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"Pure" Science And "Impure" Influences: The Dsm At A Scientific And Social Crossroads, Rebecca A. Johnson

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Mapping The Design Process For Urban Ecology Researchers, Alexander J. Felson, Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, Tim Carter, Franco Montalto, Bill Shuster, Nikki Springer, Emilie K. Stander, Olyssa Starry

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The integration of research into the design process is an opportunity to build ecologically informed urban design solutions. To date, designers have traditionally relied on environmental consultants to provide the best available science; however, serious gaps in our understanding of urban ecosystems remain. To evaluate ecosystem processes and services for sustainable urban design and to further advance our understanding of social-ecological processes within the urban context, we need to integrate primary research into the urban design process. In this article, we develop a road map for such a synthesis. Supporting our proposals by case studies, we identify strategic entry points …

Evaluation Of Continental Carbon Cycle Simulations With North American Flux Tower Observations, Brett M. Raczka, Kenneth J. Davis, Deborah N. Huntzinger, Ronald P. Neilson, Benjamin Poulter, Andrew D. Richardson, Jingfeng Xiao, Ian Baker, Philippe Ciais, Trevor F. Keenan, Beverly Law, Wilfred M. Post, Daniel Ricciuto, Kevin Schaefer, Hanqin Tian, Enrico Tomelleri, Hans Verbeeck, Nicolas Viovy

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Terrestrial biosphere models can help identify physical processes that control carbon dynamics, including land–atmosphere CO2 fluxes, and have great potential to predict the terrestrial ecosystem response to changing climate. The skill of models that provide continental-scale carbon flux estimates, however, remains largely untested. This paper evaluates the performance of continental-scale flux estimates from 17 models against observations from 36 North American flux towers. Fluxes extracted from regional model simulations were compared with co-located flux tower observations at monthly and annual time increments. Site-level model simulations were used to help interpret sources of the mismatch between the regional simulations and site-based …

Tremblings, November 2013, Western Aspen Alliance

Tremblings

Does Aspen Need Fire?

Douglas Shinneman

It is commonly accepted that aspen needs fire or other stand- replacing disturbance to persist on many landscapes. The prevailing aspen-fire model, in a nutshell, could be stated as follows: After fire, aspen resprouts vigorously, often forming even-aged stands that dominate for decades, as long as browsing animals or other factors don’t impede regeneration. Historically, periodic fire created cycles of aspen and conifer dominance, and produced shifting mosaics of different forest types across landscapes. Too long without fire (e.g., due to fire suppression and moist climate), and conifers extend their dominance, as aging and …

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, November 2013

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Precedent As A Policy Map: What Miller V. Alabama Tells Us About Emerging Adults And The Direction Of Contemporary Youth Services, Clark M. Peters

Missouri Law Review

To illuminate the role that Miller plays with regard to the wider realm of youth policy, I will employ the analytic approach of Professor John Kingdon, whose influential book Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Agendas) provides a framework for understanding how ideas move from mere proposals to effectuated policy. His approach emerges from the pluralist tradition, which emphasizes government processes and the role of political influence in affecting policy choices. In posing Kingdon’s central question – “How does an idea’s time come?” – to the Miller decision, this Article employs Kingdon’s theoretical framework in two ways. First, Kingdon’s framework is …

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, November 1, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Geosciences Newsletter - 2013, Department Of Geosciences

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 6, no. 1

• Dear Friends and Alumni
• Michigan Geological Survey
• WMU Geosciences Advisory Council
• Recent Alumni Spotlights
• WMU Geology Club
• Other News
• In Remembrance
• Hydrogeology Field Camp 2013
• Meet Our Graduate Students
• News from MGRRE
• CoreKids our K-12 Outreach Program
• Geosciences Publications 2012-13
• Flashback
• 2013 GSA North Central Section Annual Meeting
• 2013 Geosciences Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
• Gifts to Geosciences

Physiological Arousal In Autism And Fragile X Syndrome: Group Comparisons And Links With Pragmatic Language, Jessica Klusek, G E. Martin, M Losh

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Noteworthy Collections Of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) From Five Southeastern States, Jovonn G. Hill

Midsouth Entomologist

Noteworthy collections for nine grasshopper species from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi are presented along with a statement of their significance.

Program And Abstracts Of The 60th Annual Conference Of The Mississippi Entomological Association, October 21-22, 2013, Mississippi Entomological Association

Midsouth Entomologist

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Discourse In Teaching Scientific Inquiry: A Descriptive Study Of Two Student Teachers, Jia Lu

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

Research Questions

1.What does inquiry-based science instruction mean to preservice science teachers (PTSs) ?

