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Mattox V. Life Care Centers Of America Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40762

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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State V. Stanfield Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40301

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Rapid Thinning And Collapse Of Lake Calving Yakutat Glacier, Southeast Alaska, Barbara Lea Trüssel

Geosciences

Glaciers around the globe are experiencing a notable retreat and thinning, triggered by atmospheric warming. Tidewater glaciers in particular have received much attention, because they have been recognized to contribute substantially to global sea level rise. How-ever, lake calving glaciers in Alaska show increasingly high thinning and retreat rates and are therefore contributors to sea level rise. The number of such lake calving systems is increasing worldwide as land-terminating glaciers retreat into overdeepened basins and form proglacial lakes. Yakutat Glacier in Southeast Alaska is a low elevation lake calving glacier with an accumulation to total area ratio of 0.03. It …

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The Bg News December 17, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 17, 2013. Volume 93-Issue 49.

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Causes And Consequences Of Geophagy In Snowshoe Hares (Lepus Americanus), An Important Generalist Herbivore Of The Boreal Forest, Suzanne Worker

Biological Sciences

Geophagy, the consumption of mineral soil, is believed to have several benefits for herbivores. Soils high in clay are often implicated in the detoxification of plant secondary metabolites. High mineral concentrations in soils may also provide nutrients that are poorly available from plants. Local observers report that snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) use a lick in the foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska. Using soil from this lick and other mineral supplements, I conducted a series of feeding trials on captive snowshoe hares fed felt-leaf willow (Salix alaxensis) or a formulated ration to determine whether geophagy resulted in a physiological benefit …

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Landfast Sea Ice Formation And Deformation Near Barrow, Alaska: Variability And Implications For Ice Stability, Joshua M. Jones

Geosciences

Climate change in the Arctic is having large and far-reaching effects. Sea ice is declining in annual extent and thinning with a warming of the atmosphere and the ocean. As a result, sea ice dynamic behaviour and processes are undergoing major changes, interacting with socio-economic changes underway in the Arctic. Near Barrow, Alaska, landfast sea ice is an integral part of native lñupiaq culture and impacts the natural resource extraction and maritime industries. Events known as breakouts of the landfast ice, in which stable landfast ice becomes mobile and detaches from the coast, have been occurring more frequently in recent …

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Temperature Index Modeling Of The Kahiltna Glacier: Comparison To Multiple Field And Geodetic Mass Balance Datasets, Joanna Young

Geosciences

Glaciers of Alaska, USA, and Northwestern Canada are shedding mass at one of the highest rates of any mountain glacier system, with significant impact at the global and local scales. Despite advances in satellite and airborne technologies, fully characterizing the temporal evolution of glacier mass change in individual watersheds remains a challenge. Temperature index modeling is an approach that can be used to expand on sparse ground observations, and that can help bridge the gap between regional and individual watershed estimates of the time series of glacier mass change. Here we present a study on temperature index modeling of glacier-wide …

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Jakobshavn Isbr�_: Velocity Variations From Hourly To Decadal Time Scales At Greenland's Fastest Tidewater Glacier, David Bryan Podrasky

Geosciences

Outlet glaciers in Greenland, and elsewhere, have recently shown large variations in terminus position and ice flux. One example is the tidewater retreat of Jakobshavn Isbr�_, which began in the late 1990s with high thinning rates, acceleration and collapse of the floating glacier tongue. The retreat has continued to the present, with glacier speeds more than doubling in two decades' time. A campaign of in-situ measurements was initiated in 2006 with the aim of determining the importance of short-term forcing as a control on the continuing evolution of the glacier. Three years of continuous GPS measurements along the centerline of …

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Satellite To Model Comparisons Of Volcanic Ash Emissions In The North Pacific, Torge S. Steensen

Geosciences

To detect, analyze and predict the movement of volcanic ash in real time, dispersion models and satellite remote sensing data are important. A combination of both approaches is discussed here to enhance the techniques currently used to quantify volcanic ash emissions, based on case studies of the eruptions of the Kasatochi (Alaska, USA, 2008), Mount Redoubt (Alaska, USA, 2009) and Sarychev Peak (Russia, 2009) volcanoes. Results suggest a quantitative approach determining masses from satellite images can be problematic due to uncertainties in knowledge of input values, most importantly the ground surface temperature required in the mass retrieval. Furthermore, a volcanic …

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New Algorithms For The Compilation Of Glacier Inventories, Christian Kienholz

