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  1. Article ; Online: A climate knowledges approach to climate services

    Katherine R. Clifford / William R. Travis / Luke T. Nordgren

    Climate Services, Vol 18, Iss , Pp 100155- (2020)

    2020  

    Abstract: The design of climate services can be improved by a wide variety of user input and understanding of needs based on perceptions. Here we apply findings from in-depth interviews of people whose daily lives interact with climate, weather and a range of ... ...

    Abstract The design of climate services can be improved by a wide variety of user input and understanding of needs based on perceptions. Here we apply findings from in-depth interviews of people whose daily lives interact with climate, weather and a range of natural resources. The interviews are meant to build a nuanced understanding of experienced climate knowledge, and while this approach cannot provide the type of data generated from user surveys, it can reveal local climate perceptions, challenges and understandings that can improve delivery of climate services. Resource users in Colorado’s Gunnison Basin recognize the importance of climate in their livelihoods and want information that fits the scale of their land and resource interactions and that addresses the most salient local and regional climate elements, such as snowpack, runoff, and the timing and character of locally-defined seasons. We also find elements included in local notions of climate that might not arise in a climate needs survey, in this case the problem of dust from a nearby desert region that accumulates on the local snowpack and affects it melt. These findings have implications for the design of climate services, including how local climate perceptions, knowledge, and issues might be better understood and incorporated to improve salience of climate information. The findings presented in this paper, while in some cases distinctive to the study area, can offer guidance for climate services in other contexts.
    Keywords Perception ; Climate services ; Information needs ; Resource-based livelihoods ; Meteorology. Climatology ; QC851-999 ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
    Subject code 333
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Book ; Online: James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists

    Jones, R. Clifford

    2006  

    Abstract: In James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists , R. Clifford Jones tells the story of this important black religious figure and his attempt to bring about self-determination for twentieth-century blacks in New York City. Humphrey was a Baptist ... ...

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    Author's details R. Clifford Jones
    Abstract In James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists , R. Clifford Jones tells the story of this important black religious figure and his attempt to bring about self-determination for twentieth-century blacks in New York City. Humphrey was a Baptist minister who joined the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church shortly after arriving in New York City from Jamaica at the turn of the twentieth century. A leader of uncommon competency and charisma, Humphrey functioned as an SDA minister in Harlem during the time the community became the black capital of the United States. Though he led his congregatio
    Keywords African Americans/Religion ; Seventh-Day Adventists/Clergy ; Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
    Language English
    Size Online-Ressource (v, 250 p), 24 cm
    Edition 1st ed
    Publisher University Press of Mississippi
    Publishing place Jackson
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242) and index
    ISBN 1578068916 ; 9781578068913
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  3. Article ; Online: Development of an enzyme immunoassay for detection of antibodies against Coccidioides in dogs and other mammalian species.

    Nancy A Chow / Mark D Lindsley / Orion Z McCotter / Dave Kangiser / Ron D Wohrle / Wayne R Clifford / Hayley D Yaglom / Laura E Adams / Kenneth Komatsu / Michelle M Durkin / Rocky J Baker / Lisa F Shubitz / Gordana Derado / Tom M Chiller / Anastasia P Litvintseva

    PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 4, p e

    2017  Volume 0175081

    Abstract: Coccidioides is a soil-dwelling fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis, a disease also known as Valley fever, which affects humans and a variety of animal species. Recent findings of Coccidioides in new, unexpected areas of the United States have ... ...

    Abstract Coccidioides is a soil-dwelling fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis, a disease also known as Valley fever, which affects humans and a variety of animal species. Recent findings of Coccidioides in new, unexpected areas of the United States have demonstrated the need for a better understanding of its geographic distribution. Large serological studies on animals could provide important information on the geographic distribution of this pathogen. To facilitate such studies, we used protein A/G, a recombinant protein that binds IgG antibodies from a variety of mammalian species, to develop an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) that detects IgG antibodies against Coccidioides in a highly sensitive and high-throughput manner. We showed the potential of this assay to be adapted to multiple animal species by testing a collection of serum and/or plasma samples from dogs, mice, and humans with or without confirmed coccidioidomycosis. We then evaluated the performance of the assay in dogs, using sera from dogs residing in a highly endemic area, and found seropositivity rates significantly higher than those in dogs of non-endemic areas. We further evaluated the specificity of the assay in dogs infected with other fungal pathogens known to cross-react with Coccidioides. Finally, we used the assay to perform a cross-sectional serosurvey investigating dogs from Washington, a state in which infection with Coccidioides has recently been documented. In summary, we have developed a Coccidioides EIA for the detection of antibodies in canines that is more sensitive and has higher throughput than currently available methods, and by testing this assay in mice and humans, we have shown a proof of principle of its adaptability for other animal species.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 630
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article: A computerized method of visual acuity testing: adaptation of the early treatment of diabetic retinopathy study testing protocol.

