112 research outputs found
Drums of Suffering in Belfast's European Capital of Culture Bid: John Blacking on Music, Conflict and Healing
No full textThe Columns, 1971 May
No full textCover Story, MSU\u27s Classic Dean
MSU\u27s classic dean of students will retire on July 1, 1971, ending a 46-year career in education, and on June 18 his friends and associates will honor him with a banquet at the MSU University Center Ballroom. As executive dean of students, Robert Melville Robison was in charge of the University\u27s retention program.
Also featured, Distinguished Teaching Awards presented
Dr. Walter R. Smith, acting vice president of academic affairs, converses with the recipients of the 1970-71 Distinguished Teaching Awards. The winners are Dr. Robert E. Magowan, Technology; Dr. James F. Payne, Biology; Dr. Arthur L. Yehle, Psychology; and Dr. Blanche D. Schwartz, Art.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-ua-alumni1/1025/thumbnail.jp
Extended nursing and/or increased starter diet allowances for low weaning weight pigs
No full textPublication history: Accepted - 3 October 2019; Published online - 21 October 2019.Objective: To evaluate the use of nurse sows and post-weaning nutrition strategies for low wean weight (WW) pigs on lifetime growth and efficiency.
Methods: Animals (n = 270) were assigned to one of five treatments at 28 d. Low WW pigs (<6 kg) were either weaned and offered a special dietary regime recommended for low WW pigs (WEAN) or placed on a nurse sow (NURSE) and weaned at 49 d. Normal WW pigs (9 kg) (NORM) were also weaned at 28 d. After weaning, NORM and NURSE pigs were offered either a ‘high’ (4 kg/pig of starter 1 diet followed by 8 kg/pig of starter 2 diet) or ‘low’ (8 kg/pig of starter 2 diet) starter diet allowance in a 2×2 factorial arrangement. A typical grower diet was then offered, followed by a typical finisher diet until 147 d of age.
Results: NORM pigs where heavier throughout their life compared to NURSE pigs (91.4 kg vs 76.2 kg at 147 d; p<0.001). WEAN pigs were heavier at 70 d compared to NURSE pigs (23.9 kg vs 21.0 kg; p<0.001), but there was no significant difference at 147 d between NURSE and WEAN treatments. NURSE pigs had reduced feed intake throughout the finishing period (1.6 kg/d; p<0.001) compared to WEAN (2.0 kg/d) and NORM (1.9 kg/d) pigs. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) of NURSE (2.20) was lower than NORM and WEAN during the finishing period (2.40 and 2.79, respectively).
Conclusion: Extended (up to 49 d) nursing for low WW pigs resulted in improved FCR during the finishing period, but no overall improvement in growth rate compared to low WW pigs weaned at 28 d and offered a specialised starter regime. Normal WW pigs where significantly heavier than low WW pigs throughout the study.This work was part of a PhD project sponsored by DARD and Pig Regen Ltd. The authors gratefully acknowledge the funders and the technical and farm staff at AFBI Hillsborough
Outcomes of primary and recurrent inguinal hernia repair with prosthetic mesh in a single region over 15 years
No full textBackground
Sutured inguinal hernia repairs are now uncommon, with evidence suggesting that those augmented with mesh are associated with a lower recurrence rate. We aimed to explore the suggestion that the established use of mesh does indeed lower the rate of operation for recurrence in a single National Health Service region.
Method
We collected retrospective Office of Population Censuses and Surveys coded data across one region of all primary and recurrent inguinal hernia repairs over 15 years (2004–2019). Electronic records of recurrent repairs were scrutinised to identify year and type of previous primary repair.
Results
In total, 7,234 repairs were performed during this time, of which 289 (4%) were for symptomatic recurrence. Operations for primary repair increased year on year (111 in 2004 to 402 in 2019). Frequency of operation for recurrent herniation declined with increasing use of mesh (8.8% in 2004 to 3.5% in 2019). The majority of repairs (73%) for recurrence were by an open approach. As opposed to an open mesh repair, a primary laparoscopic repair was associated with an earlier recurrence.
Conclusions
Inguinal hernia repairs are increasing in frequency but operations for later symptomatic recurrence following an open primary prosthetic mesh repair are not
Rheological Properties of an Alkoxide Derived Hlw Slurry Feed
No full textABSTRACTCoagulation of HLW feed slurry can result from the interaction between acid metal cations and soluble silicates/silica. Feed slurry viscosity depend on a number of factors: (a) concentration and composition of the waste slurry electrolytes, (b) type and concentration of silica and silicate constituents in the glass former, (c) pH of the slurry feed, and (d) degree and order of mixing of the glass former with the waste sludge. Coagulation can be avoided by mixing to achieve a good dispersal of glass former globules in the waste slurry even when pH and electrolyte content favor it.</jats:p
Long-Term Cultured Human Vascular Endothelial Cells (EC-FP5) Bind Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Erythrocytes
No full textActivation of monocytes and platelets by monoclonal antibodies or malaria-infected erythrocytes binding to the CD36 surface receptor in vitro.
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