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Cultivation Of Industrial Hemp On And Near Airports: Implications For Wildlife Use And Risk To Aviation Safety, Bradley F. Blackwell, Page E. Klug, Lee A. Humberg, Zachary T. Brym, Bryan M. Kluever, Jennifer M. Edwards

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Land-use planning on and near airports should consider possible revenue from land covers, associated maintenance costs, and potential for land covers to attract vertebrate species recognized as hazardous to aviation safety. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has expressed interest in recent attention given to industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.; hemp) as a revenue-producing land cover that might be cultivated on or near airports. Our purpose was to better understand the potential production value of hemp as well as its possible role in affecting aviation safety if cultivated on or near airports. Our objectives were to: (1) review the literature …

Industrial Hemp As A Resource For Birds In Agroecosystems: Human–Wildlife Conflict Or Conservation Opportunity?, Emily A. Kotten, Iona Hennessy, Bryan M. Kluever, Zachary T. Brym, Bradley F. Blackwell, Lee A. Humberg, Page E. Klug

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.; hemp) is an emerging crop in the United States with little known about bird use or the potential for birds to become an agricultural pest. We identified birds associated with hemp fields, using repeated visits to oilseed plots in North Dakota, USA (n = 6) and cannabinoid (CBD) plots in Florida, USA (n = 4) from August to November 2020. We did not control for plot area or density; our observations were descriptive only. We observed 10 species in hemp, 12 species flying over hemp, and 11 species both foraging in and …

Appraisal Of Institutional Antimicrobial Stewardship In Selected Public Health Facilities In Nigeria, Joshua Olusegun Obasanya

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The misuse of antimicrobials (AM) constitutes a huge problem in developing countries, including Nigeria, posing severe public health threats to the populace’s health. Misuse contributes to the high consumption of AM, driving the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Establishing functional antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs at the health facility levels is recognized as an effective and efficient strategies to tackle AMR. Literature is replete with evidence of poor prescription practices, but few studies assessing the factors contributing to inappropriate use of AM in Nigeria exist. The purpose of this study was to improve the understanding of AMS practice at …

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Culling On Browse Damage By The Japanese Serow In Gifu Prefecture, Japan, Shiori Ikushima, Naotoshi Kuninaga, Takashi Ikeda, Takuya Okamoto, Makoto Asano, Masatsugu Suzuki

Human–Wildlife Interactions

The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus; serow) is a protected territorial ungulate native to Japan. However, locally overabundant serow populations can damage forest plantations and agriculture through browsing. Despite government permitted annual culling of serows on forest lands of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, browse damage continues to be reported in hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa; cypress) plantations. Sika deer (Cervus nippon; deer), which are co-located with serows can also browse cypress, but their impacts have never been evaluated. The objective of our research was to evaluate the involvement of each species in browse damage and to establish …

Law And Literature In The Work Of Robert Cover, Tawia Ansah

Touro Law Review

This Article argues that although Robert Cover seems to discount the role and the practical efficacy of literary texts within the context of legal interpretation, Cover’s work nevertheless discloses an extensive exploration of literature and of literary interpretation to frame his own legal interpretive practices. This is particularly the case regarding the development of his theory of law’s violence. The Article attempts to show that a close reading of Cover’s interpretation of literary texts in the service of his legal analyses discloses a buried theme pursuant to the violence of law: the threshold concept, between law and not-law, of the …

Remembrance, Group Gripes, And Legal Frictions: Rule Of Law Or Awful Lore?, Aviam Soifer

Touro Law Review

The rise of groups that honor and seek to advance their particular imagined or real pasts has seemed increasingly dangerous in the years since Bob Cover’s death in 1986. This essay briefly examines the challenges such groups pose to Bob’s hope, and even his faith, that law and legal procedure could be bridges to more just worlds. It may not be ours to finish consideration of how to distinguish the Rule of Law from Awful Lore—both composed of exactly the same letters—but we should continue that task, with remembrance, even within our troubled world.