Geosciences

Glacier inventories are used for many applications in glaciology, however, their manual compilation is time-consuming. Here, we present two new algorithms for the automatic compilation of glacier inventories. The first approach is based on hydrological modeling tools and separates glacier complexes into individual glaciers, requiring a digital elevation model (DEM) and glacier complex outlines as input. Its application to > 60,000 km² of ice in Alaska (~98% success rate) and southern Arctic Canada (~97% success rate) indicates the method is robust if DEMs and glacier complex outlines of good quality are available. The second algorithm relies on glacier outlines and a …

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Basal Shear Strength Inversions For Ice Sheets With An Application To Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, Marijke Habermann

Geosciences

Satellite and in situ observations of ice sheet outlet glaciers around the turn of the 21st century showed that rapid changes in ice dynamics are possible and important for the evolution of ice sheets. When attempting to model these dynamic changes the conditions at the ice-bed interface are crucial. Inverse methods can be used to infer basal properties, such as the basal yield stress, from abundant surface velocity observations by using a physical model of ice flow. Inverse methods are very powerful, but they need to be applied with care, otherwise errors can dominate the solution. In this study we …

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Seismicity, Seawater And Seasonality: New Insights Into Iceberg Calving From Yahtse Glacier, Alaska, Timothy Chester Bartholomaus

Geosciences

At many of the largest glaciers and ice sheets on Earth, more than half of the annual ice loss occurs through iceberg calving into the ocean. Calving is also responsible for the most rapid ice mass changes, both directly (through the mechanical loss of ice at the terminus) and indirectly (through dynamic thinning of upstream ice initiated by terminus retreat). Yet, the mechanisms and factors that control calving are poorly understood. Recordings of glaciogenic seismic waves, known as "icequakes," produced during iceberg calving offer opportunities for insight that cannot be gleaned through other methods. In order to better understand iceberg …

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Soil Surface Organic Layers In The Arctic Foothills: Development, Distribution And Microclimatic Feedbacks, Carson A. Baughman

Forest Sciences

Accumulated organic matter at the ground surface plays an important role in Arctic ecosystems. These soil surface organic layers (SSOLs) influence temperature, moisture, and chemistry in the underlying mineral soil and, on a global basis, comprise enormous stores of labile carbon. Understanding the dynamics of SSOLs is a prerequisite for modeling the responses of arctic ecosystems to climate changes. Here we ask three questions regarding SSOLs in the Arctic Foothills of northern Alaska: 1) What environmental factors control their spatial distribution? 2) How long do they take to form? 3) What is the relationship between SSOL thickness and mineral soil …

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Online Social Media As A Social-Ecological Systems Research Tool: Facebook And Two Rural Alaskan Communities, Richard E. Hum

Rural Development

The earth has transitioned into the anthropocene, which is defined by complex environmental change linked to human behavior and requires new tools of analysis in order to understand shifting social-ecological system (SES) dynamics. In this work, I explore taking advantage of widespread online social media participation to develop the tools for doing so. Spatially grounded public exchanges on Facebook are examined with three goals in mind: 1) examine the types of SES content being passed through this communication medium, 2) compare community observations to relevant scientific observations, and 3) define a flexible and reproducible research method for integrating these communications …

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Foster Parent Training For The Delivery Of Independent Living Skills, Kandy Alley

Counseling

Although training is made available to foster parents when they volunteer to share their homes with children in need, the required ten hours for single parents and fifteen hours for coupled parents does not provide enough training for foster parents who are working with youth preparing for independent living to give them the skills they need to succeed. There are many programs designed for youth, but fewer programs are readily available in Fairbanks, Alaska to teach foster parents how to deliver the skills to the youth. Youth leaving foster care continue to have lower outcomes in education, employment, housing, and …

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Academic, Behavioral And Social Intervention Strategies For Elementary Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Kristin Flora

Counseling

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience academic, behavioral and social challenges that can interfere with their ability to participate fully in the school environment. School districts are legally mandated to provide services to students with disabilities. This paper provides definitions of ASD, addresses some of the diagnostic testing instruments, describes theoretical approaches, and looks at three evidence-based intervention strategies that could be utilized by a school counselor and staff members to work effectively with students with autism. The first is applied behavioral analysis (ABA) which centers on teaching small, measurable units of behavior systematically. The second intervention is assistive …

