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Effects Of A Beach Nourishment Project In Jamaica Bay, New York, On Horseshoe Crab (Limulus Polyphemus) Spawning Activity And Egg Deposition, Christina P. Colon Oct 2017

Effects Of A Beach Nourishment Project In Jamaica Bay, New York, On Horseshoe Crab (Limulus Polyphemus) Spawning Activity And Egg Deposition, Christina P. Colon

Publications and Research

Restoration of horseshoe crab spawning habitats through beach nourishment may be considered as a potential strategy to enhance reproductive success in areas where estuarine beaches have been lost to coastal erosion and development. The US Army Corps of Engineers performed a beach nourishment project at Plumb Beach (Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY) in 2012 to stabilize the shoreline. While the addition of sand was done to protect infrastructure, it created an opportunity to examine the responses of American horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) to beach nourishment using a BACI (before-after control impact) design. During Spring 2012, be fore beach nourishment, horseshoe crabs …

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Senior Recital: Emily Weber, Soprano; Andrew Voelker, Piano; October 14, 2017, Emily Weber, Andrew Voelker Oct 2017

Senior Recital: Emily Weber, Soprano; Andrew Voelker, Piano; October 14, 2017, Emily Weber, Andrew Voelker

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
October 14, 2017
Saturday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

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Money Laundering Crime Under Brazilian Legislation, Leila Bijos, Renato Lopes De Oliveira Oct 2017

Money Laundering Crime Under Brazilian Legislation, Leila Bijos, Renato Lopes De Oliveira

Law and Business Review of the Americas

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Displaying Images Via Palette Switching, Christopher Phoenix Oct 2017

Displaying Images Via Palette Switching, Christopher Phoenix

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure describes systems and methods that can display several images by switching between two or more color palettes corresponding to the several images. More particularly, the present disclosure enables a computing system and methods for controlling the same, to display an image by using image data that includes a single set of pixel data associated with the several images, and multiple sets of color palette data corresponding respectively to each image to display. The system can use the same pixel data to display any selected one of the several images by switching to a color palette corresponding to …

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Brexit: How A Weakened European Union Affects Nafta, Phuong Tran Oct 2017

Brexit: How A Weakened European Union Affects Nafta, Phuong Tran

Law and Business Review of the Americas

No abstract provided.

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12 Years Plus An Ir Manager, Paul Royster Oct 2017

12 Years Plus An Ir Manager, Paul Royster

Digital Commons - Heartland User Group + IR Day

From 2005 through 2017, I have managed the University of Nebraska's Digital Commons institutional repository. This presentation covers some past, present, and future concerns: Why Nebraska? Our mission. Our history. Our content and usage. Our assets. Our competition. Our allies. Our obstacles. Our services. Our strategies. Our risks and rewards. Our relations with publishers. Order vs. chaos. The information universe. Miracles and disruption.

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The Chanticleer, 2017-10-13, Coastal Carolina University Oct 2017

The Chanticleer, 2017-10-13, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

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Mexica Textiles: Archaeological Remains From The Sacred Precincts Of Tenochtitlan And Tlatelolco, Leonardo López Luján, Salvador Guilliem Arroyo Oct 2017

Mexica Textiles: Archaeological Remains From The Sacred Precincts Of Tenochtitlan And Tlatelolco, Leonardo López Luján, Salvador Guilliem Arroyo

PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII (2016)

In contrast with the rich written and iconographical data from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries concerning Mexica textiles, discoveries of such materials in archaeological contexts in Mexico City are quite rare. This paucity is reflected in our archaeological collections, in spite of the fact that the imperial Mexica capital received in tribute and trade copious amounts of unprocessed cotton, thread, cord, fabric, and clothing, and that the sister cities, Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco, were bustling centers of textile production. The few Mexica examples extant today are in poor condition and have survived thanks to being carbonized during rituals prior to their …

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A Qualitative Case Study Of Teachers’ Perceptions And Practices In Social Justice Education And The Perceived Implications For K‒2nd Grade Children, Tina M. Lageson Oct 2017

A Qualitative Case Study Of Teachers’ Perceptions And Practices In Social Justice Education And The Perceived Implications For K‒2nd Grade Children, Tina M. Lageson