The Life And Work Of Robert Cover- Robert Cover’S Social Activism And Its Jewish Connections, Stephen Wizner

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Revisiting A Jurisprudence Of Obligation, Ariel Evan Mayse, Kenneth A. Bamberger

Touro Law Review

Through his landmark exploration of obligation as the conceptual touchstone of what he describes as the “Jewish jurisprudence of the social order,” Robert Cover offered an alternate language for legal regimes grounded in a rhetoric of individual rights. The present essay revisits Cover’s account of the socially embedded nature of law and juridical process, taking seriously both its claims, as well as the cautions of its critics. The essay thus neither abandons the concept of rights as key to jurisprudence nor seeks to present a naïve or romantic characterization of Jewish legal thought, and proceeds wary of the pitfalls inherent …

Robert Cover And International Law—Narrative Nudges And Nomadic Nomos, Larry Catá Backer

Touro Law Review

What was once understood as a unified field of international law, emerging from the state system and centered on the rationalization of the relations among public authorities has fractured. What had been the expression of a unified narrative of the organization of human society around the allocation of political authority now searches for new bases for authority as states become market actors, market actors assume governmental authority, markets define the territories within which law is made and applied, and the normative proscriptions of traditional law are quantified and data driven. This essay considers the way that Robert Cover’s insights on …

United We Stand, Tristán Alcover Dorado

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

Este trabajo de fin de grado nace con la intención de servir como punto de inflexión en el desarrollo simbiótico de la creación gráfica y sonora, partiendo de un estudio de los sellos existentes para proponer una concepción contemporánea y con- textualizada. Esta investigación será canalizada a través del diseño íntegro de la identidad visual de un sello discográfico, al igual que de todos los elementos gráficos que compondrán dicha identidad.

Además, la pieza llevada a cabo será un recopilatorio musical editado por el sello creado para el trabajo, tanto en formato digital como en formato físico (cassette). Dicho recopilatorio …

Wemographics, Alejandro Caro Domínguez

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

El presente proyecto consiste en la creación del portfolio de animación de un estudio de motion design (diseño de animaciones). El objetivo principal del proyecto será crear una demo reel (portfolio de animación) con los proyectos del estudio que sirva de reclamo para los potenciales clientes. Las funciones de este estudio oscilarían dentro del mundo de la animación, pudiendo ir desde los títulos de crédito de producciones audiovisuales hasta la animación de producto 3D.

INGLÉS

This project is about the creation of a motion design studio’s reel focused on visual communication for brands. The main goal of the project is …

Water In The Time Of Covid: Water Insecurity, Privatization, And Establishment Of The Human Right To Water, Liza Sternik

University of San Francisco Law Review

No abstract provided.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Practical Solutions For Police Executives To Reduce The Likelihood Of Disciplinary Action Being Overturned Through Arbitration, Spring Sendele

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

No abstract provided.

A Timeshare By Any Other Name: Fractional Homeownership And The Challenges And Effects Of Commodified Single-Family Homes, Christopher Markuson

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

No abstract provided.

Property Prohibitions: Why Criminalizing Prostitution Violates Constitutional Guarantees, James J. Bernstein

University of San Francisco Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unearthing The Old South/West: Histories Of Racial Capitalism In Modernist Border Narratives, Bailey Moorhead

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

“Unearthing the Old South/West” examines four works of modernist historical fiction which accentuate competing regimes of racial capitalism through South/Western border settings. Following the trend in New Southern and Western Studies to break with exceptionalist and essentialist considerations of these regions, my analysis challenges white-centric narratives of the U.S. South and West and questions their popular portrayals as culturally distinct spaces. Viewing the U.S. as a site of ongoing settler colonialism, imperialist conquest, and international trade reliant upon labor exploitation, I develop the idea that South/Western borders form a microcosm for larger structures of systemic oppression throughout the nation by …

