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Primary Somatosensory Cortex In Chronic Low Back Pain – A 1h-Mrs Study, Neena K. Sharma, Kenneth Mccarson, Linda Van Dillen, Angela Lentz, Talal Khan, Carmen M. Cirstea

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Multi Generational Transitions, Ed Blair

Range Beef Cow Symposium

Introduction

Blair Brothers are a family livestock and grazing operation, we have one full time employee. The rest of the labor and decision making is made by family members.

We market private treaty over 300 commercial angus bulls a year and are looking to expand that to 500 in the next two years. Blair Brothers is a total AI operation, what I mean by that is any cow that doesn’t stick AI in two cycles are sold. We have eighty six percent of our mature cows bred AI in 26 days. Twenty percent of our cow herd is turned over …

Implementation Of Marker Assisted Epds, Matt Spangler

Range Beef Cow Symposium

INTRODUCTION

Genomic information, in the form of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, has always held the promise to increase the accuracy of Expected Progeny Differences (EPD). This promise has finally been realized for those breeds that incorporate this information into their EPD calculations. For those breeds that have not, genomic information for complex traits (those controlled by many genes) is available to producers in a disjoined context and is published separately from EPD. Depending on the accuracy of the genomic test (as measured by the proportion of genetic variation explained) Marker-Assisted (or genomic enhanced) EPD can increase the accuracy of animals and …

Effects Of Distillers Dried Grains With Solubles And Lactose On Growth Performance Of Nursery Pigs, Huyen Tran, Roman Moreno, Justin W. Bundy, Erin Hinkle, Thomas E. Burkey, Philip S. Miller

Nebraska Swine Reports

A 4-week feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate effects of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and lactose on growth performance of nursery pigs. Ninety-six pigs (age, 23 + 2 days; initial body weight, 14.15 + 0.11 lb) were randomly allotted into each of 16 pens by gender, ancestry, and weight (6 pigs/pen; 4 pens/treatment). In phase 1 (weeks 1 and 2), pigs were fed 1 of the 4 treatments: A) control (no DDGS and lactose), B) 15% DDGS, C) 20% lactose, D) 15% DDGS + 20% lactose. In phase 2 (weeks 3 and 4), all pigs were fed a …

Utilizing Dried Distillers Grains With Solubles And Phytase To Alleviate Phosphorus Costs In Finishing Swine, Justin W. Bundy, Philip S. Miller, Roman Moreno, Thomas E. Burkey, Erin Hinkle, Huyen Tran

Nebraska Swine Reports

A total of 24 barrows (86.7 lb) were used over a 12-week experiment to evaluate the effects of utilizing dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and phytase as alternatives to inorganic phosphorus (P) sources. Pigs were assigned to 1 of 4 dietary treatments. Treatments consisted of a common corn and soybean-meal fortified diet (CSB), a diet similar to CSB with phytase added in place of dicalcium-phosphate, a corn and soybean-meal diet with 20% DDGS, and a diet with 20% DDGS and phytase added in place of dicalcium-phosphate. Treatment did not affect (P > 0.10) pig performance for any of the growth …

The Mighty Oak, Jim Locklear, Justin R. Evertson, Guy Sternberg, Bob Henrickson

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: Publications

I have a test I administer, in secret and in silence, to traveling companions along a stretch of road in southeast Nebraska. It is not a test of knowledge,or of character, but of timbre.

The Seed, Justin R. Evertson, Kendall Weyers, Christina Hoyt, Karma Larsen

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: Publications

People in general seem to harbor a natural fear toward many of the creatures inhabiting our yards and the land- scapes around us. Some of this fear is certainly understand- able, after all, a bee or wasp sting hurts! Others of these creatures are just creepy—spiders, mantids, ants, snakes, bats. If we stop and think about it, however, we’ll soon realize that we really don’t have much to fear and in fact there is much to be gained if we can find a way to better appreciate these creatures. The beautiful goldenrod invites crab spiders and soldier beetles who love …

In The Garden

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: Publications

January is a quiet month. Christmas things are packed away, the hustle of gatherings has slowed down and the pace of the new year has not yet begun. It’s time to read. Michael Pollan describes writing and gardening as “two ways of rendering the world in rows.” Both have a wonderful way of resolving things, of putting things right. Naturalist Ann Zwinger says she writes with the hope that her words will be “witnesses to grace and coherence.” And witnesses they are.

