2023 Cattlemen’s Day Full Report

This report includes research conducted in 2022 on beef cattle management, reproduction, nutrition, and meat science conducted at Kansas State University

GALA Dissemination Report 2, Deliverable 9.6

Westera, W., Berta, R., Moreno-Ger, P., Bellotti, F., Nadolski, R., Moore, P., Boyle, L., Beligan, D., & Baalsrud Hauge, J. (2012). GALA Dissemination Report 2, Deliverable D9.6 of the GALA Network of Excellence on Serious Gaming. Heerlen, The Netherlands: Open Universiteit.This report summarises the activities and outcomes of WP09 during the second year of the GALA project.GALA-projec

Deliverable 9.7 - GALA Dissemination Report 3

Westera, W., Berta, R., Moreno-Ger, P., Bellotti, F., Nadolski, R., Padrón-Nápoles, C. L., Boyle, L., Beligan, D., & Baalsrud Hauge, J. (2013). Deliverable 9.7 - GALA Dissemination Report 3. Heerlen, The Netherlands: Games and Learning Alliance, European Network of Excellence.This report summarizes the dissemination activities of the GALA Network of Excellence from October 2012 till October 2013.7th Framework Programme of the European Commissio

The impact of the coronavirus on our economy and society, two years on – views from experts

Two years on: We asked a diverse mix of experts to reflect on their opinions of the economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic from June 2020. In our June 2020 commentary, at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown and cases continuing to rise we asked a group of experts from across the Scottish economy to share their views on the current economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic and how our economy and society may be impacted in the future. At the time, we asked our experts three questions: ■ How do you view the immediate outlook for the economy over the next 12 months? ■ What permanent changes to our economy do you see emerging from the crisis? ■ What should be the key area for policymakers to focus on at this time? Two years on, and we've asked some of our experts to reflect on their opinions from that time and answer three key questions: ■ Did the economy evolve during 2020 and 2021 as you were expecting? ■ Do you see the changes in the economy emerging that you felt were likely two years ago? ■ Given where we are, what should be the key area for policymakers to focus on at this time

Masters in Serious Games Curriculum Framework

Thin, A. G., Lim, T., Louchart, S., De Gloria, A., Mayer, I., Kickmeier-Rust, M., Klamma, R., VeltKamp, R., Arnab, S., Bellotti, F., Boyle, L., Prada, R., Westera, W., Nadolski, R., & Abbas Petersen, S. (2013). Masters in Serious Games Curriculum Framework. Deliverable 5.3 of the Games and Learning Alliance Network of Excellence. Available at http://www.seriousgamessociety.org/download/SGMastersFwk.pdf.This report outlines a European Masters of Science programme on serious gaming.This report is a deliverable of the GALA project, which is sponsored by the the FP7 Programme of the European Commissio

Psychological and educational interventions for managing eczema

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. 1. To assess the clinical outcomes of psychological and educational interventions in children and adults with eczema. 2. To summarise the availability and principal findings of relevant economic evaluations

Chronic Viral Infection and Primary Central Nervous System Malignancy

Primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors cause significant morbidity and mortality in both adults and children. While some of the genetic and molecular mechanisms of neuro-oncogenesis are known, much less is known about possible epigenetic contributions to disease pathophysiology. Over the last several decades, chronic viral infections have been associated with a number of human malignancies. In primary CNS malignancies, two families of viruses, namely polyomavirus and herpesvirus, have been detected with varied frequencies in a number of pediatric and adult histological tumor subtypes. However, establishing a link between chronic viral infection and primary CNS malignancy has been an area of considerable controversy, due in part to variations in detection frequencies and methodologies used among researchers. Since a latent viral neurotropism can be seen with a variety of viruses and a widespread seropositivity exists among the population, it has been difficult to establish an association between viral infection and CNS malignancy based on epidemiology alone. While direct evidence of a role of viruses in neuro-oncogenesis in humans is lacking, a more plausible hypothesis of neuro-oncomodulation has been proposed. The overall goals of this review are to summarize the many human investigations that have studied viral infection in primary CNS tumors, discuss potential neuro-oncomodulatory mechanisms of viral-associated CNS disease and propose future research directions to establish a more firm association between chronic viral infections and primary CNS malignancies

Cells of the adult human heart

Abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Advanced insights into disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies require a deeper understanding of the molecular processes involved in the healthy heart. Knowledge of the full repertoire of cardiac cells and their gene expression profiles is a fundamental first step in this endeavour. Here, using state-of-the-art analyses of large-scale single-cell and single-nucleus transcriptomes, we characterize six anatomical adult heart regions. Our results highlight the cellular heterogeneity of cardiomyocytes, pericytes and fibroblasts, and reveal distinct atrial and ventricular subsets of cells with diverse developmental origins and specialized properties. We define the complexity of the cardiac vasculature and its changes along the arterio-venous axis. In the immune compartment, we identify cardiac-resident macrophages with inflammatory and protective transcriptional signatures. Furthermore, analyses of cell-to-cell interactions highlight different networks of macrophages, fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes between atria and ventricles that are distinct from those of skeletal muscle. Our human cardiac cell atlas improves our understanding of the human heart and provides a valuable reference for future studies