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The Irish Sport Horse Abroad: The Role Of Public Relations In Promoting An International Brand, Marianne Van Pelt Jan 2014

The Irish Sport Horse Abroad: The Role Of Public Relations In Promoting An International Brand, Marianne Van Pelt

Theses

This thesis uses a case study approach to explore the role of public relations in promoting an international brand. This thesis attempts to determine whether public relations can contribute significantly to the promotion of an established international brand. This thesis looks at whether the people in the organisation formally responsible for promoting the Irish Sport Horse brand have a stated goal of promoting the brand, a clear intention of promoting the brand through public relations tactics, and whether find these tactics successful. The thesis also looks at the views of opinion makers within the industry to try to verify the …

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Holocaust Denial Literature Twenty Years Later: A Follow-Up Investigation Of Public Librarians' Attitudes Regarding Acquisition And Access, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2014

Holocaust Denial Literature Twenty Years Later: A Follow-Up Investigation Of Public Librarians' Attitudes Regarding Acquisition And Access, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

This study was undertaken to learn about public librarians' attitudes and opinions concerning the sometimes conflicting issues of intellectual freedom, collection balance, and controversial materials, and whether those attitudes and opinions have changed over twenty years. The investigation focused on Holocaust denial literature, a body of work which ranges from minimizing the Holocaust to outright denying that it happened. Public librarians in Nassau County, New York, were surveyed, and the results were compared with a similar survey from 1992. The results indicate that librarians are even more open to Holocaust denial literature than they were twenty years ago and, regardless …

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Cuny Librarians And Faculty Status: Past, Present, And Future, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2014

Cuny Librarians And Faculty Status: Past, Present, And Future, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Librarians in the City University of New York system have held faculty ranks since 1965, but their faculty status dates back two decades further. How did they achieve faculty status and faculty ranks? What role did their professional association (LACCNY, later known as LACUNY) play? Is their status secure?

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Falls Among The Elderly: Multi-Factorial Community-Based Falls- Prevention Programs, Ray Marks Jan 2014

Falls Among The Elderly: Multi-Factorial Community-Based Falls- Prevention Programs, Ray Marks

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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Seen And Not Heard: The Relationship Of Orthography, Morphology, And Phonology In Loanword Adaptation In The German Hip Hop Community Online, Matt Garley Jan 2014

Seen And Not Heard: The Relationship Of Orthography, Morphology, And Phonology In Loanword Adaptation In The German Hip Hop Community Online, Matt Garley

Publications and Research

In this study, a particular development in language behavior, the use of the -ed suffix from English in both participle and non-participle contexts, is investigated in the domain of the German hip hop community. This morphological-orthographic feature is analyzed from a linguistic and distributional standpoint in a 12.5 million word corpus of German hip hop discussion, revealing its patterns of use over a decade in both contexts within this community, along with supplemental examples from YouTube videos. This corpus analysis is paired with a case study of a discourse event between two forum participants negotiating the use of this form, …

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Who Am I? Who Am I Supposed To Be? First Generation Graduate Student Experiences Of Identity Negotiation, Nicole B. Lounsbery Jan 2014

Who Am I? Who Am I Supposed To Be? First Generation Graduate Student Experiences Of Identity Negotiation, Nicole B. Lounsbery

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine how the intersections of race, class, gender and place impact identity negotiation among first generation female graduate students and how these identities are influenced and shaped by the structures and role expectations of both home and academic environments. This research addresses the scarcity of literature on first generation graduate level students, as well as the lack of intersectional research in identity and student development studies. Additionally, there has been a dearth of literature focusing on class, race, and place, and how these identities influence women’s feelings of being academic imposters. Thus, the …

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The Impact Of Self-Objectification On Political Efficacy: Does Self-Image Affect Feelings Of Political Adequacy, Victoria M. Hurst Jan 2014

The Impact Of Self-Objectification On Political Efficacy: Does Self-Image Affect Feelings Of Political Adequacy, Victoria M. Hurst

Honors Program Theses

The phenomenon of self-objectification develops from the internalization of the objectification of the human body by the individual, occurring most prevalently among women, and results in a host of negative psychological effects (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). Among these effects are increased body surveillance, disrupting one’s ability to achieve peak states of motivation, and body shame. It is possible, then, that feelings of inadequacy, as a result, affect other realms of life, including an individual’s orientation toward the political world. To test this proposition, I conducted an original online survey (N=948) to determine if higher rates of selfobjectification, utilizing measures for …

