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A Public Policy Toward The Management Of Feral Cats, Shawn Gorman, Julie Levy

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “This paper examines the current wildlife laws, both federal and state, to determine what laws may apply to managing the feral cat population. It begins with a determination of how domestic cats are classified under these laws. Since many laws are vague, the intent of the legislatures is investigated to determine if domestic cats were meant to be defined as a nonindigenous species. The focus then shifts to indicate ways to control the feral domestic cat population. Current trends in the control of other nonindigenous species appear to revolve around public nuisance claims; however, due to the unique nature …

Russian Floating Nuclear Reactors: Lacunae In Current International Environmental And Maritime Law And The Need For Proactive International Cooperation In The Development Of Sustainable Energy Sources, Douglas John Steding

Washington International Law Journal

During the second half of 2003, Russia announced plans to build barges carrying two nuclear reactors capable of supplying electricity to a town of fifty thousand people. Rapidly developing countries seem particularly interested in this proposal, as these reactors can meet their growing power needs. In addition, these floating nuclear reactors provide an alternative to coal, oil and natural gas, all sources of energy that contribute to global warming. These reactors, however, pose a substantial risk to the environment, particularly in light of Russia's lax environmental policies, and the design of the barges themselves make them susceptible to a wide …

The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization And Welfare Reform. M. Byrna Sanger.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for M. Byrna Sanger, The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization and Welfare Reform. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. $ 16.95 papercover.

Aging In The New Millenium: A Global View. Terry Tirrito.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Terry Tirrito, Aging in the New Millennium: A Global View. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. $ 18.95 papercover.

Review Of Bacterial Disease Resistance In Plants: Molecular Biology And Biotechnological Applications By P. Vidhyasekaran, Marty Dickman

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The molecular biology of plant-bacterial interactions is a field that continues to provide a wealth of information in the context of infectious diseases of plants. Thus, it is curious that few textbooks on this topic are available. Admittedly, active areas of research change rapidly, and book content can be rendered obsolete prior to publication. Even given this scenario, a textbook that summarizes the development (both conceptually and experimentally) of research strategies, the status of model systems, and future issues is needed. Thus, the timing and need for this broad-based volume, which covers the molecular phytobacteriology, is long overdue. An important …

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Project: 2004 Activities Report And Conference Proceedings

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

On June 9 and 10, 2004, the State of Michigan and U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted the eighth annual Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Conference, with guest speakers from Georgia, Colorado, Iowa, New York and two Canadian provinces. Our guests came together from across North America to receive policy updates and share the latest scientific data and innovative research on bovine TB.

Among other things, the speakers shared insight on: the promotion of biosecurity; the $30 million annual costs of TB eradication in New Zealand; the latest research in new and improved blood tests; and the first season results of the Michigan …

Without Reservation, Gregory F. Jacob

Chicago Journal of International Law

My personal view is that the FCTC is an imperfect document produced by a deeply flawed process. That is not to say that the United States should not join the treaty. But the FCTC is, and was from the outset destined to be, a largely symbolic document, the primary benefit of which is the raising of worldwide awareness about the public health epidemic caused by tobacco consumption. For an international treaty, the FCTC has remarkably little to do with international relations, and primarily covers matters pertaining purely to domestic law. Virtually every provision of the treaty could be enacted into …

Exposure Time Of Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits Relative Tobaiting Density And Raccoon Population Density , Bradley F. Blackwell

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Oral rabies vaccination (ORV) baiting programs for control of raccoon (Procyorl lotor) rabies in the USA have been conducted or are in progress in eight states east of the Mississippi River. However, data specific to the relationship between raccoon population density and the minimum density of baits necessary to significantly elevate rabies im~nunitya re few. We used the 22-km2 US National Aerorlautics and Space Administration Plum Brook Station (PBS) in Erie County, Ohio, USA, to evaluate the period of exposure for placebo vaccine baits placed at a density of 75 baits/km2 relative to raccoon population density. Our objectives were to …

Distribution Of Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus 8 In Maternal Saliva And Breast Milk In Zambia: Implications For Transmission, Brad P. Brayfield, Chipepo Kankasa, John T. West, Jubra Muyanga, Ganapati Bhat, Winslow Klaskala, Charles D. Mitchell, Charles Wood

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Background. The seroprevalence of Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (KSHV)/human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that multiple routes of transmission exist. In the present study,we examined 2 possible routes of mother-to-child transmission, through breast milk and saliva, during the first 6 months after delivery. Methods. The prevalence of HHV-8 DNA in the breast-milk cells (n=75), milk supernatant (n=56), colostrum (n=2), and saliva cells (n=65) of HHV-8–seropositive mothers who recently gave birth was examined. Polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed for the detection of HHV-8 in cross-sectional samples isolated at 2, 4, and 6 months after delivery.

