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Swath Grazing: Feeding “Hay” Without The Production Expenses, V. Baron, A. C. Dick, A. Omaha

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Swath grazing is a practice for overwintering beef cows on small grain forage left in the field to graze through snow, but annual variation occurs. The objective is to review 18 years of research at Lacombe, Alberta (AB) to describe how production attributes are related to cost mitigation and cow performance. Five trials compared swath grazing management options to pen-fed controls to determine feasibility. Associated studies monitored forage quality, soil fertility requirements and planting date impacts on yield. Mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, maximum and minimum values (n=18) for forage yield, pasture days, carrying capacity and percent utilization were …

Preliminary Results: Complementary C4:C3 Grazing Systems, M. Berry, P. Keyser, S. Jagadamma, H. Nauman, K. Coffey, C. Nieman, P. Owens, A. Ashworth, E. Bisangwa

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) can produce high quality forage and high rates of gain for beef cattle. However, little data is available on how NWSG affect the productivity of cow-calf operations on a farm scale. Therefore, we implemented an experiment at three sites, Booneville, AR, Linneus, MO and Louisville, TN, with cow-calf pairs (mature cows over ≥ 3 years old, spring calving). We evaluated two forage systems that mix either a drought or drought/flood tolerant native C₄ species [big bluestem (BB) blend or eastern gamagrass (EG)] with a cool-season perennial, tall fescue (TF), and compared them to the most …

Fodder Scenario And Hortipastoral Opportunities To Enhance Fodder Production In India, Nagaratna Biradar, C. Lakshmi Devi, Vinod Kumar, Narendra S. Kulkarni, G. K. Kumar Anil, S. S. Guledagudda, A. Bheemappa

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Food grain production and livestock production are closely related in India as crop-residue forms the major source of fodder for livestock. It’s thus assumed that increase in food grain production has positive effect on availability of dry matter to the livestock. Using land use classification, crop production (2015 to 2020) and livestock census (2019) data, dry matter (DM) availability for livestock for 28 states of India was estimated. Hortipastoral opportunities by estimating area available under orchards in southern India were done to assess the possibility of introducing fodder crops in orchards. Some of the fodder crops were introduced in orchards …

Productivity And Variability Of Pastures And Cover Crops In Lowland Rice-Pasture Rotations In Uruguay, Walter Ayala, J. Terra

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Method And System For Implementing A Mobile Application Interface, Joseph Bennett Woodard, Zachary Temkin

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure includes methods, systems and computer program products for implementing a mobile application interface. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a method comprises receiving an input regarding a request to carry out an operation of a mobile payment application; determining data associated with an account identifier of an account of a user associated with the request to carry out the operation of the mobile payment application; and providing a user interface including the data associated with the account identifier to display via the mobile payment application.

Sem-Tf-Idf: A Simple Semantic Approach To Generalize Tf-Idf By Employing Instruction Tuned Large Language Models, Wei Chen, Bo Lin

Defensive Publications Series

TF-IDF (Term Frequency - Inverse Document Frequency) based information retrieval approaches compute the measure of importance of a word to a document in a collection or corpus, adjusted for the fact that some words appear more frequently in general. However, this measure is solely based on counts of individual words in the document or corpus without consideration of higher-level semantics. Attribute extraction is another approach for identifying salient information about a document; however, the extracted attributes are often multi-word phrases and do not include an indication of their salience for the document in question. This disclosure describes a simple unsupervised …

Exploring Factors Impacting Information Technology Governance Implementation Maturity In Institutions Of Higher Education, South Africa: Application Of The Will-Skill-Tool Model, John Mangundu

The African Journal of Information Systems

Information technology governance (ITG) is an essential part of ensuring that information technology adds value to business. Despite the increased use of IT for academic, administrative, research and community engagement activities in universities, there is a dearth of studies on ITG in higher education specifically in Africa. The study reported on here combines the will-skill-tool model and the theory of planned behavior to assess the impact of individuals’ ITG will, ITG skill and the use of an ITG tool on ITG implementation maturity in the context of South African higher education institutions. A survey was conducted among 121 information technology …

Constructing Motion Trajectory From Sparse Readings From Distributed Sensors, D Shin

Defensive Publications Series

While motion sensors can detect when a user is nearby, the sparse measurements from sensors within a physical space cannot capture the user’s trajectory. This disclosure describes the use of machine learning techniques to construct the user’s two-dimensional (2D) trajectory within a physical space based on user-permitted motion sensor data by customizing the encoder/decoder embedding layers in the transformer architecture. The encoder maps the sparse input data from individual sensors to a continuous time sequence of mapped sensor events that are provided to the decoder. The decoder can couple the output of the encoder with a 2D array describing the …

Discussion On “Spatial+: A Novel Approach To Spatial Confounding” By Dupont, Wood, And Augustin, Brian J. Reich, Shu Yang, Yawen Guan

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Congratulations to the authors for this thoughtful and timely contribution to the spatial confounding literature. The intuitive nature of the method and simplicity of the estimation procedure will surely make Spatial+ popular with practitioners, and the theoretical developments are a major advance for researchers in this area. There is much to discuss! We have formatted our discussion in two sections: in Section 2 we consider the assumptions and statistical properties of Spatial+, and in Section 3 we examine how Spatial+ fits in the wider literature on spatial causal inference.

