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Blue-Green Algae Poisoning, Cooperative Extension Service Jan 2006

Blue-Green Algae Poisoning, Cooperative Extension Service

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

“Scums” of blue-green algae may occur in stagnant ponds or dugouts following hot, dry, calm days. Animals may die suddenly (within minutes) after drinking water heavily contaminated with this scum. Blue-green algae (also called Cyanobacteria) occur naturally in many ponds. There are a number of different species: Some are harmless; some form toxins that affect the nervous system; others produce toxins that affect mainly the liver.

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La Economía En El Suministro De Granos De Destilería En El Ganado Lechero, Alvaro Garcia, Gary Taylor Jan 2006

La Economía En El Suministro De Granos De Destilería En El Ganado Lechero, Alvaro Garcia, Gary Taylor

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Los productores lecheros necesitan información confiable antes de comprar alimentos específicos. Junto con el precio de un alimento es muy importante tener un análisis completo del mismo así como una estimación de su contenido energético. El método del costo/nutrients puede usarse para evaluar la economía del uso de los granos de destilería comparados con otros alimentos.

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Risk-Sensitive Foraging In Humans Budgeting Time: Correlated With Real-World Financial Situation, Stephanie Carsten Kucera Jan 2006

Risk-Sensitive Foraging In Humans Budgeting Time: Correlated With Real-World Financial Situation, Stephanie Carsten Kucera

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Foraging theory has been studied extensively in non-human animals. Using models developed through animal-study, researchers have recently begun to examine how humans make decisions with regard to resource-expenditure. Using a computer-based task, the proposed study investigated risk-sensitive decision-making, in humans. Participants were asked to "spend" a most valuable resource, time, in order to complete a computer-based task. Participants were asked to choose between two computer-generated selection boxes, each yielding a different delay-value. However, participants were given different feedback as to how each session progressed (i.e. whether ahead or behind) depending on the budget condition to which he was assigned. It …

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Nomad School, Laura Penelope Baquero Jan 2006

Nomad School, Laura Penelope Baquero

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Baquero, Laura, M.A., Autumn 2006 Fine Arts A Journey of Self Transformation Dr. James Kriley Dr. Randy Bolton As a result of social and family expectations I was pushed to pursue a lifestyle where my passion and talent for the Arts did not have a place. Nomad School is a personal and artistic research project in which I took a life changing experience of living in a nomad community, to develop a body of work that would tell the story of my personal transformation into the artist that I always wanted to be. I used journals and sketchbooks as my …

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Humorous Contraptions, Silly People & Optimism, Karen Slobod Jan 2006

Humorous Contraptions, Silly People & Optimism, Karen Slobod

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Comparison Of The Variation Between Asce Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration And Potential Evaporation In Oregon, Chad M. Cary Jan 2006

Comparison Of The Variation Between Asce Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration And Potential Evaporation In Oregon, Chad M. Cary

Dissertations and Theses

Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important input in terrestrial water balance equations used in modeling streamflow. Good ET estimates are critical to producing reasonable seasonal and annual streamflow predictions. Due to the lack of sufficient instruments to directly measure ET, researchers have developed numerous empirical equations that use climatic variables to estimate this element. Based on studies over the last 50 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has standardized the calculation of evapotranspiration with the Penman-Monteith equation. Using the ASCE Penman-Monteith equation, this study compares reference ET (ET0) estimates to potential evaporation (PE) generated from a study …

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Foreign Relations As A Matter Of Interpretation: The Use And Abuse Of Charming Betsy, Roger P. Alford Jan 2006

Foreign Relations As A Matter Of Interpretation: The Use And Abuse Of Charming Betsy, Roger P. Alford

Journal Articles

Charming Betsy is a canon of construction that construes legislative enactments consistent with the law of nations. This canon promotes the passive virtue of avoiding constitutional problems by eschewing potential international law violations through statutory interpretation, thereby enhancing the United States' performance in foreign affairs. As a rule of separation of powers, Charming Betsy helps explain how foreign relations concerns clarify the scope of legislative, executive, and judicial authority. But when advocates contend that the Constitution likewise should be read through the lens of Charming Betsy, they abuse the doctrine by ignoring its purpose. While structural guarantees that relate to …

