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Consider The Agent In The Arthropod, Nicolas Delon, Peter Cook, Gordon Bauer, Heidi Harley

Animal Sentience

Whether or not arthropods are sentient, they can have moral standing. Appeals to sentience are not necessary and retard progress in human treatment of other species, including invertebrates. Other increasingly well-documented aspects of invertebrate minds are pertinent to their welfare. Even if arthropods are not sentient, they can be agents whose goals—and therefore interests—can be frustrated. This kind of agency is sufficient for moral status and requires that we consider their welfare.

Internal Work Environment At Jordanian Public Universities Based On Change & Institutional Performance Model, أميرة عبد الجليل الشرايعه, خالد علي السرحان

Jordanian Educational Journal

This study aimed at recognizing the internal work environment at public Jordanian universities based on change and institutional performance model from the perspectives of (6005) faculty members. The sample of the study consistd of (500) faculty members selected as a random cluster sample. A quastionnare was developed, and its validity and reliability were assured. The results showed intermediate level of the reality of the interior work environment in the public Jordanian universities according to the change and institutional performance model. The results also indicated significant statistical differences due to the faculty type and in favor of the faculties of humanities …

His And Hers: Gender-Specific Design In Mid-Twentieth Century North America Through Film And Television, Morgan O'Shaughnessy

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The built environment exists as a variety of ‘spaces’ which are constructed by, and for, the people who occupy them. What is the relationship between social constructs of gender and our built environment in the 20^th century? How does film and television representing the mid-20^th century exemplify this relationship? The overall theme of this topic will include a positive relationship between social gender constructs and our built environment. Through the exploration of select film and television, this study attempts to answer the question of how gender-focused design reinforces traditional gender roles in North American society in mid-20^{th …}

Assessing Textbook Costs At A Small College, Stephen G. Krueger, Lewis Ward

Dartmouth Library Staff Publications

In recent years, the cost of textbooks has risen drastically, making it an important issue for everyone involved in higher education. Accurate and specific information on the cost of textbooks is needed to effectively address the situation. Over the summer of 2018, a librarian and an undergraduate student at a small liberal arts college assessed the textbook costs at their institution, using methodology developed by community colleges doing similar research. Based on course catalogs, bookstore records, and other resources, they calculated the costs for students in different disciplines over four years of study. These costs were impacted by major, courses …

Even Order Ranked Set Sampling With Auxiliary Variable, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Noor Ul-Amin, Muhammad Hanif

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Even order ranked set sampling (EORSS) is a novel proposed ranked set sampling scheme connected with an auxiliary variable correlated with the study variable. This scheme quantifies only the one sampling unit which is at even position from each ranking set by employing specific criteria. The performance of the ratio estimator under EORSS is compared to its contemporary estimators in simple random sampling (SRS), ranked set sampling (RSS), median ranked set sampling (MRSS) and quartile ranked set sampling (QRSS) exploiting the same number of quantified units. The simulation results proved that EORSS is an efficient alternative sampling scheme for ratio …

Annotated Checklist Of Amphibian And Reptile Species Observed At The Gordon Natural Area (West Chester University, Pa) 2008-2020. Version I, Nur Ritter, Harry Tiebout

Gordon Natural Area Biodiversity Studies Documents

Data were compiled from surveys by Dr. Harry Tiebout, augmented by observations from GNA staff (which, as used here, includes student interns), graduate student Steven Clay, the Stroud Water Research Center, additional WCU Faculty, and members of the WCU Grounds Department. Local residents who are regular visitors to the Gordon have also occasionally contributed observations. Because herptile data haven't been systematically archived by the GNA staff until recent years, there are many gaps in the observation timeline that are clearly artificial. For example, although the observation history for the Eastern American Toad, Eastern Redback Salamander, and Eastern Box Turtle suggests …

Religious Identity And Its Impact On Beliefs And Behaviors, Kaylise Algrim

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

For many years, research into religion and environmentalism focused on affiliation with a religious institution as it correlated with environmental attitudes (Boyd, 1999; Hand & Van Liere, 1984). This perspective did not account for differences in religious attitudes among members of the same religion and also missed the ways religious identity can shape other views. Newer research into religious identity as a factor in environmentalism has highlighted religion as a personal and social construct which can positively influence environmental beliefs (Hedlund de- Witt et al., 2013; Garfield et al., 2014). This study used a psychosocial approach and surveyed 286 undergraduate …

Quickly Determination Of Bromate And Nitrite In Drinking Water By High Pressure Ion Chromatography, Chen Jing-Zhou, Li Liang, Huang Shao-Man, He Shuang

