350 research outputs found
Data for: Effects of forest management on the conservation of bird communities in eastern North America: A meta-analysis.
No full textData for Akresh et al. Ecosphere manuscript: Effects of forest management on the conservation of bird communities in eastern North America: A meta-analysis.
Authors: Michael E. Akresh, David I. King, Savannah L. McInvale, Jeffery L. Larkin, Anthony W. D’Amato
Dismantling slavery: gender and identity in the autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, 2005
No full textAfrican-American slave autobiographies, commonly known as slave narratives, reflect the soul and spirit of an oppressed people. This study analyzes two widely known slave autobiographies of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845) and Harriet Ann Jacobs's Incidents in the Life ofa Slave Girl. Written by Herself (1861). This study argues that through writing their autobiographies as freed persons, these two narrators navigate through and overcome racist and sexist constructions of their genders in order to create new and empowered identities. As a methodology, this thesis uses an intersectional paradigm of race, gender, class and sexuality to reveal the close connection between gender and identity that underscores the development of a new and empowered selfhood. From this study, this thesis derives three main conclusions. First, race complicates gender identities through the suppression of the enslaved person's humanity. Second, gender complicates racial identities through the reduction of black manhood and womanhood as human chattel. Finally, Douglass and Jacobs achieve and assert their newly created personal identities through the creation of rhetorical devices and creative survival strategies. As a result, their autobiographies challenge the traditional mode and content of American autobiography
Author Correction: Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity
No full textThe original version of the Supplementary Information associated with this Article included an incorrect Supplementary Data 1 file, in which three columns (L, M and P) had slightly different variable names from those written in the code. The HTML has been updated to include a corrected version of Supplementary Data 1; the correct version of Supplementary Data 1 can be found as Supplementary Information associated with this Correction.Additional co-authors: Mattia Bessone, Gregory Brazzola, Valentine Ebua Buh, Rebecca Chancellor, Heather Cohen, Charlotte Coupland, Bryan Curran, Emmanuel Danquah, Tobias Deschner, Dervla Dowd, Manasseh Eno-Nku, J. Michael Fay, Annemarie Goedmakers, Anne-Céline Granjon, Josephine Head, Daniela Hedwig, Veerle Hermans, Sorrel Jones, Jessica Junker, Parag Kadam, Mohamed Kambi, Ivonne Kienast, Deo Kujirakwinja, Kevin E. Langergraber, Juan Lapuente, Bradley Larson, Kevin C. Lee, Vera Leinert, Manuel Llana, Sergio Marrocoli, Amelia C. Meier, David Morgan, Emily Neil, Sonia Nicholl, Emmanuelle Normand, Lucy Jayne Ormsby, Liliana Pacheco, Alex Piel, Jodie Preece, Martha M. Robbins, Aaron Rundus, Crickette Sanz, Volker Sommer, Fiona Stewart, Nikki Tagg, Claudio Tennie, Virginie Vergnes, Adam Welsh, Erin G. Wessling, Jacob Willie, Roman M. Wittig, Yisa Ginath Yuh, Klaus Zuberbühler & Hjalmar S. Küh
X-Ray Radiography of Fracture Flow and Matrix Imbibition in Topopah Spring Tuff Under a Thermal Gradient X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY OF FRACTURE FLOW AND MATRIX IMBIBITION IN TOPOPAH SPRING TUFF UNDER A THERMAL GRADIENT
No full textMarch 1997 This is a preprint of a paper intended for publication in a journal or proceedings. Since changes may be made before publication, this preprint is made available with the understanding that it will not be cited or reproduced without the permission of the author. PREPRINT X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY OF FRACTURE FLOW AND MATRIX IMBIBITION IN TOPOPAH SPRING TUFF UNDER A THERMAL GRADIENT Jeffery J. Roberts and Wunan Lin Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PO Box 808, L-201, Livermore, CA 94551 USA ABSTRACT A method of imaging the flow of liquid in fractures and matrix imbibition in tuff using x-ray radiography has been developed and a formulation for the calculation of saturation in the matrix based on x-ray radiography is presented. Experiments were performed using different thermal gradients and hydrostatic heads. The distance that liquid penetrates the boiling region was found to be dependent on hydrostatic head: during the highest-head experiment, liquid water penetrated the entire fracture and continued to pass through the boiling region. For experiments where flow stopped at the boiling region, x-ray images indicate crystal deposition along the fracture. In some cases, when the sample was cooled, fracture flow resumed, and in other cases the fractures were sealed and flow did not continue
Highly efficient small interfering RNA delivery to primary mammalian neurons induces MicroRNA-like effects before mRNA degradation
