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Haciendas of Ecuador
Barry W. Barker and Charles R. Barnett
Haciendas of Ecuador is a pictorial guide to fully functional and operating haciendas in Central Ecuador. Approximately fifteen haciendas were chosen and a team of two photographers and one was was sent to each to photographically document the property and to obtain a brief history, background, and family information about the property. Information is also included about staying at these facilities and where to call for reservations.
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Introduction to Geography, 4th edition
Arthur Getis, Jerome Donald Fellmann, Judith Getis, and Barry W. Barker
Provides an overview of the study of geography, organized around the major research traditions of geography: physical, cultural, locational and regional. Within these major themes, the topics discussed include: the weather and climate; population geography; urban geography; and political geography.
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Resolving Conflict Successfully: Needed Knowledge and Skills (Roadmaps to Success)
Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer
This book is the second of a three-volume series on conflict resolution for educational administrators. Following the introduction, the first three chapters discuss the following communication skills critical to communication--building rapport, listening and pacing, and chunking and problem solving. Chapter 4 provides a generic problem-solving model and an example of an actual conflict situation that was successfully resolved using the skills outlined in the book. Nineteen figures and 12 annotated references are included.
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Preventing and Managing Conflict in Schools (Roadmaps to Success)
Neil Katz and John W. Lawyer
The authors of this book, leading authorities on the topic of conflict resolution, introduce tested and effective strategies for preventing and managing conflict in both interpersonal and group settings and offer some additional strategies for managing conflict as a third party. This helpful book will greatly enhance the school administrator′s ability to ensure that human interaction over differences is both constructive and productive.
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Fifty Years of Impacts on Coral Reefs in Bermuda
C. B. Cook, Richard Dodge, and S. R. Smith
[Chapter Abstract]
The high latitude coral reefs of Bermuda have been impacted by two major kinds of events since the early 1940s. The first was the dredging operation in Castle Harbour which led to the construction of Kindley airfield (now the Bermuda Air Terminal.) The associated sedimentation, turbidity and altered hydrology caused a mass mortality of corals, especially of the major reef-building genus Diploria. While there has been post-dredging recruitment of corals, D. strigosa, a species sensitive to sedimentation, has been particularly slow to recover and is less prevalent at this site than elsewhere in Bermuda. Ship groundings comprise the second class of event: since 1940, thirteen major ship groundings have occurred on the reefs which have destroyed an estimated 1% of the outer reefs. Studies of the recovery and recruitment of corals at a major grounding site indicate that these processes occur very slowly in Bermuda. It is estimated that 100-150 years would be required to restore coral coverage and species diversity, with species of Diploria being particularly slow to recover. Recent episodes of coral bleaching in Bermuda are considered to have had very little effect on coral populations and reefs.
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Long-Term Monitoring (2.5 Years) of Effects of Short-Term Field Exposure of Stony Corals to Dispersed and Undispersed Crude Oil
Richard Dodge and Anthony H. Knap
[Chapter Abstract]
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate long-term effects to shallow sub-tidal coral reef species from short-term exposure to dispersed and untreated crude oil. The study location was in the northwestern Laguna de Chiriqui, Caribbean coast of Panama. Experimental sites consisted of 900m2 plots which were enclosed by a boom with .45cm deep skirts. All sites contained shallow subtidal coral reefs. One site was designated as a control. One site received dispersed oil at a target concentration of 50ppm for 24 hours, representing a high exposure. One site received only crude oil at an amount of about 1 l/m2 for a duration of approximately 48 hours, representing moderate exposure.
Prespill chemical and biological parameters were collected in March and mid November, 1984. The experimental spill was conducted in late November, 1984. Monitoring of parameters continued periodically until August, 1986. Biological parameters that were measured included epifaunal and epifloral coverage of the coral reef substrate utilizing plotless line transects. Skeletal growth of four selected coral species was also measured at each site. Chemical sampling involved analysis (not reported here) of large and small-volume water samples for GC and GC/MS together with large-volume water samples by pumping through XAD resin.
Results indicated that the coverage of all organisms, hard corals, all animals, and all plants was significantly depressed in the Dispersed Oil treatment compared to the Control station. Little recovery of most organisms was evident some 20 months after initial treatment. Coverage parameters of the Oil Only treatment were generally lower than, but not usually significantly different from coverage of the Control. Of the four coral species investigated for growth, two (Agaricia tennuifolia and Porites porites) showed significant effects from exposure to dispersed oil (reduced blade and tip extension rate at the dispersed oil site). These results provided useful indications of long-term effects from short-term field exposure of corals and coral reefs to oil and dispersed oil. Information from this and other field and laboratory studies benefits marine management by providing data upon which to base informed decisions regarding dispersant use in tropical areas.
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Oil Refinery Impacts on Coral Reef Communities in Aruba, N.A.
