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Cultivated Pasture, Forage On Offer And Animal Responseg, G E. Maraschin, A De Moraes, L.F. A. Da Silva, J Riboldi

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Animal gains on pasture are influenced by the forage dry mailer on offer (DMO). To ascertain this relationship a pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha) pasture was evaluated under forage DMO levels of 3.5%, 7.0%, 10.5% and 14.0% of live weight (LW)/head/day. Two steers were assigned to each treatment as tester animals plus a number of put-and­take steers to maintain the desired levels of forage DMO, at the Estacao Experimental Agronomica • UFRGS • 30°S, from November 1989 to March 1990 (period I) and from October 1990 to May 1991 (period II). Pasture DM production and crude protein were not …

Effect Of Supplementation On Pasture Selection By Grazing Steers. I. Quality Of Ingested Forage, O R. Rosso, P O. Gomez, F Overjero

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Three oesophageal fistulated Hereford steers (average live weight 304 kg) were supplemented throughout a trial at 0, 0.7 or 1.4% of live weight, with a mixture of 90% ground maize and 10% sunflower expeller. Adaptation and sampling periods were 7 and 4 days respectively. Steers were allocated randomly to 4 Agropyron•dominated pastures of 1800, 2000, 8200 and 8900 kg OM/ha and leaf percentage of 5.8, 28.9, 23.2 and 14.0, respectively. Fistula samples were taken once daily, air dried at 60°C and analysed. Supplementation significantly (P<0.05) affected DM digestibility, which was 51.3, 54.7 and 57.2 for 0, 0.7 and 1.4% levels, respectively. Nitrogen and cell wall content differences were not detected. It appears that supplemented steers preferred pasture components with the highest digestibility.

Seasonal Changes In The Dry Matter Digestibility Of Individual Tillers Of Napiergrass At Two Sites Of At Different Altitudes, Y Ishii, K Ito, H Numaguchi

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

An investigation was made into the seasonal changes in the in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of leaf blade (LB) and stem (ST) of individual tillers of napiergrass (Pennisetum purpuretum) grown at the high-altitude site (HA) and low-altitude site (LA) in Miyazaki prefecture, south-western Japan. Within a single sampling date, the variation in the IVDMD with tillers was small both for LB and ST. Negative logarithmic relationships held between the LB percentage and tiller dry weight and between the IVDMD and dry weight of LB and ST. The HA plants produced less dry matter as well as digestible …

Tropical Pastures For Dairy Heifers In The South-Eastern Region Of Brazil, S Aronovich, S R. De Carvalho, Mm Aronovich

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

A number of experiments using improved tropical pastures (mostly Digltaria decumbems cv. Transvala) for heifers were made in the south-eastern region of Brazil from 1970. The results are presented as: (A) experiments with heifers during· the nursing period, (B) experiments with heifers after. weaning and (C) experiments with heifers older than 6 months. The results and the economical analyses lead to the following conclusions: ( 1) the use of well managed, improved tropical pastures enables adequate growth and development of dairy heifers, (2) the heifers reach sexual maturity before 20 months of age, and (3) the cost of replacement heifers …

Mineral Supplementation And Phosphorus Fertilizer Application On Native Pastures In North-East Argentina, R M. Pizzio, O Royo Pallares

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Extensive cattle production systems in north-east Argentina are based on the use of native pastures. One of the most important limiting factors to improve production is the acute phosphorus deficiency of soils and pastures. A large experiment was set up to study the effect of phosphorus fertiliser and mineral supplementation on the live­weight gain of steers of 2 ages grazing native pastures. Supplementation with a mixture of bone meal and salt, residual effect of P fertilisation, and both treatments applied together increased the annual animal live-weight gain by 60, 66 and 106%, respectively. The response of younger steers to fertiliser …

The Private Rights Model Of Qui Tam, Sarah Leitner

Florida Law Review

Qui tam is a procedural device that has been part of the American legal landscape since well before the founding era. Today, however, qui tam is under attack. Scholars and litigants alike have argued that qui tam is unconstitutional under Article II and that private plaintiffs who bring qui tam suits lack Article III standing. But there is something fundamentally strange about suggesting that this device, which was commonly utilized by the First Congress, is no longer compatible with our modern constitutional doctrines. Something has to give. Drawing on the traditional public–private rights framework of justiciability, this Article seeks to …

