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Dairy Cow Grouping, Allison Mcmillan Dec 2009

Dairy Cow Grouping, Allison Mcmillan

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Relationship Of Copper, Zinc And Selenium Status With Udder Health And Mastitis Incidence In The Cal Poly Holstein Herd, Michelle Van Ryn Dec 2009

Relationship Of Copper, Zinc And Selenium Status With Udder Health And Mastitis Incidence In The Cal Poly Holstein Herd, Michelle Van Ryn

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Reproductive Diseases Of Dairy Cattle, Christina Suzanne Tortosa Dec 2009

Reproductive Diseases Of Dairy Cattle, Christina Suzanne Tortosa

Dairy Science

The efficiency of today’s dairy has increased due to the growing number of cows per herd and the production of pounds of milk per cow. Increased milk production however has resulted in a reduction of conception rates causing a loss of income for the dairy producer since the dairy industry relies heavily on milk production, which is caused by good conception rates. Many reproductive disorders like dystocia, metritis, endometritis, and retained placenta affect conception rates, and can lead to metabolic diseases like rumen acidosis, milk fever, and displaced abomasums. Recurrent metabolic diseases can eventually lead to culling of the herd. …


Promoting The Dairy Science Department For International Students, Andres Gomez Dec 2009

Promoting The Dairy Science Department For International Students, Andres Gomez

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Ffa State Finals Committee Chairman Guide, Brian Fiorini Dec 2009

Ffa State Finals Committee Chairman Guide, Brian Fiorini

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Lameness And Locomotion Scoring Of Dairy Cows, Haley Lynne Aquino Dec 2009

Lameness And Locomotion Scoring Of Dairy Cows, Haley Lynne Aquino

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Algae As An Economical Protein Source For Dairy Cattle Nutrition, Brian Azevedo Dec 2009

Algae As An Economical Protein Source For Dairy Cattle Nutrition, Brian Azevedo

Dairy Science

Dairying continues to change with economic and environmental demands of today’s fast moving society. Feed costs continue to rise and now account for a large majority of expenses on dairies; especially protein, which has become expensive to purchase. I believe that Algae can serve as a possible solution to aid in alleviating this problem. Algae grow rapidly and consume undesirable carbon dioxide to release oxygen to the environment, making it an environmentally friendly source of feed. There are particular strands of algae that are high in protein. During the course of this project, I intend to discover how effective protein …


Usage Of The Penn State Forage Separator For Evaluating Particle Size Of Tmrs, Ashley Rene Garcia Dec 2009

Usage Of The Penn State Forage Separator For Evaluating Particle Size Of Tmrs, Ashley Rene Garcia

Dairy Science

Particle size has many effects on the cow. Adequate forage particle length is necessary for proper rumen function. Dairymen are also having a hard time measuring particle size. Proper particle size distribution of feeds is an important part of ration formulation. Management of forage particle size starts with harvesting forages at the proper stage of maturity. Chopping the crop at the right length helps to achieve the desired particle length in a TMR. Measuring particle length of the forages is only a portion of the solution. Analyzing the TMR particle size is the main goal in measuring the distribution of …


Organic And Conventional Dairy Evaluation, Matthew (Matt) Stornetta Dec 2009

Organic And Conventional Dairy Evaluation, Matthew (Matt) Stornetta

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Where The Wild Stuff Grows: Bacteria From The Cow To The Pasture-Izer, Michael Stewart Dec 2009

Where The Wild Stuff Grows: Bacteria From The Cow To The Pasture-Izer, Michael Stewart

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.


Designing The Promotional Materials For The Cal Poly Care 4a Calf Fundraising Program, Theresa Machado Dec 2009

Designing The Promotional Materials For The Cal Poly Care 4a Calf Fundraising Program, Theresa Machado

Dairy Science

The creation of the promotional materials of the Cal Poly Care 4A Calf program.


Everything Is Permitted: Three Essays In The Spirit Of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Underground, Gina Nichole Caprari Dec 2009

Everything Is Permitted: Three Essays In The Spirit Of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Underground, Gina Nichole Caprari

English

No abstract provided.


Development Of Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves For The Santa Cruz Mountains, Sarah Howell Dec 2009

Development Of Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves For The Santa Cruz Mountains, Sarah Howell

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

This study was conducted to develop regional hydraulic geometry curves for the Santa Cruz Mountains that could be used in stream related and/or engineering projects. Data used to form these curves was collected from the USGS and by conducting stream geometry surveys. The resulting regional curves had high R² values ranging from .82 to .92. Compared to other regional curves in nearby areas, the Santa Cruz Mountains regional curve equations have higher exponents, meaning bankfull channel measurements increase at faster rates as drainage areas increases. Further measurements and analysis should be done before applying these curves to project sites.


