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Identifying Factors Affecting The Presence And Abundance Of Invasive Tree Species In Mississippi, Jun Zhai Aug 2017

Identifying Factors Affecting The Presence And Abundance Of Invasive Tree Species In Mississippi, Jun Zhai

Theses and Dissertations

The presence and spread of invasive tree species have caused great ecological and economic damages. Previous studies usually ignored the role of socioeconomic factors and seldom treated presence and abundance as different phenomena. Using Classification and Regression Trees (CART) analysis, important driving factors affecting the presence and abundance of invasive tree species in Mississippi were identified. Then these selected important factors were spatially analyzed using a spatial lag model at the plot and county levels. The empirical results from the spatial lag model showed that: 1) presence was associated with elevation, ownership, population density and per capita annual income; 2) …


Ancient Society And The New Politics: From Kant To Modes Of Production, Fredric R. Jameson Aug 2017

Ancient Society And The New Politics: From Kant To Modes Of Production, Fredric R. Jameson

Criticism

Review of The Structure of World History: From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange by Kojin Karatani, translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. 376, 1 illustration. $94.95 cloth, $26.95 paper.


The Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (Sport): An International Science Mission Using A Cubesat, James Spann, Charles Swenson, Otavio Durao, Luis Loures, Rod Heelis, Rebecca Bishop, Guan Le, Mangalathayil Abdu, Linda Krause, Craig "Ghee" Fry, Joseph Casas, Shelia Nash-Stevenson, Eric Eberly, Clezio Denardini, Polinaya Muralikrishana, Joaquim Costa, Marcelo Banik De Padua, Cristiano Wrasse, Lidia Shibuya, Bryan Mesmer Aug 2017

The Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (Sport): An International Science Mission Using A Cubesat, James Spann, Charles Swenson, Otavio Durao, Luis Loures, Rod Heelis, Rebecca Bishop, Guan Le, Mangalathayil Abdu, Linda Krause, Craig "Ghee" Fry, Joseph Casas, Shelia Nash-Stevenson, Eric Eberly, Clezio Denardini, Polinaya Muralikrishana, Joaquim Costa, Marcelo Banik De Padua, Cristiano Wrasse, Lidia Shibuya, Bryan Mesmer

Small Satellite Conference

The Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT) is a 6U CubeSat mission to address the compelling but difficult problem of understanding the preconditions leading to equatorial plasma bubbles. The scientific literature describes the preconditions in both the plasma drifts and the density profiles related to bubble formations that occur several hours later in the evening. Most of the scientific discovery has resulted from observations at a single site, within a single longitude sector, from Jicamarca, Peru. SPORT will provide a systematic study of the state of the pre-bubble conditions at all longitudes sectors to enhance understanding between geography and magnetic …


Advancement & Communications Committee Meeting Packet 08/10/2017, Uc Hastings Board Of Directors Aug 2017

Advancement & Communications Committee Meeting Packet 08/10/2017, Uc Hastings Board Of Directors

2017 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.


Is Central America Headed Toward Militarized Security?, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2017

Is Central America Headed Toward Militarized Security?, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Throwing Caution To The Wind: National Weather Service Wind Products As Perceived By A Weather-Salient Sample, Paul Miller Aug 2017

Throwing Caution To The Wind: National Weather Service Wind Products As Perceived By A Weather-Salient Sample, Paul Miller

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Native And Exotic Street Trees: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis In New York City, Mariana Schroter Aug 2017

Native And Exotic Street Trees: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis In New York City, Mariana Schroter

Theses and Dissertations

This study looks at the differences in the temporal distribution of urban street native and exotic trees in New York City from 1995 to 2015, attempting to answer the research question: Is there inequity in the distribution of tree population diversity or health, affected by socioeconomic and physical factors, when nested within origin?


Guide To Ms649 Tripp Map Collection, Abbie Weiser, Richard Tripp Aug 2017

Guide To Ms649 Tripp Map Collection, Abbie Weiser, Richard Tripp

Finding Aids

The Tripp map collection dates circa 1600s – 1950s. Types of maps include originals as well as reproductions. The maps are from various locales around the world and some maps feature hand coloring work.