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

This qualitative case study explored the perceptions and practices of three teachers who teach social justice concepts in kindergarten and 2nd-grade classrooms in an urban school district in the Northwest region of the United States. The research sought to answer the following central questions: (a) What do teachers perceive about how instruction on social justice concepts impact early grade learners in classroom settings? (b) What do teachers perceive about how this instruction influences learner perceptions regarding their role in society? Through a three-phase data collection approach that included teacher and parent interviews, teacher observations with observation debrief, and student artifact …

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How Useful Is Gsv As An Environmental Observation Tool? An Analysis Of The Evidence So Far., Katherine Nesse, Leah Airt Oct 2017

How Useful Is Gsv As An Environmental Observation Tool? An Analysis Of The Evidence So Far., Katherine Nesse, Leah Airt

SPU Works

Researchers in many disciplines have turned to Google Street View to replace pedestrian- or carbased in-person observation of streetscapes. It is most prevalent within the research literature on the relationship between neighborhood environments and public health but has been used as diverse as disaster recovery, ecology and wildlife habitat, and urban design. Evaluations of the tool have found that the results of GSV-based observation are similar to the results from in-person observation although the similarity depends on the type of characteristic being observed. Larger, permanent and discrete features showed more consistency between the two methods and smaller, transient and judgmental …

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Reproductive Success Of Mariana Swiftlets (Aerodramus Bartschi) On The Hawaiian Island Of O’Ahu, Nathan C. Johnson, Susan M. Haig, Stephen M. Mosher, Jeff P. Hollenbeck Oct 2017

Reproductive Success Of Mariana Swiftlets (Aerodramus Bartschi) On The Hawaiian Island Of O’Ahu, Nathan C. Johnson, Susan M. Haig, Stephen M. Mosher, Jeff P. Hollenbeck

United States Navy: Publications

Mariana Swiftlets (Aerodramus bartschi) are federally listed as endangered, with populations currently limited to just three islands in the Mariana Islands plus an introduced population on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu. Before efforts are made to reintroduce Mariana Swiftlets to other islands in the Mariana archipelago, additional information is needed concerning their breeding biology. Therefore, our objective was to examine the reproductive biology of Mariana Swiftlets over five annual cycles on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu. This introduced population used a human-made tunnel for roosting and nesting, and was studied as a surrogate to negate interference with endangered …

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Authorizes State Regulation Of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Limits Charges For Patient Care. Initiative Statute. Oct 2017

Authorizes State Regulation Of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Limits Charges For Patient Care. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Limits amounts outpatient kidney dialysis clinics may charge for patient care and imposes penalties for excessive charges. Requires annual reporting to the state regarding clinic costs, patient charges, and revenue. Prohibits clinics from discriminating against patients based on the source of payment for care. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: State administrative costs of around $1 million annually to be covered by increases in license fees on chronic dialysis clinics. State and local government savings largely associated with reduced government employee and retiree health benefits spending on dialysis …

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Sustainable Water Initiative For Tomorrow, John J. Dano Oct 2017

Sustainable Water Initiative For Tomorrow, John J. Dano

October 13, 2017: New and Updated Science and Projects

No abstract provided.

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Glycolytic Reprogramming Through Pck2 Regulates Tumor Initiation Of Prostate Cancer Cells, Jiangsha Zhao, Jieran Li, Teresa W.M. Fan, Steven X. Hou Oct 2017

Glycolytic Reprogramming Through Pck2 Regulates Tumor Initiation Of Prostate Cancer Cells, Jiangsha Zhao, Jieran Li, Teresa W.M. Fan, Steven X. Hou

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) play important roles in tumor progression and metastasis. Identifying the factors regulating TICs may open new avenues in cancer therapy. Here, we show that TIC-enriched prostate cancer cell clones use more glucose and secrete more lactate than TIC-low clones. We determined that elevated levels of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase isoform 2 (PCK2) are critical for the metabolic switch and the maintenance of TICs in prostate cancer. Information from prostate cancer patient databases revealed that higher PCK2 levels correlated with more aggressive tumors and lower survival rates. PCK2 knockdown resulted in low TIC numbers, increased cytosolic acetyl-CoA and cellular protein …

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The Comment, October 13, 2017, Bridgewater State University Oct 2017

The Comment, October 13, 2017, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

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Ocean Warming And Acidification Alter Antarctic Macroalgal Biochemical Composition But Not Amphipod Grazer Feeding Preferences, Julie B. Schram, Kathryn M. Schoenrock, James B. Mcclintock, Charles D. Amsler1, Robert A. Angus Oct 2017

