The site o f Tabun is one o f the most important hominid occupation sites in Southwest Asia. In the 1930’s a fairly complete female Neandertal skeleton (Tabun C l) was found along with an isolated male mandible (Tabun C2) ...

Takings jurisprudence has long been and remains, in the opinion of many, a constitutional quagmire, with little in the way of predictable results or coherent principles. The Supreme Court itself has acknowledged the largely ...

This paper consists of three parts discussing different aspects of rhythm and percussion from South India. South Indian rhythm is perhaps the most highly developed in the world. Chapter 1 contains the reasons why this topic ...

Ribozymes are small catalytic RNAs that can be engineered to cleave heterologous RNA in an enzymatic fashion. One of the applications of ribozyme technology is as an AIDS therapeutic. In this thesis, an HIV-1 sequence was ...

In vitro studies suggest that catalytic RNA may down regulate gene expression through cleavage of target RNA. This application is being evaluated by using a "hairpin" ribozyme derived from the negative strand of the satellite ...

All life depends upon connections. As one uniting thread begins to unravel, all other threads become tattered and torn. Birds are a vital thread in the connections within an ecosystem. Birds are an indicator species and ...

In 1993 the Barrington Unit School District embarked on a journey to move away from a traditional method of teacher evaluation and supervision to a differentiated method that will empower teachers to make themselves better ...

The purposes of this study were to examine the textiles, apparel and fashion merchandising programs (TAFM) at the high-school and community-college levels to: 1) discern program content and instructional level and 2) infer ...

This research examines kindergarten teachers* perceptions of their kindergarten programs in the state of Illinois. The data was collected from questionnaires from 249 kindergarten teachers whose names were obtained from a ...