Results. None of the …

Genome Scans Of Dna Variability In Humans Reveal Evidence For Selective Sweeps Outside Of Africa, Jay F. Storz, Bret A. Payseur, Michael W. Nachman

Jay F. Storz Publications

The last 50,000–150,000 years of human history have been characterized by rapid demographic expansions and the colonization of novel environments outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Mass migrations outside the ancestral species range likely entailed many new selection pressures, suggesting that genetic adaptation to local environmental conditions may have been more prevalent in colonizing populations outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Here we report a test of this hypothesis using genome-wide patterns of DNA polymorphism. We conducted a multilocus scan of microsatellite variability to identify regions of the human genome that may have been subject to continent-specific hitchhiking events. Using published polymorphism data for …

Epstein-Barr Virus Expression In Hodgkin S Disease In Jordan, Nidal M. Almasri, Hasan S. Khalidi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with many hematopoietic malignancies including Hodgkin9s disease (HD). The association of HD correlates with the histologic subtype, age of presentation and geographic location. Our aims were to find out if EBV is associated with Jordanian HD; and if EBV association exists, to determine its relationship to certain age groups or specific histologic subtypes of HD; and finally to establish whether such association follows patterns seen in developing or developed countries. METHODS: We have examined 64 cases of HD diagnosed in 2 major medical centers in Jordan for evidence of EBV association. We used …

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Clinical Isolates Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Asma M. Al-Jasser, Noura A. Elkhizzi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of resistance to the widely used antipseudomonal antibiotics in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). METHODS: The microbiology database of all clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa at the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from January 1999 to December 1999 was reviewed. The antimicrobial susceptibilities were determined by a standardized method. RESULTS: Seven hundred and four P. aeruginosa isolates were tested. These strains were commonly isolated from surgical patients followed by intensive care units. Respiratory tract was the most common source of isolation. The antibiotic susceptibility rates were as follows: ciprofloxacin 92.2%, …

Comments On The Gonotyl Of Proctocaecum Macroclemidis (Tkach And Snyder, 2003) N. Comb. (Digenea: Acanthostomidae: Acanthostominae), With A Key To The Genera Of Acanthostominae And New Phylogenetic Tree For Proctocaecum Baugh, 1957, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The species recently described as Acanthostomum macroclemidis possesses the gonotyl in the form of a solid muscular pad uniquely diagnostic for species of Proctocaecum and is accordingly transferred to that genus. An artificial key to the 5 acanthostomine genera, as well as an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the 10 known species of Proctocaecum, based on 11 characters and including 2 species described since the last phylogenetic analysis, are presented. The single most parsimonious phylogenetic tree with a consistency index of 87.5% suggests that Proctocaecum originated in Africa and spread to North America and South America before the breakup of …

Torquatoides Trogoni N. Sp. And Excisa Ramphastina N. Sp. (Nematoda: Habronematoidea: Habronematidae) In Birds From The Área De Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Luping Zhang, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Two new species of habronematid nematodes are described in birds from the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Torquatoides trogoni n. sp., in Trogon massena, can be distinguished from T. torquata, T. bengalensis, and T. crotophaga in lacking lateral alae. Among species lacking lateral alae, the new species differs from T. balanocephala in having 14 versus 8-10 cephalic cuticular plaques, 21-22 versus 13-17 pairs of preanal papillae, and a beak-shaped versus U-shaped gubernaculum. The new species differs from T. singhi in body length, in having 21-22 versus 10 pairs of precloacal papillae, longer spicules, and larger eggs. …

Nutrition Education For Persons With Disabilities, Jada A. Miller

Masters Theses

This study provides descriptive information about the dietary knowledge and intake of community-based young adults who have been diagnosed with a number of disabilities. A nutrition education curriculum was implemented for the Experimental group (N=9) and at a later date for the Delayed Intervention group (N=9). Results indicated that the three-week nutrition education curriculum produced moderate improvement in participants' nutritional knowledge and moderate improvement in nutritional value of foods chosen from a menu. However, the intervention proved to have a negligible effect on the nutritional value of foods consumed within this population of individuals.