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Pro-And-Anti Immigration Activities In Iowa's 4th Congressional District: A Community Capitals Framework Perspective, Anne Junod Jan 2014

Pro-And-Anti Immigration Activities In Iowa's 4th Congressional District: A Community Capitals Framework Perspective, Anne Junod

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The foreign-born immigrant population in Iowa is increasing. Across Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, communities that have never had statistically significant populations of non-Anglos have in recent decades experienced dramatic influxes of predominantly Latino immigrants. Today, Latinos comprise upwards of 25 percent of the population of some counties and well over 35 percent of the population of many towns. At the same time, many other communities in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District remain almost exclusively white. How are communities responding? This research centers on the statements and activities of individual and group actors representing various market, state, and civil society sectors, examining …

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File Detection On Network Traffic Using Approximate Matching, Frank Breitinger, Ibrahim Baggili Jan 2014

File Detection On Network Traffic Using Approximate Matching, Frank Breitinger, Ibrahim Baggili

Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

In recent years, Internet technologies changed enormously and allow faster Internet connections, higher data rates and mobile usage. Hence, it is possible to send huge amounts of data / files easily which is often used by insiders or attackers to steal intellectual property. As a consequence, data leakage prevention systems (DLPS) have been developed which analyze network traffic and alert in case of a data leak. Although the overall concepts of the detection techniques are known, the systems are mostly closed and commercial. Within this paper we present a new technique for network traffic analysis based on approximate matching (a.k.a …

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Quantifying Relevance Of Mobile Digital Evidence As They Relate To Case Types: A Survey And A Guide For Best Practices, Shahzad Saleem, Ibrahim Baggili, Oliver Popov Jan 2014

Quantifying Relevance Of Mobile Digital Evidence As They Relate To Case Types: A Survey And A Guide For Best Practices, Shahzad Saleem, Ibrahim Baggili, Oliver Popov

Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

In this work, a survey was conducted to help quantify the relevance of nineteen types of evidence (such as SMS) to seven types of digital investigations associated with mobile devices (MD) (such as child pornography). 97 % of the respondents agreed that every type of digital evidence has a different level of relevance to further or solve a particular investigation. From 55 serious participants, a data set of 5,772 responses regarding the relevance of nineteen types of digital evidence for all the seven types of digital investigations was obtained. The results showed that (i) SMS belongs to the most relevant …

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Rynek Kapitałowy Wobec Wyzwań Dekoniunktury, Teresa Czerwińska, Alojzy Z. Nowak Jan 2014

Rynek Kapitałowy Wobec Wyzwań Dekoniunktury, Teresa Czerwińska, Alojzy Z. Nowak

Monografie/Monographs

Realia kryzysu ogólnogospodarczego oraz pogarszająca się kondycja finansów publicznych wielu krajów, również spoza Europy, stawia zagadnienie rozwoju i roli rynku kapitałowego w gospodarce w nowym świetle. Coraz silniej akcentuje się znaczenie transparentności rynku, standardów bezpieczeństwa zawierania i rozliczania transakcji oraz raportowania danych pozafinansowych w kontekście zaufania do mechanizmu rynku kapitałowego, które – jak podkreśla wielu ekspertów – jest kluczowym czynnikiem jego rozwoju. Polecana publikacja zawiera wiele artykułów dotyczących tendencji rozwoju rynku kapitałowego, a także modelowania zjawisk na rynku kapitałowym w warunkach niepewności i ryzyka.

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Przejawy Społecznej Nieodpowiedzialności Organizacji Publicznych, Jerzy Bogdanienko Jan 2014

Przejawy Społecznej Nieodpowiedzialności Organizacji Publicznych, Jerzy Bogdanienko

Monografie/Monographs

Problematyka społecznej odpowiedzialności organizacji wzbudza coraz większe zainteresowanie zarówno opinii publicznej, praktyków gospodarczych i pracowników naukowych. Jest to uzasadnione coraz wyraźniejszym uświadamianiem sobie znaczenia tej problematyki zarówno ze względu na nieustanne pojawianie się w mediach informacji o zjawiskach patologicznych z tego obszarów, co świadczy o tym, że zjawisko to jest bardzo silnie rozwinięte, jak też ze względu na tego typu nadużycia, występujące w relacji z otoczeniem. Głównym celem tego opracowania jest dostarczenie materiału do dyskusji oraz pokazanie możliwie szerokiego spektrum omawianych zjawisk.

