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Proceedings Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences: Anthropology

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Presentations

A Marxist Approach to US Historical Archaeology: A Review and Summary of the History and Application of Marxism on the Field of Historical Archaeology in the US

John Collier, Anthropology, and the Indian New Deal

Colonoware and Culture: The Changing Interpretation of 17th Century Ceramic Traditions in the South Eastern United States

Creole Cottages and Garden Estates: Space and Purpose in Early New Orleans

Quality Control for In-field Photography: Digital Curationa and Non-collections of Artifacts

Assesing Lithics through Color Metrics

Refitting of Stone Artifacts Using Colorimetric Analysis

The Restroer of the Republic: An Analysis of Augustus’s Social, Moral, and …

Water-Use Strategies Of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia Japonica), Lisa Nicole Cummins

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japónica, is an herbaceous perennial that is invasive on many continents, including North America. Stands of Japanese knotweed are often located in riparian regions, disturbed sites, and along roadways. Recent studies have evaluated the impact of Japanese knotweed on the hydrologic cycle. Japanese knotweed may have the ability to markedly decrease stream discharge, potentially because of its high LAI. In the summer of 2010, a two-part study was conducted to determine the impact of water availability on the physiology and morphology of Japanese knotweed. A greenhouse study of Japanese knotweed measured transpiration and other factors that may …

Analyzing The Creative Problem-Solving Process: Inventing A Product From A Given Recyclable Item, Caralee K. Doak, Stacey M. Jambura, Jason A. Knittel, Audrey C. Rule

Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Publications

Detailed documentations of creative invention are scarce in the professional literature, but could be useful to those engaging in or studying the problem solving process. This investigation describes the creative process of graduate students (7 female, 4 male) in a problem-solving theory and practice course grappling with the task of creating products from four identical recyclable items that were circular, star-impressed bottoms of plastic juice bottles. Several popular models of the problem-solving process are compared to the participants’ steps in this invention problem. Participants first provided emotional reactions to the given ill-defined problem of making a product from the specified …

Fecundity Of The Chinese Mystery Snail In A Nebraska Reservoir, Bruce J. Stephen, Craig R. Allen, Noelle M. Chaine, Kent A. Fricke, Danielle M. Haak, Michelle L. Hellman, Robert A. Kill, Kristine T. Nemec, Kevin L. Pope, Nicholas A. Smeenk, Daniel R. Uden, Kody M. Unstad, Ashley E. Vanderham, Alec Wong

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

The Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis) is a non-indigenous, invasive species in freshwater ecosystems of North America. We provide fecundity estimates for a population of these snails in a Nebraska reservoir. We dissected 70 snails, of which 29 were females. Nearly all female snails contained developing young, with an average of 25 young per female. Annual fecundity was estimated at between 27.2 and 33.3 young per female per year. Based on an estimated adult population and the calculated fecundity, the annual production for this reservoir was between 2.2 and 3.7 million young.

Influence Of Richness And Seeding Density On Invasion Resistance In Experimental Tallgrass Prairie Restorations, Kristine T. Nemec, Craig R. Allen, Christopher J. Helzer, David A. Wedin

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

In recent years, agricultural producers and non-governmental organizations and agencies have restored thousands of hectares of cropland to grassland in the Great Plains of the United States. However, little is known about the relationships between richness and seeding density in these restorations and resistance to invasive plant species. We assessed the effects of richness and seeding density on resistance to invasive and other unseeded plant species in experimental tallgrass prairie plots in central Nebraska. In 2006, twenty-four 55 m × 55 m plots were planted with six replicates in each of four treatments: high richness (97 species typically planted by …

Predictors Of Regional Establishment Success And Spread Of Introduced Non-Indigenous Vertebrates, Criag R. Allen, Kristine T. Nemec, Donald A. Wardwell, Justin D. Hoffman, Mathew L. Brust, Karie L. Decker, Daniel Fogell, Jennifer Hogue, Aaron Lotz, Thaddeus Miller, Marcy Pummill, Luis E. Ramirez-Yañez, Daniel R. Uden

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Aim To provide the first analysis of predictors of both establishment and spread, both within and across taxa, for all vertebrate taxa within a region.We used Florida, USA, as our study system because it has a well-documented history of introduction and invasion, and is a hotspot for biological invasions.

Location Florida, USA.