Ocean Warming And Acidification Alter Antarctic Macroalgal Biochemical Composition But Not Amphipod Grazer Feeding Preferences, Julie B. Schram, Kathryn M. Schoenrock, James B. Mcclintock, Charles D. Amsler1, Robert A. Angus

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Increased anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 concentrations have resulted in ocean warming and alterations in ocean carbonate chemistry, decreasing seawater pH (ocean acidification). The combination of ocean warming and acidification (OWA) may alter trophic interactions in marine benthic communities along the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Abundant and diverse macroalgae–grazer assemblages, dominated by macroalgae (e.g. chemically defended Desmarestia anceps and D. menziesii) and gammarid amphipods (e.g. Gondogeneia antarctica), occur on the nearshore benthos along the WAP. In the present study, the amphipod G. antarctica and macroalgae D. anceps and D. menziesii were exposed for 39 and 79 d, respectively, to combinations of current …

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No Difference In Myosin Kinetics And Spatial Distribution Of The Lever Arm In The Left And Right Ventricles Of Human Hearts, Divya Duggal, S. Requena, Janhavi Nagwekar, Sangram Raut, Ryan Rich, Hriday Das, Vipul Patel, Ignacy Gryczynski, Rafal Fudala, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Cheavar Blair, Kenneth S. Campbell, Julian Borejdo Oct 2017

No Difference In Myosin Kinetics And Spatial Distribution Of The Lever Arm In The Left And Right Ventricles Of Human Hearts, Divya Duggal, S. Requena, Janhavi Nagwekar, Sangram Raut, Ryan Rich, Hriday Das, Vipul Patel, Ignacy Gryczynski, Rafal Fudala, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Cheavar Blair, Kenneth S. Campbell, Julian Borejdo

Physiology Faculty Publications

The systemic circulation offers larger resistance to the blood flow than the pulmonary system. Consequently, the left ventricle (LV) must pump blood with more force than the right ventricle (RV). The question arises whether the stronger pumping action of the LV is due to a more efficient action of left ventricular myosin, or whether it is due to the morphological differences between ventricles. Such a question cannot be answered by studying the entire ventricles or myocytes because any observed differences would be wiped out by averaging the information obtained from trillions of myosin molecules present in a ventricle or myocyte. …

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Lawyering With Heart: A Warrior Ethos For Modern Lawyers Reviewing Allan C. Hutchinson, Fighting Fair: Legal Ethics For An Adversarial Age, W. Bradley Wendel Oct 2017

Lawyering With Heart: A Warrior Ethos For Modern Lawyers Reviewing Allan C. Hutchinson, Fighting Fair: Legal Ethics For An Adversarial Age, W. Bradley Wendel

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Prolific legal theorist Allan C. Hutchinson offers a provocative critical perspective on the relationship between law, the public interest, and lawyers’ practices. His recent book, Fighting Fair, seeks to ground legal ethics in the principles regulating one of the most universal and characteristic of all human activities—warfare. Readers of Candide, All Quiet on the Western Front, or Catch-22, or viewers of Gallipoli, Apocalypse Now, or Hacksaw Ridge may be excused for thinking that all we have learned about war is that it is senseless, brutal, dehumanizing, and in all ways an unmitigated ethical catastrophe. Hutchinson, however, is perfectly serious about …

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Unreasonable Disagreement?: Judicial–Executive Exchanges About Charter Reasonableness In The Harper Era, Matthew A. Hennigar Oct 2017

Unreasonable Disagreement?: Judicial–Executive Exchanges About Charter Reasonableness In The Harper Era, Matthew A. Hennigar

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Assessments of “reasonableness” are central to adjudicating claims under several Charter rights and the section 1 “reasonable limits” clause. By comparing Supreme Court of Canada rulings to facta submitted by the Attorney General of Canada to the Court, this article examines the federal government’s success under Prime Minister Harper at persuading the Supreme Court of Canada that its Charter infringements in the area of criminal justice policy are reasonable, and when they fail to do so, on what grounds. The evidence reveals that the Conservative government adopted a consistently defensive posture in court, never conceding that a law was unreasonable, …

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October 13, 2017, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2017

October 13, 2017, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

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Synthesis, In Vitro Characterization And Applications Of Novel 8-Aminoquinoline Fluorescent Probes, Adonis Mcqueen Oct 2017

