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Perspectives on using Fats and Oils in Poultry Production
No full textThese proceedings describe lipid composition of fats and oils and outline fatty acid quality measurements. In addition, fat and oil energy composition and digestibility are presented. Finally, these proceedings describe ways to enhance lipid digestibility with emulsifiers and preventing lipid peroxidation with antioxidants
Assessing the Prevalence of Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Associated with Canids in Arkansas
No full textCanine ehrlichiosis is a common disease seen in dogs. The southeastern United States has been identified as an area of high prevalence, including Arkansas. Changes in climate, household income, and tick population are factors contributing to high prevalence. Canine ehrlichiosis is caused by three Ehrlichia spp., which are E. canis, E. ewingii, and E. chaffeensis. Ticks transmit the pathogen, specifically Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Dermacentor variabilis, and Amblyomma americanum. For this study, the goal was to determine the prevalence of Ehrlichia spp. in Arkansas that causes canine ehrlichiosis. Ticks were collected from host canines and environmental locations. Ticks were identified by sex, species, and stage and tested using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). If positive, Sanger sequencing was used to identify the Ehrlichia spp. carried by the tick. SNAP 4DX data were recorded at two Arkansas veterinary clinics to determine prevalence in dogs. Amongst the collected ticks, five species were found. Only D. variabilis and A. americanum were tested, as they were known Ehrlichia spp. vectors. Only A. americanum ticks were identified as carriers through Sanger sequencing, and, out of the A. americanum population, 1.84% carried E. ewingii, 0.92% carried E. chaffeensis, and 0.92% carried Panola Mountain Ehrlichia. No co-infection or E. canis was found. In the SNAP 4DX testing, the first clinic showed 23.24% of tests were positive in 2023 and 22.12% in 2024, and data collected from the second clinic showed that 22.41% were positive in 2024. This study supports previous studies showing that Arkansas is an area of high prevalence
A New Sensation : John Locke and the Sovereignty of God in John Edward\u27s Conception of the New Birth
No full textThe author explores the role of Jonathan Edwards on the development of American Evangelicalism through examining his conversion experience in light of the philosophy of John Locke
Plastic Makes Perfect: An Analysis of Plastic Surgery as Rehabilitation in Early to Late 20th Century Prison Populations
No full textAs early as 1910, journalists from around the United States reported on the cause-and- effect relationship between a criminal’s physical appearance, their offenses, and the plastic surgeons willing to help them. These surgeons were interested in changing the physical “causes” of criminality to sever the mental roots of crime, inferiority, and anti-social attitude. This paper examines the use of plastic surgery programs as reform in prison through the lens of popular newspaper and journal articles and argues that public perception and reaction revealed in these articles shaped the prison program’s journey from its underground beginning to its eventual demise
The Varied Response of Cherokees to Land Allotment
No full textThis paper analyzes Cherokee opposition to allotment, a United States policy, expressed in the 1887 Dawes Act and other U.S. legislation and executive orders, that coerced tribal nations to break their communally held lands into private holdings, or allotments. This paper argues that the shifting beliefs, political views, and grassroots movements surrounding allotment, and its closely related issues, were both based in and influenced by personal and political interests, as well as from traditional, collective Cherokee values and spirituality
Into the Canebrakes: Arkansas and NAACP\u27s Campaign for a Federal Anti-Lynching Law
No full textRace relations worsened and violence driven by racism increased following World War I. As a result, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the NAACP, began to scout out cases they could employ in the fight to enshrine federal protections against racial terrorism that were exemplified in Arkansas\u27 1919 Elaine Massacre and the 1921 lynching of Henry Lowery
Interservice Rivalry: Examining the Relationships Between the Intelligence Organizations of the Navy, the Army and the OSS in China 1939-1943
No full textIntelligence gathering had a profound impact on WWII. In war-torn China, the US Navy, the Army, and the fledgling OSS contested with each other during the Chinese Nationalists’ fight against the Japanese Empire. The stories of the OSS, the Navy and the Army in China have all, until now, been told from three distinct but interrelated points of view. With each study solely based on a particular organization, bias toward others is inevitable. By synthesizing the sources together and weaving the different interpretations of events simultaneously, a clearer picture of the interdepartmental struggles can be seen. The primary goal of such a study is not to find fault in or blame a singular organization for the failure of a larger historical event, but rather to fill in the gaps left by the existing historiography. The purpose of this article is to provide a holistic perspective based on the existing secondary and primary source material for each of the three competing intelligence organizations in China
Gourd Gun Powder Flask
No full text“Some of the old granny women still administer gunpowder and water to women in labor, believing that it stimulates the muscular contractions which expel the child...”
This gourd flask holds remnants of gunpowder and was gifted by the donor Jake O. Ry alongside a tin of Remington’s Central Fire gunpowder in 1906.
While both the original owner and artisan a mystery, the gourd flask is inscribed with the initials of R.A.T and features a rawhide stopper. This object is part of a great tradition of gourd craft within the Ozarks and the Americas as the tradition can be attributed to several indigenous nations as far back as nearly 10,000 years.4
Just as the gourd functions outside of its original intended purpose, gunpowder operates similarly within medicinal folk beliefs in the Ozarks5, focusing specifically on the practice of administering a mixture of gunpowder and water to women in labor. While there is no distinct medical research supporting this practice, midwives and “granny women,” as Randolph refers to them, alike believe that the mixture acts to stimulate muscular contractions and thus expel the child.6
4 Webb, Emily. “All in Gourd Fun.” Lees McRae University, November 17, 2022. https://www.lmc.edu/about/news- center/articles/2022/all-in-gourd-fun.htm.
5. Randolph, Vance. “Ozark Superstitions.” The American Journal of Folklore 46, no. 179, March 1933.
6 Randolph, Vance. “Ozark Superstitions.” The American Journal of Folklore 46, no. 179, March 1933.https://scholarworks.uark.edu/uamucc/1001/thumbnail.jp
Gourd Gun Powder Flask (image 2)
No full text“Some of the old granny women still administer gunpowder and water to women in labor, believing that it stimulates the muscular contractions which expel the child...”
This g by Jake O. Ry alongside a tin of Remington’s Central Fire gunpowder in 1906.
While both the original owner and artisan a mystery, the gourd flask is inscribed with the initials of R.A.T and features a rawhide stopper. This object is part of a great tradition of gourd craft within the Ozarks and the Americas as the tradition can be attributed to several indigenous nations as far back as nearly 10,000 years.4
Just as the gourd functions outside of its original intended purpose, gunpowder operates 5supporting this practice, midwives and “granny women,” as Randolph refers to them, alike believe that the mixture acts to stimulate muscular contractions and thus expel the child.6
4 Webb, Emily. “All in Gourd Fun.” Lees McRae University, November 17, 2022. https://www.lmc.edu/about/news- center/articles/2022/all-in-gourd-fun.htm.
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6 Randolph, Vance. “Ozark Superstitions.” The American Journal of Folklore 46, no. 179, March 1933.https://scholarworks.uark.edu/uamucc/1002/thumbnail.jp