Variability In Methane Emissions From West Siberia's Shallow Boreal Lakes On A Regional Scale And Its Environmental Controls, Aleksandr F. Sabrekov, Benjamin R.K. Runkle, Mikhail V. Glagolev, Irina E. Terentieva, Victor M. Stephanenko, Oleg R. Kotsyurbenko, Shamil S. Maksyutov, Oleg S. Pokrovsky Aug 2017

Variability In Methane Emissions From West Siberia's Shallow Boreal Lakes On A Regional Scale And Its Environmental Controls, Aleksandr F. Sabrekov, Benjamin R.K. Runkle, Mikhail V. Glagolev, Irina E. Terentieva, Victor M. Stephanenko, Oleg R. Kotsyurbenko, Shamil S. Maksyutov, Oleg S. Pokrovsky

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Small lakes represent an important source of atmospheric CH4 from northern wetlands. However, spatiotemporal variations in flux magnitudes and the lack of knowledge about their main environmental controls contribute large uncertainty into the global CH4 budget. In this study, we measured methane fluxes from small lakes using chambers and bubble traps. Field investigations were carried out in July–August 2014 within the West Siberian middle and southern taiga zones. The average and median of measured methane chamber fluxes were 0.32 and 0.30 mgCH4 m−2 h−1 for middle taiga lakes and 8.6 and 4.1 mgCH4 m−2 h−1 for southern taiga lakes, respectively. …


The Aryan- And Polish-Passing Women And Girl Couriers Of The Jewish Resistance Movements In Nazi-Occupied Poland, Farrell Brenner Aug 2017

The Aryan- And Polish-Passing Women And Girl Couriers Of The Jewish Resistance Movements In Nazi-Occupied Poland, Farrell Brenner

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

In the fight against Nazi occupation, underground Jewish movements in Polish ghettos sought to mount resistances through illegal educational and cultural activity, trafficking individuals and families to safety, and armed resistance. Key to these efforts


Bridging Training Gaps In Leadership Capacity: A Critical Approach To Assessment And Evaluation For Program Improvement And Development, Alysia Ballinger Aug 2017

Bridging Training Gaps In Leadership Capacity: A Critical Approach To Assessment And Evaluation For Program Improvement And Development, Alysia Ballinger

Capstone Collection

This research paper seeks to explore leadership capacity of Civil Service employees whose job it is to develop young adults with job skills and positive life changes within the framework of a modern-day workforce development program serving industry needs within environmental conservation work. The purpose of this study is to identify gaps in training and program functions so that recommendations could be made towards increasing leadership capacity of Civil Service employees as well as program development. The use of both feminist and institutional cultural theories informs the philosophical framework of this paper. These help to explain the case study’s hierarchical …


Geologic Environments For Nuclear Waste Repositories, Evan K. Paleologos, Abdel Mohsen O. Mohamed, Kosmas Pavlopoulos Aug 2017

Geologic Environments For Nuclear Waste Repositories, Evan K. Paleologos, Abdel Mohsen O. Mohamed, Kosmas Pavlopoulos

All Works

© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. High-level radioactive waste (HLW) results from spent reactor fuel and reprocessed nuclear material. Since 1957 the scientific consensus is that deep geologic disposal constitutes the safest means for isolating HLW for long timescales. Nuclear power is becoming significant for the Arab Gulf countries as a way to diversify energy sources and drive economic developments. Hence, it is of interest to the UAE to examine the geologic environments currently considered internationally to guide site selection. Sweden and Finland are proceeding with deep underground repositories mined in bedrock at depths of 500m, and 400m, …


The Role Of Nutritional Aspects In Food Allergy: Prevention And Management, Alessandra Mazzocchi, Carina Venter, Kate Maslin, Carlo Agostoni Aug 2017

The Role Of Nutritional Aspects In Food Allergy: Prevention And Management, Alessandra Mazzocchi, Carina Venter, Kate Maslin, Carlo Agostoni