C. Mark Eakin, Joshua S. Feingold, and Peter Glynn
[Chapter Abstract]
From 1925 to 1985, Lago Oil and Transport Co. operated a transshipping terminal and refinery on the southeastern coast of Aruba, N.A. This facility has affected the nearshore marine ecosystem through both oil contamination at the harbor and tanker berths, and from disturbance related to shipping, dredging and construction. The impact of this facility on nearby coral reef communities was studied from January 1987 to August 1989. This included an analysis of reef community structure comparing sites adjacent to the refinery with those upstream and downstream, the modern and historical growth of the predominant coral species, and recruitment of new corals. Both upstream and downstream control sites were in good health and exhibited high diversity. In contrast, reefs adjacent to the refinery exhibited low density and diversity of live corals and abundant dead coral rubble. Additionally, periods of construction in the inner harbor and on surrounding spoil islands and high refinery activity corresponded well with periods of reduced coral growth near the refinery. Although the relative importance of oil contamination, sedimentation and other anthropogenic effects is uncertain, our observations suggest that sedimentation and other physical stress resulted in substantial reductions in environmental quality at the disturbed sites. Coral recruitment at the highly impacted sites showed hope for recovery if these environments are protected from renewed perturbation.
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Conflict Resolution: Building Bridges (Roadmaps to Success)
Neil Katz and John W. Lawyer
In this, the first of three volumes on conflict resolution for school administrators, two foremost authorities on the top give you the critical knowledge you need to handle conflict constructively and creatively. Katz and Lawyer explore the nature of conflict and its principal sources. They suggest helpful attitudes for framing conflict and offer a process for defusing conflict at an interpersonal level or small group level.
This book explores how school administrators can deal with conflict constructively and creatively. The theoretical knowledge and practical skills presented will enable administrators to handle their own differences and disputes in a more effective manner, provide effective third party intervention to assist others manage their differences and facilitate the transference of these skills to others by modelling their use and benefits within the schools.
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Genetic Maps: Locus Maps of Complex Genomes
Stephen James O'Brien
Human genome research will be one of the dominant themes of science in the 1990s. To assist its progress, new technologies and concepts are expected to emerge from the analysis of other organisms' genes and chromosomes. Comparative data on the genetic organization of different species, therefore, have particular importance. Since 1980, Genetic Maps has been the only comprehensive source of such information. This new, sixth edition is published in two formats: as a series of six paperback volumes, each containing a variety of genetic maps from one group of organisms, and as a cloth-bound, reading-room edition containing the complete collection of maps from all 129 species listed. Book 1 - Viruses Book 2 - Bacteria, Algae, and Protozoa Book 3 - Lower Eukaryotes Book 4 - Nonhuman Vertebrates Book 5 - The Human Maps Book 6 - Plants
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Section 4: Conflict Resolution: Chapter 2:Communication and Conflict - Management Skills
Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer
A Peace Reader contains articles reflecting different and even opposing viewpoints, offering competing visions of the future. They range from the scholarly to the folksy; from the philosophical to the satirical; from the didactic to the poetic. In an effort to help students develop critical thinking skills, the authors include study questions after every major article. The result is a book as contemporary as today's headlines and as timeless as the wisdom of the ages.
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Circadian Rhythms in Fishes and Their Implications for Research
Richard E. Spieler
This book discusses the care and use of fish, amphibians and reptiles in research. These species are used as important research models in many different biomedical disciplines. Little has been written about their humane and responsible care in a research environment. This book also discusses anaesthesia, analgesia, euthanasia, handling, husbandry, nutrition, behaviour, disease, field research and medicine for the different species of fish.
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Feeding-Entrained Circadian Rhythms in Fishes
Richard E. Spieler
There has been sufficient work done in fishes to warrant a review of feeding-entrained rhythmicity, if only for comparative reasons. Relative to the extensive work with laboratory mammals, however, information on this topic in fishes is meager. An attempt at a broad overview at this point is fated from the outset to be data poor and speculation rich; hopefully this paper will, nevertheless, serve a heuristic role. Specifically, the paper addresses five questions regarding feeding entrainment of circadian rhythms in fishes: Does feeding entrain rhythms in fishes? How? Why? So what? and What next?
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Cearbhall O Dalaigh: An Irish Poet in Romance and Oral Tradition (Harvard Dissertations in Folklore and Oral Literature)
James E. Doan
Originally presented as the author's thesis, Harvard University.
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Chapter 12: Evaluation Research on Nonviolent Action
Neil Katz
As Gene Sharp has documented, nonviolent struggle has an Impressive, If often overlooked, history. Contemporary scholars are now beginning to research and discuss case studies of nonviolent action and the dynamics of nonviolent struggle. The latter literature focuses on how the strategy and tactics that each of the protagonists use help determine the outcomes in nonviolent action.
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Chinese Translation of: A Survey of Matrix Theory and Matrix Inequalities
Marvin Marcus and Henryk Minc
This is a Chinese translation of the famous Marcus and Minc's famous book.
