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Bovine Respiratory Disease Influences On Nutrition And Nutrient Metabolism, Clinton R. Krehbiel

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

• Inflammation caused by bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing beef cattle producers and feedlot managers.

• BRD results in decreased intake, daily gain, and feed efficiency in feedlot calves, decreasing growth rate and increasing required days on feed.

• Morbidity caused by BRD has been associated with decreased hot carcass weight and poor carcass characteristics.

• Acute phase protein production in the liver, initiated by proinflammatory cytokines, may shift the priority for amino acid and energy use by the host animal during periods of sickness.

• Nutrient requirements for stressed calves seem …

Commercial Genetic Testing For Type 2 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy And Myofibrillar Myopathy Does Not Correspond To A Histopathological Diagnosis, Stephanie J. Valberg, C. J. Finno, Marisa L. Henry, Melissa Schott, Deborah Velez-Irizarry, Sichong Peng, Erica C. Mckenzie, Jessica L. Petersen

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Background: Commercial genetic tests for type 2 polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM2) and myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) have not been validated by peer-review, and formal regulation of veterinary genetic testing is lacking.

Objectives: To compare genotype and allele frequencies of commercial test variants (P variants) in MYOT (P2; rs1138656462), FLNC (P3a; rs1139799323), FLNC (P3b; rs1142918816) and MYOZ3 (P4; rs1142544043) between Warmblood (WB) and Arabian (AR) horses diagnosed with PSSM2/MFM by muscle histopathology, and phenotyped breed-matched controls. To quantify variant frequency in public repositories of ancient and modern horse breeds.

Study design: Cross sectional using archived clinical material and publicly available data.

Methods: …

Differential Longitudinal Establishment Of Human Fecal Bacterial Communities In Germ-Free Porcine And Murine Models, Nirosh Aluthge, Wesley A. Tom, Alison Bartenslager, Thomas E. Burkey, Phillip S. Miller, Kelly D. Heath, Craig Kreikemeier-Bower, Hatem Kittana, Robert Schmaltz, Amanda Ramer-Tait, Samodha Fernando

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

The majority of microbiome studies focused on understanding mechanistic relationships between the host and the microbiota have used mice and other rodents as the model of choice. However, the domestic pig is a relevant model that is currently underutilized for human microbiome investigations. In this study, we performed a direct comparison of the engraftment of fecal bacterial communities from human donors between human microbiotaassociated (HMA) piglet and mouse models under identical dietary conditions. Analysis of 16S rRNA genes using amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) revealed that with the exception of early microbiota from infants, the more mature microbiotas tested established better …

Age Related Extracellular Matrix And Interstitial Cell Phenotype In Pulmonary Valves, Shaohua Wu, Vikas Kumar, Peng Xiao, Mitchell Kuss, Jung Yul Lim, Chittibabu Guda, Jonathan Butcher, Bin Duan

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Heart valve disease is a common manifestation of cardiovascular disease and is a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pulmonary valve (PV) is of primary concern because of its involvement in common congenital heart defects, and the PV is usually the site for prosthetic replacement following a Ross operation. Although effects of age on valve matrix components and mechanical properties for aortic and mitral valves have been studied, very little is known about the age-related alterations that occur in the PV. In this study, we isolated PV leaflets from porcine hearts in different age groups (~ 4–6 …

The Elephant In The Room: The Often Neglected Relevance Of Speciesism In Bias Towards Ethnic Minorities And Immigrants, Melisa Choubak, Saba Safdar

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

The area of intergroup bias and, specifically attitudes towards ethnic minorities and/or immigrants, has received a great amount of investigation by (cross-cultural) psychologists, spanning many theories and perspectives (Hewstone et al., 2002). However, one perspective rarely taken in mainstream psychology is one that acknowledges the inter-linkage of bias towards ethnic minorities and/or immigrants and that towards non-human animals (NHAs), despite relatively substantial literature outside of psychology emphasizing it (Singer, 2002). In the present paper, we draw from relevant literature outside and inside of psychology that speaks to the connectivity between attitudes towards marginalized human outgroups and NHAs, focusing on the …

News From Hope College, Volume 52.2: Winter, 2020, Hope College

News from Hope College

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Form And Content: An Introduction To Formal Logic, Derek D. Turner

Open Educational Resources

Derek Turner, Professor of Philosophy, has written an introductory logic textbook that students at Connecticut College, or anywhere, can access for free. The book differs from other standard logic textbooks in its reliance on fun, low-stakes examples involving dinosaurs, a dog and his friends, etc.

This work is published in 2020 under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You may share this text in any format or medium. You may not use it for commercial purposes. If you share it, you must give appropriate credit. If you remix, transform, add to, or modify the text in any way, …

Necessary And Convenient: The Effect Of Commerce And Necessary And Proper Clause Jurisprudence, Janis Olkowicz

Honors Undergraduate Theses

While reading a news article about the upcoming presidential election one day, I noticed a trend. The vast majority of political articles discuss what the federal government should do, but almost never cover what it could do. In elementary school, American children are taught that the Constitution, a 4,543-word document, is the place from which all federal power is derived; but the Constitution says nothing about the regulation of travel, narcotics, or the vast majority of other areas that affect the way we live our daily lives, so where does that power come from? After some preliminary research, I discovered …

Journeying Into The Well: An Autoethnography Of 35 Retreats Across Two Decades, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

