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Production Of Trans-C18:1 And Conjugated Linoleic Acid Production By Ruminal Microbes In Continuous Culture Fermenters Fed Diets Containing Fish Oil And Sun Flower Oil With Decreasing Levels Of Forage, Amer Abughazaleh, B. N. Jacobson

Peer-reviewed Articles

Previously, feeding fish oil (FO) and sunflower seeds to dairy cows resulted in the greatest increases in the concentrations of vaccenic acid (VA, t11 C18:1) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in milk fat. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of forage level in diets containing FO and sunflower oil (SFO) on the production of trans C18:1 and CLA by mixed ruminal microbes. A dual-flow continuous culture system consisting of three fermenters was used in a 3 × 3 Latin-square design. Treatments consisted of (1) 75:25 forage:concentrate (HF); (2) 50:50 forage:concentrate (MF); and (3) 25:75 forage:concentrate (LF). …

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Summer 2007), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Summer 2007 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Opening Remarks
• PCOM Updates and Kudos
• Going Global: Osteopathic Medicine Enriches Worldwide Health
• A PCOM Graduate Thinks Back to Acts of Kindness that Helped to Pull Him through the Most Difficult Time of His Life
• Retail Health Clinics: Competitors or Collaborators?
• Remembering Leonard Johnson, DO ’64, And William M. King, DO ’62
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• My Turn
• PCOM Events

Nebline, June 2007

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Agricultural Production is $71 Million Industry in Lancaster County
Longtime Farmer Reflects on How Farming Has Changed in Lancaster County
New State Law Changed Fence Viewer Process
Think Ahead, Prepare Bins Before Wheat Harvest
Pesticide Container Recycling Program
Preventing Tick Bites
Store Drinking Water In Case Of Emergency
Check Property For Unused Wells To Avoid Contaminated Drinking Water
Practice Safe Cooking and Food Handling When Grilling
Strawberry Yogurt Shake Recipe
Water is Body’s Most Essential Nutrient
President’s Notes — Alice’s Analysis
Household Hints: To Clean a Sleeping Bag
FCE News & Events
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Pack Smart for Summer Vacation …

Legislative Rules Revisited, Jacob Gersen

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Assessing Educational Materials Using Cognitive Interviews Can Improve And Support Lesson Design, Tionni R. Wenrich, J Lynne Brown

Journal of Extension

We used cognitive interviews to assess the reactions of a sample of low-income men (n=4) and women (n=4) to a "model" nutrition education lesson designed to increase functional vegetable intake. Participant comments on the lesson's wording, slide titles, format, graphics, and message clarity and relevance enabled us to improve a functional vegetable lesson series from which the model lesson was drawn by simplifying unfamiliar wording and recipe instructions, using preferred slide titles and format, replacing problematic graphics, and clarifying advice on intake recommendations.

Diet, Nutrition, Obesity And Their Role In Arthritis, Peter F. Sharkey, David L. Paskin, Thomas D. Meade, Richard H. Rothman

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers

Obesity and poor nutrition, individually and together, have created costly musculoskeletal disease epidemic in the United States. Processed food, with abundant "empty" calories, has contributed greatly to our dietary woes. Much of the food consumed today is packed with calories but refined to the point that essential nutrients are lacking. Even worse, processed food may have ingredients added that are detrimental to good health. Abundant research has documented a close relationship between obesity, poor diet and orthopaedic problems. Dietary supplements have been proven to provide both disease prevention and therapeutic benefits. Unfortunately, many weight loss programs and methods are ineffective …

Hogwash! Why Industrial Animal Agriculture Is Not Beyond The Scope Of Clean Air Act Regulation , Sarah C. Wilson

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Taste Of Reality: Hunger In The United States, Jonathan White

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Intellectual Property Rights And The Public Sector: Why Compulsory Licensing Of Protected Technologies Critical For Food Security Might Just Work In China, Gregory C. Ellis

Washington International Law Journal

The majority of people in the developed world have the luxury of never having to address food shortages and malnutrition. In developing countries, however, ensuring food security presents greater challenges. Agricultural biotechnology has the potential to alleviate many of the food crises occurring in developing countries. Unlike private sector corporations, public sector entities are creating genetically modified (“GM”) crops to ensure food security. However, the intellectual property rights (“IPRs”) to the many technologies required to create a single GM crop are often fragmented across the private and public sectors. Fragmentation of IPRs creates a “patent thicket” that increases the challenges …

Importancia De La Referencia Médica En El Diagnóstico De Parasitosis Intestinales Por Métodos Coproparasitológicos [Importance Of Medical Reference In The Diagnosis Of Intestinal Parasitosis Parasitological Methods], Nathalie De Jesús Chacón Fonseca, Rosa Contreras, Wilfredo Márquez, Raquel Salinas, Johanna María Romero

