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Keys To Successful Mentoring Relationships, Teresa Byington Dec 2010

Keys To Successful Mentoring Relationships, Teresa Byington

Journal of Extension

Mentoring is an effective method of helping inexperienced individuals develop and progress in their profession. Extension staff have many opportunities to mentor volunteers and other community partners. The keys to establishing a successful mentoring relationship include creating a relationship of trust, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, establishing short- and long-term goals, using open and supportive communication, and collaboratively solving problems.

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Equivalence: A Crucial Financial Concept For Extension, Consumer, And Investor Education, Thomas J. Straka Dec 2010

Equivalence: A Crucial Financial Concept For Extension, Consumer, And Investor Education, Thomas J. Straka

Journal of Extension

Equivalence is a fundamental concept that is the basis of personal financial planning. Any Extension consumer financial education program would need the concept to explain financial products that involve a series of payments over some length of time (pensions, fixed annuities, and mortgages). A table of annuity factors is presented that can be used in financial planning situations to explain the impact of interest rate and time length on the cash received from these financial products. A set of examples is included to illustrate use of the table.

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A Method For Collaborative Assessment Of Fish Consumption Risks And Benefits, Susan Donaldson, Kerry Seymour Dec 2010

A Method For Collaborative Assessment Of Fish Consumption Risks And Benefits, Susan Donaldson, Kerry Seymour

Journal of Extension

Conflicting media messages about the health benefits of eating fish have increased during the past decade. Mercury concentrations in fish continue to be documented, while nutritionists promote the benefits of eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids. A simple, low-cost method to assess consumption patterns by anglers was developed in collaboration with a mercury chemist and state wildlife officials. This information will help Extension professionals develop and deliver research-based recommendations about the risks and benefits of eating fish while incorporating local fish advisories.

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A Multi-User Steganographic File System On Untrusted Shared Storage, Jin Han, Meng Pan, Debin Gao, Hwee Hwa Pang Dec 2010

A Multi-User Steganographic File System On Untrusted Shared Storage, Jin Han, Meng Pan, Debin Gao, Hwee Hwa Pang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Existing steganographic file systems enable a user to hide the existence of his secret data by claiming that they are (static) dummy data created during disk initialization. Such a claim is plausible if the adversary only sees the disk content at the point of attack. In a multi-user computing environment that employs untrusted shared storage, however, the adversary could have taken multiple snapshots of the disk content over time. Since the dummy data are static, the differences across snapshots thus disclose the locations of user data, and could even reveal the user passwords. In this paper, we introduce a Dummy-Relocatable …

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Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Dissolved Oxygen, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger Dec 2010

Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Dissolved Oxygen, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger

All Current Publications

Dissolved oxygen describes oxygen molecules which have actually dissolved in water. Sometimes people confuse bubbles in water with dissolved oxygen, but in reality the dissolved form of oxygen cannot be seen.

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Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Nitrogen, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger Dec 2010

Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Nitrogen, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger

All Current Publications

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plants and animals that is used in the structure of proteins and other molecules. Nitrogen is found in a variety of forms throughout the global environment.

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Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Ph, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger Dec 2010

Understanding Your Watershed Fact Sheet: Ph, Nancy Mesner, John Geiger

All Current Publications

pH is a measurement of the acidity or alkalinity (base) of a solution. When substances dissolve in water they produce charged molecules called ions. Acidic water contains extra hydrogen ions (H+) and basic water contains extra hydroxyl (OH-) ions.

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Wildlife Damage Management Series - Voles, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer Dec 2010

Wildlife Damage Management Series - Voles, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer

All Current Publications

Voles occupy a wide variety of habitats, depending on the species. Generally, voles prefer areas with heavy ground cover of grasses, grass-like plants, or litter. When two or more species inhabit an area, they generally occupy different habitats.

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Postmortem Examination Of Game Birds, David D. Frame Dec 2010

Postmortem Examination Of Game Birds, David D. Frame

All Current Publications

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide general guidance to producers in performing the necropsy procedure and to encourage them to perform regular postmortem examinations of their game bird flocks.