Expressions Of Femininity, Black Feminism, And Pan-Africanist Rhetoric In Black Popular Music, Alonya Lei Castillo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Black women have long been subjected to misrepresentations and stereotypes which have denied them full access to their own femininity and womanhood. These misrepresentations and stereotypes are pervasive in Euro-American culture and can be clearly observed in film, television, and music. As a result, these women have combatted such narratives as an expression of agency. One of the most notable ways Black women have accomplished these goals is through Rap and R&B, genres that have allowed them to shape and reshape notions of femininity and Black womanhood. The participation of Black women in these musical traditions frequently draw on womanist …

The Moral Authority Of Original Meaning, J. Joel Alicea

Scholarly Articles

One of the most enduring criticisms of originalism is that it lacks a sufficiently compelling moral justification. Scholars operating within the natural law tradition have been among the foremost critics of originalism’s morality, yet originalists have yet to offer a sufficient defense of originalism from within the natural law tradition that demonstrates that these critics are mistaken. That task has become more urgent in recent years due to Adrian Vermeule’s critique of originalism from within the natural law tradition, which has received greater attention than previous critiques. This Article is the first full-length response to the natural law critique of …

Locality Bias Effect And Interpretation Of Thai Reflexive Anaphors, Gazidate Supwatanapaisan, Theeraporn Ratitamkul

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

The two forms of Thai reflexive anaphors, tuaɁeeŋ ‘self’ and tua+pronoun+Ɂeeŋ ‘pronoun-self’, have been claimed to exhibit different referential patterns. While tuaɁeeŋ only co-refers with a local antecedent np within the same clause, tua+pronoun+Ɂeeŋ can refer to both local and distant antecedent np s. In this study, a self-paced reading experiment was used to examine whether and how Locality Bias guided the comprehenders’ online interpretation of tuaɁeeŋ and tua+pronoun+Ɂeeŋ. Our results showed that the reading time was significantly faster when a reflexive anaphor referred to a local np than when it did to a a distant np, regardless of …

The Dynamics Of Kha Phra Kaeo Identity In The Context Of Thai-Lao History And Politics, Kiattisak Bangperng

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This research reports on findings from an ethnographic study on the Kha Phra Kaeo ethnicity to uncover its formation and to analyze its dynamics and cultural negotiations in the context of Thai-Lao history and politics. The ethnonym Kha Phra Kaeo designates an ethnic group descended from the Bru, with a consistent cultural structure, language and belief system. They were first perceived as an ethnic group due to events connected to the possession of a contested Buddha image called Phra Kaeo Phaluek Mok. They are seen as more distinctly Kha Phra Kaeo than the Bru, to whom they were related. …

Genome-Wide Identification And Evolutionary Analysis Of Cngc Gene Families In Sixteen Brassicaceae Plant Genomes, Akram Ali Baloch, Kaleem U. Kakar, Asma Abro, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zarqa Nawaz, Abrar Hussain

Turkish Journal of Botany

Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) are ligand-gated calcium signaling channels, play vital biological functions. Nonetheless, the CNGC gene families have not been well studied in Brassicaceae which includes commercially important and evolutionary model crops. Here, using in silico approaches, we recognized 414 CNGC genes in sixteen sequenced genomes of Brassicaceae species, which represent 10 genera of 8 tribes, ranging between 10-51 genes. These CNGCs can be classified into four main groups (I-IV) and two subgroups (IV-A and IV-B), of which, Group-II CNGC is the oldest that has gradually disappeared from the Arabis alpina L. genome. These results present a comprehensive overview …

Empowering Biosemiotics, Charles Lassiter

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

One way to understand the basic semiotic relation is that a sign-vehicle signifies an object to an interpretant. Biosemioticians sometimes talk about this relationship in terms of “codes”. When thinking about this relationship in the context of language, a natural move is to conceptualize semiotic relationships among speakers, meanings, and utterances as codes: speakers encode messages in sentences, which are then decoded by an interpreter. This view of communication is inconsistent with core tenets of a distributed approach to language, which holds that language is an embodied and encultured activity taking place across multiple timescales. I argue that a neo-Aristotelian …

