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Ioes Bulletin, Issue 1, 2019, Institute Of Ocean And Earth Sciences University Of Malaya

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Celest Newsletter, Issue 2, 2019, Faculty Of Law University Of Malaya

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Celest Newsletter, Issue 3, 2019, Faculty Of Law University Of Malaya

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Bulletin Ammp Centre, Issue 42, 2019, Faculty Of Engineering University Of Malaya

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Revitalizing The Library For The Nation : Proceedings Of The 7th International Conference On Libraries, Information And Society Held On 18-19 April 2019 At Hatten Hotel, Melaka, [Left Blank] [Left Blank]

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Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya and University of Malaya Library.

Milestone@Um, Volume 7, Number 3, 2019, Institute Of Research Management & Monitoring University Of Malaya

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University Of Malaya Research Bulletin, Volume 19, Number 2, 2019, Institute Of Research Management & Monitoring University Of Malaya

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Ioes Bulletin, Issue 2, 2019, Institute Of Ocean And Earth Sciences University Of Malaya

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Buletin Pusat Dialog Peradaban Universiti Malaya, Volume 38, 2019, Centre For Civilisational Dialogue University Of Malaya

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Ioes Bulletin, Issue 3, 2019, Institute Of Ocean And Earth Sciences University Of Malaya

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Pulse@Um, Issue 2, 2019, Faculty Of Medicine University Of Malaya

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Kekal Abadi, Jilid 37, Bilangan 1, 2019, Library University Of Malaya

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Laporan Pameran Dan Aktiviti Tahun 2019, Art Gallery University Of Malaya

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General Chemistry 2, Themis Lazaridis

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Comparison Of Different Functions To Describe Growth From Weaning To Maturity In Crossbred Beef Cattle, Madeline J. Zimmermann, Larry A. Kuehn, Matthew L. Spangler, R. Mark Thallman, Warren M. Snelling, Ronald M. Lewis

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Cow mature weight (MWT) has increased in the past 30 yr. Larger cows cost more to maintain, but their efficiency—and thus profitability— depends on the production environment. Incorporating MWT effectively into selection and mating decisions requires understanding of growth to maturity. The objective of this study was to describe growth to maturity in crossbred beef cattle using Brody, spline, and quadratic functions. Parameter estimates utilized data on crossbred cows from cycle VII and continuous sampling phases of the Germplasm Evaluation Program at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. The MWT were estimated at 6 yr from the fitted parameters obtained …

Spring 2019 News: Encapsulated Fertilizer Improves Nutrient Release, Protects Water Quality, Christine Delfanian

SDWRI Water News

The secret is in the timing. Chemical fertilizers should activate precisely when the crop needs more nutrients. To accomplish this, South Dakota State University researchers are developing an encapsulated biocharfertilizer combination designed to control nutrient release, making them available when the plant needs them. “We’re taking precision ag to the next level,” said Assisant Professor Lin Wei of the Department of Agricultural and Biosysems Engineering. He began developing what he refers to as a smart fertilizer two years ago.

Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Float Deployment Strategy, With Example From The Greenwich Meridian Line (Go-Ship A12), L. D. Talley, I. Rosso, I. Kamenkovich, M. R. Mazloff, J. Wang, E. Boss, A. R. Gray, K. S. Johnson, R. M. Key, S. C. Riser, N. L. Williams, J. L. Sarmiento

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Biogeochemical Argo floats, profiling to 2,000-m depth, are being deployed throughout the Southern Ocean by the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling program (SOCCOM). The goal is 200 floats by 2020, to provide the first full set of annual cycles of carbon, oxygen, nitrate, and optical properties across multiple oceanographic regimes. Building from no prior coverage to a sparse array, deployments are based on prior knowledge of water mass properties, mean frontal locations, mean circulation and eddy variability, winds, air-sea heat/freshwater/carbon exchange, prior Argo trajectories, and float simulations in the Southern Ocean State Estimate and Hybrid Coordinate Ocean …

The Marine Geological Imprint Of Antarctic Ice Shelves, James A. Smith, Alastair G. Graham, Alix L. Post, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Philip J. Bart, Ross D. Powell

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Reductions in the thickness and extent of Antarctic ice shelves are triggering increased discharge of marine-terminating glaciers. While the impacts of recent changes are well documented, their role in modulating past ice-sheet dynamics remains poorly constrained. This reflects two persistent issues; first, the effective discrimination of sediments and landforms solely attributable to sub-ice-shelf deposition, and second, challenges in dating these records. Recent progress in deciphering the geological imprint of Antarctic ice shelves is summarised, including advances in dating methods and proxies to reconstruct drivers of change. Finally, we identify several challenges to overcome to fully exploit the paleo record. The …

Enhanced Glacial Discharge From The Eastern Antarctic Peninsula Since The 1700s Associated With A Positive Southern Annular Mode, W. A. Dickens, G. Kuhn, M. J. Leng, Alastair G. C. Graham, J. A. Dowdeswell, M. P. Meredith, C.-D. Hillenbrand, D. A. Hodgson, S. J. Roberts, H. Sloane, J. A. Smith