Food and Machinery

A method of high pressure ion chromatography (HPIC) for quickly determinating bromate and nitrite in drinking water was established. The contents of bromate and nitrite in the sample were determined by using Dionex Integrion high-pressure ion chromatograph, IonPac AS19 high-capacity analytical column and inhibition conductivity detector, with the eluent of KOH produced on-line by automatic generation device. The anions of bromate and nitrite could be separated by the method within 5 min with detection limits of 0.46 μg/L and 0.22 μg/L respectively. In the concentration range of 0~100 μg/L for bromate and 0~50 μg/L for nitrite, a good linear relationship …

Pricing Climate Change Risk In Corporate Bonds, Elsa Allman

Publications and Research

This paper examines whether corporate bondholders price climate change risk. I find that firms exposed to higher sea level rise (SLR) across U.S. branch locations pay a premium when issuing bonds. Specifically, a one standard deviation increase in a firm’s SLR exposure is associated with a 2% increase of average yield spreads equivalent to 4 basis points. This effect is more pronounced for firms in industries vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, which are less spatially diversified, and issuing bonds with maturities ranging from 5 to 10 years. In addition, I find no evidence that credit rating agencies account for SLR …

Quantitative Analyses Of Cirques On The Faroe Islands: Evidence For Time Transgressive Glacier Occupation, Keyleigh N. Wallick, Sarah M. Principato

Student Publications

This study presents the first analysis of ice‐free cirques on the Faroe Islands using a Geographical Information System (GIS) and the Automated Cirque Metric Extraction (ACME) tool. The length, width, area, circularity, mean aspect, mean slope, and elevation range, minimum, and maximum were calculated using ACME. Cirque distance to coastline was measured using ArcGIS. A total of 116 cirques were identified. Mean cirque length is 950 m and mean cirque width is 890 m. Average cirque area is 0.8 km2 and mean elevation is 386 m a.s.l. The modal orientation of the aspect of cirques is north‐northeast, with a vector …

Statement Of World Aquatic Scientific Societies On The Need To Take Urgent Action Against Human-Caused Climate Change, Based On Scientific Evidence [Dear Colleague Letter], Scott A. Bonar, Brian R. Murphy, Leanne H. Roulson, Jesse T. Trushenski, Douglas J. Austen, Michael Edward Douglas

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Dear Colleague Letter from the American Fisheries Society to fellow scientific societies, July 25, 2020, about the urgent need for responsive collective action to mitigate impending radical climate change. Includes the Statement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action Against Human-Caused Climate Change, Based on Scientific Evidence, emphasizing the importance of aquatic ecosystems. Includes extensive citations and notes.

"Water is the most important natural resource on Earth as it is vital for life. Aquatic ecosystems, freshwater or marine, provide multiple benefits to human society, such as provisioning of oxygen, food, drinking water, genetic resources; regulation …

Annotated Checklist Of The Vascular Plant Species Observed At The Gordon Natural Area (West Chester University, Pa) - Version Xiv, Nur Ritter

Gordon Natural Area Baseline Plant Survey Documents

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Environmental Impacts Of Urbanization In Siddharthanagar, Nepal, Bishal Raj Khanal

Economics ETDs

Rapid and haphazard infrastructural expansion often contributes to large negative externalities in cities. Environmental problems like air pollution and degradation of quality-of-life elements in an urban settlement are attributed to urban sprawl. Evidence based planning tools need to be developed which can help manage the rapid urbanization that is taking place in the developing world. In this context, we examine the relationship between health outcomes and the different spatial- temporal aspects of an urban-built environment in Siddharthanagar Metropolitan City which is a major settlement in southwestern Nepal. We attempt to identify the aspects of built environment which are closely associated …

Annotated Checklist Of The Myxomycetes (Slime Molds) Observed At The Gordon Natural Area West Chester University, Pa) - Version I, Nur Ritter, Paige Vermeulen, Maribeth Beatty, Arianna Rivellini, Alexandra Hodowanec

Gordon Natural Area Biodiversity Studies Documents

This checklist was compiled from Gordon Natural Area (GNA) Staff fieldwork during 2017-2020, augmented by photos from students and visitors to the GNA. The checklist contains 34 species in 18 Genera and 11 Families.

Annotated Checklist Of The Macrofungi Observed At The Gordon Natural Area (West Chester University, Pa) - Version Iii, Nur Ritter, Paige Vermeulen, Maribeth Beatty, Arianna Rivellini, Alexandra Hodowanec

Gordon Natural Area Biodiversity Studies Documents

This checklist was compiled from Gordon Natural Area (GNA) Staff fieldwork during 2017-2020, augmented by the 17 identified species in Levy et al. (2008) and by photos from Gerry Hertel (former GNA Stewardship Manager), students, and visitors to the GNA. The checklist contains 329 species in 212 Genera and 103 Families. Species are organized in three 'groupings': Ascomycetes (90 species); Basidiomycetes ( 238 species); and, Zygomycetes (1 species). Note: Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) —which are frequently included in books about fungi—and Lichens (which are included in Kingdom Fungi) are cataloged in separate checklists.

