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Simultaneous Comparison Of Various Production Traits Of Saanen X Hair Crossbred And Pure Hair Goats, Meti̇n Şengonca, Turgay Taşkin, Nedi̇m Koşum

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This investigation was carried out in order to simultaneously compare various production traits of Saanen x hair crossbred goats and pure hair goat flocks under rural environmental conditions. Fecundity, fertility and infertility values for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair goats were 1.25, 1.30 and 4.47%, and 0.72, 0.79 and 21.00%, respectively. The effects of genotype, year and age on fecundity, fertility and infertility for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair goats were significant (P < 0,01). Birth and weaning weights for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair kids were 3.70 kg and 2.63 kg, and 14.68 kg and 12.12 kg, respectively. The effects of genotype, year and age on the birth and weaning weights for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair kids were significant (P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively). The survival rates for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair kids were 95.76% and 78.61%, respectively. Daily average milk yield, lactation length and lactation milk yield in Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair goats were; 1.83 kg, 201.5 days and 201.77 kg, and 0.56 kg, 143.7 days and 80.47 kg, respectively. The effects of genotype, year and age on the daily average milk yield, lactation length and lactation milk yield for Saanen x hair crossbred and pure hair goats were significant (P < 0.01).

Diagnosis Of Ovine Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis By Elisa And Dot-Blot Elisa, Zi̇ya İlhan

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of this study was to standardize the 3 techniques designated as exotoxin ELISA, sonicated ELISA and dot-blot ELISA in the detection of antibodies to Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in sheep sera and to evaluate the usefulness of these techniques in the routine diagnosis and screening of C. pseudotuberculosis infection. A total of 471 sheep sera, 100 of which were from vaccinated animals, obtained from agricultural enterprises under the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises were examined. Among the 471 serum samples, 172 (36.5%), 119 (25.2%) and 181 (38.5%) sera were positive by the exotoxin ELISA, sonicated ELISA and dot-blot ELISA techniques, …

Determination Of The Chemical Composition And Digestible Dry Matter Yields Of Some Grain Sorghum Varieties, Hakki Akdeni̇z, M. Aki̇f Karsli, Hüseyi̇n Nursoy, İbrahi̇m Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The objective of this study was to determine sorghum varieties that are suitable for north Anatolian conditions and possess high nutrient yields. Eight grain sorghum varieties, namely, Öğretmenoğlu, Akdarı, Aldarı, Beydarı, Ramada, A-298, DK-64 and KS-397, were utilized as plant material in the experiment. When the grains were mature, they were harvested first, and then residues were harvested by hand. Samples were analyzed for dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and in vitro DM digestibility. Digestible DM yields were also calculated. The DM content of residues ranged from 26.64% …

Egg Yield And Hatchability Characteristics Of Native Geese In The Kars Region, Cavi̇t Arslan, Mustafa Saatci

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The egg production and incubation traits of native Turkish geese bred in the Kars region were examined in two separate trials. In the first trial, 100 female (70 one-year-old and 30 two-year-old) and 40 (two-year-old) male geese were used. The geese were divided into 20 groups. In each group there were five females and two males. Group feeding was used during the experiment. One-and 2-year-old geese laid 8.10 and 12.25 eggs/year, respectively. Egg weight, feed consumption, fertility rate, and hatching rate of 1- and 2-year-old geese were 128.85 and 148.15 g, 136.38 and 159.83 g/day, 42.54 and 47.25% and 9.38 …

Effect Of Cadmium Accumulation On Total Protein Levels In Tilapia Nilotica, Mustafa Kalay, Cahi̇t Erdem

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of the present study was to determine the accumulation of cadmium in different tissues of Tilapia nilotica and to establish the influence of this accumulation on total protein levels in liver and kidney tissues. At the end of each experimental period; gill, liver and kidney tissues from the animals were dissected and their cadmium accumulation was determined using atomic absorbtion spectrophotometry. Liver and kidney tissues were homogenised to determine total protein levels. The protein contents of the tissue homogenates were determined by the Lowry method. Cadmium accumulation was higher in the gill, liver and kidney tissues. Cadmium primarily …

Reproduction Of The Silverbelly (Leiognathus Klunzingeri Steindachner, 1898) In Yumurtalık Bight (Adana), Turkey, Meltem Özütok, Dursun Avşar

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This present study was performed to identify reproductive peculiarities of the silverbelly (Leiognathus klunzingeri) in Yumurtalık Bight. For this purpose, 430 individuals were obtained by monthly sampling between October 1997 and September 1998 and then they were examined. By using the monthly changes in the mean values of the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) and Fulton's Condition Factor (K), we found that reproduction period occurred between July and September, length at first maturity was 5.8 cm and 5.5 cm for males and females, respectively, egg diameter was between 0.8 and 1.0 mm and mean annual fecundity was 2789 ± 2109.

