A Cultural Resource Survey of the Lower Greens Bayou Detention Embankment Project, Harris County, Texas

In May of 2017, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. conducted an intensive pedestrian survey for the proposed improvements to the earthen embankment and control structure on the Lower Greens Bayou Regional Detention Facility in northeast Harris County, Texas. The project is located south of North Houston Parkway, extending south to 0.81 kilometers (km) (0.5 miles [mi.]) north of Tidwell Road, just west of Jon Ralston Road. It can be found on the Jacinto City (299515) and Harmaston quadrangles (299507) [see attached figures]. The proposed project involves improvements to an existing access road that traverses along the crest of the embankment, installation of additional riprap for bank stabilization on the upstream end of the spillway, improvements at three existing culvert sites, and mechanical vegetation clearing along the toe of the existing dam. The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) owns the right-of-way (ROW) of the proposed project area, which measures 6.43 km (4.0 mi.) in length and 60.96 meters (m) (200 feet [ft.]) in width. The project area in which construction will take place is comprised of the entire length of the embankment as well as an area that will be cleared to both sides of the structure starting at the toe of the existing embankment. This cleared area will be either 4.5 m (15 ft.) or 15.25 m (50 ft.) from the toe depending on locale with the wider area being limited to the spillway structure and immediately adjacent. The area examined as a result of the archeological investigation was roughly 15 acres. The depth of impact is anticipated to only affect the surface area surrounding the rim of the embankment; it is possible that construction disturbance may be 20-50 centimeters below surface (cmbs.). This depth could be culturally significant in certain locales such as existing pimple mounds that may be within the proposed project corridor. The objectives of the archeological investigation were to locate and identify cultural materials, sites, or historic properties within the proposed impact area, and to prepare management recommendations regarding any identified resources. The investigations (MAC PN 17-13 and 17-25) were conducted for Halff and Associates, Inc. and HCFCD (Project ID P500-01-00-E001) under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 8021. The intensive pedestrian field survey included both surface and subsurface (shovel test) examination (Figures 6 and 7; see Appendix 1 for details). A total of 175 shovel tests were excavated. Two temporary sites (TS1 and TS2) were initially recorded, but after additional shovel testing were determined to be a isolated object (TS1) and a modern household waste site most likely associated with local dumping (TS2). All artifacts from both sites were recorded in the field and reburied or replaced on the surface as per the approved collection policy. The field investigations were conducted by project archeologist Rachel Goings and field technicians Tom Nuckols, Michael Hogan, Alejandro Castillo, Nathan Palmer, and Paul Cochran. Douglas Mangum served as the projects’ principal investigator

An Archeological Investigation Of The Proposed North Harris County Regional Water Authority Project 28E-2, Harris County, Texas

On July 24, 2017, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. of Houston, Texas conducted an intensive, linear cultural resource survey of the proposed 12-inch water line between Grant Road and the Lake Forest UD Water Plant #3 in Harris County, Texas. The overall proposed Project Area is approximately 550 meters in length. The project corridor will involve a 6 meter wide easement with a trench that will not exceed 4.5 m in width. The investigations were conducted under TAC Permit Number 8111 for HVJ Associates (the Client). The results of this survey are subject to review by the Texas Historical Commission, and the client. A total of 11 shovel tests were excavated and an area roughly 1 acre in size was examined. All were negative for cultural resources. Based on the negative findings it is the recommendation of Moore Archeological Consulting that work on the proposed project be permitted to proceed with no further cultural resource investigations

A Cultural Resources Survey for a 17.5-acre Tract within the Lake Houston Wilderness Park, Montgomery County, Texas

In January of 2015, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc., conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resource investigation of an approximately 17.5-acre tract and an associated water line within the Lake Houston Wilderness Park in southeast Montgomery County, Texas. The objectives of the investigation were to locate and identify cultural materials, sites, or historic properties within the proposed impact area, and to prepare management recommendations regarding any identified resources. The investigations were conducted for Berg-Oliver Associates under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 7156. An intensive pedestrian field survey of the current project area was conducted, and included both surface and subsurface (shovel test) examination. A total of 18 shovel tests were excavated. No cultural materials were recovered from any of the shovel tests. Consequently, no further archeological investigations are recommended. In the event that archeological deposits or features should be encountered during construction, work should cease in the immediate vicinity and the Archeology Division of the Texas Historical Commission contacted for further consultation

