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Does Grazing Method Matter?, Garry D. Lacefield

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Interest in and opportunities for grazing continues to increase not only in Kentucky, but throughout the U.S. In Wisconsin, 12% or approximately 5000 dairymen are now using grazing. In Michigan, over 40% of the dairymen are using grazing for a significant part of their feed requirements. Over 15% of these dairymen are using intensive grazing. Similar numbers exist for Pennsylvania.

Surviving The 2007 Drought, Roy Burris

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Kentucky beef producers could feel the effects of the ’07 drought for a long time. Decisions made now will impact the ’08 and ’09 calf crops. The current hay/feed shortage has stimulated a lot of “panic buying”. Feedstuffs with very low nutritive values are being purchased at an alarming rate. These “feeds” are being purchased at much higher costs than we normally pay for good quality hay. If properly supplemented, they can be used successfully. However, their use to replace the normal hay supply could have disastrous results.

Study, Sample, And Intervention Characteristics Of 75 Randomized Controlled Trials Included In A Meta-Analysis Of Computer-Delivered Interventions For Health Promotion And Behavioral Risk Reduction, 1988 - 2007, David B. Portnoy, Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon, Blair T. Johnson, Michael P. Carey

CHIP Documents

Objective. Use of computers to promote healthy behavior is increasing. To summarize and evaluate the efficacy of these computer-delivered interventions, we conducted a meta-analysis of the published literature.

Method. Studies examining health domains related to the leading health indicators outlined in Healthy People 2010 were selected. Data from 75 randomized controlled trials, published between 1988 and 2007, with 35,685 participants and 82 separate interventions were included. All studies were coded independently by two raters for study and participant characteristics, design and methodology, and intervention content. We calculated weighted mean effect sizes for theoretically-meaningful psychosocial and behavioral outcomes; moderator analyses determined …

Prediction Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis From Psychosocial Questionnaires, Scott David Mist

Dissertations and Theses

Astonishingly, most Traditional Chinese Medicine (CM) research in the West proceeds without CM diagnoses, perhaps because CM diagnosis is time consuming or not considered relevant. One way to improve the feasibility of incorporating CM diagnosis would be to prescreen participants using questionnaires. This would allow cost savings in recruitment, and balancing of treatments by CM diagnosis. Consequently, the hypothesis of this research was that pre-treatment questionnaires can predict CM diagnosis.

Baseline questionnaires from 195 participants with temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) were examined to test the hypothesis. Two methods, logistic regression (LR) and reconstructability analysis (RA), were used in conjunction to …

Cell Death In Health And Disease, Richard A. Lockshin, Zahra Zakeri

Publications and Research

Cell death is clearly an important factor in development, homeostasis, pathology and in aging, but medical efforts based on controlling cell death have not become major aspects of medicine. There are several reasons why hopes have been slow to be fulfilled, and they present indications for new directions in research. Most effort has focused on the machinery of cell death, or the proximate effectors of apoptosis and their closely associated and interacting proteins. But cells have many options other than apoptosis. These include autophagy, necrosis, atrophy and stepwise or other alternate means of self-disassembly. The response of a cell to …

Mustang Daily, October 29, 2007

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Relative Effects Of Mammal Herbivory And Plant Spacing On Seedling Recruitment Following Fire And Mining, Michael H. Parsons, Christine M. Rafferty, Byron B. Lamont, Kenneth Dods, Meredith M. Fairbanks

Natural Resources Research Articles

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter October 29, 2007, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

October 27, 2007 (Pages 5713-5876), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 37 (2007)

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Genotoxic Effects Of Seed Decoction Of Cassia Tora L. (Leguminosae) In Allium Cepa Model, Pallavi Solanke, Mahendra Singh, Hemant Singh Rathore, Anjali Sharma, Mukesh Makwana, Sharad Shrivastava