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet is currently experiencing sustained and accelerating loss of ice. Determining when these changes were initiated and identifying the main drivers is hampered by the short instrumental record (1992 to present). Here we present a 6,250 year record of glacial discharge based on the oxygen isotope composition of diatoms (δ18Odiatom) from a marine core located at the north-eastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. We find that glacial discharge - sourced primarily from ice shelf and iceberg melting along the eastern Antarctic Peninsula – remained largely stable between ~6,250 to 1,620 cal. yr BP, with a slight …

Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, And Ecosystem-Based Management, David O. Obura, Greta Aeby, Natchanon Amornthammarong, Ward Appeltans, Nicholas Bax, Joe Bishop, Russell E. Brainard, Samuel Chan, Pamela Fletcher, Timothy A. Gordon, Lew Gramer, Mishal Gudka, John Halas, James Hendee, Gregor Hodgson, Danwei Huang, Mike Jankulak, Albert Jones, Tadashi Kimura, Joshua Levy, Patricia Miloslavich, Loke Ming Chou, Frank Muller-Karger, Kennedy Osuka, Melita Samoilys, Stephen D. Simpson, Karenne Tun, Supin Wongbusarakum

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures, and provide a sensitive indicator of coastal ocean health, climate change, and ocean acidification, with associated implications for society. Monitoring coral reef status and trends is essential to better inform science, management and policy, but the projected collapse of reef systems within a few decades makes the provision of accurate and actionable monitoring data urgent. The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network has been the foundation for global reporting on coral reefs for two decades, and is entering into …

An Ocean-Colour Time Series For Use In Climate Studies: The Experience Of The Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (Oc-Cci), Shubha Sathyendranath, Robert J.W. Brewin, Carsten Brockmann, Vanda Brotas, Ben Calton, Andrei Chuprin, Paolo Cipollini, André B. Couto, James Dingle, Roland Doerffer, Craig Donlon, Mark Dowell, Alex Farman, Mike Grant, Steve Groom, Andrew Horseman, Thomas Jackson, Hajo Krasemann, Samantha Lavender, Victor Martinez-Vicente, Constant Mazeran, Frédéric Mélin, Timothy S. Moore, Dagmar Müller, Peter Regner, Shovonlal Roy, Chris J. Steele, François Steinmetz, John Swinton, Malcolm Taberner, Adam Thompson, André Valente, Marco Zühlke, Vittorio E. Brando, Hui Feng, Gene Feldman, Bryan A. Franz, Robert Frouin, Richard W. Gould, Stanford B. Hooker, Mati Kahru, Susanne Kratzer, B. Greg Mitchell, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Heidi M. Sosik, Kenneth J. Voss, Jeremy Werdell, Trevor Platt

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Ocean colour is recognised as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); and spectrally-resolved water-leaving radiances (or remote-sensing reflectances) in the visible domain, and chlorophyll-a concentration are identified as required ECV products. Time series of the products at the global scale and at high spatial resolution, derived from ocean-colour data, are key to studying the dynamics of phytoplankton at seasonal and inter-annual scales; their role in marine biogeochemistry; the global carbon cycle; the modulation of how phytoplankton distribute solar-induced heat in the upper layers of the ocean; and the response of the marine ecosystem to …

Enso-Induced Co-Variability Of Salinity, Plankton Biomass And Coastal Currents In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Fabian A. Gomez, Sang-Ki Lee, Frank J. Hernandez, Luciano M. Chiaverano, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Yanyun Liu, John T. Lamkin

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a region strongly influenced by river discharges of freshwater and nutrients, which promote a highly productive coastal ecosystem that host commercially valuable marine species. A variety of climate and weather processes could potentially influence the river discharges into the northern GoM. However, their impacts on the coastal ecosystem remain poorly described. By using a regional ocean-biogeochemical model, complemented with satellite and in situ observations, here we show that El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a main driver of the interannual variability in salinity and plankton biomass during winter and spring. Composite analysis …

Population Dynamics Of Pinfish In The Eastern Gulf Of Mexico (1998-2016), Meaghan E. Faletti, Dinorah H. Chacin, Jonathan A. Peake, Timothy C. Macdonald, Christopher D. Stallings

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Forage fishes play an important role in marine ecosystems by transferring energy and nutrients through the food web. The population dynamics of forage species can therefore have cascading effects across multiple trophic levels. Here, we analyzed a 19-year dataset on Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) across four eastern Gulf of Mexico estuaries to investigate population dynamics, inter- and intra-annual synchrony, metapopulation portfolio effects, growth, and habitat effects. Young-of-year growth rates did not differ among estuaries. The population dynamics of these four systems were stable in the long-term, but highly dynamic inter-annually. Intra-annual dynamics were stable and predictable despite variation in long-term means. …

Florida Coastal Mapping Program—Overview And 2018 Workshop Report, Cheryl J. Hapke, Philip A. Kramer, Elizabeth H. Fetherston-Resch, Rene D. Baumstark, Ryan Druyor, Xan Fredericks, Ekaterina Fitos

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The Florida Coastal Mapping Program is a nascent but highly relevant program that has the potential to greatly enhance the “Blue Economy” of Florida by coordinating and facilitating sea-floor mapping efforts and aligning partner and stakeholder activities for increased efficiency and cost reduction. Sustained acquisition of modern coastal mapping information for Florida may improve management of resources and reduce costs by eliminating redundancy. Economic growth could be aided by improved data to support emerging sectors such as aquaculture and renewable energy.

