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The Utah Statesman, September 30, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 21, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Annual Report
• Honors Program Report
• Libraries Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• EPC Items
• Committee on Committees (results of election - Honorary Degrees/Awards Committee)

The Utah Statesman, September 18, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 14, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 11, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 9, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 4, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 3, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Repeatable for credit
• Prerequisite Change and Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Add Multiple List
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Repeatable for credit

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Course Description Change

School of Accountancy

• New Course

Department of Management

• Title Change, Course Number Change

School of Teacher Education …

Minimizing Disease In Your Sheep Flock, A Guide To Preventive Flock Health, Kerry A. Rood, C Kim Chapman

All Current Publications

This publication serves as a guide to preventative sheep flock health that explains risks, nutrition, vaccinations, etc.

Frequency Reconfiguration Of A Small Array Enabled By Functionalized Dispersions Of Colloidal Material , Sean Goldberger, Frank Drummond, Rachel Anderson, Joel Barrera, Amy Bolon, Stephen Davis, Jamie Edelen, Justin Marshall, Cameron Peters, David Umana, Gregory Huff

Small Satellite Conference

This paper will discuss the performance and adaptability of a microfluidic reconfiguration mechanism in a small array. Discussion will also include its ability to reduce system degradation resulting from complexity and physical limitations incurred from the close spatial proximity of bias/control systems on or near the antenna. Implementation of the microfluidic mechanism can reduce or mitigate the interactions between individual mechanisms within the aperture and increase the competitiveness of microfluidics over current state-of-the-art. Research at Texas A&M University in conjunction with the Space Engineering Institute, has developed a novel frequency reconfiguration system for antennas using electromagnetically functionalized colloidal dispersions (EFCDs). …

Selective Herbivory By The Desert Woodrat (Neotoma Lepida) On Joshua Trees (Yucca Brevifolia), Monte P. Sanford, Nancy Huntly

Biology Faculty Publications

We studied herbivory by the desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) on Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) in the Mojave Desert to determine whether N. lepida fed selectively based on leaf nitrogen content. We measured leaf nitrogen content and the location and amount of herbivory by woodrats on Y. brevifolia trees in southwestern Utah, USA. Neotoma lepida removed the outer tips of leaves (1/3 to 2/3 of total leaf length) but left leaf bases, which had lower nitrogen content, uneaten. Herbivory by N. lepida also was concentrated on rosettes that were oriented south, and these had significantly higher nitrogen …

The Influence Of Mastication On Soils And Fuels In Moist And Dry Forests Of The Northern Rocky Mountains, Theresa Jain, Russel T. Graham

North American Forest Ecology Workshop

We evaluated the applicability of mastication as a fuel treatment alternative within Northern Rocky Mountain moist and dry forests to treat post-harvest activity slash (moist forest) and standing trees (dry forest). On the moist forest site, we compared four different slash treatments, mastication, machine grapple piling, lop and scatter, and a control within a wildland urban interface setting to determine the effects of these treatments on soil nutrition, forest floor depth, and woody debris distributions. We randomly assigned the slash treatments and controls to 12 one-acre plots. Nitrogen, soil carbon, and magnesium concentrations within the soil components were not significantly …

Managing Your Horse On A Tight Budget, Patricia Evans

All Current Publications

This publication gives tips to giving your horse the proper love and care it needs while sticking to a budget.

Vegetable Canning Methods In The Pressure Cooker, Kristine Saunders

All Current Publications

Canning never improves the quality of the food you are preserving. Follow the general guidelines below for best results when canning vegetables.

Hunger In Utah, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Agriculture And Applied Sciences, May 29, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

This proposal is to change the name of the Department and the name of the BS degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences in the College of Agriculture at Utah State University (USU) to the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences and to the BS in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences.

18th Biennial Cheese Industry Conference, Various Authors

Cheese Industry Conference

No abstract provided.

Validation Of Novel Indirect Calorimetry System Based On Luminescence Quenching On-Airway Oxygen Sensor, Tammy Anderson, Dwayne Westenskow

Utah Space Grant Consortium

Metabolic gas exchange monitors are frequently used in the intensive care unit to study the oxygen kinetics and appraise the nutritional requirements for acutely ill patients. In a method known as indirect calorimetry, energy expenditure information is obtained non-invasively by measuring the respiratory gases under resting conditions.1-3 A modified Weir equation relates the oxygen consumption (VO2) and the carbon dioxide production (VCO2) to the caloric burn rate.4 The resting energy expenditure (REE) represents approximately 70% of the total energy expenditure (TEE). Critical illness has been shown to alter metabolic rate and influence VO2. Inflammation, sepsis, seizures, and weaning from ventilation …

Use Of Gallagher® 2-Layer Deer-Exclusion Fencing To Temporarily Deter White-Tailed Deer Browsing In Food Plots, J. Parris, M. Mengak, K. Miller

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Warm-season food plots provide supplemental nutrition to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Large-seeded legumes such as soybeans, lablab, cowpeas, and others are a common component of warm-season food plots that deer prefer to browse early in development, preventing the food plot from reaching the highest possible nutritional value. We tested a Gallagher^® Animal Management Systems 2-layer deer-exclusion fence design at two 400 m² warm-season food plots in Madison County, Georgia. Each food plot contained a mixture of cowpeas and Lablab Plus, marketed by Tecomate^® Wildlife Systems. We enclosed a 125 m² (31%) portion of each …

Retrospective Barrier Placements For A Skunk Rabies Epizootic In Nw Wyoming, C. Ramey, K. Mills, R. Mclean, R. Engeman, J. Fischer