Questioning Hearsay's Formalism, Susan E. Provenzano

Florida Law Review

The rule against hearsay has a simple premise: a speaker’s out-of-court statement can be inaccurate, misleading, or downright false. This premise is being eroded by a judicial formalism under which second-hand statements now reach the jury unless the statements make assertions in declarative sentences, such as “Sam, I know you sell drugs.” The same belief conveyed by “Sam, do you still have any of those drugs for sale?” is deemed nonhearsay because it is housed in a question. The problem is that this question presents an incriminating presupposition—the speaker’s expressed assumption that Sam is a drug dealer. This belief becomes …

Hitting Back: Methods Of Abolishing Corporal Punishment In The Florida School System, Pressly Pratt

Florida Law Review

The use of corporal punishment against children has fallen more and more out of vogue in the past half-century as research has shown that the practice only harms children. But, despite that research and the growing public distaste for the practice, the use of corporal punishment in schools remains legal in eighteen states, including Florida. A fifty-year-old Supreme Court case, Ingraham v. Wright, upholds the legality of corporal punishment in schools. The Court has not revisited the topic despite changes in public attitudes and research and that it was confronted with the ability to revisit it as recently as …

Ending Arbitrary Invasions By Shielding "Abandoned" Password Protected Phones, Samuel Chan

Florida Law Review

Almost every American carries a cell phone in their pocket. But modern phones do much more than simply send and receive calls. Cell phones in the twenty-first century contain a digital record of one’s entire life. The wealth of private information that can be gathered from a cell phone has led the Supreme Court to recognize the need for increased digital data protections. In Riley v. California, the Court recognized the privacy concerns associated with modern cell phones and curtailed warrantless searches of a phone incident to arrest. In Carpenter v. United States, the Court acknowledged smartphones can …

The Florida-Ucc Filing System Disaster, Lynn M. Lopucki

Florida Law Review

Since the widespread adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in the 1960s, the UCC’s name-based filing system has been a constant embarrassment to its drafters. System overhauls in 1998 and 2010 failed to fix it. In Florida, the problem came to a head in 1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC v. Live Oak Banking. Based on a widely shared misunderstanding of how Florida’s unorthodox, privatized UCC filing system worked, the Florida Supreme Court held that the system had no search logic, so the UCC § 9-506(c) safe harbor from debtor name errors did not apply. Instead, a “zero-tolerance” test applied, …

Cognitive Content Moderation: Freedom Of Thought And The First Amendment Right To Receive Subconscious Information, Mason Marks

Florida Law Review

In the television series Severance, employees of Lumon Industries receive brain implants that divide their memories of work and home life. When employees arrive at work, implants block access to memories of the outside world and unlock memories formed on the job. By manipulating the flow of information in employees’ brains, Lumon engages in what this Article calls cognitive content moderation. Though Severance is science fiction, emerging technologies, including drugs and electronic devices, promote cognitive content moderation by influencing thought, memory, and perception. Constitutional law is unprepared. To clarify freedom of thought and make it more useful, this …

Imperfect Insanity And Diminished Responsibility, E. Lea Johnston

Florida Law Review

Insanity’s status as an all-or-nothing excuse results in the disproportionate punishment of individuals whose mental disorders significantly impaired, but did not obliterate, their capacities for criminal responsibility. Prohibiting the trier of fact from considering impairment that does not meet the narrow definition of insanity contradicts commonly held intuitions about mental abnormality and gradations of responsibility. It results in systemic over-punishment, juror frustration, and, at times, arbitrary verdicts as triers of fact attempt to better apportion liability to blameworthiness. This Article proposes a generic partial excuse: Diminished Responsibility from Mental Disability. This excuse could be asserted as an affirmative defense at …

Structural Transformation And Employment Trends In Jordan, Omar M. Alshrydeh, Taleb M. Warrad

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Historical experience suggests that improving employment and working conditions is not achievable without structural transformations in the economy. Through these transformations, surplus labor in informal sectors and activities can be moved to higher-productivity economic activities. In this research paper, the trends in the relationship between structural transformation and employment in Jordan during the period 1990-2022 were analyzed. The research highlights several key findings from the analysis. First, it identifies long-term equilibrium relationships between structural transformation and employment fluctuations. Secondly, the main research variable total production (LY) is statistically significant in all models, but it varied in terms of magnitude and …

