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Emergency Late-Seeding Options, Robert G. Hall

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

This document provides an outline of the latest in which farmers can plant crops such as rowcrops, alternative crops, and forage crops.

Livestock Vaccines: How They Work And How To Ensure They Do Their Job, Russ Daly, Ann Price

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Vaccines are suspensions of microorganisms administered with the goal of stimulating the body’s immune system against these same organisms, thereby preventing a clinical disease or reducing its sever¬ity. The agents included in vaccines are inactivated or modified such that, once introduced into the body, they do not cause clinical illness.

Emergency Preparedness: Hold Family Meetings, E. Kim Cassel, Donna Bittiker

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Yes, we can expect our lives to be impacted by an emergency event. Our daily routines will be altered, and the immediate concern will turn to protecting ourselves and our families. Since we don’t know how serious the emergency may be, it pays to prepare. Advance planning can make our homes com¬fortable and our families safe. It is not an over¬whelming task, and there are guidelines available to help. The better we are prepared, the better we will respond and rebound.

Emergency Preparedness: Saving Up For An Emergency, Donna Bittiker, E. Kim Cassel

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Having an emergency savings fund is an important part of emergency preparedness. A disaster is hard enough to endure without creating serious financial hardship too. How would you pay your bills if the income earners in your family were unable to work for an extended time because they could not get to work or their business closed down? Having an emergency savings fund will allow you to cover expenses in case of an emergency, and it will also give you some peace of mind.

Adding Value To Fruits And Vegetables: Know The Risks, Joan Hegerfeld

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Local growers are looking to expand their customer base; they seek the opportunity to have a greater portion of their revenues derived from “value-added” activity. Value-added activities often involve food processing or the manufacturing of a local commodity (e.g., pickles, jams and jellies, salsa, whole grain breads). Growers considering adding value-added products to their busi¬ness have questions about regulations, as well as about food handling practices that reduce or eliminate possible health and safety risks.

Precauciones Al Suministrar Alimentos Contaminados Con Micotoxinas, Alvaro Garcia, Bob Thaler

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Bajo condiciones ideales, el ganado debe alimentarse con granos y subproductos que sean “limpios” (por ej. libres de hongos y/o micotoxi¬nas). Si bien el suministro de granos limpios y subproductos es ideal, hay momentos en que los granos limpios no están disponibles localmente o cuando las finanzas de la finca no permiten la sus¬titución del grano cosechado con aquel que se pu¬ede comprar. Cuando los granos o los alimentos contengan micotoxinas, hay varias medidas que se pueden tomar para reducir su efecto tóxico.

Reducing Costs Of Delivering Feed To Cattle - Supplementation Frequency, Adele Harty, Kenneth C. Olson

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Winter supplementation of beef cattle is an important economic and production decision that producers make each year. Supplementation is often necessary to overcome nutrient deficiencies to allow adequate cattle performance. However, supplementation is an expensive input cost, par-ticularly with current high feed prices and deliv¬ery costs. The initial decision is about the correct type and amount of feed to use as the supplement, with the goal to provide the needed nutrients at the least feed cost. After this decision, opportuni¬ties for reducing other costs of supplementation should be considered. One option that can have a major impact on input costs …

Beyond Affymetrix Arrays: Expanding The Set Of Known Hybridization Isotherms And Observing Pre-Wash Signal Intensities, Alexander Pozhitkov, Idrissa Boube, Marius Brouwer, Peter A. Noble

Faculty Publications

Microarray hybridization studies have attributed the nonlinearity of hybridization isotherms to probe saturation and post-hybridization washing. Both processes are thought to distort 'true' target abundance because immobilized probes are saturated with excess target and stringent washing removes loosely bound targets. Yet the paucity of studies aimed at understanding hybridization and dissociation makes it difficult to align physicochemical theory to microarray results. To fill the void, we first examined hybridization isotherms generated on different microarray platforms using a ribosomal RNA target and then investigated hybridization signals at equilibrium and after stringent wash. Hybridization signal at equilibrium was achieved by treating the …

