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Marine Animalia Organism Diversity And Reef Condition On Two Reef Sites At Big Creek Beach And Boca Del Drago, Bocas Del Toro, Panamá, Bri Tiffany

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Ocean acidification, climate change, overfishing, and coastal development are endangering coral reefs across the globe. In Bocas del Toro, Panamá, coral reefs are especially threatened by the rapid growth in tourism and the subsequent anthropogenic effects caused by an increased human presence. To evaluate reef condition in this area, a study comparing percent coverage of live and dead coral as well as the diversity of marine Animalia organisms was conducted at one reef site in Big Creek beach and one reef site in Boca del Drago, Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro. It was predicted that dead coral cover would be …

Piping Plover And Least Tern Habitat In Maine, Jeff Vaz

Atlas of Maine

This map highlights the locations of essential habitat for Piping Plovers and Least Terns, both of which are endangered in the state of Maine. Essential habitat is defined as areas that both species use for nesting, feeding, and brood-rearing. Conserved areas in Maine are also highlighted on the map.

Atlas Of Maine: Vernal Pools And Conserved Areas In Maine, Carla Nyquist

Atlas of Maine

This map shows the documented vernal pools and conserved areas in Maine. For reference, it also shows all rivers and streams, lakes, and hillshade in the state.

Profile: Well Founded, University Relations

Profile (1996-)

These former students moved on. But others who came to Morris as students stayed or later returned, transforming their temporary home into a more permanent one. They’ve come back to serve as city government leaders; as the highschool principal; as the newspaper publisher. They’ve established businesses here; they are now faculty members at their alma mater. You will read about their stories here.

You will also find in this issue the story of a man who is “from this place”—who considers Stevens County his lifelong home—but who is not otherwise connected to the campus. And yet this man, and a …

The Paideia Team

Paideia

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Editor's Note, Ashley Stephens

Paideia

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Illuminated Magazine, School Of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University

Illuminated: Graduate Student Research Magazine

Where Are They Now? [Featuring Lucinda Langston & Larry Bowman]; Investigating the Protection Mechanism of DNA and Polypeptide Binding [Chemistry, M.S. Graduate Student: Modeste Tegomoh]; American Identity in Literature: Defining the Landscape of the 19th Century [English, M.A. Graduate Student: Jacob Vines]; The Perfect Balance: Combining Chaos Theory and Force Plate Analysis to Prevent Neurological Diseases [Biomedical Science, Ph.D. (Quantitative Bioscience) Graduate Student: Allison Hilbun]; Life in the Mounds: Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Discover a Buried Past [Geosciences, M.S. (Geospatial Analysis) Graduate Student: Jeremy Menzer]; Old Meets New: Using Technology to Create Large-Scale Digital Art Installation [New Media Studio, …

An Impact Analysis Of Increased Hydrokinetic Electricity Generation In The United States, Joseph Mchugh

Senior Honors Projects

The United States relies mainly on fossil fuels to meet its energy demand, but it is beginning to look into renewable energy alternatives. One such alternative is hydrokinetic technology, which captures the kinetic energy found in waves, tides and currents. Although initially hampered by regulatory uncertainty and low government backing, hydrokinetic technology is now gaining traction within the United States. Improved regulations and government laws are promoting research and development in the field, which will lead to more projects. This paper performs an impact analysis of an increased number of hydrokinetic energy projects as a result of reduced regulatory uncertainty …

The Faculty Notebook, April 2015, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Marodsilton Muborakshoeva. Islam And Higher Education: Concepts, Challenges And Opportunities. London And New York: Routledge, 2012., Laurens De Rooij

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Gordillo, Gastón. Rubble: The Afterlife Of Destruction. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014., Ismael Vaccaro Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Table Of Contents

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Curricular Affairs Committee Report #524 Appendix A, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

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Healthy Options: A Community-Based Program To Address Food Insecurity, Amy B. Dailey, Audrey Hess, Camille Horton, Emily Constantian, Salma Monani, Betsy Wargo, Kim Davidson, Kathy Gaskin

Center for Public Service Research

The objectives of this study are to better understand the lived experience of food insecurity in our community and to examine the impact of a community-based program developed to increase access to local, healthy foods. Participants were given monthly vouchers to spend at local farmers’ markets and invited to engage in a variety of community activities. Using a community-based participatory research framework, mixed methods were employed. Survey results suggest that most respondents were satisfied with the program and many increased their fruit and vegetable consumption. However, over 40% of respondents reported a higher level of stress over having enough money …

The Voice, Spring/Summer 2015: Volume 60, Issue 3, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

