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Randomized Comparison Of Two Internet-Supported Fertility Awareness Based Methods Of Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring, Mary Schneider, Kathleen Raviele, Dana Rodriguez, Jessica E. Pruszynski

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Background

The aim was to compare the efficacy and acceptability of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning.

Study design

Six hundred and sixty-seven women and their male partners were randomized into either an electronic hormonal fertility monitor (EHFM) group or a cervical mucus monitoring (CMM) group. Both groups utilized a Web site with instructions, charts and support. Acceptability was assessed online at 1, 3 and 6 months. Pregnancy rates were determined by survival analysis.

Results

The EHFM participants (N= 197) had a total pregnancy rate of 7 per 100 users over 12 months of use compared with …

Long-Term Temporal Analysis Of The Human Fecal Microbiota Revealed A Stable Core Of Dominant Bacterial Species, Ines Martınez, Catherine E. Muller, Jens Walter

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Next-generation sequencing has greatly contributed to an improved ecological understanding of the human gut microbiota. Nevertheless, questions remain regarding the characteristics of this ecosystem and the ecological processes that shape it, and controversy has arisen regarding the stability of the bacterial populations and the existence of a temporal core. In this study, we have characterized the fecal microbial communities of three human individuals over a one-year period by 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA tags in order to investigate the temporal characteristics of the bacterial communities. The findings revealed a temporal core of 33 to 40 species-level Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) …

Sociology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Kinesiology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Pre-Nursing Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Index, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Psychology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Women’S And Gender Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Contents, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Biochemistry, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Allied Health Science, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Anthropology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Biology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Chemistry, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Section I, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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English And Mfa In Creative Writing, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Environmental And Earth Science And Studies Programs, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Economics, Saint Mary's College Of California

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January Term Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Integral Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Liberal And Civic Studies Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Mathematics And Computer Science, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Complete Catalog, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Narrow Grass Hedge Effects On Nutrient Transport Following Swine Slurry Application, John E. Gilley, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Seth J. Lamb, Xu Li, David B. Marx, Daniel D. Snow, David B. Parker, Brian L. Woodbury

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

The effectiveness of a narrow grass hedge in reducing runoff nutrient loads following swine slurry application was examined. Slurry was applied to 0.75 m wide by 4.0 m long plots established on an Aksarben silty clay loam soil located in southeast Nebraska. Manure treatments consisted of no manure application and manure application to meet the 1, 2, or 3 year nitrogen (N) requirements for corn. Runoff water quality was measured during three 30 min simulated rainfall events. The grass hedge did not significantly reduce runoff nutrient transport after the swine slurry, which contained relatively small amounts of manure, was applied. …

Neurodegeneration In Drop-Dead Mutant Drosophila Melanogaster Is Associated With The Respiratory System But Not With Hypoxia, Christine Lynn Sansone, Edward M. Blumenthal

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Mutations in the gene drop-dead (drd) cause diverse phenotypes in adult Drosophila melanogaster including early lethality, neurodegeneration, tracheal defects, gut dysfunction, reduced body mass, and female sterility. Despite the identification of the drd gene itself, the causes of early lethality and neurodegeneration in the mutant flies remain unknown. To determine the pattern of drd expression associated with the neurodegenerative phenotype, knockdown of drd with various Gal4 drivers was performed. Early adult lethality and neurodegeneration were observed upon knockdown of drd in the tracheal system with two independent insertions of the breathless-Gal4 driver and upon knockdown in the tracheal …

Scientific Communication Before And After Networked Science, John Carey

Publications and Research

Recent decades have seen extensive changes in how researchers in the sciences work. Online platforms enabled by Web 2.0 technologies (collectively known as “open” or “networked” science) have created multiple new channels for informal communications, revolutionizing the ways in which scientists collaborate and share results. Meanwhile, digitization and open access publishing have brought fundamental change to modes of publication and distribution for scientific journals. Yet the primary vehicle for the formal publication of results, the scientific article, has been much slower to alter in format. This paper will examine the functions that peer-reviewed journals have served within the scientific community …

Birds And Birding In Wyoming’S Bighorn Mountains Region, Jacqueline L. Canterbury, Paul A, Johnsgard, Helen F. Downing

Zea E-Books Collection

The Bighorn Mountains consist of a relatively well-isolated north-south mountain range in north-central Wyoming that had their origins during the early Cenozoic era, 50-65 million years ago. The present-day Bighorn range is more than 100 miles in length and has a maximum elevation of 13,167 feet (Cloud Peak), only slightly less than the highest peak in Wyoming (Gannett Peak, at 13,804 feet). The mountains are flanked to the west by the Bighorn River basin, and to the east by the Powder River basin, both of which support only semi-desert vegetation dominated by sagebrush. Elevations of the Powder River basin near …

Unlv Magazine, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Shane Bevell, Holly Ivy Devore, Megan Downs, Brian Sodoma, Katherine Stowell, Ched Whitney

UNLV Magazine

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Collegiate Seminar Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Pre-Professional Curricula, Saint Mary's College Of California

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