Molecular Targets For Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Erectile Dysfunction, Elizabeth Yohannes, Jinsook Chang, Mark R. Chance

Faculty Scholarship

Protein expression profiles in rat corporal smooth muscle tissue were compared between animal models of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus (STZ-DM) and agematched controls (AMCs) at 1 week and 2 months after induction of hyperglycemia with STZ treatment. At each time point, protein samples from four STZ-DM and four AMC rat corpora tissues were prepared independently and analyzed together across multiple quantitative two-dimensional gels using a pooled internal standard sample to quantify expression changes with statistical confidence. A total of 170 spots were differential expressed among the four experimental groups. A subsequent mass spectrometry analysis of the 170 spots identified a total …

Panorama March 2010, Southern Adventist University

Panorama Parent Newsletter

This issue of the Panorama parent newsletter contains information about student finances, a profile on Professor Andy Nash, highlights the Garden Club, and has pictures from community service.

Subclinical Myocardial Necrosis And Cardiovascular Risk In Stable Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Evaluation, W.H. Wilson Tang, Yuping Wu, Stephen J. Nicholls, Danielle M. Brennan, Michael Pepoy, Shirley Mann, Alan Pratt, Frederick Van Lente, Stanley L. Hazen

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Objective— The presence of subclinical myocardial necrosis as a prodrome to longer-term adverse cardiac event risk has been debated. The debate has focused predominantly within patients with acute coronary syndrome, and on issues of troponin assay variability and accuracy of detection, rather than on the clinical significance of the presence of subclinical myocardial necrosis (ie, “troponin leak”) within stable cardiac patients. Herein, we examine the relationship between different degrees of subclinical myocardial necrosis and long-term adverse clinical outcomes within a stable cardiac patient population with essentially normal renal function. Methods and Results— Sequential consenting patients (N=3828; median creatinine clearance, 100 …

Exploring The Relationship Of The Closeness Of A Genetic Algorithm's Chromosome Encoding To Its Problem Space, Kevin Mccullough

Master's Theses

For historical reasons, implementers of genetic algorithms often use a haploid binary primitive type for chromosome encoding. I will demonstrate that one can reduce development effort and achieve higher fitness by designing a genetic algorithm with an encoding scheme that closely matches the problem space. I will show that implicit parallelism does not result in binary encoded chromosomes obtaining higher fitness scores than other encodings. I will also show that Hamming distances should be understood as part of the relationship between the closeness of an encoding to the problem instead of assuming they should always be held constant. Closeness to …

The World’S Largest Psychotherapy Gathering, Ulkar İsayeva

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

An Exonic Splicing Enhancer Within A Bidirectional Coding Sequence Regulates Alternative Splicing Of An Antisense Mrna, Valerie K. Salato, Nathaniel W. Rediske, Chao Zhang, Michelle Laura Hastings, Stephen Munroe

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The discovery of increasing numbers of genes with overlapping sequences highlights the problem of expression in the context of constraining regulatory elements from more than one gene. This study identifies regulatory sequences encompassed within two genes that overlap in an antisense orientation at their 3’ ends. The genes encode the α-thyroid hormone receptor gene (TRα or NR1A1) and Rev-erbα (NR1D1). In mammals TRα pre-mRNAs are alternatively spliced to yield mRNAs encoding functionally antagonistic proteins: TRα1, an authentic thyroid hormone receptor; and TRα2, a non-hormone-binding variant that acts as a repressor. TRα2-specific splicing requires two regulatory elements that overlap with Rev-erbα …

Most, But Not All, Yeast Strains In The Deletion Library Contain The [Pin+] Prion, Anita L. Manogaran, Viviana M. Fajardo, Robert J. D. Reid, Rodney Rothstein, Susan W. Liebman

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The yeast deletion library is a collection of over 5100 single gene deletions that has been widely used by the yeast community. The presence of a non-Mendelian element, such as a prion, within this library could affect the outcome of many large-scale genomic studies. We previously showed that the deletion library parent strain contained the [PIN⁺] prion. [PIN⁺] is the misfolded infectious prion form of the Rnq1 protein that displays distinct fluorescent foci in the presence of RNQ1–GFP and exists in different physical conformations, called variants. Here, we show that over 97% of the …

Minutes, Faculty Enrollment Management Committee Meeting, March 1, 2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Enrollment Management Committee

USF St. Petersburg Ad Hoc Committees

The charge of the Faculty Committee on Enrollment Management was to advise the Regional Chancellor of Academic Affairs and report to the Faculty Senate on matters pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of policies, principles, and regulations affecting student recruitment, admissions/records, and retention.

