Animal Damage Control in Eastern United States

This report is an overview of ongoing animal damage control programs in the 31 Eastern States, made possible by scores of individuals and the organizations they represent. The response to requests for data was excellent. For example, all 31 State Wildlife Agencies contributed information on their programs. As was to be expected, the organizations contacted do not use the same format in discharging their responsibilities nor in the records they keep. Thus precisely recorded figures have to march side by side with educated estimates , but at least the estimates were made by personnel intimately acquainted with a particular project. As this survey progressed, its base broadened to include several thousand organizational contacts that should have been made, a task beyond the limitations of this first endeavor. Thus isolated examples will often have to serve in place of a comprehensive assessment of animal damage control programs in the Eastern States

The Monroe County Intermediate School District: A case study

Background: Throughout the history of public education in Michigan, there has been an intermediate unit of educational government. This unit of educational government exists between the State Department of Education and the local school districts. Currently, there are fifty-seven intermediate school districts in Michigan providing educational services and governance functions.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the Monroe County Intermediate School District in order to inform educational leadership. Research Design: This study was an interpretive, historical case study. The study explored the manner in which culture was perpetuated via the system of education in Monroe, Michigan, throughout history. Conclusions: • The nature of educational governance is found in the myths and belief systems of the people and the ideological techniques used to control the educational environment. The nature of educational governance is to perpetuate culture. The question at issue is whose culture? • The ideological foundations of Michigan’s Public Education System are: *Protestant-republican reform ideology *business-scientific ideology *municipal reform ideology • The origin of the Monroe County Intermediate School District can be traced to 1867. The drift of educational governance has been away from local control. As the state has assumed more control of educational governance, the Intermediate School District, put into place as a source of state control, has evolved into a local and state public policy entrepreneur. • The dominant conflict this researcher found is that which exists between centralized versus local control. The question of who decides about educational matters has been the primary source of educational conflict. • The educational governance role of the Monroe County Intermediate School District is to provide resources, govern the delivery of special education services, serve as a policy entrepreneur, and manage political conflict. • The educational services role of the Monroe County Intermediate School District continues to evolve within the negotiated local educational arena and includes: *special education services *professional development services *Data processing services *Instructional technology services *Student enrichment service

Calculation of friction factors

Thesis (B.S.)-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of General Engineering, 1936.MIT copy bound with: Harmonic analysis of radial engine torque / Thomas P. Nelligan.Includes bibliographical references.by Donald C. Spencer.B.S

Practical Implications for Health Care Providers in a Physician-Assisted Suicide Environment

In this Article, I present key practical implications that the attorney and health care providers need to consider. I also present implications for public policy. I do not take a stand in the Article for or against physician-assisted suicide, either morally, ethically, or legally. Other articles in this Review and numerous other professional publications do. Instead, this Article begins the discussion of procedures for health care providers in an environment of legal physician-assisted suicide. An attorney who advises legal review of proposed procedures for handling physician-assisted suicide requests will serve the health care provider well. The procedures must meet the requirements of a number of statutes and regulations including those related to the Natural Death Act, health care information disclosure, and informed consent. The law that legalizes physician-assisted suicide will also impose requirements. The public is split widely on the issue and extreme views are often adamantly held. In advising the client, an attorney should assume that a death by physician-assisted suicide may cause controversy, legal action by relatives of the deceased or others who consider themselves to be parties of interest, and even public comment or demonstration

Practical Implications for Health Care Providers in a Physician-Assisted Suicide Environment

In this Article, I present key practical implications that the attorney and health care providers need to consider. I also present implications for public policy. I do not take a stand in the Article for or against physician-assisted suicide, either morally, ethically, or legally. Other articles in this Review and numerous other professional publications do. Instead, this Article begins the discussion of procedures for health care providers in an environment of legal physician-assisted suicide. An attorney who advises legal review of proposed procedures for handling physician-assisted suicide requests will serve the health care provider well. The procedures must meet the requirements of a number of statutes and regulations including those related to the Natural Death Act, health care information disclosure, and informed consent. The law that legalizes physician-assisted suicide will also impose requirements. The public is split widely on the issue and extreme views are often adamantly held. In advising the client, an attorney should assume that a death by physician-assisted suicide may cause controversy, legal action by relatives of the deceased or others who consider themselves to be parties of interest, and even public comment or demonstration

Counseling or Antidepressants for Treating Depression?

Both antidepressant medications and psychologic treatment are beneficial for adult patients with mild to moderate depression, with no consistent evidence that one type of treatment is more effective than the other. [Strength of recommendation: A, based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews] There is limited evidence that antidepressant medications and cognitive behavioral therapy are similarly effective for patients with severe depression [Strength of recommendation: B, based on a single RCT

In patients with a previous CVA, do antioxidants protect against subsequent stroke?

Most recent randomized controlled clinical trials have not found a benefit in antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, and/or beta-carotene) for preventing cardiovascular disease, including stroke. These recent clinical studies have not confirmed earlier observational studies that suggested a benefit. No studies have assessed only stroke patients and stroke outcomes. (Grade of recommendation: A, based on randomized controlled clinical trials and a systematic review of antioxidants and cardiovascular disease.

Prioritizing Control of Lesser Celandine (Ficaria Verna) in Deciduous Forests in Indianapolis, IN

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is an aggressive ephemeral perennial native to Europe and western Asia that invades floodplains and mesic forests. It has been recorded to escape from cultivation throughout the eastern deciduous forest and has become abundant in many riparian areas in the Mid Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Ohio Valley. It emerges earlier than most native vernal flora and forms a dense mat that replaces the less aggressive native spring ephemeral community. Control efforts on floodplains are often unsuccessful due to floodwater transport of upstream propagules. Eco Logic LLC, a local ecological restoration firm, worked with Indy Land Stewardship to set up a treatment and monitoring program to develop an effective strategy for confining the lesser celandine to the low floodplain terraces to prevent it from invading the adjacent uplands