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Finanse Organizacji Gospodarczych Bez Tajemnic, Sławomir Wymysłowski Jan 2014

Finanse Organizacji Gospodarczych Bez Tajemnic, Sławomir Wymysłowski

Monografie/Monographs

Publikacja adresowana jest do szerokiego kręgu czytelników, zarówno już posiadających określoną wiedzę z zakresu zarządzania finansami przedsiębiorstw, jaki i stawiających w tej materii pierwsze kroki. Książka powinna trafić przede wszystkim do studentów takich kierunków jak finanse i rachunkowość, zarządzanie, ekonomia i nauki pokrewne oraz do praktyków pracujących w sferze finansów. Rozważania teoretyczne podbudowano wieloma przykładami i zadaniami, co powoduje, że książka jest atrakcyjna dla osób pragnących widzieć związek teorii z praktyką. Zawarte w niej instrumentarium analityczne jet powszechnie wykorzystywane w praktyce gospodarczej, dzięki czemu niniejsza publikacja ma wyraźnie aplikacyjny charakter.

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Rola Sektora Publicznego W Okresie Kryzysu, Stanisław Piątek Jan 2014

Rola Sektora Publicznego W Okresie Kryzysu, Stanisław Piątek

Monografie/Monographs

Prezentowana publikacja jest pokłosiem konferencji naukowej zorganizowanej przez Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego we wrześniu 2013 r. Celem konferencji było omówienie roli, jaką powinien odgrywać sektor publiczny, w szczególności publiczne instytucje gospodarcze i finansowe, w przezwyciężaniu kryzysu z perspektywy nauk ekonomicznych, nauk o zarządzaniu i nauk prawnych Opracowania i wypowiedzi przedstawione na konferencji są wyrazem kryzysu dotychczasowych teorii i niepewności w ocenie przyszłych skutków zastosowanych w praktyce terapii antykryzysowych.

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Informatyka & Przyszłość, Witold Chmielarz, Jerzy Kisielnicki, Tomasz Parys Jan 2014

Informatyka & Przyszłość, Witold Chmielarz, Jerzy Kisielnicki, Tomasz Parys

Monografie/Monographs

Dzięki dynamicznie zmieniającej się technologii przyszłość, która się przed nami rysuje, staje się coraz mniej przewidywalna. Prezentowana monografia bazuje na starannie wybranych referatach przygotowanych na coroczną konferencję z zakresu informatyki ekonomicznej, organizowaną przez Katedrę Systemów Informacyjnych Zarządzania Wydziału Zarządzania UW. W zamyśle autorów prezentowanej książki, jest ona kontynuacją cyklicznej monografii, mającej wskazać aktualne trendy w rozwoju informatyki i jej zastosowań oraz przedstawić, jeśli nie ich obraz w przyszłości, to przynajmniej kierunki rozwoju oraz możliwe obszary wykorzystania.

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#Nbcfail: A Qualitative Review Of The Shared Experience As A Social Movement, Brendan O'Hallarn, Stephen Shapiro Jan 2014

#Nbcfail: A Qualitative Review Of The Shared Experience As A Social Movement, Brendan O'Hallarn, Stephen Shapiro

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

The XXX Olympic Games in London, England was the most-watched event in U.S. television history, with more than 219 million viewers tuning in during the Games. However, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) elected to show a number of events to U.S. audiences in prime time via tape delay, rather than broadcasting them live. As a result NBC encountered a great deal of criticism about its coverage, particularly on the online microblogging site Twitter. This research surveyed a sample of Twitter users who participated in the Twitter protest via the #NBCFail hashtag, to understand how being part of a shared protest …

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High-Intensity Tasks With External Load In Military Applications: A Review, Eric K. O'Neal, Jared H. Hornsby, Kyle J. Kelleran Jan 2014

High-Intensity Tasks With External Load In Military Applications: A Review, Eric K. O'Neal, Jared H. Hornsby, Kyle J. Kelleran

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

This article provides a synopsis of the limited investigations examining the impact of external load (EL) on performance of high-intensity tasks under load (HITL), EL training intervention effects on HITL performance, and injuries from EL training. Repetitive lifting tasks and initiation of locomotion, such as rapidly moving from a prone position to sprinting appear to be more hindered by EL than maximal sprinting velocity and may explain why training with EL does not improve obstacle course or prolonged (200-300 yard shuttle) drills. EL training appears to offer very little if any benefit for HITL in lesser trained populations. This contrast …