Panel I: The Patent Landscape With Bilski On The Map, Jeanne Fromer, James W. Dabney, Clarisa Long, Brian P. Murphy

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Culture, Acculturation, And Social Capital: Latinos And Use Of Mental Health Services, Edward Mcfield Jr.

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Studies suggest that the prevalence of mental illness in Latinos is similar to that of other groups; however, Latinos are less likely than non-Latino whites to access mental health services, and when they do, the quality of care is poor. To better understand the factors that influence use of mental health services among Latinos, a descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted (N= 340; 219 non-consumers and 121 consumers), which examined the association between social capital, acculturation, cultural beliefs or explanatory models of illness, stigma, need, and mental health service use. An innovative integrative model drawing from Andersen's Behavioral …

Immediate Tooth Replacement With Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft Using Platform Switching Implants, Seunghwan Chung

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This case series evaluated the facial gingival stability following immediate tooth replacement in conjunction with subepithelial connective tissue graft in the esthetic zone. Implant success rate and peri-implant tissue response were also reported.

Ten patients (6 males, 4 females), with a mean age of 52.1 (range = 22.7 to 67.1) years, underwent immediate implant placement and provisionalization with SCTG and were evaluated clinically and radiographically at pre-surgery (T0), immediately after immediate tooth replacement and SCTG (T1), 3-months (T2), 6-months (T3), and 12-months (T4) after surgery. Data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test and Friedman Test at the significance level …

Structural Dynamics And Signaling Roles Of The Aer Pas And F1 Regions, Asharie J. Campbell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Aer aerotaxis receptor in Escherichia coli mounts such a rapid response to redox that E. coli changes its swimming behavior within 100 ms after an oxygen pulse. This receptor is a membrane-bound homodimer, and it monitors internal energy (redox) via an FAD cofactor bound to a cytoplasmic N-terminal PAS domain. Understanding PAS sensing is important, as PAS domains comprise a superfamily of more than 25,000 members from all kingdoms. This study focused on the Aer N-terminal PAS sensor, as well as the region tethering it to the membrane anchor, known as the F1. Previous genetic studies on these regions …

Psychometric Properties Of The Psychopathic Personality Inventory In A Non-Criminal Population, Julie Madeleine Woltil

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) is a self-report measure which was created to identify the personality traits of psychopathy in noncriminal populations. These personality traits were grouped into eight subscales in the PPI including Machiavellian Egocentricity, Social Potency, Coldheartedness, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Blame Externalization, Impulsive Nonconformity and Stress Immunity. The hypothesized relationships and factor structure of this study follow the theory of psychopathy as being a disorder rooted in antisocial behaviors (often aggressive and impulsive in nature) and inappropriate emotional reactivity (characterized as a lack in empathy and anxiety). A confirmatory factor analysis was done with an ethnically diverse undergraduate …

Cal Poly Organic Farm Business Plan, Eric Ryan Mccarthy

Agribusiness

This study was undertaken to determine which strategies would allow the Cal Poly Organic Farm to operate as a profitable business without compromising educational and agricultural objectives. Three strategies were analyzed to determine the most profitable approach. The first strategy, expanding CSA sales, emphasizes marketing efforts to increase products and services awareness. This should increase CSA, CPOF, merchandise, and farmers’ markets sales. The second strategy implements new CSA produce boxes that cater to specific groups. Existing produce boxes will remain available to CSA members. Expanding produce boxes can be done with the produce on hand or expanding crop selection. The …

