact of tutorial services on student performance. We discuss a statistical approach, and why regression models do not appear suitable for the analysis.

Proceedings Of The European Society For Isotope Research - Esir Ix, Editor: Bogdan P. Onac, Editor: Ioan I. Bucur

Studia UBB Geologia

No abstract provided.

Contextualizing The Global Nursing Care Chain: International Migration And The Status Of Nursing In Kerala, India, Margaret Walton-Roberts

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

In this article I explore the issue of nursing status in Kerala, India and how over time a colonial discourse of caste‐based pollution has given way to a discourse of sexual pollution under expanding migratory opportunities. Based on survey and qualitative research findings, I caution that the improving occupational status of nursing in India is not directly mapped onto social status, and this is particularly evident in the matrimonial market. In the light of these findings I argue that global nursing care chain (GNCC) analysis must assess more than just workplace contexts in order to conceptualize how global care chains …

Contextualizing The Global Nursing Care Chain: International Migration And The Status Of Nursing In Kerala, India, Margaret Walton-Roberts

International Migration Research Centre

In this article I explore the issue of nursing status in Kerala, India and how over time a colonial discourse of caste‐based pollution has given way to a discourse of sexual pollution under expanding migratory opportunities. Based on survey and qualitative research findings, I caution that the improving occupational status of nursing in India is not directly mapped onto social status, and this is particularly evident in the matrimonial market. In the light of these findings I argue that global nursing care chain (GNCC) analysis must assess more than just workplace contexts in order to conceptualize how global care chains …

Preliminary Studies Of Airborne Particulate Emmisions From The Ampellum S.A. Copper Smelter, Zlatna, Romania, Ben J. Williamson, Nicolae Har, William O. Purvis, Ana Maria Rusu

Studia UBB Geologia

Preliminary studies have been carried on the characterization of particulate emissions from the Ampellum S.A. copper smelter in the town of Zlatna, Romania. The particulates studied were collected on polycarbonate filters using air pump apparatus and on the surfaces of lichens. Mass of total suspended particulates (TSP) and PM10 varied from 19 to 230 μg/m3 and 3 to 146 μg/m3, respectively (PM10/TSP = 0.14 to 1.0), depending on wind direction and proximity to the smelter. Particulates on collection filters from a site directly downwind from the smelter have a mean equivalent spherical diameter (ESD) of 0.94 μm (s.d. 1.1) and …

China’S Greentech Programs And The Ustr Investigation, Joel B. Eisen

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Volume 11 Issue 2, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 2 Issue 18, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2012-03-07, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, March 7, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Spartan Daily March 6, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 138, Issue 21

Spring Environmental Film Series Kicks Off, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, March 6, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 5, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Current, March 05, 2012, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (03/05/2012), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from March 5, 2012 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 52 pages and is listed as Volume 47, Number 23. Cover story: "Love's Blueprint" Editor-in-Chief: Brianna Wellen

The Utah Statesman, March 5, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Session A-1: Environmental Chemistry – Chemistry In Context, Branson Lawrence

Professional Learning Day

The use of the ACS curriculum combined with group and individual projects to teach entry level chemistry through the context of environmental chemistry.

Evaluation Of Urinary Pesticide Biomarkers Among A Sample Of The Population In The United States, Alex Lance Lebeau

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Pesticide use in the United States continues to attract negative public attention. In recent years, this attention has focused on the effects that chronic, low-level pesticides may have, especially on children and various sub-populations. Over the past decade, studies have attempted to correlate negative health effects with detections of pesticide biomarkers in biological media. The current research investigates biomarker of exposure levels in a sample of the United States population. Data from the 2001-2002 NHANES dataset (n=11,039) was evaluated. The detection frequency of urinary biomarkers of exposure and the geometric mean from the NHANES pesticide dataset (n=3,152) were determined. Of …

Research Impact In The Broadest Sense: Ref 14, Judith Kamalski Dr, Lisa Colledge Dr

Research Trends

Research Trends discusses different types of science impact that are in scope of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2014.

Unveiling Assigned Amount Unit (Aau) Trades: Current Market Impacts And Prospects For The Future, Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich, Cassandra L. Koerner

CAES Energy Policy Institute Faculty Publications and Presentations

The sale of assigned amount units (AAUs) from countries whose emissions have declined since their baseline year under the Kyoto Protocol has led critics to be skeptical of carbon markets due to the lack of actual emission reductions that occur as a result of these trades. This policy review describes the historical context of AAU trading, current market price and volumes, and environmental and economic impacts of the current AAU trading rules. Options for how to handle current, and prevent the creation of future, surplus AAUs are discussed.

Spatiotemporal Studies Of Black Spruce Forest Soils And Implications For The Fate Of C, Jennifer Harden, Kristen L. Manies, Jonathan O'Donnell, Kristofer Johnson, Steve Frolking, Zhaosheng Fan

Earth Sciences

Post-fire storage of carbon (C) in organic-soil horizons was measured in one Canadian and three Alaskan chronosequences in black spruce forests, together spanning stand ages of nearly 200 yrs. We used a simple mass balance model to derive estimates of inputs, losses, and accumulation rates of C on timescales of years to centuries. The model performed well for the surface and total organic soil layers and presented questions for resolving the dynamics of deeper organic soils. C accumulation in all study areas is on the order of 20–40 gC/m²_/yr for stand ages up to ∼200 yrs. Much …

Multicomponent Cubic Oxide Exsolution In Synthetic Basalts: Temperature Dependence And Implications For Magnetic Properties, Julie A. Bowels, Lisa Tatsumi-Petrochilos, Julie E. Hammer, Stefanie A. Brachfeld

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Although the compositional unmixing of cubic-structured iron oxides has profound effects on the magnetic properties of rocks that contain them, a basic understanding of the kinetics and thermodynamics of this process has not been achieved in experimental studies due to sluggish reaction rates in binary oxide phases. Exploiting the fact that many natural Fe-oxides contain multiple additional cations, including Ti, Mg and Al, we perform novel “forward” laboratory experiments in which cubic-cubic phase exsolution proceeds from initially homogeneous multicomponent oxides. A variety of Fe-Ti-Mg-Al cubic iron oxides were nucleated and grown in synthetic, multicomponent basalt under different ƒO2 environments, and …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 1, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Prefix Changes

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology Education

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Applied Economics

• Delete Course

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Art and Design

• University Studies Request

Department of Economics and Finance

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Multiple List Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change, Prerequisite …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 1, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Prefix Changes

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology Education

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Applied Economics

• Delete Course

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Art and Design

• University Studies Request

Department of Economics and Finance

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Multiple List Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change, Prerequisite …

Sowfia Project - Work Package 2 Interim Report, Arjona E Muñoz, Olivares C Huertas, B Holmes, Am O‟Hagan, D Magagna, D Greaves

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Brief 5: Enhancing Environmental Governance For Sustainable Development: Function-Oriented Options, John E. Scanlon

Governance and Sustainability Issue Brief Series

The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, is likely to determine the future direction of the institutional framework for sustainable development and for international environmental governance. As States move towards the ‘sharp end’ of their negotiations, it is important to analyse some of the risks and benefits of the identified options for the reform of international environmental governance and offer pragmatic ideas on how to make best use of existing resources and structures.