In this autoethnography I narrate the story of my retreat experiences and spiritual practices at the Well Retreat Center over a span of two decades. The Well is both a geographical place in the Isle of Wright County in Virginia, and a metaphor for a spiritual journey into the inner Well of our being. I chronicle an amalgam of 35 retreats in one 24-hour retreat, narrating stories about: leaving home and settling in, dreaming and awakening, sunrise and sunset, walking in nature and walking the narrow path, discovering life behind a cracked door, and uncovering the mystery that lies at …

Antimicrobial Resistance And Molecular Epidemiology Of Escherichia Coli Isolated From Urban And Rural River Systems, Christopher Robert Jossart

Public Health Theses

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging public health issue that threatens the efficacy of antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections and human health. Sources of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment include wastewater treatment plants and animal feeding operations that discharge waste into waterways, such as rivers and streams. This retrospective descriptive study describes the presence of AMR, and specific ARGs in Escherichia coli isolates from two distinct watersheds, rural and urban, with the use of antimicrobial susceptibility testing, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to detect ARGs, and multi-locus sequence typing. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed for 143 E. coli isolates, 73 …

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2020-2021, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a downloadable PDF version of the University of Rhode Island course catalog.

Lack Of Resolution Sensor Drives Age-Related Cardiometabolic And Cardiorenal Defects And Impedes Inflammation-Resolution In Heart Failure, Bochra Tourki, Vasundhara Kain, Amanda B. Pullen, Paul C. Norris, Nirav Patel, Pankaj Arora, Xavier Leroy, Charles N. Serhan, Ganesh V. Halade

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Objective: Recently, we observed that the specialized proresolving mediator (SPM) entity resolvin D1 activates lipoxin A4/formyl peptide receptor 2 (ALX/FPR2), which facilitates cardiac healing and persistent inflammation is a hallmark of impaired cardiac repair in aging. Splenic leukocyte-directed SPMs are essential for the safe clearance of inflammation and cardiac repair after injury; however, the target of SPMs remains undefined in cardiac healing and repair. Methods: To define the mechanistic basis of ALX/FPR2 as a resolvin D1 target, ALX/FPR2-null mice were examined extensively. The systolic-diastolic heart function was assessed using echocardiography, leukocytes were phenotyped using flow cytometry, and SPMs were quantitated …

Rethinking The Conflicts Revolution In Personal Jurisdiction, Jesse M. Cross

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Ways Of Price Making And The Challenge Of Market Governance In U.S. Energy Law, William Boyd

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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The New Law Of Gender Nonconformity, Naomi Schoenbaum

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Fun With Reverse Ejusdem Generis, Jay Wexler

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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The Advent Of Effortless Expression: An Examination Of The Copyrightability Of Bci-Encoded Brain Signals Note, Jonathan Baker

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Core Criminal Procedure, Steven Arrigg Koh

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Fighting For Attention: Democracy, Free Speech, And The Marketplace Of Ideas, G. Michael Parsons

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Mass Incarceration As A Chronic Condition: Diagnosis, Prognosis, And Treatment The 2019 Minnesota Law Review Symposium - Mass Incarceration: Foreword, Sarah Trautman

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Contracting Our Way To Inequality: Race, Reproductive Freedom, And The Quest For The Perfect Child, Camille Gear Rich

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Why The Policy Failures Of Mass Incarceration Are Really Political Failures The 2019 Minnesota Law Review Symposium - Mass Incarceration, John F. Pfaff

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Frank Zimring Responds The 2019 Minnesota Law Review Symposium - Mass Incarceration: Essay, Franklin Zimring

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Liberalism And The Distinctiveness Of Religious Belief, Abner S. Greene

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

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Screens, School District Employees, And Sleep: Is There A Relationship?, Mary Kay L. Bruihler

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Statement of the Problem

Working in a school can be stressful and about half of educators in a national survey reported less than the recommended minimum of seven hours of sleep. Smartphones and other screened devices can cause sleep loss and are becoming more prevalent. Is there a relationship between the use of screened devices and sleep among the employees of a school district?

Procedures

Employees (n=36) of a small southern Minnesota school district were given an online survey regarding their sleep habits utilizing the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), their screen time use, utilizing the Screen Time Questionnaire (STQ), …

"The Cruelest Of Ills": Irregular Practitioners, The Royal College Of Physicians, And The "French Pox," C. 1550-1630, Sarah Fischer

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The confluence of the endemization of syphilis and plague outbreaks between 1590-1630 defined the milieu of the medical marketplace in London. The irregular practitioners that treated patients with these diseases used them as a mode of self-fashioning and established themselves as credible. During this time, the Royal College of Physicians attempted to censor the medical practice of these irregulars to reinforce and establish themselves as a superior authority within the medical marketplace. The College physicians attempted to self-fashion their institution because among all of the medical professionals within London, they had the least amount of practical training with patients. The …

Exploring Artificial Intelligence-Mediated Communication (Aimc) As A Sub-Field Of Communication Studies. A Textual Examination, Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

From the book "Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication," written by John Durham Peters, we understand a notion about developing one’s destiny; people have the freedom to choose multiple paths to follow (Peters, 2012). If we reject this idea, it is also easy for people to come up with distinct explanations. Even though the meaning of the same issues might vary subject to who is interpreting them, the primary concepts can be interpreted as more or less the same. If we study these two--"artificial intelligence" and "communication"- simultaneously, we can assume some characteristics. Thus, this …

What We Did Not Know About Judicial Review: On Keith Whittington’S Repugnant Laws, Leslie F. Goldstein

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

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Against Historical Practice: Facing Up To The Challenge Of Informal Constitutional Change, Stephen M. Griffin

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

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The Structure Of Interpretive Revolutions, D.A. Jeremy Telman

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.