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Canola: A Modern Crop For A Modern Era, Kenneth J. Roché Nov 2015

Canola: A Modern Crop For A Modern Era, Kenneth J. Roché

Doctor of Plant Health Program: Dissertations and Student Research

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Doctor of Plant Health program is a professional doctorate program with a comprehensive approach to plants and agriculture. The program emphasizes a broad interdisciplinary education across all plant-related disciplines, practical learning, research, and experience through internships. For my final required internship, I worked as a senior agricultural research intern with Research Designed for Agriculture (RD4AG) in Montana. RD4AG is a contract research organization based in Yuma, AZ with over thirty-years of experience. During my three month internship at RD4AG in Montana, a large portion of my responsibilities centered on managing regulated canola trials that were undertaken …


Effects Of Rapamycin Treatment On Neurogenesis And Synaptic Reorganization In The Dentate Gyrus After Controlled Cortical Impact Injury In Mice, Corwin R. Butler, Jeffery A. Boychuk, Bret N. Smith Nov 2015

Effects Of Rapamycin Treatment On Neurogenesis And Synaptic Reorganization In The Dentate Gyrus After Controlled Cortical Impact Injury In Mice, Corwin R. Butler, Jeffery A. Boychuk, Bret N. Smith

Physiology Faculty Publications

Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is one consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A prominent cell signaling pathway activated in animal models of both TBI and epilepsy is the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Inhibition of mTOR with rapamycin has shown promise as a potential modulator of epileptogenesis in several animal models of epilepsy, but cellular mechanisms linking mTOR expression and epileptogenesis are unclear. In this study, the role of mTOR in modifying functional hippocampal circuit reorganization after focal TBI induced by controlled cortical impact (CCI) was investigated. Rapamycin (3 or 10 mg/kg), an inhibitor of mTOR signaling, was administered by intraperitoneal …


Global Competency Teaching Intercultural Communication And Creativity In Universities To Prepare Graduates For The Global Workforce, Cassidy Crawford Nov 2015

Global Competency Teaching Intercultural Communication And Creativity In Universities To Prepare Graduates For The Global Workforce, Cassidy Crawford

University Honors College

Universities are leaving students vastly unprepared to succeed in the globalized workforce upon graduation, due to a lack of global competency. This article examines the use of intercultural communication and creativity as necessary resources for students to gain global competency. First, global competency is defined. Next, the need for intercultural communication and how this need can be met by universities is discussed in depth. Lastly, the same is done for creativity in the context of the real-world and education. Surveys and statics of employers, professors, and students are applied to this examination. Additionally, methods to integrate intercultural communication and creativity …


The Health Benefits Of The Mediterranean Diet, Kathryn Cleek Nov 2015

The Health Benefits Of The Mediterranean Diet, Kathryn Cleek

University Honors College

Introduction This thesis is over the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, what causes these increase in health benefits. In the introduction of this paper I discuss what the Mediterranean diet is, the history of the Mediterranean diet, who first demonstrated the diet, the physical activity differences in America and Europe, the portion size differences and the Ten Commandments of the diet. Each component of diet is important for understand how the diet works when comparing it to the health of those who demonstrate the diet. Main Body The main body is composed of what I used to find my …


The Men And Women Merely Players: Can Dramatherapy Can Help Those Who Need It Most?, Olivia Underwood Nov 2015

The Men And Women Merely Players: Can Dramatherapy Can Help Those Who Need It Most?, Olivia Underwood

University Honors College

Within the following work, we will discover the history, applications, and effectiveness of Dramatherapy, also called drama therapy. By looking at the origins of the ideas of both Psychodrama and Dramatherapy, we can see how far it has come and where it still needs to go. This information came from texts books, memoirs, and various articles. After that we will find how the efforts of Dramatherapists have paid off. By looking at specific case studies from the Americas and abroad, we can see the positive effects that using the traditions of theater as therapy. Across the board we see positive …


Concussions Related To Football, Jerry Stephen Nov 2015

Concussions Related To Football, Jerry Stephen

University Honors College

Concussions are a major problem in football. They cause short and long term problems. Much is known about the causes of concussions in football, little is yet known about how to truly really decrease the amount of concussions and the effects a concussion really has on an individual, I propose to look at efforts being put in remaking helmets, physiological effects on the brain, and the long term behavioral and emotional effects of concussions. There is an ongoing research to solve the concussion in football. Scientists are learning about the physiological effects on the brain and the long term emotion …