Neuroprotective Effect Of Liraglutide In An Experimental Mouse Model Of Multiple Sclerosis: Role Of Ampk/Sirt1 Signaling And Nlrp3 Infammasome, Marwa Safar

Pharmacy

The heterogeneous nature of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the unavailability of treatments addressing its intricate network and reversing the disease state is yet an area that needs to be elucidated. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, recently exhibited intriguing potential neuroprotective effects. The currents study investigated its potential effect against mouse model of MS and the possible underlying mechanisms. Demyelination was induced in C57Bl/6 mice by cuprizone (400 mg/kg/day p.o.) for 5 weeks. Animals received either liraglutide (25 nmol/kg/day i.p.) or dorsomorphin, an AMPK inhibitor, (2.5 mg/ Kg i.p.) 30 min before the liraglutide dose, for 4 weeks (starting from the …

Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Mitigation From Contaminated Groundwater Using Halophyte And Cow Bone Biochars, Bailey Papes

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) groundwater contamination is a growing concern for the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility. Two of the four wells onsite are contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS). The removal of PFAS by adsorption onto powder activated carbon (PAC) is promising, but the production of PAC is energy intensive and expensive. A potential cost-effective alternative to PAC is biochar. This study quantified the capacities of two halophyte biochars, cow bone biochar and PAC to adsorb PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS from brackish groundwater. The three biochars were ineffective at …

An Experimental Study Towards Underwater Propulsion System Using Structure Borne Traveling Waves, Shreyas Suhas Gadekar

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

The method of generating steady-state structure-borne traveling waves underwater in an infinite media creates abundant opportunities in the field of propulsive applications, and they are gaining attention from several researchers. This experimental study provides a framework for harnessing traveling waves in a 1D beam immersed under quiescent water using two force input methods and providing a motion to an object floating on the surface of the water.

In this study, underwater traveling waves are tailored using structural vibrations at five different frequencies in the range of 10Hz to 300Hz. The resulting fluid motion provides a propulsive thrust that moves a …

Conservation Value Of Working Landscapes In Mesoamerica For Nearctic-Neotropical Migratory Birds, Samuel L. Oliveira

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Populations of many of Nearctic-neotropical migratory birds have declined in the past several decades, recent estimates suggested a dramatic loss of 2.5 billion birds over the past 50 years in North America. Habitat loss and degradation represent a major threat in the tropics. Managed agroecosystems have the potential to mitigate some impacts of land conversion, however, little is known regarding the habitat quality provided by working landscapes in the overwintering range. In this research, we surveyed the migratory bird community in the rapidly expanding oil palm plantations in southern Mexico; and also the declining population of the Wood Thrush ( …

From Thermal Springs To Subway Benches: Exploring The Diversity Of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases Through Metagenomes, Phylogenetics, And Machine Learning, Isaac Bigcraft

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Carbon monoxide is well known as a toxic gas but can also be an important input and intermediary for microbial metabolisms. Carbon monoxide dehydrogenases (CODHs) serve as key enzyme complexes for a variety of microbial carbon monoxide (CO) utilization pathways. Such pathways include the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, which is important in methanogenesis and acetogenesis, metal and sulfate reduction pathways, hydrogen production, and others. The CODH enzymes allow microbes to turn the traditionally toxic waste gas of CO into a useful carbon and energy source. Despite the flexibility of CODH enzymes, the use of carbon monoxide is still believed to be a …

การชี้นำการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมในบุคคลที่มีลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมที่แตกต่างกันเพื่อลดพฤติกรรมการอู้งานในกลุ่ม, ภรัณยู โรจนสโรช