Cost Of Quality In The Construction Industry, Philip L. Barlow Dec 2009

Cost Of Quality In The Construction Industry, Philip L. Barlow

Construction Management

The construction industry needs to decrease its costs due to nonconformance by implementing an objective model for analyzing the excessive cost of poor quality and the overall savings realized from good quality. Direct cost estimates from rework in commercial building construction average about 5%. A simple calculation based on U.S. construction industry expenditures of $1.246 trillion in 2007 reveals that $62 billion is wasted just on the direct cost construction rework alone! The term quality can be applied in many different ways to various aspects of the construction process. This paper proposes a model which helps illustrate how the various …


Effectiveness Of Electronic Transfer Device On Passive Tag Readability, Michael Anthony Montero Dec 2009

Effectiveness Of Electronic Transfer Device On Passive Tag Readability, Michael Anthony Montero

Industrial Technology and Packaging

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been around for roughly 40 years, yet the technology has not been widely implemented. Bar codes currently dominate supply chains as the main method for tracking asset, but RFID has the potential to completely remove the need for bar codes. While bar codes need to be individually scanned RFID tagging allows for instantaneous scanning of complete pallet loads. This drastically reduces the amount of time and labor needed to monitor and track assets throughout supply chains. Yet, at this time RFID tagging is unable to be adopted by the majority of manufacturers due to the …


Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Hughson Nuts’ Marketing Strategies In India And China, Christopher Douglas Angle Dec 2009

Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Hughson Nuts’ Marketing Strategies In India And China, Christopher Douglas Angle

Agribusiness

This analysis for this study was undertaken to determine if Hughson Nuts’ Marketing Strategies were effective in India and China. The study was also to assess Hughson Nut’s marketing mix internationally to China and India, to evaluate the marketing mix based on projection and comparisons, to assess potential improvements of the marketing mix, and to determine how Hughson Nuts sales to India and China compared to the rest of states sales. The report represents four techniques that make up the marketing mix; place, price, product, and promotion. The research involved getting data from the California Almond Board and making a …


Feasibility Of Establishing A Vineyard, Caitlin Adams Dec 2009

Feasibility Of Establishing A Vineyard, Caitlin Adams

Agribusiness

The purpose of this project was to determine whether it would be feasible for Cal Poly to expand their vineyard from fifteen acres to eighteen acres. There are four major costs associated when establishing a vineyard: plant, vine, trellis system, and drip system. Two suppliers per major cost with the exception of labor were called to determine the best price. Once the costs were determined, they were entered into an Excel spreadsheet in the initial cost outlay of an Enterprise Budget. It has been concluded that expanding Cal Poly’s vineyard would be feasible. Both the lowest and highest bids of …


Feasiblility Of Opening A Tequila Bar In San Luis Obispo, Trevor Patrick Brady Dec 2009

Feasiblility Of Opening A Tequila Bar In San Luis Obispo, Trevor Patrick Brady

Agribusiness

No abstract provided.


2,5-Dichlorothiophene 1,1-Dioxide, Jonathan B. Briggs, Wenling Jia, Mikael D. Jazdzyk, Glen P. Miller Dec 2009

2,5-Dichlorothiophene 1,1-Dioxide, Jonathan B. Briggs, Wenling Jia, Mikael D. Jazdzyk, Glen P. Miller

Chemistry

The complete molecule of the title compound, C(4)H(2)Cl(2)O(2)S, is generated by crystallographic twofold symmetry, with the S atom lying on the rotation axis. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds..


Lynx Tale, December 2009, Lindenwood University Dec 2009

Lynx Tale, December 2009, Lindenwood University

Lynx Tale

The Lynx Tale was a Lindenwood University-Belleville student centered newspaper that informed students on upcoming events and news on campus.


Ethnomedicinal Studies Of Some Weeds In Crop Fields Of Marathwada Region, India, J. A. Dhole, N. A. Dhole, S. S. Bodke Dec 2009

Ethnomedicinal Studies Of Some Weeds In Crop Fields Of Marathwada Region, India, J. A. Dhole, N. A. Dhole, S. S. Bodke

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The aim of the present work was the identification and documentation of ethnomedicinal weeds growing in crop fields in the Marathwada region of India (70o 5’-78o 5’ E longitude and 17o 5’-20o 5’ N longitude). Our survey was also aimed at the possibility of discovering new ways by which such plants could be better utilized for the welfare of human health. A total of 20 species of plants representing 18 Genera and 12 families were collected. In addition to the first hand collection of ethnomedicinal information from the inhabitants of the area, additional traditional uses were obtained through a study …


Ethnomedicinal Plants And Associated Traditional Knowledge Of Jogimatti Forest, Chitradurga District, Karnataka, India, V. T. Hiremath, T. C. Taranath Dec 2009