Survival Of Acid Adapted Salmonella Typhimurium In Some Acidic Foods, Hali̇l Tosun, Şahi̇ka Aktuğ Gönül

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study examined the effect of adaptation to acid on the survival of Salmonella typhimurium in mayonnaise, turnip juice and ayran (a drink made of yogurt and water). S. typhimurium was adapted to acid by exposure to hydrochloric acid at pH 5.8. Commercially available mayonnaise (pH 3.7), turnip juice (pH 3.1) and ayran (pH 4.2) were inoculated with acid adapted or nonadapted cells of S. typhimurium (2 x 10^6 cfu/ml). Mayonnaise and turnip juice were stored at 4 or 20 °C. Ayran was stored only at 4 °C. Acid adapted S. typhimurium was detectable in mayonnaise at 4 °C after …

Post-Earnings Announcement Drift And Market Participants' Information Processing Biases, Lihong Liang

Accounting - All Scholarship

Prior research has been unable to explain the phenomenon known as post-earnings announcement drift, raising questions concerning the semi-strong form efficiency of the market typically assumed in capital market research. This study contributes to our understanding of this anomaly by examining drift in the context of theories that consider investors' non-Bayesian behaviors. The empirical evidence reveals that investors' overconfidence about their private information and the reliability of the earnings information are two important factors that explain drift. Finally, this study also provides insight into the puzzling relationship between dispersion and drift discussed in prior research.

Reliability And The Admissibility Of Experts, Dale A. Nance

Faculty Publications

Modern law on expert testimony insists, as a condition of admissibility, that the asserted expertise be determined by the trial judge to be reliable. Reliability is usually characterized as a dichotomous attribute of evidence, as if expertise were either reliable or unreliable. This article argues that making progress in the development of meaningful and appropriate restrictions on the admissibility of expert testimony requires that we abandon this conceptualization and understand the implications of endorsing a gradational notion of reliability in which evidence can be more or less reliable and in which a comparative assessment of reliability is prominent. Consistent with …

Corrective Justice And Title I Of The Ada, Sharona Hoffman

Faculty Publications

Several recent studies have shown that employment discrimination plaintiffs filing lawsuits in federal court under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) win only approximately five percent of their cases. This Article argues that this phenomenon is attributable at least in part to the ADA's very flawed definition of the term "disability." It suggests that the current definition be abandoned and that a new approach be adopted, one that would reshape the ADA's protected class so that it more closely resembles a discrete and insular minority, such as those traditionally protected by the civil rights laws. While Title …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Winter 2003), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Winter 2003 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Opening Remarks
• PCOM Updates
• Student Research Prominent on PCOM Campus
• The Man who Launched a Thousand Careers
• The Next Generation of PCOM Leadership Emerges
• Alumni Association Revitalization
• Cover Story: Reaching Out
• Class Notes
• 56th Annual Alumni /Survivors Dinner Dance Awards
• In Memoriam
• My Turn
• PCOM Alumni Weekend 2003
• PCOM Events

Forty-First Annual Report Town Of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire Year Ending December 31, 2002., Sugar Hill Town Representatives

Sugar Hill, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Reports Of The Selectmen And Other Town Officers, Charlestown, N.H., For The Year Ending December 31, 2002., Charlestown Town Representatives

Charlestown, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

2002 Annual Report, Goffstown, New Hampshire., Goffstown Town Representatives

Goffstown, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Synapsis: Philadelphia Campus (2003), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

All Yearbooks

The 2003 Synapsis includes Trips, Parties, Skits, Dinner, Clubs, A Capella, American College Of Osteopathic Family Practitioners, ACOFP, AIDS Walk, American Medical Association Medical Student Society, AMA-MSS, Association Of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, AMOPS, American Holistic Medical Association, AHMA, Asian Medical Health Association, AMHA, American Medical Student Association, AMSA, American Medical Women's Association, AMWA, Community Of Italian American Osteopaths, CIAO, Christian Medical And Dental Society, CMDS, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathology, Physicians for Social Responsibility, PSR, Emanuel Fliegelman Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jewish Physicians' Network, Basketball, La Cosa Nostra, Study Buddy, Robert Berger DO, Pediatrics, Phi Sigma Gamma, PSG, (ΦΣΓ), …