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Synthesis Of Sphingosine Analogues By Diastereospecific Amination Of Enantiopure Trans-Gamma, Delta-Unsaturated-Beta-Hydroxyesters, Zhipeng Dai, N/A 戴志鹏

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Sphingolipids play critical roles in signal transduction, intercellular membrane trafficking and cell growth. As bioactive sphingolipids, ceramide and sphingosine have been implicated in activating anti-proliferative and apoptotic responses in various cancer cells. Conversely, metabolic conversion of ceramide into sphingosine 1-phosphate, ceramide 1-phosphate and glucosylceramide regulates cell proliferation and suppresses ceramide programmed cell death. Many anticancer drugs and stress-induced agonists have been developed to increase endogenous ceramide levels. Sphingosine/ceramide analogues reportedly enhance antitumor activity and have been proposed as a potential new class of chemotherapeutic agents. Among these, sphingosines with aromatic substituents in the side chain often exhibit stronger biological activity …

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Glucose Transporter-4 In Mononuclear Cells Of Sled Dogs, Theresia Maria Schnurr

Chemistry and Biochemistry

The glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4) is the glucose transporter most responsive to insulin and has been thought to exist predominately in muscle and adipose cells. There have been findings that the glucose transporter-4 isoform is also expressed in subpopulations of white blood cells such as mononuclear cells. This study was designed to validate the presence of GLUT4 in subpopulations of white blood cells of sled dogs and to investigate whether changes in GLUT4 protein levels in white blood cells might be associated with age and stage of conditioning, as it has been reported in muscle. Our initial results have shown the …

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Bride-Stealing: A Myth Of Misogyny, Seetha Murugesan

Indigenous Studies

Bride-stealing, an explicit symbolic misogynistic action in The Iliad and The Kamba Ramayanam, is analyzed as a long-term patterned conduct of human behavior among the peoples who produced these works. The systematic pattern of bride stealing found in the epics discussed suggests that within these groups social constructs had always been in favor of female inferiority and subjugation. This places an emphasis on gender as an issue, manifested in the treatment of women by men as "others." The narrations of marginalization of women in the epics lead to a critique of the hypothesis that they are misogynistic. Here a framework …

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Use Of Family History To Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach Among Alaska Native People, Diana Redwood

Psychology

Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality among Alaska Native people are the highest of any ethnic or racial group in the United States. First-degree relatives (FDRs), which include parents, siblings, and children of CRC patients, are at increased risk. There is a paucity of data on predictors of screening adherence among Alaska Native FDRs, and the extent to which screening outreach is occurring within the Alaska Tribal Health System (ATHS) for FDRs. There is also a lack of data available on barriers and facilitators to increasing screening outreach efforts in this population. This study assessed the prevalence of CRC screening …

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Garnet & Black Winter 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

Garnet & Black Magazine

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An Algorithm For Motion Estimation From The Tomographic Data, Alexander Katsevich, Michael Silver, Alexander Zamyatin

UCF Patents

In this paper we study local tomography (LT) in the motion contaminated case. It is shown that microlocally, away from some critical directions, LT is equivalent to a pseudo-differential operator of order one. LT also produces non-local artifacts that are of the same strength as useful singularities. If motion is not accurately known, singularities inside the object f being scanned spread in different directions. A single edge can become a double edge. In such a case the image of f looks cluttered. Based on this observation we propose an algorithm for motion estimation. We propose an empiric measure of image …

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The Governance Of Wolves In Transboundary Regions: A Triquetrous Study Of Ephemeral Agreements Transcending Sub-National And National Boundaries, Brett M. Parks

Natural Resources

Contradictory management objectives in adjacent jurisdictions can affect transboundary wolves and their associated socio-ecological systems. Elite interviews and case study methodology were used in this thesis to explore three transboundary wolf management agreements, their effectiveness, and their impacts on wolves, ecosystems and stakeholders. Separate agreements between the State of Alaska and: Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, and Denali National Park and Preserve, and an agreement between Italy and Switzerland show that despite a diversity of socio-ecological contexts, approaches, and hierarchical level of actors, transboundary wolf agreements are prone to ephemerality. The ephemerality of these agreements appears to be due primarily to …

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The Relationships Between Licensed Vocational Nurses' Care, Documentation, And Perceptions Of Dementia-Compromised Behaviors In The Nursing Home, Jennifer J. Yeager