The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 15: Black History Month Gets One Extra Day This Year!, Grace No, Anneliese Tessalee, Amelia Stefanescu, Nailea Soto, Corinna Bevier, Lexie Dunham, Nate Miller, Melissa Moore, Andrew Francis, Katie Davis, Abby Shim, Alyssa Caruthers, Anna Rybachek, Wambui Karanja

The Student Movement v. 108 (2023-2024)

HUMANS

Do You Believe in Birth Order Theory?, Grace No

Getting to Know Dr. Nowack!, Interviewed by Anneliese Tessalee

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

AU Theatre Wing Proudly Presents "You Can't Take It With You", Amelia Stefanescu

Black Impact: In the Artistic Lane, Interview by Nailea Soto

How "The Holdovers" Saved the Film Industry, Corinna Bevier

Steve Green Interview: Over 38 Years of Music Ministry, Lexie Dunham

The Young Artist Concert, Nate Miller

NEWS

First Town Hall of the New Year, Melissa Moore

Past Assemblies at Andrews, Melissa Moore

Who Were the Newbolds?, Andrew Francis

IDEAS

How To Stop, Drop, and Roll …

Technical Efficiency, Scale Effect, And Trade Liberalization: Evidence From The Nepalese Manufacturing Sector, Amrit Pathak, Shawn Leu, Mari L. Robertson, Mahinda Siriwardanaa

Faculty Publications

This paper investigates the impact of trade liberalization and scale of operation on technical efficiency of the Nepalese manufacturing sector after the 1992 economic liberalization. The study utilizes industry panel data and analyses the relationship using stochastic frontier analysis. We find that the manufacturing sector of Nepal is highly inefficient. Technical progress is found initially, however after 1996/97, technical regress dominates each period. Sectoral efficiency, on average, is estimated around 28.7% of potential value added whereas inefficiency is as high as 146%. The scale of operation, as expected, is highly significant in explaining industry efficiency. Trade liberalization, on the other …

Calming The Body, Calming The Mind: A Pilot Study On The Use Of Zero Balancing To Reduce Anxiety, Misty L. Rhoads, Mary Murphy

Journal of Transformative Touch

Background: The predominance of anxiety is currently at record levels, and the need for non-pharmaceutical approaches to help alleviate and decrease the harmful effects of anxiety on an individual and collective level is necessary. This study explored how Zero Balancing supports individuals with anxiety to manage their physical, mental, and emotional health more effectively. Researchers hypothesized that Zero Balancing would lower the perceived severity of general anxiety and lower perceived anxiety symptoms.

Methods: To honor the holistic nature of bodywork and the participants' lived experiences, the researchers utilized a concurrent mixed-methods phenomenological research design. Each participant received one Zero Balancing …

Agenda (2-9-2024), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

The Military Justice Decrescendo, Dwight H. Sullivan

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Unmixing Detrital Zircon U-Pb Ages Reveals Tectonic And Climatic Depositional Influences On The Carboniferous Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, Western Argentina, Joshua R. Malone, John Malone, John L. Isbell, David H. Malone, John P. Craddock

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

The Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was a principal control of sedimentation across Gondwana from the late Devonian through early Permian. We assess the hypothesis that glacial to interglacial transitions in western Argentina were the primary control influencing sediment routing patterns among the various Carboniferous-Permian basins in western Argentina. The Carboniferous Ansilta Formation consists of glaciomarine, nearshore, and fluvial systems deposited during the LPIA along the eastern margin of the Calingasta-Uspallata Basin in Argentina. The lower, glacially influenced succession of the Ansilta Formation records at least five glacial advances; the upper succession of consists of progradational shallow marine, deltaic, and …

Examining Secondary Mentor Teacher Experiences In A Midwestern Novice Teacher Induction Program, John Phillip Liberto

Student Theses and Dissertations

The inclusion of a mentor teacher in a novice teacher induction program dramatically improves early career teacher feelings of satisfaction and desires to remain in the profession. Mentors require various tools and trainings to best develop resilient novice teachers. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine mentoring experiences of nine secondary mentor teachers to discover how they perceive their role and what supports could best improve their mentoring efforts. Data was collected through personal, semi-structured interviews from mentor teachers in one large suburban Midwest school district. Several crucial findings emerged that are relevant for school building-level administrators, district-level …

Nonjudicial Punishment, Franklin D. Rosenblatt

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

A Band-Aid Solution: New York's Proposal To Address The Maternal Health Crisis, Emily Glazier

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

A pregnancy-related death is a death “that occur[s] within one year of pregnancy.” In the United States, approximately 700 women die each year as a result of pregnancy or pregnancy-related complications. Notably, pregnancy-related mortality rates are significantly higher for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women. Even in the face of high income levels, Black women in America face a disproportionately higher risk of pregnancy-related death. In New York, such disparities are even more prominent: Black women are “over four times more likely to die from childbirth-related complications.” In New York City, Black women are “nine times more …

