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New York Medicaid: Never Can Say Goodbye, Joseph Fastiggi

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Animal Science Alumni Newsletter, Summer 2007

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

Contents:

Inaugural NBIS Class
Schroeder Presents Special Seminar
From the Department Head’s Desk
Scheideler Named Interim Department Head
Japanese Agricultural Training Program (JATP) — 40 Years of Success
Van Vleck Receives Pioneer Award from National Dairy Shrine
New Stained Glass Window a Tribute to Roy L. Carlson
Larson Retires After 35 Years
Levis Swine Specialist at Haskell Ag Lab
Stalker Hired at West Central Research and Extension Center
Ellicott New Animal Science Extension Educator
Sitzman Appointed To Lead Pork Producers
Bud Britton Golf Classic
Al Svajgr Block & Bridle Honoree for 2007
Block and Bridle Awards
Officers and Advisors for …

Nebline, July 2007

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Beneficial Insects in the Yard & Garden
Backyard Farmer’ Offers How-to Video on Tomatoes
What is that Bump on the Tree Leaves?
Black Knot on Plums
Saved From the Birds—Rescue of a Baby Owl
Raptor Recovery Nebraska
Pine Wilt Disease
How to Sample for Pinewood Nematode
Pine Species to Avoid Planting
Pesticide Container Recycling Program
Scrap Tire Collection
Mosquitoes
Mole Control
Calculating Water Volume
Test Water for Toxic Algae to Prevent Illness
Food and Fun at the Farmers’ Market
Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad with Mint Recipe
$ave Time & Money by Planning Meals
Focus on Watermelon
President’s Notes …

What's Happening: July, 2007, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Food Stamp And School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity In Rural America, Kristin Smith, Sarah Savage

Carsey Publications

The Food Stamp and the School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and describes characteristics of beneficiaries of these federal nutrition assistance programs.

Overweight And Obesity In The South: Prevalence And Related Health Care Costs Among Population Groups, Jerome R. Kolbo, Amal J. Khoury, Wendy Bounds, Jacquelyn Lee

Food Assistance

Overweight and obesity are leading public health concerns in the United States. Although overweight and obesity are preventable conditions in the majority of cases, their prevalence has increased significantly over the past two decades. Recent estimates indicate that 34.1 percent of Americans are classified as overweight, while 32.2 percent are classified as obese [17]. National estimates of obesity-related health care costs are alarming, yet, to date, no such estimates have been published for the Southern region overall or for population groups in the South. The Southern states have some of the highest rates of adult obesity in the nation.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 3, Summer 2007

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 56, Number 3, Summer 2007

Dean’s Column: Estrangement; Page 2

Findings: Targeting Adrenal Gland Could Be Key Strategy Against Heart Failure, Rabies-based Vaccine Could Be Effective Against HIV; Page 6

On Campus; Page 8

Tackling the Tough Questions; Page 11

How Microscopic is Microscopic Anatomy? Page 20

Class Notes; Page 22

In Memoriam; Page 24

Match Day; Page 26

By The Numbers; Match Day; Page 29

Weekend And Weekday Patterns Of Physical Activity In Overweight And Normal-Weight Adolescent Girls, Margarita S. Treuth, Diane J. Catellier, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Russell R. Pate, John P. Elder, Robert G. Mcmurray, Robert M. Blew, Song Yang, Larry S. Webber

Faculty Publications

Objective - To describe the patterns (specifically comparing weekdays and weekends classified by intensities) of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry in adolescent girls.

Research Methods and Procedures - Healthy sixth grade girls (n=1603), 11 to 12 years old, were randomly recruited from 36 schools participating in the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls. Age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, weight, and height were taken. PA patterns were measured for 6 days using accelerometry.

Results - Adolescent girls spend most of their time in sedentary (52% to 57% of the day) and light activity (40% to 45% of the day) …

Planning For Microbicide Access In Developing Countries: Lessons From The Introduction Of Contraceptive Technologies, George F. Brown, Vimala Raghavendran, Saul Walker

International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)

No abstract provided.

Retinol Binding Protein 4 Expression In Humans: Relationship To Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, And Response To Pioglitazone, Aiwei Yao-Borengasser, Vijayalakshmi Varma, Angela M. Bodles, Neda Rasouli, Bounleut Phanavanh, Mi-Jeong Lee, Tasha Starks, Leslie M. Kern, Horace J. Spencer Iii, Amir Adel Rashidi, Robert E. Mcgehee Jr., Susan K. Fried, Philip A. Kern

Clinical and Translational Science Faculty Publications

Context: Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) was recently found to be expressed and secreted by adipose tissue, and was strongly associated with insulin resistance.

Objective: The aim was to determine the relationship between RBP4 and obesity, insulin resistance, and other markers of insulin resistance in humans.

Design and Patients: RBP4 mRNA levels in adipose tissue and muscle of nondiabetic human subjects with either normal or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) were studied, along with plasma RBP4. RBP4 gene expression was also measured in adipose tissue fractions, and from visceral and sc adipose tissue (SAT) from surgical patients.

