U.S. Agricultural Exports: Projected Changes under FAIR and Potential Unanticipated Changes

International Relations/Trade,

Neutrons transition densities for the 2+−8+2^+-8^+ multiplet of states in 90^{90}Zr

The neutron transition densities of the $2^+-8^+$ levels in $^{90}$Zr were extracted in the process of analysing ({\bf p},p') scattering at 400 Mev. Its comparison with the proton transition densities for these levels was undertaken. The radial shapes of the experimental neutron and proton transition densities for each state were found to be different.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure

From the 'Keeparra' to the 'Cultural Bind' - An Analysis of the Aboriginal Situation

This paper discusses the loss of culture experienced by the Aboriginal communities in the mission, rural, and urban contexts. The cultural bind experienced by the communities due to not having a future in modern western society, and losing their traditional cultural roots through displacement

Addiction trajectories

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CHANGING TOBACCO MARKETS: EFFECTS ON BURLEY TOBACCO FARMS

Three representative Tennessee tobacco farms are used to estimate farm-level impacts of (1) program continuation with further quota cuts, and (2) program elimination in 2000. Results indicate that program elimination has more potential to reduce farm income and that larger and more diversified farms are less affected in both scenarios.tobacco, farm-level analysis, representative farms, Tennessee agriculture, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,

Some observations of preliminary incubation on pasteurized milk

The dairy industry strives to provide the public with safe and wholesome milk and milk products having good keeping quality. This goal can be accomplished through quality control programs and accepted methods and practices in the production and handling of the milk and its products. Today’s longer shelf life requirement, however, makes it necessary for maximum attainment of sanitation through proper processing and handling practices in order to maintain good keeping quality. The destruction of pathogenic or disease producing microorganisms which may be present in milk and cream is carried out most readily by proper pasteurization. This practice renders milk safe for human consumption unless otherwise recontaminated through careless handling practices. Likewise pasteurization destroys other microorganisms including the psychrophiles. The fact that psychrophiles are commonly found in pasteurized milk of today is an indication that they have been introduced at one or more points during post-pasteurization handling on the product. This suggests an inadequate sanitizing operation. Rapid cooling of processed milk can temporarily slow the growth rate of bacteria present as a result of post-pasteurization contamination or faulty pasteurization. This would appear to make possible an effective masking of unsanitary processing practices if standard plate counts prepared from these milk samples taken immediately after processing are relied upon wholly as the quality control check. Johns (16) has shown that short-cuts in dairy farm sanitation programs can be effectively masked if efficient cooling equipment is employed to the extent that bacterial growth rates are temporarily retarded. Bacteria counts made soon after production on rapidly cooled milk from such a farm are inadequate since they may indicate better than actual quality. Preliminary incubation of milk samples from these farms before plating, however, causes growth of these “hidden” bacteria; the extent of which is an indication of these level of sanitation achieved during production. It would appear that such a treatment would be applicable to pasteurized milk in determining the degree of post-pasteurization contamination or the initial pasteurization efficiency, and to some extent, provide a basis for predicting the keeping quality of the milk. The purpose of this investigation was to determine and observe the coliform, psychrophilic, and total bacterial counts of freshly pasteurized milk from the Knoxville, Tennessee market area and to compare increases in coliform or total counts brought about by a twenty-four hour preliminary incubation at 15.5° and 18.0° C. with the keeping quality and milk plant inspection records

addicted.pregnant.poor

addicted.pregnant.poor is an ethnography addressing the biomedical, social, political, and ethical dimensions of ongoing illicit drug use during pregnancy. A result of four years of fieldwork in daily-rent hotels – privately owned buildings in which the exploitation of women’s sex work and on-going poor health was normative – the book follows nineteen women who had twenty-three pregnancies. To answer the question ‘What forms of life are possible here?’ I engaged with the social actors who are called upon to produce knowledge about addicted pregnancy, including addicted, pregnant women; an anthropologist; public health epidemiologists; advocates; social policymakers; treatment professionals; bureaucrats; and scientists. In this essay, I describe the relationship between the scientific contours of reproductive health and the personal and social consequences of pregnancy in the context of addiction and housing instability. Pregnant women in the daily-rent hotels existed within multiple temporalities. Here I explore what an ethnographic understanding of memorial time and biomedical time can teach us about the vital politics of viability at work in addicted pregnancy

Molecular recognition on acoustic wave devices

Microporous thin films composed either of zeolite crystals embedded in sol-gel derived glass or of a molecular coupling layer, zeolite crystals and a porous silica overlayer, were formed on the gold electrodes of Quartz Crystal Microbalances (QCM). The microporosity of the thin films was characterized by in situ nitrogen and vapor sorption isotherms. Both preparation methods result in thin films with substantial microporosity. Selective adsorption based on molecular size exclusion from the microporous films could be achieved

Using A Phone To Create Music With A Digeridoo

DJ phone apps are not commonly used by percussionists, particularly when performing with an Australian Indigenous Instrument such as a Digeridoo. Therefore, this reflection paper documents one example, titled Sonic Yarns. Sonic Yarns is an improvised duo performance piece performed by University of Newcastle staff members, Ray Kelly Jnr and Adam Manning

How to Maximize Energy Content in Forage Grasses

In a recent paper, Kathryn Watts and Jerry Chatterton (2004) gave an excellent overview of the basic factors affecting carbohydrate levels in forages and how these factors affect forage management. Sugars are the substrates for all plant growth, thus, they are critical to plant growth and development. Sugars are produced by photosynthesis during daylight. At night plants use energy from sugars formed by photosynthesis to grow. Whenever the rates of photosynthesis exceed plant growth rates, carbohydrates accumulate. At times, plant stresses decrease growth rates more than photosynthesis and carbohydrates accumulate. Factors that contribute to plant stress include water and nutrient deficiencies, saline or acidic soils, as well as cold or hot temperatures. High concentrations of carbohydrates (sugars, starch, and fructan) can be found in pasture or dry hay of cool-season grasses