• Leading Off With the President: @DordtPresident
• Editor's Notes: Transition
• News: Analyzing What's in the Stuff Around Us; Come and Read What You Want; Faculty Bits; Campus Kudos; Getting It Straight From the Composer; Listening Makes a Difference in Nursing; Ribbon Cutting; Men's Volleyball Eyes First Varsity Season; Seeing Solar Energy Use; Research Opens New Way to Look at Cancer Cells; Grad Ed Bucks the Trend; Standardized Testing, Help or Harm: A Faculty Reflection; Have Quilt, Will Travel; Students Lead Push for Sustainability
• Features: Dordt Takes Its Turn Hosting Concrete Canoe Competition; Ag Students Head to the Feed Lot; Nurturing …

Comparing Avian Diversity And Anthropogenic Disturbance At Sendero Los Quetzales Cerro Punta, Panamá, Sloane Merdinger

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This report summarizes the survey of land and avian diversity along a transect that runs from the exterior to the interior of the Los Quetzales Trail of Parque Nacional Volcán Barú in Cerro Punta, Chiriquí, Panamá. The region of Cerro Punta is Panamá’s primary producer of produce and also home to one of the most biodiverse land reserves in the world. Despite protection efforts the area is continuously threatened by human development. The study juxtaposes calculated Shannon-Wiener Biodiversity Indices across graduated levels of anthropogenic disturbance to determine if there is a significant difference in biodiversity between areas with low, intermediate, …

Tallgrass Prairie Center News, Spring 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- 2015 Iowa Prairie Conference: Working Prairies
-- High Diversity = High Performance
-- IRVM Updates
-- Prairie Power Project
-- Prairie on Farms
-- Prairie on Farms Demonstration Workshops
-- Milkweeds: Monarch Immigration Reform
-- New Student Employee
-- New Center Staff

Fish Use Of Largely Unexplored Sub-Tidal Habitats In The Hinchinbrook Channel Estuary, Queensland, Alexandra Parisien

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study examines the use of sub-tidal open-bottom, rocky, and seagreass habitats by the Siganus genus (herbivores), Gerres genus (benthivores), and planktivores in the Hinchinbrook Channel Estuary in Queensland, Australia. The Hinchinbrook Channel Estuary, a tropical estuary cutting between Hinchinbrook Island and the Australian mainland, is surrounded primarily by mangroves. Its sub-tidal habitats are largely unexplored due to factors such as low visibility and the presence of estuarine crocodiles. In this study, I reviewed 699 underwater videos collected by James Cook University PhD candidate Michael Bradley in order to analyze feeding and movement behavior of pre-identified fish.

The results of …

"Breaking Out Of The Bubble": Becoming Self-Reflexive In Community-Based Learning Classes At Swarthmore College, Natalia Choi , '15

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

In my Sociology/Anthropology and Educational studies thesis, I explore the processes of self-reflexivity in the context of community-based learning (CBL) classes at Swarthmore College. Drawing upon interviews with professors and students in CBL classes, written materials such as syllabi and students’ reflections, and participant observation in CBL classes, my findings suggest that professors have a critical role to play in supporting students’ process of becoming more self-reflexive. By pairing students’ experiences with critical reflection in the curricula and leading by example, professors can guide students to have profound learning experiences about themselves as well as other communities. Such engagement in …

Spring 2015 Catalog, Lsu Press

LSU Press Seasonal Catalogs

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Uncertainty Quantification And Calibration Of Physical Models, Xian He

Open Access Dissertations

An ecosystem model is a representation of a real complex ecological system, and is usually described by sophisticated mathematical models. Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) is one of the ecosystem models, that describes the dynamics of car- bon, nitrogen, water and other vegetation related variables. There are uncertainties in the TEM which are attributed to inaccurate input data, insufficient knowledge of the parameters, inherent randomness and simplification of the physical model. Quantification of uncertainty of such an ecosystem model is computationally very heavy. Bayesian calibration method has been used as an efficient way to calibrate and quantify uncertainties of the computer …

Chinese Eco-Films And Their Pastoral Myth, Runlei Zhai

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation is a cross-cultural study of Chinese ecocinema after 1978. It begins by introducing the Hollywood practice in simplifying the conflicts between garden and machine, anthropocentrism and ecocentrism, and Tityrus and Meliboeus in American pastoralism, then explains why such simplification does not work on Chinese screen, and finally studies how Chinese filmmakers reconstruct their pastoral myth in three major steps: first, to recognize Chinese social and cultural realities; second, to establish the human-nature connection, and third, to affirm the nature-culture unity. The conclusion is that Chinese eco-cinema exists in a hybrid form. While Hollywood influences Chinese eco-cinema in terms …

