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Untangling the contribution of characters to evolutionary relationships: a case study using fossils, morphology, and genes
(Routledge, 2018-05-24)Given the importance of phylogenetic trees to understanding common ancestry and evolution, they are a necessary part of the undergraduate biology curriculum. However, a number of common misconceptions, such as reading ... -
The use of aquatic plants by populations of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in a small glacial lake
(Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, 2010)We examined the early life history of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in a small Pennsylvania lake with limited natural hard substrate. Veligers first appear in May, and settled on Nuphar (Yellow Water Lily) stems ... -
Using detrital zircon U-Pb ages to calculate Late Cretaceous sedimentation rates in the Magallanes-Austral basin, Patagonia
(Wiley, 2016)Determining both short- and long-term sedimentation rates is becoming increasingly important in geomorphic (exhumation and sediment flux), structural (subsidence/flexure) and natural resource (predictive modelling) studies. ... -
Using Indirect Service-Learning to Promote Evidence-Based Digital Mental Health Tools on College Campuses
(Sage Publication, 2022-04-19)Background College students have increasing mental health needs; however, there has not been a related increase in services available. Mental health apps offer an avenue to support access to student mental healthcare. ... -
V1309 Sco: Understanding a merger
(IOP, 2014-05-01)One of the two outcomes of a common envelope (CE) event is a merger of the two stars. To date, the best known case of a binary merger is the V1309 Sco outburst, where the orbital period was known and observed to decay up ... -
Veterans in the Writing Classroom: Three Programmatic Approaches to Facilitate the Transition from the Military to Higher Education
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2016-12)Drawing upon a two-year study of student-veterans in college writing classrooms, this article analyzes three types of courses developed in an effort to respond to increased military-affiliated student enrollments: ... -
Virus Innexins induce alterations in insect cell and tissue function
(Elsevier, 2017-01-07)Polydnaviruses are dsDNA viruses that induce immune and developmental alterations in their caterpillar hosts. Characterization of polydnavirus gene families and family members is necessary to understand mechanisms of ... -
‘We Want Both!’: pressuring Philadelphia unions for inclusion and equity during the long 1970s
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-02)This article examines local labor insurgency in Philadelphia between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s. Drawing on alternative press sources, it traces the efforts of Black, Puerto Rican, and female workers to reshape their ... -
“Weaning off of Email”: Encouraging Students to Use Office Hours over Email to Contact Professors
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Weird Beyond Description: Weird Fiction and the Suspicion of Scenery
(Indiana University Press, 2020-01-01)This paper uses Algernon Blackwood's weird tale "The Willows" (1907) to argue that the genre of weird fiction is characterized by a disproportionate investment in descriptive modes of writing. The weird tale's fascination ... -
Wetland Animal Ecology
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What Can Professional Scientific Societies Do to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Case Study of the American Elasmobranch Society
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022-05-30)Scientific professional societies are reviewing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies in response to recent calls for much-needed change. Organizations like scientific professional societies contribute ... -
When Drama Went to the Dogs; or, Staging Otherness in the Animal Melodrama
(Modern Language Association, 2017-05-01)For much of the nineteenth century, nonhuman animals shared the English stage with human performers in a series of popular, widely produced quadruped dramas. Work in animal studies and performance theory overlooks this ... -
Who Should Own the League? Transaction Costs and the Structure of NBA Ownership
(Sage Publications, 2022-01)Like many professional sports leagues worldwide, the National Basketball Association is organized as a cooperative of team owners. We argue that league ownership structures must balance two types of transaction costs: the ... -
Why eat extrafloral nectar? Understanding food selection by Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
(International Organization for Biological Control (outside the USA)., 2012-12-20)Methods of increasing predator abundance within a habitat include the incorporation of non-prey food items, yet the influence of this on predation intensity toward herbivores remains unknown. In order to gain an understanding ... -
Wild bee species abundance and richness across an urban–rural gradient
(Springer, 2018-05-26)Long-term and widespread monitoring programs are essential to understanding the role of human-dominated landscapes in supporting wild bee populations. Urbanization results in increased impervious surfaces throughout the ... -
Will (copy of ): John Hanks
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Women's Studies and Its Institutionalization as an Interdisciplinary Field: Past, Present, and Future
(Feminist Press, 2023-01-01)To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of WSQ, this article offers a snapshot of the history of women’s studies (WS), one that establishes it as an interdisciplinary field alongside Black studies and ethnic studies. It also ... -
Woody Allen's Cinema of Regret
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You Have To Leave Me Twice
(Memorious, 2016-06)
