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Evaluation Of Beef Cattle Operations Utilizing Different Seasons Of Calving, Weaning Strategies, Postweaning Management, And Retained Ownership, R. E. Kruse, M. W. Tess, E. E. Grings, R. E. Short, R. K. Heitschmidt, W. A. Phillips, H. S. Mayeux

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

Data from a 3-yr study in Montana were utilized to evaluate impacts of season of calving, weaning strategy, and retained ownership of steer calves on enterprise profitability. Calving seasons were late winter (LW), early spring (ES), or late spring (LS). Each season had 2 weaning times: 190 (LW190, ES190) or 240 (LW240, ES240) d for LW and ES, and 140 (LS140) or 190 (LS190) d for LS. Backgrounding options included shipping steers to Oklahoma (OK1), or backgrounding in Montana to a constant age (MT2) or weight (MT3). Steers from OK1 and MT2 were finished in Oklahoma in confinement or via …

The Mobility Of Fecal Indicator Microorganisms Within A Karst Groundwater Basin In The Inner Bluegrass Region, Kentucky, James Wade Ward

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

This project implemented novel approaches to assess the source, age, concentration and mobility of fecal indicator microorganisms within a karst groundwater system. Research was conducted in the well-characterized Blue Hole Spring karst groundwater basin in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. At this site the AC/TC ratio and fecal coliform (FC) bacteria counts were used to delineate sources of fecal inputs and determine relative age of the fecal matter. An aging experiment using indicator bacteria (total coliform (TC) and atypical colonies (AC)), which approximated subsurface conditions, indicated that changes in the AC/TC ratio are likely to be retarded during bacterial transport through …

Map-Based Cloning Of An Anthracnose Resistance Gene In Medicago Truncatula, Shengming Yang

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Anthracnose, caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum trifolii, is one of the most destructive diseases of alfalfa worldwide. Cloning and characterization of the host resistance (R) genes against the pathogen will improve our knowledge of molecular mechanisms underlying host resistance and facilitate the development of resistant alfalfa cultivars. However, the intractable genetic system of cultivated alfalfa, owing to its tetrasomic inheritance and outcrossing nature, limits the ability to carry out genetic analysis in alfalfa. Nonetheless, the model legume Medicago truncatula, a close relative of alfalfa, provides a surrogate for cloning the counterparts of many agronomically important genes in …

Criminal Law—The Insufficiency Of Possession In Prohibition Of Child Pornography Statutes: Why Viewing A Crime Scene Should Be Criminal, Rebecca Michaels

Western New England Law Review

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A Culture Of Necrophilia: The Rise Of The Undead In Film, Lugene Rosen

Library Articles and Research

In recent years, the undead have been on the rise in films. Zombies and vampires are taking center stage and raking in money in record amounts. Resident Evil moved on to its fourth installment, 28 Days Later morphed into 28 Weeks Later, and 30 Days of Night is scoring some serious box office attention. George Romero, the king of the undead film, released his latest Land of the Dead, fourth in the Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead series. There has even been an updated remake of Dawn …

Foreword: Victims And The Criminal Justice System, Luis E. Chiesa

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

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Privacy Decisionmaking In Administrative Agencies, Kenneth A. Bamberger, Deirdre K. Mulligan

University of Chicago Law Review

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Big Boys And Chinese Walls, Daniel Sullivan

University of Chicago Law Review

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Advertisements: Interpreting Images Used To Sell To Young Adults, Alyssa Dana Adomaitis, Kim P. Johnson

Publications and Research

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify images used in advertising directed toward young adults, investigate what young adults thought of these images, and explore how young adults used these images.

Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis of 674 apparel and cosmetic advertisements located in four fashion magazines (Elle Girl, Seventeen, YM, and TeenVogue) resulted in eight categories. Participants (n ¼ 32) viewed advertisements representative of the categories and answered questions related to their thoughts about the model depicted in the advertisement and their use of the images.

Findings – Participants’ used the models as a point of …

Mitochondria In Energy-Limited States : Mechanisms That Blunt The Signaling Of Cell Death., Steven Hand, Michael Menze

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Cellular conditions experienced during energy-limited states – elevated calcium, shifts in cellular adenylate status, compromised mitochondrial membrane potential – are precisely those that trigger, at least in mammals, the mitochondrion to initiate opening of the permeability transition pore, to assemble additional protein release channels, and to release pro-apoptotic factors. These proapototic factors in turn activate initiator and executer caspases. How is activation of mitochondria-based pathways for the signaling of apoptotic and necrotic cell death avoided under conditions of hypoxia, anoxia, diapause, estivation and anhydrobiosis? Functional trade-offs in environmental tolerance may have occurred in parallel with the evolution of diversified pathways …

