ASTRACT.This paper analyzes the structure of a relatively neglected resource in Tlingit and Northwest Coast etlmology: berries. Historically, like salmon streams and other key resource areas among the Tlingil of Southeast Alaska, prime berry patches were named, owned, managed, and celebrated as places. Certain berries, including those found in the vicinity of Glacier Bay National Park, were rec...

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has risen to the status of a top model organism for biological research in the last fifty years. Among laboratory animals, this tiny nematode is one of the simplest and easiest organisms to handle. And its life outside the laboratory is beginning to be unveiled. Like other model organisms, C. elegans has a boom-and-bust lifestyle. It feasts on ephemeral bact...

We use the single-dish radio telescope FAST to map HI in tidally interacting NGC 4631 group with a resolution of 3.24$'$ (7 kpc), reaching 5-$\sigma$ column density limit $10^{17.9}$ cm$^{-2}$ assuming line width 20 km s$^{-1}$. Taking existing interferometric image from HALOGAS project WSRT as reference, we are able identify and characterize significant excess large-scale, low-density, diffuse...

Despite growing awareness of our environmental footprint in life, the ecological impact death is rarely considered. Yet conventional funeral practices pose a risk to both human and health by polluting earth contributing climate change, thus calling for more sustainable methods body disposal. Although various eco-funeral options have been gaining momentum United States, they not yet adopted into...

To examine patients', families', and health care providers' preferences regarding preparation for the end of life, attributes of preparation were generated in qualitative focus group discussions and subsequently tested for generalizability in a quantitative national survey. Respondents from all groups showed consensus on the importance of naming someone to make decisions, knowing what to expect...

The study of sport spectatorship has an increasing focus on the importance of fandom beyond fan violence. Fundamental to understanding fan behavior are the meaningful rituals and emotions experienced by fans. In this paper, I use the theoretical work of Randall Collins to examine the ritualistic outcomes of collective effervescence, emotional energy, and group symbols and solidarity among sport...