HIST 516 Issues in Modern U.S. History

Course syllabus for HIST 516 Issues in Modern U.S. History Course description: The approach of this course is inclusive and focuses on the issues of the Post World War II era and beyond. It provides a context for in-depth study of more recent events, with an emphasis on content, methodology, and potential applications of U.S. history

A Childcare Social Enterprise: The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) Model

This chapter explores the work of London Early Years Foundation, the largest childcare social enterprise in the UK and how it is led with its social purpose at the heart. It recounts the rationale for developing the model which is framed within the three pillars of sustainability the first of which ensure nursery places are provided to children from disadvantaged background using a cross-subsidy fee business model. The importance of a social pedagogy is highlighted to ensure the organisation delivers its social purpose at every level of delivery and do so to build cultural and social capital

Oesophagostomum dentatum and Trichuris suis infections in pigs born and raised on contaminated paddocks

SUMMARY Transmission of Oesophagostomum dentatum and Trichuris suis was studied in outdoor reared pigs. Six farrowing paddocks were naturally contaminated in May to mid June 2001 by experimentally infected seeder pigs. Early July, 1 sow farrowed on each paddock and starting week 3 post partum (p.p.) the offspring was slaughtered serially every 2 weeks for recovery of O. dentatum and T. suis. Faeces was collected regularly for parasite egg counts and acid-insoluble ash (AIA) content as an indicator for geophagy. Weaning took place week 7 p.p. by removing the sow. Paddock infection levels were estimated in mid June (O. dentatum) and late November (O. dentatum and T. suis) using helminth naïve tracer pigs. Soil and vegetation samples were collected regularly. Despite a high initial contamination by the seeder pigs, O. dentatum paddock infectivity was negligible to low throughout the raising of the experimental piglets, which had a slow accumulation of nodular worms ending with a mean of 422 worms/pig week 19 p.p. As only few eggs developed to infectivity overall T. suis transmission was minimal. The first T. suis were recovered week 11 p.p. and the highest mean burden of 21 worms/pig was recorded week 19 p.p. The experimental pigs had high faecal levels of AIA though it was decreased from 53 % in 3 weeks old piglets to 15 % in 19 weeks old pigs. The results are discussed in relation to the biological characteristics of the 2 parasites and their occurrence in organic pig production

Title and Contents- Spring 1985

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY SPRING 1985 VOL. 5 NO.2 CONTENTS WOMEN ON THE PLAINS: AN INTRODUCTION Frances W. Kaye WOMEN ON THE GREAT PLAINS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH Glenda Riley WESTERN WOMEN AND TRUE WOMANHOOD: CULTURE AND SYMBOL IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE June O. Underwood HAVING A PURPOSE IN LIFE: WESTERN WOMEN TEACHERS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Courtney Ann Vaughn-Roberson A WIDENING HORIZON: CATHOLIC SISTERHOODS ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS, 1874-1910 Susan C. Peterson BOOK REVIEWS Historians and the American West A Borderlands Town in Transition: Laredo, 1755-1870 Prairie Wildflowers: An illustrated manual of species suitable for cultivation and grassland restoration The Archaeology of Colorado NOTES & NEWS PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIE

Parameter estimation of GOES precipitation index at different calibration timescales

We examined two techniques that adjust the parameters of the GOES Precipitation Index (GPI) by combining the polar microwave and the geosynchronous infrared observations at three frequencies: daily, pentad, and monthly. The first technique is the adjusted GPI (AGPI), and the second is the universally adjusted GPI (UAGPI). The study shows that rainfall estimates can be improved by frequent calibrations providing there is sufficient superior (microwave) rainfall sampling within the calibration time and space domain. For this work, daily and pentad calibrations produce monthly rainfall estimates almost as good as monthly calibration. The daily calibration produced better daily rainfall estimates than pentad and monthly calibration, but it generates similar pentad rainfall estimates to these of the pentad calibration. The monthly calibrated scheme is not suitable for the daily and pentad rainfall estimates. Under the current twice-per-day sampling rate of polar-orbiting microwave observations, the pentad calibration scheme is suggested for the monthly, pentad, and daily rainfall. The potentials of applying the UAGPI and the AGPI techniques for daily rainfall estimation are also investigated. Copyright 2000 by the American Geophysical Union

Concentration changes due to cathodic protection

By solving the appropriate diffusion equations the concentration changes are calculated in the environment of underground structures protected cathodically. It is shown that these changes are negligible under all practical circumstances

Spartan Daily, June 1, 1934

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