Setting: The study was …

Evaluation Of A Sleep Hygiene Program To Improve Inmate Sleep Quality, Jennifer F. Hodges-Crowder

Doctoral Dissertations

Research investigating the effectiveness of treatments for inmates with poor sleep quality appears minimal. Some difficulties related to poor sleep quality can be addressed effectively with little time and expense. Studies show that psychoeducational interventions are effective in reducing sleep complaints and improving sleep quality in a variety of populations including college students and adults. However, the effect of sleep hygiene interventions on inmate sleep complaints is unknown. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate a psychoeducational intervention program aimed at improving prison inmate sleep habits, length, and quality.

Participants of this study were inmates at a department …

Otterbein Towers Summer 2007, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

A Towers Wedding; Features: Commencement 2007; Sustainability, Bon Appétit & Good Food; Seeing Double: Twins at Otterbein; Alumni Weekend; Regulars: Letters; College News: Otterbein Purchases Altercare Facility; Otterbein Reclassified; Renovations Begin on McFadden Hall; Science Committee’s Inaugural Meeting; International Panel on “Citizen Journalists”; 2008 Common Book Selected; Vernon Pack Fellows Named; Otterbein Honors Armed Forces Members; Classnotes; Milestones; Investing in Otterbein; Alumni Notes, etc.

Industries' Proprietary Information And The Freedom Of Access To State-Held Information: A Review Of The Law And Its Implications For Special Interest Businesses, Shannon E. Martin, Jessica Brophy

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Migraine And Risk Of Stroke In Young Women, Theresa A. Nacey

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: To explore the relationship between migraine and incidence of stroke in young women by analyzing variables of oral contraceptive use, hypercoagulability, cardiac abnormalities, and silent brain infarcts. Method:Variables were reviewed through computerized databases and current literature examining evidence-based medicine studies specific to analyzing the incidence of strokes in women with migraines. Results: Six recent studies, four case control and two cohort studies, were identified. Research outcomes indicate that the risk of stroke is greater in women less than 35 years of age who had migraine with aura and who used oral contraceptives. Other pathophysiologic variables, which may link migraine …

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2007, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Genome-Wide Association Scan Shows Genetic Variants In The Fto Gene Are Associated With Obesity-Related Traits, Angelo Scuteri, Serena Sanna, Wei Min Chen, Manuela Uda, Giuseppe Albai, James Strait, Samer Najjar, Ramaiah Nagaraja, Marco Orrú, Gianluca Usala, Mariano Dei, Sandra Lai, Andrea Maschio, Fabio Busonero, Antonella Mulas, Georg B. Ehret, Ashley A. Fink, Alan B. Weder, Richard S. Cooper, Pilar Galan, Aravinda Chakravarti, David Schlessinger, Antonio Cao, Edward Lakatta, Gonçalo R. Abecasis

Faculty Publications

The obesity epidemic is responsible for a substantial economic burden in developed countries and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The disease is the result not only of several environmental risk factors, but also of genetic predisposition. To take advantage of recent advances in gene-mapping technology, we executed a genome-wide association scan to identify genetic variants associated with obesity-related quantitative traits in the genetically isolated population of Sardinia. Initial analysis suggested that several SNPs in the FTO and PFKP genes were associated with increased BMI, hip circumference, and weight. Within the FTO gene, rs9930506 …

Suppression Of Growth Of A Brown Rot Fungus, Gloeophyllum Trabeum, By Formosan Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Poornima Jayasimha, Gregg Henderson

Faculty Publications

Although a brown rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill, has been shown to be attractive and beneficial to subterranean termites, including Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), no research has been conducted to determine whether the association is mutualistic. We first investigated whether the fungus could be spread by C. formosanus, because this would represent an obvious benefit to the fungus. We found that Formosan subterranean termites did not spread G. trabeum, rather they suppressed its growth. To further investigate this phenomenon, wood chips were inoculated with G. trabeum, and fungal growth was measured in treatments with termites or without termites …

Quality Of Weight Loss Advice On Internet Forums, Kevin O Hwang, Kiran Farheen, Craig W Johnson, Eric J Thomas, Ann S Barnes, Elmer V Bernstam

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Adults use the Internet for weight loss information, sometimes by participating in discussion forums. Our purpose was to analyze the quality of advice exchanged on these forums.

METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of messages posted to 18 Internet weight loss forums during 1 month in 2006. Advice was evaluated for congruence with clinical guidelines; potential for causing harm; and subsequent correction when it was contradictory to guidelines (erroneous) or potentially harmful. Message- and forum-specific characteristics were evaluated as predictors of advice quality and self-correction.

