Digital Commons Network^™

November 30, 2012 - Alec Department Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Nebline, November/December 2012

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Co-Parenting For Successful Kids Online Class Has Great Response in First Year

Farm Views

Urban Agriculture

Food & Fitness

Home & Family Living

Horticulture

Environmental Focus

4-H & Youth

Community Focus

Extension Calendar

Nutrition Education Program

Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs

and other extension news and events

Nebraska Public School Administrators’ Perceptions Of Preschool Education, Jacqueline M. Florendo

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this research study was to examine Nebraska public school administrators’ perceptions about Pre-K and its impact on student achievement for at-risk children. The research study provided information on factors that influence school administrators’ decisions to provide Pre-K programs. Demographic data was gathered from each participant so common group data, such as rural and non-rural disaggregated data, could be used to better analyze results and identify restrictions to implementation of Pre-K programs in schools and school districts.

An explanatory, sequential, mixed methods study was conducted during the spring and summer of 2012. The study initially gathered data using …

Measuring Parvalbumin Levels In Fish Muscle Tissue: Relevance Of Muscle Locations And Storage Conditions, Poi-Wah Lee, Julie A. Nordlee, Stef J. Koppelman, Joseph L. Baumert, Steve L. Taylor

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Fish is an allergenic food capable of provoking severe anaphylactic reactions. Parvalbumin is the major allergen identified in fish and frog muscles. Antibodies against fish and frog parvalbumin have been used to quantify parvalbumin levels from fish. However, these antibodies react variably with parvalbumin from different fish species. Several factors might be responsible for this variation including instability of parvalbumin in fish muscle as a result of frozen storage and differential parvalbumin expression in muscles from various locations within the whole fish. We aimed to investigate whether these factors contribute to the previously observed variable immunoreactivity of the anti-parvalbumin antibodies. …

Influence Of Pasture Management Regimes On The Abundance Of Four Target Beetle Groups, Christina Doehling, Frederick Baxendale, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Walter Schacht

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

Limited information is available on the impact of pasture management regimes on the local arthropod community. The objectives of this study were to identify the insect orders and families associated with managed smooth bromegrass pastures and determine the effect of three management strategies on the abundance and occurrence of 4 key beetle groups. Pitfall samples were collected weekly from June 2 until September 2during the summer of 2010. Sixty-one families of insects, representing nine orders, were collected in the traps. A predatory ground beetle in the genus Cyclotrachelus made up 71.5% of all target beetles collected. No significant differences were …

Associations Of Cardiorespiratory Fitness And Fatness With Metabolic Syndrome In Rural Women With Prehypertension, Patricia A. Hageman, Carol H. Pullen, Melody Hertzog, Linda Boeckner, Susan Noble Walker

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

This study investigated the associations of fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women, part of a recognized US health disparities group. Methods. Fitness, percentage body fat, BMI, and metabolic syndrome criteria were assessed at baseline in 289 rural women with prehypertension, ages 40–69, enrolled in a healthy eating and activity communitybased clinical trial for reducing blood pressure. Results. Ninety (31%) women had metabolic syndrome, of which 70% were obese by BMI (≥30 kg/m2), 100% by percentage body fat (≥30%), and 100% by revised BMI standards (≥25 kg/m2) cited in current literature. Hierarchical logistic regression models, adjusted for age, …

Associations Of Cardiorespiratory Fitness And Fatness With Metabolic Syndrome In Ruralwomen With Prehypertension, Patricia A. Hageman, Carol H. Pullen, Melody Hertzog, Linda Boeckner, Susan Noble Walker

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

This study investigated the associations of fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women, part of a recognized US health disparities group. Methods. Fitness, percentage body fat, BMI, and metabolic syndrome criteria were assessed at baseline in 289 rural women with prehypertension, ages 40–69, enrolled in a healthy eating and activity communitybased clinical trial for reducing blood pressure. Results. Ninety (31%) women had metabolic syndrome, of which 70% were obese by BMI (≥30 kg/m2), 100% by percentage body fat (≥30%), and 100% by revised BMI standards (≥25 kg/m2) cited in current literature. Hierarchical logistic regression models, adjusted for age, …

Towards Defining Nutrient Conditions Encountered By The Rice Blast Fungus During Host Infection, Richard A. Wilson, Jessie Fernandez, Cristian Fernando Quispe, Julien Gradnigo, Anya Seng, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Janet D. Wright

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Fungal diseases cause enormous crop losses, but defining the nutrient conditions encountered by the pathogen remains elusive. Here, we generated a mutant strain of the devastating rice pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae impaired for de novo methionine biosynthesis. The resulting methionine-requiring strain grew strongly on synthetic minimal media supplemented with methionine, aspartate or complex mixtures of partially digested proteins, but could not establish disease in rice leaves. Live-cell-imaging showed the mutant could produce normal appressoria and enter host cells but failed to develop, indicating the availability or accessibility of aspartate and methionine is limited in the plant. This is the first report …