Droughtscape, Winter 2011, Kelly Smith

DroughtScape: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (2007–2023)

Register for the U.S. Drought Monitor Forum

La Niña Brings Southeast, Southwest Drought

International Efforts

Drought Returns in 2010

Impacts Emerge “Before” Summer Drought in East

October-December Quarterly Impacts Summary

Climate Adaptation for Local Government

NDMC Elicits Missouri River Basin Recollections

Woudenberg Coordinates Educational Booklet

Longwood Magazine 2011 Vol 10 No 01 Winter, Longwood University

Alumni Newsletters & Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Political Cases Or Political Questions: The Justiciability Of Public Nuisance Climate Change Litigation And The Impact On Native Village Of Kivalina V. Exxonmobil, Ashley E. Breakfield

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

A Pathway To Follow-On Biologics, Jeanne Yang

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

Over the past several decades, advances in biotechnology and medicine have created an influx of biologics. Biologic products have shown great promise as effective treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other serious afflictions. Many drug manufacturers have been enticed by the promise of patent protection and strong market rates and have entered the field, developing innovative, therapeutic biologics. Consequently, there has also been a demand for generic follow-on biologics. There are two major factors limit the reach of biologic development: cost and safety. The need for an abbreviated approval system for follow-on biologics has been clearly demonstrated, and some options …

Nebraska Green Scene 2011

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Monthly Newsletters

Table of Contents

Letter from the heads

Alumni News

Staff News

Faculty News

Student News

Adaptability Of Irrigated Spring Canola Oil Production To The Us High Plains, Alexander D. Pavlista, Dipak K. Santra, T. A. Isbell, D. D. Baltensperger, Gary W. Hergert, J. Krall, A. Mesbach, J. Johnson, M. O’Neil, R. Aiken, A. Berrada

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Canola oil is high in oleic acid which is commonly used for food and industrial purposes. To determine adaptability of spring canola (Brassica napus L.) to the High Plains for industrial oil production, 26 irrigated trials were conducted from 2005 to 2008. Trials were divided into five regions—1: 36–37◦N 108◦W; 2: 39–40◦N 101–103◦W; 3: 41–42◦N 102–103◦W; 4: 41–42◦N 104◦W; 5: 43–44◦N 106–108◦W. Cultural practices were based on site-specific protocols. Four cultivars, Hyola 401, Hyola 357 Magnum, SW Marksman, and SW Patriot, were planted in replicated plots in April or May under standard irrigation and harvested in July to October …

Stem-Boring Caterpillars Of Switchgrass In The Midwestern United States, Jarrad R. Prasifka, Jennifer E. Buhay, Thomas W. Sappington, Emily A. Heaton, Jeffrey Bradshaw, Michael E. Gray

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Lepidopteran stem borers were collected from switchgrass, Panicum virgatum L., tillers showing symptoms of infestation at seven locations in Illinois and Iowa, with additional observations made on larval and adult activity. Blastobasis repartella (Dietz) (Coleophoridae), whose only known host is switchgrass, was common in plots grown for >5 yr, whereas the polyphagous stalk borer, Papaipema nebris (Guenée) (Noctuidae), was abundant in newly established (i.e., first- and second year) switchgrass. Haimbachia albescens Capps (Crambidae) was collected from two locations in Illinois, making switchgrass the first known host for this species. Entry holes made by B. repartella and H. albescens were usually …

