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Endeavors 2003-04

Endeavors: Highlights of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Research Division Research

CONTENTS:

ARD shares discoveries with citizens statewide
Building herbicide resistance into broadleaf crops
Carbon sequestration research points to storage potential
Identifying important genes could lead to controls for dangerous Listeria bacteria
Better understanding selenium’s benefits
A clearer look at root pests’ noshing habits
Vitamin may have role in preventing cancer
New tool helps check buffer strips’ effectiveness
Pinpointing genetic key to sterile plants
Major study yields info to enhance child care
Findings help protect allergic consumers
Insecticide resistance offers clues to controls
Making the most of bromegrass pastures
WeedSOFT takes guesswork out of weed control
New E. coli controls showing …

Hungry, Hungry Hippa: When Privacy Regulations Go Too Far, Meredith Kapushion

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Comment explores the constructs and consequences of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966 (“HIPAA”). HIPPA imposes considerable regulatory burdens on health care organizations in the hope that strict administration and control of information will prevent both real and perceived injuries from unauthorized and unwanted scrutiny of personal health data. In outlining the nature of HIPPA, the author presents what in her view are the Act’s shortcomings – HIPPA’s high costs, questionable benefits, and numerous economic, legal, and administrative consequences. As a result, the author presents alternatives to HIPPA that are less intrusive but still address the …

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 26, No. 4, Summer 2004, 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.

Office Of Research And Graduate Studies -- Annual Report 2003-2004

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

Contents
Science and Engineering page
Recombinant Bandage 02
Advanced Computing, Everyday Life 04
Software Engineering 05
Silicon Nanotubes. 06
Nutritional Genomics and Nanomaterials. 08
Genetics of Virulence 09
Rapid PCR Device. 10
Selenium, Cancer and Aging 12
Education
Math in the Middle Institute. 14
Project Fulcrum 16
School Readiness for Parents 17
Behavioral Science
Assessing Threatening Behavior 18
Family Dynamics of Infertility 19
Arts & Humanities
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains 20
Global Politics 22
Sculpture Conservation. 22
Commission with Philip Glass 23
Rising Stars page
Luminescence. 24
Giant Thunderstorms 24
Debugging Software 25
Technology Development
Robotic Traffic Barrels 26 …

2004 Annual Report, The Jackson Laboratory

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Department Of Veterinary And Biomedical Sciences 2004 Annual Report

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Information and History

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Personnel
VBMS Teaching Program
VBMS Research Program
International Activities, 2004
Veterinary Extension Program. 2004
VBMS Grants and Contracts Program. 2004
Refereed Publications by VBMS Faculty in 2004
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. Selected Committees, Editorial and Other Appointments. 2004
Articles Regarding the Department in 2004
Departmental Budget Summaries. 2004
Nebraska Agricultural Statistics. 2003/2004

Primaquine Therapy For Malaria, J. Kevin Baird, Stephen L. Hoffman

United States Public Health Resources

Primaquine is the only available drug for preventing relapse of malaria, and confusion surrounds its use. This review examines the wide range of clinical applications of primaquine described in the medical literature between 1946 and 2004. The risk of relapse of Plasmodium vivax malaria without primaquine therapy ranged from 5% to 80% or more, depending largely upon geographic location. Supervision of therapy profoundly impacts the risk of relapse, and almost all reports of malaria resistant to primaquine are associated with lack of such supervision. We nonetheless suspect that there is widespread resistance to the standard course of primaquine therapy, which …

West Nile Virus Blood Transfusion-Related Infection Despite Nucleic Acid Testing, Alexandre Macedo De Oliveira, Brady D. Beecham, Susan P. Montgomery, Robert S. Lanciotti, Jeffrey M. Linnen, Cristina Giachetti, Larry A. Pietrelli, Susan L. Stramer, Thomas J. Safranek

United States Public Health Resources

BACKGROUND: A case of West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis associated with transfusion of blood that did not react when tested for WNV by minipool (MP) nucleic acid testing (NAT) is described. A Nebraska man developed clinical encephalitis 13 days after surgery and transfusion of 26 blood components. Antibody testing confirmed WNV infection. An investigation was initiated to determine the source of this infection.

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The patient’s family members were interviewed to identify risk factors for WNV infection. Residual samples were retested for WNV RNA using transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) assay and two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. …

Washington University Magazine, Fall 2004

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Research Annual Report 2003, Children's Mercy Hospital

Research Annual Reports

Annual report of the research at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City MO, a pediatric medical center.

Scwds Briefs: Volume 19, Number 4 (January 2004)

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

• A highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus (H5N1) recently has been reported among domestic poultry in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. This virus also has been responsible for 23 confirmed human cases, including 18 deaths.
• U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced a “presumptive positive” case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow from the state of Washington.—Report on completed investigation.
• Proposed Rule in the Federal Register regarding a chronic wasting disease (CWD) herd certification program and interstate shipping requirements for captive deer and elk.
• Another BIG Year for …

Ippp Um Research Bulletin, Volume 4, Number 1, 2004, Institute Of Research Management & Monitoring University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2000s)

Now, known as UMR Bulletin

Ippp Um Research Bulletin, Volume 4, Number 2, 2004, Institute Of Research Management & Monitoring University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2000s)

No abstract provided.