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


A Technical Note On Spatial Aggregation For Independent Cities And Counties In Virginia, Jing Chen Aug 2017

A Technical Note On Spatial Aggregation For Independent Cities And Counties In Virginia, Jing Chen

Regional Research Institute Technical Documents

This document provides an overview of two approaches to treat Virginia’s independent cities in county-level data sets. Then, issues of spatial aggregation and geographical division change are introduced respectively. A Python function for spatial aggregation is also provided. Although this document focuses on independent cities and counties in Virginia, it can be extended into other regions for spatial aggregation.


Three Poems, Madison P. Jones Iv Aug 2017

Three Poems, Madison P. Jones Iv

The Goose

Poetry by Madison Jones


Littoral, Robie Liscomb Aug 2017

Littoral, Robie Liscomb

The Goose

Poetry by Robie Liscomb


Three Poems, Maureen Scott Harris Aug 2017

Three Poems, Maureen Scott Harris

The Goose

Poetry by Maureen Scott Harris


Qigong Dancer, Andrea L. Nicki Aug 2017

Qigong Dancer, Andrea L. Nicki

The Goose

Poetry by Andrea L. Nicki


Escargatoire, Simon Orpana Aug 2017

Escargatoire, Simon Orpana

The Goose

Poetry by Simon Orpana


Stroke Belt: Less Than Half Of Stroke Patients Prescribed Recommended Medication, Staff Aug 2017

Stroke Belt: Less Than Half Of Stroke Patients Prescribed Recommended Medication, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.


Codis Str Loci (Csf1po, Thoi, Tpox, Vwa) Genetic Variation Analysis In Madurese, Ahmad Yudianto, Agung Sosiawan, Nola Margaret Aug 2017

Codis Str Loci (Csf1po, Thoi, Tpox, Vwa) Genetic Variation Analysis In Madurese, Ahmad Yudianto, Agung Sosiawan, Nola Margaret

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Endogamy continues to occur among the Madurese people in rural areas of the island of Madura, especially those areas of the smallest islands around the mainland of Madura. Endogamy as seen from a genetic standpoint will increase the frequency of homozygote genotypes. With regard to genetic variations, STRs of nuclear DNA and polymorphisms in mtDNA are frequently examined. Genetic variations in human undergo an evolutionary process through the accumulation of changes in DNA sequence, i.e. through the process of nucleotide substitutions that evolves in number with the directional development of lineage. So far, the genetic variations among the populations in …


Correlation Between Intracellular Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression And Cervical Lymph Nodes Enlargement In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Achmad C Romdhoni, Sri Herawati, Elida Mustikaningtyas Aug 2017

Correlation Between Intracellular Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression And Cervical Lymph Nodes Enlargement In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Achmad C Romdhoni, Sri Herawati, Elida Mustikaningtyas

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Tumor growth and metastasis in NPC patients suspected role of several molecular biomarkers that have been identified in tumor specimens of patients with NPC. Recent research states intracellular Hsp70 is a stress protein that is a main factor for the growth, invasion and metastasis of NPC. The purpose of this study is to analyze intracellular Hsp70 protein expression of NPC patients which correlate with staging of NPC as clinical manifestation. This study used cross sectional design. In this study, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens were obtained from 18 NPCs with all of histopathology and clinically divided into N0, N1, N2, N3. …


Dynamic Socio-Economic Analysis: The Power Of Persistence From Small Satellites, John Irvine, Richard Wood, Kimberly Slater Aug 2017

Dynamic Socio-Economic Analysis: The Power Of Persistence From Small Satellites, John Irvine, Richard Wood, Kimberly Slater

Small Satellite Conference

Understanding of economic, social, and cultural characteristics of a society is critical to effective government policy and successful commercial undertakings. Obtaining this information, however, often requires direct observations and interactions with the local populace, entailing significant costs and potentially exposing data collectors to heightened risks. We address this challenge by combining automated processing of satellite imagery with advanced modeling techniques. We have developed methods for inferring measures of well-being, governance, and related socio-cultural attributes from satellite imagery. This research represents a fundamental innovation in the study of human geography by explicitly analyzing the relationship between the observable physical attributes and …