Feedlot Manure Handling And Application Strategies On Surface Runoff Of Artificial Hormones Applied To Rowcrop Fields, Sagor Biswas, William L. Kranz, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Terry L. Mader, Charles A. Shapiro, David P. Shelton, Daniel D. Snow, David Tarkalson, Simon Van Donk, Tian Zhang, Steve Ensley

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

Hormones are essential to the function and propagation of almost all organisms, yet the environmental fate of hormones is not well understood. Because these substances are so common in nature, the question is not whether they will be found, but rather at what concentrations and in what form (biologically active or inactive) will they be found. The objective of this research was to determine the effect of manure handling and application strategies on artificial hormone losses in runoff through the use of simulated rainfall. In 2008, rainfall simulations were conducted at the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory near Concord, NE (Latitude: 42 …

Heifer Development Systems: Dry-Lot Feeding Compared With Grazing Dormant Winter Forage, Richard N. Funston, D. M. Larson

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

Two hundred ninety-nine Angusbased, nulliparous heifers (253 ± 2 kg initial BW) from 3 production years were utilized to compare traditional postweaning dry lot (DL) development with a more extensive winter grazing system utilizing a combination of corn residue and winter range (EXT). Heifers developed in the DL were offered a common diet after the weaning period for 208 d in yr 1, 194 d in yr 2, and 150 d in yr 3 until breeding. Heifers developed in EXT grazed corn residue for 135 d in yr 1, 106 d in yr 2, and 91 d in yr 3, …

Applications Of Weps And Sweep To Non-Agricultural Lands, John Tatarko, David G. Walker, Simon Van Donk

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

Soil erosion by wind is a serious problem throughout the United States and the world. Dust from wind erosion obscures visibility and pollutes the air. It fills road ditches where it impacts water quality, causes automobile accidents, fouls machinery, and imperils animal and human health. Dust and specifically particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10), is regulated by the US-EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) model was developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, primarily for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to simulate wind erosion and develop conservation plans on cultivated agricultural lands. …

The Role Of Light And Soil Moisture In Plant Community Resistance To Invasion By Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea Solstitialis), Stephen L. Young, Guy B. Kyser, Jacob N. Barney, Victor P. Claassen, Joseph M. Ditomaso

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

To resist establishment by an invasive plant, a community may require one or more species functionally similar to the invader in their resource acquisition pattern. In this study, communities consisting of native winter annual forbs, non-native annual grasses, native perennials, or a combination of the two native communities were established with and without Centaurea solstitialis to determine the effect of soil moisture and light availability on plant community invasion resistance. The annual plant communities were unable to resist invasion by C. solstitialis. In the native winter annual forb community, senescence in late spring increased light penetration (>75%) to …

Case Study: The Effects Of Maternal Nutrition On Steer Progeny Performance, A. F. Summers, K. H. Ramsay, Richard N. Funston

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

Two locations on a commercial ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills were used to determine the effects of maternal nutrition on male progeny. Crossbred, spring-calving, multiparous cows were managed in a year-round grazing system. Cows at one location (yr 1 = 754; yr 2 = 700) received the equivalent of 0.95 kg/d (DM; 31.6% CP; HN) of supplement, and cows at the second location (yr 1 = 673; yr 2 = 766) received 0.37 kg/d (DM; LN) of the same supplement delivered 3 times weekly while grazing winter range from December through February. After weaning, a random group (yr 1 = …

A Midsummer Night’S Dream (With Flying Robots), Robin Murphy, Dylan Shell, Amy Guerin, Brittany Duncan, Benjamin Fine, Kevin Pratt, Takis Zourntos

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

Seven flying robot “fairies” joined human actors in the Texas A&M production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The production was a collaboration between the departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Theater Arts. The collaboration was motivated by two assertions. First, that the performing arts have principles for creating believable agents that will transfer to robots. Second, the theater is a natural testbed for evaluating the response of untrained human groups (both actors and the audience) to robots interacting with humans in shared spaces, i.e., were believable agents created? The production used two types …

Working For Nothing: International Volunteer Day, 2011, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

Publications

No abstract provided.

