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A Brief Report On A Facilitated Approach To Connect Cooperative Extension Southern Region State-Level Health Specialists, Samantha M. Harden, Lisa Washburn, Alison Berg, Ninfa Pena-Purcell, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Nancy Franz

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Improving the nation’s health will require collaboration among many stakeholders and systems, including representatives from Cooperative Extension Services (CES). This paper describes the process of establishing a multistate collaboration and discusses initial outcomes of a third-party facilitated participatory planning meeting. State-level specialists with expertise and responsibilities in “health” promotion participated. Satisfaction with meeting format; feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of the proposed approach to public health impact; and general meeting feedback were collected through a survey and cultural artifacts (e.g., notes, worksheets). Preparation and attendance costs were captured. Seventeen of the 20 attendees (85%) responded to the survey and reported the …

Advanced Retraining System For The Pedagogical Staff Of Medical Educational Institutions And Its Perspectives, Laziz N. Tuychiev, Umida A. Tashkenbaeva, Abdunazar K. Juraev, Gulchekhra S. Khazratova

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

Introduction. The present work reveals the essence of the activity of the branch center of professional development and retraining for the pedagogical staff under the Tashkent Medical Academy and its perspectives. The survey presents a short history on opening of this center which is considered to be the leading one for the pedagogical staff of all medical educational institutes in Uzbekistan, who receives retraining every three years to gain new experiences, exchange information about worldwide advanced methods for further interaction and teaching with the medical students. The aim of the work is to analyze and show development and significance of …

Labor Conditions At Mining And Metallurgical Enterprises And Their Influence On The Health Of Basic Professional Workers (Short Review), N.V. Voronina, J.O. Khamdamov

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

The present work gives an analysis of the current state of working conditions at mining and metallurgical enterprises in Uzbekistan. A set of harmful factors of labor for the main occupational groups that determine the development of occupational diseases is specified and promising hygienic directions for their reduction are identified.

Complex Treatment Of Acute Sensorineural Hearing Loss Using Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Ulugbek S. Khasanov, Ulugbek P. Abdullaev, Sulton E. Akhmedov

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

Introduction. Acute sensorineural hearing loss (ASHL) is one of the common diseases, and the number of patients suffering from this pathology is steadily growing. Therefore, the study and implementation of modern therapeutic measures to eliminate ASHL is considered a relevant issue in otorhinolaryngology. The aim of the study is to analyze the comparative effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of acute sensorineural hearing loss. Material and methods. The research involved 46 patients with a diagnosis of ASHL I - IV degrees in the period from February, 2018 to November, 2019. All patients were under observation in the ENT …

Development Of Hplc Separation Method Of Ginsenosides On A Polyvinyl Alcohol-Bonded Stationary Phase, A. B. Soliev, A. T. Adylova, I. Yu. Abdurakhmonov, G. N. Artikova

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

A simple high performance liquid chromatographic assay for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of seven ginsenosides, Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf and Rg1 in commercial ginseng products is described. Chromatographic separation of the analytes was achieved in less than 20 min using a polyvinyl alcohol-bonded column with UV detection at 203 nm. Optimization of chromatographic conditions was determined by a three-factor central composite design, the variables being the percentage of acetonitrile in the mobile phase, column temperature and flow rate. A full quadratic model was found to be adequate in describing the separation of ginsenosides on the polyvinyl alcohol-bonded stationary …

Anthropometric Characteristics Of The Population Of The Aral Region Of Uzbekistan, V. O. Yerkudov, A. P. Pugovkin, A. T. Matchanov, B. Yu. Akhmedova

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

The diversity of the national composition and the unfavorable ecological state of the Aral Sea region is the rationale for the relevance of the study of morphophysiological characteristics of the population living in this territory. The aim of the study was a comparative investigation of ethnic diversity of anthropometric distinctions in youngsters of both sexes – habitants of the Republic of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan).

Evaluation Of A Supermarket Environmental Change Intervention: Findings From A Low-Fat Milk Couponing And Educational Marketing Pilot, Allison Karpyn, Barbara Ruhs, Ginnie Sawyer-Morris, Stephanie Weiss, Sara Grajeda, Donna Levine, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multifaceted, collaborative approach to supermarket environmental change that included in-store couponing and educational marketing to increase low-fat milk purchasing across a 48-store supermarket chain serving predominately Hispanic customers. Point-of-sale (POS) and process data collected during the 16-week program implementation included in-store radio advertising, in-store signage, and POS coupons. POS data were analyzed by the coupon marketing partner, and a chi-square test was conducted to test for significant differences between groups. POS data indicated that 44,050 low-fat milk coupons were issued to traditional full-fat milk purchasing customers with a redemption rate of …