School Food Environment The Frontline For Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Mixed-Method Study Of Nutritional Competencies And Skills Of School Nutrition Professionals In Nebraska, Zainab Rida

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this statewide study was to address the nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of school foodservice personnel in Nebraska regarding offering/serving healthy school meals. Moreover, this study identified some potential barriers and avenues of action for offering/serving healthy school meals. Data obtained from this study indicates that there is a strong correlation (r= .103, p r .237, p< .01) between the foodservice staff’s self-efficacy and their practices of offering/serving healthy school meals. Fortunately, the relationship between foodservice staff practices of offering/serving healthy school meals and their self-efficacy was positive and significantly predicted practices scores, β =.237, P< 0.01. The finding of the present study also identifies many barriers including lack of time and support that face the foodservice personnel in offering/serving healthy school meals. The findings suggested that there is an urgent need of a full school approach to promote and encourage healthy eating habits among students. Future research is needed to evaluate school wellness policies regarding healthy eating practices in schools. Moreover, establish partnerships with communities and universities for intervention that target students and their parents.

Advisor: Wanda Koszewski

Center For Grassland Studies, Fall 2012, Volume 18, No. 3.

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Meet Two of Our Students

From the Director

CGS Citizens Advisory Council Members and Associates Tour ARDC

Nebraska Grazing Conference Continues to Fulfill Needs

Health And Human Trafficking: The Role Of Health Care Professionals From Prevention To Aftercare, Katherine Welch Md

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 4th (2012)

Until very recently, the global health care community has lagged behind in identifying human trafficking as a health care issue. Globally, there is a great gap health care for most survivors of human trafficking today. Health, or rather the lack of it, is a huge factor in addressing trafficking in persons at all stages of the process. Trafficking is a health care issue because addressing the physical and mental health of a survivor is central to the restoration of his or her well-being. Counter-trafficking work is a multi-disciplinary effort and health care professionals can participate in a variety of roles. …

From Mothers' Pensions To Aid To Dependent Children In The Great Plains: The Course From Charity To Entitlement, R. Alton Lee

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The most important third-party movement in American history emerged out of the social and economic chaos brewing in the Great Plains in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. The maelstrom, labeled Populism, contained a powerful, indeed a truly revolutionary message-that man was his brother's keeper. This concept proved to have consistent influence in America, dating from the Populists, through the Progressives and the New Deal depression era, to the Great Society of the 1960s. Henry Loucks of South Dakota, one-time president of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union and chairman of the Populist convention in Omaha in …

Growing A Healthy Future, Fall 2012

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Institute Publications

Gut Reaction; Seeding Afghanistan; Land-Grant Celebration; Gene Silence; Drought Aid; Purpose and Passion; Feedlot Expansion; Faces to Watch; Alumni Spotlight; By the Numbers

Nebline, October 2012

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Make Every Drop Count in the Home

Farm Views

Urban Agriculture

Food & Fitness

Home & Family Living

Horticulture

Environmental Focus

4-H & Youth

Community Focus

Extension Calendar

Nutrition Education Program

Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs

and other extension news and events

The Effect Of Dam Parity On Progeny Growth Performance, Passive Immunity, And Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Erin E. Hinkle

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Previous research has shown that parity (P) 4 progeny have greater weaning weights and decreased microbial diversity compared to P1 progeny. Three experiments were conducted to evaluate litter performance, passive immunity, and fecal microbiota among P1 and P3 dams and their progeny. In experiment 1, 56 P1 and 49 P3 dams and their progeny’s litter and growth performance, immunoglobulin (IgG and IgA) concentrations, and gut microbiota were evaluated. In experiment 2, 48 pigs per P were selected to determine growth performance, immunoglobulin (IgG and IgA) concentrations, and gut microbiota. In experiment 3, 8 dams per P were selected. At birth, …

Medical Nutrition Therapy Provided To Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients, Mary G. Habschmidt, Cheryl A. Bacon, Mary B. Gregoire, Heather E. Rasmussen

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

This study explored the current medical nutrition therapy (MNT) provided to adult patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and examined the current and desired role of registered dietitians (RDs) in providing MNT. A total of 60 RDs (57% response rate) responded to an electronic questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and χ² analyses (SPSS, version 18) were used. Results revealed the primary form of diet was oral, and for patients on nutrition support, parenteral nutrition (PN) was used more frequently (16%–31%) than enteral nutrition (EN) (5%–9%; P ≤ .05). Nutrition support decisions were based on patients’ individualized needs rather than established …

