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Thriving In Today’S Times: Stretching Your Food Dollar, Joan Hegerfeld, Liz Gorham

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12 to 14% of our income is used to pay for food. We get a lot of bang for our buck. However, that buck may not have the purchasing power it once had because of economic stress. When families are faced with economic stress, one has to make decisions that will stretch the family’s food dollar. Stretching your food dollar comes as a result of getting your meal planning under control. Families are very busy, and in many instances both parents are working outside the home. Children have hectic schedules, …

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

Health Insurance Fraud: An Overview, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Nancy Lopez, Scott Stifler

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

In 2007, the U.S. spent nearly $2.3 trillion on health care and public and private insurers processed more than 4 billion health insurance claims. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) has estimated that, conservatively, 3% of all health care spending—or $68 billion—is lost to health care fraud. Other estimates by government and law enforcement agencies place fraud-related losses as high as 10% of annual health care spending; at this rate, the losses in 2007 alone – over $220 billion – would have been enough to cover the uninsured.

This report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, delves into …

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information For Health Care Professionals, June 2009, Medical University Of South Carolina, Heather Kokko, Kelli Garrison, Jason Cooper, Chris Wisniewski, Ashley Lewis

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

No abstract provided.

Avian Advice, Summer 2009, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville). Center Of Excellence For Poultry Science, University Of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service

Avian Advice

No abstract provided.

Life Long Education Experience At Lingnan University, Ying Po Cheung, Chi Ping Kwan, Che Kau Li, Kit Ha Tong, Fat Hing Yip

APIAS Monograph 專題論文

Owing to the advancement of medical technology, food availability, improved environment and health conditions, population ageing is a phenomenon that is occurring both globally and locally. In Hong Kong, the elderly population defined as comprising people aged 65 and over, was 653,700 in 1996 (Census & Statistics Department 2005a). By 2006, it will be 839,600 (Census & Statistics Department 2004), representing a net increase of 33%. During the same period (1996—2006), the increase in the old-old group (aged 75 and over) is 59%. In Hong Kong, the decrease in birth rate coupled with an increase in average life expectancy, and …

Primetimes Newsletter, Summer 2009, Office Of Lifespan Studies

PrimeTimes Newsletter

PrimeTimes is the newsletter of the Office of Lifespan Studies in the College of Science at Coastal Carolina University.

Demography And Language Competition, Anne Kandler

Human Biology

Attempts to describe language competition and extinction in a mathematical way have enjoyed increased popularity recently. In this paper I review recent modeling approaches and, based on these findings, propose a model of reaction-diffusion type. I analyze the dynamics of interactions of a population with two monolingual groups and a group that is bilingual in these two languages. The results show that demographic factors, such as population growth or population dispersal, play an important role in the competition dynamic. Furthermore, I consider the impact of two strategies for language maintenance: adjusting the status of the endangered language and adjusting the …

Cultural Innovations And Demographic Change, Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, Robert L. Bettinger

Human Biology

Demography plays a large role in cultural evolution through its effects on the effective rate of innovation. If we assume that useful inventions are rare, then small isolated societies will have low rates of invention. In small populations, complex technology will tend to be lost as a result of random loss or incomplete transmission (the Tasmanian effect). Large populations have more inventors and are more resistant to loss by chance. If human populations can grow freely, then a population-technology-population positive feedback should occur such that human societies reach a stable growth path on which the rate of growth of technology …

Crop Bioengineering: Enormous Potential For Catalyzing International Development, Peter Gregory, Stanley P. Kowalski

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] Bioengineering provides unique and dramatic opportunities for crop improvement. It can be used to develop crop varieties that would otherwise be unavailable and can facilitate much faster and more precise ways of developing improved varieties. It can help to increase yields and reliability and thus reduce food costs for the consumer while helping to control input costs for farmers through reduced applications of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizer.

The extent to which this will be achieved depends on how effectively the global scientific community – including both the public and private sectors – can cooperate in harnessing the power of …

Food Safety Consortium Newsletter, Summer 2009, Food Safety Consortium (U.S.)