Hydroponics: Creating Food For Today And For Tomorrow, Beth Mcdonald Nov 2015

Hydroponics: Creating Food For Today And For Tomorrow, Beth Mcdonald

University Honors College

In order to analyze how a plant growing technique, hydroponics is currently being utilized and to determine future possible implications for its usage exist I have examined research pertaining to this topic. From this research, I have selected information generated by several universities, a professor who is considered an authority on the subject, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Despite there being a plethora of knowledge concerning hydroponics, this paper will cover information regarding the basics. For the survey of the literature, I focused on gathering information related to the history of hydroponics, to gain a better understanding …


Illicit Drugs: Should They Be Legalized? Can Technology And Regulation Make Them Safer?, Max Lee Ketcham Iii Nov 2015

Illicit Drugs: Should They Be Legalized? Can Technology And Regulation Make Them Safer?, Max Lee Ketcham Iii

University Honors College

For many years America has been the leading force in substance prohibition. Many countries blindly follow the USA in an attempt to earn their respect. As a result, very few countries actually know what uses these illicit substances have; before it ever reached the hands of the right people, the wrong people take it, use it incorrectly, and leave a bad name on that substance forever. If people could slander a substance, America would end up being found the main conspirator in the slanderous lies and misconceptions! This study has been done in an attempt to clear the name of …


No Child Left Behind: Fair And Equal Education, Dania Hayes Nov 2015

No Child Left Behind: Fair And Equal Education, Dania Hayes

University Honors College

No abstract provided.


Fitch: Italian Resolution Approach Is Costly For Banking Sector, Electronic News Publishing Nov 2015

Fitch: Italian Resolution Approach Is Costly For Banking Sector, Electronic News Publishing

Documents

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Btg Pactual's Reliance On Market Funding Poses Challenge For New Boss, Tatiana Bautzer, Guillernmo Parra-Bernal Nov 2015

Btg Pactual's Reliance On Market Funding Poses Challenge For New Boss, Tatiana Bautzer, Guillernmo Parra-Bernal

Documents

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Btg Pactual, Brazilian Bank, Seeks To Calm Investors After C.E.O.’S Arrest, Vinod Sreeharsha, Dan Horch Nov 2015

Btg Pactual, Brazilian Bank, Seeks To Calm Investors After C.E.O.’S Arrest, Vinod Sreeharsha, Dan Horch

Documents

No abstract provided.


Environmental Sustainability In A Sraffian Framework, Robin Hahnel Nov 2015

Environmental Sustainability In A Sraffian Framework, Robin Hahnel

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article expands the Sraffian framework to address environmental sustainability by showing how to define and measure what ecological economists call “throughput” and increases in throughput efficiency. In the process it clarifies issues that are often muddled in the steady-state and de-growth literatures.


Technocracy And The Politics Of Economic Decision Making During The Pre–Martial Law Period (1965–1972), Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem Nov 2015

Technocracy And The Politics Of Economic Decision Making During The Pre–Martial Law Period (1965–1972), Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Philippine technocracy during the martial law period (1972–1986) has been depicted in most of the literature as “apolitical.” Thisarticle argues that this depiction was not applicable to the pre–martial law period (1965–1972) when the Marcos administration’s technocrats, who went on to become the chief economic planners during the martial law period, exhibited “political sensitiveness” in economic policy making. This sensitivity helped pave the way for them to become part of the policy-making elite in the country and the Marcos leadership’s appendage in confronting intraelite squabbles.Keywords: technocracy • policy making • Marcos presidency •Cesar Virata • Placido Mapa Jr.


Martin R. Gaerlan Sampaloc’S Sacred Ground: The Franciscan Backstory (1613–1918), Review Author: Torres Nov 2015

Martin R. Gaerlan Sampaloc’S Sacred Ground: The Franciscan Backstory (1613–1918), Review Author: Torres

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Raul Casantusan Navarro Musika At Bagong Lipunan: Pagbuo Ng Lipunang Filipino, 1972–1986, Review Author: Concepcion Nov 2015

Raul Casantusan Navarro Musika At Bagong Lipunan: Pagbuo Ng Lipunang Filipino, 1972–1986, Review Author: Concepcion

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Motoe Terami-Wada Sakdalistas’ Struggle Forphilippine Independence, 1930–1945, Review Author: Planta Nov 2015

Motoe Terami-Wada Sakdalistas’ Struggle Forphilippine Independence, 1930–1945, Review Author: Planta

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Index, Index To Volume 63 Nov 2015

Index, Index To Volume 63

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


State V. Clark Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43350 Nov 2015

State V. Clark Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43350

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


The Murray Ledger And Times, November 27, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Nov 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 27, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.


