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Indiana Wildlife Disease News, Volume 1, Issue 3 -- July 2006

Indiana Wildlife Disease News

Special points of interest:
• Special Issue on rabies
• Oral rabies vaccination zone
• Update - avian influenza surveillance in wild birds in Indiana
• Indiana Rabies Task Force
• An update on wildlife disease in Indiana and surrounding states

Inside this issue:
Oral Rabies Vaccination 2
Mechanics of a Rabies Infection 2
Rabies in Indiana 3 Submitting Animals for Testing 4
AI Update Avian Botulism 5
Canine Distemper 5
Indiana Rabies Task Force 6

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, July 19, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

July

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New Study Compares Beach Water Quality Monitoring Technologies, Dolores Leonard

Media Relations

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Prospectus, July 19. 2006, Porcha Clark

Prospectus 2006

No abstract provided.

Involving Citizens In Watershed Management: The Arizona Master Steward Watershed Program, Robert M. Emanuel, George Zaimes

2006

Arizona faces many complicated water resource issues including: groundwater overdraft; nonpoint source pollution; population growth; and water use conflicts. The Arizona Master Watershed Steward (MWS) Program is designed to prepare, educate and train volunteers who can provide knowledge, leadership, and service in the protection and monitoring of local watersheds. The first MWS training course was presented in Prescott, Arizona in fall of 2001, and expanded in 2002 and 2003. The training course has 10 four-hour sessions and two daylong field trips. Topics covered are: hydrology; climate; geologic processes; ecology; human impacts; water quality; land uses; geospatial tools; water law, and …

Cost Comparisons Of Water Treatment Systems To Improve Water Quality For Municipal Use, Lal K. Almas

2006

Drinking water quality is the key factor for sustainability of life and well being of the human population. The quality of water in Texas High Plains generally is suitable for irrigation but doesn’t meet the drinking water standards with respect to certain dissolved constituents (dissolved solids/salinity, fluorides, chlorides and sulfate). Water treatment systems are costly and local communities have financial limitation to afford the required technology. Affordable water treatment facilities with low operating costs are needed to be introduced with an aim to implement cost effective solutions to water management problems. This study focuses on comparing operating costs and cost …

Sustainable Policy Design Through Integrated Basin Models: Findings From The Rio Grande, Frank A. Ward Et Al.

2006

In the Rio Grande Basin, water is over-appropriated, and demands for water grow while supplies are constrained by drought and climate change. The Basin is currently in its seventh year of drought, and reservoirs are at historically low levels. Agricultural and municipal river diversions have been sharply curtailed; low flows threaten endangered species. A central policy challenge is the design and implementation of plans that allocate the Basin's water supplies efficiently, fairly, and sustainably. Such plans are complicated by the demands of existing water users, potential new users, three state governments, and two sovereign nations. These challenges are addressed by …

Texas 50-Year Water Plans, John B. Ashworth

2006

More than any other natural resource, water holds the key to our future. Yet scarcity and competition for water, heightened environmental concerns, and the expense of new water-supply development make sound water management increasingly difficult to achieve. Nowhere is this challenge more recognized than in Texas where the state’s population is projected to double in the next 50 years. A corresponding increase in the water needs of communities, while maintaining traditional agricultural and environmental use, has made the need for careful water-management decision-making ever more important. Texas is a vast and diverse state, and water management solutions that are appropriate …

Development Of An End-Effector Sensory Suite For A Rehabilitation Robot, Stephanie A. Stiber

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research presents an approach in assisting the control and operation of a rehabilitation robot manipulator to execute simple grasping tasks for persons with severe disabilities. It outlines the development of an end-effector sensory suite that includes the BarrettHand end-effector, laser range finder, and a low cost camera.

The approach taken in this research differs greatly from the currently available rehabilitation robot arms in that it requires minimal user instruction, it is easy to operate and more effective for persons severely disabled. A thorough study of the currently available systems; Manus, Raptor and Kares II arm, is also presented.

In …

Presence Of Burnout In Undergraduate Athletic Training Students, Tamra Sparks Riter

Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To determine if undergraduate athletic training students enrolled in an athletic training education program (ATEP) and participating in a clinical assignment have burnout and if so, the possible causes.

Design and Setting: All undergraduate athletic training students enrolled in a clinical education course were surveyed twice in an eight week period. The surveys were given during the fourth week and the twelfth week of the winter 2006 semester. As part of the survey, each participant also answered eight demographic/status questions for correlation purposes.