Methods We analysed non-indigenous species (NIS) data from peninsular Florida – which included both successful and unsuccessful introductions from all vertebrate classes – to determine the best predictors of both establishment and spread for fish (65 species), herpetofauna (63 species), birds (71 species) and mammals (25 species). We …

Once We Were Slaves, Now We Are Free: Legal, Administrative, And Social Issues Raised By Passover Celebrations In Prison, Aviva A. Orenstein

Articles by Maurer Faculty

"Once we were slaves, now we are free" is a central line from the Jewish Passover Seder, a ritual meal in which participants retell the story of liberation from Pharaoh's oppression. In prison, many Jewish inmates request access to a Seder and to kosher-for-Passover food for the eight-day holiday. Prisoners' requests to celebrate Passover provide a rich example for exploring the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act (RLUIPA) and raise a host of tough questions regarding cost, safety, equal treatment of prisoners, and establishment of religion. Because kosher-for-Passover meals are more expensive and generally of higher quality than regular …

Human Disturbance Of Seagrass Beds In Hoga Island, Indonesia : Impacts On Edge Effects, Anthony John Suleski

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Ecosystems are broad classifications of areas where overlapping communities exist which can contain relatively high faunal and floral diversity. These communities characteristically are often influenced by external forces. Disturbances can create incongruencies in these communities and have been demonstrated to change community dynamics in varying ways. Humans are responsible for many disturbances which alter habitat and community structure and many habitat edges or ecotones are artificially created by these human disturbances. In Wakatobi National Park, Hoga Island, Indonesia, three bays exist and are in close proximity to one another with varying levels of human influence. This study investigated how anthropogenic …

2013 Aasu Women's Basketball Guide, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Basketball Records (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Following The Siren's Song: Female Subjectivity In Undine, The Little Mermaid, And Wide Sargasso Sea, Sandra Werb

Theses & ETDs

This project draws material from classical mythology then moves to focus mainly on the 19th and 20th century's artistic depictions of the siren in the visual arts and literature in order to trace her metamorphosis from a prophetic, predatory bird-woman to a seductive femme fatale and analyze her ensuing domestication through spiritualization. In chapter 2, going by the understanding of the siren and her song as a symbol for woman as "Other" and her (denied) subjectivity within patriarchal society, I analyze two stories about sirens: Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's novella Undine and Hans Christian Andersen's tale, The Little …

The Effects Of Hydrostatic Pressure On Early Endothelial Tubulogenic Processes, Ryan M. Underwood

Theses and Dissertations--Biomedical Engineering

The effects of mechanical forces on endothelial cell function and behavior are well documented, but have not been fully characterized. Specifically, fluid pressure has been shown to elicit physical and chemical responses known to be involved in the initiation and progression of endothelial cell-mediated vascularization. Central to the process of vascularization is the formation of tube-like structures. This process—tubulogenesis—is essential to both the physiological and pathological growth of tissues. Given the known effects of pressure on endothelial cells and its ubiquitous presence in the vasculature, we investigated pressure as a magnitude-dependent parameter for the regulation of endothelial tubulogenic activity. To …

Role Of Satellite Cells In Long Term Fiber Type Shifts, Honglu Liu

Lewis Honors College Capstone Collection

Muscle fiber type shifts in respect to satellite cells, muscle stem cells, are not well understood currently. The Peterson Lab has generated a mouse model (PAX7-DTA) that ablates satellite cells to determine if these muscle stem cells contribute to mouse muscle fiber type changes over an eight week period. In the study, control and satellite-cell-ablated mouse groups were split into control and overload groups (via synergist ablation surgery) and placed under similar environmental conditions. Eight weeks post-experiment, muscles were dissected to obtain the plantaris muscles of animals from all groups. Muscle cross-sections obtained were immunohistochemically stained, imaged, quantified by fiber …

Effect Of Estradiol Supplementation On Blood Estradiol And Metabolite Levels, And Hepatic Protein Expression, In Growing, Mature, And Senescent Beef Cattle, Edwena D. Miles

Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences

Estradiol (Compudose®, COM) implants are extensively used in beef cattle production systems to alter body composition and feed efficiency. Little information exists about the physiological mechanisms affected by COM treatment in growing, mature, and senescent female cattle. Moreover, no reports describe the level of blood estradiol resulting from COM treatment. The effect of COM on levels of plasma estradiol and blood metabolites and proteins, and relative content of glutamine synthetase (GS) and other amino acid nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes in liver tissue, was studied using three experimental models relevant to cow-calf production regimens: senescent cows (Trial 1), young mature (young) versus senescent …

Use Of Mtb-100tm, Provided Through A Mineral Mix, To Reduce Toxicity When Lactating Beef Cows Graze Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue, Melanie E. Hoar

Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences

Two experiments were conducted at the University of Kentucky, Eden Shale Farm, Owenton, KY to evaluate the use of MTB-100^TM (Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY) to alleviate the symptoms of fescue toxicity when lactating Angus x Beefmaster cows and their calves grazed endophyte-infected KY-31 tall fescue. Experiment 1 provided a carbohydrate based toxin adsorbent, MTB-100^TM, ad libitum in a commercial mineral supplement to project a daily consumption rate of 0, 20 or 40 g of MTB-100^TM per cow. Cows were weighed, assigned a body condition score (BCS) and hair coat score (HC), rectal temperatures were recorded and …

Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Use: An Analysis Of Coverage By The New York Times, Puneet Sandhu

Theses & ETDs

In 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the largest offshore oil spill in the United States. As part of the oil spill response, chemical dispersants were applied in unprecedented volumes, and for the first time, applied subsea. The dispersant applications generated much public debate and media coverage. The present study examines how well a major news outlet, The New York Times (NYT), explained the science of dispersants in covering the Deepwater Horizon response. Overall, the newspaper presented insufficient information about the benefits and risks of dispersant use. Many of the flaws …

Advertising Androgyny: How Models' Gender Presentation Impacts Young Adults' Evaluations Of Advertisements And The Effects Of An Inclusive Instructional Frame, Arielle Scherr

Theses & ETDs

This study investigated how the gender presentation of models in advertisements and an instructional frame emphasizing gender fluidity affected adolescents' and young adults' evaluations of these ads. Participants were exposed to five advertising images picturing a feminine female, a masculine female, a feminine male, a masculine male, and a pair of jeans (control). Participants then completed a survey measuring their evaluations of model attractiveness, ad effectiveness, ad relatability, self-attractiveness, sex role orientation, and media-inspired social comparison behavior. Participants exposed to the inclusive instructional frame rated the four model images as more effective and relatable than participants in the control group …

Overpopulation: Mitigation And Normative Diffusion, Jordan Royal

Theses & ETDs

Human overpopulation is an important issue because it has a myriad of adverse impacts on the environment and our species survival. This thesis introduces the self-reinforcing relationship between population pressures and environmental issues, emphasizing the pertinence of population control. Two distinctive approaches to addressing population pressures are highlighted: top-down coercion and bottom-up empowerment. Through analyzing the diffusion of norms regarding gender equality and women's rights and empowerment at international conferences on population and development, I argue that a shift within the international community's approach to population control has taken place. The international community has shifted from supporting top-down approaches to …

Effects Of Ethanol Exposure And Withdrawal On Ex Vivo Cerebellar Slices, Stacy Roudabush

Theses & ETDs

Alcoholism is an addiction to ethanol (EtOH) that is marked by cyclic periods of chronic EtOH intake, withdrawal, attempts at abstinence, and relapse. Research into the excitotoxic properties of EtOH in the central nervous system (CNS) dominates the current scientific field, while studies are less focused on the mechanisms underlying brain atrophy and damage following chronic EtOH exposure and withdrawal periods. The current thesis attempted to explore the mechanisms following EtOH exposure and withdrawal in an in vitro model using adult (ten- and eleven-week old) 250 μm mouse cerebellar slices. Myelin and axon-associated proteins and actin fibers were significantly degraded …

Does Firmness Of Conviction Cause Objectivism About A Moral Issue?, David Turon

Theses & ETDs

Atrocities are often seen as paramount cases of immorality – events that involved some of the most surely immoral actions out of any imaginable. From the certainty about the immorality of those actions, it seems that perceived objectivity – the feature of being immoral regardless of any particular sentiment or sensibility – follows. Is it actually the case, however, that firmness of conviction about the moral status of an issue causes the intuition that the conviction is objectively true? The present study was designed to address this question. Forty participants were primed to endorse one or another rule before being …

Digitizing Privacy: Evolving Fourth Amendment Interpretation, Andrew Swain

Theses & ETDs

Technological innovation in communications has been a major spark in shifting conceptions of privacy away from the idea that privacy stems from ownership of materials one wishes to be kept private, to a more individualized explanation of privacy that stems from the production of materials and intent of said materials when they were produced. This thesis examines four distinct periods of communications technology: the development of a modern postal system, the telegraph, the telephone, and the Internet. By tracing how Supreme Court interpretation of the Fourth Amendment has evolved with the development of these new technologies, it becomes clear that …

Across Borders: A Historical Archaeological Approach To Plantation Landscapes In Florida, Jamaica, And Western Cuba, Travis Small

