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Intermountain Beef 3910 Workshop--Collaborating With Industry In Extension Education, Dr Zobell, C Kim Chapman, Clell Bagley, Kevin Heaton

Journal of Extension

A 2-day hands-on workshop was developed in collaboration with industry partners. The objectives are to provide participants with a basic understanding of the beef grading system and Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and to demonstrate how these principles relate to them and the beef industry as a whole. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants, with sponsorship from various industry groups, including the Utah Cattlemen's Association. Participants are taken through various exercises, including live animal and carcass evaluation and fabrication of carcasses into wholesale and retail product. Tours and seminars supplement the workshop, with speakers from all segments of the beef …

Clientele Impact For Beef Producers From A Grass-Roots Style Of Extension Programming, Cindy Sanders, Nick T. Place

Journal of Extension

The Alachua County Master Cattlemen program is developed for small beef producers to help increase profitability. Because small beef producers are at a disadvantage in marketing truck loads of cattle and retaining ownership, educational programs relating to beef cattle management are used to give producers tools to manage their cattle in order to become more profitable. As a result of these programs, a small beef cooperative has been formed to take advantage of marketing alternatives. This cooperative has shown a significant increase in price per pound received, and this has resulted in a cumulative economic impact of $42,500.

A Web Site To Help Farm Families Communicate About Farm Transfer, Sharon A. Devaney

Journal of Extension

A Web site was developed to help farm families learn about communication strategies that can be used when there are sensitive issues relating to farm transfer. The site, Who Will Get Grandpa's Farm? Communicating about Farm Transfer, features six scenes filmed on a farm near Delphi, Indiana. The family members in the scenes include a farmer and his spouse, father, son, and a brother. Each conversation between family members shows examples of direct control, indirect control, and no control. An interactive quiz helps users distinguish between the three communication strategies.

The Effects Of Cultural Congruity, University Alienation, And Self-Concept Upon Multiracial Students' Adjustment To College, Derrick Adam Paladino

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine key factors that relate to the self-perception of cultural congruity, university alienation (powerlessness, meaninglessness, and social estrangement), and self-concept (perceived intellectual ability, perceived scholastic competence, perceived social acceptance, appearance, and global self-worth) in multiracial college students. One goal of this study is to discover if there is a relationship between cultural congruity, alienation, and self-concept among multiracial college students. In addition, this study examined what factors predict cultural congruity, university alienation, and self-concept in multiracial college students. Finally, this study explored the relationship of cultural congruity, university alienation, self-concept, and specific demographic …

Constructions Of Female Identities In Mary Gordon's The Other Side And Maureen Howard's Before My Time, Neli Gogovska

Theses and Dissertations

In Women's Time Kristeva designates three broad currents of feminist struggle: first, the suffragist movement declaring a universalist view of women's experience regardless of class, age, and cultures; second, the phase of difference, that she regards as "returning to an archaic (mythic) memory as well as cyclical or monumental temporality of marginal movements" (355); and third, a trend that she wholeheartedly supports for their concept that "the dichotomy of man and woman as an opposition of two rival entities is a problem of metaphysics" (366).

This thesis discusses Howard and Gordon as proponents of the second phase because they write …

Community College Presidents In The New Millennium: Competencies For Leadership As Identified By Position Announcements And Relationship To Board Type, Shari L. Olson-Nikunen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if position announcements and position descriptions posted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, (2002) align with 1) the competencies established by Desjardins and Huff for the community college president in the new millennium and 2) whether these competencies vary with different board structures, majority board gender composition, or gender of board president.

Seventy-six position announcements where compared to a Community College Leadership Competency model in a mixed model research design, using both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Inter-rater reliability was established by having two educators independently code 20 position announcements and then …

Speech/Language And Social Behavior Performance As Predictors Of Literacy Acquisition In Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects, Kristen Ann Runge

Theses and Dissertations

This study was a review of existing case files and focused on the struggles of one particular segment of the special needs student population and the challenges that educators face as they attempt to engage them in meaningful learning experiences. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) are completely preventable; yet, their presence in classrooms remains high and bears profound implications for educators. This study examined the specific relationships between FAS/FAE and literacy acquisition in children. Specific variables of children with FAS/FAE were considered. They included IQ, speech/language development, and social behavior performance.

Hypotheses guiding this study were the following:

1. Evidence …

Frequency Of Hereditary Thrombophilia: An Akuh Experience., Safoorah Khalid, Raihan Sajid, Salman Adil, Mohammad Khurshid

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of various causes of hereditary thrombophilia at a referral laboratory and the age and gender distribution.

Methods: This is a descriptive study incorporating a retrospective analysis of requests for thrombophilia screening sent to Clinical laboratory, Aga Khan University Hospital from November 1995 to May 2002.
Patients were screened for hereditary causes of thrombophilia including Protein C, Protein S, antithrombin III, Factor V Leiden and homocysteine. Frequency of each disorder; and age and sex distribution was determined.

Results: All the patients suspected clinically for thrombophilia were screened. Of the 2825 patients, 70 were diagnosed to …

The Jurisdiction Of Justice: Two Conceptions Of Political Morality, Larry Alexander

San Diego Law Review

My topic in this essay is a major fault line within normative theory. More precisely, it is a major fault line within that part of a normative theory that deals with the content of our moral obligations to others. When I refer to moral obligations here, I am referring to those acts that morality demands of us such that it permits force or its threat to be employed to secure those acts. Moral obligations as I use the term are thus candidates for legal enforcement. I argue that much of what is debated within liberal political/moral theory can be usefully …

Toward Reasonable Limitations On The Exercise Of General Jurisdiction, Walter W. Heiser

San Diego Law Review

General jurisdiction is one of the most controversial aspects of the current jurisprudence of personal jurisdictions. General jurisdiction refers to a state's exercise of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a lawsuit not arising out of or related to the defendant's contacts with the forum. General jurisdiction is particularly controversial in international litigation involving foreign defendants who do business in the United States. This article examines the potential limitations on the exercise of general jurisdiction in the context of international civil litigation.