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Feeding Soy Hulls And Dried Distillers Grain With Solubles To Sheep, Jeff Held Jan 2006

Feeding Soy Hulls And Dried Distillers Grain With Solubles To Sheep, Jeff Held

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Co-products from corn and soybean processing industries can be excellent sources of nutrients for livestock. With the growth of ethanol production from corn and increasing number of soybeans processed in the Upper Midwest, livestock producers have many nutrient-dense coproduct feed resources readily available. In the Upper Midwest distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) derived from ethanol production and soybean hulls (SH) from soybean processing have created the greatest interest to sheep producers.

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Oilseed Crops In Beef Cattle Rations, Julie Walker Jan 2006

Oilseed Crops In Beef Cattle Rations, Julie Walker

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Oilseed crops are produced throughout South Dakota for human consumption. However, when unpredictable environments create immature, frost-damaged, or otherwise poor quality oilseeds unfit for human consumption or if market prices are low, feeding livestock is an alternative outlet for oilseed crops. Meals produced from the processing of these crops have been used for years in livestock rations; however, the unprocessed whole seed is the primary focus here.

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Nitrate Poisoning Of Livestock Causes And Prevention, Lester R. Vough, E. Kim Cassel, Scott M. Barao Jan 2006

Nitrate Poisoning Of Livestock Causes And Prevention, Lester R. Vough, E. Kim Cassel, Scott M. Barao

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Nitrate poisoning is generally caused when animals eat too much forage that is high in nitrates not changed to protein in the plant. Poisoning can also happen when animals eat too much urea or nitrogen fertilizer spilled in the field or left where the animals can find it. Nitrate fertilizer is palatable, especially to cattle.

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Prussic Acid Poisoning Of Livestock: Causes And Prevention, Lester R. Vough, E. Kim Cassel Jan 2006

Prussic Acid Poisoning Of Livestock: Causes And Prevention, Lester R. Vough, E. Kim Cassel

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

What Is Prussic Acid? Sudangrass, sorghum, and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are among a group of plants that produce cyanide, which can poison livestock under certain conditions. Also included in this group of plants are johnsongrass, chokecherry, and black cherry. These plants produce cyanogenic glycosides during their growing stage. Glycosides are compounds containing a carbohydrate (sugar) and a noncarbohydrate residue in the same molecule. They decompose (breakdown) into glucose sugar and noncarbohydrate residue by hydrolysis (addition of water) as a result of enzymatic action. In cyanogenic plants this decomposition frees the cyanide from its chemical bond, and it becomes toxic hydrocyanic acid, …

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Alternative Forages For Dairy Cattle: Soybeans And Sunflowers, Alvaro Garcia Jan 2006

Alternative Forages For Dairy Cattle: Soybeans And Sunflowers, Alvaro Garcia

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Oilseed crops such as soybeans and sunflowers may be harvested for forage when you have decided that dry conditions have shrunk their oilseed yield below your economic threshold for seed harvest or when you face a shortage of roughage. These alternative forages can help stretch your usual forages, whose yield most likely is also compromised under dry conditions. How you will harvest alternative crops for forage depends on the individual crop and its stage of maturity.

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Dealing With Heat Stress In Dairy Cows, Alvaro Garcia Jan 2006

Dealing With Heat Stress In Dairy Cows, Alvaro Garcia

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Alleviating heat stress is critical to milk production. Heat stress from high environmental temperatures can be compounded by mistakes in managing and feeding the cows. Water is your first concern during periods of high temperatures. Water physical properties—heat conductivity and latent heat of vaporization—help transfer heat from the body of the animal to the environment.