Forms Of Science Capital Mobilized In Adolescents’ Engineering Projects, Amy Wilson-Lopez, Christina M. Sias, Allen Smithee, Indhira María Hasbún Aug 2017

Forms Of Science Capital Mobilized In Adolescents’ Engineering Projects, Amy Wilson-Lopez, Christina M. Sias, Allen Smithee, Indhira María Hasbún

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify the forms of science capital that six groups of adolescents mobilized toward the realization of their self-selected engineering projects during after-school meetings. Research participants were high school students who self-identified as Hispanic, Latina, or Latino; who had received English as a Second Language (ESL) services; and whose parents or guardians had immigrated to the United States and held working class jobs. The research team used categories from Bourdieusian theories of capital to identify the forms of science capital mobilized by the participants. Data sources included transcripts from monthly interviews and …


Drinking Our Stories:Food Sovereignty In Ecuador And Amazonian Runa Relations With Manioc And Guayusa, Jacqueline Michelle Kramer Aug 2017

Drinking Our Stories:Food Sovereignty In Ecuador And Amazonian Runa Relations With Manioc And Guayusa, Jacqueline Michelle Kramer

Latin American Studies ETDs

Food sovereignty and the role of the state, international organizations, and social movements in its defense have been deeply researched. However, the role of small-scale farmers who continue traditional agricultural methods reflecting tenets of the food sovereignty movement, has been neglected in its relation to food sovereignty. This work aims to connect the plant-based ecological relationships with small-scale farmers using food sovereignty as an analytical discourse. Specifically, this thesis explores the relationship between Ecuadorian Amazonian Quichua people and two staple crops: manioc and guayusa. Through a gendered and epistemological analysis of food sovereignty, it argues that under the politics of …


Trade-Offs: The Production Of Sustainability In Households, Kirstin Marie Elizabeth Munro Aug 2017

Trade-Offs: The Production Of Sustainability In Households, Kirstin Marie Elizabeth Munro

Dissertations and Theses

Over the past half-century, environmental problems have become increasingly serious and seemingly intractable, and a careless, clueless, or contemptuous consumer is often portrayed as the root cause of this environmental decline. This study takes a different approach to evaluating the demand for resources by households, assessing possible pro-environmental paths forward through a study of highly ecologically-conscious households. By modeling "green" households as producers of sustainability rather than consumers of environmental products, the sustainability work that takes place in households is brought into focus. An investigation of household sustainability production makes possible the evaluation of the trade-offs inherent in these pro-environmental …


Supporting Students Living Below The Poverty Line, H. Richard Milner Iv, Heather B. Cunningham, Ira E. Murray, Adam Alvarez Aug 2017

Supporting Students Living Below The Poverty Line, H. Richard Milner Iv, Heather B. Cunningham, Ira E. Murray, Adam Alvarez

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

In this article, we focus on interrelated mechanisms and practices that support students living below the poverty line. Addressing the needs of students living below the poverty line requires that educators consider both the inside- and outside-of-school realities of students and their families. Before discussing the recommendations, we define poverty and describe the complex ways it may shape student realities. We then discuss why we believe recommendations to support students must account for student realities outside of school. Finally, we outline recommendations for educators interested in becoming “poverty-responsive,” meaning that they discontinue practices that do not support students in poverty …


Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay, Randy Lee Cutler Aug 2017

Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay, Randy Lee Cutler

The Goose

Review of Peri Phillips McQuay's Singing Meadow: The Adventure of Creating a Country Home.


Student Knowledge Of Environmental Factors In The Dominican Republic, Nicole Sandretto Aug 2017

Student Knowledge Of Environmental Factors In The Dominican Republic, Nicole Sandretto

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


Summer Commencement Program, August 4, 2017, Coastal Carolina University Aug 2017

Summer Commencement Program, August 4, 2017, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.