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Breed group effects on pregnancy rate and ewe performance in different seasons of the year
No full textThirty-one Dorset (D), 24 Finnish Landrace (F), 35 Barbados Blackbelly x Dorset (BD), 10 Dorset x Finn (F), 24 Finn x Dorset (FD) and 35 grade Rambouillet (R) ewes were exposed to rams in various seasons. Ewes were born in 1979 or 1980; no R ewes were born in 1980. Ewes were bred in April, 1980 (APR80); November, 1980 (NOV80); August, 1981 (AUG81); May, 1982 (MAY82); and April, 1983 (APR83). Ewes born in 1980 entered the study in NOV80. The analytical model used to describe ewe performance included effects of ewe birth year (EBY), breed/EBY, season/EBY, breed x season/EBY and ewe (random).Master of Scienc
Roots stronger in the earth; |b a study of Whitman's L̲e̲a̲v̲e̲s̲ o̲f̲ g̲r̲a̲s̲s̲ in relation to Emerson's poetic theories
No full textThesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 1953Perhaps no correspondence between American authors has been of more interest in the literary world than that of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman--surely none of such limited extent. No biography of either man seems complete without the inclusion of Emerson's famous letter greeting Whitman "at the beginning of a great career" and of Whitman's public reply in the second edition of Leaves of Grass. The evident recognition on the part of Emerson of a kindred soul in the author of the poems contained in that volume, and Whitman's long tribute to Emerson, "dear Friend and Master" as Walt addressed him, show certainly a feeling on the part of each man that he had discovered in the other's writing the essence of the Truth he saw in the universe. However great or small the influence of the one on the other, however many or decided the denials of that influence during the later years, there must have been a spontaneous realization of identity of insight, purpose, or of method that moved both Emerson and Whitman at the beginning of their acquaintance. Emerson, usually sparing of his praise of American writers, wrote to Whitman in what seems even today to be enthusiastic terms
Quantifying the impact of services liberalization in a developing country
Get PDFThe authors consider how service liberalization differs from goods liberalization in terms of welfare, the level and composition of output, and factor prices within a developing economy, in this case Tunisia. Despite recent movements toward liberalization, Tunisian service sectors remain largely closed to foreign participation and are provided at high cost relative to many developing nations. The authors develop a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Tunisian economy with multiple products and services and three trading partners. They model goods liberalization as the unilateral removal of product tariffs. Restraints on services trade involve both restrictions on cross-border supply (mode 1 in the GATS) and on foreign ownership through foreign direct investment (mode 3 in the GATS). The former are modeled as tariff-equivalent price wedges while the latter are comprised of both monopoly-rent distortions (arising from imperfect competition among domestic producers) andinefficiency costs (arising from a failure of domestic service providers to adopt least-cost practices). They find that goods-trade liberalization yields a gain in aggregate welfare and reorients production toward sectors of benchmark comparative advantage. However, a reduction of services barriers in a way that permits greater competition through foreign direct investment generates larger welfare gains. Service liberalization also requires lower adjustment costs, measured in terms of sectoral movement of workers, than does goods-trade liberalization. And it tends to increase economic activity in all sectors and raise the real returns to both capital and labor. The overall welfare gains of comprehensive service liberalization amount to more than 5 percent of initial consumption. The bulk of these gains come from opening markets for finance, business services, and telecommunications. Because these are key inputs into all sectors of the economy, their liberalization cuts costs and drives larger efficiency gains overall. The results point to the potential importance of deregulating services provision for economic development.Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Environmental Economics&Policies,Decentralization,Economic Theory&Research,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Health Economics&Finance,Banks&Banking Reform
Perceptions, 1989
Get PDF52 pages. Editor: Deidre Eby. Associate Editor: Angie Roberts. Art Editor: Eric L. Pittman. Faculty Advisors: Sally Russell and Robert Westervelt. Cover: Terry Hulsey.
Essays: Angle Roberts. Poetry: Stacey Alexander, Sandra E. Baker, Julie Cline, Deidre Eby, W. Feel, Jose Gardner, Johnathon Todd Hudson, Robin Hale, Jessica Jackson, Brenda Lehett, Sandee McGlaun, Charles McMichael, M.K. Parham, Angle Roberts, Barbara T., David P. Truax, II.
Short stories: Stacey Alexander, Julie Cline, Deidre Eby, Brad Strickland, Scott Wiley.
Art: Kelly Brothers, Jeff Carruth, Gle Chandler, Melanie Freedman, Robert Huff, Terry Nulsey, Janet Lacek, Chris McMichael, Stephanie Palmer, Rodney Park, Scott Penoncello, Eric L. Pittman, Marilyn Reed, Dianne Skinner, Taff Stephens, Sheila Waldrep, Suzanne Watkins, Angela West, Robert Westervelt, and Rusty Williams.https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/perceptions/1007/thumbnail.jp
Auto-transfusion tourniquets: the next evolution of tourniquets
No full textDavid H Tang,1,2,3 Bohdan T Olesnicky,1,3 Michael W Eby,1,4 Lawrence E Heiskell1,51International School of Tactical Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA; 2Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA; 3High Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree, CA, USA; 4Veterans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA, USA; 5Fallbrook Community Hospital, Fallbrook, CA, USAAbstract: In this article, we discuss the relationship between hemorrhagic shock and the pathophysiology of shock using conventional tourniquets. We will focus on corollary benefits with the use of HemaClear®, a self-contained, sterile, exsanguinating auto-transfusion tourniquet. This discussion will demonstrate that the use of auto-transfusion tourniquets is a practical evidence-based approach in fluid resuscitation: it shortens the duration of shock after hemorrhage and trauma compared with conventional tourniquets. Emphasis is placed on the use of the HemaClear® as an alternative fluid resuscitation tool which is more efficient in the battlefield, pre-hospital and in-hospital settings.Keywords: auto-transfusion tourniquet, field exsanguination, hemorrhagic shock, tourniquet, perfusion requirement, HemaClear® AT
An evaluation of user perceptions and behaviors of FAST-TRAC: pilot study results
Get PDFFull Text: http://www.umtri.umich.edu/library/pdf/1996-14.pdfOakland County Road Commission, Beverly Hills, Mich.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/1162/2/89656.0001.001.pd
M-CASTL 2009 synthesis report : older adult safety and mobility.
