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An Approach to Literary Appreciation Through Mark Twain
No full textThe desire for spiritual and intellectual satisfaction runs like a golden thread through the fabric of civilization. It is the inspiration of the arts, the dominant theme of all true literature. Without such inspiration, life becomes dull and colorless—a mere matter of work-a-day existence. |Though all the arts are handmaids to the yearning for richer and fuller participation in life, literature more than the others has the power of' satisfying such desire, since it offers vicarious participation in the life of all people at all times. Moreover, it awakens the sensibilities, quickens the responses, and intensifies the capacity for living. It can be an aid to a correct perspective for the right kind of living and an antidote for wrong philosophy, because it touches the whole of man’s life and modifies his relations with the world.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
The clinical implication of the vocal cords-carina distance in anaesthetized Chinese adults during orotracheal intubation
No full textBackground. Previous studies have identified no strong correlation between patients' height and tracheal length in anaesthetized patients. We have attempted to compare vocal cords-carina distance (VCD) in Chinese patients with the dimensions of five commonly used tracheal tubes. In addition, we attempted to find a surface anatomy measurement that would identify patients with 'short tracheas'. Methods. We measured VCD in 130 anaesthetized Chinese patients with a fibreoptic bronchoscope. Also measurements were obtained of the distal ends of five commonly used tracheal tubes. We undertook various surface anatomy measurements on the patients' chest and neck region to predict those patients with short tracheas. Results. VCD averaged 12.6 ((SD) 1.4) cm. In seven patients (5%) this distance was particularly short (between 8.8 and 10.4 cm). Many of the commonly used tracheal tubes would be placed close to or beyond the carina when the black intubation guide mark(s) is (are) at the level of the vocal cords. The VCD o
Guitar in the opera literature : a study of the instrument's use in opera during the 19th and 20th centuries
No full textThis dissertation is a study of the use of guitar in opera. Ten operas were chosen from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century as a representative cross section of operas that use the guitar. The operas studied are: The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber, Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti, Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz, Otello and Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, La vida breve by Manuel de Falla, The Nightingale by Igor Stravinsky, Wozzeck by Alban Berg, and Paul Bunyan by Benjamin Britten. The study examines the technical aspects of each guitar part and how the guitar relates to the libretto and to the other instruments of the orchestra.The study finds that, with some exceptions, the guitar parts are idiomatic and not difficult to execute. There is some need on the part of the guitarist to edit the parts for technical and historical reasons and editorial suggestions are made by the author. The guitar is often related to the libretto and often appears onstage, yet it is almost always used as a prop and the performing guitarist is placed offstage or in the orchestra pit. There are significant problems found concerning the guitar's lack of volume. Composers tend to limit the number of instruments in use with the guitar. They do not, however, tend to give the guitar louder dynamics when other instruments are used at the same time. The guitar is generally used in outdoor scenes, to evoke a folk idiom, or when specifically referred to in the libretto. The use of the guitar is found to be mostly limited to simple accompaniments which do not utilize the full resources of the instrument.Thesis (D.A.)School of Musi
Timber Production Schemes
No full textA short report to Mark Reilly of CRS-USCC by Frederick C. Cuny covering post-disaster production schemes and an assessment of Sister Alicia's proposal entitled Huricane Relief Timber Utilization Project. Building Materials/Natural Materials/Timber, Wood. (301.1L) Housing, Building & Construction/Program Planning and Management (Housing). (300.6) Disaster Housing Case Studies (399)The digital Cuny Archive was made available in part through funding assistance from USAID
Guide to the Portland City Council candidates, with brief candidate profiles. C
No full textGuide to the Portland City Council candidates, with brief candidate profiles. Candidates include John Anton, Jim Cloutier, Jill Duson, Mark Reilly, Tony Donovan, Richard Farnsworth, Bill Linnell and Dan Skolnik
The Public and Private Sector Pay Gap in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis
No full textThis paper examines the magnitude of public/private wage differentials in Pakistan using data drawn from the 2001-02 Pakistan Labour Force Survey. As in many other countries, public sector workers in Pakistan tend both to have higher average pay and education levels as compared to their private sector counterparts. In addition, the public sector in Pakistan has both a more compressed wage distribution and a smaller gender pay gap than that prevailing in the private sector. Our empirical analysis suggests that about two-fifths of the raw differential in average hourly wages between the two sectors is accounted for by differentials in average characteristics. The estimated public sector mark-up, ceteris paribus, is of the order of 49 percent and is substantial by the standards of developed economies. The quantile regression estimates suggest that the mark-up was found to decline monotonically with movement up the conditional wage distribution. In particular, the premium at the 10th percentile was estimated at 92 percent as compared to a more modest 20 percent at the 90th percentile.
Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium
No full textThis series of Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposia was started in 1971 by Professors Larry E. Erickson of Kansas State University and Peter J. Reilly, then of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It is designed for graduate students and occasionally postdoctoral fellows and undergraduates to present the results of their research and directions of their future work to audiences not so familiar as those at their home institutions but not so seemingly intimidating as those at national professional meetings. It also serves as a vehicle for those engaged in similar lines of research to become acquainted with each other and with each others' work. To that end, discussions both during the meeting and at social events are encouraged. To improve students' skills in writing articles, in general those that follow were first drafted by the students who presented the work reported in them. The 32 symposia have rotated among the University of Colorado, Boulder; Colorado State University; Iowa State University; Kansas State University; the University of Missouri, Columbia; the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and the University of Oklahoma. This 32nd Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium took place at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, on October 5, 2003.
Contents
Mechanical performance ofbiomimetic hydrogels - Sharon Hagan and Stevin H. Gehrke, Kansas State University
Encapsulation, stabilization, and release of proteins from biodegradable polyanhydrides - Amy S. Determan, Matt Kipper, Hajime Takano, Marc Porter, and Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University
Predicting the performance of adsorbents based on EDTP A-modified zirconia particles - Sabyasachi Sarkar and Anuradha Subramanian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kinetic analysis of CaC03 precipitation by Siran™-immobilized Bacillus pasteurii - Jacklyne J. Lippert and Sookie S. Bang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Automated docking of phospholipids to the phospholipase D active site: Insight into the catalytic mechanism - Christopher L. Aikens, Alain Laederach, and Peter J. Reilly, Iowa State University
Development of Bacillus pasteurii urease-negative mutants - Johnna K. Roth and Sookie S. Bang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Recovery of enzyme byproducts during recombinant protein recovery from transgenic plants - Yandi Dharmadi, Qinlong Chang, and Charles E. Glatz, Iowa State University
Determination of the biomass composition of hairy roots of Catharanthus roseus - Omar Gonzalez Rivera, Ganesh Sriram, and Jacqueline V. Shanks, Iowa State University
Modification of environmental variables to understand transformation of xenobiotics on root surface: Impact of altering variables on phytotransformation processes - Sigifredo Castro, Lawrence C. Davis, and Larry E. Erickson, Kansas State University
Development of NMR tools to obtain metabolic flux maps for soybean seeds - Vidya Iyer, Ganesh Sriram, D. Bruce Fulton, Mark E. Westgate, Martin H. Spalding, and Jacqueline V. Shanks, Iowa State University</p
Evaluation of novel plant- and yeast-based protein sources on nutrient digestibility, fecal metabolites, and taurine status in dogs and cats
No full textThe rising demand for alternative protein sources in pet diets has driven the increased use of plant-based protein sources in diet formulations. However, the novelty of these ingredients has led to a paucity of information regarding digestibility and acceptability of these ingredients by dogs and cats. The overall objective to this research was to evaluate plant-based protein sources for use in canine and feline diets. The first aim was to characterize the plant-based ingredients by determining chemical composition and standardized amino acid digestibility, as well as to describe the protein quality using digestible indispensable amino acid scores. The second aim was to determine the effects of green lentils (GLD), garbanzo beans (GBD), peanut flour (PFD), and dried yeast (DYD) on apparent total tract macronutrient digestibility (ATTD), fecal fermentative end-products, and microbiota composition in dogs compared with a poultry by-product meal diet (CON). The third aim was to evaluate changes in taurine status and circulating essential and non-essential amino acids in dogs fed a diet containing 45% green lentil diet (GLD) compared with a traditional poultry by-product meal-based diet (CON). The fourth and final aim was to evaluate effects of graded levels of garbanzo beans (GB; 0, 7.5, 15, or 30% raw or 30% cooked) on macronutrient ATTD, fecal fermentative end-products, and microbiota composition in cats.