Based on the results of this …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 3, June 2004

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 53, Number 3, June 2004 Robert L. Barchi MD PhD Is Named President of Thomas Jefferson University; Page 4 The Importance of Mentors: David's Story by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75; Page 6 The Center for Human Virology: Confronting the Whole Spectrum of Epidemics; Page 8 Jefferson Selected to Develop Response to Bioterrorism; Page 10 Four Students Win AOA Community Service Award; Page 11 Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan; Page 12 New Book about the Nationally Recognized Physician Shortage Area Program; Page 16

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Associated With Cytomegalovirus Infection In A Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus., Muhammad Irfan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, S.J. Husain

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Frequency Of Isolation And Trends In Antibiotic Resistance Among Campylobacter Isolates Over 11 Year Period, N G. Ibrahim, Afia Zafar, Rumina Hasan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective:
To analyze frequency of isolation and trends in antibiotic resistance among Campylobacter isolates over 11 year period in Microbiology Laboratory, Aga Khan University from the year 1992-2002.
Methods:
Total 52,777 stool specimens were processed during the study period. Enteric pathogens isolated from 8,483 stool samples were further analyzed for frequency of isolation and antimicrobial resistance. Statistical Analysis was done by using descriptive statistics of SPSS version 10. Values were expressed as percentages, mean and rates.
Results:
Campylobacter species were third in frequency of isolation with an isolation rate of 24.8%. C. jejuni was the predominant pathogen followed by C.coli. …

May 31, 2004 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Particle Size Dependence On Immobilized Molecular Sensors : Assay Of Nucleic Acid Probes Attached To Paramagnetic Particles, Celin Sunny

Theses

Nanotechnology is concerned with materials and systems whose structure and components exhibit novel and significantly improved physical, chemical and biological properties, phenomena and processes due to their nano scale size.

The transition from micro scale to nano scale leads to a number of changes in physical properties, possibly including new physical principles, some of which may be yet to be discovered. One of the major factors in this is the increase in ratio of surface area to volume.

This thesis research uses the increase in ratio of surface area to volume property of going from macro to micro to nano …

Volume 41, Number 38: May 28, 2004, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Seasonal Analyses Of Air Pollution And Mortality In 100 U.S. Cities, Roger D. Peng, Francesca Dominici, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Scott L. Zeger, Jonathan M. Samet

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Time series models relating short-term changes in air pollution levels to daily mortality counts typically assume that the effects of air pollution on the log relative rate of mortality do not vary with time. However, these short-term effects might plausibly vary by season. Changes in the sources of air pollution and meteorology can result in changes in characteristics of the air pollution mixture across seasons. The authors develop Bayesian semi-parametric hierarchical models for estimating time-varying effects of pollution on mortality in multi-site time series studies. The methods are applied to the updated National Morbidity and Mortality Air Pollution Study database …

May 24, 2004 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Multiple Signal Transducers And Activators Of Transcription Are Induced By Ebv Lmp-1, Luwen Zhang, Ke Hong, Jun Zhang, Joseph S. Pagano

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein 1 (LMP-1) is required for EBV immortalization of primary B cells in vitro. Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) play a pivotal role in the initiation and maintenance of certain cancers. STAT proteins, especially STAT-1, -3, and -5, are persistently tyrosine phosphorylated or activated in many cancers. We show here that EBV-infected type III latency cells, in which the EBV oncoprotein, LMP-1 is expressed, express high levels of four STATs (STAT-1, -2, -3, and -5A) and that LMP-1 is responsible for the induction of three (STAT-1, -2, and -3). In addition, the C-terminal …

Rabies In Newfoundland & Labrador

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Rabies is a deadly viral disease of the brain spread by the bite of infected mammals. It is most commonly seen in red or arctic foxes in this province though other wild animals such as bats may carry the disease. Sick foxes can bite other foxes, dogs, cats, wolves, caribou, other animals and people and make them sick. Once bitten by an animal with rabies it can take from two weeks to six months before the animal shows signs of the disease. Though uncommon, this period can be as short as 4 days or as long as a year or …

May 17, 2004 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

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BJC Today

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The Four Hundred Twenty-Fifth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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The Four Hundred Twenty-Fourth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Centre Canadian Cooperatif De La Sante De La Faune, Rapport Annuel 2003-2004 (French)

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

À propos du CCCSF
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Surveillance des maladies de la faune
Surveillance des maladies de la faune - Points saillants en 2003
Centre technologique d'information du CCCSF
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Réponse aux maladies de la faune et gestion des maladies
Publications et rapports
Rapport financier 2003-2004 - Revenus
Rapport financier 2003-2004 - Dépenses
Personnel et associés du Centre Canadian coopératif de la santé de la faune 2003-2004
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