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Midwave Infrared Quantum Dot Avalanche Photodiode, David A. Ramirez, Jiayi Shao, Majeed M. Hayat, Sanjay Krishna Dec 2010

Midwave Infrared Quantum Dot Avalanche Photodiode, David A. Ramirez, Jiayi Shao, Majeed M. Hayat, Sanjay Krishna

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

We report the first demonstration of a GaAs based avalanche photodiode (APD) operating in the midwave infrared region . In the device, called the quantum dot avalanche photodiode, an intersubband quantum dots-in-a-well detector is coupled with an APD through a tunnel barrier. Using this approach, we have increased the photocurrent and reached a conversion efficiency of 12%, which is one of the highest reported conversion efficiencies for any quantum dot detector.

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4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 1: Getting Ready To Cook, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen Dec 2010

4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 1: Getting Ready To Cook, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen

All Current Publications

This publication is part of 4-H Fun with Foods Guide, Lesson 1 focuses on the steps needed when getting ready to cook.

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4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 3: Cookies: Drop & Bar, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen Dec 2010

4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 3: Cookies: Drop & Bar, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen

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This publication is part of 4-H Fun with Foods Guide, Lesson 3 provides recipes and instructions to make drop and bar cookies.

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4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 7: Sandwiches, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Ronda Olsen, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor Dec 2010

4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 7: Sandwiches, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Ronda Olsen, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor

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This publication is part of the 4-H Fun with Foods Guide, Lesson 7 provides recipes and instructions for making a variety of sandwiches.

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4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 8: Plan A Party, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen Dec 2010

4-H Fun With Foods - Lesson 8: Plan A Party, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Naomi Weeks, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen

All Current Publications

This publication is part of the 4-H Fun with Food Guide, Lesson 8 provides ideas, instructions, checklists, and recipes for planning a party.

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4-H Fun With Foods - Lessons 9 And 10: Smart Shopping, Have A Party, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen, Naomi Weeks Dec 2010

4-H Fun With Foods - Lessons 9 And 10: Smart Shopping, Have A Party, Georgia C. Lauritzen, Darlene Christensen, Susan Haws, Debra Proctor, Ronda Olsen, Naomi Weeks

All Current Publications

This publication is part of the 4-H Fun with Food Guide, Lesson 9 and 10 provide smart tips for grocery shopping and executing party plans.

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Dutch Oven Cooking, Susan Haws Dec 2010

Dutch Oven Cooking, Susan Haws

All Current Publications

This is a how-to publication on dutch oven cooking details.

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4-H Try Member's Manual, Donna Carter, Karina Pearce Dec 2010

4-H Try Member's Manual, Donna Carter, Karina Pearce

All Current Publications

This manual is for TRY members.

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4-H Try Coordinator's Manual, Donna Carter, Katrina Pearce Dec 2010

4-H Try Coordinator's Manual, Donna Carter, Katrina Pearce

All Current Publications

This manual is for the TRY volunteer program's coordinator.

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An Evaluation Of The Risk And Return Associated With Four Cattle Feeding Alternatives In Utah, Dillon M. Feuz, Caleb Bott Dec 2010

An Evaluation Of The Risk And Return Associated With Four Cattle Feeding Alternatives In Utah, Dillon M. Feuz, Caleb Bott

All Current Publications

This publication serves as an evaluation of the risk and return associated with four cattle feeding alternatives.

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Marketing And Feeding Cull Cows, Dillon M. Feuz Dec 2010

Marketing And Feeding Cull Cows, Dillon M. Feuz

All Current Publications

This publication provides ways to enhance the value of cull cows by innovating marketing and feeding practices.

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Managing Sodic Soils In Utah, D.W. James Dec 2010

Managing Sodic Soils In Utah, D.W. James

All Current Publications

This publication discusses how to manage soil with excess sodium while it's becoming more prevalent in Utah.