2023 Martin Luther King,Jr. Keynote Lecture; Celebrating The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Answering The Call To Public Service, Reginald Shuford

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Retiring Military Jurisdiction Over Military Retirees, Robert Leider

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Deshawn Drumgo V. William Kuschel

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Christopher Mbewe V. Theresa Delbalso

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

"They Are Usually Borderline Homeless": Exploring The Nexus Of Homelessness, Housing Instability, Successful Reentry, And Long-Term Reintegration, Emily Troshynski, Carolyn Willis

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

For previously incarcerated persons, affordable and safe housing options are scarce. Barriers to securing housing include federal mandates (i.e., eligibility requirements) as well as local rules and regulations (i.e., zoning and ordinances). When housing is available, disclosing criminal history on applications impacts individuals’ chances to rent (Philips & Spencer, 2013). A lack of a consistent rental history, no personal and/or employment references, and securing capital to cover security deposits are added challenges. Since parole rules direct ex-convicts not to associate with others that have a criminal record, living with partners, friends, and family members may not be an option. Research …

"Follow Your Dreams" And Other Advice On Career Changes From Grad Students, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

School of Education and Health Sciences Blog Archive

While graduate school is often used to advance skills in your current field of work, sometimes it can be a springboard into a whole new career. Read about five of the countless students that the UD has helped transition to a new profession.

Historical Analysis Of Urban Dust Generated By The Great Salt Lake Playa, Callum Flowerday, Jaron C. Hansen, Rebekah Stanley, Kaitlyn Brewster

ScholarsArchive Data

Historical PM10 filters, provided by the Utah Division of Air Quality, were analyzed for elemental composition of various metals. This was done using ICP-MS.

Also included, EPA PM10 historical data and bathymetry data provided by the Utah USGS.

Luminal Transport Through Intact Endoplasmic Reticulum Limits The Magnitude Of Localized Ca2+ Signals, Laura M. Westrate, Cécile C. Crapart, Zubenelgenubi C. Scott, Tasuku Konno, Aman Sharma, Pierre Parutto, David M. D. Bailey, Edward Avezov, Elena F. Koslover

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms an interconnected network of tubules stretching throughout the cell. Understanding how ER functionality relies on its structural organization is crucial for elucidating cellular vulnerability to ER perturbations, which have been implicated in several neuronal pathologies. One of the key functions of the ER is enabling Ca2+ signaling by storing large quantities of this ion and releasing it into the cytoplasm in a spatiotemporally controlled manner. Through a combination of physical modeling and live-cell imaging, we demonstrate that alterations in ER shape significantly impact its ability to support efficient local Ca2+ releases, due to hindered transport …

Ucc Minutes Feb 9, 2024, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Undergraduate Currirculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Pisa Printing Microneedles With Controllable Aqueous Dissolution Kinetics, Aaron Priester, Jimmy Yeng, Yuwei Zhang, Krista Hilmas, Risheng Wang, Anthony J. Convertine

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

This study focused on the development of high-resolution polymeric structures using polymer-induced self-assembly (PISA) printing with commercially available digital light-processing (DLP) printers. Significantly, soluble solids could be 3D-printed using this methodology with controllable aqueous dissolution rates. This was achieved using a highly branched macrochain transfer agent (macro-CTA) containing multiple covalently attached CTA groups. In this work, the use of acrylamide as the self-assembling monomer in isopropyl alcohol was explored with the addition of N-(butoxymethyl)acrylamide to modulate the aqueous dissolution kinetics. PISA-printed microneedles were observed to have feature sizes as small as 27 μm, which was close to the resolution limit …

Achievement Of Target Gain Larger Than Unity In An Inertial Fusion Experiment, H. Abu-Shawareb, R. Acree, P. Adams, J. Adams, B. Addis, R. Aden, P. Adrian, B. B. Afeyan, M. Aggleton, L. Aghaian, A. Aguirre, D. Aikens, J. Akre, F. Albert, M. Albrecht, B. J. Albright, Liam Stanton, Kenneth Wharton, For Full Author List, See Comments Below

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved a target gain Gtarget of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of exceeding "scientific breakeven"(or Gtarget>1) where 2.05 MJ of 351 nm laser light produced 3.1 MJ of total fusion yield, a result which significantly exceeds the Lawson criterion for fusion ignition as reported in a previous NIF implosion [H. Abu-Shawareb et al. (Indirect Drive ICF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001]. This achievement is the culmination of more than five decades of research and gives proof that laboratory fusion, based …

Pedagogy & The Ir: Using Gonzaga’S Institutional Repository For Teaching Resources, Elizabeth Wawrzyniak

Foley Library Scholarship

Teaching resources are a key element of educational success, both for educators and learners. Gonzaga University's Institutional Repository offers an expansive platform for hosting and accessing teaching materials, including syllabi, lecture notes, and other educational resources. By freely sharing these materials, faculty members not only enrich their own teaching practices but also contribute to the wider academic community. Join the Foley librarians to discuss how this repository can support your teaching, promoting actions that make scholarly and educational materials more accessible to all.