Indians, Land, And Ideology : The Disruption Of Nationalism In The Works Of Lydia Maria Child And Henry David Thoreau, Lynn Marie Fedele

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

This thesis discusses presentations of American Indian culture and civilization in mid-nineteenth century American literature, especially as written by two northern Abolitionist writers, Henry David Thoreau and Lydia Maria Child. Tracing how these presentations are used to work both with and against developing American nationalism, most importantly in terms of the morality of U.S. expansionism, this paper explores the connections between Indians and land. As race is critical in nineteenth century nationalism, and land is necessary to industrial capitalism and U.S. expansionism, how these constructs are linked ideologically serves to either uphold or challenge the spread ot the U.S. westward …

Tiered Consent And The Tyranny Of Choice, Natalie Ram

All Faculty Scholarship

Regulations and doctrine governing human tissue research are facing immense

pressure to ensure respect for the interests of tissue providers and of

researchers.Tiered consent presents tissue providers with a menu of research

categories to which they may consent, and it is a recognized best practice. Yet,

evidence in consumer psychology suggests that abundant choice causes decision

makers to experience information overload, make arbitrary choices, refrain from

choosing altogether, and experience regret following decision making. These

patterns result in systematically lower quality decision making. This article fleshes

out the potential limitations of expanded choice in tiered consent situations so that

use …

The "Reasonable Plant" Test: When Progress Outruns The Constitution, Max Stul Oppenheimer

All Faculty Scholarship

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The "Reasonable Plant" Test: When Progress Outruns The Constitution, Max Oppenheimer

All Faculty Scholarship

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Defining Fashion: Interpreting The Scope Of The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, Elizabeth F. Johnson

Brooklyn Law Review

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Causation, Truth, And The Law, Richard Scheines

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Getting To The Truth: Grounding Incomplete Knowledge, Frank C. Keil

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Expert Evidence, Partisanship, And Epistemic Competence, Jennifer L. Mnookin

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scientific Realism In Constitutional Law, David L. Faigman

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

"There's Danger Here, Cherie!": Liability For The Promotion And Marketing Of Drugs And Medical Devices For Off-Label Uses, Richard C. Ausness

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Getting To Causation In Toxic Tort Cases, David E. Bernstein

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fair Circumvention, Timothy K. Armstrong

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

You've Got To Be Kidneying Me! The Fatal Problem Of Severing Rights And Remedies From The Body Of Organ Donation Law, Brian Morris

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Computer With A View: Progress, Privacy, And Google, Jamuna D. Kelley

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Time For Rights? Loving, Gay Marriage, And The Limits Of Legal Justice, Chandan Reddy

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

"Who Killed Katie Couric?" And Other Tales From The World Of Executive Compensation Reform, Kenneth M. Rosen

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Self-Referencing And Recognition In Meadow Voles, Microtus Pennsylvanicus, M. Ferkin, A. Pierce, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

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Using Broad Cognitive Models And Cognitive Robotics To Apply Computational Intelligence To Animal Cognition, S. Franklin, M. Ferkin

CCRG Papers

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A Novel And Generalizable Organotypic Slice Platform To Evaluate Stem Cell Potential For Targeting Pediatric Brain Tumors., Shengwen Calvin Li, William Gunter Loudon

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Brain tumors are now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children under age 15. Malignant gliomas are, for all practical purposes, incurable and new therapeutic approaches are desperately needed. One emerging strategy is to use the tumor tracking capacity inherent in many stem cell populations to deliver therapeutic agents to the brain cancer cells. Current limitations of the stem cell therapy strategy include that stem cells are treated as a single entity and lack of uniform technology is adopted for selection of clinically relevant sub-populations of stem cells. Specifically, therapeutic success relies on the selection of a clinically competent …

Targeting Nf-Kappab: A Promising Molecular Therapy In Inflammatory Arthritis., Jorge A. Roman-Blas, Sergio A. Jimenez

Scleroderma Center Faculty Papers

The nuclear factor-kappa B family of transcription factors is intimately involved in the regulation of the inflammatory responses that play a fundamental role in the damage of articular tissues. Thus, many studies have examined the important contributions of components of the NF-kappaB signaling pathways to the pathogenesis of various rheumatic diseases and their pharmacologic modulation. Currently available therapeutic agents including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, nutraceuticals, and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, as well as novel specific small-molecule inhibitors have been employed. In addition, promising nucleic acid-based strategies have shown encouraging results. However, further research will be needed before NF-kappaB-aimed strategies become an …