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีจุดประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการชี้นำการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมในบุคคลที่มีลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมที่แตกต่างกันเพื่อลดพฤติกรรมการอู้งานในการทำงานเป็นกลุ่ม กลุ่มตัวอย่างคือ นิสิตปริญญาตรีอายุ 18 – 24 ปี จำนวน 171 คน การศึกษานี้เป็นการศึกษาแบบ Factorial 2X2 (ลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุม X การชี้นำการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมภายใน) ในลักษณะของการศึกษาแบบกึ่งการทดลองผ่านออนไลน์ โดยมีพฤติกรรมการอู้งานเป็นตัวแปรตาม งานวิจัยมีการเก็บข้อมูลแบ่งเป็นสองช่วงตอนการศึกษา โดยช่วงตอนแรกจะเป็นการทำแบบสอบถามผ่าน Google Form เป็นมาตรวัดลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุม (เพื่อแบ่งกลุ่มผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยออกเป็นกลุ่มที่มีลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมภายใน และภายนอก) จากนั้นจะมีการนัดหมายผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยมาเข้าร่วมในช่วงตอนที่สองผ่าน Zoom Meeting เพื่อสุ่มเข้าเงื่อนไขจัดกระทำเงื่อนไขใดเงื่อนไขหนึ่ง (เงื่อนไขชี้นำการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมภายใน หรือเงื่อนไขควบคุม) จากนั้นทำการวัดพฤติกรรมการอู้งานโดยให้ผู้เข้าร่วมทำงานระดมความคิดออนไลน์ เมื่อเสร็จสิ้นแล้วผู้วิจัยทำการอธิบายจุดประสงค์ที่แท้จริงให้แก่ผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยฟัง ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ลักษณะการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมและการชี้นำการอ้างอิงแหล่งควบคุมไม่มีปฏิสัมพันธ์กันต่อพฤติกรรมการอู้งาน อีกทั้ง 2 ตัวแปรดังกล่าวยังไม่มีอิทธิพลหลักต่อพฤติกรรมการอู้งานอย่างมีระดับนัยสำคัญ อย่างไรก็ตามผู้วิจัยกลับพบว่าตัวแปรเพศมีอิทธิพลต่อพฤติกรรมการอู้งานในงานวิจัยนี้ เนื่องจากผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยเพศชายมีแนวโมที่จะมีแรงจูงใจในการทำงานระดมความคิดออนไลน์ (คิดการใช้งานของมีด) มากกว่าเพศหญิง เป็นข้อค้นพบว่าตัวแปรเพศนั้นสามารถมีอิทธิพลต่อพฤติกรรมการอู้งานได้เช่นกัน หากงานดังกล่าวเป็นประเภทงานที่ผู้ชายกับผู้หญิงมีแรงจูงใจในการทำต่างกัน อย่างไรก็ตาม งานวิจัยนี้เป็นการศึกษาแบบกึ่งการทดลองในลักษณะทำผ่านออนไลน์ อาจทำให้มีข้อจำกัด จึงต้องการการศึกษาต่อยอดในอนาคตต่อไป

Effects Of Azadirachta Indica Extract On Inhibition Of Glutamate-Induced Neuronal Cell Apoptosis Via Preventing Excessive Mitophagy Activation And Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress In Ht-22 Cells, Kuljira Mongkolpobsin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are the age-related diseases which represent a major cause of mortality in aging population nowadays. Previous studies have shown that glutamate, the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter, significantly increases in extracellular fluid of the patient’s brain and is the cause of neurodegeneration in NDs. The increase of extracellular glutamate elevates reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and calcium (Ca2+) which exacerbate mitochondrial function, followed by inducing MAPK pathway and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, respectively. In addition, Ca2+ overload also triggers calpain, a Ca2+ dependent protease, activity which further stimulates Cdk5/p35/p25 signaling leading to neuronal apoptosis. Azadirachta indica A. Juss. …

Perceived Image Of Samui Island From Local Stakeholders, Ponatip Phetrat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this research was to explore the perceived image of Samui island from local stakeholders. An in-depth interview was selected as the research instrument for this study. The data is collected from 15 respondents who were local stakeholders of Samui island, they are those who live and work in Samui for more than 10 years, aged between 24-45 years old. The findings indicated that according to brand associations in terms of attributes the respondents perceived Samui island as “beach” “nature” and “cultural tourist destination” also, respondents perceived Samui as having “friendly” “lively” “complicated” and “easy-going” personalities. In terms …