The San Diego River: A Natural, Historic, And Recreational Resource, John H. Minan

San Diego Law Review

The purpose of this Article is to briefly consider the historical importance of the San Diego River, to examine the water quality challenges impacting the River today, and to analyze the principal regulatory programs administered by the Regional Board to meet these challenges. The author's premise is that the water quality of the River is essential to its functional integrity and future.

Mental Disorder And The Civil/Criminal Distinction, Grant H. Morris

San Diego Law Review

This essay, written as part of a symposium issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the University of San Diego Law School, discusses the evaporating distinction between sentence-serving convicts and mentally disordered nonconvicts who are involved in, or who were involved in, the criminal process–people we label as both bad and mad. By examining one Supreme Court case from each of the decades that follow the opening of the University of San Diego School of Law, the essay demonstrates how the promise that nonconvict mentally disordered persons would be treated equally with other civilly committed mental patients was made and …

An Enterprise (No-Fault) Liability Suitable For Judicial Adoption - With A "Draft Judicial Opinion", Virginia E. Nolan, Edmund Ursin

San Diego Law Review

In this Article, the authors propose that courts recognize an enterprise liability applicable to persons injured on the premises of supermarkets. In contrast to strict products liability, victim compensation under their proposal would not turn on whether the supermarket's premises could be characterized as dangerously defective. Instead, the proposed doctrine would impose a strict enterprise liability for personal injuries arising out of the use of the supermarket's premises by entrants on those premises. The resulting doctrine would avoid the intractable - and litigation producing - defect problem, while holding down costs - and litigation - by limiting recoverable damages.

The Promise And The Reality Of Long-Term Care Insurance, Randy Desonia

National Health Policy Forum

The aging of the nation’s population will create a surge in the need for long-term care services, putting pressure on existing funding sources and fueling demand for more. This paper examines one financing option—private long-term care insurance—and summarizes its brief history and the several critical precedents that have influenced the products as currently sold. Other topics discussed include the challenges to encouraging sales growth as well as increasing the role of this type of insurance in paying for long-term care.

Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

No abstract provided.

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 13 Issue 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

July 31, 2004 (Pages 4005-4092), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 34 (2004)

No abstract provided.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 07-31-2004, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers June 2004.

College Of Agricultural Sciences And Natural Resources: 11th Annual Report August 1, 2003-July 31, 2004

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR): Annual Reports

It is our pleasure to provide the Eleventh Annual Report for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). We believe in the importance of reflecting on the accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students. The annual report offers the opportunity to review the year, and serves as an archive of accomplishments for our College. This report covers the period August 1, 2003 to July 31, 2004.

The college enjoyed another year of accomplishments and change. The students excelled, the faculty enthusiasm for the academic mission continued to thrive and campus programming expanded. For example:
• Amy Rasmussen, a …

Nebraska Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission: The Final Report To The Governor, Members Of The Nebraska Legislature, And The People Of Nebraska, Robert Pawloski

Interdisciplinary Informatics Faculty Publications

Noted historian Donald Jackson described Lewis and Clark as “the writingest” explorers of their time. It is simply amazing that a significant amount of their journals survived the explorations across the North American continent from 1803 to 1806. However, the task to organize those journal notes into a comprehensive report also proved to be a challenge that eventually took longer than the expedition itself.

This report documents another lengthy journey—and in a more timely manner. That journey is the one taken by the dedicated people who organized the 200th anniversary commemoration of Lewis and Clark’s journeys through what is now …

2004 Summer Commencement, Harding University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Commencement on July 31.

Commencement Speaker: Nick Hamilton

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items include: resolutions in honor of John Bradley, Ronald Sheffer and James Tennill, resolution in appreciation of Ron Switzer and Mammoth Cave National Park, Mary Taylor Cowles' contract, Wood Selig's contract, Donald Swoboda appointed dean of Division of Extended Learning & Outreach (DELO), University Foundations policy, classroom and facility naming opportunities, Kentucky Plan/Committee on Equal Opportunity, tuition incentive program, sales of real estate, personnel actions and salaries and emeritus faculty.

Attachments to minutes:

• WKU First Amended Athletic Employment Contract - Mary Taylor Cowles
• WKU Athletic Director First Amended Employment Contract - …

Non-Parametric Estimation Of Roc Curves In The Absence Of A Gold Standard, Xiao-Hua Zhou, Pete Castelluccio, Chuan Zhou

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of tests, a gold standard on the disease status is required. However, in many complex diseases, it is impossible or unethical to obtain such the gold standard. If an imperfect standard is used as if it were a gold standard, the estimated accuracy of the tests would be biased. This type of bias is called imperfect gold standard bias. In this paper we develop a maximum likelihood (ML) method for estimating ROC curves and their areas of ordinal-scale tests in the absence of a gold standard. Our simulation study shows the proposed estimates for the …

Grandillo V. Comm Social Security

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Bolivia Votes "Yes" Vote On Gas Referendum, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Volume 41, Number 42: July 30, 2004, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Model Selection And Efficiency Testing For Normalization Of Cdna Microarray, Matthias Futschik, Toni Crompton

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Murray Ledger And Times, July 30, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Vol.32 N.20 July 29th 2004, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

The Plan Puebla-Panama, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.