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Observations On The Food And Food Habits Of Clapper Rails (Rallus Longirostris Boddaert) From Tidal Marshes Along The East And Gulf Coasts Of The United States, Richard W. Heard

Gulf and Caribbean Research

The feeding habits of five nominal subspecies of clapper rails (Rallus longirostris Boddaert) collected in tidal marshes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States are compared. Data on the food from the stomachs of 183 rails were analyzed and the earlier literature critically reviewed. During the warmer months (May through early fall), crabs, predominantly Uca spp., comprised the major part of the food items found. Limited data on a few rails collected during late fall and winter, when Uca spp. are not usually available, indicate that snails then become a major part of the clapper rail’s …

Simulations For Teaching Concepts On Washington State, Cynthia Louise Buettgenbach

All Graduate Projects

Simulation lessons and materials were developed to teach concepts on Washington State to a classroom of fourth grade students. The activities in which the students participated were the following:

1) planned trips to the five geographic regions of Washington State;

2) became part of an Indian tribe and held a meeting with other tribes at Sacajawea Park;

3) played a board game, traveling with Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean;

4) held mock state elections and one legislative session.

Students showed an increased interest in social studies through the simulations.

Order And Disorder In Early Connecticut: New Haven, 1639-1701, Robert West Roetger

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation assesses order and disorder in New Haven, Connecticut from its founding in 1639 to the introduction of Justices of the Peace in 1701. It juxtaposes concepts of the well-ordered society as expressed in puritan rhetoric with the reality of behavior as reflected in legal documents to illustrate the pre-eminent role assumed by law in ordering society. What emerges is a picture of society not rigidly caught up in the policies of perfection, but one characterized by responsive lawmaking, equally flexible enforcement, and reliance upon formal legal institutions to resolve private controversies.

The study begins with a portrait of …

United States Diplomatic Relations With The Holy See Since 1928, Harry Robert Keller

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Peace Coalition Politics: The Liberal Experiment, 1954-1965, Steven K. Herrine

Honors Papers

This study offers an overview of the peace movement in the United States during the decade preceding the Vietnam War. This movement, unlike its forerunners, was led by liberals who attempted to reform the system from within. A coalition of established and new groups was forged, with the major constituencies drawn from world federalists and pacifists. This seemingly unlikely combination is analyzed through historical investigation with some aid from the political science mathematically-based theory of coalition formation. The creation of this coalition was facilitated by their championing of a nuclear test-ban in a period when the health hazards of atmospheric …

Language Transition And Danish Children's Schools In The U.S., Ejnar Farstrup

The Bridge

Very few Danish immigrants who came to the United States just prior to and immediately following the beginning of the Twentieth Century were acquainted with the English language. Immigrants of every ethnic group have countless tales, some comic and some rather serious, of the difficulties which befell them. Years after their arrival, most of them could regale themselve at length with stories of misinterpretations and the blending of language from their own experiences. A good sense of humor carried most of them through. Others succumbed to a nostalgia which drove them back to the homeland. Still others, who might have …

Markets Overt, Voidable Titles, And Feckless Agents: Judges And Efficiency In The Antebellum Doctrine Of Good Faith Purchase, Harold R. Weinberg

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In considering American common law doctrines shaped during the nineteenth century, commentators have advanced differing theories on the primary judicial criteria employed by judges. Recent studies have argued that these doctrines reflect a criterion of economic efficiency. This work has been criticized for its failure to explain why there seems to be a correlation between efficiency and these decision rules or why judges might have preferred efficiency over other decisional criteria. Other studies have proposed that many judicial doctrines announced before the Civil War were intended to facilitate or ratify major shifts in the distribution of social wealth. This article …

No. 066 Bulletin - Association For Asian Studies, Inc., Committee On East Asian Libraries, Committee On East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The New Chinese Uniform Cataloging Code: A Possibility For Shared Cataloging, Thomas H. Lee

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1981, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "Taking the Borad View in Black Music Research"/John Storm Roberts; Fisk University Archival Collection of Recorded Black Music"/Darius Thieme; "Hazel Harrison: Premier Pianist"/Jean Cazort, Constance Hobson; "Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale"/Caldwell Titcomb. Vol. 5, No. 1. 6 pages.

Undocumented Migration To The United States A New Perspective, Juan Diez-Canedo

Research Papers

The history of economic development has demonstrated eloquently that developed countries, after a certain stage, begin to encounter manpower problems. The scarcity of manpower to work in occupations at the base of the labor pyramid deprives such countries of flexibility in their growth process. In every case, upon reaching this point--which for Germany and Switzerland, for example, was during the decade of the 70's--countries have resorted to the importation of labor either through formal programs, as in the case of the European countries, or simply by allowing in one way or another the influx of illegal workers, as in the …

Conversations With The Singers, Grace Farrell

Sacred Heart University Review

The conversations transcribed here, held in New York City, Miami, and Annandale-on-Hudson, are excerpted from a longer collection, Isaac Bashevis Singer: Glimpses.