Physician Assistant Studies Faculty Publications

La Sección de Geohelmintiasis del Instituto de Medicina Tropical estudia las muestras de heces por examen seriado que incluyen
examen directo, Formol-Tritón-Éter y Baermann. Otras técnicas coproparasitológicas como: Graham, Kinyoun y Kato-Katz, se realizan
por solicitud del médico tratante. Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron: valorar la calidad de la referencia médica, el impacto en el
diagnóstico al aplicarse las técnicas coproparasitológicas y la ocurrencia de parasitosis intestinales de los pacientes que asiste a esta
Sección. A cada referencia médica se le colocó una puntuación entre 0 y 12 puntos según la presencia o no de determinados parámetros de
calidad. …

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, June 2007

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Implications Of Research On Expertise For Curriculum And Pedagogy, David F. Feldon

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Instruction on problem solving in particular domains typically relies on explanations from experts about their strategies. However, research indicates that such self-reports often are incomplete or inaccurate (e.g., Chao & Salvendy, 1994; Cooke & Breedin, 1994). This article evaluates research on experts’ cognition, the accuracy of experts’ self-reports, and the efficacy of instruction based on experts’ self-reports. Analysis of this evidence indicates that experts’ free recall of strategies introduces errors and omissions into instructional materials that hinder student success. In contrast, when experts engage in structured knowledge elicitation techniques (e.g., cognitive task analysis), the resultant instruction is more effective. Based …

The Effects Of Testosterone On The Induction Of Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis In Sprague-Dawley Rats, Travis William Reed

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis (EAT) could not be induced in young, immature Sprague-Dawley rats (150-200g). EAT was successfully induced in the same group of animals when they weighed 400g. The animals developed the disease every time. Sexual immaturity or immaturity of the immune system may be responsible for these results (Fernandez, 2006). It has been proven that pharmacologic doses of testosterone have shown immunosuppressive effects on the severity of EAT in the PVG/c strain of rats (Ahmed et al, 1982). In this current thesis research, it appears that normal physiologic levels of testosterone have no effect on the development and severity …

Characterization Of Molecular Events Following Heavy Metal Cadmium Exposure: A Cellular Regulatory Symphony In Response To Early Cadmium Insult, Chin-Ju Jean Hsiao

Dissertations

Cadmium, a non-essential toxic heavy metal, has been classified as a human carcinogen and one of the most hazardous substances in our environment. Since it can circulate within the food chain, has a long biological half-life and can bio-accumulate, it has the potential to induce detrimental health effects linked to toxicity, cancer and chronic diseases.

In recent years progress has been made to dissect and understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of cadmium exposure. However, few studies have focused on investigating potential protective and/or defense mechanisms naturally applied by cells upon initial exposure, prior to any damage or toxic …

Structure-Function Studies Of Self- Assembling Flagellin Proteins Fromsalmonella Typhimurium And Aquifex Pyrophilus, Venkata Raghu Ram Malapaka

Dissertations

The eubacterial flagellum is a complex structure with an elongated extracellular filament that is primarily composed of a single protein termed flagellin. The highly conserved N-and C- termini of flagellin are important in its export and assembly, whereas the middle "hypervariable" region is highly variable in size across different species and is largely dispensable. InSalmonella typhimurium phase 1 flagellin (FliC), this hypervariable region encodes two solvent-exposed D2 and D3 domains. The functional role of this knob-like structural feature in motility remains unclear. The structural and physiological role of the hypervariable region in flagellar assembly, stability and cellular motility was investigated. …

Effects Of Two Parkinson’S Disease Patient Education Models On Disease Self-Management And Quality Of Life, Lorraine Pearl-Kraus

Dissertations

Purpose. To compare the effects of Parkinson's Disease Collaborative Care (PDCC) and Parkinson's Disease Information Training (PDIT) patient education disease-management models on patients' (a) perceived self-efficacy in PD self-management, and (b) self-reported perceived PD-Health Related Quality of Life.

Methods. 41 middle-stage (Hoehn & Yahr Stages 2 & 3) patients (24 males & 17 females; age range 48-78; mean 67.59 years) were randomized to the PDCC (n = 21) or PDIT (n = 20) group. Prior to inception, 3 withdrew; after the first session, 3 more withdrew. Participants in both groups attended three consecutive weekly, 2-hour patient education sessions with presenters …

Systems Metaphysics: A Bridge From Science To Religion, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

'Systems theory' is familiar to many as the scientific enterprise that includes the study of chaos, networks, and complex adaptive systems. It is less widely appreciated that the systems research program offers a world view that transcends the individual scientific disciplines. We do not live, as some argue, in a post-metaphysical age, but rather at a time when a new metaphysics is being constructed. This metaphysics is scientific and derives from graph theory, information theory, non-linear dynamics, decision theory, game theory, generalized evolution, and other transdisciplinary theories. These 'systems' theories focus on form and process, independent of materiality; they are …

Systems Metaphysics: A Bridge From Science To Religion [Presentation], Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