Wild Mice With Different Social Network Sizes Vary In Brain Gene Expression, Patricia C. Lopes, Barbara König

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Background

Appropriate social interactions influence animal fitness by impacting several processes, such as mating, territory defense, and offspring care. Many studies shedding light on the neurobiological underpinnings of social behavior have focused on nonapeptides (vasopressin, oxytocin, and homologues) and on sexual or parent-offspring interactions. Furthermore, animals have been studied under artificial laboratory conditions, where the consequences of behavioral responses may not be as critical as when expressed under natural environments, therefore obscuring certain physiological responses. We used automated recording of social interactions of wild house mice outside of the breeding season to detect individuals at both tails of a distribution …

Mixed Messages: Examining External Barriers To University Student Ethical Clothing Consumption, Jazlyn Marcos

DePaul Discoveries

While a majority of research in ethical fashion consumption is largely focused on contexts such as means of production or the decision-making process of consumers, this research seeks to explore external barriers to millennial consumption of sweatshop-free clothing. Consumer concern and consumer awareness has increased, but this is not reflected in the market. This research seeks to deepen the knowledge into some external factors beyond that of consumer decision-making and other internal factors of the self (i.e. guilt) that impact purchasing. A two-part survey was conducted, featuring a choice experiment where respondents had to choose from various white t-shirt options. …

Digital Commons Report For Fiscal Years 2017-18 Through 2019-20, Andy Prock

Library Publications and Presentations

This report studies the growth of Ursinus College's institutional repository over a three year period. It includes readership statistics, growth activity and a collections analysis. It also discusses opportunities for the repository to support the curriculum and mission of Ursinus College.

Finding Commonality: The First Principles Of The Leadership Thought Of Theodore Roosevelt And Traditional Chinese Culture, Elizabeth Summerfield, Yumin Dai

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This paper argues that, while the imperative to find global solutions to complex problems like climate change and resource management is agreed, dominant ethical and intellectual thought leadership in many western nations impedes progress. The Cartesian binaries of western post-Enlightenment culture tend instead toward oppositional binary divides where each ‘side’ assumes to be the whole and not a part. And the present and future similarly assume precedence over the past. The paper points to systems thinking as both a method and a practice of wise leadership of past western and eastern societies, including their conservation of natural resources. Two historical …

Variable Uptake Of Selenium: Exposing Bryophytes In-Situ To A Se-Gradient Watershed, Del Wayne R. Nimmo, Scott J. Herrmann, James S. Carsella, Igor V. Melnykov

Western North American Naturalist

We investigated the uptake of selenium (Se) at 14 sites in a Se-rich watershed, using an aquatic bryophyte (Hygrohypnum ochraceum). We expressed uptake using the symbol K_d to underscore the relationships between Se in water and Se in plants as “partitioning coefficients” related to the bases of aquatic food chains. A 2-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed with K_d as the dependent variable and season and stream segment (location) as main effects. Selenium concentrations, measured as dissolved Se, total Se, and pore water Se, were also examined. There were significant differences in K_d values …

Front Matter, Vol. 80 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Climate From The Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2017: Surface Air Temperature Trends And Redefined Summer Season, M. K. Obryk, P. T. Doran, A. G. Fountain, M. Myers, C. P. Mckay

Faculty Publications

©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. The weather of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, the largest ice-free region of the Antarctica, has been continuously monitored since 1985 with currently 14 operational meteorological stations distributed throughout the valleys. Because climate is based on a 30-year record of weather, this is the first study to truly define the contemporary climate of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Mean air temperature and solar radiation based on all stations were −20°C and 102 W m−2, respectively. Depending on the site location, the mean annual air temperatures on the valleys floors ranged between −15°C and −30°C, …

What Trees Taught Me About Covid-19: On Relational Accounting And Other Magic, Diane-Laure Arjalies

Business Publications

While the world was on lock down, human beings started craving for green spaces. As they walked amidst the trees, trees began to talk to them. The surprising truth then emerged: There were actually secrets to be shared by the forest. This essay reflects on the teachings offered by nature(s) during the pandemic. Based on a personal encounter with a river, it caresses the relationships that have connected humans to non-humans over time and that have led to make this confinement both a unique and universal experience. It suggests embracing relational accounting, the expression of our relationships with each other …

