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Methods For Detection Of Salmonella Spp., Parichaya Attaphongse

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Worldwide concern about food safety and associated health costs is increasing, and Salmonella contamination of foods is one of the most important causes of foodborne disease outbreaks. Although conventional detection methods for Salmonella offer high sensitivity and low cost, they require many different steps and are very time consuming. Ideally, methods to detect Salmonella in foods should be rapid, provide high specificity and sensitivity, be cost-effective, and low labor-intensive. Many rapid tests have been developed to address these goals, including DNA-based tests such as nucleic acid hybridization and PCR, immunoassay-based tests such as ELISA, ELF A and immunomagnetic method, and …

Review Of Social Competency Training For Pre-School And Elementary School Age Students At Risk For Developing Or Classified With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Cristine C. Sosa

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Social competency training is a common intervention for students at risk for developing or classified with emotional/behavioral disorders. However, a review of research indicated that it is only mildly effective in producing significant outcomes for these students. A number of factors have been identified as possibly impacting the success of social competency training, including: the intervention setting, the timing of intervention, characteristics of participants, characteristics of interventions and the outcome measurements ~d. A review of literature was conducted to evaluate these factors. Findings of the review indicate that there are not significant differences between interventions conducted in regular education and …

Alternative Future Growth Scenarios For Conserving Open Space Along Utah's Wasatch Front: A Case Study For The Mountain Land Association Of Governments, Richard E. Toth

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Over the past 20 years, rapid suburban and second-home development along Utah's Wasatch Front has threatened to irreversibly alter the region 's character and quality of life. This rapid development has raised concern among federal, state, county and community leaders with respect to the protection of surface and subsurface water; public health, safety and welfare; public services and infrastructure, and open space. The major areas being developed include the valley edges and bottom lands, riparian zones, agricultural lands and bench areas. Since most of these areas are under private ownership, they are highly vulnerable to an array of development activities.

Snow Avalanche Disturbance In Intermountain Spruce-Fir Forests And Implications For The Spruce Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Elizabeth G. Herbertson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Spruce beetle outbreaks are the primary biotic disturbance affecting forests in the Intermountain spruce-fir zone. Major snow avalanches can produce large quantities of host material for spruce beetle colonization; however, few studies have examined the influence of avalanche disturbance on outbreak initiation. The purpose of my research was to investigate potential relationships between these two disturbance agents. In the first study, I used dendro-ecological analyses to date major avalanche years on the Wasatch Plateau in south-central Utah, and then determined what climate factors were associated with avalanche occurrence. The results indicated that mean January snowfall was significantly related to the …

Digital Design For A Sweeping Langmuir Probe Board, Omar Morales

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

In-situ probing of the Earth's upper atmosphere has greatly contributed to the understanding of the ionosphere's variations and structures. The purpose of this research project has been to develop the digital component of a Swept Langmuir Probe that will be used on a sounding rocket to be launched through the equatorial ionosphere. The probe will make measurements of the plasma density and temperature in the ionosphere.

The digital component uses an FPGA to perform three main functions in parallel which are generating a sweeping voltage on the probe, sampling data channels, and communicating measured data to external devices. The FPGA …

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, April 26, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Committee on Committees Report
• Link on Syllabus
• EPC Business
• Calendar Committee Report
• HDA Committee Candidates
• Research Policy #306
• Tuition Task Force
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Report
• New Resolution

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, April 19, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• Committee on Committees
• Calendar Committee
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee
• Research Policy #306
• Tuition Task Force Report

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, April 5, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• Evaluations on the Internet
• Committee on Committee's Business
• EPC Business
• PRPC Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and the Student Bill of Rights

Floodplain Habitat Restoration At Thunder Ranch, Utah, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery Program) is proposing to restore endangered fish habitat at 330 acres of Green River bottomlands located on the Thunder Ranch near Jensen, Utah. The Recovery Program acquired a total of 455 acres of easement from Thunder Ranch to protect and improve floodplain habitat for the benefit of endangered Colorado River fishes. The project area is located adjacent to the Green River within an old meander river channel. Several ponds and wetlands exist in the project area, but are isolated from the Green River by an earth-filled levee. By notching the existing …

Management Intensive Grazing Systems And The Environment, Rhonda Miller, Jennifer W. Macadam, Rich Koenig

Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Management Intensive Grazing Systems And The Environment, Rhonda Miller, Jennifer W. Macadam, Rich Koenig

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Trich Regulations Update, Clell Bagley

All Current Publications

Fact sheet highlighting an update on trich regulations for bulls.

Animal Manure Removal Methods For Manure Storage Facilities, John Harrison, Dallen Smith

All Current Publications

A well-designed manure storage facility must also be well managed to prevent environmental concerns from developing. Probably the single most important requirement in operating and maintaining a manure storage facility is to ensure that the facility does not overflow or discharge.