'Systems theory' is familiar to many as the scientific enterprise that includes the study of chaos, networks, and complex adaptive systems. It is less widely appreciated that the systems research program offers a world view that transcends the individual scientific disciplines. We do not live, as some argue, in a post-metaphysical age, but rather at a time when a new metaphysics is being constructed. This metaphysics is scientific and derives from graph theory, information theory, non-linear dynamics, decision theory, game theory, generalized evolution, and other transdisciplinary theories. These 'systems' theories focus on form and process, independent of materiality; they are …

Emotional Stroop Effects: Eating Disorders And Obesity, Kristy Anne Kuehfuss

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study addresses the effects of emotional valence on selective processing of body-shape related words in young women who suffer from anorexia, bulimia, or obesity, and non-clinical controls. Research in the area of emotional Stroop interference has indicated that persons with eating disorders, particularly anorectics, show elevated latencies in naming colors of words related to food or body-shape, in contrast to either neutral words, or to non-clinical control groups. One intriguing issue regarding the emotional Stroop interference among various clinical populations relates to the question of whether the interference is due to the emotionality of the relevant words or to …

Client-Directed Lawyers For Children: It Is The Right Thing To Do?, Linda D. Elrod

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gordie News, June 2007, West Chester University Of Pennsylvania

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.

Organic Mangoes A Production Guide, Steven Mccoy

Bulletins 4000 -

Mangoes have been identified as a prospective crop for conversion to organic production, particularly at Kununurra in the Ord River Irrigation Area.

Mangoes can also perform well under organic systems in other regions of WA, however variations in pest and disease pressures may require additional attention to these problems.

Not Such A Big Deal, Mary Ann Liebert

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Consumption & Attitudes About Whole Grain Foods Of Unl Students Who Dine In A Campus Cafeteria, Kimberly J. Bisanz, Kaye L. Stanek Krogstrand

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

Strong, research-based evidence indicates the consumption of whole grains lowers the risk of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers, along with aiding weight regulation. Consequently, the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans set forth by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) placed an increased emphasis on whole grains in the American diet. It is recommended that at least one-half of the grains in a daily diet, or approximately 3 one-ounce servings, should be whole grain. The hypothesis of this research was that students eating in campus dining …

Convincing Oregon's Dairy Industry They Have A Problem With Phosphorus, Troy Downing, Patrick French, Amy Peters, Kathryn Higgs

Journal of Extension

Dairy nutritionists historically balanced milk cow rations for phosphorus at .45 to .5 % DM of the total ration. New studies have shown a high producing milk cow only requires a diet at .38% DM. Thirty-seven farms were studied to determine and compare P feeding levels in Oregon. The results of the project were then incorporated into educational programs. The average farm studied was over feeding by 18%. Eighty-nine percent of producers surveyed indicated this project increased their understanding of the problem we face as an industry. Approximately 50% of producers participating reduced P feeding on their farm.

Extension Master Gardeners: Helping The Homeless To Heal, Linda M. Seals, Cathy A. Pierce

Journal of Extension

Families with children are the fastest-growing sector of the homeless population. Loss of one's home, the conditions of shelter life, and the physical and sexual abuse that often precipitates homelessness result in psychological trauma and a diminished sense of self-efficacy and self-worth. This article describes the effects of participation in gardening activities led by Extension Master Gardeners on homeless women with children. Results show Master Gardeners can play an important role in helping homeless families mitigate the psychological trauma associated with homelessness and help homeless individuals develop a restored sense of dignity.

Self-Reported Health And Fitness Habits Of Certified Athletic Trainers, Jessica J. Groth

Masters Theses

The purpose of our study was to analyze the health and fitness habits of ATCs. One thousand participants from the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association (GLATA District 4) were invited to participate in the study. Two-hundred and seventy-five ATCs completed the questionnaire. The questionnaire was a 23-item health habits and activity questionnaire divided into four sections: fitness, nutrition, alcohol and tobacco and demographics. It was pilot tested before administration with a reliability coefficient of .73. Participants were sent an email invitation with a link to the questionnaire and were given five weeks to complete the questionnaire. Analyses were run on …

Effects Of Standard And Low Dose 17beta-Estradiol Plus Norethisterone Acetate On Body Composition And Leptin In Postmenopausal Women At Risk Of Body Mass Index And Waist Girth Related Cardiovascular And Metabolic Disease, Ali R. Odabasi, Hasan Yuksel, Aslihan Karul, Didem Kozaci, Selda D. Sezer, Ergun Onur

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of standard and low dose of 17beta-estradiol/norethisterone acetate (E2/NETA) on body composition and leptin in postmenopausal women at risk of body mass index (BMI) -and waist girth (WG) related cardiovascular and metabolic disease. METHODS: Ninety postmenopausal women aged 45-55 years with BMI >/= 25 kg/m2 participated in this 6-month prospective, randomized, single-blinded and controlled study, conducted between September 2004 and April 2006 at Adnan Menderes University Hospital. According to their WG, the subjects were divided into 2 risk groups: WG <88 cm (Group increased risk [IR], n=48) or WG >/= 88 cm (Group high risk [HR], n=42). The subjects in each group were equally …