Ethnomedicinal Plants And Associated Traditional Knowledge Of Jogimatti Forest, Chitradurga District, Karnataka, India, V. T. Hiremath, T. C. Taranath

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

India has one of world’s richest medicinal plant heritages. The wealth is not only in terms of the number of unique species documented, but also in terms of the tremendous depth of traditional knowledge for the uses of human & livestock health and also for agriculture. The medicinal plant species are used by various ethnic communalities for human and veterinary health care, across the various ecosystems from Ladakh in the trans-Himalayas to the southern coastal tip of Kanyakumari and from the deserts of Rajasthan and Kachch to the hills of the Northeast. Chitradurga district at its extreme limits is situated …


University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 1, 2009, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Dec 2009

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 1, 2009, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 1, 2009 Board of Regents Meeting


Campus Connection (Dec. 2009), Andrews University Dec 2009

Campus Connection (Dec. 2009), Andrews University

Public Document Archive

Campus Connection, December 2009, Issue #27


Two Additional Invasive Scarabaeoid Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) In Hawaii, Mary Liz Jameson, Darcy E. Oishi, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Grant T. Mcquate Dec 2009

Two Additional Invasive Scarabaeoid Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) In Hawaii, Mary Liz Jameson, Darcy E. Oishi, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Grant T. Mcquate

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

Two species of dynastine scarab beetles are reported for the first time on the island of Hawaii: the Pasadena masked chafer, Cyclocephala pasadenae (Casey) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from North America and Temnorhynchus retusus (Fabricius) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) from Africa. The Pasadena masked chafer is established on the island of Hawaii, is a recognized pest of turf grass, and is a concern for agriculture and native Hawaiian arthropod species. Temnorhynchus retusus is not known to be an agricultural pest, but its spread on the islands could pose a problem for Hawaiian native species. We provide an overview of each species, characteristics …


Distribution And Diversity Of Archaeal And Bacterial Ammonia Oxidizers In Salt Marsh Sediments, Nicole S. Moin, Katelyn A. Nelson, Alexander Bush, Anne E. Bernhard Dec 2009

Distribution And Diversity Of Archaeal And Bacterial Ammonia Oxidizers In Salt Marsh Sediments, Nicole S. Moin, Katelyn A. Nelson, Alexander Bush, Anne E. Bernhard

Biology Faculty Publications

Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing Betaproteobacteria (β-AOB) and archaea (AOA) were investigated in a New England salt marsh at sites dominated by short or tall Spartina alterniflora (SAS and SAT sites, respectively) or Spartina patens (SP site). AOA amoA gene richness was higher than β-AOB amoA richness at SAT and SP, but AOA and β-AOB richness were similar at SAS. β-AOB amoA clone libraries were composed exclusively of Nitrosospira-like amoA genes. AOA amoA genes at SAT and SP were equally distributed between the water column/sediment and soil/sediment clades, while AOA amoA sequences at SAS were primarily affiliated with the …


Partially Coherent Standard And Elegant Laguerre-Gaussian Beams Of All Orders, Fei Wang, Yangjian Cai, Olga Korotkova Dec 2009

Partially Coherent Standard And Elegant Laguerre-Gaussian Beams Of All Orders, Fei Wang, Yangjian Cai, Olga Korotkova

Physics Articles and Papers

Partially coherent standard and elegant Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams of all orders are introduced as a natural extension of coherent standard and elegant LG beams to the stochastic domain. By expanding the LG modes into a finite sum of Hermite-Gaussian modes, the analytical formulae are obtained for the cross-spectral densities of partially coherent standard and elegant LG beams in the source plane and after passing through paraxial ABCD optical system, based on the generalized Collins integral formula. A comparative study of the propagation properties of the partially coherent standard and elegant LG beams in free space is carried out via a …


Volume 3, Issue 1, Liberty University Dec 2009

Volume 3, Issue 1, Liberty University

School of Business Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Professional Development In Learning Communities, Beth E. Ackerman Dec 2009

Professional Development In Learning Communities, Beth E. Ackerman

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


China's Labor Contract Law And The Liberalization Of Global Markets: Will Employees' Rights Equate To Employers' Nightmares?, Sharon Breckenridge Thomas Dec 2009

China's Labor Contract Law And The Liberalization Of Global Markets: Will Employees' Rights Equate To Employers' Nightmares?, Sharon Breckenridge Thomas

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Abstract: Lower labor costs and realization of profits have been key components in the expansion of the global market. As we continue to witness the prolific liberalization of the global market, it is essential that we remember the importance of human capital. Workers play a paramount role in the realization of continued and sustained global market growth. Paradoxically, sustained growth in the global market is also fueled by the absence of workers’ rights and the resulting reduction of labor costs. Thus, multi-national companies and workers employed by multi-national companies, have encountered a seeming contradiction of workplace realities. From a capitalistic …