Underwater Vibrotactile Frequency Detection In Human Hairy And Glabrous Skin, Jordan Martin

Theses & ETDs

The sensitivity of human vibrotactile frequency detection was compared for the hairy and glabrous skin of the hand by means of a staircase method psychophysical procedure with five subjects. Sinusoidal vibratory stimuli were presented in an underwater setting at five standard frequencies, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 150 Hz. In contrast to previous studies with mechanical contact stimuli, vibrations underwater were used to stimulate receptors sensitive to indentation of the skin and those sensitive to movement of the hairs. Results indicated that with such a stimulus, detection thresholds do not vary between hairy and glabrous skin. The hair on the …

Reading Graphically: Comics And Graphic Novels For Readers From Kindergarten Through High School, Barbara A. Ward, Terrell A. Young

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Books reviewed: Grades K-2: Hayes, Geoffrey. (2010). Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker; Holm, Jennifer L., & Holm, Matthew. (2010). Babymouse #13: Cupcake Tycoon; Rosentstiehl, Agnes. (2010). Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today?; Smith, Jeff. (2009). Little Mouse Gets Ready.

Grades 3-4: Bruel, Nick. (2010). Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray; Davis, Eleanor. (2009). The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook; Venable, Colleen A. F. (2010). And Then There Were Gnomes.

Grades 5-7: Deutsch, Barry. (2010). Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword; Ignatow, Amy. (2010). The Popularity Papers; Kinney, Jeff. (2010). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The …

The Stylistic Achievement Of Mere Christianity, Gary L. Tandy

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.

Redeeming The Serpentine Subtext: Dennis Covington's Appropriation Of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" In "Salvation On Sand Mountain", William Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.

Mind And Heart 2011, Whitworth University

Mind and Heart Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mne1 Is A Novel Component Of The Mitochondrial Splicing Apparatus Responsible For Processing Of A Cox1 Group I Intron In Yeast, Talina Watts, Oleh Khalimonchuk, Rachel Z. Wolf, Edward M. Turk, Georg Mohr, Dennis R. Winge

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking Mne1 are deficient in

intron splicing in the gene encoding the Cox1 subunit of cytochrome

oxidase but contain wild-type levels of the bc1 complex.

Thus, Mne1 has no role in splicing of COB introns or expression

of the COB gene. Northern experiments suggest that splicing of

the COX1 aI5β intron is dependent on Mne1 in addition to the

previously known Mrs1, Mss116, Pet54, and Suv3 factors. Processing

of the aI5_ intron is similarly impaired in mne1∆ and

mrs1∆ cells and overexpression of Mrs1 partially restores the

respiratory function of mne1∆ cells. Mrs1 …

Review Of Fur, Fortune, And Empire: The Epic History Of The Fur Trade In America, Claiborne A. Skinner Jr.

Faculty Publications & Research

Eric J. Dolin’s Fur, Fortune, and Empire is a concise, engaging, and remarkably comprehensive survey of the American fur trade. Though aimed at a general readership, the author presents a broad-ranging, sophisticated story of the commerce, supported by nearly a hundred pages of citations. The author says that the inspiration for the book came from a passage in James Truslow Adams’s The Founding of New England: “The Bible and the Beaver were the two mainstays of the Plymouth Colony in its early years.” He knew something about Pilgrims and something about the fur trade, but nothing of the Pilgrim fur …

Aldona Krutulis, Milena Vico

Arts Conference Papers

"If we send them away to their death, our conscience will torture us until the day we die." Juozas Audejus, Vilnius, (Lithuania), 1943.

World War II ended 65 years ago, but political, economic and social consequences are still felt throughout the Western World. At personal levels, those consequences are demonstrated through individual narratives. The generation of people from the Baltic States, who grew up and suffered the turmoil of WWII, is passing. It is timely and imperative to record their pre-war childhood with values instilled by their parents and how those values have shaped their lives in carrying them through …