Physician Assistant Class Of 2003, Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

All Yearbooks

Includes the White Coat Ceremony, Retreat at Camp Ockanickon, National Physician Assistant Day, Challenge Bowl Jeopardy, Halloween, Classroom candids, Christmas Party, PCOM Prom Night, Physician Assistant National Convention, Alumni Reception.

Midwifery: Strategies On The Road To Universal Legalization, Laura Hermer

Faculty Scholarship

Multiple studies have shown that direct-entry midwifery is just as safe, if not safer than, medical care in low-risk childbirth. Most births using direct-entry midwives require fewer interventions than those attended by physicians, yet yield excellent results. The results of these studies indicate that we should return to midwifery for normal births, rather than continuing to rely primarily on medicine. This option, however, has been significantly curtailed by many state legislatures and courts, despite decades of attempts to make incursions on the traditional paradigm of hospital births attended by obstetricians. As a result, where midwifery is more readily available, it …

Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress: Has The Legislative Response To Diane Whipple's Death Rendered The Hard-Line Stance Of Elden And Thing Obsolete, Michael Jay Gorback

UC Law Journal

On January 26, 2001, Diane Alexis Whipple was savagely attacked and mauled to death by two Presa Canario dogs as she was opening the front door to her San Francisco apartment. The following March, Whipple's partner, Sharon Smith, commenced a wrongful death lawsuit against the dogs' owners, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel. Recognizing that under the current legal regime, Smith's suit would almost certainly be dismissed on demurrer because the two women were related by neither blood nor marriage, the California Legislature enacted section 1714.01 of the Civil Code, which would enable domestic partners, such as Smith, to sue for …

Information Privacy Law In The European Union: E Pluribus Unum Or Ex Uno Plures?, Andrew Charlesworth

UC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Profiting From Poverty: The Competition Between For-Profit And Nonprofit Developers For Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, Megan J. Ballard

UC Law Journal

As governmental actors continue to withdraw from providing social services, private nonprofit and for-profit entities have stepped in to fill the gap and perform social service functions previously under the purview of governmental agencies. In doing so, nonprofit and for-profit actors vie for limited governmental incentives offered to encourage the privatization of social services. The competition between nonprofit and for-profit entities over privatization resources may adversely affect the beneficiaries of these social services. This Article highlights this competitive dynamic and the potentially negative consequences for social policy beneficiaries through an analysis of the federal Low- Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) …

Daubert & Danger: The "Fit" Of Expert Predictions In Civil Commitments, Alexander Scherr

UC Law Journal

In civil commitments, courts face the task of predicting the dangerousness of a mentally ill person and often turn to experts for help. Recently, the reliability of expert predictive testimony has improved; yet the best predictions still fall far short of reasonable certainty. Predictive science itself remains under scrutiny and is the subject of extended research and debate.

The modern handling of expert testimony, initiated in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., might suggest that courts should exclude such unreliable expertise. The Daubert rules seem to imply a reliability standard under which trial courts should exclude expertise that lacks scientific …

2003 Warbler, Eastern Illinois University

The Warbler

The 2003 Warbler, yearbook of Eastern Illinois University

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 25, No. 4, Winter 2003, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.

Genetic Variation Among Isolates Of The Web Blight Pathogen Of Common Bean Based On Pcr-Rflp Of The Its-Rdna Region, G. Godoy-Lutz, J. R. Steadman, B. Higgins, K. Powers

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Variability of 45 isolates of Rhizoctonia solani (teleomorph Thanatephorus cucumeris) causing web blight (WB) of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, was examined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) and the 5.8S subunit (5.8S) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA repeat (ITS-5.8S-rDNA). Isolates were collected from diseased bean leaves from Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, and Puerto Rico. These WB isolates belong to AG-1 and AG-2 based on anastomosis reaction. Isolates of AG-1 that cause WB were separated into three distinct groups of RFLP patterns from …

Nebhands Nebraska Behavioral Health Integration Project Semi-Annual Program Progress Report

