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Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy on Milk Quality in Organic Dairy Cows
Full text linkOrganic dairy systems are limited when it comes to the use of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals which creates opportunities to explore alternative treatments to promote cow health. Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF), a form of electromagnetic stimulation, promotes various types of healing for both animal and human medicine. Our objective was to explore the effect of PEMF on milk yield and composition in organic dairy cows. Mid-lactation Jersey cows (n = 35) of various parities were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: 1) control (CON; n = 12); no PEMF, 2) once daily PEMF (PEMF1; n = 12), or 3) twice daily PEMF (PEMF2; n = 12). Cows were enrolled on the study for 10 consecutive days: 2 d of baseline (BL) no treatments occurred, 3 d of treatment (TRT), and 5 d of follow-up (FU). During TRT, PEMF was given directly after AM (PEMF1 and PEMF2) and PM (PEMF2) milkings for 12 minutes. Daily milk yield was recorded, and composite milk samples were collected at each milking for component analysis. Linear mixed models were created to assess the differences overtime between treatment groups for milk yield and components during BL, TRT, and FU. Milk yield was similar between groups for BL and TRT periods, and SCC was similar between all periods. There was no effect of treatment or time on milk components. Our findings suggest that PEMF may offer an opportunity to improve milk quality, future investigations into the utility of PEMF in clinically ill dairy cattle are warranted
Sensory Need or Treatable Behavior? Self-Stimulatory Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematized Review
Full text linkThis study examined the current dialogue about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and
self-stimulatory behavior (stimming), based on a systematized literature review. Stimming is
often framed as a maladaptive or disruptive behavior that negatively impacts autistic individuals.
It is important to investigate whether these claims are supported by current research. The
following research question was used to guide this paper: How does current research on ASD
conceptualize stimming, as a form of sensory self-regulation or a treatable behavior
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Celebrity Gossip Magazine Shaming of Britney Spears
Full text linkBritney Spears is an American pop star who rose to fame in the late 1990s at the age of 17 with her music, performances, and fashion. Spears was a prominent figure.
in celebrity gossip magazines, a genre which grew to prominence alongside and, in many ways, because of Spears. The distinct aesthetic and style of celebrity gossip magazines involved stories, blurbs, and images which wielded praise and shame—directly and indirectly—as tools to enforce norms and expectations for both female celebrities and female readers. Through a critical discourse analysis of 378 People and Us articles throughout the first ten years of Spears’s career, this study sought to understand how the framing and shaming of Spears by the magazines evolved over time in conjunction with her gender, race, class, and origin. The analysis found that the magazines initially heralded Spears as an Americana princess, an emblem of the American Dream and New Southern Belle. Spears was praised throughout the first three years of the coverage for performing white southern womanhood the ‘correct’ or ‘right’ way; she was a “good,” beautiful girl who had promised to remain abstinent until marriage, was dating her childhood love, and was absolutely beautiful. As Spears later failed to meet such impossible, strict expectations and began to perform white southern womanhood the ‘wrong’ way by, for example, having sex before marriage and gaining weight, the shaming of Spears began. Overall, this study found that (1) the different types of shaming which were implemented by the magazines in the coverage of Spears, including sexual or slut shaming, body shaming, maternal shaming, and mental illness shaming, were all inextricably linked, both to one another but also to Spears’s race, gender, class, and origin, and (2) the magazines’ (dis)approval of Spears’s behavior set norms for female readers through the idolization and later alienation of Spears