Herd Efficiency And Profitability, Jesse Russell, D. R. Zobell

All Current Publications

Raising beef cattle can be very rewarding. First, if you like raising cattle, maintaining your tie to the land, and seeing the product of your labors, it can truly be satisfying to see young calves in the spring, watch them grow and progress. Second, here can also be a financial reward when the calves are weaned and sold. However, the satisfaction of these two aspects may all depend on your herd’s efficiency and profitability.

Faculty Members Weigh In On The Gender Divide In Academia, S. Keith Hargrove, Richard B. Pierce, Stephanie Shonekan, Teresa Reed

ADVANCE Library Collection

In 2001, a roundtable on gender disparities for female professors in higher education was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The focus of the roundtable was "how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts." Some three years later, a few faculty members from various disciplines weigh in with various perspectives on the current state of the gender gap.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting Minutes For March 15th, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee
• PRPC Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and the Student Bill of Rights
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Meeting
• Faculty/Course Evaluations on the Web

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, March 15, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• Honorary Degrees and Awards Screening Committee
• PRPC
• Academic Freedom and the Student Bill of Rights
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• Faculty/Course Evaluations on the Web

Development Of New Aspen Cohorts: How Many Suckers Create An Adequate Condition And The Relationship With Ungulate Impacts?, Brian Ferguson, Dale Bartos, Wayne Shepperd

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes For March 1st, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Internal Audits
• Health Care Administrative Costs
• Faculty Senate Elections
• New Website
• Proposed New Business
• Calendar Committee
• Student Recognition
• Committee on Dual Career Issues
• Meeting Rescheduling

Hydrogen Sulfide In Farmington Bay And The Great Salt Lake: A Potential Odor-Causing Agent, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Amy M. Marcarelli

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Odors from Farmington Bay and/or the Great Salt Lake frequently impact residents of Salt Lake and Davis counties, but the agent causing the problem and the origin of the odor is uncertain. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas is produced in the deeper layers of water in Farmington Bay and Gilbert Bay in the Great Salt Lake, but these deeper waters are generally part of high salinity deep-brine layers that are resistant to wind mixing. Hydrogen sulfide has a "rotten-egg" odor and is a likely component contributing to the "lake stink." The goals of this study were to determine (1) whether wind …

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, March 1, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Internal Audits Department
• Health Care Administrative Costs
• Faculty Senate Elections
• EPC Business
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
• Calendar Committee
• Student Recognition
• Committee on Dual Career Issues

Lagoon Monitoring And Condition Parameters, John Harrison, Dallen Smith

All Current Publications

Lagoons combine storage and treatment functions and thus are more sensitive to management inputs than are solid or slurry facilities. The establishment and maintenance of desirable microbiological populations in lagoons requires more specific procedures in the way lagoons are loaded and monitored.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, February 23, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
• Calendar Committee
• Health Care Administrative Costs
• Student Health Insurance
• Course Evaluations on the Web
• Committee on Dual Career Issues

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting Minutes For February 23rd, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Internal Audits Department
• EPC Business
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
• Calendar Committee
• Health Care Administrative Costs
• Committee on Dual Career Issues
• Students at the Legislature

Cognitive Defusion And Self-Relevant Negative Thoughts: Examining The Impact Of A Ninety Year Old Technique, Akihiko Masuda, Steven C. Hayes, Casey F. Sackett, Michael P. Twohig

Psychology Faculty Publications

Cognitive defusion techniques are designed to reduce the functions of thoughts by altering the context in which they occur, rather than the attempting to alter the form, frequency, or situational sensitivity of the thoughts themselves. Applied technologies designed to produce cognitive defusion seem to lead to reductions in the believability of negative thoughts, but defusion techniques are generally only parts of complex packages and the role of defusion techniques per se is note yet known. The present study examined the impact of a cognitive defusion technique first described by Titchener nearly 90 years ago: rapidly repeating a single word. In …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes For February 2nd, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Mediation Program
• Grading Policy

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, February 2, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Mediation Program
• Athletic Council
• EPC Business
• Grading Policy and Constraints

Effect Of Sucrose Esters On The Crystallization Behavior Of Bulk Oil Systems, Silvana Martini, M. Cerdeira, M. L. Herrera

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Sucrose esters (SE) of FA can be used in foods as emulsifiers because they are nontoxic, tasteless, odorless, and are digested to sucrose and FA in the stomach. They can also be used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and in other products where a nonionic, nontoxic, biodegradable emulsifier is required. In addition to their major function of producing and stabilizing emulsions, SE have numerous other functional roles as texturizers, film formers, and modifiers of bulk-phase crystallization behavior (with bulk phase meaning a homogeneous oil phase). A few reports have dealt with the effect of SE on the crystallization behavior of fats …

Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Assessment, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, United States Department Of Agriculture

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

No abstract provided.

The Effect On Digestibility And Production Of Protein And Energy Supplementation Of Stocker Cattle On Intensively-Managed Grass Flood-Meadow Pastures, Dale Zobell, Ken Olson, Randall Wiedmeier, C. A. Stonecipher

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.