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Cytological effects of Cassia tora seed decoction were evaluated in Allium cepa root tip cells. Bulbs were grown in pure tap water (controls, Gr. I) and also in six concentrations (0.15 mg/ml, 0.31 mg/ml, 0.62 mg/ml, 1.25 mg/ml, 2.5 mg/ml and 5 mg/ml) of C.tora seed decoction in tap water (experimental, Grs. II). Parameters of study were 'mean root length' and morphology i.e. colour and shape of root tips at 72 hr of cultivation and 'mitotic Index', chromosomal aberrations and abnormal mitosis at 48 hr of cultivation. Physico-chemical characterization of decoction was also made. No changes in the morphology of …

Volume 43 - Issue 07 - Friday, October 26, 2007, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, October 26, 2007, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Contrasting Infection Strategies In Generalist And Specialist Wasp Parasitoids Of Drosophila Melanogaster, Todd A. Schlenke, Jorge Morales, Shubha Govind, Andrew G. Clark

Publications and Research

Although host–parasitoid interactions are becoming well characterized at the organismal and cellular levels, much remains to be understood of the molecular bases for the host immune response and the parasitoids’ ability to defeat this immune response. Leptopilina boulardi and L. heterotoma, two closely related, highly infectious natural parasitoids of Drosophila melanogaster, appear to use very different infection strategies at the cellular level. Here, we further characterize cellular level differences in the infection characteristics of these two wasp species using newly derived, virulent inbred strains, and then use whole genome microarrays to compare the transcriptional response of Drosophila to each. While …

Bowman, Willie Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

INTERVIEWERS: Brian Purnell

INTERVIEWEE: Mrs. Willie E.P. Bowman (Interview One)

SUMMARY BY: Andrew O’Connell

Born on November 30, 1931 in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Willie Ella Paschal Bowman spent just the first two years of her life in what she proudly described as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1933, she and her mother headed north to stay with Bowman’s great aunt in Harlem, part of the first wave of the Great Migration that would soon develop as one of the most significant movements of peoples that this country has ever seen. After earning three dollars a week as …

The Eastern Echo, October 26, 2007, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Malaria, Labor Supply, And Schooling In Sub-Saharan Africa, Taiwo Abimbola

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the causal effects of malaria and poor health in general on economic outcome in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study uses panel data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) for Tanzania from 1991 to 2004. Three main hypotheses are tested. First, the study evaluates the effect of malaria and other chronic illnesses on labor supply using the number of hours worked per week as a measure of outcome. Second, it determines the impact of poor health on human capital accumulation by measuring the number of weekly school hours lost to illness. The third …

On The Job

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

No abstract provided.

More Veggies, Less Breast Cancer: Unlocking One Secret To Prevention

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

No abstract provided.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 25, 2007

Washington University Record, October 25, 2007

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

The Carroll News- Vol. 84, No. 7, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 25, 2007, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Matt Whitman, Roger Lee, Yukiko Kawamura, Ashley Higgins, Keith Page, Zach Shamberg, Salia Zouande, Kristin O'Brassill, Laurel Salvo, David Hamalian, Michael Silber, Alex Ernst, Jason Davis, Katie Callahan, Chris Carey

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Training for the Mind: Enter the Meditation World • Feel the Heat with Latin Dance Classes • Philly's Finest Choreographs UCDC • Express Bus 93 Speeds Up Access to Center City • Ursinus College Bookstore Backs Edun Live Initiative • Understanding Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) • Ten Minutes Will Do • Four Students Nominated for Watson Fellowship • Book Review: Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel • Opinions: Genocide: Then and Now; Show at the Electric Factory; Dumbledore Out of the Broom Closet; When Arms Trade Goes Awry • New Season: Men's Soccer • UC Training Room has a New …

Analisis Risiko Asupan Oral Pajanan Mangan Dalam Air Terhadap Kesehatan Masyarakat, Taufik Ashar