Food Safety Consortium Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Hilltop Archaeology: Ceremony And Ritual At The Site Of Cerro Santa Rita, Chao Valley, Peru, Richard A. Busch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Site of Cerro Santa Rita is located in the mid-valley region of the Chao Valley on the North Cast of Peru. Occupied by people during the Gallinazo, Moche and Chimú time periods, Cerro Santa Rita fulfilled a role similar to that of a huaca, or temple. The people of pre-Hispanic Peru were deep set in their traditions, many of these traditions are still practiced by Peruvians today. The traditions of ancestor veneration and feasting are no exceptions to this. Cerro Santa Rita was a burial complex that had plazas and courtyards associated with the tombs of ancestors. Not …

The Burden Of Fetching Water: Using Caloric Expenditure As An Indicator Of Access To Safe Drinking Water—A Case Study From Xieng Khouang Province, Lao Pdr, Jeff La Frenierre

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Millennium Development Goals measure ‘access to improved drinking water’ using an indicator that defines access as the presence of an improved water source within 1 kilometer of a person’s dwelling. This purely linear measurement has significant shortcomings, including a lack of consideration for the difficulty of the terrain being traversed and the weight of the loads being carried. This paper examines in detail the human energy costs associated with fetching water, first using two Lao villages as case studies, then applying a predictive energy expenditure model to measure the potential caloric effect of variations in the age and gender …

Gene-Environment Interactions In Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Holly Donovan Barnard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The overall goal of this project is to advance our understanding of the multifactorial etiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by testing a diathesis-stress model of gene x environment (g x e) interactions. Although the literature increasingly supports g x e interactions in the manifestation of ADHD, few studies have investigated multiple genetic and environmental risk factors, included direct tests of gene - environment correlations (rG-Es), explored the specificity of interactions to symptom dimensions, or attempted to minimize comparisons. Therefore, utilizing both within-family (FBAT/PBAT) and case-control methodology, this study sought to (1) explore main effects of polymorphisms in the …

2009 Summer - Registration Guide, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

No abstract provided.

Thriving In Today’S Times: Strategies For Households, Liz Gorham

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Working through the challenge of decreased income can give you great personal satisfaction, and you can make a success of it. With a positive attitude and with the support of your family (see ExEx14069, “Thriving in Today’s Times: The Family Meeting”), try some new thinking for weathering a current crisis. Whether your household is currently doing well financially or is struggling, adopting some or all of the survival strategies detailed in this publication can help you have a more secure financial future. The strategies (some from the PBS special, Affluenza: Epidemic of Over-Consumption) will help you rethink how to use …

Web Based Classes For Enhancement Of Prelaboratory Lectures, Tiffany Hesser, Michael Collura

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

The use of web classes, such as Tegrity Campus1, as a supplement to pre laboratory reading or a replacement for pre laboratory lectures could become a standard tool in laboratory education protocol. In classes with multiple lab sections and instructors, pre laboratory lectures can lack consistency and it can be difficult to gauge the students’ level of preparation. With the ever increasing exposure to technology, students generally prefer information in a digital and multimedia form, rather than textbook readings. Therefore, this method can prove to better prepare students prior to laboratory experiments, increasing the overall understanding of the chemical reactions …

Food Exemplar Salience: What Foods Do People Think Of When You Tell Them To Change Their Diet?, Carolyn R. Brown-Kramer, Marc T. Kiviniemi, Julie A. Winseman

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Understanding which specific foods easily come to mind when individuals consider categories of dietary behavior may help explain observed patterns of dietary intake. We examined which specific behavioral exemplars are most easily retrieved from memory when individuals consider broad dietary categories. Participants reported specific foods that come to mind when considering high fat foods, low fat foods, and fruits/vegetables. Salient foods differed from those suggested in dietary guidelines, were distinct from those known to be major diet components, and showed a non-trivial number of incorrect responses. These findings have implications for understanding how individuals respond to dietary guidelines and devising …

Enhancing Research And Practice In Early Childhood Through Formative And Design Experiments, Barbara A. Bradley, David Reinking

Publications

This article describes formative and design experiments and how they can advance research and instructional practices in early childhood education. We argue that this relatively new approach to education research closes the gap between research and practice, and it addresses limitations that have been identified in early childhood research. We provide examples of this approach's potential benefits, trace its origins, present its defining characteristics, illustrate a representative framework for conducting a formative experiment using an example from our own work and we argue that formative and design experiments introduce useful new metaphors into early childhood research.