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

-Interim Executive Committee established

-Project staff hired

-Stakeholder Advisory Group convened

-Sub-award plan completed and accepted

-Sub-award plan implementation begun

-Request for proposals issued

-Web site established

-Project was named by Interim Executive Committee: “NEBHANDS – a faith-based and community initiative” (NEBHANDS = Nebraskans Expanding Behavioral Health Access through Networking Delivery Systems)

-Project mission, vision, and guiding principles were established

Adult Javanese Migrants To Indonesian Papua At High Risk Of Severe Disease Caused By Malaria, J. Kevin Baird, H. Basri, P. Weina, J. D. Maguire, M. J. Barcus, H. Picarema, I. R.F. Elyazar, E. Ayomi, National Health Research Center, Ministry Of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia

United States Public Health Resources

Migrants from Java arrive in hyperendemic Papua, Indonesia lacking exposure to endemic malaria. We evaluated records of evacuation to hospital with a diagnosis of severe malaria from a transmigration village in northeastern Papua. During the first 30 months, 198 residents with severe disease were evacuated (7.5 evacuations/100 person-years). During this period the risk of evacuation for adults (>15 years of age) was 2.8. (95% CI=2.1–3.8; P<0.0001) relative to children, despite apparently equal exposure to risk of infection. Relative risk (RR) for adults was greatest during the first 6 months (RR>16; 95% CI>2.0–129; P=0.0009), and diminished during the second 6 months (RR=9.4; 95% CI=2.7–32.8; P<0.0001) and the third 6 months (RR=3.7; 95% CI=1.7–7.9; P=0.0004). During the next two 6-month intervals, the RR for adults was 1.6 and 1.5 (95% CI range 0.8–2.6; P<0.18). Adults lacking chronic exposure were far more likely to progress to severe disease compared to children during initial exposure, but not after chronic exposure to infection.

Scwds Briefs: Volume 18, Number 4 (January 2003)

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

• The Latest on chronic wasting disease (CWD): Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Saskatchewan
• The Wildlife Society (TWS) recently published a technical review and draft position statement on the confinement of wild ungulates within fenced enclosures--"Biological and Social Issues Related to Confinement of Wild Ungulates."
• Exotic Newcastle disease (END) was confirmed in backyard poultry flocks in southern California on October 1, 2002.
• Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI): In the northeastern United States, Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, is maintained in nature through a cycle involving the white-footed mouse and other rodents …

Nebline, January 2003

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Family Leadership Key to Community Leadership
Gardening Resolutions
Garden Guide
Humidity and Plants in the Home Environment
Horticulture Information Center
What Do Birds Like to Eat?
Dealing with Roosting Birds
Chicken Feathers Can Now be Used in Air Purifying Filters
Creepy-Crawlies in your Cereal
Put Farm Leases in Writing for Legal Protection
Private Pesticide Applicator Training Jan. 25, 29 & Feb 10
Check and Aerate Stored Grain
Computerized Financial Record Keeping Workshop March 18
Add Lime Now for Next Spring’s Alfalfa
Protecting Water from Freezing
Fire Safety in the Home
Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map
Sizing Up Food Portion Sizes …

“Promise Me Nothing On Heroes’ Square: Marianne Hoppe’S Twentieth Century", William Grange Prof. Dr.

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

On the occasion of Marianne Hoppe=s death in Siegsdorf, Bavaria on October 23, 2002, obituaries in several German newspapers recalled her as one of the great stars of the Third Reich. Most recalled her rise under the Nazis, and some inferred that she attained stardom largely for the wrong reasons. Her marriage to Hermann Goering's favorite actor and director, Gustaf Gründgens (1899-1963), was a political cloud that hovered over her until her death. Her frank admission that she was aware of the regime=s persecution, terror, and concentration camps did little to dispel persistent misgivings about her, even as she continued …

2003 Accomplishment Report

Southeast Research and Extension Center: Reports and Administration

Food Production and Natural Resource Systems

Acreage Group

Alternative Crops/Tourism

On-Farm Research

Crop Consultant Education

Agribusiness

Building Strong Families

Financial Management

Family Communication

Community Coalitions

4-H and Youth Development

Out of School Programs

Community and Residential Environment

IPM for Schools

Water

Lead Program

Wastewater Treatment

Environment

Nutrition, Health and Food Safety

Nutrition Education

Food Safety

Health and Wellness

Community Resource Deveopment

IT Training and Connectivity

Community Partnerships

Extension Online