    Beck, Roy W / Moke, Pamela S / Turpin, Andrew H / Ferris, Frederick L / SanGiovanni, John Paul / Johnson, Chris A / Birch, Eileen E / Chandler, Danielle L / Cox, Terry A / Blair, R Clifford / Kraker, Raymond T

    American journal of ophthalmology

    2003  Volume 135, Issue 2, Page(s) 194–205

    Abstract: Purpose: To develop a computerized method of visual acuity testing for clinical research as an alternative to the standard Early Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) testing protocol, and to evaluate its test-retest reliability and ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: To develop a computerized method of visual acuity testing for clinical research as an alternative to the standard Early Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) testing protocol, and to evaluate its test-retest reliability and concordance with standard ETDRS testing.
    Design: Test-retest reliability study.
    Methods: Multicenter setting of a study population of 265 patients at three clinical sites. Visual acuity was measured with both the electronic visual acuity testing algorithm (E-ETDRS) and standard ETDRS protocol (S-ETDRS) twice on one eye of each patient. E-ETDRS testing was conducted using the electronic visual acuity tester (EVA), which utilizes a programmed Palm (Palm, Inc, Santa Clara, California, USA) hand-held device communicating with a personal computer and 17-inch monitor at a test distance of 3 meters.
    Results: For the E-ETDRS protocol, test-retest reliability was high (r = 0.99; with 89% and 98% of retests within 0.1 logMAR and 0.2 logMAR of initial tests, respectively) and comparable with that of S-ETDRS testing (r = 0.99; with 87% and 98% of retests within 0.1 logMAR and 0.2 logMAR of initial test, respectively). The E-ETDRS and S-ETDRS scores were highly correlated (r = 0.96 for initial tests and r = 0.97 for repeat tests). Based on estimates of 95% confidence intervals, a change in visual acuity of 0.2 logMAR (10 letters) from a baseline level is unlikely to be related to measurement variability using either the E-ETDRS or the S-ETDRS visual acuity testing protocol.
    Conclusions: The E-ETDRS protocol has high test-retest reliability and good concordance with S-ETDRS testing. The computerized method has advantages over the S-ETDRS testing in electronically capturing the data for each tested letter, requiring only a single distance for testing from 20/12 to 20/800, potentially reducing testing time, and potentially decreasing technician-related bias.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Clinical Protocols ; Diabetic Retinopathy/diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation ; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted/methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Vision Disorders/diagnosis ; Vision Tests/instrumentation ; Vision Tests/methods ; Visual Acuity/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2003-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Multicenter Study ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 80030-2
    ISSN 1879-1891 ; 0002-9394
    ISSN (online) 1879-1891
    ISSN 0002-9394
    DOI 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01825-1
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  5. Article: Ammonia Sorption and Retention by Plant Residue Materials

    Coffee, R. Clifford / Bartholomew, W. V

    Soil Science Society of America journal. 1964 July, v. 28, no. 4

    1964  

    Abstract: Investigations were conducted to measure the quantities of NH3 physically sorbed and the quantities of sorbed NH3 retained against evacuation by some common plant residues when exposed to NH3 in a dry condition and with different amounts of moisture. ... ...

    Abstract Investigations were conducted to measure the quantities of NH3 physically sorbed and the quantities of sorbed NH3 retained against evacuation by some common plant residues when exposed to NH3 in a dry condition and with different amounts of moisture. With increases in NH3 pressure both moist and dry samples of each plant residue physically sorbed increasing quantities of NH3. When saturated with NH3, evacuated, and then saturated a second time each dry plant material sorbed less NH3 during the second than during the first saturation. Increases in moisture content resulted in increases in physical sorption of NH3 across the entire range of partial pressures of NH3 employed. Saturation of the moist plant residue samples with NH3 resulted in some measurable increases in NH3 content after evacuation.
    Keywords ammonia ; partial pressure ; plant residues ; sorption ; water content
    Language English
    Dates of publication 1964-07
    Size p. 482-485.
    Publishing place Soil Science Society of America
    Document type Article
    Note epub
    ZDB-ID 196788-5
    ISSN 0361-5995
    ISSN 0361-5995
    DOI 10.2136/sssaj1964.03615995002800040011x
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  6. Article: Some Aspects of Ammonia Sorption by Soil Surfaces

