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A Defect In Dystrophin Causes A Novel Porcine Stress Syndrome, Dan Nonneman, Tami Brown-Brandl, Shuna A. Jones, Ralph T. Wiedmann, Gary A. Rohrer

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Background: Losses of slaughter-weight pigs due to transport stress are both welfare and economic concerns to pork producers. Historically, the HAL-1843 mutation in ryanodine receptor 1 was considered responsible for most of the losses; however, DNA testing has effectively eliminated this mutation from commercial herds. We identified two sibling barrows in the USU.S. Meat Animal Research Center swine herd that died from apparent symptoms of a stress syndrome after transport at 12 weeks of age. The symptoms included open-mouth breathing, skin discoloration, vocalization and loss of mobility.

Results: We repeated the original mating along with sire-daughter matings to produce additional …

Contributions Of The Maternal Uterine Environment And Piglet Genotype On Weaning Survivability Potential: I. Development Of Neonatal Piglets After Reciprocal Embryo Transfers Between Meishan And White Crossbred Gilts, Jeremy R. Miles, J. L. Vallet, J. J. Ford, Brad A. Freking, R. A. Cushman, William T. Oliver, Lea Ann Rempel

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

In commercial pigs, the greatest susceptibility for pre-weaning mortality occurs in low birth-weight piglets. Despite their overall decreased birth weight, Meishan (MS) piglets have decreased pre-weaning mortality rates compared with contemporary Western breeds. The objective of the current study was to determine the contributions of the maternal uterine environment, piglet genotype, and their interaction on the development of neonatal piglets pertaining to pre-weaning survivability using reciprocal embryo transfer between MS and White crossbred (WC) pigs. Twenty-five successful pregnancies were produced from 2 farrowing seasons, generating litters of maternal uterine environment (MUE) by piglet genotype (PigG) combinations; MS × MS ( …

Physiology And Endocrinology Symposium: How Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Chips Will Advance Our Knowledge Of Factors Controlling Puberty And Aid In Selecting Replacement Beef Females, W. M. Snelling, Robert Cushman, M. R. S. Fortes, A. Reverter, G. L. Bennett, J. W. Keele, L. A, Kuehn, T. G. Mcdaneld, Mark Thallman, M. G. Thomas

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

The promise of genomic selection is accurate prediction of the genetic potential of animals from their genotypes. Simple DNA tests might replace low-accuracy predictions for expensive or lowly heritable measures of puberty and fertility based on performance and pedigree. Knowing with some certainty which DNA variants (e.g., SNP) affect puberty and fertility is the best way to fulfill the promise. Several SNP from the BovineSNP50 assay have tentatively been associated with reproductive traits including age at puberty, antral follicle count, and pregnancy observed on different sets of heifers. However, sample sizes are too small and SNP density is too sparse …

Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome): Update And Resources For Pediatricians And Providers To Share With Parents, James W. Wheless, Patricia A. Gibson, Kari Luther Rosbeck, Maria Hardin, Christine O’Dell, Vicky Whittemore, John M. Pellock

Neurology Publications

Background Infantile spasms (IS; West syndrome) is a severe form of encephalopathy that typically affects infants younger than 2 years old. Pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, and other pediatric health care providers are all potentially key early contacts for families who have an infant with IS. The objective of this article is to assist pediatric health care providers in the detection of the disease and in the counseling and guidance of families who have an infant with IS.

Methods Treatment guidelines, consensus reports, and original research studies are reviewed to provide an update regarding the diagnosis and treatment of infants with IS. …

2012 Annual Report

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Town Of Littleton, New Hampshire 2011 Annual Report., Littleton Town Representatives

