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A Study On Regional Water Resource Shortage In The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region: Dominant Issues, Existing Problems And Suggested Solutions, Yuxiao Wang

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Traditionally, making use of water resources always involves requirements to face many limitations, which usually lead to water shortage, and those problems are more obviously prominent in developing countries than in the developed countries, for example, China. As a result, the research on regional water resources shortage problems becomes necessary.

This thesis is mainly focused on the case in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region to attempt to show the process about how to find the main issues, the problems, and the related and recommended solutions for water shortage, including the 1) analysis of the issues that lead to the current existing water …

Narrative Report Of The Town Officers Of Amherst, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2015, And Financial Records For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015., Amherst Town Representatives

Amherst, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Milton, New Hampshire 2015 Annual Report., Milton Town Representatives

Milton, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2015., Easton Town Representatives

Easton, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report For The Town Of Hollis, New Hampshire For The Year Two Thousand Fifteen. Annual Reports Of The Officers And Committees Of The Town Of Hollis, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2015 With Reports Of The Hollis School District And The Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District., Hollis Town Representatives

Hollis, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Officers Within The Town Of Holderness, New Hampshire, Year Ending December 31, 2015., Holderness Town Representatives

Holderness, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Town Of Enfield, New Hampshire Year Ending December 31, 2015., Enfield Town Representatives

Enfield, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Town Of Center Harbor, New Hampshire For Year Ending December 31, 2015., Center Harbor Town Representatives

Center Harbor, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of Town Officers And Committees For The Town Of Springfield, New Hampshire, Including Vital Statistics, For The Year 2015., Springfield Town Representatives

Springfield, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Grantham, New Hampshire Annual Report For 2015., Grantham Town Representatives

Grantham, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Greenville, New Hampshire 2015 Annual Report., Greenville Town Representatives

Greenville, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of The Officers Of The Town Of Sandwich, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2015., Sandwich Town Representatives

Sandwich, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of New London, New Hampshire Annual Reports Of The Town Officers, Boards, And Other Agencies For The Year Ending December 31, 2015., New London Town Representatives

New London, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of The Town Of Greenland, New Hampshire For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 As Compiled By The Town Officers., Greenland Town Representatives

Greenland, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of Westmoreland, Nh Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2015 And School District Officers For The Year Ending June 30, 2015., Westmoreland Town Representatives

Westmoreland, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Derry Annual Report Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016., Derry Town Representatives

Derry, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Town Of Wakefield, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2015., Wakefield Town Representatives

Wakefield, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Troy, New Hampshire 2015 Town Report Of The Officials, Staff And Committees Of The Town For The Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2015., Troy Town Representatives

Troy, NH Annual Reports

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The Distribution Of Paleoindian Debitage From The Pleistocene Terrace At The Topper Site: An Evaluation Of A Possible Pre-Clovis Occupation (38al23), Megan M. King

Occasional Papers – Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey

Abstract

Lithic debitage was excavated from all temporal components of the Topper Site, including stratum below Clovis-aged deposits. To determine the nature of lithic assemblage below Clovis the artifacts were carefully examined using traditional methods associated with the analysis of lithic debitage, including aggregate and individual flake analysis. Individual flakes within culturally known deposits, as well those associated with pre-Clovis aged sediments, were examined to determine if they shared characteristics associated with humanly produced tools. The distribution of lithic debitage, as well as non-cultural debris, were also compared between all strata. Statistical tests were utilized to determine the relationships between …

Clovis Lithic Manufacturing Variability At The Allendale Chert Quarries: A Preliminary View From 38al228, Allendale County, South Carolina, Andrew James Weidman

Occasional Papers – Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey

Abstract

This research is the result of archaeological testing that occurred from 2010–2012 at 38AL228, a multi-component quarry related site in Allendale County, South Carolina. This thesis 1) provides a summary of the testing in order to define the cultural sequence and isolate the Clovis component for further analysis, and 2) compares the Clovis lithic assemblage from 38AL228 with the Clovis lithic assemblage from the Topper site (38AL23) to explore possible manufacturing variability based on distance from the source of raw material within the Allendale chert quarries. The premise for the comparative analysis is framed around the concept of differential …

The Price Is Right: Investigating Net Metering Policies For Rooftop Solar In California, Jesse Honig

Pitzer Senior Theses

As an increasing number of homeowners decide to take advantage of distributed renewable resources such as rooftop solar, we may need to rethink the current regulatory paradigm and governance structure of the electric market. This thesis examines the shortcomings of current net metering programs in California. While the current Net Metering 2.0 proceeding highlights a clash of solar advocates and electric utilities, it is in fact revealing an underlying structural flaw that has been present all along. In order to send the appropriate price signals to solar customers, both the structure by which utilities recover costs and the rate at …