Archeological Survey Of The Proposed State Highway 288 Access Road Bridges, In Harris And Brazoria Counties, Texas

On February 22, 2005 a crew from Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. performed a shovel test survey of the proposed State Highway 288 Access Road Bridges Project in Harris and Brazoria Counties, Texas. This was performed for S&B Infrastructure and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) under Antiquities Permit Number 3681. The results will be subject to review by TxDOT, S&B and the Texas Historical Commission. A total of 10 shovel tests were excavated in the Project Area which totaled approximately 2 acres. The Project Corridor was entirely within the existing, state-owned, right-of-way. No prehistoric or historic resources or features were found. The soils in all ten shovel tests were observed to contain disturbed and/or fill soils over truncated natural soils. All but one shovel test reached basal clay subsoils. No artifacts were observed or recovered. The recommendation of Moore Archeological Consulting is that this project should be allowed to proceed without further investigation

The Biblical Hebrew idiom ‘lift the face’ in the Septuagint of Job

This study examined the renderings of the Biblical Hebrew idiom ‘lift the face’ (םינפ אשנ) in the Septuagint of Job in comparison with the renderings of the Biblical Hebrew idiom elsewhere in the Septuagint and in other ancient versions including the Peshitta and the Targums. The aim of this study was to determine how the translators of the Septuagint typically handled the implicit meaning of figurative language and to examine whether the translator of the Septuagint of Job followed similar strategies, because Job is known to be one of the books where the Septuagint is more literary than literal. It was hypothesised that the opaque meaning of the Biblical Hebrew idiom would provide an opportunity for the translator of the Septuagint of Job to intervene and manipulate the text for literary or theological reasons. The analysis applied methodology from Translation Studies and linguistics to describe the translation strategies used by some ancient translators to address the communication challenge presented by semantically opaque figures of speech like idioms. The major finding of the study is that although literal translation is the predominant approach to translating this Biblical Hebrew idiom in all the ancient versions examined, the Septuagint of Job used more idiomatic and natural expressions to communicate the meaning of the idiom. The translator of the Septuagint of Job took the use of the idiomatic expression ‘lift the face’ as an opportunity to reframe the theological emphasis of a passage

A Cultural Resources Investigation of the W. L. Jenkins Park Phase 3 Improvements, Harris County, Texas

In November of 2016, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc., conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resources survey of a tract of land in eastern Harris County, Texas. The project involves a proposed expansion and improvements to an existing park facility in far east Harris County, Texas, which covers a total area of roughly 70 acres. The project area is bounded to the south by Highway 225, to the east by Cary Bayou, to the west by a railroad line and Cary Cedar Bayou Road. The project will involve improvements to the existing W. L. Jenkins Park including construction of trails, backstops, a restroom, a splash pad, picnic facilities, a playground, and some parking alterations. Some of the anticipated impacts within the project area may be deeper than one (1) meter, though design of the facility has not yet reached the stage where specifics of impacts could be known with certainty. However, most of the impacts will be less than one meter. The proposed project area can be found on the Mont Belvieu (299409) USGS topographical map. The objectives of the investigation were to locate and identify cultural materials, sites, or historic properties within the proposed impact area, and to prepare management recommendations regarding any identified resources. The investigation was conducted for The City of Baytown Parks and Recreation Department, under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 7829. The field investigations were conducted by project archeologist Randy Ferguson, and field technician Tom Nuckols, Catherine Jalbert, and Stephanie Orsini under the supervision of the project’s principal investigator, Douglas Mangum. An intensive pedestrian field survey of the project area was conducted, resulting in 97 shovel tests being excavated. Three new historic sites were recorded (two homestead remnants [41HR1191 and 41HR1192], and a dump [41HR1198]), and two other artifact bearing localities were examined. The historic homestead sites are likely associated with the occupation and use of the tract by the Jenkins family who lend their name to the park. Both sites appear to have been razed in the 1970s based on aerial imagery, the overall paucity of artifacts, and the disturbed nature of the soils in the positive and surrounding negative shovel tests. The dump site appears to have been used both as a trash dump during occupation and as a place to dump debris from the razing of the homesteads. None of the sites appear to possess integrity or potential for future study and as a result, no further archeological work is recommended. The other two localities proved, after additional examination, to be historic debris either resulting from normal park usage or possibly the dumping of debris from the demolition of the historic homesteads in the 1970s. Artifacts (a total of three were collected) and paper records will be curated at the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Texas-San Antonio. In the event that archeological deposits or features should be encountered during construction, work should cease in the immediate vicinity and the Archeology Division of the Texas Historical Commission contacted for further consultation