In the first aim, the analyzed ingredients were categorized into pulses, protein concentrates, and plant by-products based on chemical composition. The pulse ingredients (green lentils, yellow peas, garbanzo beans, black bean grits, and navy bean powder) contained approximately 20% crude protein, and had methionine or tryptophan as the first-limiting amino acid compared with National Research Council (NRC) recommended allowances and Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) recommended values. The protein concentrates included soy protein concentrate, faba bean protein, pea protein, potato protein, and dried yeast. Standardized amino acid digestibility of amino acids were high (88.0-96.1%), methionine and tryptophan were the first-limiting amino acids for these ingredients. Lastly, the plant by-products (peanut flour, corn gluten mean, soy flake, soybean meal) were more variable in terms of chemical composition and amino acid profiles than the previous two groupings. Lysine was determined to be the first-limiting amino acid for both peanut flour and corn gluten meal whereas methionine was the first-limiting amino acid for soy flake and soybean meal.
In the second aim, no negative impacts were observed in the macronutrient ATTD, fecal scores, or serum metabolites of dogs fed diets containing legumes or yeast. Dogs fed the legume or yeast diets had greater (P < 0.05) fecal short-chain fatty acid concentration compared with the poultry by-product meal (control) diet. Additionally, the dogs fed the dried yeast diet had greater (P < 0.05) fecal butyrate concentration than dogs fed the other diets. Additionally, dogs fed DYD had a different microbial composition compared with dogs fed the other diets, with the lowest relative abundance (P < 0.05) of Proteobacteria. Dogs fed CON and PFD had similar fecal microbial communities in contrast with dogs fed the other diets. In the third aim, dogs fed GLD did not have any differences in plasma or whole blood taurine concentrations compared with dogs fed CON for 90 days. Dogs fed CON had increased fecal lithocholic acid (LCA) concentrations (P < 0.05), which strongly correlated with the microbial taxa Eubacterium and Streptococcus alactolyticus, compared with dogs fed GLD. In the final aim, cats fed 30% cooked GB had the lowest (P < 0.05) apparent total tract dry matter and organic matter digestibility compared with the other diets. The 0% GB had the highest (P < 0.05) relative abundance of Firmicutes and Fusobacteria but the lowest (P < 0.05) relative abundance of Proteobacteria compared with the GB-containing diets. No detrimental effects were observed in the serum metabolites, fermentative end-products, or fecal scores in cats fed any of the diets.
This research provided insight on the use of either legumes or yeast at high inclusion levels in canine and feline diets. The evaluation of these ingredients in terms of macronutrient composition, amino acid profiles, ATTD, fermentative end-products, and health parameters can impact how these proteins are used in formulations. Results of this research demonstrate the inclusion of these plant- and yeast-based proteins are viable as protein sources in the pet food industry but the legume and pulse ingredients should be included with complementary protein sources, such as cereal grains or animal protein sources, to provide all of the essential amino acids to dogs and cats.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-12-01The student, Lauren Reilly, accepted the attached license on 2020-11-20 at 11:00.The student, Lauren Reilly, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2020-11-20 at 12:56.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2020-11-29 at 13:24.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15919 on 2021-03-04 at 16:32:11Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-05T21:45:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Non-linearities in mark-up on costs
No full textAbstract This study employs an error-correction SETAR model to analyse the non-linearities in the behaviour of the mark-up on costs charged by the filling stations in the New York metropolitan area. While usual price transmission gained significant attention in the literature, the mark-up portion of the price has not been analysed to date. The results indicate that the adjustment to mark-ups to their long run values is non-linear, but the speeds with they adjust to their long-run values are equal across regimes for two out of three series analysed. For one of the series the adjustment is beneficial for the end consumers such that prices fall faster than they rise. The findings are somewhat surprising, indicating that there is no need for government intervention in the NY petroleum market.Rockets and feathers; asymmetry; petroleum; SETAR
Supplemental material for A randomized 500-subject open-label phase 3 clinical trial of minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase in intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE III)
No full textSupplemental Material for A randomized 500-subject open-label phase 3 clinical trial of minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase in intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE III) by Wendy C Ziai, Nichol McBee, Karen Lane, Kennedy R Lees, Jesse Dawson, Paul Vespa, Richard E Thompson, A David Mendelow, Carlos S Kase, J Ricardo Carhuapoma, Carol B Thompson, Steven W Mayo, Pat Reilly, Scott Janis, Craig S Anderson, Mark R Harrigan, Paul J Camarata, Jean-Louis Caron, Mario Zuccarello, Issam A Awad, Daniel F Hanley and On Behalf of the MISTIE III Investigators in International Journal of Stroke</p
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