Adaptation: A Way of Life, Plant and Animal Desert Adaptations

This document provides several activities that show how desert plants and animals are well-adapted to life in the desert and thrive on little moisture and high temperatures. There are extension lessons as well as a drawing activity. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Primary elementary

Using evaluation techniques and performance claims to demonstrate public relations impact: An Australian perspective

Public relations professionals use many methods to demonstrate their contribution to organizational goals, yet it is unclear how their attitudes towards evaluation and the reporting of success matches real outcomes. Ten years after the International Public Relations Association produced an evaluation gold paper, this study combines research on Australian practitioners’ evaluation practices and attitudes, and data from industry awards to identify how practitioners demonstrate their accountability. Data suggest that despite the attention paid to evaluation by the academy and industry, practitioners still focus on measuring outputs, not outcomes to demonstrate performance and continue to rely heavily on media-based evaluation methods

Cytological Findings of 140 Bile Samples from Dogs and Cats and Associated Clinical Pathological Data

BACKGROUND: Cholecystocentesis can be part of the diagnostic workup of hepatobiliary disease in small animals, but literature on cytological evaluation of bile is scant. OBJECTIVES: To determine the diagnostic utility of cytological assessment of bile aspirates. ANIMALS: Fifty‐six and 78 client‐owned dogs and cats, respectively, with bile collected by cholecystocentesis and submitted to our diagnostic laboratory between 1999 and 2014. METHODS: Retrospective study describing cytological findings of bile, concurrent bacterial culture results, hematological and serum biochemical data, gallbladder biopsy results, as well as final diagnosis and complications after cholecystocentesis. RESULTS: Infectious agents were found in 30% of canine and 22% of feline bile aspirates, and inflammation in 5% and 19% respectively. Presence of microorganisms was more often detected on cytological examination (24%) than by culture (21%). The most common bacterial isolates were Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp., isolated from 14.8% and 6.7% of cultured samples respectively. Only increased canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity concentration (cPLI) was significantly associated with the presence of microorganisms, inflammatory cells, or both in bile. Clinically relevant complications of cholecystocentesis occurred in 2 dogs. The majority of the animals undergoing cholecystocentesis suffered from hepatic, pancreatic, gastrointestinal disease, or a combination thereof. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Cytological examination of bile is inexpensive and straightforward, and yields diagnostically relevant information that precedes and complements bacterial culture

Increasing the knowledge, identification and treatment of osteoporosis through education and shared decision-making with residents living in a retirement village community

Objective: This pilot study explored whether individual goal setting in a retirement village setting could improve strategies to strengthen bones in an ageing population and help prevent osteoporosis. Methods: A two-phased osteoporosis prevention program was developed, piloted and evaluated involving a group education session followed by the development of individualised Bone Plans based upon personal understanding of individual fracture risk and lifestyle factors. Results: A significant improvement in knowledge and understanding of factors to prevent and manage osteoporosis was achieved, and changes in lifestyle behaviours were sustained at six months. Conclusion: Success was due to education by specialist medical and health personnel, flexibility of goal setting, use of group sessions and location of the program within the retirement community setting. The ‘Mind Your Bones’ program is a feasible and acceptable way to translate preventative bone health messages to a large number of people via the retirement village network

Flame Instability and Transition to Detonation in Supersonic Reactive Flows

Multidimensional numerical simulations of a homogeneous, chemically reactive gas were used to study ignition, flame stability, and deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in a supersonic combustor. The configuration studied was a rectangular channel with a supersonic inflow of stoichiometric ethylene-oxygen and a transimissive outflow boundary. The calculation is initialized with a velocity in the computational domain equal to that of the inflow, which is held constant for the duration of the calculation. The compressible reactive Navier-Stokes equations were solved by a high-order numerical algorithm on an adapting mesh. This paper describes two calculations, one with a Mach 3 inflow and one with Mach 5.25. In the Mach 3 case, the fuel-oxidizer mixture does not ignite and the flow reaches a steady-state oblique shock train structure. In the Mach 5.25 case, ignition occurs in the boundary layers and the flame front becomes unstable due to a Rayleigh-Taylor instability at the interface between the burned and unburned gas. Growth of the reaction front and expansion of the burned gas compress and preheat the unburned gas. DDT occurs in several locations, initiating both at the flame front and in the unburned gas, due to an energy-focusing mechanism. The growth of the flame instability that leads to DDT is analyzed using the Atwood number parameter

Progress Notes : a report from the Parkinson's Disease Center at Boston University Medical Center

News and updates from the Boston University Medical Center Parkinson's Disease Cente

Progress Notes : a report from the Parkinson's Disease Center at Boston University Medical Center

News and updates from the Boston University Medical Center Parkinson's Disease Cente

Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: investing in sustainable solutions

The WorldFish Center and the UN FAO are currently implementing a regional programme entitled Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: investing in sustainable solutions. The programme, funded by SIDA and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to strengthen regional capacity to develop sustainable solutions to enhance the contributions of fish and fisheries to development. In particular, the programme is building a strategic response to HIV/AIDS in the fisheries sector that will benefit vulnerable groups in wider society.

NH International Seminar, Spring 2019: Politics in a Globalizing World

Diana OrcésProfessor and Research AnalystFebruary 7, 2019 Countering U.S. Immigration Policy in the Trump Era Lihi Ben ShitritProfessor, Political Scientist, and Women\u27s Studies ExpertMarch 5, 2019 Women and the Holy City: Women\u27s Movements and the Struggle over Jerusalem\u27s Sacred Space Senator Jeanne ShaheenApril 18, 2019 Open Forum: U.S. Congress and the Making of Foreign Polic

Granite Staters Optimistic About Business Conditions 8/11/17

Most Granite Staters are optimistic about business conditions in the state, while a pluarlity are optimistic about business conditions in the country. Half of New Hampshire residents say their household financial condition has stayed the same over the past year and that they believe it will stay the same over the next year. A record high believe that now is a good time to buy a major household item