Asareca-Intsormil: Regional Sorghum Research And Development Workshop, September 2–6, 2012, Executive Hotel, Adama, Ethiopia, Kimberly Christiansen

INTSORMIL Scientific Publications

Priorities in Sorghum Research and Development Cross-Cutting Elements

All priorities should be cognizant and address:

Gender responsiveness

User friendliness in sharing knowledge and information

Sustainable growth

Capacity building

Collaboration with public and private partners especially NARS, and regional and international organizations

Production

Integrated soil and water management in response to climate change

Integrated pest management

Cropping systems

Mechanization to alleviate drudgery

Breeding/Genetics

Breeding high yielding sorghum cultivars with enhanced ecological adaptation (drought tolerance and Striga resistance and diseases and pests) and superior grain quality

Development, release and distribution of enhanced sorghum germplasm materials with desired end-use quality attributes (malt, biofuel, …

Nebline, September 2012

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Extend Your Growing Season with a Cold Frame or Hotbed

Farm Views

Urban Agriculture

Food & Fitness

Home & Family Living

Horticulture

Environmental Focus

4-H & Youth

Community Focus

Extension Calendar

Nutrition Education Program

Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs

and other extension news and events

Five Year Issue-Based Review, September 2012: A Comprehensive Study Of The Southeast District Of University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, Amy L. Virgl

Southeast Research and Extension Center: Reports and Administration

Vision: The Southeast Extension District is a premier provider of research-based information, delivering education ‘… Any time, Any place, Any path, Any pace…’ to multigenerational clientele. An organization with professionals embedded in Nebraska communities that serve to engage the citizenry with their land-grant institution and help them solve complex problems around the important priorities of Food, Fuel, Water, Landscapes, and People.

Our vision requires innovation and attaining excellence in every area and at every level of the organization— personnel recruitment and development, curriculum development, program partnerships, external funding, student recruitment, teaching strategies and delivery systems. Extension professionals are highly regarded …

Gamma Sigma Delta Newsletter, Issue #45, Fall 2012

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

President’s Message - Rick Rasby

Fall Seminar and Annual Meeting
How Will Land Grant Universities Transfer Information to Their Clientele in the Future? by Dan Cotton

Nominations for New Gamma Sigma Delta Members

Nominations for Gamma Sigma Delta Awards

Awards Banquet Sunday, January 27, 2013

Membership Renewal Form

Outstanding Graduate Student Award Fund

Five Year Issue-Based Review: September 2012. A Comprehensive Study Of The Southeast District Of University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension

Southeast Research and Extension Center: Reports and Administration

CONTENTS

1. Vision and Overview ... 5-8

2. Next Generation Extension ... 9

a New Delivery Systems ... 11-14

b Measuring Return on Investments ... 15-19

c Partnerships ... 20-23

d Translational Research ... 24-29

e Staying on the Cutting Edge ... 30-31

3. Agriculture and Science Literacy ... 33-34

a Livestock ... 35-39

b Crops ... 40-43

c Water ... 44-47

d Nutrition ... 48-51

4. SREC Contributions: ... 53

IANR Growing a Healthy Future – 2025 Goals

a Food

Crops ... 55-59

Nutrition ... 60-64

Livestock ... 65-66

b Water

Crops & Urban ... 67-68

c People

4-H …

Samplers, Sewing And Star Quilts: Changing Federal Policies Impact Native American Education And Assimilation, Lynne Anderson

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Illustrating the U.S. federal government's changing policies on the assimilation of Native American children is the role of needlework instruction in the schooling of Indian girls. Described and discussed are three examples of 19th and 20th century policy, with emphasis on the textiles resulting from those policies. Early 19th century policy supported mission schools for Indians. Learning to sew was a valued domestic skill in 19th century female education, culminating in the making of a needlework sampler. This focus was adopted in mission schools, illustrated by Christeen Baker's 1830 sampler stitched at the Choctaw Mission School in Mayhew, Mississippi. Shortly …

Elayne Zorn Bibliography: As Part Of Weaving A Future: A Panel In Honor Of Elayne Zorn, Andrea Heckman, Blenda Femenias

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

In honor of our dear friend and colleague, the respected textile researcher Elayne Zorn, we have shaped six presentations around several interrelated political themes: heritage, identity, status, cultural continuity and economic sustainability, especially for the indigenous women and men who make the cloth. The titles and the themes draw inspirations from Elayne’s book Weaving a Future, published in 2004. The first three papers address these issues in relationship to Andean societies of the past, using artifacts and archaeological and historical perspectives. The final three papers, while concerned with broadly similar issues, focus on prospects for the future and explore how …

