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Research For Selection Criteria For Grass Quality, Based Upon Animal References, M Gillet, J Scehovic, M Lila

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

In an effort to find selection criteria for intake and digestibility, based on correlations with the same characters measured on animals, we have compared 4 to 6 grasses of similar heading dates for intake, palatability, digestibility by sheep, intake by goats and many laboratory tests. 1979 results were published for Lexington Congress. Results of 1980 and 1981 springs bear them out in several points :

- palatability was a very precise and stable test

- palatability, digestibility and goat intake were stable and correlated with each other

- soluble phenols were able to predict palatability and part of digestibility

-sheep …

Using Grinding Energy Measurements For Predicting Crude Fibre Content In First Growths Of Permanent Grassland, Chr Paul, U V. Borstel, E Zimmer

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The performance of a grinding energy test for the simple and rapid prediction of crude fibre content in spring growth of grassland was investigated during three successive years and its potential for deriving recommendations on appropriate cutting dates demonstrated. The grinding energy test appeared to achieve a precision comparable to that for near infrared based predictions of crude fibre reported from the literature. Prediction bias consisting in a mean 2% crude fibre underestimation was found to occur in one year presumably due to an anomalous _constellation of environmental conditions. This appeared to have affected the pattern of plant development and …

Cell Wall Composition And Rate Of Digestion Of Brown-Midrib Sorghum Internodes As Influenced By Maturity, J H. Cherney, J J. Volenec, K J. Moore

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

More information is needed on the growth of secondary plant cell walls in forage species, and the relationship of cell wall structure to rate and extent of digestion. Our overall objective was to relate changes in cell wall composition with maturation to rate and extent of cell wall digestion. The seventh intemode of normal and brown-midrib ( bmr) sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.) was harvested at eight maturities beginning with the cessation of intemode elongation. Dry weight per segment was determined for each maturity stage. Lignin accumulation in lntemode 7 increased during maturation, with the rate of lignin synthesis being …

The Effect Of The Species, Stage Of Maturity And Level Of Intake Of Grass On The Efficiency Of Microbial Protein Synthesis In The Rumen Of Cattle, F J. Hart, Jane Leibholz

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

This study was undertaken because there is a paucity of information in the literature on the efficiency of microbial protein synthesis in the rumen of cattle when grass is fed as the sole diet. There is also little experimental data available on the factors which affect the efficiency of microbial protein synthesis. The work involved feeding six rumen fistulated Friesian steers with three species of grass which were harvested at various tages of maturity. In addition each maturity of forage was fed at three 15levels of orp5 nic matter ( OM) intake.

as sampled at the omasum and microbial protein …

The Influence Of Aging On Forage Quality Of Individual Switchgrass Leaves And Stems, B Anderson

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Cattle selectrively graze switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) tops prior to the boot stage and prefer vegetative culms and new tillers following heading. Therefore, a study was conducted to evaluate the changes in forage composition of individual leaves and stems during growth to determine if grazing selection may be influenced by aging. Plants were cut periodically at ground level from collaring of the first leaf until anthesis. Leaves (leaf blade plus sheath) of different ages, stems, and the whorl were hand separated at each harvest. Crude protein, in vitro dry matter disappearance (IVDMD), neutral and acid detergent fiber, lignin, and …

Harvesting Alyceclover For Maximum Dry Matter Yield And Nutrient Value, D D. Baltensperger, W G. Blue, W H. Anderson

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Limited information is available on the quality of alyceclover (Alysicarpus vaginalis) in relation to plant stress. This study was undertaken to clarify the relationship between plant maturity and forage yield, quality and mineral composition in order to optimize each at harvest. Alyceclover was grown for two summers and new plots were harvested weekly through the pod-fill stage of development beginning eight weeks after planting. Samples were analyzed for dry matter, organic matter, In vitro dry matter digestibility, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper, iron and zinc. Dry matter yields increased through the flowering stage of development except …

Adaptation Of The Inra System Of Determination And Expression Of The Nutritive Value Of Forages To The Tropical Conditions In The Caribbean Island, A Xande, R Garcia-Trujillo

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

This program have undertaken a series of trials of systematic measure of nu tritive value on the tropical forages. The choice of the calculation and of the way of expression of energetic and nitrogen values required comparation measures in different systems as well as attempts in alimentation before adopting the new french INRA system of energy (UFL-UFV) and of the protein value (POI). The general results of this study is a preamble to the diffusion of the table of nutritive value of the tropical forages. For this purpose 450 samples of forages have been analysed on sheep in cage of …

Being And Time, Martin Heidegger

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Harper, 1962

Call #: B3279.H48 S43 1962

Contains marginalia and underlining.