No full textThe study of protein function in neurons has been hindered by the lack of highly efficient, nontoxic methods of inducing RNA interference in such cells. Here we show that application of synthetic small interfering RNA( siRNA) linked to the vector peptide Penetratin1 results in rapid, highly efficient uptake of siRNA by entire populations of cultured primary mammalian hippocampal and sympathetic neurons. This treatment leads to specific knock-down of targeted proteins within hours without the toxicity associated with transfection. In contrast to current methods, our technique permits study of protein function across entire populations with minimal disturbance of complex cellular networks. Using this technique, we found that protein knock-down ( evident after 6 hr) precedes any decrease in targeted message ( evident after 24 hr), suggesting an early, translational repression by perfectly targeted siRNAs.PT: J; CR: BARTEL DP, 2004, CELL, V116, P281 BERTRAND E, 2001, MOL CELL NEUROSCI, V18, P503 DEROSSI D, 1994, J BIOL CHEM, V269, P10444 DOENCH JG, 2003, GENE DEV, V17, P438 DOSTIE JE, 2003, RNA, V9, P180 ELBASHIR SM, 2001, EMBO J, V20, P6877 FINK CC, 2003, NEURON, V39, P283 FIRE A, 1998, NATURE, V391, P806 GAUDILLIERE B, 2002, J BIOL CHEM, V277, P46442 HANNON GJ, 2002, NATURE, V418, P244 HUTVAGNER G, 2002, SCIENCE, V297, P2056 JOHNSTON RJ, 2003, NATURE, V426, P845 JOLIOT A, 2004, NAT CELL BIOL, V6, P189 KHVOROVA A, 2003, CELL, V115, P209 KIM J, 2004, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V101, P360 KRICHEVSKY AM, 2002, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V99, P11926 KRICHEVSKY AM, 2003, RNA, V9, P1274 LAI EC, 2003, CURR BIOL, V13, R925 LLAVE C, 2002, SCIENCE, V297, P2053 MURATOVSKA A, 2004, FEBS LETT, V558, P63 OMI K, 2004, FEBS LETT, V558, P89 RABACCHI SA, 2004, NEUROBIOL AGING, V25, P1057 REYNOLDS A, 2004, NAT BIOTECHNOL, V22, P326 SAXENA S, 2003, J BIOL CHEM, V278, P44312 SCHERER LJ, 2003, NAT BIOTECHNOL, V21, P1457 SCHWARZ DS, 2003, CELL, V115, P199 THEODORE L, 1995, J NEUROSCI, V15, P7158 TOROCSIK B, 2002, J NEUROSCI, V22, P8971 TROY CM, 1994, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V91, P6384 TROY CM, 1996, J NEUROSCI, V16, P253 TROY CM, 1996, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V93, P5635 TROY CM, 2001, J NEUROSCI, V21, P5007 TROY CM, 2002, J BIOL CHEM, V277, P34295 VICKERS TA, 2003, J BIOL CHEM, V278, P7108 ZENG Y, 2003, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V100, P9779; NR: 35; TC: 22; J9: J NEUROSCI; PG: 7; GA: 869ZASource type: Electronic(1
Immobilization of the mandible in oral-cancer therapy
No full textPT: J; NR: 0; TC: 3; J9: AMER J SURG; PG: 4; GA: HQ397Source type: Electronic(1
The invisible artist: Arrangers in popular music (1950-2000): Their contribution and techniques
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is based on the research conducted by the author for the series,
Richard Niles' History of Pop Arranging, seven thirty-minute documentary
programmes for BBC Radio 2, researched, written and presented by the author and
broadcast in 2003. It also draws on interviews conducted by the author (and other
research) between 2002 and 2007 both for the radio series and for this thesis and on
the author's experience as a professional arranger in popular music working with
many of the genre's significant recording artists including Paul McCartney, Ray
Charles, Cher, Tina Turner, Westlife, Tears For Fears, Dusty Springfield, James
Brown, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue and producers including Trevor Hom, Steve
Lipson, Steve Mac and Steve Anderson.
It will be argued that the role of the arranger in popular music has often been
undervalued and that during a critical period of popular music history (1950-2000)
arrangers played a significant part in the evolution of musical content. This thesis is,
to the best of the author's knowledge, the first time (apart from the above mentioned
documentary) the subject has ever been examined. The arranger is "invisible" because musical arrangers are often un-credited on
record liner notes or in books or articles concerning popular music. A considerable
amount of research has been necessary to determine who wrote many of the
arrangements considered herein. Motown's Berry Gordy purposely kept the names of
musicians and arrangers off the records because he feared others might 'poach' the
trademark 'Motown Sound'. Other record labels considered the job of the arranger to
be reminiscent of an earlier era, diluting the Rock 'n' Roll image of emotion and
spontanaeity they wished to promote. Some producers and recording artists disliked
sharing credit for their work. Motown arranger David Van dePitte told the author that
arranging was "thankless and anonymous - a very service-oriented profession where
others often take credit for what you've done." Arranging has therefore remained an
intrinsically unseen art created by 'invisible' artists. By analyzing many recordings,
revealing the techniques and concepts they have used in their work to create popular
records, arrangers and their art will be made more 'visible'
Open eyes, open hearts, extended hands: developing a ministry of benevolence and outreach in a rural church setting, 2004
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