Negotiating Risk And Uncertainty: Internal Migration And Rural Villagers In Albay Province, Hedda Ransan-Cooper Nov 2015

Negotiating Risk And Uncertainty: Internal Migration And Rural Villagers In Albay Province, Hedda Ransan-Cooper

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Thisarticle examines the role of local discourses of risk and associated affective practices (embodied emotions) in decisions to migrate from rural to urban/peri-urban areas. Drawing on a study in a rural setting in Albay province, it argues that mobility decisions involve negotiation between public discourses about risk and a private self that considers one’s capabilities and experiences. Although the risks associated with mobility are actively managed, these are imbued with uncertainty and are based on incalculable aspects of risk management such as hope and trust, especially among immediate social networks as practices of communal risk management have become increasingly undermined.Keywords: …


State V. Leytham Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43225 Nov 2015

State V. Leytham Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43225

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Kirby Respondent's Brief Dckt. 42752 Nov 2015

State V. Kirby Respondent's Brief Dckt. 42752

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


7-0! Pirates Pull Away Late, Down Seasiders 69-57, Armstrong State University Nov 2015

7-0! Pirates Pull Away Late, Down Seasiders 69-57, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Basketball News (Archived)

7-0! Pirates Pull Away Late, Down Seasiders 69-57. The Armstrong State University women's basketball team moved to 7-0 on the season with a 69-57 win over BYU-Hawaii at the Oahu Thanksgiving Classic on Friday afternoon on the campus of BYU-Hawaii.


Development And Evaluation Of A Physically Based Multiscalar Drought Index: The Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index, B. Zhang, X. Zhao, Jiming Jin, P. Wu Nov 2015

Development And Evaluation Of A Physically Based Multiscalar Drought Index: The Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index, B. Zhang, X. Zhao, Jiming Jin, P. Wu

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

In this study, a new physically based multiscalar drought index, the Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index (SZI), was developed and evaluated, which combines the advantages of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). The SZI is based on the water budget simulations produced with a sophisticated hydrological model, and it also includes a multiscalar feature to quantify drought events at different temporal scales taken from SPEI. The Chinese Loess Plateau was selected to evaluate the performance of the SZI. Our evaluation indicates that the SZI accurately captures the onset, duration, and ending of a multiyear …


Editor's Introduction, Jr. Aguilar Nov 2015

Editor's Introduction, Jr. Aguilar

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Population History Of The Philippines: A Genetic Overview, Frederick C. Delfin Nov 2015

The Population History Of The Philippines: A Genetic Overview, Frederick C. Delfin

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

This professorial address synthesizes the findings of several studies on the genetics of Philippine population groups and presents them in a manner accessible to nonspecialists. These studies examined different types of DNA (Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal) samples contributed by participants in twelve regional centers and nineteen ethnolinguistic groups. The data reveal (a) genetic affinities with different groups in the Asia-Pacific region, (b) genetic signals of ancient demographic events, (c) an ancient genetic history of about 5,000–50,000 years ago, and (d) a complex population genetic structure. This genetic overview has implications for the study of human history, forensics, and medicine.Keywords: DNA …


Philippine Kinship And Social Organization From The Perspective Of Historical Linguistics, Maria Kristina Gallego Nov 2015

Philippine Kinship And Social Organization From The Perspective Of Historical Linguistics, Maria Kristina Gallego

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Based on a reconstruction of Proto-Philippine kinship and social organization terminologies, thisarticle characterizes early Philippine kinship as bilateral with possible quasi-lineages. These features support the reconstruction of the Proto–Malayo-Polynesian system made by George Peter Murdock (1949) rather than that of Robert Blust (1980). In terms of leadership, the early Philippine community is described as dualistic in nature, allowing achieved and ascribed or hereditary chiefdom—thus deviating from the ancestral concept of hereditary leadership in the Proto–Malayo-Polynesian system. Changes in the Philippine kinship system are traced to show innovations in nomenclature and behavior toward certain kin.Keywords: historical linguistics • cultural reconstruction • …


Ranilo Balaguer Hermida Imagining Modern Democracy: A Habermasian Assessment Of The Philippine Experiment, Review Author: Dela Cruz Nov 2015

Ranilo Balaguer Hermida Imagining Modern Democracy: A Habermasian Assessment Of The Philippine Experiment, Review Author: Dela Cruz

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


E. San Juan Jr. Ambil: Mga Pagsubok, Pahiwatig & Interbensiyon, Review Author: Cerda Nov 2015

E. San Juan Jr. Ambil: Mga Pagsubok, Pahiwatig & Interbensiyon, Review Author: Cerda

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.