PDF Information: 13 pages – 4mb

Envisioning Transgender Equity: Amplifying Global South Narratives Through Inclusive Archives And Education, Saloni Walia, Sukanya Mondal

Journal of International Women's Studies

In their 17 Sustainable Goals (SDGs) for 2030, the United Nations (n. d.) places the goal of “achieve[ing] Gender Equality and empower[ing] all women and girls” at the fifth spot as SDG 5. However, reports from 2016 reveal that the SDGs mainly focus on issues concerning heterosexual cisgender women and girls, with no reference to the LGBTQ community (United Nations, 2016). This oversight raises concerns about the inclusivity of SDG 3, which aims to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” (United Nations, n.d.), but its application to people with diverse gender identities remains unclear. This …

On Understanding Violence Philosophically, And Other Essays, J. Glenn Gray

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York: Harper & Row, 1970

Call #: B3279.H49 G68

Contains marginalia, underlining and is inscribed by author.

PDF Information: 22 pages – 15mb

Aristotle And His School, Felix Grayeff

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974

Call #: B485 .G59 1974

Contains marginalia and underlining. Inscribed by author “To Hannah Arendt with sincere wishes from Felix Grayeff – London, March 29th 1974”.

PDF Information: 24 pages – 9mb

Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis In An Adolescent Presenting As Acute Gastric Perforation, Swathy Subhash, Thomas Oliver, David A. Enoch, Stephen Farrell, Catherine O’Sullivan, David Inwald

Journal of Child Science

There is a rise in invasive fungal infections (IFI) in neonates and children. Mucormycosis is the third most common cause of IFI following Candida and Aspergillus, with a notable increase in incidence in recent years. We present the case of a 15 year old immunocompetent boy who presented with acute gastric fundus perforation, requiring emergency surgical intervention. Histopathological examination and culture of the resected specimen showed evidence of Mucormycosis. Despite appropriate antifungal therapy and surgical interventions, his condition progressed and ultimately proved fatal. The recognition of Mucormycosis can be challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. The infection can …

Der Mensch, Seine Natur Und Seine Stellung In Der Welt, Arnold Gehlen

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

Bonn : Athenäum-Verlag, 1955, ©1950

Call #: QH368 .G4 1955

Contains some underlining

PDF information: 9 pages – 360 KB

Aspects Of Antiquity; Discoveries And Controversies, M. I. Finley

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Viking Press [1968]

Call #: D60 .F53 1968

Arendt copy contains underlining and marginal lining

PDF Information: 24 pages – 1,466KB

The Greek Historians: The Essence Of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon [And] Polybius, M. I. Finley

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York: Viking Press, 1959

Call #: DF12 .F5

Contains marginalia, underlining and marginal lining.

PDF Information: 36 pages – 19mb

From Clones To Robots: Kazuo Ishiguro’S Non-Human Narrative And Itsethical Implications, Minrui Li

Kritika Kultura

feminist consciousness-raising, and taking liberty with genre and medium fluidity, this article

Luck As Power: Nonhuman Game Narrative, Agency, And Aliencolonization In Philip K. Dick’S The Game-Players Of Titan, Kanjing He

Kritika Kultura

framework might aid. The oeuvre of Indian cinematic narratives showcases a severe

Towards An Envisioned Human-Nonhuman Community: The “New Human”Narrative And Ethical Choice In Wang Jinkang’S The Artificial Human, You Wu

Kritika Kultura

of the problem. Hence, employing decoloniality to comprehend these issues against a sociolegal

Encountering The Non-Human With Narrative Form:J.M. Coetzee’S The Lives Of Animals, Yafei Li

Kritika Kultura

criminalization, harassment, and oppression of women who fail to bear male offspring within

Beyond The Fermi Paradox: Alien Narratives And Chinese Epistemologyin Liu Cixin’S Science Fiction, Siqi Zhao

Kritika Kultura

an all-encompassing heteronormative patriarchal system problematize the context further.

Nonhuman Narratives In World Literature: An Introduction, Biwu Shang, Maria Luisa Torres Reyes

Kritika Kultura

determination in considerable parts (both urban and rural) of India a wide berth. The eventual

Love Is A Molecular Island, Chun-Mei Chuang

Kritika Kultura

When clarifying Spinoza’s concept of affect, Deleuze declares, “Hope as such or love as such represents nothing, strictly nothing.” In this paper, I approach the question of love by taking a detour of nonhuman affinity. First, I present this paper as an experimental becoming that weaves through heterogeneous lines of thinking and creating. Second, explicating the Deleuzian-Guattarian notion of “abstract machine” alongside Isabelle Stengers’s figure of “inappropriable unknown,” I argue for viewing the cosmos and art as interconnected abstract machines that foster novel realities and communities. Third, I weave planetary thinking with an interdisciplinary approach to propose a “planetary art …

Literary Study In The Era Of Artificial Intelligence In China, Fen Gao, Pengfei Zhang

Kritika Kultura

In view of the salient characteristics of technological innovation and human-machine symbiosis in the era of artificial intelligence, Chinese literary circles have purveyed a productive exploration of “literary study in the era of artificial intelligence.” Chinese scholars’ innovation of literary theory consists of three characteristics. First, they have established the original theory of “brain text,” systematically analyzed the definition, formation mechanism, and relationship between “brain text” and literature, language, text, and cognition, and applied this theory to literary criticism. Second, on the basis of sorting out and summarizing the core viewpoints of Western digital humanities theory, Chinese scholars have carried …