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia increase as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias progress; these symptoms occur in as many as 80% of persons with dementia living in nursing homes. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, also known as dementia-compromised behaviors, are a source of stress for nursing home staff, family members, and other residents and adversely affect the quality of life and safety of residents. Ethnonursing, a qualitative research method, was used to examine the relationship between licensed vocational nurses' responses to dementia-compromised behaviors, documentation, and perceptions of dementia care. Data analysis resulted in three overarching themes related to …

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Condition Assessment Of Decommissioned Bridge Decks Treated With Waterproofing Membranes And Asphalt Overlays, Eric Scott Sumsion

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this research was to assess the condition of four decommissioned bridge decks treated with waterproofing membranes and asphalt overlays following the completion of their service lives. Large samples were cut from each of the bridge decks immediately prior to demolition and taken to the Brigham Young University Highway Materials Laboratory, where extensive sampling and testing was performed. Methods used to evaluate the condition of the bridge deck samples included visual inspection, hammer sounding, Schmidt rebound hammer testing, resistivity testing, half-cell potential testing, linear polarization testing, cover depth measurement, and chloride concentration measurement. The samples were removed from …

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A Pil1–Sle1–Syj1–Tax4 Functional Pathway Links Eisosomes With Pi(4,5)P2 Regulation, Ruth Kabeche, Assen Roguev, Nevan J. Krogan, James B. Moseley

Dartmouth Scholarship

Stable compartments of the plasma membrane promote a wide range of cellular functions. In yeast cells, cytosolic structures called eisosomes generate prominent cortical invaginations of unknown function. Through a series of genetic screens in fission yeast, we found that the eisosome proteins Pil1 and Sle1 function with the synaptojanin-like lipid phosphatase Syj1 and its ligand Tax4. This genetic pathway connects eisosome function with the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] in cells. Defects in PI(4,5)P2 regulation led to eisosome defects, and we found that the core eisosome protein Pil1 can bind to and tubulate liposomes containing PI(4,5)P2. Mutations in components of …

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Alaska Energy Statistics 1960-2011 Final Report, Ginny Fay, Alejandra Villalobos Meléndez, Corinna West

ISER Reports

This twenty-sixth edition of the Alaska Energy Statistics reconciles energy data from public sources and makes that data more easily available to the public and stakeholders. It primarily presents 2011 data on electricity produced by certified utilities in Alaska. It includes a brief introduction, highlights, and summary data tables. The first major section describes basic statistical indicators for Alaska utilities, and the second discusses renewable energy in Alaska. After that we look more broadly at the big picture of energy in Alaska, describing production and consumption of various energy sources. A series of appendixes defines terms, lists references, and describes …

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Interpolation Of Rainfall For The Albuquerque Area : A Comparison To The Primary Local Climatological Data Site, Christopher N. Wolff

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

The main objective of this project was to assess the ability of the Primary Local Climatological Data Site (LCD) to estimate precipitation around the City of Albuquerque. In other words, this study determined how representative LCD precipitation data is as a point source station for characterizing precipitation within the Albuquerque metro area and nearby sites. Because the LCD is located in a permanent position near the Albuquerque International Airport, precipitation associated with rainfall localized away from the LCD, but within the Albuquerque metro area, is not accounted for in the LCD precipitation data record. This study quantified regional variability in …

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Engaging Local Perspectives For Improved Conservation And Climate Change Adaptation, Corrine Noel Knapp

Biological Sciences

Climate change is a global process that will impact local places in heterogeneous and unpredictable manners. This dissertation considers whose knowledge and observations could contribute to conservation and climate adaptation planning, how perceptions influence social-ecological feedbacks, and how science could be more relevant to decision-makers and local residents. In Chapter 2, I report on interviews (n=36) conducted with ranchers and recreation-based business owners in Colorado to understand their self-perceptions of resilience and vulnerability. I find that ranchers perceive more exposure and sensitivity to climate change and they also demonstrate more adaptive capacity than recreation businesses. In Chapter 3, I convey …

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Seasonal And Interannual Patterns Of Larvaceans And Pteropods In The Coastal Gulf Of Alaska, And Their Relationship To Pink Salmon Survival, Ayla Doubleday

Marine Biology

Larvacean (=appendicularians) and pteropod (Limacina helicina) composition and abundance were studied with physical variables each May and late summer across 11 years (2001 to 2011), along one transect that crosses the continental shelf of the subarctic Gulf of Alaska and five stations within Prince William Sound (PWS). Collection with 53-µm plankton nets allowed the identification of larvaceans to species: five occurred in the study area. Temperature was the driving variable in determining larvacean community composition, yielding pronounced differences between spring and late summer, while individual species were also affected differentially by salinity and chlorophyll-a concentration. During the spring Oikopleura labradoriensis …