Parvalbumin In Fish Skin-Derived Gelatin: Is There A Risk For Fish Allergic Consumers?, S. J. Koppelman, Julie A. Nordlee, P.-W. Lee, R. P. Happe, M. Hessing, R. Norland, T. Manning, R. Deschene, G. A. H. De Jong, Steve L. Taylor

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

The major allergen parvalbumin was purified from cod muscle tissues, and polyclonal antibodies were raised toward it. The antibodies were tested for specificity, and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed using these antibodies. The ELISA was applied to measure parvalbumin in cod skin, the starting material for fish gelatin made from deep sea, wild fish. The ELISA was sufficiently sensitive (LLOQ = 0.8 ng ml^–1 in extracts, corresponding to 0.02 μg of parvalbumin per g of tissue) and did not cross-react with common food constituents. Fish gelatin, wine, and beer, matrices for the potential use of this ELISA, …

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Of Two Olive Cultivars In Response To Nacl-Stress, Christos Bazakos, Maria E. Manioudaki, Ioannis Therios, Demetrios Voyiatzis, Dimitris Kafetzopoulos, Tala Awada, Panagiotis Kalaitzis

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Background: Olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivation is rapidly expanding and low quality saline water is often used for irrigation. The molecular basis of salt tolerance in olive, though, has not yet been investigated at a system level. In this study a comparative transcriptomics approach was used as a tool to unravel gene regulatory networks underlying salinity response in olive trees by simulating as much as possible olive growing conditions in the field. Specifically, we investigated the genotype-dependent differences in the transcriptome response of two olive cultivars, a salt-tolerant and a salt-sensitive one.

Methodology/Principal Findings: A 135-day long …

Building Research Collaborations, Athletics, And Research: Kickoff Conversation, August 23, 2012, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

Just as Nebraska Athletics has long been regarded as a pioneer in the field of collegiate strength and conditioning programs, was among the first to emphasize the link between health and nutrition and athletic performance and stood in the vanguard in life skills training for student-athletes, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) now is taking the lead by integrating athletics and research and using cutting-edge imaging technology to better elucidate the biological underpinnings of behavior and performance. No other university in the nation is conducting research in this way.

This emerging collaboration between athletics and research at UNL led to allocation …

Gut Microbiome Composition Is Linked To Whole Grain-Induced Immunological Improvements, Ines Martinez, James M. Lattimer, Kelcie L. Hubach, Jennifer A. Case, Junyi Yang, Casey G. Weber, Julie A. Louk, Devin J. Rose, Gayaneh Kyureghian, Daniel A. Peterson, Mark D. Haub, Jens Walter

Food for Health: Publications

The involvement of the gut microbiota in metabolic disorders, and the ability of whole grains to affect both host metabolism and gut microbial ecology, suggest that some benefits of whole grains are mediated through their effects on the gut microbiome. Nutritional studies that assess the effect of whole grains on both the gut microbiome and human physiology are needed. We conducted a randomized cross-over trial with four-week treatments in which 28 healthy humans consumed a daily dose of 60 g of whole-grain barley (WGB), brown rice (BR), or an equal mixture of the two (BR+WGB), and characterized their impact on …

Nebline, August 2012

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: 9 Reasons to Shop at Farmers Markets

Farm Views

Urban Agriculture

Food & Fitness

Home & Family Living

Horticulture

Environmental Focus

4-H & Youth

Community Focus

Extension Calendar

Nutrition Education Program

Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs

and other extension news and events

Sleep Hygiene And Problem Behaviors In Snoring And Non- Snoring School-Age Children, Lisa A. Witcher, David Gozal, Dennis L. Molfese, Scott M. Salathe, Karen Spruyt, Valerie Mclaughlin Crabtree

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

Objectives—The effects of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep restriction, dyssomnias, and parasomnias on daytime behavior in children have been previously assessed. However, the potential relationship(s) between sleep hygiene and children’s daytime behavior remain to be explored. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep hygiene and problematic behaviors in non-snoring and habitually snoring children.

Methods—Parents of 100 5- to 8-year-old children who were reported to snore “frequently” to “almost always,” and of 71 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched children who were reported to never snore participated in this study. As part of a larger, ongoing study, …

A Model For Optimizing The Allocation Of Ethanol Production In The U.S., Anali Huggins

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In the last five years, fuel prices have fluctuated from 2.86$/gallon to 3.87$/gallon which represents an increase of 35%. This situation has collocated the ethanol manufacturing in an advantageous situation. However, a major problem that is faced by the ethanol producers is the high cost of transportation. The objective of this thesis study is to determine the optimal allocation of ethanol production in the U.S. in 2009 that minimizes the transportation cost. This thesis is based on the application of a linear programing model. The thesis is focused on two questions. The first is the optimal allocation of ethanol between …