Get PDFDTRT07-G-0058The purpose of the annual M-CASTL synthesis report is to identify short and long-term research needsthat support M-CASTL\u2019s theme and reflect the United States (US) Department of Transportation\u2019s (DOT\u2019s)and other National organization\u2019s transportation research agendas. The intent of the report is to provide asynthesized background to help focus the Center\u2019s research program and to maintain continuity over eachyear of the grant. The synthesis report also serves as the background for the annual M-CASTLTransportation Research and Education (TR&E) conference. The report reviews the facts that older adultsare at higher risk of a fatal crash and tend to suffer many negative consequences when driving privilegesare taken away. This report conceptualizes the issues of aging and mobility as having threecomplementary and interdependent goals: (1) to understand and better manage the effects of medicalconditions and medications on skills needed for safe driving; (2) to help those who are able to drive safelycontinue to do so; and (3) to identify and provide community mobility support to those who are no longerable to drive.This report further reviews background and recent research in several areas related to the three goals:medical conditions; medication; extending safe driving; driver licensing issues; transitioning to non-driving;and alternative transportation options. The research reviewed in this report was gathered from a search ofarticles published in late 2007 through February, 2009 in several peer-reviewed journals and conferenceproceedings. This report builds upon two recent reviews of the aging and mobility literature (Eby, Molnar, &St. Louis, 2008; Eby, Molnar, & Kartje, 2009) and serves as a companion to those reports
Outcome after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of patients seen by cardiologists and general physicians
Get PDFBackground: The management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has improved over the last 50 years with the more frequent use of effective medicines and procedures. The clinical benefit of the speciality of the attending physician is less clear. The United Kingdom National Service Framework for coronary heart disease (CHD) suggested that patients with CHD are likely to benefit from cardiological supervision. We set out to assess the effect of access to cardiologists on survival among AMI patients admitted in two UK hospitals. Methods: The study was conducted in a university hospital and a district general hospital in England. Information was obtained on age, sex, ethnicity, Carstairs socioeconomic deprivation category derived from postcode of residence, comorbidity, distance from hospital and medication from all patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in two acute trusts between July 1999 and June 2000. Record linkage to subsequent Hospital Episode Statistics and Registrar General's death records provided follow up information on procedures and mortality up to eighteen months after admission. Cox proportional hazard models were used to investigate the main hypothesis controlling for confounding. The main outcome measure was 18-month survival after myocardial infarction. Results: Access to a cardiologist was univariately associated with improved survival (hazard ratio 0.16, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.25). This effect remained after controlling for the effect of patient characteristics (hazard ratio 0.22, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.25). The effect disappeared after controlling for access to effective medication (hazard ratio 0.70, 95% CI 0.33 to 1.46). Conclusions: Access to a cardiologist is associated with better survival compared to no access to a cardiologist among a cohort of patients already admitted with AMI. This effect is mainly due to the more frequent use of effective medicines by the group referred to cardiologists. Hospitals may improve survival by improving access to effective medicines and by coordinating care between cardiologists and general physicians
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United States Geological Survey Reports
No full textFrom introduction: The investigations on which the greater part of this report is based were carried on by E. T. Hancock, the senior author, during the summer of 1911. They were undertaken by the United States Geological Survey under a comprehensive plan for collecting information about the undeveloped fuel resources of the Western States, both as a step
toward the conservation of the coal resources of the United States and as a means of supplying the demand for information concerning the many valuable coal fields of the Western States
Last Glacial Maximum habitat change and its effects on the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825)
No full textThe grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a large phytophagous bat found in coastal and near-coastal eastern Australia, from Mackay in the north to Geelong in the south (Parsons et al. 2008; Roberts et al. 2008). It is among the best known of the Australian flying foxes. Eby (1991), Parry-Jones and Augee (1991, 1992, 2001), Tidemann and Nelson (2004), McDonald-Madden et al. (2005), Parris and Hazell (2005), and Williams et al. (2006) documented aspects of P. poliocephalus ecology. Eby (1991) and Parry-Jones and Augee (2001) focused on movements between colony sites and feeding areas, while Tidemann and Nelson (2004) demonstrated long-distance movements between colonies. Breeding biology was dealt with by Martin et al. (1985), O’Brien (1993), and Fox (2006), and conservation status was summarised by Dickman and Fleming (2002).
The application of molecular tools to flying-fox phylogeny and phylogeography is in its infancy but the approach has obvious potential to solve many of the intractable problems posed to traditional methodologies by this elusive nocturnal species. Among other uses, analyses of genetic diversity can indicate whether a species has undergone changes in population size. In this paper, we place the molecular evidence for population change into a palaeoenvironmental context to gauge the antiquity of any such change and assess its implications for understanding long-term flying-fox responses to contemporary habitat fragmentation and habitat change
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