Birth-Intervals And Sex Composition Of Western Gray Whales Summering Off Sakhalin Island, Russia, David W. Weller, Amanda L. Bradford, Aimée R. Lang, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Alexander M. Burdin

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Determining the birth-interval at which reproductive females produce calves is an indispensable component of studies on the population biology of large whales. In theory, shorter birth-intervals will result in a faster rate of population increase. Therefore, estimating this reproductive parameter is particularly important for modeling exercises designed to project the potential growth of a given population and, in the case of endangered populations, their ability to recover from a depleted state (e.g. Cooke et al., 2008). While a number of inherent biases exist with respect to determination of birth-intervals for baleen whales (Barlow and Clapham, 1997), dedicated sampling efforts and …

C&I 355.50: The Child In The Family, Susan Harper-Whalen

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Research Division News – April/May/June 2009

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Contents:
Comments from Dean Gary Cunningham
Layman Awards
Anna Elliott Proposals
New or Revised Projects (January through April 2009)
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants (January through April 2009)
Grants and Contracts Received (January through April 2009)

What's Happening: June, 2009, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Contract And Grant Awards Fiscal Year 2009, Office Of The Vice President For Research

Office of the Vice President for Research

No abstract provided.

Medicaid And Case Management To Promote Healthy Child Development, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Kay Johnson, Emily Jones, Anne R. Markus

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

This policy brief presents options for financing and delivering case management services to low-income and special-needs children in Medicaid. The analysis builds on a literature review of case management, a review of the legal underpinnings of Medicaid case management, and consultation with experts in the fields of health care finance and program operations. It aims to inform the policy community about the importance of case management for assuring the health and development of our youngest and most vulnerable children.

Pasture Condition Guide For The Ord River Catchment, K Ryan, E Tierney, P Novelly

Bulletins 4000 -

This guide has been produced as a tool for assessing pasture condition over a range of pasture types in the Ord River catchment. A pasture type is a distinctive mix of plant species, soil type and landscape position. For example, the Mitchell Grass Alluvial Plain Pasture type is a mixture of Mitchell grasses and other species occurring on black soil alluvial plains.

Pasture condition is an important factor affecting the potential of the rangelands for animal production and is a useful indicator for the sustainability of production.

Development Of Ectogenesis: How Will Artificial Wombs Affect The Legal Status Of A Fetus Or Embryo?, Jessica H. Schultz

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Scientists are currently attempting to create an artificula womb which would allow fetal development to occur independent of a woman's womb. This note analyzes legal questions which would emerge with this new technology, including how artificial wombs would affect the interests of the father and the state in the fetus; whether contracts involving artificial wombs would be enforceable; and what type of liability issues would arise due to artificial womb use. Finally, the note proposes answers for these questions and concludes that the development of artificial wombs will likely complicate rather than resolve issues surrounding reproductive rights and the legal …

Speleo Spiel, No. 372, May-June 2009, Alan Jackson

Speleo Spiel

Contents: Regular Bits -- Trip Reports -- Other Exciting Stuff

Forage News [2009-06], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Hart County Hay Producer to Speak at AFGC
• Forage Workers Meet in Lexington
• Nominations Requested
• Kentucky Alfalfa Conference: 30th Anniversary
• UK Equine Field Day
• Rotational Grazing Benefits
• Adjust Conditioners for Maximum Drying
• Grazing Conference to be at Princeton
• UK Field Day - July 23
• Anderson County to Host KFGC Field Day
• KFGC and High Quality Forages
• Miscanthus - What is it?
• Upcoming Events

Board Summary Report June 2009, Regenstrief Center For Healthcare Engineering

RCHE Reports

No abstract provided.