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Cities and Labor Market Dynamics

<p>People live and work in local markets spatially distinct from one another, yet space is absent from most economic models of the national labor market. Workers choose the markets in which they will participate, but there are costs to mobility. Furthermore, cities are heterogeneous in a number of dimensions, including their local labor market productivity, their housing supply, and their offering of amenities.</p><p>I examine the impact of these spatial considerations on the dynamics of local labor markets and the national market to which they aggregate. First I study the patterns of location choice through a gravity model of migration applied to rich panel data from the U.S. I find that location choices respond to temporal shocks to the labor market, but only after controlling for local heterogeneity. Next, with this result as motivation, I turn to development of a dynamic spatial equilibrium of the national labor market. I make a technical contribution to work in dynamic equilibrium modeling by empirically implementing an island economy model of worker mobility. I quantify the importance of worker mobility costs versus local housing prices for explaining spatial variation in the unemployment rate. I find that the link between the local housing market and the local labor market is important for explaining the spatial dispersion in unemployment, but mobility costs are not. Finally, I further exploit the dynamic equilibrium framework to examine the effect of local housing policy on labor market growth. I find that housing supply regulation is a constraint to growth, but is only binding on cities that are particularly desirable because of their labor market opportunities or amenities. I find that some lightly regulated markets have a contingent of population that has been pushed out of more regulated markets by high housing prices.</p>Dissertatio

Introduction

For the book:The Bible was not written and received in a historical vacuum—in fact, the social and historical context of the Bible illuminates key understandings that may have been otherwise missed. Biblical scholars use many different approaches to uncover this context, each engaging various aspects of the social and historical world of the Bible—from religious ritual to scribal practice to historical events. In Social & Historical Approaches to the Bible, you will learn how these methods developed and see how they have been used. Many of these approaches are still in use by biblical scholars today, though often evolved from their earliest form as ideas were revised in light of the challenges and questions posed by further research. You will be introduced to the strengths and weaknesses of each method, so you may understand its benefits as well as see its limitations

Assessing acute systemic effects of an inhaled drug with serial echocardiography: a placebo-controlled comparison of inhaled and intravenous dihydroergotamine

Robert J Noveck,1 Pamela S Douglas,2 Shein-Chung Chow,3 Barry Mangum,4 Shashidhar Kori,5 Donald J Kellerman51Duke Clinical Research Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; 2Imaging Program, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA; 3Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Durham, NC, USA; 4Clinical Pharmacology, Duke Clinical Research Unit, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; 5MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Mountain View, CA, USAObjective: MAP0004 is an investigational product which delivers dihydroergotamine (DHE) through the lung via a breath-synchronized metered dose inhaler. The objective of this study was to compare the acute effects of orally inhaled and intravenous (IV) DHE to placebo on maximum change and area under the curve for pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP).Research design and methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-period, crossover study of 24 health adults. Trial registration NCT01089062. Study assessments included pharmacokinetics, electrocardiograms (ECG), and validated echocardiographic (Doppler)-derived measures of PASP by echocardiogram. The primary endpoint was the absolute change in calculated PASP using area under the curve, 0 to 2 hours (AUC0&ndash;2h).Results: The change in PASP with IV DHE was significantly different than MAP0004 and placebo (AUC0&ndash;2h2857, 2624, and 2453 mmHg*min, respectively). After a second dose of MAP0004, AUC0&ndash;4h remained lower with MAP0004 than with a single dose of IV DHE. Adverse events were more common with IV DHE than with MAP0004 or placebo. None of the treatments produced clinically significant changes in PASP or other cardiac parameters. Changes in PASP were significantly smaller with MAP0004 compared with IV DHE.Conclusion: These results indicate the effects 1 mg of orally inhaled DHE on the cardiovascular system are less than with 1 mg of IV DHE, and that serial echocardiography can be a useful noninvasive means of assessing acute systemic effects.Keywords: dihydroergotamine, intravenous, MAP0004, echocardiogram, echo, inhaled, pulmonary artery systolic pressur