Early Childhood Obesity Prevention In Rural West Virginia Extension’S Role And Lessons Learned, Emily Murphy, Elaine Bowen, Nancy O'Hara-Tompkins, Gwen Crum, Hannah Fincham, Mary Eleanor Burkhart-Polk

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The Cooperative Extension system is uniquely positioned to lead rural community efforts to prevent obesity in early childhood. This article explores best practices in promoting healthy weights among young children and shares examples and resources relevant to Extension programming. The West Virginia (WV) Healthy Children Project aims to improve community, home, and early care and education (ECE) environments by promoting healthy eating, physical activity, outdoor play, and reduced screen time. This project primarily focuses on interventions with ECE providers serving 2-5-year-old children in three rural counties. Comprehensive assessments informed the interventions and guided Community Advisory Committees. ECE providers were trained …

Genetic Parameters Of Growth And Adaptive Traits In Aspen (Populus Tremuloides): Implications For Tree Breeding In A Warming World, Chen Ding, Andreas Hamann, Rong-Cai Yang, Jean S. Brouard

Aspen Bibliography

Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx) is a widespread commercial forest tree of high economic importance in western Canada and has been subject to tree improvement efforts over the past two decades. Such improvement programs rely on accurate estimates of the genetic gain in growth traits and correlated response in adaptive traits that are important for forest health. Here, we estimated genetic parameters in 10 progeny trials containing >30,000 trees with pedigree structures based on a partial factorial mating design that includes 60 half-sibs, 100 full-sib families and 1,400 clonally replicated genotypes. Estimated narrow-sense and broad-sense heritabilities were low for height …

Farming Along Desire Lines: Collective Action And Food Systems Adaptation To Climate Change., Thomas F. Thornton, B. Soubry, K. Sherren

Faculty, Staff, and Students

1. We examine collective action in the food system of the Canadian Maritimes to determine its effect on the resilience and adaptive capacity of food producers, distributors, retailers and governance institutions. 2. Our data suggest that beyond their immediate benefits for their participants, expressions of collective action generate higher-level impacts which often translate into drivers of adaptive capacity. 3. Drawing on a metaphor from urban design, we suggest that collective action should be considered a desire line for food systems adaptation: rather than building adaptation strategies based on top-down design, collective action emerges from farmers’ needs and capacities to build …

The Missing Link: Jail And Prison Conditions In Criminal Justicereform, Andrea Craig Armstrong

Louisiana Law Review

The article examines the link between conditions in jails and prisons and broader criminal justice reform efforts.

Snap Participation Is Associated With Reduced Risk Of Premature Mortality Among U.S. Adults, Colleen Heflin, Samuel Ingram, James Ziliak

Population Health Research Brief Series

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal food assistance program, with over 40 million Americans receiving its support. This research brief examines the effect of SNAP participation on the probability of premature mortality and finds that risk of premature mortality is lower among adult who receive SNAP.

A Brief Report On A Facilitated Approach To Connect Cooperative Extension Southern Region State-Level Health Specialists, Samantha M. Harden, Lisa Washburn, Alison Berg, Ninfa Pena-Purcell, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Nancy Franz

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Improving the nation’s health will require collaboration among many stakeholders and systems, including representatives from Cooperative Extension Services (CES). This paper describes the process of establishing a multistate collaboration and discusses initial outcomes of a third-party facilitated participatory planning meeting. State-level specialists with expertise and responsibilities in “health” promotion participated. Satisfaction with meeting format; feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of the proposed approach to public health impact; and general meeting feedback were collected through a survey and cultural artifacts (e.g., notes, worksheets). Preparation and attendance costs were captured. Seventeen of the 20 attendees (85%) responded to the survey and reported the …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 3/03/2020, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

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Teaching Empathy To Nurse Practitioner Students Using Simulation And Theatre, Mercedes Camacho-Walsh, Monina Franco-Tantuico, Mamilda Robinson

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

This project involves the use of simulation technology and theatre adapted to fit nurse practitioner roles to enhance empathy as a conduit to understanding the patient and family dynamics regarding adolescent depression, anorexia, and suicide. Debriefing in the progression of learning activities and pre-post empathy scale will be implemented.

The Evolution Of Pediatric Clinical Education Using Primary Care Simulation, Gretchen M. Wiersma, Elizabeth G. Choma, Jennifer Walsh, Kristen Stevens

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Upon completion of this presentation participants will be able to recognize gaps in undergraduate nursing education and explore simulation scenarios that address these gaps. Our pediatric simulation scenarios can be used globally by students and faculty to enhance undergraduate education.

