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Land And Water Conservation In Tanzania: A Field Analysis, Lisette Borchert, Dr. Richard Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

There is an increasing concern over environmental change on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro (Newmark 1992). For the Chagga, the indigenous people of this region, Mount Kilimanjaro is the source of all life. Primarily, they are dependent on the mountain for water, which is vital for their agricultural production and domestic needs. Historically, land has been passed down from father to son in these tiny African villages. However, as the population in the village increases, the sizes of each plot gets smaller and smaller until the plot becomes unusable. Likewise, as the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park and Forest Reserve (KNPFR) continues to …

The Alestle - Vol. 65 No. 18 - 01/23/2014, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 65 No. 18

The Cord (January 22, 2014)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Imls Place Grant: Press Release Abstract 3, Place Project Group

PLACE Project

Press release describing the PLACE (Position-based Location Archive Coordinate Explorer) project that is funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) library partnered with the UNH Earth Systems Research Center to develop a geospatial interface that is searchable by geospatial coordinates.

Includes IMLS Logo and Statement.

Enter Comes Of Age, Patrick Horan

Other resources

ENTER2014 - Where Social Inspiration meets Dynamic eTourism Innovation,

Dublin - 21st -24th January 2014

Status Of 10 Additional Bird Species Of Conservation Concern In Us Fish & Wildlife Service Region 6, Christopher J. Butler, Jeffrey B. Tibbits, Katrina Hucks

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

American Bitterns are medium-sized, brown herons which inhabit large wetlands with dense emergent vegetation. Their cryptic coloration allows them to blend in well with dead emergent vegetation, and American Bitterns have a tendency to “freeze” with the bill pointing up if they feel threatened.

They breed from Newfoundland west to British Columbia (generally south of 55 °N latitude) and south to California, northern New Mexico, and northeastern North Carolina. American Bitterns generally winter in areas where the average temperature remains above freezing. Their winter distribution stretches from Maryland (rarely New Jersey) south to Florida, west to California, south through Mexico …

Optimization Of Wind Turbine Airfoils/Blades And Wind Farm Layouts, Xiaomin Chen

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Shape optimization is widely used in the design of wind turbine blades. In this dissertation, a numerical optimization method called Genetic Algorithm (GA) is applied to address the shape optimization of wind turbine airfoils and blades. In recent years, the airfoil sections with blunt trailing edge (called flatback airfoils) have been proposed for the inboard regions of large wind-turbine blades because they provide several structural and aerodynamic performance advantages. The FX, DU and NACA 64 series airfoils are thick airfoils widely used for wind turbine blade application. They have several advantages in meeting the intrinsic requirements for wind turbines in …

Historical Romanian Meteorites: Emendations Of Official Catalogue Records, Dana Lüttge-Pop, Razvan A. Andrei, Nicolae Har

Studia UBB Geologia

With its more than 50,000 valid official and provisory meteorite entries, the online catalogue of The Meteoritical Society, i.e., the Meteoritical Bulletin Database (MBDB) represents the most authorized and primary source of information in the field. Unfortunately, this official reference contains some erroneous geographical information in the case of five historical Romanian meteorites. For Zsadany, the current country information is “Hungary, Bekes county” instead of Romania, Timiş County. For Mezö-Madaras and Tauti, the county affiliations “Harghita” and respectively “Cluj” have to be corrected into Mureş and Arad, respectively. Geographical coordinates for Kakowa and Ohaba require minor corrections, only.

The …

Lack Of 13c-Label Incorporation Suggests Low Turnover Rates Of Thaumarchaeal Intact Polar Tetraether Lipids In Sediments From The Iceland Shelf, Sk Lengger, Ya Lipsewers, H De Haas, Js Sinninghe Damsté, S Schouten

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Abstract. Thaumarchaeota are amongst the most abundant microorganisms in aquatic environments, however, their metabolism in marine sediments is still debated. Labeling studies in marine sediments have previously been undertaken, but focused on complex organic carbon substrates which Thaumarchaeota have not yet been shown to take up. In this study, we investigated the activity of Thaumarchaeota in sediments by supplying different 13C-labeled substrates which have previously been shown to be incorporated into archaeal cells in water incubations and/or enrichment cultures. We determined the incorporation of 13C-label from bicarbonate, pyruvate, glucose and amino acids into thaumarchaeal intact polar lipid-glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Algebraic Detection Of Flexibility Of Polyhedral Structures With Applications To Robotics And Chemistry, Stephen Fox Fcrh '11, Robert Lewis

The Fordham Undergraduate Research Journal

Many problems arise in biochemistry, robotics, and other fields in which flexibility of a polygonal or polyhedral structure plays an important role. In biochemistry, the flexibility and folding of molecules is an important factor in drug design and is a subject of ongoing research (Erickson et al. 2004). In robotics, stable configurations of manipulators (e.g., a mechanical arm grasping) as well as mechanical joints for locomotion (e.g., walking) must be calculated for safe, smooth movement.