Littleton, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Eastern, Winter 2012, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Common Variants At 9p21 And 8q22 Are Associated With Increased Susceptibility To Optic Nerve Degeneration In Glaucoma, Janey L. Wiggs, Brian L. Yaspan, Michael A. Hauser, Jae H. Kang, R Rand Allingham, Lana M. Olson, Wael Abdrabou, Bao J. Fan, Dan Y. Wang, Wendy Brodeur, Donald L. Budenz, Joseph Caprioli, Andrew Crenshaw, Kristy Crooks, Elizabeth Delbono, Kimberly F. Doheny, David S. Friedman, Douglas Gaasterland, Terry Gaasterland, Cathy Laurie, Richard K. Lee, Paul R. Lichter, Stephanie Loomis, Yutao Liu, Felipe A. Medeiros, Cathy Mccarty, Daniel Mirel, Joshua D. Stein, Edward H. Trager, Paul Vanveldhuisen, Douglas Vollrath, Gadi Wollstein, Sachiko Yoneyama, Kang Zhang, Louis R. Pasquale, Jonathan L. Haines, Sayoko E. Moroi, David C. Musch, Anthony Realini, Frank W. Rozsa, Joel S. Schuman, Kathleen Scott, Kuldev Singh, Robert N. Weinreb, Jason Ernst, Manolis Kellis, Tomohiro Masuda, Don Zack, Julia E. Richards, Margret Pericak-Vance

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Optic nerve degeneration caused by glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Patients affected by the normal-pressure form of glaucoma are more likely to harbor risk alleles for glaucoma-related optic nerve disease. We have performed a meta-analysis of two independent genome-wide association studies for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) followed by a normal-pressure glaucoma (NPG, defined by intraocular pressure (IOP) less than 22 mmHg) subgroup analysis. The single-nucleotide polymorphisms that showed the most significant associations were tested for association with a second form of glaucoma, exfoliation-syndrome glaucoma. The overall meta-analysis of the GLAUGEN and NEIGHBOR dataset results (3,146 cases …

Undocumented And Unprotected: Solutions For Protecting The Health Of America's Undocumented Mexican Migrant Workers, Michael A. Celone

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Maximum Contaminant Levels And Environmental Injuries, James R. Wedeking

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Medication Adherence Technology: Medicine Of The Future, Emerging Privacy Concern, Katharine Boshinski Sparks

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Wallets: A Look At The Privacy Implications Of Mobile Payments, Meena Aharam Rajan

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

No abstract provided.

The Resurgence Of The Golden Age Of Film: Hugo, The Artist, And Midnight In Paris, Reggie Woods

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 167-170

Risd Fact Book 2012, Institutional Research

RISD Fact Books

The Office of Institutional Research is pleased to present the Rhode Island School of Design Fact Book, 2012; a paperless, accessible, consistent source of information about the RISD community, its resources, and its operations. It is a summary of institutional data gathered from many areas of the College, compiled to capture the 2012 Fiscal and Academic Year. Where appropriate, multiple years of data are provided for historical perspective. While not all-encompassing, the Fact Book does provide pertinent facts and figures and is made available as reference to administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

Madison Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 1, Winter 2012 Full Issue

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 15 (2012), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

No abstract provided.

Talking Union In Two Languages Labor Rights And Immigrant Workers In East Tennessee, Fran Ansley

Scholarly Works

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What Is A Security In The Crowdfunding Era?, Joan Macleod Heminway

Scholarly Works

With the advent of the crowdfunding era, financial interests in business enterprises may look less like investment instruments commonly known as common stock or debentures, and more like loans, gambling bets, rights to consumable products or services or charitable or other nonprofit donations. A closer look at innovations in interests, instruments and offerings in the crowdfunding era preceding the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) offers a basis for comparisons and contrasts that raises questions about the categorization of instruments regulated as securities. These and other questions are important to a rethinking of the structure of …

It Isn't Always Sexy When Both Are Bright And Shiny: Considering Alternatives To Sexual Selection In Elaborate Monomorphic Species, K. A. Tarvin, Troy G. Murphy

Biology Faculty Research

Since the dawn of abstract thinking, humans have wondered about the seemingly unnecessary elaborate ornamentations of birds. Gaudy colours, cumbersome tails, complex vocalizations and bizarre displays are found in bird species from all corners of the globe. Darwin (1871) provided an elegant explanation for the existence of these non-utilitarian traits: they increase mating success, and although they may impair survival, the costs of producing and bearing elaborate ornaments can be repaid in the currency of additional offspring. Darwin’s model still serves as the foundation for our concept of sexual selection but great strides have been made in our understanding of …