Purification And Characterization Of Nisin P Produced By A Strain Of Streptococcus Gallolyticus, Abdu Aldarhami, Arif Felek, Vikram Sharma, Mathew Upton

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Hydrogen Sulfide Heightens Disease In Tuberculosis, Suggesting A New Therapeutic Target, Jeff Hansen

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The Use Of Digestate As Fertilizer: Effect On Cocksfoot Productivity And Total Energy Input, Vita Tilvikienė, Žydrė Kadžiulienė, Zenonas Dabkevičius

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The financial viability of bioenergy production is mostly influenced by the productivity and quality of the biomass (Lehtomäki et al. 2011; Šiaudinis et al. 2012. Biogas which is an important form of bioenergy, is composed of methane and carbon dioxide produced from the anaerobic digestion of organic raw materials. To maximize the economic value of the anaerobic digestion process, both biogas and digestate should be efficiently utilized.

The energy input for grass grown specifically for biogas production ranges from 4.1 to 24.5 GJ/ha (Kryževičienė et al. 2005; Navickas et al. 2006; Navickas et al. 2011) …

Carbon And Nitrogen Stocks In Integrated Crop Livestock, Valdinei T. Paulino, Erika M. L. C. Teixeira, Marcos Siqueira Neto

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Soil organic matter (SOM) is recognized as an important characteristic of sustainable agricultural systems in the tropics and temperate regions. It is considered an integrated characteristic of physical, chemical and biological soil conditions and has been used as a soil quality index in different land uses and management practices (Lal 2011). Environmental, social, and financial imbalances have occurred, requiring producers to become more efficient. A system of intercropping grain crops with forages can provide enough forage in the dry season to maintain nutritional quality of livestock and even promote weight gain (Castro Filho et al. 1991). An integrated crop-livestock system …

The Mineral Nutrients Content And The Organic Manure Quality Appraisal For The Stylosanthes Green Manure, Guo-Dao Liu, Dong-Fen Huang, Xi Wen, Chang-Jun Bai, Dao-Geng Yu, Heng-Fu Huan

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Stylo (Stylosanthes spp.) is a leguminous crop planted widely in the world tropics. In the past the stylo was commonly used as pasture with high quality, and was less used as a green manure. However, stylo is recently used more as a green manure in tropical plantations. As there is little relevant research on the organic manure quality for stylo, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the quality of stylo green manure. Selection of stylo green manure with the highest quality was based on the analysis of nutrients and organic matter content in stylo.

Influence Of Stocking Rate, Grazing Season Length And Dairy Cow Genetic Strain On The Nitrogen Balance Of Grass Based Dairy Production Systems, Deirdre Hennessy, Willie Ryan, Laurence Shalloo

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Stocking rate (SR), grazing season (GS) length and Holstein-Friesian (HF) strain can have a profound effect on the productivity of grass-based milk production systems. The optimum SR is that which gives the maximum sustainable economic output of product per unit area. Increasing SR increases output per ha, but also requires increased inputs of feed and fertilizer. Increasing the proportion of grazed grass utilized for milk production improves the economic sustainability of the system (Dillon et al. 2008). Nitrogen (N) use efficiency is one of the key drivers of environmentally and economically sustainable agricultural production systems. Achieving the optimum balance …

Urinary Recovery Of Dicyandiamide (Dcd) Pulse-Dosed Into The Rumen Of Non-Lactating Dairy Cows, And The Effects Of Applying Urine With Dcd To Lysimeters On Nitrous Oxide And Nitrate Leaching In Ireland, Patrick J. O’Connor, Eva Lewis, Helen Slattery, Deirdre Hennessy

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Urine excreted by dairy cows is a source of nitrogen (N) to the sward. The N content of urine is high, up to 1000 kg N/ha and is usually in excess of sward requirements. Surplus N is usually lost through a number of pathways including nitrate (NO₃^-) leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Dicyandiamide (DCD), a nitrification inhibitor, has been shown to reduce NO₃^- leaching and N₂O emissions when applied as a fine particle suspension (FPS) to grazed paddocks. The objectives of the study were to: (1) quantify the recovery of DCD in …

Improving The Phosphorus Efficiency Of Temperate Australian Pastures, Richard J. Simpson, Graeme A. Sandral, Richard A. Culvenor, Megan H. Ryan, Hans Lambers, Phillip G. H. Nichols, Richard C. Hayes

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Phosphorus (P) is a key input necessary for high production in many temperate, grass-legume pasture systems in Australia because the pastures are situated on P-deficient and moderate to highly P-sorbing soils. A consequence of P-sorption in these soils is that much more P must be applied as fertiliser than will be exported in animal products. The P balance efficiency (PBE=100*P_export/Pi_nputs) of grazing enterprises (e.g. wool, meat, milk and live animal export) is about 10-30% and compares poorly with some other agricultural enterprises (e.g. 45-54% for grain production; McLaughlin et al. 1992; Weaver and …

