Browsing UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by Issue Date
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The influence of Lysenkoism on China’s genetics : the importance of the 1956 Qingdao symposium
(1993)In 1956, prompted by Mao Zedong himself, the Qingdao symposium was convened to bring together scientists with training in "Morgan-Mendel" genetics and scientists following the Michurin school. The effects of government ... -
Deterrence Theory: Success or Failure in Arab-Israeli Wars
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Anthracite and the Irish : extricating the Irish immigrant mining community from the Molly Maguire myth, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1850-1879
(1996)The Molly Maguires were a reputed secret society of Irish immigrant mine workers who allegedly terrorized the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania from the Civil War until twenty men convicted as Molly Maguires were ... -
Soil Moisture Gradients and Controls on a Southern Appalachian Hillslope from Drought Through Recharge
(European Geosciences Union, 1998)Soil moisture gradients along hillslopes in humid watersheds, although indicated by vegetation gradients and by studies using models, have been difficult to confirm empirically. While soil properties and topographic features ... -
Multiple Source Pools and Dispersal Barriers for Galápagos Plant Species Distribution
(Wiley, 2000)We reexamined geographic factors explaining the number of plant species on islands in the Galápagos Archipelago. We hypothesized that plant species richness (S) was related to the number of source pools and that plant ... -
Gender in cross-cultural perspective : insights from Cameroonian women living in the U.S.
(2002)This research attempts to understand the perspectives of two Cameroonian women living in the U.S. The research focuses on the roles, expectations, and stereotypes of Cameroonian and American women and men. After interviewing, ... -
Positioning of African Art in the Global Art Market: A Look at Western Attitudes and Influences in the Lives of Contemporary African Artists in the United States
(2003)The success of a contemporary African artist depends on how well the artist does in the global art market. The purpose of a global art market is to respectfully promote and equally recognize cultural others. However, the ... -
Hillslope Nutrient Dynamics Following Upland Riparian Vegetation Disturbance
(Springer, 2003)We investigated the effects of removing near-stream Rhododendron and of the natural blowdown of canopy trees on nutrient export to streams in the southern Appalachians. Transects were instrumented on adjacent hillslopes ... -
RECENT SPECIATION IN THE ORCHARD ORIOLE GROUP: DIVERGENCE OF ICTERUS SPURIUS SPURIUS AND ICTERUS SPURIUS FUERTESI
(The American Ornithologists' Union, 2003-04-22)New World orioles (Icterus) include several closely related species and subspecies pairs that provide excellent opportunities for studying recent speciation. We examined a subspecies pair in the Orchard Oriole group: Orchard ... -
Influence of land use on the integrity of marsh bird communities of Chesapeake Bay, USA
(Springer Netherlands, 2004-12)The landscape within the Chesapeake Bay watershed has been and continues to be impacted by human modifications. Understanding if such anthropogenic disturbances influence organisms that are dependent upon estuarine wetlands ... -
What is an Honors Student?
(Digital Commons, 2005)It is first necessary to recognize the distinction between the questions “What is an honors student?” or better “What are the characteristics of an honors student?” and “How do you recognize a student with those characteristics?” ... -
Making the Case for Play: Gathering the Evidence
(Originally published by: Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) Journal, 2005) -
Nonbreeding Habitat Occupancy And Population Processes: An Upgrade Experiment With A Migratory Bird
(Ecological Society of America, 2005-09-01)Evidence is accumulating that winter habitats occupied by migratory birds produce differences in individual condition that can carry over into subsequent stages of the annual cycle. Despite strong observational evidence, ... -
When It’s Bad Cess to Assess!
(Digital Commons, 2006)It seems to me that efforts at outcome assessment in higher education are deficient because of a failure to understand what exactly it is that is being or should be assessed. Certainly, the object of such assessment should ... -
Relative Effects of Land Use and Near-Stream Chemistry on Phosphorus in an Urban Stream
(ACSESS Digital Library, 2007)Elevated levels of P in urban streams can pose significant water quality problems. Sources of P in urban streams, however, are difficult to identify. It is important to recognize both natural and anthropogenic sources of ... -
FIRST-YEAR RESPONSES TO MANAGED FLOODING OF LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER BOTTOMLAND VEGETATION DOMINATED BY PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA
(Springer, 2008)Managers at Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area (SBW), an 800-ha preserve in Portland, Oregon, recently installed a water control structure to suppress invasive reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) with spring and ... -
Lovestruck
(Originally published by: Urbanite Magazine, 2008-02-01) -
The Test
(Originally published by: Urbanite Magazine, 2008-04-01) -
Molt-Migration in the American Redstart (Setophaga Ruticilla) Revisited: Explaining Variation in Feather δD Signatures
(American Ornithological Society, 2008-07-01) -
Marked Women
(Originally published by: Urbanite Magazine, 2008-09-01)