    Coffee, R. Clifford / Bartholomew, W. V

    Soil Science Society of America journal. 1964 July, v. 28, no. 4

    1964  

    Abstract: Rates of sorption of NH3 through soil surface boundaries, the extent of penetration into thin surface strata, and relative sorbing capacities of surface layers were determined for soil materials from several Coastal Plain and Piedmont soils. NH3 sorption ...

    Abstract Rates of sorption of NH3 through soil surface boundaries, the extent of penetration into thin surface strata, and relative sorbing capacities of surface layers were determined for soil materials from several Coastal Plain and Piedmont soils. NH3 sorption through soil surface boundaries was rapid from aerial applications ranging from 1.3 to 1.9 mg. NH3-N per cm.2 of surface area. Specific rate of sorption was directly proportional to the concentration of NH3 remaining above the soil surface. NH3 nitrogen sorbed by soil in the surface strata did not penetrate more than 10–20 mm. into the soil when applied at rates ranging from 0.17 to 1.00 mg. NH3-N per cm.2 of surface. The depth distribution of NH3 changed with time of contact with NH3 without appreciable change in total NH3 sorbed. In general clay soils sorb more efficiently than sandy soils, soils with low pH more efficiently than those with high pH, and soils with high organic matter contents were less efficient than mineral soils with similar cation-exchange capacities.
    Keywords aerial application ; ammonia ; ammonium nitrogen ; application rate ; cation exchange capacity ; clay soils ; coastal plains ; mineral soils ; nitrogen ; organic matter ; pH ; piedmont soils ; sandy soils ; sorption ; surface area
    Language English
    Dates of publication 1964-07
    Size p. 485-490.
    Publishing place Soil Science Society of America
    Document type Article
    Note epub
    ZDB-ID 196788-5
    ISSN 0361-5995
    ISSN 0361-5995
    DOI 10.2136/sssaj1964.03615995002800040012x
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  7. Book: The forest-tax problem and its solution summarized

    Hall, R. Clifford

    (Circular / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 358)

    1935  

    Author's details by R. Clifford Hall
    Series title Circular / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 358
    Keywords Forestry law and legislation
    Language English
    Size 18 p. ;, 23 cm.
    Publisher U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
    Publishing place Washington, D.C
    Document type Book
    Note Caption title. ; Abridged version of Miscellaneous publication no. 218. ; "Contribution from Forest Service."
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  8. Book: The forest-tax problem and its solution summarized

    Hall, R. Clifford

    (Circular / United States Department of Agriculture ; 358)

    1935  

    Author's details by R. Clifford Hall
    Series title Circular / United States Department of Agriculture ; 358
    Language English
    Size 18 S, Ill
    Publisher U. S. Government Printing Office
    Publishing place Washington, DC
    Document type Book
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  9. Book: Preliminary study of forest conditions in Tennessee

    Hall, R Clifford

    1910  

    Author's details By R. Clifford Hall
    Keywords Forests and forestry
    Language English
    Size 56 p., ill., 13 pl., 23 cm.
    Publisher McQuiddy printing company
    Publishing place Nashville
    Document type Book
    Note "Extract (A) from Bulletin no.10, Forest studies in Tennessee." ; At head of title:...State of Tennessee. State Geological survey...In cooperation with the Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of agriculture.
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  10. Book: Forest conditions in Illinois

    Hall, R. Clifford / Ingall, O. D

    (Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History ; v. 9, article 9)

    1911  

    Author's details by R. Clifford Hall and O.D. Ingall ... June, 1910
    Series title Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History ; v. 9, article 9
    Keywords Forests and forestry
    Language English
    Size p. [175]-253, plates 21-36 :, ill., map ;, 27 cm.
    Publisher Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History
    Publishing place Urbana, IL
    Document type Book
    Note At head of title: Illinois state laboratory of natural history ... in cooperation with the Forest service, U.S. Department of agriculture ...
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