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are the most important reservoir of rabies on the Great Plains. In August, 1988 a skunk rabies epizootic proceeded from the "index case" west of Cowley, WY. By 1991, epizootic had reached nearly all areas in the Shoshone River Basin (SRB), and it ended in 1993. This area and the remainder of the SRB had been previously considered rabies-free. The USDA's Wildlife Services (WS) cooperated with state and local officials in a rabies monitoring and control program starting in 1990. Using information from the literature, signs, tracks, and radio-telemetry of normal and rabid skunks, …

Utah State University Commencement, 2009 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

121st Annual Commencement of Utah State University

Fortification Of Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese With N-3 Fatty Acids: Effect On Off-Flavor Generation, Silvana Martini, J. E. Thurgood, C. Brothersen, Robert E. Ward, D. J. Mcmahon

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to fortify 50% reduced fat Cheddar cheese with n-3 fatty acids and evaluate whether this fortification generated specific off-flavors in the cheese. Docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic (EPA) fatty acids were added to the cheese to obtain 3 final fortification levels [18, 35, and 71mg of DHA/EPA per serving size (28g) of cheese] representing 10, 20, and 40% of the suggested daily intake level for DHA/EPA. The presence of oxidized, rancid, and fishy flavors as a function of fortification level and cheese aging (6 mo) was evaluated using a sensory descriptive panel. No differences were …

The Effect Of Lipids On Recognition Thresholds And Intensity Ratings Of The Five Basic Tastes, Jennifer Ellen Thurgood

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In addition to the contribution of lipids to food texture and aroma, the effect of lipids on taste perception is now commonly studied. It has been found that lipids may affect taste perception through lipid composition (i.e., cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids).

This study assessed the effect of lipid composition on the recognition thresholds of the basic tastes (i.e., sour, umami, bitter, salty, sweet) in emulsion model systems as well as taste intensities perceived at low suprathreshold concentrations. Taste thresholds and intensities in corresponding aqueous systems were determined for comparison. To evaluate the effect of lipid chemical composition on tastant detection, …

Does Fruit And Vegetable Intake Decrease Risk For Obesity In Children And Adolescents?, Vanessa Reichmann

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Of Coumadin Use In Atrial Fibrillation Potients, Krista Skye Viau

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common observed arrhythmia in clinical practice. Over the next decades, the number ofpeople affected by AF is estimated to be anywhere from 5.6 to over 12 million. In patients with AF, thromboembolism is a central concern, as it can lead to stroke with significant morbidity and mortality. Coumadin anticoagulation has been shown to significantly reduce stroke risk, particularly in patients with other risks, such as hypertension, diabetes, prior stroke, or heart failure. Although Coumadin is effective in reducing stroke, its chronic use requires frequent international normalized ratio (INR)/protime monitoring. This is necessary because …

Knowledge Of Coumadin Use And Vitamin K Interaction In Atrial Fibrillation Patients, Heidi M. Moss

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly observed arrhythmia and is expected to increase to over 12 million in the next few decades. Patients with AF are at high risk of stroke due to the use of Coumadin in combination with stroke risk factors such as age >75 years, hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, and prior stroke or transient ischemic attack. Coumadin specifically targets the blood clotting cascade by inhibiting the regeneration of vitamin K needed for the activation of clotting factors. A 100 mcg increase in vitamin K intake over at least 4 days can reduce patient internationalized national …

Maternal Dietary Patterns And Risk Of Isolated Cleft Birth Defects In Utah - A Case-Control Study, Tara Finnerty

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy has been suggested as a risk factor for oral cleft birth defects including the major groupings of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P), and cleft palate alone (CP). Few studies have analyzed overall dietary patterns in relation to development of oral clefts. The purpose of this study is to examine the statistical associations between maternal dietary pattern scores and risk of oral clefts in Utah.

Data collected from the Utah Oral Cleft Study was used as a starting point. New variables were formed to define maternal dietary patterns using the SPSS statistical analysis …

Effects Of Direct And Indirect Predator Cues On Heteromyid Seed Selection And Seed Fate, Kelly J. Sivy

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Many factors affect foraging behavior of rodents, including predation risk, which is thought to influence seed selection and seed handling by desert rodents in patchy environments. Understanding forces that drive seed selection and seed fate can aid understanding of rodents' impacts on vegetation structure and dynamics. In a feeding arena study, we tested how indirect and direct predation cues influence seed selection and handling behaviors (e.g., scatterhoarding and larderhoarding) of two heteromyid rodents, Dipodomys ordii (Ord's kangaroo rat) and Perognathus parvus (Great Basin pocket mouse), foraging on three seed species. The indirect cue was shrub cover: one half of the …

Isolation And Characterization Of Different Aggregates Of Lipid From Bovine Milk, Ankur Jhanwar

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Bovine milk fat globules naturally vary from less than 0.2 µm to 15 µm in diameter. Milk has at least two distinct distributions of fat globules. While the majority (~90%) of globules in milk are of the smaller distribution (average diameter of 0.4 µm), virtually all the fat is carried in the larger globules (average diameter 3.5 µm). This distribution suggests some compositional and/or functional significance might exist between the two populations of fat globules, which may be related to origin of these globules in the lactating cell.

Milk fat globules have a unique structure, composed of a core droplet …

An Evaluation Of The Allocation Of Funding For Assistive Technology: A Case Study, Cindy L. Ollis

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Although benefits of assistive technology (AT) to people with disabilities are widely apparent, barriers, primarily funding, still inhibit access to needed AT. All agencies receiving federal funding are required to show no discrimination with regard to age, race, disability, and gender. This case study of a state run agency providing funding for AT to enable independent living among people with disabilities involved analyzing spending data from 2003 2008 to determine who used the fund, what was purchased, and whether it was equitably distributed according to age, ethnicity, gender, and population density. Additionally variables predictive of amount spent per person were …