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Short On Feed? Should You … Move The Feed To The Livestock, Or The Livestock To The Feed?, Martin K. Beutler Jan 2006

Short On Feed? Should You … Move The Feed To The Livestock, Or The Livestock To The Feed?, Martin K. Beutler

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

With drought severely curtailing pasture and hay production over much of South Dakota, many ranchers are faced with either buying feed or moving their livestock to feed if they want to retain ownership of their animals. Which alternative to choose depends on the economics of the alternatives. This Extension Extra provides a worksheet for you to evaluate your particular situation. The first step is to determine the cost of putting purchased feed in the feedbunk. This is the sum of the (1) purchase cost of the feed, (2) shipping costs, (3) opportunity cost of labor in feeding and caring for …

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The Federal Criminal "Code" Is A Disgrace: Obstruction Statutes As Case Study, Julie R. O'Sullivan Jan 2006

The Federal Criminal "Code" Is A Disgrace: Obstruction Statutes As Case Study, Julie R. O'Sullivan

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Any discussion of federal penal law must begin with an important caveat: There actually is no federal criminal "code" worthy of the name. A criminal code is defined as "'a systematic collection, compendium, or revision' of laws." What the federal government has is a haphazard grab-bag of statutes accumulated over 200 years, rather than a comprehensive, thoughtful, and internally consistent system of criminal law. In fact, the federal government has never had a true criminal code. The closest Congress has come to enacting a code was its creation of Title 18 of the United States Code in 1948. That "exercise, …

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War By Proxy: Legal And Moral Duties Of Other Actors Derived From Government Affiliation, Michael A. Newton Jan 2006

War By Proxy: Legal And Moral Duties Of Other Actors Derived From Government Affiliation, Michael A. Newton

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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For Human Borders: Two Decades Of Death And Illegal Activity In The Sonoran Desert, Daniel A. Scharf Jan 2006

For Human Borders: Two Decades Of Death And Illegal Activity In The Sonoran Desert, Daniel A. Scharf

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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Life's Golden Tree: Emprcal Scholarship And American Law, Carl E. Schneider, Lee E. Teitelbaum Jan 2006

Life's Golden Tree: Emprcal Scholarship And American Law, Carl E. Schneider, Lee E. Teitelbaum

Utah Law Review

I have tried to let this article reflect the qualities that made Dean Teitelbaum so distinguished in his calling. He was an irresistible teacher, an influential scholar, a solicitous colleague, a superb dean. He succeeded in those things because he turned all his intelligence and energy on them. More, he was attentive to the human beings around him. Not just to his students, colleagues, and staff, but to the people-the individual human beings-who lived under the law he studied. Dean Teitelbaum wrote about theory, but he thought about people.

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The Temporally Extended Family & Self-Control: An Essay For Lee E. Teitelbaum, Manuel A. Utset Jan 2006

The Temporally Extended Family & Self-Control: An Essay For Lee E. Teitelbaum, Manuel A. Utset

Utah Law Review

History could, he thought, help us move away from that version ofreality, and consider detailed questions. "Historical and sociological work may help us consider whether, if divorce was rare, marital breakdown was also rare, and whether acceptance ofthe 'family ideal' entailed the masking ofbehaviors that we now call domestic abuse.,,158 "History from any disciplinary source has a further important function," he said, "as a prophylaxis against nostalgia."159 This Essay on Painter v. Bannister, reading this case as a marker on the shape of the family, does not intend to describe a golden age, but rather to show the simplifications that …

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Children's Rights And The Problem Of Equal Respect, Lee E. Teitelbaum Jan 2006

Children's Rights And The Problem Of Equal Respect, Lee E. Teitelbaum

Utah Law Review

Few areas present more difficult problems than does the definition of the rights of children and parents and the authority of the state regarding their conduct. Conceptualizations and organizations that serve perfectly well in talking about other areas of human rights break down swiftly and badly in this context. The difficulty of applying traditional theory to family relationships led Professor Fried to observe that "[c]ertain moral phenomena are peculiarly elusive,,,l and most other writings in the area would at least implicitly confrrm his assessment of the rights of family members.2 American courts, in particular the Supreme Court, have also recognized …