RESULTS: Of 3368 initial messages, 266 (7.9%) were requests for advice. Of 654 provisions …

The Fusarium Verticillioides Fum Gene Cluster Encodes A Zn(Ii)2cys6 Protein That Affects Fum Gene Expression And Fumonisin Production, Daren W. Brown, Robert A. E. Butchko, Mark Busman, Robert H. Proctor

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by some Fusarium species and can contaminate maize or maize products. Ingestion of fumonisins is associated with diseases, including cancer and neural tube defects, in humans and animals. In fungi, genes involved in the synthesis of mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites are often located adjacent to each other in gene clusters. Such genes can encode structural enzymes, regulatory proteins, and/or proteins that provide self-protection. The fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster includes 16 genes, none of which appear to play a role in regulation. In this study, we identified a previously undescribed gene (FUM21) located adjacent …

The Leading Object: July 2007

Leading Object

Content::
Perspectives: John C. Owens
East Union Prepares to Celebrate 30-Year Anniversary with Some Noticeable Changes
Hayes Named Director of Drought Mitigation Center
Moser thankful for his decision to attend UNL
Extension Initiative Transforms Delivery of Information
IANR-Fine Arts Partnership Spreads the Arts Around the State
Extension Personnel Gather at UNL for Tech Conference
North Central Region Meets in Lincoln

Tracking ‘Organic’ Agricultural Research In The United States, 1970-1989: What Federal Legislative And Selected Usda-Sponsored Documents Reveal, Leslie M. Delserone, Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This paper enumerates federal government documentation of the period 1970-1989 pertaining to organic agriculture in the United States, identified in the Congressional Information Service’s Cumulative Indices and in bibliographies published by the United States National Agricultural Library. These Congressional hearings, federal legislation, and selected U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-sponsored documents provide an historical context for the 1990 legislation that created the National Organic Program (NOP) and the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The paper provides chronological tabulations of the historical documents, and discusses the communication difficulties and relationships revealed therein between the Congress, the USDA, and organic producers of …

Scwds Briefs: Volume 23, Number 2 (July 2007), Gary L. Doster , Editor, Scwds Briefs, Michael J. Yabsley

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

Table of Contents:

SCWDS History Continued: The CapChur Gun

SCWDS Honored

More Interesting HD Events from 2006

Fever Ticks

Ehrlichia in White-tailed Deer

Meningeal Worms in Sika Deer

The Devils’ Disease

Recent SCWDS Publications Available

The Effects Of Welfare And Ida Program Rules On The Asset Holding Of Low-Income Families, Signe-Mary Mckernan, Caroline Ratcliff, Yunju Nam

Center for Social Development Research

The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on the Asset Holding of Low-Income Families

Inclusion And Effectiveness In International Volunteering And Service, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Margaret S. Sherraden, Benjamin J. Lough

Center for Social Development Research

Inclusion and Effectiveness in International Volunteering and Service

Asset Outcomes For Women And Children: A Research Review, Gina Chowa

Center for Social Development Research

This paper reviews findings from several studies on asset outcomes for women and children in developing countries. In recent years, the number of studies on asset outcomes for women and children has increased in developed countries; however, there is still a dearth of similar studies in developing countries. Findings from the review reveal that asset outcomes for women in developing countries include increased bargaining power in the household; increased use of reproductive health services; increased expenditure on children’s education, health, and nutrition; and increased household well-being. Asset outcomes for children include educational success and better health. More research on asset …

Asset Building In The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Of China: In-Depth Interviews With Participants In The Hutubi Pilot Study, Li Zou

Center for Social Development Research

Asset-building concepts are being explored by the Chinese government as a possible avenue for socioeconomic reforms that are responsive to President Jintao HU’s calls for scientific development and for a focus on the countryside. We present documentation of an asset-building pilot project in Hutubi County, located in the rural Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. In-depth interviews were conducted with randomly selected program participants to gain a sense of how the program affects individuals and development. The experiences of six families from the region involved in asset building are related in this report. From these experiences, asset ownership is seen …

Mentors And Students Seeking Knowledge, Meredith Jones-Gray

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Odious Debt, Odious Credit, Economic Development, And Democratization, Tom Ginsburg, Thomas S. Ulen

Law and Contemporary Problems

When a country signs an international treaty, it is not the government but the state that is bound, and the obligation will stand until a subsequent government formally exits the treaty. Exit is presumed to be costly: a government that "repudiates" earlier treaty obligations will suffer reputational harm in its international relations. Moreover, this general background norm of international law applies as well to debt: a government can announce that it is renouncing debt, but it will suffer severe reputational harm in the debt marketplace, much as a government that repudiates public international law obligations suffers a reputational harm. Here, …

Quality Of Weight Loss Advice On Internet Forums, Kevin O Hwang, Kiran Farheen, Craig W Johnson, Eric J Thomas, Ann S Barnes, Elmer V Bernstam

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Adults use the Internet for weight loss information, sometimes by participating in discussion forums. Our purpose was to analyze the quality of advice exchanged on these forums. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of messages posted to 18 Internet weight loss forums during 1 month in 2006. Advice was evaluated for congruence with clinical guidelines; potential for causing harm; and subsequent correction when it was contradictory to guidelines (erroneous) or potentially harmful. Message- and forum-specific characteristics were evaluated as predictors of advice quality and self-correction. RESULTS: Of 3368 initial messages, 266 (7.9%) were requests for advice. Of 654 provisions …