Concepts Of Pornography: Aesthetics, Feminism, And Methodology, Andrew Kania

Philosophy Faculty Research

There are two broadly philosophical literatures on pornography. By far the largest is concerned with moral issues raised by pornography. This literature falls into two phases. The first phase comprises the debate between moral conservatives, who objected to pornography on the grounds of its explicit sexual nature, and liberals, who defended pornography on grounds of something like freedom of speech or expression. Though this debate is not stone cold, the liberals seem to have won it. However, it has been largely replaced by a different one between feminists who object to pornography on the basis that it contributes to the …

The Recovery Of Archaic Truth In Literature: Light And Darkness In The Perception Of Space In The Human Imagination, Lawrence Kimmel

Philosophy Faculty Research

While the appeal of both inner and outer space of world and consciousness presents an inexhaustible source for the artist and writer, primitive memories remain in the archaic makeup of human beings that continue to haunt as well as enchant the human mind. The archaic mind is evident not only in the once-upon-a-time of fairy tales, but in the acute awareness of existence itself—the closest we can get to the first order experience of the human creature to the wonder and terror of its birthing reality. This essay considers both ancient myth and reflective imagination in the work of modern …

Stone Oak Park Exploration: 1st Grade, Canyon Ridge Elementary School (San Antonio, Tex.)

Stone Oak Park UbD Units

Topic: Living/Nonliving, Plant Parts, and Food Chain

Stone Oak Park Exploration: 2nd Grade, Canyon Ridge Elementary School (San Antonio, Tex.)

Stone Oak Park UbD Units

Topic: Natural Resources, Rocks, and Plant Adaptations

Carotenoid-Based Ornaments Of Female And Male American Goldfinches (Spinus Tristis) Show Sex-Specific Correlations With Immune Function And Metabolic Rate, R. J. Kelly, Troy G. Murphy, K. A. Tarvin, G. Burness

Biology Faculty Research

Conspicuous ornamentation has been linked to immunological and physiological condition in males of many species. In species where both sexes are ornamented, it is unclear whether the signal content of ornaments differs between males and females. We examined the immunological and physiological correlates of carotenoid-based bill and plumage ornamentation in American goldfinches Spinus tristis, a species in which bright orange bills are sexually monomorphic but yellow plumage is sexually dimorphic during the breeding season. Because bill color is dynamic over short periods while plumage color is static over longer time frames, we tested whether these signals have the potential to …

Prey Responses To Predator Chemical Cues: Disentangling The Importance Of The Number And Biomass Of Prey Consumed, Michael W. Mccoy, Justin C. Touchon, Tobias Landberg, Karen M. Warkentin, James R. Vonesh

Biology Publications

To effectively balance investment in predator defenses versus other traits, organisms must accurately assess predation risk. Chemical cues caused by predation events are indicators of risk for prey in a wide variety of systems, but the relationship between how prey perceive risk in relation to the amount of prey consumed by predators is poorly understood. While per capita predation rate is often used as the metric of relative risk, studies aimed at quantifying predator-induced defenses commonly control biomass of prey consumed as the metric of risk. However, biomass consumed can change by altering either the number or size of prey …

California Initiative Review October 2012: Initiatives At A Glance, University Of The Pacific, Mcgeorge School Of Law

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Get The Balance Right!: Squaring Access With Patent Protection, Kristen Osenga

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Targeted Killing At A Distance: Robotics And Self-Defense, Wayne Mccormack

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ecology Of Marine Bivalves: An Ecosystem Approach, Second Edition, Richard F. Dame

CCU Faculty Books

Exploring the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health, this book describes live and computer simulated experiments, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. This second edition discusses major new developments, including phase shifts in many coastal and estuarine ecosystems dominated by suspension-feeding bivalves, the invasion or introduction of alien bivalve species, the rapid growth of environmental restoration focused on bivalves, and the examination of geological history with regard to global climate change and its impact on bivalve-dominated systems.

Assessment Of Two Online Tutorials: Student Leraning, Student Preferences, Dianna E. Sachs, Kathleen Langan, Carrie C. Leatherman

Assessment Grants

No abstract provided.