POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY "CAFO RULE"

Environmental Economics and Policy,

Fulfilling Our Obligation: Perspectives on Teaching Business Ethics

This anthology offers a myriad of perspectives on teaching business ethics. The authors are business and philosophy faculty, business school deans, industry practitioners, and a representative of AACSB International. Most chapters were inspired by presentations taking place at the 2004 Teaching Business Ethics Conference, which was sponsored by AACSB International, University of Colorado, Colorado State University, and University of Wyoming. The intent of Fulfilling Our Obligation: Perspectives on Teaching Business Ethics is not to offer a definitive answer demanding allegiance by all educators and academic institutions; rather, the goal is to provide a means of furthering exploratory discourse on the role of ethics in a business education. This volume is dedicated to providing faculty and administrators with direction, encouragement, and motivation as they design and deliver pedagogical methods that include ethical frameworks as a vital component of business decision-making models.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ksupresslegacy/1013/thumbnail.jp

Farm data: Who owns it and how can farmers protect it?

“Big Data” receives almost as much discussion in agriculture as the weather and commodity prices. But what is Big Data anyway, and why should farmers care? This article aims to pull back the curtain on Big Data and reveal its advantages and disadvantages for farmers. The discussion then turns to the concerns farmers express about disclosing farm data, and provides concrete solutions for what they can do individually and collectively to address those concerns

Characterizing the Heme Uptake Proteins HtaB and ChtB in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a Gram-positive, pathogenic bacterium. Pathogenic bacteria require iron as a key nutrient for survival. C. diphtheriae utilizes a direct heme uptake system in which the heme binds to a receptor protein that transfers the heme along the pathway to an ABC transporter, which facilitates the transfer of heme into the bacterial cell. This heme uptake pathway is encoded by the hmu and cht gene loci, which includes the genes for the surface-anchored proteins HtaB and ChtB. HtaB is proposed to have a function in transporting the heme obtained by HtaA to HmuT. ChtB is proposed to have a similar function to that of HtaB. Bioinformatics analysis shows that both HtaB and ChtB contain conserved tyrosine and histidine residues that are consistent with that of HtaA domains. A combination of UV-visible, circular dichroism, resonance Raman, and fluorescence spectroscopy have been used to characterize these proteins further

LIVABLE FOR ALL AGES: EVALUATING PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY IN AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONTEXT

Aging-friendliness work uses a model of eight core domains to assess and achieve communities in which people are more equipped to age well, and remain in their community as they age. These domains are broken into the built environment (i.e., Housing, Transportation) and the social environment (i.e., Communication, Social Inclusion, Employment). This dissertation is centered on the efforts to make communities more aging-friendly, and focuses specifically on the Livable Lexington initiative. This dissertation utilized an exploratory study of a pre- and posttest evaluative design to pilot intergenerational discussion groups as a potential intervention. Intergenerational discussion groups were developed with the goal of changing community members’ perceptions of how aging-friendly their community is, and were a way of operationalizing Rawlsian concepts such as the Veil of Ignorance and Wide Reflective Equilibrium, with the end goal of Intergenerational Equity. The three outcome variables in the study were perceptions of 1) ability to age in place, with regard to domains, 2) overall aging-friendliness, and 3) ability to engage and participate in community activities (such as decision making). Recruited from an initial aging-friendly needs assessment developed by AARP, the intergenerational discussion groups (n = 40) exposed participants to an environment that allowed them to lead discussion around what would make their assigned core domains (i.e, housing, transportation, social inclusion, communication, employment, etc.) more aging-friendly. Participants in the discussion groups perceived a greater ability to age in place, with respect to the social environment (p \u3c .001), as well as a greater ability to engage and participate in community activities (p \u3c .001). Additionally, participants perceived their community as more aging-friendly after the intervention (p \u3c .001). The participants, however, did not perceive a greater ability to age in place, with regard to the built environment (p \u3c .001). Throughout the discussion, the results are tied back into the literature and theory, and reasons for the adverse result in the built environment are also discussed (while more time is often necessary to notice changes in the built environment). Implications for this research, as well as future recommendations are discussed, as well

Riggins v. Nevada Fails to Resolve the Conflict Over Forcibly Medicating the Incompetent Criminal Defendant

The purpose of this casenote is to assess the propriety of the Riggins Court\u27s decision and highlight some problems with the Court\u27s reasoning. This note begins by discussing antipsychotic drugs and their side effects. Next, this note explores the ways in which courts have responded to the state\u27s power to compel such medication, followed by an explanation of the types of objections raised to prevent this intrusion. Then, this casenote analyzes the Court\u27s discussion of Riggins\u27 eighth amendment claim, his liberty interest in avoiding forced medication, and the trial prejudice which anti-psychotic drugs can cause. Finally, this note analyzes the discussion of the state\u27s compelling interest in bringing defendants to trial

Creating a Fast-Folder ROS-Sensitive GFP and a Super-Fast ROS-Sensitive GFP

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Emotional Support Animal Partnerships: Behavior, Welfare, and Clinical Involvement

The present study gathered information about the characteristics of individuals and dogs in Emotional Support Animal (ESA) partnerships, instances of service-animal misrepresentation, animal welfare and behavior, dimensions of bond quality, and health professional involvement. Seventy-seven adults (53 female, 24 male) with a canine ESA were surveyed via Qualtrics panel services. Data were analyzed for descriptive data, as well as correlational analyses among variables. Participants reported high frequencies of misrepresentation of emotional support animals, access law violations, and problematic instances including ESAs with a history of aggression and times when participants were unable to care for their dog. The majority of participants reported mental illness diagnoses, seeking ESA documentation from mental health providers; however, levels of health professional involvement in the ESA-procuring process were varied. Several dimensions of bond quality between participants and their ESA were reported to be consistently high across participants. Correlational data brought forth questions about the roles that health professionals and animal welfare could play in preventing harm to clients, animals, and communities, discouraging unlawful and problematic behavior, and strengthening the human–animal bond between their clients and ESAs. For example, welfare concerns were correlated with problematic animal behaviors and perceived costs to the participants. Additionally, as professional involvement increased, so too did rates of misrepresentation of ESAs as service animals and access law violations. These data provide a first picture of ESA partnerships and can be a springboard for future research toward protecting individuals with disabilities, their animals, and communities

Chemical Control of Woody Plants

Many woody plants are problems in rangeland, along roadsides, under utility lines, and along irrigation and drainage ditches. It is often desirable to control these plants on rights-of-way, but it is advisable to study the situation before controlling them on rangeland. Chemicals used to control undesirable woody species may also kill desirable range £orbs and woody plants. One should be certain that the range forage will be improved before he does any large-scale spraying. It may be advisable to conduct a few small-area trials before the entire range is treated. To make spraying pay on rangeland it is desirable to follow good range management so that grasses will take over as the woody plants die out. Even though the grasses are present, they will not spread after the woody plants have been killed except under light grazing or no grazing conditions. Many of the grass plants should be allowed to produce seed. In South Dakota research has been limited to the use of chemicals for the control of buckbrush, sagebrush and poison ivy. Therefore, most of the information presented was obtained from the North Central Weed Control Conference and from states that have more woody plant problems than South Dakota. Most of the suggestions offered here have not been tried extensively in South Dakota, but they have proved to be satisfactory under similar conditions