2.How do PTSs view the role of discourse in inquiry-based science instruction ?

3.How do PTSs structure a classroom discourse that supports teaching scientific inquiry?

This study finds that the meaning and the practice of teaching scientific inquiry could have a different emphasis due to PTSs’ own experience with inquiry and the nature of the class they teach. The two PTSs confirmed that discourse plays an important role in inquiry-based science classrooms, however, the degree to which they would like to have students talk about scientific …

The Criminology Of Madiba Mandela: A Tribute, Biko Agozino

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

No abstract provided.

Fear Of On-Line Victimization Among Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Study Of Two Selected Urban Universities, Sadiq Isa Radda, Philip Nnameziri Ndubueze

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

The study assessed the prevalence and patterns of fear of on-line victimization among students using a sample of 641 students enrolled in undergraduate studies in two urban public universities in North Western and South Eastern Nigeria, i.e, Bayero University, Kano and University of Nigeria, Nsukka respectively. Specifically, the study sought to answer the questions: How prevalent is the fear of on-line victimization among undergraduate students? What are the patterns of the fear of on-line victimization among undergraduate students? Data from the two universities were compared. The results indicate that there is a high prevalence of fear of online victimization among …

Microrna-142 Reduces Monoamine Oxidase A Expression And Activity In Neuronal Cells By Downregulating Sirt1, Amrita Datta Chaudhuri, Sowmya V. Yelamanchili, Howard S. Fox

Journal Articles: Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience

Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRs) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative disorders. In HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), miR-142 was found to be upregulated in neurons and myeloid cells in the brain. We investigated the downstream effects of chronic miR-142 upregulation in neuronal cells by comparing gene expression in stable clones of the human neuroblastoma cell line BE(2)M17 expressing miR-142 to controls. Microarray analysis revealed that miR-142 expression led to a reduction in monoamine oxidase (MAO) A mRNA, which was validated by qRT-PCR. In addition to the mRNA, the MAOA protein level and enzyme activity were also reduced. …

Web-Scale Discovery And Federated Search, Valeri Craigle

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

In stark contrast to the library card catalogs of old, today’s library search interfaces offer much more than one-dimensional, item-specific searching. Users are now engaged in a process of discovery in which they are empowered to control not only the sources of content being searched, but also the context into which information is delivered, and the platform onto which information is synthesized. By eliminating the barriers to information discovery, law libraries can position themselves as true partners in this process, defining their mission in new ways, and providing critical services in an ever-complex information ecosystem.

Characterization Of Shark Movements On A Mesophotic Caribbean Coral Reef And Temporal Association With Fish Spawning Aggregations, Alexandra E. Pickard

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Habitat use of mesophotic coral reefs by sharks is largely unknown. However, it is well established that mesophotic reefs are the site of spawning aggregations for many species of teleost fish. These aggregations represent seasonal concentrations of potential prey biomass that may influence the habitat use of predatory species such as large sharks. I employed acoustic monitoring to examine the movements of three shark species [lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), and Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)] to determine 1) the comparative spatiotemporal patterns of mesophotic reef habitat use by the three …

Seeding Green Roofs With Native Grasses, Richard K. Sutton

Landscape Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

During six years of native grass establishment and growth on four green roofs, we sought to understand appropriate seeding seasons and spacing, the amount of time to reach the industry 80% coverage threshold (FLL 2008), the seed yield projections for volunteer plant infill. We also produced and tested methods for successfully and inexpensively seeding and determined “as needed” irrigation protocols. The suite of techniques examined improves and enhances the use, establishment, and management of native grasses on green roofs and reduces green roof costs.

Mcnair Scholars Smartnews, November 2013, Mcnair Scholars Program

EMU McNair Challenger

No abstract provided.

Put Your Phone Down Please: Digital Devices And Student Performance, Douglas Duncan

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

The recent increase in use of devices such as laptop computers, iPads and web‐enabled phones has generated concern about how technologies affect student performance. Combining observation, survey, and interview data, our two years of research quantifies the effects of this technology use on student learning. Faculty policy has a strong effect on student behavior, although all 8 faculty members whose classes were studied far underestimated the amount of off‐task use taking place during their teaching (primarily phone use for texting). Our in‐depth interviews with 24 students give insight into the students’ attitudes about technology use, and confirm results from Stanford …

Fearless Radicalism: Alice Paul And Her Fight For Women’S Suffrage, Anna Reiter

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the author

Anna Reiter is a senior majoring in history accompanied by a minor in political science. She is a member of Phi Alpha Theta and the Honors Program and will receive her BA in December, 2013.