The present focus of the Florida Coastal Mapping Program is on modern, high-resolution bathymetric and coastal topobathymetric data, which …

Plea Bargaining: The Influence Of Counsel, Kelsey S. Henderson, Lora M. Levett

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

For the criminal defendant, his attorney acts as his loyal and zealous advocate before the court (American Bar Association, 2015), and due process protections of the U.S. adversarial system have afforded this relationship special privilege. In this chapter, we explore the influence and role of the attorney in plea decision making. We first explore the legal context of the attorney’s role in plea bargaining, reviewing several cases that address a defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel. We then review the shadow of trial theory and other theoretical perspectives as they relate to the attorney’s role in the plea-bargaining process, …

Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary Perspective Shows Spartina As A Distinct Solid Genus, A Bortolus, P Adam, J B. Adams, M L. Ainouche, A Bortolus, M D. Bertness, T J. Bouma, J F. Bruno, I Cacador, J T. Carlton, J M. Castillo, C S. Costa, A J. Davy, L Deegan, B Duarte, E Figueroa, J Gerwein, A J. Gray, E D. Grosholz, S D. Hacker, A R. Hughes, E Mateos-Naranjo, I A. Mendelssohn, J T. Morris, L A. Munoz-Rodriguez, F J. Nieva, L A. Levin, B Li, W W. Liu, S C. Pennings, A Pickart, S Redondo-Gomez, D M. Richardson, A Salmon

Faculty Publications

In 2014, a DNA-based phylogenetic study confirming the paraphyly of the grass subtribe Sporobolinae proposed the creation of a large monophyletic genus Sporobolus, including (among others) species previously included in the genera Spartina, Calamovilfa, and Sporobolus. Spartina species have contributed substantially (and continue contributing) to our knowledge in multiple disciplines, including ecology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, biogeography, experimental ecology, biological invasions, environmental management, restoration ecology, history, economics, and sociology. There is no rationale so compelling to subsume the name Spartina as a subgenus that could rival the striking, global iconic history and use of the name Spartina for over 200 …

Net Land Gain Or Loss For Two Mississippi River Diversions: Caernarvon And Davis Pond, R. Eugene Turner, M Layne, Y Mo, E M. Swenson

Faculty Publications

Coastal wetland restoration can be complex and expensive, so knowing long-term consequences makes it important to inform decisions about if, when, and where to conduct restoration. We determined temporal changes in land gain and loss in receiving basins and adjacent reference areas for two diversions of the Mississippi River in south Louisiana (Davis Pond and Caernarvon initiated in 1991 and 2002, respectively). Water from both diversions went into receiving basins with vegetated areas as did the adjoining reference areas. The results from two different types of satellite imagery analyses demonstrate a net land loss after diversions began. The results were …

Advocating For Science: Amici Curiae Brief Of Wetland And Water Scientists In Support Of The Clean Water Rule, R C. Gardner, E Okuno, S Tai, M S. Fennessy, R C. Gardner, M L. Otte, M Palmer, J E. Perry, C Simenstad, B R. Tanner, D Tufford, R. Eugene Turner, K Work, S C. Yaich, J B. Zedler

Faculty Publications

The Trump administration has proposed replacing the Clean Water Rule, a 2015 regulation that defined the statutory term waters of the United States to clarify the geographic jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. Since its promulgation, the Clean Water Rule has been subjected to numerous judicial challenges. We submitted an amici curiae brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, explaining why the Clean Water Rule, and its definition of waters of the United States, is scientifically sound. The definition of waters of the United States is a legal determination informed by science. The best available …

Feedback Of Coastal Marshes To Climate Change: Long-Term Phenological Shifts, Y Mo, M S. Kearney, R. Eugene Turner

Faculty Publications

Coastal marshes are important carbon sinks facing serious threats from climatic stressors. Current research reveals that the growth of individual marsh plants is susceptible to a changing climate, but the responses of different marsh systems at a landscape scale are less clear. Here, we document the multi-decadal changes in the phenology and the area of the extensive coastal marshes in Louisiana, USA, a representative of coastal ecosystems around the world that currently experiencing sea-level rise, temperature warming, and atmospheric CO2 increase. The phenological records are constructed using the longest continuous satellite-based record of the Earth's ecosystems, the Landsat data, and …

Extent Of The Annual Gulf Of Mexico Hypoxic Zone Influences Microbial Community Structure, L.G. Campbell, J.C. Thrash, N.N. Rabalais, O.U. Mason

Faculty Publications

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