Subjects: Fifty-one undergraduate athletic training students in a western United States university's accredited ATEP served as …

States' School Crisis Planning Materials: An Analysis Of Cross-Cultural Considerations And Sensitivity To Student Diversity, Neil O. Annandale

Theses and Dissertations

The importance of providing appropriate crisis intervention to individuals and families from diverse backgrounds is an often overlooked aspect of service provision. In particular, school-based crisis intervention has only recently begun to address this issue. This study reviewed state mandated school crisis plans, state directives for crisis plans, and state resources to assist school districts in developing crisis plans. The content of these materials was examined to determine the extent and type of coverage given to student diversity, particularly cross cultural considerations. Materials were obtained from state department of education internet sites and from the state offices of Safe and …

Alcohol Use And Religiosity Among College Students, Deena King

Theses and Dissertations

Alcohol use among college students is often in the news. Some scholars argue, with literature to support it, that problem drinking in college is just a media-driven myth (Lederman et al. 2004). Yet it is clear that college students do drink, some to excess. Various reasons are cited from alcohol availability to the "freedom" associated with this stage of life. However, very few researchers have attempted to determine whether religiosity affects alcohol use among college students. The purpose of this study was to further examine the combined issues of religiosity and alcohol use among college students. Is excessive use of …

Accumulation Of Phycotoxins In The Mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis From The Central Adriatic Sea, Maja Pavela-Vrančić, Ivana Ujević, Živana Ninčević Gladan, Ambrose Furey

Physical Sciences Publications

Surveys of DSP (Diarrheic Shellfish Poisoning) toxin profiles in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from coastal waters of the central Adriatic Sea, over the years 1995 to 2001, demonstrate that incidents of shellfish toxicity in this area are dominated by the occurrence of okadaic acid (OA) and a PTX derivative, 7-epi-pectenotoxin-2-seco acid (7-epi-PTX-2SA). Toxin composition and the relative ratio of toxic components in shellfish is in correlation with the occurrence of DSP producing organisms from the Dinophysis species along with Prorocentrum micans and Lingulodinium polyedrum. The occurrence of D. sacculus shortly before the appearance of OA in shellfish implicates its possible …

Murray Ledger And Times, July 19, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Imposing Conditions On Developing Countries’ Tariff Preferences, Jennifer S. Jones

ExpressO

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Forgetting Freud: The Courts' Fear Of The Subconscious In Date Rape (And Other) Criminal Cases, Andrew E. Taslitz

ExpressO

Courts too often show a reluctance to learn the lessons taught by social science in criminal cases, especially where subconcious processes are involved. The subconscious is seen as rarely relevant and, in the unusual cases where it is relevant, it is viewed as a disease commandeering the conscious mind and thus helping to exculpate the accused. Drawing on the example of forensic linguistics in date rape cases as illustrative of a broader phenomenon, this article argues that the courts' misuse of social science stems from fear and misunderstanding of the workings of the subconscious mind. Accordingly, the piece contrasts the …

Surveillance Of Heavy Metals Using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy In The Lagoon La Escondida In Reynosa City, Mexico, Castrejón Durán Jesús Enrique Et Al.

2006

The concentration of heavy metals such: Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg) and Chromium (Cr) was determined in water and sludge of the lagoon La Escondida in Reynosa city on the northeastern part of Mexico by the border with USA. The detection limits by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (DL, μg mL-1 ) were 0.05 for As; 0.10 for Pb; 0.10 for Cd; 0.05 for Hg; and 0.30 for Cr in water. The detection limits (DL, μg g-1 ) were 1.0 for As; 10.0 for Pb; 2.0 for Cd; 0.02 for Hg; and 6.0 for Cr in sludge. The objective …

An Examination Of The Legal Issues In Municipal Water Reuse, Ronald A. Kaiser

2006

Fiscal, physical, environmental and political consideration have severally restricted building new reservoirs to meet municipal water needs in Texas and throughout the American west. Water management is transitioning from an era of reservoir construction to one of more intensive management through conservation, reallocation, desalination, rainwater harvesting, aquifer storage and recovery and reusing treated effluent as means of meeting water supply needs. As opportunities for conventional water supply development dwindle and costs for wastewater treatment and disposal climb, the role water reuse plays in water resource management increases significantly. Both nonpotable and potable applications of reclaimed water offer a means to …

Indirect Reuse Of Reclaimed Wastewater For Potable Supply: Regulatory Considerations, Bruce Thomson, Charles Thomas

2006

The winter of 2005-2006 in central NM was one of the driest on record and communities throughout the state are facing severe summer water shortages. Regardless of the lack of NMED policy, the resort community described above has begun construction on their indirect reuse system which is projected to be operational in September 2006. Other communities are evaluating similar solutions to their water crises. It is incumbent on the regulatory agencies to develop policies and regulations that will allow these communities to address their problems while protecting human health and the environment. This will require an extensive dialog between all …