The Role Of Educational Games In Developing Social Interaction Skills Among Kindergarten Children From The Point Of View Of Nannies In The Jerusalem Governorate, Rabee S. Oteer, Heba Barakat

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Objective: This study aimed to identify the role of educational games in developing social interaction skills among kindergarten children from the point of view of educators in the Jerusalem Governorate. Methodology: The researchers used the descriptive analytical method in its quantitative and qualitative styles. Results: All fields and the total score obtained a high score, where the field of the role of educational games in developing the creativity skill obtained first place, while the field of the role of educational games in developing the group communication skill obtained second place, and the field of the role of educational games in …

Introduction To Epr, Gareth R. Eaton

TeachEPR Submissions

A very brief introduction to the scope of EPR at the beginning of a workshop in 2019.

The Fourth Road, Aulò, Beyond The Frame, And Maka: A Study Guide, Simone Brioni Dr., Lorraine Hallett

Department of English Faculty Publications

This study guide is aimed to help students explore four documentaries about postcolonial culture in Italy: The Fourth Road, Aulò, Beyond the Frame, and Maka. It is the result of a reflection and collective work by a professor who wrote the films and a teaching assistant and previous student of a course on migration studies. Each film features a prominent African Italian writer, respectively Kaha Mohamed Aden, Ribka Sibhatu, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah and Geneviève Makaping. After a brief plot summary, the study guide includes questions about various elements of cinematic style, such as sound, lighting, and genre conventions. It …

Leadership Practices For High-Performing Teams: Insights From Senior Military General Officers And Flag Officers, Kimberly Mitchell

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify and describe how senior military general officers and flag officers (GOFOs) used the three competencies of high-performance teams (HPTs; clarity, connection, and communication) to achieve objectives in their organizations. The second purpose of this study was to determine the degree of importance that senior military GOFOs perceived the three high-performance team effect (HPTE) core competencies impacted their leadership for creating HPTs.

Methodology: This mixed methods study identified and described nine senior military officers’ perceptions of strategies to lead HPTs while focusing on the three core competencies: clarity, connection, and …

The Impact Of Using A Step-Counting Wristband On Promoting Physical Activity Before And During The Blessed Month Of Ramadan, Saleh M. Hammad, Sief Addeen Saqr

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the impact of using a step-counting wristband on motivating physical activity before and during the holy month of Ramadan. Methods: The researchers used the experimental method in its quasi-experimental form due to its suitability for the nature and objectives of the study. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to collect study data, along with the health app from Apple to calculate step counts over the six months preceding the study and during the application period. Additionally, a dummy technological wristband was utilized, explained to the sample participants as functioning to count steps …

The Beacon, January 31, 2025, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2024-2025

Inequality in men's and woman's retreat; NW advice on adulting for students; A journey through Mac Miller's mind; Bob Dylan biopic deemed underwhelming; NW forgoes foreign language requirement; Faculty art exhibit displays diverse styles; The paths of maximum efficiency; Men's vs. women's retreat; College campus snow days policies; Adulting 101; TikTok ban: double-edged sword; Unity in the body of Christ; Cheer and dance kick off competitive season; A deeper look into the NW vs. Dordt rivalry; Women's soccer welcomes new head coach; What happened with TikTok; NW Students stand out at KCACTF;

Anisotropy Of Nitroxide Radicals, Gareth R. Eaton

TeachEPR Submissions

The special utility of nitroxide radicals for probing orientation and motion depends on the anisotropy of g-values and hyperfine values, especially the ¹⁴N hyperfine.

The Bison, January, 31, 2025

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Creating A Cultural Liturgy Of Intentional Prayer: Leading Grace Lutheran Church Into Greater Understanding And Engagement With The Surrounding Community, Keith Aschenbeck

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Aschenbeck, Keith D. “Creating a Cultural Liturgy of Intentional Prayer: Leading Grace Lutheran Church into Greater Understanding and Engagement with the Surrounding Community.” Doctor of Ministry. Major Applied Project, Concordia Seminary, 2025. pp. 166

Grace Lutheran Church, like many churches, has historically approached mission and ministry with the consumer-driven approach model of attraction. The result has often had them looking at how to shape and form how the world sees them so that they would be appealing as a place to worship. This way of approaching ministry has become a cultural liturgy that forms many decisions about what ministry programs …

Determining The Physiological And Behavioral Tolerance To Hypoxia In Two Species Of Rockfish (Sebastes Spp.), Makenna Chan