Global Atmospheric Budget Of Acetone: Air-Sea Exchange And The Contribution To Hydroxyl Radicals, Siyuan Wang, Eric C. Apel, Rebecca H. Schwantes, Kelvin H. Bates, Daniel J. Jacob, Emily V. Fischer, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, Alan J. Hills, Louisa K. Emmons, Laura L. Pan, Shawn Honomichl, Simone Tilmes, Jean‐François Lamarque, Mingxi Yang, Christa A. Marandino, E. S. Saltzman, Warren J. De Bruyn, Sohiko Kameyama, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Yuko Omori, Samuel R. Hall, Kirk Ullmann, Thomas B. Ryerson, Chelsea R. Thompson, Jeff Peischl, Bruce C. Daube, Róisín Commane, Kathryn Mckain, Colm Sweeney, Alexander B. Thames, David O. Miller, William H. Brune, Glenn S. Diskin, Joshua P. Digangi, Steven C. Wofsy

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Acetone is one of the most abundant oxygenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. The oceans impose a strong control on atmospheric acetone, yet the oceanic fluxes of acetone remain poorly constrained. In this work, the global budget of acetone is evaluated using two global models: CAM‐chem and GEOS‐Chem. CAM‐chem uses an online air‐sea exchange framework to calculate the bidirectional oceanic acetone fluxes, which is coupled to a data‐oriented machine‐learning approach. The machine‐learning algorithm is trained using a global suite of seawater acetone measurements. GEOS‐Chem uses a fixed surface seawater concentration of acetone to calculate the oceanic fluxes. Both …

Separation Of Bifenthrin Enantiomers By Chiral Hplc And Determination Of Their Toxicity To Aquatic Organism, T.-L. Liu, Y.-S. Wang, J.-H. Yen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

In this study, we separate enantiomers of bifenthrin, a pyrethroid insecticide, by using high performance liquid chromatography with a chiral stationary phase (CPS) column. Toxicity tests of bifenthrin enantiomers were performed with Daphnia (water flea, Daphnia pulex), tilapia fish (Tilapia spp.) and carp fish (Cyprinus carpio). Two enantiomers of bifenthrin were separated successfully by injecting 20 μL of bifenthrin 1000 mg/L standard solution into a Sumichiral OA-2500-I column. The mobile phase solvent system was composed of n-hexane, isopropanol, and ethanol in a ratio of 99.8/0.06/0.14, and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. Both enantiomers were eluted within 20 min. Two …

The Extent To Which The Land-Use Scheme Relates To The Urban Development Plan., Rania Abdul Rahman

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Sustainable development is one of the most important pillars for the development of urban communities, in order to achieve this development, and sustainable planning is an essential factor contributing to the development process. As it is noticed that the misuse of lands and the random spread of urban areas wastes the available areas and resources in cities. This randomness in land use is the result of a lack of organized and effective planning for urban areas to harmonize with the required plans and available capabilities.

An Ethnography Of Wash Infrastructures And Governance In Sulphur Springs, Florida, Mathews Jackon Wakhungu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation describes the forces that shape the perceptions and practices in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) services in the community of Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Florida. It also explores how these forces, perceptions, and practices produce adverse experiences and inequalities in water, sewer, drainage, and laundry services. This ethnographic study combines participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, freelisting, oral history, and GIS to uncover the context, experiences, and perceptions about WaSH in Sulphur Springs. The study finds that the present conditions and perceptions about WaSH are embedded into the historical contexts—especially racial segregation, the construction of the interstate, and multiple economic downturns …

By Your Powers Combined: Heroic Solutions To Climate Catastrophes In The Fifth Season, Avengers: Infinity War, And Horizon: Zero Daw N, Kematat Matthew Medrala

Theses and Dissertations

Popular entertainment has become concerned with addressing issues of climate catastrophe in order to reflect the real concerns of its audience. Because these media narratives are produced by wealthy institutions that reach millions of people, it is vital to understand what these stories say about the causes of existential crises and their presented solutions. This thesis applies an ecocritical approach informed by environmental justice theorists and Marxist theory in order to analyze what a contemporary popular film, videogame, and novel have to say about addressing an oncoming ecological crisis. This analysis reveals that mass death among the disempowered is considered …

Water Contamination And Practical Treatment Methods In Indigenous Ecuadorian Shuar Communities, Zoe Sheppard

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

No abstract provided.

Soil Protection From Lead Contaminant Using Sheet Pile Or Isolation Methods., Weam Abdulwahhab, Ahmed El Nimr, Kasem Abdul Wahab, Ayman Ibrahim

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The contaminants which result from different types of agricultural and industrial wastes are considered the source of soil pollution. Lead contaminants which may cause irreparable danger while entering the food chain. This research presents an application of numerical models in order to investigate the transport process of lead through soil layers. Two software products, SEEP/W and CTRAN/W, are used to analyze the lead contaminant transport. The behavior of lead transport through layered soil is tested without using a method of control and with the usage of two methods of control. These are sheet pile method or isolation method. They are …