Humans Have Precise Knowledge Of Familiar Geographical Slants, Anthony Stigliani , '12, Z. Li, Frank H. Durgin

Psychology Faculty Works

Whereas maps primarily represent the 2-dimensional layout of the environment, people are also aware of the 3-dimensional layout of their environment. An experiment conducted on a small colregt edinpus tested whether the remembered slants of familiar paths were precisely represented. Three measures of slant (verbal, manual, and pictorial) were collected in 2 different between-subject conditions (perception and memory) for 5 familiar paths on the campus of Swarthmore College, ranging in slant from 0.5 to 8.6. Estimates from memory and from perception did not differ for any of the measures. Moreover, estimates from all measures, though different in mean value, were …

Urban Responses To Climate Change: Theories And Governance Practice In Cities Of The Global South, Dirk Heinrichs, Kerstin Krellenberg, Michail Fragkias

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Cities around the world have recently started to become ‘proactive’ initiators of climate strategies containing both mitigation and adaptation elements. The experience of these first movers has been studied and documented both empirically and, to a lesser extent, theoretically, primarily for cities in the global North. This symposium addresses related knowledge gaps by exploring case studies of urban regions in the global South confronting their projected climate change challenges, showcasing the experiences of Delhi, Santiago de Chile and Bogotá. Its specific aim is to explore the urban social response to nature change, the adaptation challenges faced by cities across the …

Harbor Notes, November 1, 2013, Tom Scherberger

Harbor Notes

The November 1, 2013, issue of Harbor Notes.

Assessing Preservice Secondary School Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge Of Area, W. Thiam Yew, S.N.A. Syed Zamri, L. Hooi Lian, C. Cheng Meng

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The purpose of this paper is to assess preservice secondary school mathematics teachers’ knowledge of area. Clinical interview technique was employed to collect the data. Subjects of this study consisted of eight preservice secondary school mathematics teachers enrolled in a Mathematics Teaching Methods course at a public university in Peninsula Malaysia. They were selected based on their majors (mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics) and minors (mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics). This paper presents the analysis of the responses of the subjects related to a particular task, namely notion of area. The finding suggests that five of the preservice teachers in this study …

Hots: Evidence From Timss 2011 & Its Implication Towards Stem, K. Jayarajah, R. Mohd Saat, R.A. Abdul Rauf

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education aims to prepare all students with higher order thinking skills to succeed in the 21st century. However, based on The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2011, Malaysian students are still weak in higher order thinking skills (HOTS) not only in answering science questions but also in solving science problems. This research was carried out through a microanalysis of TIMSS 2011 in the science assessment. The study found out that Malaysia performed lower than the international average benchmarking in all the cognitive domains except for reasoning in Biology. In fact …

The Development Of The ‘Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale In Biology’ (Sdlrsbio) For Pre-University Biology Students, K. Siew Wai, E.G.S. Daniel

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

In past research, the measurement of students’ SDL readiness focused on self-motivation, self-management, and self-monitoring. These measurements were found to be too general to conclude one as a self-directed learner. Self-directedness should be specific for each subject area. This paper will discuss the pilot study of a larger research, where the SDLRSbio was developed using the Delphi technique. Specific biology laboratory skills readiness, experimental skills readiness, and data analysis and interpretation skills readiness were embedded in the SDLRSbio to ensure specificity in measuring biology students’ SDL readiness. The SDLRSbio developed consisted of 46 items in a 5 point Likert-scale. This …

Water Column Variability In A Costal Tourist Cave In Mallorca, Spain, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Use Of Impact Mapping For Planning The Infrastructure In Tourist Caves - Case Study: Maquiné Cave, Brazil, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Prioritizing Caves For Karst Invertebrate Recovery In Central Texas, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

Prioritizing caves known to contain endangered karst invertebrates in central Texas is more challenging than one may think. Here, we outline a strategy to achieve this goal while thinking of what is best for these species including addressing future impacts from climate change, and what works for landowners that are bound to permit restrictions. For example, there are two entities in the Austin, Texas area that hold regional Section 10(a) (1)(B) incidental take permits issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. When developing the Habitat Conservation Plan for one of these permits several years ago, they listed several caves …