Theses

In the eastern North Pacific, the oxygen minimum zone naturally shoals seasonally and impacts demersal fish habitat along the continental margins and on offshore seamounts. This hypoxic layer has been shoaling in recent decades, likely affecting the habitat and distribution of commercially-important fish species such as rockfishes (genus Sebastes). Respirometry and shuttle box behavioral experiments were used to determine the hypoxia sensitivities of two rockfish species with contrasting movement patterns and habitat use: cowcod (Sebastes levis) and bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis). Although both species inhabit similar deep-water, rocky-reef habitat, they have different lifestyles, in which cowcod …

The Clock Is Ticking: Legal Barriers In § 1983 Execution Protocol Challenges, Christian Witte

Missouri Law Review

At 7:53 p.m. on January 25, 2024, the curtains opened, revealing Kenneth Smith strapped down in the execution room, covered by a white sheet. A respirator mask covered his face, serving as the conduit for nitrogen gas that Smith would soon inhale. The prison warden entered the execution chamber, read Smith’s death warrant, and allowed Smith to share his final words: “Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards. I’m leaving with love, peace[,] and light . . . . Love all of you.” Alabama’s Attorney General permitted the warden to continue, signaling no court orders were staying the …

True Threats To First Amendment Protections In The Age Of Voter Disinformation, Taylor Todd

Missouri Law Review

Imagine that in the weeks leading up to a presidential election, the boss of a factory that primarily employs minority workers credibly and repeatedly warns the rank-and-file, “If any of you vote in this upcoming election, we will make sure that you are fired.” If delivered and understood with serious intent, this statement would clearly violate the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”), which states that “[n]o person . . . shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote . . . .” Remarkably, however, such a …

Read But Not Understood? An Empirical Analysis Of Consumer Comprehension In Homeowners Insurance, Daniel Schwarcz, Brenda J. Cude, Kyle D. Logue, German Marquez Alcala

Law & Economics Working Papers

Modern contract law assumes that consumers meaningfully assent to the standard forms that govern their daily lives. However, this assumption is widely regarded as a legal fiction for two key reasons: first, most consumers do not read standard forms, and second, even those who do often struggle to fully comprehend their terms and implications. While the lack of consumer reading has been well-documented through empirical research, consumers’ ability to comprehend standard form contracts has received surprisingly little attention.

This Article addresses the latter issue by empirically examining whether providing excerpts from the dominant standard form homeowners insurance policy improves consumer …

A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis On The Effect Of Nature Exposure Dose On Adults With Mental Illness, Joanna Ellen Bettmann, Elizabeth Speelman, Annelise Jolley, Tallie Casucci

Faculty and Staff Works

Time spent in nature leads to significant physical and mental benefits, but research is mixed on how much time in nature is necessary to affect change in adults' mental health. This meta-analysis aimed to answer the question: what effect does length and interval of nature dosage have on adults with mental illness? The authors defined nature exposure as an experience in nature lasting at least 10 minutes and taking place in an actual natural setting. Because some studies indicated single experiences of exposure to nature (one-time) while others utilized multiple exposures to nature (interval), these studies were separated to determine …

Copper Line Shapes, Gareth R. Eaton

TeachEPR Submissions

The spectrum of Cu²⁺ has 4 lines, since I = 3/2. Cu has two major isotopes, ⁶³Cu (69.2%) and ⁶⁵Cu (30.8%). The magnetic moment of ⁶⁵Cu is 7% larger than that for ⁶³Cu, so the hyperfine coupling is 7% larger. If the lines are narrow enough, one can observe superposition of spectra due to complexes of the two isotopes.

Volume Cxliv, Number 11, January 31, 2025, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Green Water Footprint In Java Island Using The Cropwat Model, Emilya Nurjani, Anggun Nur Zahwa, Husnul Khotimah Setiacahyandari, Rofiana Budi Ayumi Sita Dewi, Isna Pujiastuti

Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi

Every human activity requires water, so if the water needs cannot be met from the natural availability of the region itself, then the water needs must be met from other regions. This concept is the basis for calculating virtual water flow and water footprint. Inequality or imbalance between the availability and demand for water in an area will make water a scarce commodity. From an economic point of view, it will become an economic good. This study aims to analyze agricultural water needs and the green water footprint in each region of Java Island. Calculate crop water requirements for the …