510 research outputs found
Bry Stringham Welcomes Associated Civic Clubs Officers
No full textAssociated Civic Clubs officers are welcomed to Vernal by Bry Stringham. From left: O. C. McShane, Richfield; Royal Harwood, Loa; Bry Stringham, Vernal; Willis Oldroyd, Lyman; and Tom Jensen, Salt Lake City
Maids O\u27Maeser
No full textBack row: Margaret Roberts, Viola Caldwell, Liz Weist, Inez Timothy, Della Anderson, Ruby Ross, Dorothy AAnderson Christensen, Caddie Oaks, Barbara Oaks, Bertha Richards, Rhoda Hatch, Eula Hatch, unidentified, Pauline Luck, ---- Ashby, Mae Hall, --- Annie Dudley, Annie Hall, ---- Winnie Collett ----, Mae Bingham and her sister ---- Bartlett, Beatrice Stringham, Ella Stringham, Lucille Calder, Louesa Hacking, Florence Williams, Merle, Oaks, Ethel Palmer
Strengthening protection of endemic wildlife threatened by the international pet trade: The case of the Australian shingleback lizard
No full textFirst published: 05 July 2021Unsustainable wildlife trade threatens an increasing number of species globally. Australia has a particularly rich and endemic herpetofauna, which is coveted on the international pet market. While Australia implements domestic protection of most of its native species, there is little to no regulation of international trade once live animals have been smuggled out of the country. This is a threat for a variety of rare, unique and/or range-restricted species, subspecies and locality morphs. One of these species is the shingleback lizard (Tiliqua rugosa). We compiled Australian seizure data and international online trade data pertaining to shinglebacks. We found all four subspecies in trade across Asia, Europe and North America. Here we provide evidence that all four shingleback subspecies are illegally extracted from the wild in Australia and smuggled to international destinations, where they are sold and distributed globally. While shinglebacks are a protected species in Australia and can only be exported legally under a federal permit, their import into, and trade between, other countries is often not illegal, even in the absence of such a permit. These contradictory legal frameworks apply to the majority of nationally protected native fauna and must be addressed by each importing country on an individual basis; that is, by changing their legislation to cover and protect species that are nationally protected in their native range. Meanwhile, however, we argue that listing T. rugosa in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is a meaningful way to provide other countries with the legal means to confiscate illegally exported shinglebacks from Australia. Our findings and recommendations are directly relevant for potential future Appendix III consideration of other nationally protected species that are found in international trade.S. Heinrich, A. Toomes, C. R. Shepherd, O. C. Stringham, M. Swan, P. Casse
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height
No full textMost common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits(1), but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait(2,3). The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P<0.001). Second, the likely causal gene is often located near the most strongly associated variant: in 13 of 21 loci containing a known skeletal growth gene, that gene was closest to the associated variant. Third, at least 19 loci have multiple independently associated variants, suggesting that allelic heterogeneity is a frequent feature of polygenic traits, that comprehensive explorations of already-discovered loci should discover additional variants and that an appreciable fraction of associated loci may have been identified. Fourth, associated variants are enriched for likely functional effects on genes, being over-represented among variants that alter amino-acid structure of proteins and expression levels of nearby genes. Our data explain approximately 10% of the phenotypic variation in height, and we estimate that unidentified common variants of similar effect sizes would increase this figure to approximately 16% of phenotypic variation (approximately 20% of heritable variation). Although additional approaches are needed to dissect the genetic architecture of polygenic human traits fully, our findings indicate that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways
A Critical Review of Strategic Conflict Theory and Socio-political Instability Models
No full textThis paper provides a critical general overview of two strands of recent vast economic literature on social conflicts, namely strategic conflict theory and socio-political instability models. The first strand can be traced back to Haavelmo (1954) and has been further developed in a variety of ways by game theoretical models of rational conflict (Boulding, 1962; Schelling, 1963, Hirshleifer, 2001). Their goal is to understand threat power. A second version of conflict theory has been developed by the founders of the Public Choice School (Olson 1965, 1982; Tullock 1974, 1980; Stringham, 2005, 2007) in order to tackle genuine political violence. The main finding of this paper is that both strands of recent economic literature have not yet come to grips with social conflicts. The application of standard microeconomic assumptions to the field of "social conflicts" has resulted in reducing conflicts either to "rational conflicts"- a threat of conflict without any real clash - or "real self-interested private conflicts". In other words, economic theory has considered social protesters either as looters or lunatics, but never as a group of people struggling for a common cause.Strategic Conflict Theory, Socio-political instability models, Coase theorem, Appropriative activity, Social Conflicts
Lions Club Kadoodlers
No full textRay Stringham, director of the Vernal Lion\u27s Club, organized and directed the Lion\u27s Club Kidoodlers. The band made any kind of music from the corniest rhythms to the hottest swing. Several of the Kidoodlers were vocalists and intersperse their instrumental numbers with solos, quartets and close harmony. Pictured from left, front row, J. C. Anderson, I Ray Stringham, C. P. Lewis, Henry Schaefermeyer, Earl Chivers, S. Don Hacking, and Ernest Caldwell. Back row, Earl Calder, George P. Roth, Rulon Hacking, A. A. Call, Reese Timothy, Ken Stringham, Merle Campbell, Hap Wise, and Chellus Caldwell. Ferron Hacking and O. M. Thurman were also in the band but not present when this photo was taken in 1944
Livestock Feeding Tour
No full textFifty five men and boys attended the Uintah County\u27s first "Livestock Feeding Day Tour" of local farms around the valley. The Livestock Committee Planning Board members were, B .H. Stringham, Chairman; H.E. Seeley, E. E. House, C. K. Bain, Lewis Freestone, W. L. Witlock, Clarence W. Palmer amd C. O. Weist
An Introduction to Destructive Coordination
No full textPolanyi (1944, [1957] 1968) has distinguished three 'patterns of social integration,' namely 'reciprocity', 'redistribution' and 'exchange.' This triad has provided the starting point for most subsequent discussion. Our purpose is to introduce a further type of coordination, the 'destructive mode of coordination'. This mode achieves coordination by intimidation, threat, and the use of non-institutionalized coercive means. Resources and human efforts are allocated in order to appropriate what other people produce. Two simple examples provide an introductory illustration, traffic circles (roundabouts) and prisons. Appropriation through pirating provides a further example of destructive coordination. More specifically, biopiracy (blood patenting) is discussed in order to clarify the relationship between destructive coordination and the institutionalization of property rights. Finally, we focus on the role of destructive coordination as a transitional mechanism that is supported by the institutional vacuum ultimately yielding to other modes of coordination.mode of coordination, destructive coordination, institutional vacuum, biopiracy, indeterminate property rights
Common Variants at 10 Genomic Loci Influence Hemoglobin A(1C) Levels via Glycemic and Nonglycemic Pathways
No full textGlycated hemoglobin (HbA₁(c)), used to monitor and diagnose diabetes, is influenced by average glycemia over a 2- to 3-month period. Genetic factors affecting expression, turnover, and abnormal glycation of hemoglobin could also be associated with increased levels of HbA₁(c). We aimed to identify such genetic factors and investigate the extent to which they influence diabetes classification based on HbA₁(c) levels
A modeling methodology to evaluate the efficacy of predator exclosures versus predator control
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