International Medical Graduates In Family Medicine In The United States Of America: An Exploration Of Professional Characteristics And Attitudes, Amanda L. Morris, Robert L. Phillips, George E. Fryer, Larry A. Green, Fitzhugh Mullan

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Background

The number of international medical graduates (IMGs) entering family medicine in the United States of America has steadily increased since 1997. Previous research has examined practice locations of these IMGs and their role in providing care to underserved populations. To our knowledge, research does not exist comparing professional profiles, credentials and attitudes among IMG and United States medical graduate (USMG) family physicians in the United States. The objective of this study is to determine, at the time when a large influx of IMGs into family medicine began, whether differences existed between USMG and IMG family physicians in regard to …

Volume 43, Number 54: July 18, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Fdr And Bayesian Multiple Comparisons Rules, Peter Muller, Giovanni Parmigiani, Kenneth Rice

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

We discuss Bayesian approaches to multiple comparison problems, using a decision theoretic perspective to critically compare competing approaches. We set up decision problems that lead to the use of FDR-based rules and generalizations. Alternative definitions of the probability model and the utility function lead to different rules and problem-specific adjustments. Using a loss function that controls realized FDR we derive an optimal Bayes rule that is a variation of the Benjamini and Hochberg (1995) procedure. The cutoff is based on increments in ordered posterior probabilities instead of ordered p- values. Throughout the discussion we take a Bayesian perspective. In particular, …

Bailey V. Harleysville Natl

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Ground-Water Quality Beneath Irrigated Cropland Of The Northern And Southern High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska And Texas, 2003–04, Jennifer S. Stanton, Lynne Fahlquist

United States Geological Survey: Publications

A study of the quality of ground water beneath irrigated cropland was completed for the northern and southern High Plains aquifer. Ground-water samples were collected from 30 water-table monitoring wells in the northern agricultural land-use (NAL) study area in Nebraska in 2004 and 29 water-table monitoring wells in the southern agricultural land-use (SAL) study area in Texas in 2003. The two study areas represented different agricultural and hydrogeologic settings. The primary crops grown in the NAL study area were corn and soybeans, and the primary crop in the SAL study area was cotton. Overall, pesticide and fertilizer application rates were …

Uab Experts Available To Discuss Back-To-School Topics, Staff

Browse All News

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Unh And Dartmouth Awarded Grant To Share Environmental Health And Safety Resources, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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The Impact Of Sexual Abuse And How Children Cope: Different Perspectives From Caretakers And Children, Megan M. Schacht

Dissertations

Child sexual abuse is a complicated stressor with a broad range of associated symptoms. It has been suggested that the coping techniques children utilize may act as a mediating variable in the relationship between child sexual abuse and subsequent difficulties. Until recently, child sexual abuse sequelae were assessed in a piecemeal fashion, with individual tests for each symptom domain and reporter. However, recent developments in the area of trauma assessment have provided researchers with complementary caretaker- and self-report measures to assess a broad range of trauma-related symptoms (i.e., the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children [TSCYC] and the Trauma Symptom …

Is Rumination General Or Specific To Negative Mood States? The Relationship Between Rumination And Distraction And Depressed, Anxious, And Angry Moods In Women, Jessica Lauren

Dissertations

Rumination has been found to play a role in negative affect by either maintaining or increasing depressive, anxious, and angry moods, whereas distraction has been found to decrease these negative moods. This experiment tested the hypothesis that the effect of rumination occurs across mood states and is not specific to one type of negative mood, using both Nolen-Hoeksema¿s Response Styles Theory (RST; 1991), and Bower¿s Associative Network Theory (1981; ANT). The impact of rumination and distraction on depressed, anxious, and angry mood states were examined in 90 women at the University of Missouri ¿ St. Louis. Participants were randomly placed …

Daily Eastern News: July 18, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

July

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Menendez Versus Mickey: A Study Of Heritage Tourism In Florida, Monica Rowland

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage tourism as: “traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and peoples of the past and present. It includes irreplaceable historic, cultural, and natural resources.”1 Heritage tourism is a lucrative industry in the United States. On average, heritage tourists spend $623 per trip compared to $457 for all U.S. travelers.2 The rise of heritage tourism is inextricably linked with several trends in American society, namely: the historic preservation movement, the desire for a sense of place, and nostalgia. These motivating tendencies often inspire problems of authenticity, commodification, and …