Florida Criminal Procedure - Eighteen Months of Appellate Decisions...Defining Directions for the Nineties

National and international attention focused upon state criminal proceedings in Florida during the past eighteen months

Speciesism, identity politics and ecocriticism : a conversation with humanists and posthumanists

An electronic conversation between 7 scholars from the fields of animal studies and early modern studies aimed at confronting "speciesism," and constructing what Cary Wolfe calls a "posthumanist theory of the subject.

Winter Rye Harvest Date

The interest in growing cereal rye for grain to be sold as cover crop seed, or to other value-added markets (distillers and bakers), has increased considerably across the Northeast region. As a result, farmers and end-users are requesting yield and quality information on cereal rye varieties. In 2018, University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils (NWCS) Program conducted a harvest date trial to evaluate harvest date yield and quality of cereal rye. The overall goal of this project is to help in determining ideal harvest dates for winter rye in hopes of maximizing yields and quality. For the harvest date study, a newer variety known as Bono was used. This year, a preliminary experiment was conducted to establish baseline information on the impact of harvest date on yields and quality parameters

Winter Rye Variety Trial

The interest in growing cereal rye for grain to be sold as cover crop seed, or to other value-added markets (distillers and bakers), has increased considerably across the Northeast region. As a result, farmers and end-users are requesting yield and quality information on cereal rye varieties. In 2018, University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils (NWCS) Program conducted a variety trial to evaluate yield and quality of cereal rye. The varieties were Aroostook, Brasetto, Danko, Guardian, Huron, Musketeer, ND Dylan, Spooner, Wheeler, and one unstated variety (VNS)

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500 Computing Tips for Teachers and Lecturers by Phil Race and Steve McDowell, London: Kogan Page, 1996. ISBN: 0–7494–1931–8. 135 pages, paperback. £15.99

Better Inputs for Better Outcomes: Using the Interface to Improve e-Rulemaking

We believe that e-rulemaking does indeed have potential to increase both the transparency of, and participation in, regulatory policymaking. We argue in this paper that this potential can be realized only if the public interface at www.regulations.gov is substantially redesigned

How Media Literacy, Trust of Experts and Flu Vaccine Behaviors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions

To assess how previous experiences and new information contributed to COVID-19 vaccine intentions. Online survey (N = 1264) with quality checks. Cross-sectional U.S. survey fielded June 22-July 18, 2020. U.S. residents 18+; quotas reflecting U.S. Census, limited to English speakers participating in internet panels. Media literacy for news content and sources, COVID-19 knowledge; perceived usefulness of health experts; if received flu vaccine in past 12 months; vaccine willingness scale; demographics. Structural equation modelling. Perceived usefulness of health experts ( = .422, < .001) and media literacy ( = .162, < .003) predicted most variance in vaccine intentions (R-squared=31.5%). A significant interaction ( = .163, < .001) between knowledge ( = -.132, = .052) and getting flu shot ( = .185, < .001) predicted additional 3.5% of the variance in future vaccine intentions. An increase in knowledge of COVID-19 associated with a decrease in vaccine intention among those declining the flu shot. The interaction result suggests COVID-19 knowledge had a positive association with vaccine intention for flu shot recipients but a counter-productive association for those declining it. Media literacy and trust in health experts provided strong counterbalancing influences. Survey-based findings are correlational; thus, predictions are based on theory. Future research should study these relationships with panel data or experimental designs

Getting to the heart of the matter: Needs assessment report submitted to the Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement

Washington State University’s EXCITE (Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement) team, operating out of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, aims to provide Extension professionals with resources to equip and empower them to implement vaccine education in their communities. Our team conducted a needs assessment to enhance resource development and evaluation. This report provides a summary of our findings, in which we highlight key insights into the most pressing resources that professionals need to make an informed choice in their own best interest to participate as active agents in vaccine education in their communities

976-14 Immediate Heart Rate Response to Orthostatic Stress During β-blocker Therapy for Vasodepressor Syncope

Although β-blockers are preferred agents for therapy of vasodepressor syncope (VDS), they are not uniformly effective and their mechanism of action is incompletely understood. Since we have previously shown a differential therapeutic response to β-blocker therapy between pts with isoproterenol-independent [iso(-)] and isoproterenol-dependent [iso(+)] VDS during tilt table testing we sought to determine whether this was due to a differential heart rate (HR) response to orthostasis during β-blockade. We therefore examined immediate HR and blood pressure responses to upright tilt before and after initiation of therapy with atenolol (12.5–50mg daily) in 62 pts with VDS and positive tilt tests. The protocol comprised upright tilt (60°) for up to 60min followed by repeat tilt for 15min during isoproterenol (iso) infusion. Supine HR, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) were determined as the mean of 3 consecutive 1-min samples during supine rest; orthostatic HR, MAP, and PP were the mean of the samples recorded in the first 3min after upright tilt (before infusion of iso). Response to atenolol required completion of tilt with and without infusion of iso. There were 15 iso(-) pts and 47 iso(+) pts. The groups did not differ significantly in blood pressure response (MAP, PP) to orthostasis. Supine HR fell and the ΔHR in response to orthostasis was blunted during therapy in both groups:Baseline (Mean ± SD)Rx (Mean ± SD)Iso(+)Iso(-)pIso(+)Iso(-)pSupine HR69±1368±9NS57±958±8NSOrthostatic ΔHR8±712±9NS3±53±4NS11 iso(-) pts (73%) had a therapeutic response to β-blockade compared with 46 iso(+) pts (98%, p=0.01); the orthostatic ΔHR in the iso(-) pts who failed β-blocker therapy was no different from the response in the patients with a therapeutic response.ConclusionsThe HR response to orthostasis is comparably blunted after β-blockade in pts with iso(-) and iso(+) VDS, indicating that failure to respond is not due to inadequate β-blockade and suggests that in some pts iso-independent VDS may be independent of a cardiac β1 receptor mediated mechanism