Browsing by Subject "Environment"
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2018 Land Trust Communication Guide
(2018-04-26)Communications is a critical component of a land trust’s success. Since land trusts are mainly private, non-profit organizations, they are heavily dependent on donors and volunteers. A strong communications strategy will ... -
A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere.
(Nature, 2020-04-08)The aboveground parts of terrestrial plants, collectively called the phyllosphere, have a key role in the global balance of atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen. The phyllosphere represents one of the most abundant habitats ... -
An ecological perspective on nanomaterial impacts in the environment.
(J Environ Qual, 2010-11)Growing concerns over the potential for unintended, adverse consequences of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment have generated new research initiatives focused on understanding the ecological effects of ENPs. ... -
An Evaluation of the Shrimp Industry in North Carolina: Could policy changes such as an altered harvest schedule increase the profitability of the shrimp fishery?
(2007-08-31)This study seeks to evaluate the ability of the North Carolina (NC) shrimp industry to cope with the impacts of imported shrimp on prices. First, this study provides a review of the literature and relevant background ... -
Associations between BMI and home, school and route environmental exposures estimated using GPS and GIS: do we see evidence of selective daily mobility bias in children?
(Int J Health Geogr, 2015-02-06)BACKGROUND: This study examined whether objective measures of food, physical activity and built environment exposures, in home and non-home settings, contribute to children's body weight. Further, comparing GPS and GIS measures ... -
Biogenetic mechanisms predisposing to complex phenotypes in parents may function differently in their children.
(J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2013-07)This study focuses on the participants of the Long Life Family Study to elucidate whether biogenetic mechanisms underlying relationships among heritable complex phenotypes in parents function in the same way for the same ... -
Body temperature and thermal environment in a generalized arboreal anthropoid, wild mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 2014-05)Free-ranging primates are confronted with the challenge of maintaining an optimal range of body temperatures within a thermally dynamic environment that changes daily, seasonally, and annually. While many laboratory studies ... -
Brazilian road traffic fatalities: a spatial and environmental analysis.
(PLoS One, 2014)BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTI) are a major public health epidemic killing thousands of people daily. Low and middle-income countries, such as Brazil, have the highest annual rates of road traffic fatalities. In ... -
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the State of Oaxaca, Mexico
(2012-04-20)Policy Question: What policy strategies should the government of the state of Oaxaca implement to adapt to climate change? The Mexican government and the international community have identified climate change as one ... -
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the State of Oaxaca, Mexico
(2012-04-19)Policy Question: What policy strategies should the government of the state of Oaxaca implement to adapt to climate change? The Mexican government and the international community have identified climate change as one ... -
Community-Based Environmental Management: A Tool For Natural Disaster Risk Reduction In Haiti?
(2006)This report provides an in-depth analysis of how Haiti can successfully apply community-based environmental management as a tool for reducing its risks to natural disasters. The approach to answer this policy challenge is ... -
Comparative analyses of clinical and environmental populations of Cryptococcus neoformans in Botswana.
(Mol Ecol, 2015-07)Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (Cng) is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, and its prevalence is highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients become infected by inhaling airborne spores or desiccated yeast cells ... -
Connecting differential responses of native and invasive riparian plants to climate change and environmental alteration.
(Ecol Appl, 2015-04)Climate change is predicted to impact river systems in the southeastern United States through alterations of temperature, patterns of precipitation and hydrology. Future climate scenarios for the southeastern United States ... -
Counter Culture Coffee B Corp Certification
(2020-04-23)This Masters Project summarizes the B Corp certification process undergone by Counter Culture Coffee. Through an in-depth look at company practices, completing the B Corp Assessment, conversations with employees, using tools ... -
Dental topography and molar wear in Alouatta palliata from Costa Rica.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 2004-10)Paleoprimatologists depend on relationships between form and function of teeth to reconstruct the diets of fossil species. Most of this work has been limited to studies of unworn teeth. A new approach, dental topographic ... -
Developmental exposure to a complex PAH mixture causes persistent behavioral effects in naive Fundulus heteroclitus (killifish) but not in a population of PAH-adapted killifish.
(Neurotoxicol Teratol, 2016-01)Acute exposures to some individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and complex PAH mixtures are known to cause cardiac malformations and edema in the developing fish embryo. However, the heart is not the only organ ... -
Dramatic variability of the carbonate system at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) is regulated by physical and biogeochemical processes on multiple timescales.
(PLoS One, 2013)Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from anthropogenic sources is acidifying marine environments resulting in potentially dramatic consequences for the physical, chemical and biological functioning of these ecosystems. ... -
Emerging Issues in Wetland Loss Mitigation: A Policy Analysis in the Tar-Pamlico Basin
(2006)Ecological functions of wetlands and streams provide valuable services to human societies, but conflicting societal objectives at times place greater value on conversion or destruction than on preservation of wetlands. ... -
Environmental conditions influence the plant functional diversity effect on potential denitrification.
(PLoS One, 2011-02-02)Global biodiversity loss has prompted research on the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem functioning. Few studies have examined how plant diversity impacts belowground processes; even fewer have examined ...