Tending The Flowers, Cultivating Community: Gardening On New York City Public Housing Sites, Lauren Sepanski Fcrh '12

The Fordham Undergraduate Research Journal

Founded in 1934, The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s oldest and largest public housing agency. Nearly half a million people live in NYCHA’s 334 housing developments located throughout the five boroughs. If a NYCHA resident wants to garden, he or she may submit a garden application to his or her development’s management office and begin to garden in a place approved by the development’s manager. Some developments have preordained places for their residents to garden, complete with fences. In other developments, residents simply choose a place on the development’s grounds, such as a part of a …

Graduate Faculty Committee, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Membership of Graduate Committee.

The Cord (January 15, 2014)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

We Are...Marshall, January 15, 2014, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Professor Michael Gillespie To Lecture On Central Illinois Poverty And Hunger At Lake Land College, Lakeland Community College

Coles County Poverty Data Project

Lake Land College will host Michael Gillespie, assistant professor of Sociology at Eastern Illinois University, on Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 1 – 2 p.m. Gillespie will present “The Geography of Poverty and Hunger: The Case in East Central Illinois” in the Lake Land College theater.

Volume 51, Number 22: January 15, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 127.13: January 15, 2014, Hope College

The Anchor: 2014

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Adjudicating Space Debris As An International Environmental Nuisance, Barry Kellman

Journal of Space Law

No abstract provided.

Turkish Accession To The European Union: Shaped By Perception Or Reality?, Hannah Q. Young

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Throughout the last fifty years, Turkish-EU relations have fluctuated between positive to completely suspended, though one factor has remained consistent: the European Union’s hesitation to grant Turkey full membership. While some EU member countries justify barring Turkey from their ranks for a multitude of institutional, economic, and security reasons, similar issues have been overlooked in the past when accepting the membership bids of countries such as Spain, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria. Why has Turkey in particular faced such sustained opposition from EU citizens? Is this opposition based on misinformed perceptions or an actual “clash” of cultures between the EU and …

Lessons From At&T'S Flop: How To Grow In The Technology Industry While Avoiding Section 7 Antitrust Obstacles, John Soma

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.

Three Macalester Alums' Video About N.D. Oil Boom Featured On New York Times Website, Macalester College

College Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: January 14, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

January

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 33, January 13, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 16, January 13, 2014, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Intraspecific Variation In Carapace Morphology Among Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) From The Atlantic Coast Of Brazil, Kelsey R. Hampton, Melanie J. Hopkins, John C. Mcnamara, Carl L. Thurman

Faculty Work

Isolation due to geographical barriers should promote genetic and morphological divergence among populations. Marine currents flowing in opposing directions along landmasses can constitute barriers that isolate populations dependent upon aquatic dispersal. The distribution of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) is regulated primarily by the oceanic transport of their planktonic larvae and by available adult habitat. Along the Brazilian coast of eastern South America, the flow of 2 major oceanic currents separates northern from southern Uca populations, which may promote intraspecific divergence in ‘trans-Brazilian’ species. Populations of 10 Uca species were sampled at 64 locations north and south of the Ponta …

Research Trends In Select Science Faculties Of University Of Jammu., Nadim Akhtar Khan Mr, Sumaira Jan Miss, Iram Amin Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study attempts to analyze and report research trends in various subject fields of the faculty of Sciences, Life Sciences and Mathematical Science of University of Jammu. The analysis is based on the data gathered from SCOPUS as on March-May, 2011. The data gathered were meticulously analysed to depict research trends in different Departments and Subject areas viz: collaboration at various levels, authorship patterns, and citation profile. The findings reveal that although the faculties under study have witnessed potential growth in terms of research output. However, several departments are still lagging behind in terms of productivity and quality research, which …

Western News, Jan. 10, 2014, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Annual MLK celebration starts next week; Alumni center to incorporate core of East Hall only; Building setbacks net about $200,000 in energy-cost savings; On Campus with Tom Comer.

Multi-Objective Approaches In Transit Stop Location Problem, Sha Mamun

Doctoral Dissertations

An efficient bus network design is a difficult problem, and hence is usually considered as a series of sub-problems solved sequentially. The bus stop location problem (BSLP) is foremost in this series of problems. The BSLP in this research is formulated as a mixed integer problem (MIP) that consideres three important design sub-problems: stop location, demand allocation and service frequency. Given a set of candidate bus stops, the level of trip connectivity and origindestination pair-wise trip demands, the problem is to answer the following related questions. How many bus stops should be required and where should they be located? Which …