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Spousal Rights Or Spousal Crimes: Where And When Are The Lines To Be Drawn?, John M. Leventhal Jan 2006

Spousal Rights Or Spousal Crimes: Where And When Are The Lines To Be Drawn?, John M. Leventhal

Utah Law Review

The law governing spousal relationships has been unequal historically. Under the common law, a husband could not be convicted of beating his wife. The man was the master of his house and his wife was unable to own her own property or enter into contracts without the husband's permission. Although women were later permitted to own property individually or jointly with their husbands, through the application of the principle of legal unity between husband and wife and the accompanying legal rights of the husband in the property of the wife, spouses were unable to commit crimes against one another's property.

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Articulating Trade-Offs: The Political Economy Of State Action Immunity, Hillary Greene Jan 2006

Articulating Trade-Offs: The Political Economy Of State Action Immunity, Hillary Greene

Utah Law Review

Antitrust uses economic analysis to assess various trade-offs involving efficiency. Even assuming that a competition matter implicates purely economic matters it can be exceedingly difficult to determine and measure all the relevant factors, assign them proper weights, decide on the appropriate time frames, assess the pertinent interactions, and conduct the trade-off calculations. Not surprisingly, different members of the antitrust community often take vastly differing positions regarding the economic consequences of a particular antitrust doctrine as well as the significance of those consequences. When potentially anticompetitive conduct occurs in the context of state regulation, the challenge to achieving a sensible accommodation …

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Articulating Trade-Offs: The Political Economy Of State Action Immunity, Hillary Greene Jan 2006

Articulating Trade-Offs: The Political Economy Of State Action Immunity, Hillary Greene

Utah Law Review

Antitrust uses economic analysis to assess various trade-offs involving efficiency. Even assuming that a competition matter implicates purely economic matters it can be exceedingly difficult to determine and measure all the relevant factors, assign them proper weights, decide on the appropriate time frames, assess the pertinent interactions, and conduct the trade-off calculations. Not surprisingly, different members of the antitrust community often take vastly differing positions regarding the economic consequences of a particular antitrust doctrine as well as the significance of those consequences. When potentially anticompetitive conduct occurs in the context of state regulation, the challenge to achieving a sensible accommodation …

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Modulation Of The Health Status Of Ornamental Fish By Stress And Dietary Immuno-Stimulants, Stuart Maudling Jan 2006

Modulation Of The Health Status Of Ornamental Fish By Stress And Dietary Immuno-Stimulants, Stuart Maudling

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Three trials were conducted to investigate the effects of dietary immuno-stimulant supplementation on various physiological, haematological and immunological parameters of ornamental fish following stress and vaccination. The first series of experiments investigated the mucosal stress response of mirror carp, (Cyprinus carpio), using urinalysis strips and established stress indicators within peripheral blood. A netting stressor, which combined aerial exposure and confinement, of 6 minutes duration was applied and the response of fish was measured 1.5, 3, 5, 24 and 168 hours post-stress. Mucosal haemoglobin and protein were established as consistent indicators of stress and strong relationships could be drawn between them …

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Identification Of Structural And Antigenic Components Of Bacillus Anthracis Spores And Their Application To Rapid Detection Using Biosensors, Tracey Elizabeth Love Jan 2006

Identification Of Structural And Antigenic Components Of Bacillus Anthracis Spores And Their Application To Rapid Detection Using Biosensors, Tracey Elizabeth Love

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The work presented in this thesis describes a rational design approach to the rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis spores. A range of assay formats are available for detection of B. anthracis, however none fulfil the criteria of speed, sensitivity or specificity. Optical biosensors have shown promise for the near real time detection of low molecular weight analytes, although exploitation of these systems for bacterial detection has been restricted due to a comparative lack of sensitivity. Electroporation was unsuitable as a disruption method for immunoassay based techniques, whereas preliminary experiments suggested sonication could be utilised. A novel tubular sonicator designed to …

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Quantifying Inhabitation, Feeding And Connectivity Between Adjacent Estuarine And Coastal Regions For Three Commercially Important Marine Fishes, Christopher Douglas Bazett Leakey Jan 2006