Kanji Information Processing Systems: The Design And Manipulation Of A Kanji Character Set, Kazuo Tajima, Ryoko Toyama, Alan Tucker, Barbara O'Neill

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Guide To Some Volcanic Terranes In Washington, Idaho, Oregon And Northern California Usgs Circular: 838, Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan, David Alexander Johnston

KIP Articles

This guidebook arose out of a series of field trips held in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest American Geophysical Union meeting held in Bend, Oregon, September 1979. The PNAGU meeting included special volcanology sessions planned by William I. Rose, Jr., Bruce A. Nolf, amd David A. Johnston. Publication of the guidebook volume was originally planned for early 1980 by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). Inevitable delays, subsequent scheduling problems, and the death of Dave Johnston in the May 18 eruption of Mount St. Helens led to this publication as a USGS Circular. This circular differs from …

The Alien Tort Statute: International Law As The Rule Of Decision, Richard A. Conn, Jr.

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to measure mental health status of Vietnamese refugees in Utah County, Utah. The test instrument used was the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). Two subproblems were considered: First, to see if refugee complaints on the CMI were predominantly physiological or psychological. Second, to see if there was a relationship between CMI scores and a related list of demographic variables.

Results showed the mean CMI score for the sample under study was well above the suggested score indicative of possible psychological dysfunction. For 80% of participants, psychological complaints were predominant over physical complaints. The only variables showing a relationship …

Public Law 94-142 And Teacher Stress In Bismarck Public Schools, Ann Hauer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Alcohol-Related Arrests In Birmingham., Robert L. Berry

All ETDs from UAB

Criminologists and historians generally conclude that the present is neither the best nor the worst as far as crime is concerned. Durkheim (1964) made a memorable observation on the inevitability of criminal acts when he said, "Crime is normal because a society exempt from it is utterly impossible" (p. 67).

The Political Economy Of Drug Trafficking: The Herrera Organization (Mexico And The United States), Peter A. Lupsha, Kip Schlegel

Research Papers

In this paper we examine the effects of this drug trafficking contrabandista activity, the rise and decline of Mexico's leadership as an exporter of illicit drugs, and some of the effects of organized trafficking on the political economy of both Mexico and the United States. Smuggling and contraband are endemic to borderlands. As one knowledgeable observer estimated, "anywhere from 20 percent to 30 percent of all economic activity along our Southwestern border is illegal contraband.,2 Of this contraband trade only a small percentage involves the smuggling of illegal drugs. Most of it involves the illegal rebalancing of border-created supply-and demand …

The Ch'ing Central Government Archives: Provenance And Peregrinations, Beatrice S. Bartlett

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

A Model Rule For Student Practice In The United States Courts, George K. Walker

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Guide To The Investigative And Enforcement Provisions Of The Uniform Securities Act, Joseph C. Long

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1980, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "The Ethnomusicologist and Black Music"/Bruno Nettl; "Black concert and recital music: A glimpse of Afro-Caribbean music in the early 17th century"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Rural Black String Band Music"/Charles Wolfe; "National Conference on Black Music Research-Summary"/ Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Conference Concert: A Review"/Carman Moore; Questions and Answers; Announcements and Information. Editors: Samuel A. …

Review Of Selected Books On Contemporary Asian Studies 1979-1980, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Judicial Review Under Nationalist Chinese And American Constitutional Law, Jyh-Pin Fa

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

Women's Liberation: Is It Smashing The Hothouse?, Wendy Tarnoff

Honors Papers

Since this paper has concentrated on the cultural and societal influences on women's roles, and how these affect their criminal behavior, these variables rather than exclusively economic ones, will be presented now in relatively economic homogeneous contexts. The remaining discussion will, therefore, compare the patterns and trends of female criminal behavior in England-Wales and Japan with those in the United States. A final note will be made on some research done by Safilios-Rothschild in Greece concerning socio-cultural changes which have occurred in Greece, and how they have affected the commission of "honor crimes."

Regulation Of Business, Richard H. Duncan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Root Mission, William R. Conger

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the Root Mission to Russia from it conception to its final report and to evaluate the effectiveness of each member individually as well as that of the Mission as a whole. Further, major actions and responses of the Wilson Administration and other American officials have been considered where these actions have a direct bearing on the effectiveness of the Root Mission. This study also provides a narrative account of the constructive work of the commission and attempts to highlight those experiences which might well have had a significant impact on the Mission's …

An Analysis Of Why Mbo (Management By Objectives) In The Military Failed, William P. Jacobsen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Sketches From Our Family Life In The Early Nineties, Dagmar, The Eldest Of The Flock

The Bridge

In the late Fall of 1890, Father went to the United States to get a job and to make a new home for us all. From Brooklyn the Reverend Anderson helped to send him on his way west, since he had been a farmer. At Chicago the Reverend Nielsen sent him to the Danish School and settlement at Elk Horn, Iowa, where he studied a little English and hired out on a farm, there to learn more English by practical experience.