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Metal Binding Proteins and Peptides for the Detection of Heavy
D. H. Petering, M. S. Goodrich, W. Hodgeman, S. Krezoski, D. N. Weber, C. F. Shaw III, Richard E. Spieler, and L. D. Zettergren
Overview. Anatomical and cytological endpoints. Detoxication, adaptive and immunological responses. Genotoxic responses. Metal metabolism. Application of biomakers in field evaluation.
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Roman Catholicism and the Family
Mark J. Cavanaugh
American families and religions are facing a challenge -- the challenge of adapting to a rapidly changing society with a self-oriented culture. The contributors examine a spectrum of responses to changing social norms, and assess the role that religion plays in modern family life. They seek to interpret the problems faced by one of our most basic social institutions through a variety of perspectives. 'The macro perspective and editorial unity are everywhere evident, but readers will also appreciate many individual articles...Definitely recommended.' -- Choice, April 1984 '...taken together...the essays represent a good resource for anyone who wants a sociologically grounded understanding of the relationship between the family and religion in modern society.' -- Religious Studies Review, Vol 10 No 4, October 1984.
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The Romance of Cearbhall and Fearbhlaidh
James E. Doan
Probably composed during the mid-15th century, this describes the love and tragic death of the poet Cearbhall O Dalaigh of Corcomroe in County Clare and Fearbhlaidh, the daughter of Seamus, king of Scotland. Although much is fictional, derived from early Irish myth and legend, some of the characters are based on historical figures. The first translation to appear in English, this includes both the prose and poetry found in the manuscript.
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Effects of Drilling Fluids on Reef Corals: A Review
Richard E. Dodge and Alina Szmant-Froelich
This chapter reviews research on the effects of drilling fluid on reef-building, or hermatypic, corals. Experiments have shown that the burial of corals in drilling fluid, or mud, caused mortality and that certain drilling fluids applied as slurries could not be removed by corals. Under field conditions, however, slurries were removed with the assistance of natural currents, but appeared to cause lowered growth rates in treated specimens. Certain species showed behaviorial stress symptoms after 96-h exposure to 0.100 ml liter-1 of drilling fluid (0.100 ml of fluid in 1 liter of seawater) and exposure to 1.000 ml liter-1 caused mortality in 65 h for three of seven species tested. A chronic 6-week exposure to 0.100 ml liter-1 of drilling fluid caused an 84% decrease in calcification, a 40% decrease in respiration, reductions in gross photosynthesis (26%), nitrate uptake (28%), ammonium uptake (49%), and feeding, as well as some death. Other studies showed that average linear skeletal growth also decreased. A field assessment of a reef, several years after drilling , indicated a 70-90% reduction in foliose, branching, and platelike corals within a 115 m x 85 m ellipse around the drilling site. Detrimental effects on corals, as extrapolated from the limited information on effects, seem probable within a minimum distance of 100m from the source.
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Communication and Conflict Management Skills
Neil Katz and John W. Lawyer
This is the seminal work in interpersonal skills training. Dr. Neil Katz and John W. Lawyer present numerous invaluable frameworks for learning such skills as: active listening, problem solving, conflict management, assertion, and feedback
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Communication Skills for Ministry
John W. Lawyer and Neil Katz
This text enables individuals and teams, dedicated to helping others, develop strong communication and conflict management skills. It provides ample opportunities to enhance interpersonal skills, and consequently, your effectiveness. This in an invaluable resource for training and development programs
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Nonviolent Protest and Third Party Public Opinion: A Study of the June 1978, Seabrook, New Hampshire, Antinuclear Power Protest
Neil H. Katz and John P. Hunt
Political protest and nonviolent struggle have had a long history in the United States, dating back to colonial times. During the nineteenth century, nonviolence was associated with such causes as abolition, temperance, antimilitarism, and women's suffrage. More recently, the nonviolent tactics and strategies used in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1950s and 1960s spawned similar activity on a diverse array of issues, including urban poverty, Native American rights, welfare reform, homosexuality, women's rights, and environmental pollution. Although many of these movements have been chronicled and protest has been recognized as an effective method for influencing political and social policy, less is known about the ways by which protest operates to exert such effects.
One aspect of this process, the ability of protesters to influence third-party observers, forms the focus of the present study. Surveying the data collected shortly after the 1978 demonstration against the construction of the Seabrook, New Hampshire, nuclear power plant provides an opportunity to examine the views of local townspeople toward the antinuclear protesters. Specifically, this research addresses the following four groups of questions:
1. How did third-party observers view construction of the Seabrook nuclear power plant and how did they view demonstrations against construction in terms of legitimacy and appeal?
2. Did third parties perceive the protesters as immature troublemakers or as responsible citizens, and did third parties view the protest as mostly violent or mostly peaceful?
3. To what extent did the protest group's ability to contact the public and legitimize its issue increase its appeal ? Furthermore, how were the protest group's abilities to contact the public, to legitimize its issue, and to generate public appeal interrelated?
4. How did the social and ideological backgrounds of third-party observers relate to the ways in which they perceived protest?
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