SUPPLY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES FOR THE TART CHERRY INDUSTRY

Two interrelated supply problems facing the tart cherry industry are long-run cyclical patterns in industry productive capacity and substantial annual supply fluctuations. Following the termination of a federal marketing order in effect for 14 years, the industry has considered a number of other supply management options. None have been adopted on a broad industry basis. Recent proposals involved formation of a multi-state supply management cooperative and use of a state marketing order in Michigan. Annual supply management alternatives include reserve pool, market allocation, and non-harvest. An orchard removal incentive program was proposed to reduce industry productive capacity.Agribusiness,

The Effect of Implementing a Generalized Anxiety Disorder Protocol for Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in the Primary Care Setting

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is very prevalent in the United States with 5.7% of citizens affected (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2017). This number is expected to be even higher because individuals avoid care due to stigma of mental illness (Andrews et al., 2018). GAD can have significant implications such as decreased ability to function, decreased quality of life and increased risk of suicide (Fong, 2018; Lizarondo, 2018). The purpose of this project was to improve outcomes for adult patients with GAD in the primary care setting by improving treatment to follow best practice recommendations. The Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice Model was utilized as a guide throughout this project. After a thorough literature search, it was concluded that best practice for treatment of GAD is with a protocol of a combination with education provided through written and verbal transmission, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) via smartphone application (app) and pharmacologic therapy via aselective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This protocol was initiated among patients at a rural family practice office in Northeast Indiana. The patients’ anxiety and depression symptoms were measured via the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at baseline, and at weeks 4, 6 and 12. A one-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to analyze scores and found statistically significant differences in anxiety (F (3,39) = 6.992, p \u3c .001) and depression (F (3, 39) = 8.867, p \u3c .000) symptoms from baseline (M = 12.5714, SD = 6.51288; M = 12.4286, SD = 7.70329) to eight weeks (M = 5.2857, SD = 4.26846; M = 4.7143, SD = 4.51372) and from baseline to 12 weeks (M = 6.1429, SD = 5.88162; M = 4.6429, SD = 5.25660). Primary care providers are encouraged to treat patients with GAD utilizing education, CBT via smartphone app, and SSRIs due to the protocol’s cost-effectiveness, accessibility, and efficacy

Measurement of the Quality of Water

If the problem of the measurement of the quality of water were as simple as it was once held in the judicial opinion of the Mississippi jurist Doctor Mason tells about, (1) there would not be the slightest excuse for this paper. It was the opinion of the court that any ordinary mortal could judge for himself whether or not a water was satisfactory for drinking purposes

Some Experiences with Laboratory Control of Field Water Supplies

The Water Analysis Laboratories of the American Expeditionary Forces began their work in January and February, 1918. The personnel consisted of Engineer and Medical Department officers and men. The Medical Department representatives were almost entirely from the Sanitary Corps and were furnished to the Engineer Department under provisions of G. 0. 108, War Department, Washington, 1917. The organization formed a part of the Water Supply Service which was built around the 26th Engineers, the Water Supply Regiment, as a nucleus

Swimming Pool Sanitation

The swimming pool, being really a sort of common bath, rapidly departs from a sanitary condition, unless prompt and adequate measures are taken to maintain a reasonable degree of purity in the water. Moreover, since various types of intestinal infections, infections of the respiratory system, eye and ear infections, gonorrheal infections and skin infections have been traced to the waters of swimming pools, the protection of the bathers by means of proper treatment of the water and rigid inspection of all entrants into the pool is essential to safety

Swimming Pool Sanitation at the University of Iowa

The University of Iowa has operated two swimming pools since January, 1916, and a third pool since February, 1927. The operation of these pools has been under the direction of the writer, and close supervision by laboratory examination has been regularly applied by means of samples collected daily. The experience at the University of Iowa shows that the quality of swimming pool waters is liable to very rapid fluctuation and that if the pools are to be maintained in sanitary condition close watch must be kept upon the quality of the water and the treatment applied must be based upon such results

Waterworks Laboratories

The material which I have put into this paper is a part of the data which I have been gathering for an article on the control of waterworks plants by laboratory methods. The audience which I am considering in the preparation of that paper is one which is interested specifically in the problems and technique of the waterworks plant. Numerical results of operation and quantity weights are naturally of greater interest to them than they are to you. Indeed, the tabulations and deductions which I have to offer to you today are of a rather special interest

Aluminum in silica phases formed in hot springs

Sinters are difficult to characterize with traditional methods and are often described by their chemical composition alone. Yet information about the depositional environment and possible diagenetic processes is available in atomic structure. This study probes the atomic structure of siliceous sinters from two geothermal areas using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques. Specifically, this study demonstrated that Al is present in tetrahedral coordination with or without octahedral coordination in geyserites from Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA and Geyser Valley, Kamchatka, Russia

Aluminum in silica phases formed in hot springs

Sinters are difficult to characterize with traditional methods and are often described by their chemical composition alone. Yet information about the depositional environment and possible diagenetic processes is available in atomic structure. This study probes the atomic structure of siliceous sinters from two geothermal areas using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques. Specifically, this study demonstrated that Al is present in tetrahedral coordination with or without octahedral coordination in geyserites from Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA and Geyser Valley, Kamchatka, Russia