Risk, wealth and agrarian change in India: household-level hazards vs. late-modern global risks at different points along the risk transition

The global poor often prioritise immediate hazards of food insecurity over temporally more distant risks like global warming. Yet the influence of socio-economic factors, temporal and spatial distance on risk perception remains under-researched. Data on risk perception and response were collected from two sets of Indian villages. Participatory approaches were used to investigate variations by socio-economic status, food security, age and gender. Villagers’ risk priorities reflected clear spatial and temporal patterns depending on land ownership, community group and education levels. Poorer groups prioritised household-level risks to health and food security while global environmental risks were mentioned by only three of the wealthiest respondents. The paper concludes that household risk perceptions and responses vary greatly with socio-economic status, age, gender and the spatial or temporal distance of the risk. These factors need to be better understood if the most significant contributors to the global burden of disease are to be reduced

Prospectus, December 7, 2011

C-U UNDERGROUND SCENE PICKS UP THE PACE, Keys to College Students\u27 Success Often Overlooked, Tips for Going Green this Holiday Season, Common Student Study Myths and Tips, Stop Online Piracy Act: What You Should Know, Millennials: Shape Your Political Future, You Went to College for That?, Cobras Volleyball Finishes Off Another Strong Season, Cobras Look to Rebound From Tough Start, 99% Movement Makes the Most of the Social Webhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2011/1022/thumbnail.jp

GEMS Student: Can Improved Diet Quality Alleviate Harmful Effects of Pesticides and Viruses in Honey Bees?

This study investigates interacting effects of viruses and pesticides within honey bees and how improved diet quality can mitigate these effects. This experiment allows a multivariate problem which exists in natural conditions of the honey bee community to be observed in a controlled cage bioassay. • The virus used in this study is the Israeli acute-paralysis virus (IAPV). Neonicotinoid thiamethoxam is the pesticide used in both trials shown in the ‘Results’ section. This experiment has not begun the use of the pyrethroid at this time

Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Environmental Cues in Poison Frog Tadpoles

Behavioral plasticity is the ability of an organism to detect cues in their environment and respond by modifying behavior. In the wild, dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) tadpoles are delivered by their dads to pools that vary in predation risk, resource availability, con-and hetero-specific density. Conspecific density is especially important as these tadpoles are aggressive and often cannibalistic. Behavioral plasticity in response to environmental cues may help tadpoles to compete for resources and survival

Absorbance of 0.15 Seen at 440 nm Double Peak in Sepia Eyed Drosophila melanogaster

This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College reports on an experiment in which the objective was to observe absorbance of eye pigments in both sepia and white eyed fruit flies. Three types of chromatography were used, paper, TLC, and 2D. It was determined that 2D Chromatography was ideal in separating blue and green pigment from sepia toned eyes in fruit flies

Parkland College, February 10, 2016

Dean of Students receives award for work in innovation, engagement; Ramping up sustainability awareness; Parkland dental clinic resource for students, community; Parkland vs. Lincoln Land 73-61; Parkland hosting Valentines festivities;https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2016/1004/thumbnail.jp

Paintings Inspired by African American Literature

For this honors project, the student created 5 paintings inspired by the coursework assigned from The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Edition Volume 1, with the goal of encouraging new readers to explore this genre and diverse points of view