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Diagnostic Testing For Nitrogen Soil Fertility, D.W. James Dec 2010

Diagnostic Testing For Nitrogen Soil Fertility, D.W. James

All Current Publications

This publication defines the different types of diagnostic testing for nitrogen soil fertility.

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Urea: Low Cost Fertilizer, D.W. James Dec 2010

Urea: Low Cost Fertilizer, D.W. James

All Current Publications

This fact sheet briefly describes urea transformations and suggests how urea-N may be conserved with proper management in the field.

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Calibrating And Operating Manure Spreaders, Process Improvement For Animal Feeding Operations, John Harrison, Rich Koenig, Kerry Goodrich Dec 2010

Calibrating And Operating Manure Spreaders, Process Improvement For Animal Feeding Operations, John Harrison, Rich Koenig, Kerry Goodrich

All Current Publications

This guide outlines simplified methods to calibrate manure spreaders based on determining the load and area covered by the load.

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Solutions To Soil Problems: I. High Salinity (Soluble Salts), Vernon Parent, Rich Koenig Dec 2010

Solutions To Soil Problems: I. High Salinity (Soluble Salts), Vernon Parent, Rich Koenig

All Current Publications

Salinity is a measure of the total amount of soluble salts in soil. As soluble salt levels increase, it becomes more difficult for plants to extract water from soil. Some plants are more resistant than other’s, but as the salt levels exceed their ability to extract water, they become water stressed.

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Solutions To Soil Problems: Ii. High Ph (Alkaline Soil), Loralie Cox, Rich Koenig Dec 2010

Solutions To Soil Problems: Ii. High Ph (Alkaline Soil), Loralie Cox, Rich Koenig

All Current Publications

PH is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a material. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral. A pH value below 7 indicates the soil is acidic, while values above 7 are alkaline. Each unit change in the pH scale is a 10-fold difference in acidity or alkalinity. For example, soil with a pH of 8 is ten times more alkaline than soil with a pH of 7.

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Solutions To Soil Problems: Iv. Soil Structure, Rich Koenig, Teresa Cerny Dec 2010

Solutions To Soil Problems: Iv. Soil Structure, Rich Koenig, Teresa Cerny

All Current Publications

Soil structure refers to the combination of primary soil particles – sand, silt and clay – into larger units called aggregates or clods. Aggregates are commonly seen when a soil is tilled or disturbed.

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Solutions To Soil Problems: V. Low Organic Matter, Kevin Heaton, Rich Koenig Dec 2010

Solutions To Soil Problems: V. Low Organic Matter, Kevin Heaton, Rich Koenig

All Current Publications

Utah soils are inherently low in organic matter due to the desert climate and historically low plant growth rates. In Utah, soil organic matter levels are typically 0.25 to 1%, while regions with high rainfall such as the Midwest and Eastern United States have soils with as much as 7 to 10% organic matter.

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Equine Vision And Its Effect On Behavior, Patricia Evans Dec 2010

Equine Vision And Its Effect On Behavior, Patricia Evans

All Current Publications

This publication describes horses vision and how to work horses to the best advantage.

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Who's To Blame? Elaborating The Role Of Attributions In General Strain Theory, John P. Hoffmann, Karen R. Spence Dec 2010

Who's To Blame? Elaborating The Role Of Attributions In General Strain Theory, John P. Hoffmann, Karen R. Spence

Faculty Publications

Agnew’s general strain theory (GST) has motivated dozens of criminological studies over the past two decades. Borrowing in part from Cloward and Ohlin’s model of delinquency, Agnew claimed that anger, a key component of GST, occurs when adolescents externalize blame for their adversity. This implies that adolescents who blame strain on an external causal agent (e.g., a parent, a teacher, economic disadvantages) are more likely to get angry and thus lash out through delinquent acts. However, this essential characteristic has been largely neglected in studies of GST. The purpose of this article is to show that external attributions of blame …

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