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Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
No full textInflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Short as well as long transport duration can affect the welfare of slaughter pigs
No full textAttention to the welfare of animals during slaughter transport and lairage at the abattoir is important not only to consumers, but also to the meat production industry. Inadequate transport conditions can result in higher animal mortalities and meat quality problems after slaughter of such animals. In the present study the development of mortality rates both during and after the transport of slaughter pigs, and the incidence of pathological findings, was investigated. It could be shown that the percentage of animals which died during transport and in lairage clearly decreased between 1999 and 2003. This improvement was due mainly to the reduction of animal losses in the summer season where the highest losses over the investigated years occurred. Considering the duration of the transport it could be shown that not only very long (8 h), but also short journeys (I h) can affect the welfare of animals with increased mortalities and pathological findings during the veterinary inspection at the slaughterhouse, particularly in the summer season. The results presented indicate that the tightening of European animal welfare legislation concerning loading, transport, unloading and lairage of slaughter pigs improved mortality rates and the incidence of pathological findings. Another reason could be a reduction of the percentage of stress susceptible pigs in the porcine population. However, until now the regulations on animal welfare during pig slaughter transport focused only on long-term journeys; the results presented show that short journeys can also affect the welfare of the animals
Mortalitätsraten beim Transport von Schlachtschweinen
No full textThe welfare of slaughter animals during transport is influenced by exogenic (e.g. climate, duration of transport) and endogenic factors (e.g. MHS status of the transported animals). In the present study the development of animal losses during pig slaughter transports in Germany was investigated. It could be shown that the percentage of animals died during or after the transport decreased clearly between 1999 and 2003. This improvement was mainly due to the reductions of animal losses in the summer months June, July and August a season with high losses over the years. With regard to the duration of the transport it could be shown that not only long (circle divide 8h), but also very short transports (circle divide 1h) affect the welfare of the animals with increased mortalities as well as circulation problems, fractures etc. From the presented results it could be concluded that the tight regulations for animal transports as well as the decrease of homozygote MHS-positive pigs improved the animal losses during transport although in some points like minimal and maximal duration of transport and transport conditions (e.g. ventilation) further changes and regulations are necessary
Short as well as long transport duration can affect the welfare of slaughter pigs
No full textAttention to the welfare of animals during slaughter transport and lairage at the abattoir is important not only to consumers, but also to the meat production industry. Inadequate transport conditions can result in higher animal mortalities and meat quality problems after slaughter of such animals. In the present study the development of mortality rates both during and after the transport of slaughter pigs, and the incidence of pathological findings, was investigated. It could be shown that the percentage of animals which died during transport and in lairage clearly decreased between 1999 and 2003. This improvement was due mainly to the reduction of animal losses in the summer season where the highest losses over the investigated years occurred. Considering the duration of the transport it could be shown that not only very long (8 h), but also short journeys (I h) can affect the welfare of animals with increased mortalities and pathological findings during the veterinary inspection at the slaughterhouse, particularly in the summer season. The results presented indicate that the tightening of European animal welfare legislation concerning loading, transport, unloading and lairage of slaughter pigs improved mortality rates and the incidence of pathological findings. Another reason could be a reduction of the percentage of stress susceptible pigs in the porcine population. However, until now the regulations on animal welfare during pig slaughter transport focused only on long-term journeys; the results presented show that short journeys can also affect the welfare of the animals
Towards 10 cm/s radial velocity accuracy on the Sun using a Fourier transform spectrometer
No full textThe IAG solar observatory is producing high-fidelity, ultra-high-resolution
spectra (R>500000) of the spatially resolved surface of the Sun using a Fourier
Transform spectrometer (FTS). The radial velocity (RV) calibration of these
spectra is currently performed using absorption lines from Earth's atmosphere,
limiting the precision and accuracy. To improve the frequency calibration
precision and accuracy we plan to use a Fabry-Perot etalon (FP) setup that is
an evolution of the CARMENES FP design and an iodine cell in combination. To
create an accurate wavelength solution, the iodine cell is measured in parallel
with the FP. The FP can then be used to transfer the accurate wavelength
solution provided by the iodine via simultaneous calibration of solar
observations. To verify the stability and precision of the FTS we perform
parallel measurements of the FP and an iodine cell. The measurements show an
intrinsic stability of the FTS of a level of 1 m/s over 90 hours. The
difference between the FP RVs and the iodine cell RVs show no significant
trends during the same time span. The RMS of the RV difference between FP and
iodine cell is 10.7 cm/s, which can be largely attributed to the intrinsic RV
precisions of the iodine cell and the FP (10.2 cm/s and 1.0 cm/s,
respectively). This shows that we can calibrate the FTS to a level of 10 cm/s,
competitive with current state-of-the-art precision RV instruments. Based on
these results we argue that the spectrum of iodine can be used as an absolute
reference to reach an RV accuracy of 10 cm/s.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, to be published in Journal of Astronomical
Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS
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