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Repatriating The Buffalo: Nagpra’S Applicability To Yellowstone Bison Management, Saylor Soinski

Pace Environmental Law Review

The American bison—also known as the buffalo—holds great significance to many Native American people and cultures. Although bison populations have grown since their near destruction in the 19th century, the last remaining wild bison are under threat by the National Park Service’s Yellowstone management plan. Native representatives have had only a limited advisory role in creating the plan, and a number of Native individuals and advocacy groups have spoken out against it. This essay explores the possibility of applying the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to living animals for the first time, categorizing the bison as “objects of …

Examining Uranium Mining In The Canyon Mine, Kasha Halbleib

Pace Environmental Law Review

In November 2020, Energy Fuels changed the name of one of its uranium mines from “Canyon Mine” to “Pinyon Plain Mine” in order to put distance between the mine and its historical controversies. However, changing the name does not change the potential harm the mine can cause. Canyon Mine sits fifteen miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon and is built on land sacred to the nearby Havasupai Tribe. The mine stands to not only destroy the health and well-being of the Havasupai people by contaminating their water supply with radioactive elements, but also to destroy the sacred ties …

Pointing The Finger At Leadership, Richard A. Barker

Journal of the North American Management Society

The word leadership is often used incorrectly to refer to management, supervision, command, and statesmanship. Scholars rarely, if ever, make any distinction among these four different constructs. Most theories of leadership are really theories of supervision, and the words leadership and supervision are used interchangeably. This paper attempts to distinguish between the two.

Fatal Fertilizer: Pfas Contamination Of Farmland From Biosolids And Potential Federal Solutions, Molly Carey

Pace Environmental Law Review

Farmers across the country are increasingly discovering devastating levels of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in their soil, water, and farm products from the spread of biosolid fertilizer. Contamination from these “forever chemicals” is causing farmers to close their businesses, lose their incomes and property values, and confront potential ad- verse health effects from toxic exposure. PFAS are not federally regulated, leaving farmers with no options for federal assistance with contamination crises. This article examines federal regulations that govern the spread of biosolids as well as existing and proposed federal regulations of PFAS. To fill in federal regulatory gaps, …

Books And Media

Appalachia

A literary essay on the term “white death” when it means avalanche, by former University of Alaska Anchorage creative writing program director David Stevenson. Reviews of: The Naturalist's Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife, by Dave Hall; This Wild Land: Two Decades of Adventure in the Shadow of Katahdin, by Andrew Vietze; Tangled Roots: The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics, by Sarah Mittlefehldt; Imaginary Peaks, by Katie Ives; Don't Sing to Me of Electric Fences, by Dave Seter; Dammed If You Don't, by Chris Kalman.

News And Notes

Appalachia

A $1.1 million federal grant funds extensive trail work on the Franconia Ridge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, to be led by the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Trails Department and the White Mountain National Forest. Excerpts of the latest Mount Washington Master Plan, written by representatives of government and businesses in the area, outlines the Cog Railway’s plans for a hotel high on the mountain. University of New Hampshire researchers discuss huge increase in hiking after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alpina

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges: More information on a Denali climber who in May 2021 called for a rescue he did not need. Clint Helander and Andres Marin climb Shaft of the Abyss on Golgotha in Alaska. Among many “firsts” on Everest in 2022, Lucy Westlake, 18, becomes the youngest American woman to summit. Polish mountaineer Marek Raganowicz climbs a new route on the North Face of Polar Sun Arm on Baffin Island. Three climbers achieve a new route on Cerro Torre in Patagonia. Reviews of eight mountaineering films, including Infinite Storm (Bleecker Street …

Laughter At High Altitude: Encounter With A Pair Of Elands, Daniel Hudon

Appalachia

In South Africa’s central Drakensberg mountains, these docile antelopes seem mildly curious about a human.

Photographing Wildlife: How To Capture An Image Without Forsaking A Wild Animal, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Lisa Ballard, an award-winning outdoor photographer, says that one must be physically fit and study an animal’s habitat, food, and life cycle in order to take photos.

The Harpy Eaglet: Real Encounters With A Feathered Phantasma, Christina Devin Vojta

Appalachia

The author answered an ad, “Field assistant needed for research on monkeys and harpy eagles in Peru” and got the job observing harpy eagle chicks, the size of bald eagles.