Synthesis, In Vitro Characterization And Applications Of Novel 8-Aminoquinoline Fluorescent Probes, Adonis Mcqueen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Malaria is a parasitic disease that is caused by the plasmodium parasite. Plasmodium infection has affected man for thousands of years. With advances in drug discovery over the past century, malaria has evolved to possess resistance to most mainline therapeutics. This war of drug discovery vs plasmodium evolution continues to be fought to this very day, with attempts to eradicate malaria worldwide. Frontline treatments such as chloroquine, artemisinin, and atovaquone/proguanil have all seen parasitic resistance in strains of P. vivax as well as P. falciparum. While plasmodium possesses resistance to most classes of anti-malarials, the 8-aminoquinoline (8-AQ) class has …

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Euthanasia, The Gentle Death: A Legal And Ethical Prospectus On The Right To Die, Kirkland Alan Fulk Oct 2017

Euthanasia, The Gentle Death: A Legal And Ethical Prospectus On The Right To Die, Kirkland Alan Fulk

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

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Vatican Ii: The Impact On American Society - The Pas De Deux Between Rights And Responsibilities, Robert J. Araujo, S.J. Oct 2017

Vatican Ii: The Impact On American Society - The Pas De Deux Between Rights And Responsibilities, Robert J. Araujo, S.J.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

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Eleven Years Of Lethal Injection Challenges In Arkansas, Julie Vandiver Oct 2017

Eleven Years Of Lethal Injection Challenges In Arkansas, Julie Vandiver

Arkansas Law Review

In 2015, the Supreme Court decided Glossip v. Gross, which upheld the denial of a challenge to the lethal injection protocol in Oklahoma. Justice Breyer dissented, writing that he believed the death penalty was unconstitutional because, among other reasons, it had become “unusual.” He pointed out that Arkansas, along with 10 other states, had not conducted an execution in more than 8 years. This Article provides a look into how Arkansas made it onto this list. The drought was not from a lack of effort by the state. In the ten years preceding Glossip, twenty-one execution dates were set and …

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Report And Recommendations Concerning Environmental Aspects Of The New York State Constitution, New York State Bar Association Environmental And Energy Law Section Oct 2017

Report And Recommendations Concerning Environmental Aspects Of The New York State Constitution, New York State Bar Association Environmental And Energy Law Section

Pace Law Review

The purpose of the Report is to inform and enrich understanding of environmental issues which may be considered at a Constitutional Convention (should one occur) or with respect to proposals to amend the Constitution through the legislative process.

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Subnational Environmental Constitutionalism And Reform In New York State, James R. May Oct 2017

Subnational Environmental Constitutionalism And Reform In New York State, James R. May

Pace Law Review

The State of New York’s constitution was perhaps the first in the world to embody environmental constitutionalism, most directly in what is known as its “Forever Wild” mandate from 1894. In contrast to many subnational environmental provisions, courts in New York have regularly enforced Forever Wild. New York’s Constitution also contains a remarkable mandate that every twenty years voters decide whether to hold elections for delegates to convene a convention to amend the state’s constitution, with the next such opportunity on November 7, 2017. This article explores how subnational constitutionalism from around the world informs discussions about whether and how …

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Hope Vs. Fear: The Debate Over A State Constitutional Convention, Henry M. Greenberg Oct 2017

Hope Vs. Fear: The Debate Over A State Constitutional Convention, Henry M. Greenberg

Pace Law Review

On November 7, 2017, New Yorkers will go to their polling places and receive ballots containing a thirteen-word referendum question: “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” That question appears on the ballot because the New York State Constitution commands that at least once every twenty years voters are asked whether or not to call a constitutional convention. The mandatory referendum reflects Thomas Jefferson’s belief that every generation the people should be given a chance to revise their basic law.

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The Power Of More Than One, Jane King Oct 2017

The Power Of More Than One, Jane King

Occasional Paper Series

Jane King reflects on her experiences as a preschool teacher eager to use methods outside of the norm. She resists activities that encourage homogeneity and strives to promote autonomy and free thinking in her students. After transitioning from teacher to parent, she still uses this philosophy to make small changes in her daughter's classroom and encourage her children to engage in acts of resistance and critical thinking both in and out of school.

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On The Legal Status Of The Unborn, Stephen J. Heaney Oct 2017

On The Legal Status Of The Unborn, Stephen J. Heaney

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

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The Higher Education Of Woman In The Southland Oct 2017

The Higher Education Of Woman In The Southland

Published Materials by Anna J. Cooper

No abstract provided.

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