There is little, if any, direct fossil evidence of the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive or digestive biology of dinosaurs. However, a variety of data can be used to draw reasonable inferences about the physiology of the carnivorous theropod dinosaurs (Archosauria: Theropoda). Extant archosaurs, birds and crocodilians, possess regionally differentiated, vascularized and...
Providing transformational learning opportunities for undergraduate students demands changes to teaching practices. In large-enrollment introductory courses, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) play an important role in facilitating student learning in small group environments. However GTAs are not provided the pedagogical development necessary to support them to be effective in their teaching...
This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation
framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of
the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural
resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of
five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
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Courtland Smith
This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation
Two measured sections of the upper Silurian Douro
Formation from Devon Island, N.W.T. were examined for their
faunal content with emphasis on the paleoecology and taxonomy
of the fauna. Atrypella is believed to have lived with
its beaks embedded in the muddy substrate of a somewhat
restricted environment. Intermittent, low...
Plywood is the second largest, by value, wood-based product being imported by United Arab Emirates (UAE), below paper products and also second in terms of volume below sawn wood. Very few studies have been done of the UAE market for plywood. This thesis takes a scientific, marketing planning approach to...
The purpose of this study is to ethnographically examine traditionally prescribed notions of sons and daughters in an Indian diasporic community located on Devon Avenue in Chicago. Informed by the association between "ideal" and "actual" family building patterns, this study situates reproductive behaviors and demographic outcomes in its local context...
The morphology of a rather rare parasitic copepod was
studied. Ismaila monstrosa Bergh, an endoparasitic copepod was
found in the nudibranch, Antiopella fusca, at Coos Bay, Oregon.
Many anatomical features were found, which were different from
previous descriptions. Males were described for the first time.
Young males lacked the gonadal...