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Evaluation And Application Of A New Shape-Sensitive Metric Useful For Characterizing Both Spectral Curves And Lidar Waveforms, Eric Ariel L. Salas Jan 2014

Evaluation And Application Of A New Shape-Sensitive Metric Useful For Characterizing Both Spectral Curves And Lidar Waveforms, Eric Ariel L. Salas

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation seeks to investigate hyperspectral and waveform LiDAR datasets through a new analytical framework called Moment Distance method that uses a metric derived from the shape of the curve (spectral or waveform). In the case of hyperspectral data, the shape of the reflectance curve should unmask fine points of the spectra usually not considered by existing band-specific indices. To explore the advantages and shortcomings of this new approach, leaf and canopy hyperspectral reflectance samples were simulated using the physicallybased models PROSPECT (a leaf model) and SAIL (a canopy model). Sensitivity analysis was conducted with the goal of understanding the …

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Health Behaviors And Weight Gain Among Immigrant Youth: A Novel Approach To Understanding Immigrant Adolescent Health, Mary Beth Mccullough Jan 2014

Health Behaviors And Weight Gain Among Immigrant Youth: A Novel Approach To Understanding Immigrant Adolescent Health, Mary Beth Mccullough

Psychology Department Dissertations

Pediatric obesity is considered a debilitating chronic illness, and a major public health concern in the United States. Researchers have recently observed that certain social groups in the U.S. are at a higher risk of overweight and obesity, such as immigrant children and adolescents. Two competing models in the literature, risk and protective frameworks, have been used to characterize the trajectory of weight gain as immigrants spend more in the U.S. Risk models assert that first generation immigrant groups are at higher risk of overweight and obesity while protective models refer to the phenomenon wherein obesity is less prevalent in …

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Managing In-Kind Gifts With Gist’S Gifts And Deselection Manager, Michelle Emanuel Jan 2014

Managing In-Kind Gifts With Gist’S Gifts And Deselection Manager, Michelle Emanuel

Library Publications

Unsolicited gifts exacerbate existing space issues and backlogs, staff workflows, and collection policies. As the scope and needs of libraries continually change, the positions that might have typically managed these donations, such as gift librarians or paraprofessional staff, are no longer automatically replaced as they become vacant. In the University of Mississippi Libraries, recent technological developments such as the Getting It Started Toolkit (GIST) Gift Deselection Manager (GDM) have helped to streamline workflow by generating data that can be shared with subject librarians as well as administration.

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2014 O'Callahan Society Newsletter, O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross Jan 2014

2014 O'Callahan Society Newsletter, O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross

O'Callahan Society Newsletters

This annual newsletter of the O'Callahan Society includes articles about Homecoming Weekend, the 13th annual O'Callahan Society dinner, the remembrance for the 50th anniversary of the death of Rev. Joseph T. O'Callahan, S.J., and a gift by the Class of 1951 in memory of their classmates who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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Effectiveness Of The Language! Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum For 6th Graders, Laura N. Fields Jan 2014

Effectiveness Of The Language! Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum For 6th Graders, Laura N. Fields

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this evaluation was to determine if the Language! Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum-Fourth Edition would have a positive impact on students’ Lexile scores. The participants included 86 sixth grade students from a rural middle school in the Mid-Atlantic region. A paired samples t-test revealed a significant difference (p < .001) between pre-test mean score 647.52 and post-test mean score 736.22. Further calculation indicated the program had a medium effect size. According to post-test scores, 12.5% more of the students were within the appropriate Lexile range making them on target with the Common Core Standards Initiative. When looking at pre and post test comparisons, students with the lost pre-test scores made the greatest gains while students with the highest pre-test scores made little or no gains.