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Mattox V. Life Care Centers Of America Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40762

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

State V. Stanfield Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40301

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

Rapid Thinning And Collapse Of Lake Calving Yakutat Glacier, Southeast Alaska, Barbara Lea Trüssel

Geosciences

The Bg News December 17, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

Causes And Consequences Of Geophagy In Snowshoe Hares (Lepus Americanus), An Important Generalist Herbivore Of The Boreal Forest, Suzanne Worker

Biological Sciences

Landfast Sea Ice Formation And Deformation Near Barrow, Alaska: Variability And Implications For Ice Stability, Joshua M. Jones

Geosciences

Temperature Index Modeling Of The Kahiltna Glacier: Comparison To Multiple Field And Geodetic Mass Balance Datasets, Joanna Young

Geosciences

Jakobshavn Isbr�_: Velocity Variations From Hourly To Decadal Time Scales At Greenland's Fastest Tidewater Glacier, David Bryan Podrasky

Geosciences

Satellite To Model Comparisons Of Volcanic Ash Emissions In The North Pacific, Torge S. Steensen

Geosciences

New Algorithms For The Compilation Of Glacier Inventories, Christian Kienholz

Geosciences

Basal Shear Strength Inversions For Ice Sheets With An Application To Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, Marijke Habermann

Geosciences

Seismicity, Seawater And Seasonality: New Insights Into Iceberg Calving From Yahtse Glacier, Alaska, Timothy Chester Bartholomaus

Geosciences

Soil Surface Organic Layers In The Arctic Foothills: Development, Distribution And Microclimatic Feedbacks, Carson A. Baughman

Forest Sciences

Online Social Media As A Social-Ecological Systems Research Tool: Facebook And Two Rural Alaskan Communities, Richard E. Hum

Rural Development

Foster Parent Training For The Delivery Of Independent Living Skills, Kandy Alley

Counseling

Academic, Behavioral And Social Intervention Strategies For Elementary Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Kristin Flora

Counseling

Synthesis Of Sphingosine Analogues By Diastereospecific Amination Of Enantiopure Trans-Gamma, Delta-Unsaturated-Beta-Hydroxyesters, Zhipeng Dai, N/A 戴志鹏

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Glucose Transporter-4 In Mononuclear Cells Of Sled Dogs, Theresia Maria Schnurr

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bride-Stealing: A Myth Of Misogyny, Seetha Murugesan

Indigenous Studies

Use Of Family History To Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach Among Alaska Native People, Diana Redwood

Psychology

Garnet & Black Winter 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

Garnet & Black Magazine

An Algorithm For Motion Estimation From The Tomographic Data, Alexander Katsevich, Michael Silver, Alexander Zamyatin

UCF Patents

The Governance Of Wolves In Transboundary Regions: A Triquetrous Study Of Ephemeral Agreements Transcending Sub-National And National Boundaries, Brett M. Parks

Natural Resources

The Relationships Between Licensed Vocational Nurses' Care, Documentation, And Perceptions Of Dementia-Compromised Behaviors In The Nursing Home, Jennifer J. Yeager

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

Condition Assessment Of Decommissioned Bridge Decks Treated With Waterproofing Membranes And Asphalt Overlays, Eric Scott Sumsion

Theses and Dissertations

A Pil1–Sle1–Syj1–Tax4 Functional Pathway Links Eisosomes With Pi(4,5)P2 Regulation, Ruth Kabeche, Assen Roguev, Nevan J. Krogan, James B. Moseley

Dartmouth Scholarship

Alaska Energy Statistics 1960-2011 Final Report, Ginny Fay, Alejandra Villalobos Meléndez, Corinna West

ISER Reports

Interpolation Of Rainfall For The Albuquerque Area : A Comparison To The Primary Local Climatological Data Site, Christopher N. Wolff

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Engaging Local Perspectives For Improved Conservation And Climate Change Adaptation, Corrine Noel Knapp

Biological Sciences

Seasonal And Interannual Patterns Of Larvaceans And Pteropods In The Coastal Gulf Of Alaska, And Their Relationship To Pink Salmon Survival, Ayla Doubleday

Marine Biology