Faith In A Changing Planet: The Role Of Religious Leaders In The Fight For A Livable Climate, Morissa Zuckerman

Pitzer Senior Theses

Progressive religious leaders are playing an increasingly important role in the effort to combat climate change. Through a combination of unstructured in-depth interviews and primary source analysis, this thesis highlights nine U.S. religious leaders from various denominations of Christianity, Judaism and Islam who are actively involved in working on climate issues. Drawing on literature in social movement theory, I explore how clergy are uniquely influential in climate issues because of the organizational advantage and moral authority they hold through their positions as religious leaders, granting them the ability to highlight social justice implications of climate change with distinctive legitimacy. Clergy …

A Skin-Deep Analysis On Deconstruction: How Transforming The Modern Surface Transformed Notions On Gender, Elise K. Young

Scripps Senior Theses

While focusing on high fashion and architecture, this thesis explores an aesthetic transition between the early 20^th century’s “modern” style and the later 20^th century style of “deconstruction.” We believe the style of “deconstruction” revolutionized visual metaphors for modern gender identity through the manipulation and experimentation of surfaces. These metaphors were accomplished through transformation relationships between surface, structure, and ornament. This study exclusively uses examples from women’s fashion and building façades for its analysis

Urban Microbiomes And Urban Agriculture: What Are The Connections And Why Should We Care?, Gary M. King

Faculty Publications

© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016. A large percentage (~50 %) of the global human population lives in urban systems. The transition from largely rural to urban lifestyles began gradually, but has accelerated. Given the magnitude of anthropogenic changes in the Earth system as a whole and concerns about resource availability and continued population growth, questions about the sustainability of urban systems have become a focal point for a variety of research and civic efforts, including programs promoting urban agriculture as a means to provide local food sources and to better manage critical nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. The …

Differential Roles Of Two Homologous Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Genes In Regulating Cell Cycle And Innate Immunity In Arabidopsis1[Open], Safae Hamdoun, Chong Zhang, Manroop Gill, Narender Kumar, Michelle Churchman, John C. Larkin, Ashley Kwon, Hua Lu

Faculty Publications

© 2016 American Society of Plant Biologists. All Rights Reserved. Precise cell-cycle control is critical for plant development and responses to pathogen invasion. Two homologous cyclindependent kinase inhibitor genes, SIAMESE (SIM) and SIM-RELATED 1 (SMR1), were recently shown to regulate Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) defense based on phenotypes conferred by a sim smr1 double mutant. However, whether these two genes play differential roles in cell-cycle and defense control is unknown. In this report, we show that while acting synergistically to promote endoreplication, SIM and SMR1 play different roles in affecting the ploidy of trichome and leaf cells, respectively. In addition, we …

African Fire Cultures, Cattle Ranching, And Colonial Landscape Transformations In The Neo-Tropics, Andrew Sluyter, Chris S. Duvall

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Rletters: A Web-Based Application For Text Analysis Of Journal Articles, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

While textual analysis of the journal literature is a burgeoning field, there is still a profound lack of user-friendly software for accomplishing this task. RLetters is a free, open-source web application which provides researchers with an environment in which they can select sets of journal articles and analyze them with cutting-edge textual analysis tools. RLetters allows users without prior expertise in textual analysis to analyze word frequency, collocations, cooccurrences, term networks, and more. It is implemented in Ruby and scripts are provided to automate deployment.

Igf1 And Adipose Tissue Homeostasis, Jacqueline M. Stephens

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Modulation Of Il-27 In Adipocytes During Inflammatory Stress, Heesun Nam, Bradley S. Ferguson, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Ron F. Morrison

Faculty Publications

© 2015 The Obesity Society. Objective While it is well established that adipose tissue-derived inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenic mechanisms linking obesity with metabolic dysfunction, the inflammatory mediators involved have not been fully elucidated. Here, we explored IL-12 family cytokines with a focus on IL-27 during obesity-induced inflammation in mice and cultured adipocytes (ADs) following exposure to inflammatory stimuli. Methods Relative mRNA abundance of IL-12 cytokines was assessed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in genetically obese B6-ob/ob mice as well as C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet and in ADs following exposure to inflammatory stimuli. …

Research Matters Spring 2016, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

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Research Matters is a publication which highlights ongoing research, international travel experiences, classroom happenings and degree program developments of and for the School of Renewable Natural Resources' students and faculty.