Quantifying Inhabitation, Feeding And Connectivity Between Adjacent Estuarine And Coastal Regions For Three Commercially Important Marine Fishes, Christopher Douglas Bazett Leakey

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

1. Estuaries are regarded as valuable nursery habitats for many commercially important marine fishes. Recruitment of fish from estuarine nursery habitats to adult marine populations is considered important for maintenance of fishable stocks, but most evidence for this is qualitative. Effective and timely implementation of estuarine conservation and fisheries management plans may be aided by quantitative assessment of this habitat connectivity. 2. This thesis reports upon the quantification of inhabitation, feeding and connectivity between adjacent estuarine and coastal regions for Common sole (Solea solea), European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and Whiting (Merlangius merlangus). Sample collection was focused in the Thames …

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The Potential Use Of (1→3, 1→4)-Β-D-Glucan From Barley As A Functional Food Ingredient For Cereal Foods, Louise Jane Cleary Jan 2006

The Potential Use Of (1→3, 1→4)-Β-D-Glucan From Barley As A Functional Food Ingredient For Cereal Foods, Louise Jane Cleary

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The health related importance of dietary fibre as part of a balanced diet is well known. More recently, soluble fibres, such as (1→3, 1→4)-β-D-glucan (β-glucan), have been shown to influence glycaemic, insulin and cholesterol responses to foods. Barley is a rich source of β-glucan; however, consumption of products containing barley grain or flour is often limited by their negative organoleptic quality. A potential solution lies in the use of barley as an extraction source for β-glucan fractions. One problem with regards to this is the lack of clarity on the use of barley β-glucan fractions in food systems, particularly their …

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The Americans With Disabilities Act And How It Affects Post-Secondary Education, Annette Louise Beck Jan 2006

The Americans With Disabilities Act And How It Affects Post-Secondary Education, Annette Louise Beck

Graduate Research Papers

The Americans with Disabilities Act and how it affects post-secondary education is what this literature review addresses. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination against someone with a disability in places of employment and public places. In 1973, the United States Congress passed Section 504 and The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was passed in 1990. Both helped solidify regulations regarding discrimination by any entity that receives federal funding including educational institutions. The law requires employers or schools to make a change or adjustment in a work or educational setting, program, or job that makes it …

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El Daño Térmico En El Ensilaje De Alfalfa, Alvaro Garcia Jan 2006

El Daño Térmico En El Ensilaje De Alfalfa, Alvaro Garcia

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

La diferencia en la maduración del cultivo, el clima, las prácticas de cosecha, el almacenaje y las instalaciones, son factores que afectan la preservación exitosa del ensilaje de alfalfa. El ensilaje es en esencia un proceso destructivo ya que se pierden nutrientes a través de cambios químicos. El valor alimenticio del ensilaje de alfalfa siempre va a ser inferior que el del forraje original y las prácticas de manejo que se utilicen van a determinar la extensión de esas pérdidas. Las pérdidas del forraje fresco al alimento ensilado se originan a partir de una o más de las siguientes: de …

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Tamaño De Partícula Y Fibra Efectiva En La Dieta De Las Vacas Lecheras, Alvaro Garcia, Kenneth Kalscheur Jan 2006

Tamaño De Partícula Y Fibra Efectiva En La Dieta De Las Vacas Lecheras, Alvaro Garcia, Kenneth Kalscheur

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Cuando la vaca pastorea o ingiere forraje picado la masticación inicial es limitada completándose más tarde durante el período de la rumia. La rumia es el proceso por el cual los contenidos del rumen son completamente mezclados y adónde las partículas más grandes y menos digeridas son re-dirigidas hacia arriba, regurgitadas, masticadas y tragadas nuevamente. Este proceso se repite una y otra vez hasta que las partículas alcanzan un tamaño lo suficientemente pequeño y un área de superficie relativamente grande que permite a las bacterias y protozoarios del rumen digerirlas más eficientemente. Llegado el momento las partículas de alimento abandonan …

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