Follow-Up Study of Emotionally Disturbed Children to Assess Community Services Available After Treatment

The purpose of this research project would be to discover, by means of a follow-up study, the kinds of community services most needed for children returning to the community from residential treatment centres for the emotionally disturbed, in their attempts to resume normal and improved levels of functioning, and to maintain this improvement, if not in fact stabilizing and bettering their adjustment still further

Caroling Through the Ages

The singing of Christmas carols has echoed through the ages to contribute much to our spirit of Christmas today. In the year 129 the Bishop of Rome instituted the custom of celebrating the Nativity with Christmas carols, and the first known carol was Gloria in Excelsis Deo. The words of the song were taken from the Bible, which was only a group of stories at that time

Here Comes the Bride

There\u27s been music in your heart for a long time now. Suddenly you realize that music will be a part of your wedding, too- a very important part. Yours is the problem of selecting the melodies which will provide an ideal background for the big occasion

Avian Species Distribution Models: Using Location Data to Inform Management Decisions

Both state and federal wildlife agencies strive to conserve and protect wildlife and their habitats as an important public resource. Applied management decisions often rely on being able to obtain data that can efficiently and effectively enhance the understanding of these systems for informing management actions. Wildlife managers often focus efforts on a small subset of species from an ecosystem, typically called focal species, who can serve as surrogates for understanding the health and function of the system. Models that consider how these focal species interact with the ecosystem are often used to better understand important aspects of their life history, ecology, and conservation needs. Birds are ideal candidates for use as focal species as they often are sensitive to disturbance, tied to a narrow subset of habitat characteristics for different parts of their life cycle success, and are often easy to monitor and study. The recent advent of advanced GPS and spatial technology allows managers the chance to consider birds and their relationship with their habitat on a deeper level by considering interactions at finer spatial scales. However, GPS and spatial technology as well as the methods to analyze the spatially explicit data have only recently been available for many avian species. In this study, the Utah State University partners with the U.S. Forest Service in Utah, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife to analyze spatial data collected for northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) and white-headed woodpeckers (Dryobates albolarvatus). While the spatial data for this project was previously collected as part of other management objectives, the collaborations for this project make it possible to analyze this data with some of the latest methods in spatial and movement ecology. We used methods such as predictive modeling with the Forest Vegetation Simulator, resource selection analysis, and integrated step selection analysis to examine each of these species’ relationships with their habitat on a finer scale than previously considered and to help create management recommendations based on our findings

MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY ASSEMBLAGE FROM CANYON FERRY TO GREAT FALLS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER

The Missouri River represents a major resource for the state of Montana, both environmentally and economically.  Understanding macroinvertebrate community assemblage provides insight into food web structure, helping to construct a biological foundation from which water quality can be monitored now and in the future.  A comprehensive description of macroinvertebrate assemblage between Canyon Ferry Dam and the mouth of the Sun River near Great Falls also serves as a marker for comparison of biologically similar reaches.  In order to examine macroinvertebrate community structure between these locations, we used samples previously collected by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for a walleye larval study.  After fish larvae were removed from samples, we sorted the macroinvertebrates as well as casings from debris and daphnia.  Debris and daphnia were dried and weighed to obtain a comparative biomass, and macroinvertebrates were sorted and identified to the lowest taxonomic level (order or family, species dependent).  They were also sorted into functional feeding groups for further analysis of community structure between these locations.  Daphniidae were determined to be predominant in Canyon Ferry, Hauser, and Holter samples, while Ephemerellidae and Baetidae were also very common across all sample locations

Terabit-per-square-inch data storage using phase-change media and scanning electrical nanoprobes

©2006 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.A theoretical study of the write, read, and erase processes in electrical scanning probe storage on phase-change media is presented. Electrical, thermal, and phase-transformation mechanisms are considered to produce a physically realistic description of this new approach to ultrahigh-density data storage. Models developed are applied to the design of a suitable storage layer stack with the necessary electrical, thermal, and tribological properties to support recorded bits of nanometric scale. The detailed structure of nanoscale crystalline and amorphous bits is also predicted. For an optimized trilayer stack comprising Ge2Sb2Te5 sandwiched by amorphous or diamond-like carbon layers, crystalline bits were roughly trapezoidal in shape while amorphous bits were semi-ellipsoidal. In both cases, the energy required to write individual bits was very low (of the order of a few hundred picoJoules). Amorphous marks could be directly overwritten (erased), but crystalline bits could not. Readout performance was investigated by calculating the readout current as the tip scanned over isolated bits and bit patterns of increasing density. The highest readout contrast was generated by isolated crystalline bits in an amorphous matrix, but the narrowest readout pulses arose from isolated amorphous marks in a crystalline background. To assess the ultimate density capability of electrical probe recording the role of write-induced intersymbol interference and the thermodynamic stability of nanoscale marks were also studied

1835 Tax List Sangamon County, Illinois /by Marilyn Wright Thomas and Hazelmae Taylor Temple.

Includes index. The tax list includes entries also for Menard County and parts of Logan, Christian, Macon and Mason counties which were then in Sangamon County.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-pamphlets/1592/thumbnail.jp

Comparison of Nest Defense Behaviors of Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) from Finland and Montana

As human impacts on wildlife have become a topic of increasing interest, studies have focused on issues such as overexploitation and habitat loss. However, little research has examined potential anthropogenic impacts on animal behavior. Understanding the degree to which human interaction may alter natural animal behavior has become increasingly important in developing effective conservation strategies. We examined two populations of northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in Montana and Finland. Goshawks in Finland were not protected until the late 1980s, and prior to this protection were routinely shot, as it was believed that shooting goshawks would keep grouse populations high. In the United States, Goshawk were not managed as predator control. Though aggressive nest defense has been characterized throughout North America, goshawks in Finland do not show this same behavior. To quantify aggression, we presented nesting goshawks with an owl decoy, a human mannequin, and a live human and recorded their responses to each of the trial conditions. We evaluated the recordings for time of response, duration of response, whether or not an active stimulus was present to elicit the response (i.e., movement or sound), and the sex of the bird making the response. We used t-Test with unequal variance to compare mean number of responses and response duration. Our results suggested that goshawks in Montana exhibit more aggressive nest defense behaviors than those in Finland. While this could be due to some biotic or abiotic factor that we were not able to control for in a study on such a small scale, it is also possible that the results from this study suggest another underlying cause, such as an artificial selection pressure created by shooting goshawks

Qualitative Health Research Involving Indigenous Peoples: Culturally Appropriate Data Collection Methods

Historically, health research involving Indigenous peoples has been fraught with problems, including researchers not addressing Indigenous research priorities and then subsequently often failing to utilize culturally appropriate methods. Given this historical precedence, some Indigenous populations may be reluctant to participate in research projects. In response to these concerns, the Government of Canada has developed the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2): Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada, which stipulates the requirements for research collaborations with Indigenous communities. Utilizing this policy as an ethical standard for research practices, this paper describes, critiques and synthesizes the literature on culturally appropriate oral-data collection methods, excluding interviews and focus groups, for use with Indigenous people in Canada. Results suggest that photovoice, symbol-based reflection, circles and story-telling can be methodologically rigorous and culturally appropriate methods of collecting data with this population. Suggestions are made for researchers wishing to use these methods to promote respectful and collaborative research partnerships with Indigenous peoples in Canada