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Nafta 2.0? Looking At Nafta 20 Years Later To Predict Tpp's Effects On Jobs And Income Inequality In The United States, Michael Noone Jan 2014

Nafta 2.0? Looking At Nafta 20 Years Later To Predict Tpp's Effects On Jobs And Income Inequality In The United States, Michael Noone

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

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Class In-Formation: The Intersection Of Old And New Media In Contemporary Urban Social Movements, Peter N. Funke, Todd Wolfson Jan 2014

Class In-Formation: The Intersection Of Old And New Media In Contemporary Urban Social Movements, Peter N. Funke, Todd Wolfson

Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications

This starts out by distinguishing between communication and communication mediums when examining social movement-powered formations of collective identity and collective action. We then focus on communication mediums to examine the different ways that old and new media are utilized in urban social movements under neoliberal capitalism. Based on shifts in the political economy and correspondingly in the contemporary composition of the working class, we focus on the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia to argue that contemporary urban social movements and networks utilize a multi-media platform to further class-based politics. The respective use of old or new media depends on important …

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Introduction To Deliberation, Democracy, And Civic Forums: Improving Equality And Publicity, Chad Raphael, Christopher F. Karpowitz Jan 2014

Introduction To Deliberation, Democracy, And Civic Forums: Improving Equality And Publicity, Chad Raphael, Christopher F. Karpowitz

Communication

Innovative forums that integrate citizen deliberation into policy making are revitalizing democracy in many places around the world. Yet controversy abounds over whether these forums ought to be seen as authentic sources of public opinion and how they should fit with existing political institutions. How can civic forums include less powerful citizens and ensure that their perspectives are heard on equal terms with more privileged citizens, officials, and policy experts? How can these fragile institutions communicate citizens' policy preferences effectively and legitimately to the rest of the political system? Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums proposes creative solutions for improving equality …

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Grounded Theory, Laura L. Ellingson, Kristian G.E. Borofka Jan 2014

Grounded Theory, Laura L. Ellingson, Kristian G.E. Borofka

Communication

Grounded theory (GT) is a common approach to inductive analysis of qualitative health communication data. GT analysis generates a typology of themes or categories based on "emic" (research participant) perspectives that together constitute a new theory or extension of existing theory. GT is used to analyze data in written form, including researcher-generated data (e.g., interview transcripts, ethnographic field notes), participant-generated data (e.g., journal entries, narratives), or mediated representations (e.g., news coverage, Web site postings). GT contrasts with deductive research designs in which researchers begin with a theory and test ways in which data may (or may not) support its tenants. …

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Political Communication, Paul A. Soukup Jan 2014

Political Communication, Paul A. Soukup

Communication

This review seeks to introduce political communication by showing the kinds of studies currently published. Of necessity not complete, it does not list every study nor does it include every possible approach to political communication, but only those published in the sample of journals—one hopes enough to indicate the scope of this wide area of communication study

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Setting The Stage For Arv-Based Prevention For Women: A Snapshot Of The Zimbabwean Context, Population Council Jan 2014

Setting The Stage For Arv-Based Prevention For Women: A Snapshot Of The Zimbabwean Context, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 12.7 million people, is among the countries in sub-Saharan Africa most affected by the HIV epidemic. Given the urgent need for HIV-prevention options for women, a number of projects are underway to prepare for introduction of tenofovir gel should it be shown to be effective. One of these is a toolkit developed by the Population Council to assist policymakers and program managers in identifying the most strategic opportunities for introducing tenofovir gel. The toolkit includes three related components: a landscape analysis, a discussion guide for key opinion leader interviews, and a program planning tool. …

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Distribution, Habitat Preference, And Status Of The Ditch Fencing Crayfish, Faxonella Clypeata (Hay) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), In Arkansas, H. W. Robison, C. T. Mcallister Jan 2014

Distribution, Habitat Preference, And Status Of The Ditch Fencing Crayfish, Faxonella Clypeata (Hay) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), In Arkansas, H. W. Robison, C. T. Mcallister

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The ditch fencing crayfish, Faxonella clypeata (Hay), is a common and widespread crayfish that inhabits roadside ditches, intermittent first-order streams, shallow sloughs with heavy vegetation, and edges of swamps in Arkansas. Between 1997-2012, we made 55 collections of F. clypeata in 34 counties throughout eastern Arkansas, including 23 counties where F. clypeata had not been previously documented. At most of these locations within the West Gulf Coastal and Mississippi Alluvial Plain provinces, F. clypeata was found to be a locally abundant crayfish. With regard to conservation status, F. clypeata should be considered as “Currently Stable” due to its widespread distribution …

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First Record Of Ribbon Worms (Nemertea: Tetrastemmatidae: Prostoma) From Arkansas, P. G. Davison, H. W. Robison, C. T. Mcallister Jan 2014

First Record Of Ribbon Worms (Nemertea: Tetrastemmatidae: Prostoma) From Arkansas, P. G. Davison, H. W. Robison, C. T. Mcallister

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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