Water Current, Volume 47, No. 2, Spring 2015

Water Current Newsletter

All Seats Reserved For June Tour to Republican River Basin

Water for Food, Filmmaker Team On Drought Documentary

Reducing Energy Consumption In The Unl Residence Halls: A Case Study Of Unl's Participation In The 2015 Campus Conservation Nationals, Kyle Chapo

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Energy conservation has become an increasingly discussed topic in recent years as climate change marches onward and energy prices fluctuate. In response to the ever-present problem of energy cost rises, Campus Conservation Nationals was created to promote energy-saving behaviors in universities throughout the United States. UNL has participated in CCN before, but due to several external factors, failed to produce significant improvements to its energy consumption. The purpose of this project was to monitor their 2015 participation in an attempt to identify methods of increasing energy conservation in the future.

Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Investment: Payback Periods, Net Present Value, And The Impact Of Epa 111(D), Shea C. Winkler

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Increasingly, states are using policy and incentive to promote the development of small-scale distributed solar energy generation systems (DG). Net metering is the most common state policy approach (enacted by 46 states), but various states have also enacted other incentives and different approaches to net metering. Investments with faster payback periods are more attractive to investors. In this study we analyze five different state approaches at various projected electricity cost escalation rates with respect to the payback periods for a 5-kilowatt (kW) DG. We also weigh the potential impact that proposed United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations to 111(d) …

The Repurposing Of Abandoned Buildings In Gary, Indiana With Sustainable Design: The Revitalization Of A Distressed City, Tatiana Height

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Abandonment has been a major problem plaguing the city of Gary, Indiana. The city saw its peak in the 1960’s and has since been the site of pollution due to the steel mill, a general lack of investment, and seedy behavior in empty buildings. Based on information gathered, such as the Broken Windows Theory, citizen testimonials, expert interviews, government initiatives, and revitalization plans of other cities, restoring abandoned buildings will prove socially and economically beneficial to the city of Gary. This research provides suggestions for how to mitigate the abandoned building problems, suggestions for possible funding of the abandoned building …

Comparative Analysis Of Aquaponic Grow Beds, Thomas Malachi Mcguire, Geoffrey Addison Popken

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

The global agricultural system has become a major source of stress on the earth’s natural resources. The current food production and distribution system is not secure and will not sustain future populations as global food production pressures intensify. It will be important to explore other avenues of food production in order to build a more sustainable system in the future. Aquaponics eliminates soil from the equation of food production by combining aquaculture(fish farming) and hydroponics(growing plants in water saturated media). Aquaponics may provide a source of relief for areas without suitable soil or dense human populations. This experiment looks to …

Industrial Facilities, Public Parks And Community Composition: Examining Environmental Justice In Lincoln, Nebraska, Brynn Stewart

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Environmental injustice involves the discrimination of low-income or minority populations in regards to environmental conditions in comparison to society at large. This study uses the net-environmental equity concept to analyze the state of environmental justice in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. To what extent are Lincoln’s environmental burdens located around low-income/minority residents? To what extent are Lincoln’s environmental benefits located away from low-income/minority residents? To what extent do Lincoln’s policies promote environmental justice? A distributional analysis of Lincoln’s public park system and toxic releasing industries is completed along with a policy review. Lincoln’s policies and environmental conditions of minority residents …

Water Quality Comparison Of Minnesota Streams: A Need For Buffer Maintenance, Caitlin Miller

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

A study was conducted to determine the affect riparian buffers have on water quality in perennial streams in southern Minnesota. A report from the Environmental Working Group was used to determine how well each county maintained a 50 ft. buffer on perennial streams. Six counties were chosen from across the southern half of Minnesota, three counties receiving a passing grade from EWG and three receiving a failing grade. The counties were paired (one passing, one failing) based on soil type, stream size, and hydrology. Monthly averages for total suspended solids (TSS) and turbidity were determined over a period of four …

Challenges Associated With Municipal Curbside Recycling In Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan, Jasmine Frazier

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Improper waste disposal and management globally is linked to a variety of problems with the environment and health. This problem can be addressed by following the 3 R’s; reduce, reuse, and recycle. Japan is continually aiming towards becoming a sustainable, recycling oriented society with the implementation of the 3 R’s, reducing GHG emissions, and innovating new technologies for recycling and waste management. This research aims to expand the knowledge on the challenges and ways to improve curbside recycling systems and to be able to provide suggestions for improvements to the system with input from Japanese middle school students from a …