The Thrush Sings Me Home: What Is Killing The Birds Of My Heart?, Amy Boyd

Appalachia

Amy Boyd writes of her heartbreak seeing dead wood thrushes in her town. Habitat destruction and climate change will reduce these beautiful birds’ numbers by 80 percent over the next 60 years.

Mama Bear And Me: Sharing Inner Knowledge In A Few Glances, Katie Baptist

Appalachia

A woman camping alone in northern California's Yolla Bolly Wilderness meets a mother bear at an uncomfortably close range.

Interviews With Bears: Trailside, Near New York City, Margaret Redmond Whitehead

Appalachia

The author encounters bears both in wild parts of the Appalachian Trail and in the settled Trailside Museums & Zoo near Bear Mountain, New York. She reveals the blurred lines between human and bear territory.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2023: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2023 - Volume LXXIV, Number 1 - Issue #255. Encounters with Animals: Glimpsing the Soul of Nature

The Chanticleer, 2023-03-16, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Recognizing Exploitation And Rejecting Analogy: An Analysis Of The Meat-Commodity, Teddy Duncan Jr.

Between the Species

This paper is a two-part project. First, I reject the analogous relationship between the Holocaust and slaughterhouses (found in the anti-meat novel The Lives of Animals) and cross-species analogical thinking entirely; instead, I opt for modes of analysis that can examine the specific circumstances of animals within slaughterhouses. Secondly, I assert that a socio-economic Marxist analysis is the best prism in which to recognize the suffering of pre-slaughter animals and the causation of their suffering (the ostensibly necessary circulation and production of the meat-commodity).

2023.03.16 - Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, And Technology Committee Meeting Miutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2023

Meeting materials for the NEIU Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee

The Indiana Statesman, March 16, 2023, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

SoM hosts Chamber Recital; Campus outreach: Human Rights Day covers the gamut; Silicone Valley bank failure causes issues globally

Narrative Review: The Fda’S Perfunctory Approach Of Dietary Supplement Regulations Giving Rise To Copious Reports Of Adverse Events, Weiqi Li, Albert Wertheimer

HPD Articles

Background: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) originated from the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs act aimed to rein in the long-standing abuse in the consumer product marketplace. The act was passed to prohibit interstate commerce of misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks, drugs. Thus, promoting the FDA’s mission to protect the public health by regulating human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food supply, cosmetics, and tobacco to ensure safety, efficacy, and security. Progressing further in 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) was established designating specific label requirements, providing regulatory framework, and authorizing …

Application Of Convergent Science And Technology Toward Ocular Disease Treatment, Ayca Bal-Ozturk, Ece Ozcan-Bulbul, Hazal Ezgi Gultekin, Berivan Cecen, Ebru Demir, Atefeh Zarepout, Sibel Cetinel, Ali Zarrabi

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Eyes are one of the main critical organs of the body that provide our brain with the most information about the surrounding environment. Disturbance in the activity of this informational organ, resulting from different ocular diseases, could affect the quality of life, so finding appropriate methods for treating ocular disease has attracted lots of attention. This is especially due to the ineffectiveness of the conventional therapeutic method to deliver drugs into the interior parts of the eye, and the also presence of barriers such as tear film, blood-ocular, and blood-retina barriers. Recently, some novel techniques, such as different types of …

"Justice For Animals: Our Collective Responsibility" By Martha C Nussbaum, Andrew Rowan

Tales of WellBeing

Andrew Rowan reviews author Martha Nussbaum’s book “Justice for Animals,” which describes why & how animals might be the beneficiaries of human justice.

Coping With Captivity: The Tragic Journey Of Willie B., Terry Maple

Tales of WellBeing

This tale is the first in a three-part series about Willie B., Atlanta’s iconic ape and one of the most famous gorillas in the world.

The Current - Volume 33 Issue 7, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Monkeypox Proctitis: A Case Of Targeted Treatment With Tecovirimat., Premalkumar Patel, Cynthia Espinosa, Varsha Konyala, Nicholas S. Camps, Estafenia Cecilio, Aakangsha Jain, Claudio Tuda

HPD Articles

Monkeypox (MPX) is an exanthematous disease first identified in the 1950s, associated with animals in Central and Western Africa, and has since been found sporadically worldwide. In May 2022, a returning family from Nigeria tested positive for MPX, which marked the onset of the current outbreak. It has now become a disease of concern in most parts of the world. The current standings are nearing 90,000 cases, with numbers increasing daily. The United States reported 29,711 cases so far. The characteristic exanthem of MPX is known to be present ubiquitously on the human habitus, with recent reports describing anogenital and …

2023 Academic & Creative Excellence Reception Program, Lynn University

Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) Reception Programs

The program for the 2023 Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) Reception - the 15th annual - organized by the Lynn Library, working in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs. The reception is held on March 16, 2023 in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center.

