MA

thesisThe reconversion years after World War II were very important in the history of American labor. During this period of economic readjustment many strikes occured. The last of the major industrial conflicts was in the bituminous coal industry. This strike in 194& finally led to government seizure of the mines and government operation continued for thirteen months. As government operation continued a number of conflicts arose between the government and the United Mine Workers. These revolved around the problem of the rights of and the re* strictions on workers in seized industries. The United Mine Workers tried, unsuccessfully, to maintain union rights, applicable in private enterprise, as government employees. The result was the revival into law of the labor injunction and the later restrictions on union activities contained in the Taft-Hartley Act. Another development of the conflict was the handling of union demands for fringe benefits. The major United Mine Workers requests in 1946 and 1947 were for fringe benefits: mine safety regulation and funds for miners8 welfare. It turned out that neither the government nor the mine owners knew the ramifications, both economic and social, of these proposals,, In both contracts, in 1946 and 1947? the union received major concessions in these areas, and has led the way in the American labor movement toward achieving increased benefits, outside of wages and hours, for its members

Number theory problems from the harmonic analysis of a fractal

We study some number theory problems related to the harmonic analysis (Fourier bases) of the Cantor set introduced by Jorgensen and Pedersen in \cite{JP98}

Lawn and garden soil test interpretations and fertilizer recommendation guide (2022)

"This publication describes the methods used by the MU Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory to provide soil test interpretations and fertilizer recommendations for residential lawns and gardens (including vegetable and flower gardens). These guidelines have been developed from research conducted in Missouri or adapted from work done in adjacent Midwest states."--Page 1.Manjula Nathan (Director, Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory), John Stecker (Extension Associate, Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory), Erik Ervin (State Turf Specialist), Lewis Jett (State Vegetables Specialis), Chris Starbuck (State Woody Ornamentals Specialist)Revised 01/2000; Reviewed 04/200

Strategic Leadership Perspective

The project purpose was to identify the program constraints through cause and effect linkages, determine whether the root causes identified had program benefits and identify the driving causes of undesirable effects through Method of Synchronization: Articulation Interdependency Process Flow of Information Sense of Urgency/Prioritization Furthermore, we wanted to enlarge our perspective from a process mindset to a whole systems perspective looking at the systems that comprise JCIPE and how the systems are interconnected and interdependent and affect the purpose of the organization. Our overview led us to analyze possible physical, policy or cultural constraints that impose upon the JCIPEs success and drove us to our search using sufficient cause thinking to identify potential root causes. Using Theory of Constraint tools: Undesirable Effects, Current Reality Tree and Evaporating Cloud, we determined assumptions and used interpolations to narrow our scope to arrive at a likely root cause

Lawn and garden soil test interpretations and fertilizer recommendation guide (2003)

"This publication describes the methods used to provide soil test interpretations and fertilizer recommendations for residential lawns and gardens. These guidelines have been developed from research conducted in Missouri or adapted from work done in adjacent Midwest states."Revised January 2000 ; Reviewed April 2003

BIOSECURITY AND ZOONOTIC DISEASE CHALLENGES AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR

Master of Public HealthPublic Health Interdepartmental ProgramMichael W. SandersonThe author carried out his field experience in the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health in Manhattan, Kansas from August 2014 to May 2015. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is the oldest agriculture department in the United States. It has as its responsibility, the overall support of agriculture in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) is divided into a number of divisions and programs to carry out its mission. The Division of Animal Health was created in 1969 from a consolidation of the Livestock Sanitary Commission and the State Brand Commission. The Division of Animal Health joined the Kansas Department of Agriculture in 2011. It is comprised of three programs: animal disease control, livestock brands and animal facilities inspection. The Kansas Board of Veterinary Examiners also operates under the Division of Animal Health. The Division of Animal Health’s objectives include the securing of public health and safety of the citizens of Kansas through the prevention, control and eradication of infectious diseases and conditions affecting the health of livestock and domestic animals in the state. The author was involved in several different projects and activities. These included: 1) Biosecurity recommendations for the Kansas State Fair 2) Ebola virus disease table top exercises for state agencies in Kansas, 3) Foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak: Foot and Mouth Disease table-top exercises 4) Low pathogenic avian influenza outbreak table-top exercise 5) One Health Collaboration Gap Analysis. The author completed a lengthy project (culminating experience) in the development of biosecurity recommendations for the Kansas State Fair. These recommendations dealt with several facets of biosecurity including animal-to-human disease prevention (zoonotic diseases) as well as animal-to-animal disease prevention. The challenge of having large numbers of people at the fair in crowded spaces, combined with thousands of head of livestock and poultry while at the same time encouraging people to consume food and drink, sets up the potential for large outbreaks of zoonotic and/or food borne diseases. In preparing these recommendations, several factors weigh heavily into making practical, science based recommendations to protect the public. These factors include, the positive name of Kansas agriculture (which is show-cased at the fair), aging fair facilities and limited financial budgets. Human behavior also plays a large roll in reducing or increasing the risks of zoonotic disease at the fair or petting zoo. Education of fair visitors is vital to raising awareness that apparently healthy animals can be a source of disease. Facilities for hand washing or hand sanitizing along with promoting the use of these hand hygiene techniques is necessary to reduce the occurrence of zoonotic disease at the fair. The biosecurity documents were constructed as three different levels of biosecurity: gold (highest), silver (medium) and bronze (lowest level). The intention was that the Kansas State Fair management not be overwhelmed at the prospect of trying to achieve too many changes in a single year of operation. The gold level may not be financially possible the first or second year of improvement and the management could opt for attempting a lower level as opposed to making no biosecurity improvements. These three separate documents appear in their entirety in the Appendix section of this report