Leaching Of Nitrate From A Grassland Field, Abdulfatah F. Aboufayed

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Agricultural activities are the major cause of non-point pollution. Mechanization of agriculture, artificial fertilizer use and overall intensification of farming has played a major role in the increased incidence of pollution by agricultural activities. Carton et al. (2006) reported the effects of agricultural practices on nitrate leaching from an intensively managed dairy farm and showed that mean concentrations of nitrate nitrogen in the groundwater beneath the farm during the two monitoring years exceeded the maximum admissible concentration (MAC) for drinking water. While average nitrate nitrogen concentration in soil water were less than MAC, there was a trend for increased nitrogen …

Soil Phosphate Solubilising Bacteria Of The Okavango Floodplains, Botswana, Tabo Mubyana-John, Lawrence Tarupiwa, Wellington R. L. Masamba, Susan Ringrose

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Phosphorus although abundant is among the most limiting macro plant nutrients in some soils. Deficiencies are often seen as purpling of leaves due to unavailability of PO₄ in soil solution. In soil solution PO₄ solubility is pH dependent; at pH < 6, it is often bound to Fe or Al, while at pH > 7 it forms insoluble complexes with Ca, Mg, K or Na making it unavailable to plants (Brady 2002). Soil organic P requires mineralisation then solubilisation by the enzyme phosphatase before being available. Botswana soils due to the low rainfall (< 450 mm/yr) are characterised by high pH and salt pans scattered all over the semi-arid and arid landscape. Cultivation of most of these soils often results in P deficient crops (Leuschner and Manthe 1996). However, in grassland areas of the Okavango, very few grasses show P deficiency. Studies from other areas indicate that some grasses habour PO₄ solubilizing bacteria in their rhizosphere that help them in their P sequencing quest (Duponnois et al. …

Should Native Pastures Be Fertilised?, Jo I. Powells, Doug J. Alcock, Luke C. Pope, Denys Garden

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Considerable research has been conducted in recent years demonstrating the ongoing benefits of phosphorus (P) fertiliser in achieving and maintaining higher levels of production from native pastures (Graham 2006; Garden et al. 2003; Lodge et al. 2003; Michalk et al. 2003). However Garden et al. (2003), Hill et al. (2004) and Dorrough et al. (2008) all question the sustainability of this practice by highlighting changes in species composition of these pastures with regard to increasing the introduced annual grass and broadleaf weed components at the expense of the native grasses and forbs but in …

Humic Products–Potential Or Presumption For Agriculture. Do Humic Products Have A Place In Australian Grazing Enterprises?, Kim L. Billingham

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Australian soils are inherently low in organic matter. Agricultural practices have compounded this problem. As farmers look for more sustainable farming methods a commercial niche has opened for a range of alternative products including the humic products. More than 200 humic products are manufactured and sold by Australian companies (Billingham 2012). Many more can be purchased via overseas websites.

The term ‘humic products’ denotes a range of materials derived from lignites (brown coals), peats, lignins, composts and other organic wastes. Most are manufactured by alkali and acid extraction of the source material. Humic products are usually sold as soil amendments …

Efficient Use Of Phosphorus In Temperate Grassland Systems, Richard J. Simpson, Alan E. Richardson, Shirley N. Nichols, James R. Crush

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Phosphorus (P) fertilisers are important for high production in many grassland systems. However, there are increasing environmental, economic and strategic issues associated with using P, which is a non-renewable and “effectively finite” global resource. We review the P balance of temperate pastures to identify the factors that contribute to inefficient P use and discuss ways to improve P use efficiency. The most immediate gains can be made by ensuring that pastures are not over-fertilised. Plants with low critical P requirements, particularly as a result of better root foraging, will be important. Root traits such as fine roots (root diameter), branching, …

Fatigue In Collegiate Aviation, Flavio A. Coimbra Mendonca Ph.D., Erik Levin, Julius Keller Ph.D., Aaron Teo

National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS)

Flight training has received little attention in fatigue research. Only transfers of knowledge gained in commercial and military aviation have been applied to general aviation without bridging the gap to the training environment. The purpose of this study was to assess collegiate aviation students’ perceptions of lifestyle and mitigation strategies related to fatigue. Participants were recruited from a Midwestern university’s accredited Part 141 flight school and a partner fixed base operator (FBO). The researchers of this study used a survey questionnaire to gather quantitative and qualitative responses. The majority of participants (68%) had logged less than 250 flight hours and …