Foraging Rates Of Larval Dragonfly Colonists Are Positively Related To Habitat Isolation: Results From A Landscape-Level Experiment, Shannon J. Mccauley, Tomas Brodin, John Hammond

Biological Sciences

There is increasing evidence of intraspecific variation in dispersal behavior. Individual differences in dispersal behavior may be correlated with other traits that determine the impact individuals have on patches they colonize. We established habitat patches—artificial pools—across a landscape, and these pools were naturally colonized by dragonfly larvae. Larvae were collected from pools at different levels of isolation and held under common lab conditions for 5 months. We then compared larval foraging rates. Foraging rate was positively related to habitat isolation, and colonists from the most isolated artificial pools had significantly higher foraging rates than individuals from the least isolated pools. …

Purpose In The Living World? Creation And Emergent Evolution And Signature In The Cell: Dna And The Evidence For Intelligent Design (Book Reviews), Tony N. Jelsma

Pro Rege

Reviewed Titles: Klapwijk, Jacob, Purpose in the Living World? Creation and Emergent Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 311 pages, ISBN-978-0-521-72943-7. Meyer, Stephen C., Signature in the Cell. DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. 611 pages, ISBN-978-0-06-147278-7.

Inside The Coasean Firm: Competence As A Random Variable, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The work of Ronald Coase is notable for two primary reasons. First, it introduced the notion of transaction costs to explain the formation and maintenance of firms, Second, it advanced our understanding of the critical topic of social costs. Yet, while transaction costs are key to understanding why firms are organized, they do not offer a complete explanation of how they are organized. A richer account of the problem properly stresses that differences in individual levels of competence, as well as individual variations in temperament and taste, explain why, for example, some firms are organized as partnerships and others as …

The "Broken Home" Or Broken Society: A Sociological Study Of Family Structure And Juvenile Delinquency, Hillary R. Sheehan

Social Sciences

Despite the great interest in the relationship between family structure and delinquent behavior generally, very little agreement among researchers as well as the general public has been reached on the issue to this day. The present study examines whether family structure plays a role in juvenile delinquency. More precisely, it explores whether single parents are more likely to have their adolescent children involved in delinquency than are two parents. This analysis does not support the structural hypotheses, which argues that single parents have children who are at an increased risk of being involved in delinquent behavior. While these findings provide …

Climate Change And Human Health Consequences, Jennifer Alford

Social Sciences

The intent of this project is to highlight the human health ramifications of climate change and the strategies for coping with this challenge. Possible effects may include reduction in agricultural outputs, dwindling freshwater aquifers, intensification of tropospheric ozone, and expanding areas of disease-carrying vectors. Because humans are closely connected with their environment, we are directly affected by any environmental disturbance. Consequently, human health is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The questions are: what are those consequences, how will we adapt, and what does the future hold?

Wall-E'S Rhetoric: An Ecological Sermon From A Strange Preacher, Jennifer A. English

Communication Studies

No abstract provided.

The Nida Brain Disease Paradigm: History, Resistance And Spinoffs, David T. Courtwright

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

This article examines ‘the NIDA paradigm’, the theory that addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by loss of control over drug taking. I critically review the official history of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) paradigm and analyze the sources of resistance to it. I argue that, even though the theory remains contested, it has yielded important insights in other fields, including my own discipline of history.

"The Future In The Instant": Posthumanism(S) In Early Modern English Drama, Farrah Lehman

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation examines prominent points of intersection between early modern English theatrical practices and posthumanist, post-cybernetic new media theory as a means of interrogating assumptions about “media narratives” (here, the development of dramatic blank verse), proto-Brechtian anti-illusionism, and sensory encounter related to the late sixteenth-and early seventeenth century stage. The arguments presented here in part rely on the work of three present-day critics: Mark B.N. Hansen, N. Katherine Hayles, and Brian Massumi, all of whom explore posthumanist theory while addressing possibilities for posthumanist practices within the humanities. Examining a wide range of texts, including plays and pro-and anti-theater tracts, initially …