Theses & ETDs

Very few comparative studies have been undertaken in plantation archaeology, let alone within the relatively new field of landscape archaeology. In this study I examine the particulars and universalsof power relations seen in three plantation landscapes – in Jamaica,Florida, and western Cuba. In doing so, this thesis brings out thecontributions and shortcomings of a comparative approach to plantationarchaeology studies. The comparative methodology is useful forhighlighting the contributions, experiences and responses of enslavedindividuals although the generalization risks losing the specifics forslavery in each locale. This thesis also addresses the hired labor onplantations, whose presence is often ignored in popular and academicliterature, …

Reaching New Audiences: An Ethnographic Study Of Youth Engagement At Historymiami Museum And The Ringling Museum Of Art, Jehan Sinclair

Theses & ETDs

In this thesis I argue that programs for young adults stimulate innovation within museum institutions and assist them in reaching a wider audience. These programs keep museums relevant in addition to helping them better meet the needs of the communities where they reside. Using ethnographic data from two museums that recently implemented programs to attract younger audiences, Miami's HistoryMiami and the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, I examine how the presence of these programs serves a pivotal role in rectifying a problematic historical legacy of classism that continues to influence contemporary conceptions of museums.

No Roses Without Thorns: Global Consumers Of Cut Flowers As Political Actors, Prabhakar Singh

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

Redox-Regulated Relb-Ar Axis Mediates Prostate Specific Antigen Expression: Insight In Prostate Cancer Response To Radiation Therapy, Lu Miao

Theses and Dissertations--Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Although the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used in clinical settings for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up monitoring, false positive PSA test results, which contribute to over-diagnosis of PCa, and false negative results, which miss some patients with aggressive PCa, remain problems of clinical importance.

Our study demonstrates that radiation therapy, which is widely used for treatment of localized PCa, generates TNF-α in tumor cells and stromal fibroblasts, redox dependently. Interestingly, TNF-α rapidly and transiently triggers the RelA-mediated NF-κB canonical pathway, but its effect on RelB expression is more robust and long lasting, which leads to …

Self-Ratings Of Communication Style And Discourse Performance Of Healthy Aging Adults, Hayley E. Besten

Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders

This study investigated the accuracy of healthy aging adults‟ self-rating of communication style, as measured by quantifiable measures of discourse performance. Ninety cognitively healthy adults participated and comprised three age cohorts (20s, 40s, 60s). Participants completed discourse tasks that included recounting a vacation, telling a story, and describing a picture. Participants also self-rated their communication style, placing them in a talkative or reserved cohort. Communication style was measured by discourse performance variables of interest: length of output (TNW) and informativeness (%IU). When presented with an unconstrained task (recounting a vacation), talkative and reserved groups, regardless of age, produced a similar …

The English Versus The American Rule On Attorney Fees: An Empirical Study Of Public Company Contracts, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Social Production Of National Security, Aziz Z. Huq

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Religious Freedom, Animal Sacrifice, And Community Maintenance: From Hialeah To The United States Supreme Court, Lewis Winstanley

Theses & ETDs

This objective of this thesis is to challenge the idea that secularization leads to a decline in religious authority through a content analysis of the United States Supreme Court case, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah. I build my argument against Max Weber's concern with expanding structures of rationality and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan's claim that in the field of US law, religious freedom is impossible. As an example of resistance to secularization, I examined the construction of the church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye. I contextualize the church's emergence in a history of Yoruban culture …

New Research Towards The Synthesis Of 1,4-Dibenzyl-1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-7-Monoacetate To Model Oxalate Degrading Metalloenzymes, Jaclynn Windsor

Theses & ETDs

Oxalate is a widely abundant compound found in a variety of plants, bacteria, and fungi. Oxalate is a toxic compound and excretion methods are limited in mammals because of the absence of oxalate-degrading enzymes. Accumulation of oxalate can occur via several routes, including genetic defects, dysfunctional fat absorption, excessive dietary consumption, or possibly deficiencies in metabolism of oxalate-precursors like glyoxal. Two manganese-containing metalloenzymes, oxalate oxidase (oxox) and oxalate decarboxylase (oxdc), are able to metabolize this toxic compound via an oxygen-dependent mechanism that is currently undetermined. A functional small molecule mimic of the active sites of oxox and oxdc could provide …

Class Ceilings: Filming An Elite Salvadoran Family, Alexander Wilson

Theses & ETDs

In the opening months of 2012, I visited El Salvador to conduct visual ethnographic fieldwork with my extended family, a group of political and economic elites. The study used hand-held digital video technology and a combination of visual and symbolic anthropological theory to frame and analyze the production of political and personal knowledge. The thesis and Spanish-language anthropological documentary film, Que mas, mi nino?, explore intersecting points of class and memory within an elite Latin American family to produce a living account of community identity. By tracing narratives and experiences, I argue that history is a malleable social construction that …