The Faculty Scholarship and Creative Activities Award is presented to Dr. Begum Kaplan.

Comparative Evaluation Of The Effect Of Calcium Silicate And Epoxy Resinbased Root Canal Sealers On Postoperative Pain In Patients With Primary Endodontic Lesion: A Randomized Clinical Study, Kaur Supreet, Karkala Venkappa Kishan, Nimisha Chinmay Shah, Ruchi Shah, Manan G Shroff, Shreya Volety

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: This study's objective was to assess and compare postoperative pain response between bioceramic sealer (Nishika BG) and epoxy resin based (AH Plus) in patients with primary endodontic lesion at time interval of 24 h, 48 h, and 7 days using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 40 individuals with necrotic pulp and apical periodontitis. Calcium hydroxide was administered as the intracanal medication during the two-visit endodontic therapy. They were subsequently allocated randomly to either the AH Plus root canal sealer or the Nishika Canal Sealer BG, with a total of 20 participants in each …

A Review Of The Cardiovascular Safety Of Prucalopride In Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Constipation, Jan Tack, Katayoun Derakhchan, André Gabriel, William Spalding, Brian Terreri, Ashraf Youssef, Bahij Kreidieh, Peter R. Kowey, Mena Boules

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

Prokinetic agents, specifically 5-hydroxytryptamine type 4 (5-HT 4 ) receptor agonists, have been shown to provide relief in chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC). The first-generation 5-HT 4 agonists were initially withdrawn from use owing to associations with serious cardiovascular (CV) events. This review summarizes CV safety data for prucalopride, a high-affinity 5-HT 4 agonist approved in the United States in 2018 for adults with CIC. No significant effects of prucalopride on CV safety were observed in animal models or early-phase clinical studies, including a thorough QT study at therapeutic (2 mg) or supratherapeutic (10 mg) doses. Among 1,750 patients with CIC …

Identification Of Gap Junction Genes Involved In The Tail-Flip Escape Circuit Of Marbled Crayfish, Rajit S. Roy

Theses and Dissertations

Escape responses are highly stereotyped behaviors that enable organisms to avoid threats in their environment. To ensure the rapid and robust execution of these behaviors, they are often mediated by dedicated neuronal circuits with fast feed-forward signal propagation. Rectifying electrical synapses, which allow electrical current to preferentially flow only in one direction, are a hallmark of such circuits, and facilitate rapid and stereotyped neuronal signaling for fast, reflexive behaviors. In vitro studies have suggested that it is the heterotypic distribution of the gap junction proteins (called innexins in invertebrates), i.e., possessing different innexins in pre- and postsynaptic neurons, that enables …

Piloting A Spanish-Language Web-Based Tool For Hereditary Cancer Genetic Testing, Gretter Manso

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Cancer genetic services (including genetic counseling and testing) help identify patients and families at increased risk of developing cancer so that steps can be taken to reduce risks or find cancers early. Receipt of genetic services in the Hispanic/Latinx population is low due, in part, to a shortage of Spanish-speaking genetic counselors. To address this concern, a 12-minute online tool designed to inform individuals about cancer genetic services was translated into Spanish. The objectives of this pilot study were to determine if the educational tool improves knowledge and informed decision making and to assess usability and appropriateness of the tool …

Evaluating Sensory Quality, Willingness To Try, Risk And Product Appropriateness Of Seafood Byproducts, Silvia Jessenia Murillo Miguez

LSU Master's Theses

Valorization of food wastes/byproducts has become a major subject of research to increase sustainability of the global food supply chain. Seafood industries generate a substantial quantity of byproducts. An online survey was used to evaluate Willingness-to-try (WTT), the effect of a Consumer Safety Statement (CSS) on WTT, perceived risks and product appropriateness associated with seafood byproducts in food as influenced by gender and race. Based on the finding from this survey, a clean label catfish bone powder (CBP) was developed and used for breaded catfish sticks which were evaluated for sensory liking, emotional profile, and purchase intent. Previous consumers of …