In Defense Of The 'Old' Public Health: The Legal Framework For The Regulation Of Public Health, Richard A. Epstein

Articles

The traditional forms of public health law were directed largely toward communicable diseases and other externalities, such as pollution, with negative health impacts. The more modern view treats any health issue as one of public health so long as it affects large numbers of individuals, and this definition includes such matters as obesity and diabetes. This paper examines the historical and constitutional evolution of the public health principle as it moved from the narrower to the broader conception. It then argues that the narrower principle better defines the appropriate scope of coercive government intervention than the broader definition, which could …

Unequal Access: The Crisis Of Health Care Inequality For Low-Income African-American Residents Of The District Of Columbia, Robyn Whipple Diaz

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Good Medicine: How Wit And Guile Saved The School Of Medicine At The University Of North Dakota: 2004, Tom Clifford, Robert Eelkema, Patrick A. Mcguire

UND Publications

From back cover: "This is the story-often inspiring, sometimes hilarious, occasionally outrageous-of the unsung men and women who proved the naysayers wrong and brought high-quality, home-grown medical care to North Dakota."

Published in 2004, Good Medicine: How Wit and Guile Saved the School of Medicine at the University of North Dakota, tells the story of the transition of the UND School of Medicine from a two year to a four year program.

Abortion Rights In The United States And Taiwan, David Sho-Chao Hung

Chicago-Kent Journal of International and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

International Legal Updates, Swati Rawani, Sabrina Balgamwalla

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Occupational Risk: The Outrageous Reaction To Hiv Positive Public Safety And Health Care Employees In The Workplace, Manju Gupta

Journal of Law and Health

Society, including the legal profession, fears the risk of transmission of HIV in an occupational setting. This is particularly true for those in the health care and public safety settings (fire fighters, police, and healthcare practitioners). This note will assert that the law should afford HIV infected public safety and healthcare employees the right to continue in their occupations. According to current medical evidence, when public safety and healthcare employees use universal precautions the risk of transmission to a person(s) assisted is insignificant. At the beginning of the epidemic, the medical profession had yet to conduct research, and the risks …

Kids Count: State Of The Child In Tennessee, 2004, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Kids Count/State of the Child in Tennessee Reports

This report provides an overview of information on healthy infants, children and teens; child/teen well-being; education; economic security; and demographics.

Surveillance For Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks Associated With Drinking Water--United States, 2001-2002, Brian G. Blackburn, Gunther F. Craun, Jonathan S. Yoder, Vincent Hill, Rebecca L. Calderon, Nora Chen, Sherline H. Lee, Deborah A. Levy, Michael J. Beach

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

PROBLEM/CONDITION: Since 1971, CDC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists have maintained a collaborative surveillance system for collecting and periodically reporting data related to occurrences and causes of waterborne-disease outbreaks (WBDOs). This surveillance system is the primary source of data concerning the scope and effects of waterborne disease outbreaks on persons in the United States.

REPORTING PERIOD COVERED: This summary includes data on WBDOs associated with drinking water that occurred during January 2001-December 2002 and on three previously unreported outbreaks that occurred during 2000.

DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM: Public health departments in the states, …

Roles For The E3 Ligase Itch In Immune Response Modulation, Sukhvinder Kaur Sahota

Student Theses and Dissertations

Cloning of the inversion breakpoints in the agouti mutant strain a has implicated the E3 ligase Itch in the spontaneous inflammation that occurs in these mice. 1 RH Anaylsis of a mice suggests that the inflammatory disease is due to a dysregulated T helper type-2 immune response. In order to verify the importance of Itch inactivation in the spontaneous inflammation of a mice and to determine which cell type is responsible for the pathology, the Itch gene has been targeted for conditional deletion in mice using the Cre-loxP system. The results presented in this thesis provide the first direct evidence …

Easing The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Restricting The Creation Of Duty Through An Implied Doctor-Patient Relationship, J. Gregory Lennon

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

New Strategies For Prisoner Rehabilitation In The American Criminal Justice System: Prisoner Facilitated Mediation, Jeremy Coylewright

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Leaving Wildlife Out Of National Wildlife Refuges: The Irony Of Wyoming V. United States, Stanley Fields

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Demographic Variables And Levels Of Stress In Law Enforcement Officers, Kathleen M. Jansen

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Employment in a law enforcement profession exposes an individual to potential stressors not experienced in most other professions. Sporadic efforts have been made to design stress management programs to assist officers in coping with the demands of their jobs. Much of the previous research on law enforcement stress has focused on examining the effectiveness of various coping skills; however, the training has focused on teaching a healthy lifestyle. This study seeks to add to the existing research by examining what elements of the job are perceived as the most stressful and what demographic variables, if any, may influence an individual's …

Commentary: Teratology In The 20th Century Environmental Causes Of Congenital Malformations In Humans And How They Were Established By Harold Kalter, Robert L. Brent

The Selected Works of Robert Brent

No abstract

Download Full Pdf Issue-Jefferson Translations-Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 2004

Jefferson Translations

This issue includes the new Center for Translational Medicine, meet Dr. Walter Koch, medical oncology grows under Dr. Flomenberg, biodefense at Jefferson, Technology Transfer gives Jeff ideas broader access and the 125th gala honoring Dr. Bernard Segal.

Talk Is Cheap: Getting Serious About Preventing Child Soldiers, P. W. Singer

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Uab Magazine - Spring 2004, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

No abstract provided.