The Dynamics Of Urbanization And Changes In Ekistics Elements: A Case Study Of Surakarta City, Sarah Astita

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Urbanization has become a driving force behind significant spatial, environmental, and socio-economic transformations in urban areas, including Surakarta, the most densely populated city in Central Java. The rapid increase in population and urban expansion has led to drastic changes in land use and the structure of human settlements. This study aims to analyze the impact of urbanization on the ekistic elements of Surakarta (nature, humans, society, space/shells, and networks) and how these changes manifest spatially over time. A descriptive qualitative approach is employed using literature analysis and the interpretation of Landsat satellite imagery from 2011 and 2022. The findings show …

Indirect Genetic Effects Among Neighbors Promote Cooperation And Accelerate Adaptation In A Small-Scale Human Society, Jordan S. Martin, Bret Beheim, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jonathan Stieglitz, Benjamin C. Trumble, Paul Hooper, Daniel K. Cummings, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Adrian V. Jaeggi

ESI Publications

Explaining the rapid evolution of human cooperation and its role in our species’ biodemographic success remains a major evolutionary puzzle. To address this challenge, we tested a social drive hypothesis, which predicts that social plasticity and social selection in human groups cause indirect genetic effects that accelerate the adaptation of fitness, promoting population growth via feedback between the environmental causes and evolutionary consequences of cooperation. Using Bayesian multilevel models to analyze fertility data from a small-scale society, we demonstrate that density- and frequency-dependent indirect genetic effects on fitness promote the evolution of cooperation among neighboring women, increasing the rate of …

Advancing Interactive Web Cartography Through Designing And Developing An Open-Source, Data-Driven Framework For Accessible Geovisualization Of Geospatial (Big) Data, Sarigai Sarigai

Geography ETDs

The growth of geospatial big data has intensified the demand for open-source, accessible tools for interactive spatial exploration. This dissertation introduces a modular web mapping framework and details its design, extension, and evaluation to advance geovisualization through user-centered, transferable design. The first study presents the original framework, named dciWebMapper, establishing foundational cartographic and information visualization principles, with a focus on modularity and extensibility. The second study extends dciWebMapper with advanced capabilities—such as diverse map types, bivariate visualizations, temporal filtering, spatial querying, and hotspot analysis—and demonstrates its broad transferability across domains. The third study offers a structured usability evaluation of …

Unveiling Food Waste Patterns At Purdue University, Katherine S. Chiparus, Abigail S. Engelberth, Valentina Negri, Louis Tay

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Ever wondered how much food waste is generated at Purdue University—or how we compare to other Big Ten schools? This project aims to both evaluate existing practices and behaviors across major universities, and administer a survey to collect data on Purdue’s campus. AI-assisted photo deconstruction and demographic data collection is used to analyze Purdue’s food waste composition and behavior patterns. Concurrently, a comparative analysis of food waste strategies - including categorization of effectiveness, reach, and transparency of waste management efforts while focusing on composting, diversion programs, and dining hall operations - across Big Ten institutions was conducted. To date, the …

Methodology For Environmental Toxicology: Assessing Feeding And Rearing Strategies In Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Nigricans) Larvae, Amber Hitchins, Hannah Mcneese, Deise Cruz, Andrew Todd, Maria Sepúlveda, Tyler Hoskins

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are an anthropogenic group of chemicals known for their persistence in the environment and their potential to bioaccumulate. PFAS can bioaccumulate in largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans), yet the effects of exposure on bass larvae are unknown. While largemouth bass are commonly raised for aquaculture, techniques for rearing bass which enable controlled experiments at known densities, a necessity for toxicity studies, are poorly understood. Furthermore, the live prey typically used in existing approaches are not suitable for PFAS studies due to high background concentrations. The objective of this project was to assess different venues …

Humans Rule? Implications Of Religious Undergraduates’ Changing Environmental Perceptions, J. Robert Nielson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Addressing climate change requires correctly appraising one’s ethic toward the Earth. Historically, people have navigated their relationship to the natural world via environmental ethics of both religious and secular origin. Aldo Leopold described developing this relationship via the land ethic, a culturally informed process, as “an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity.” A land ethic provides a reference point from which individuals and societies make decisions about the Earth and its resources. This thesis considers the evolving land ethic of a young population of conservative Christian students at Brigham Young University with two separate cohorts of non-biology major undergraduates enrolled …

Open Field Two-Texture Preference Testing Is Not Associated With The Neuropathic Pain-Like Phenotype That Occurs Following Mouse Cervical Contusion Spinal Cord Injury, David A. Jaffe, Megan A. Lyttle, Angelo C. Lepore

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Faculty Papers

Development of neuropathic pain (NP) is one of the major complications associated with spinal cord injury (SCI). While well-established methods such as von Frey mechanical and facial grimace testing are often used to assess SCI-induced NP-like behaviors in animal models, these assays have significant limitations, including experimenter bias and long periods of active testing and analysis. To address these challenges, we aimed to develop a novel open field 2-texture preference test (TTPT) to assess NP-like behaviors following unilateral C5 hemicontusion SCI in mice. To do so, we modified the open field apparatus by introducing both a rough and a smooth …