Kesmas

Mangan yang secara alami dapat ditemukan di air, tanah, dan udara adalah zat nutrisi esensial bagi manusia dan hewan. Asupan yang tidak mencukupi atau yang berlebihan dapat gangguan kesehatan. Pajanan kronik mangan pada dosis yang tinggi dapat mengakibatkan gangguan pada sistem saraf. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui perkiraan risiko kesehatan akibat asupan mangan dari air sumur di wilayah penelitian. Penelitian dengan disain crossectional ini dilakukan terhadap masyarakat di wilayah sekitar TPA Rawakucing yang meliputi masyarakat yang bermukim di dalam kawasan (114 orang), dan di luar kawasan TPA (177 orang). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan rata-rata konsentrasi mangan dalam air sumur di wilayah …

Lingkungan Fisik Kamar Tidur Dan Pneumonia Pada Anak Balita Di Puskesmas Kawalu Kota Tasikmalaya, Nur Widodo

Kesmas

Pneumonia masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang penting di Indonesia termasuk di Kota Tasikmalaya. Diperkirakan proporsi penyakit pneumonia bayi adalah 16,4%, dan pada balita adalah 25%. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan kejadian pneumonia pada balita dengan faktor lingkungan fisik kamar tidur dan karakteristik anak. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah case control. Sampel sebanyak 300 responden terdiri dari 150 orang kasus dan 150 orang kontrol. Dari hasil uji multivariat tanpa interaksi, faktor dominan yang mempengaruhi kejadian penyakit pneumonia pada anak balita adalah status gizi dengan nilai B 1,799 dan OR = 6,041 (CI 95%=1,607-22,713). Sedangkan hasil uji interaksi diperoleh …

Dislipidemia Dan Obesitas Sentral Pada Lanjut Usia Di Kota Padang, Sudijanto Kamso

Kesmas

Data-data di rumah sakit maupun di masyarakat menunjukkan penyakit kardiovaskuler yang terdiri dari penyakit jantung koroner, penyakit jantung hipertensi dan stroke adalah penyebab utama kematian pada kelompok lanjut usia. Penelitian-penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang dapat menyebabkan timbulnya penyakit kardiovaskuler tersebut adalah gangguan kadar lemak dalam darah (dislipidemia) dan obesitas sentral. Berbagai penelitian dibidang penyakit kardiovaskular telah dilakukan, tetapi data mengenai dislipidemia dan obesitas sentral pada lansia Indonesia masih dirasakan kurang. Tujuan utama penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui prevalensi dislipidemia dan obesitas sentral, serta faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan obesitas sentral pada lansia di Padang, daerah dengan prevalensi penyakit kardiovaskular yang tinggi. …

Shaping The Future Of Southern Nevada Moderators & Panelists Biographies

Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability

Moderators & Panelists biographies

Volume 45, Number 10: October 24, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Register, 2007-10-24, North Carolina Agricutural And Technical State University

NCAT Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

K12-Biotinylated Histone H4 Marks Heterochromatin In Human Lymphoblastoma Cells, Gabriela Camporeale, Anna M. Oommen, Jacob B. Griffin, Gautam Sarath, Janos Zempleni

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

Covalent modifications of histones play crucial roles in chromatin structure and genomic stability. Recently, we reported a novel modification of histones: biotinylation of lysine residues. Here we provide evidence that K12-biotinylated histone H4 (K12Bio H4) maps specifically to both heterochromatin (alpha satellite repeats in pericentromeric regions) and transcriptionally repressed chromatin (γ-G globin and interleukin-2) in human lymphoblastoma cells. The abundance of K12Bio H4 in these regions was similar to that of K9-dimethylated histone H3, a known marker for heterochromatin. Likewise, K8-biotinylated histone H4 (K8Bio H4) mapped to heterochromatin, but the relative enrichment was smaller compared with K12Bio H4. Stimulation of …

The Spinnaker Vol. 31 No. 12, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community