Oral History Interview: Samuel B. Chilton

Samuel B. Chilton, a member of the prominent Charleston family who owned the Charleston Gazette, has spent a lifetime in the center of West Virginia\u27s capitol. A knowledgeable person, his interview is lively and spicy, full of some rather risque anecdotes. Mr. Chilton and his interviewers discuss the development of St. Albans and Charleston, the West Virginia state government, the Roosevelts and the Rockefellers in West Virginia, sports, horse and dog racing, and prostitution. More personally, Mr. Chilton also discusses his childhood, family and friends.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1139/thumbnail.jp

HSUS Update Volume 1, Number 9

Where Does the AHA Stand in the Humane Movement? The Norma Terris Humane Education and Nature Center Blasts Off! Idaho Wild Horse Case When is a Rabbit Not a Rabbit? Hunters Find Themselves Under the Gun One Small County Bites Into the Problem Kudos to Congressman William Whitehurst of Virginia Come Home - All is Forgiven A Tail - From John Dommer

Silver Saddles: An Equestrian Intervention for Older Adults with Dementia

Educational Objectives 1. Demonstrate the encouraging outcomes therapeutic horseback riding programs can have for older adults with memory loss. 2. Describe the importance of trained volunteers and staff at both the riding center and the long-term care community for aiding older adults with memory loss during the therapeutic riding program. 3. Showcase the research process and pilot results. 4. Highlight lessons learned and future directions for Silver Saddles

Prosomal-width-to-weight relationships in American horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus): examining conversion factors used to estimate landings

Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are valued by many stakeholders, including the commercial fishing industry, biomedical companies, and environmental interest groups. We designed a study to test the accuracy of the conversion factors that were used by NOAA Fisheries and state agencies to estimate horseshoe crab landings before mandatory reporting that began in 1998. Our results indicate that the NOAA Fisheries conversion factor consistently overestimates the weight of male horseshoe crabs, particularly those from New England populations. Because of the inaccuracy of this and other conversion factors, states are now mandated to report the number (not biomass) and sex of landed horseshoe crabs. However, accurate estimates of biomass are still necessary for use in prediction models that are being developed to better manage the horseshoe crab fishery. We recommend that managers use the conversion factors presented in this study to convert current landing data from numbers to biomass of harvested horseshoe crabs for future assessments

Forest edges enhance mate-finding in the European gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar

Understanding movement capabilities of individuals within a landscape is essential to identifying the effects of habitat boundaries on species abundances, ranges, and spread rates. Movement barriers due to habitat fragmentation may reduce mate-finding ability in some species, particularly in heterogeneous landscapes containing low-density populations. This study focuses on the effects of habitat type and edge on mate-finding in an invasive defoliator, the European gypsy moth. Adult European gypsy moth males locate mates by following pheromones released by flightless females. Reduced mate-finding was expected in fields and near forest edges based on geographic variation in invasion rates and pheromone plume dynamics. A male release-recapture experiment using female-baited traps in fields, at forest edges, and in the forest interior showed that mate-finding was highest at forest edges, reduced in fields, and lowest within the forest interior. This suggests that forest edges and moderate habitat fragmentation enhance mate-finding in the gypsy moth

Potential causes of mortality for horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) during the biomedical bleeding process

Biomedical companies catch and bleed horseshoe crabs for the production of Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL), a product used for protecting public health (Berkson and Shuster, 1999). LAL is a clotting agent, derived solely from horseshoe crab blood cells, which is used to detect the presence of pathogenic gramnegative bacteria in injectable drugs and implantable medical and dental devices (Mikkelsen, 1988; Novitsky, 1991). In addition, LAL is used in many diagnostic tests for such illnesses as gram-negative bacterial meningitis and typhoid fever (Ding and Ho, 2001). Because the LAL test allows one to detect femtogram levels of endotoxin (Ding and Ho, 2001), it is the most effective test for detecting endotoxin contamination, and its increasing use in medical and pharmaceutical laboratories makes it a highly valued product

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Student blog posts from the Great VCU Bike Race Book

Happy trails : horses are used more for pleasure than business, but they still have a place in Fifth District agriculture

Agriculture ; Federal Reserve District, 5th

Nature Morte: Lynne Allen

This is the catalogue of the exhibition "Nature Morte" at Boston University Art Gallery