How to Measure a Farm Program

Despite all the discussion about farm programs these days, much confusion still exists about farm programs in general. There\u27s a need to clear the air-to get down to the basic issues involved in farm policy

Using Outlook Information

With minor interruptions, rising prices prevailed from 1932 to 1951; errors in judgement were often overcome by rising prices. Now careful appraisal is more important than it has been for the past decade and more

Today\u27s Farming Opportunities

Farming holds a great attraction to many a young family. And Iowa farming has a bright future. But in far too many cases young people find that today\u27s agricultural ladder is short of rungs at the bottom. Unless they have a relative or friend who can give them substantial help, the problem of getting started on the road to success in farming is very difficult

Figuring the Selling Prices Needed in Selling Cattle

Method: Lay a ruler across the chart for the grade of cattle you are feeding. Place the edge on the cost of feeders and on the cost of corn. The point where the ruler crosses the center line shows the selling price needed to pay feed costs, interest on cost of feeders and normal death risk

Is Farmer Optimism Justified?

The realities of the future are hidden from all of us. But there are several important changes taking place that lead to a considerable degree of optimism for American agriculture

What Next In Farm Programs?

One of the troubles with America\u27s farm problem is that there\u27s not just one main problem in agriculture. Rather, as this article points out, there are several. What can we do? But first, what do we really want to do

Implementing health research through academic and clinical partnerships : a realistic evaluation of the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)

Background: The English National Health Service has made a major investment in nine partnerships between higher education institutions and local health services called Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC). They have been funded to increase capacity and capability to produce and implement research through sustained interactions between academics and health services. CLAHRCs provide a natural ‘test bed’ for exploring questions about research implementation within a partnership model of delivery. This protocol describes an externally funded evaluation that focuses on implementation mechanisms and processes within three CLAHRCs. It seeks to uncover what works, for whom, how, and in what circumstances. Design and methods: This study is a longitudinal three-phase, multi-method realistic evaluation, which deliberately aims to explore the boundaries around knowledge use in context. The evaluation funder wishes to see it conducted for the process of learning, not for judging performance. The study is underpinned by a conceptual framework that combines the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services and Knowledge to Action frameworks to reflect the complexities of implementation. Three participating CLARHCS will provide indepth comparative case studies of research implementation using multiple data collection methods including interviews, observation, documents, and publicly available data to test and refine hypotheses over four rounds of data collection. We will test the wider applicability of emerging findings with a wider community using an interpretative forum. Discussion: The idea that collaboration between academics and services might lead to more applicable health research that is actually used in practice is theoretically and intuitively appealing; however the evidence for it is limited. Our evaluation is designed to capture the processes and impacts of collaborative approaches for implementing research, and therefore should contribute to the evidence base about an increasingly popular (e.g., Mode two, integrated knowledge transfer, interactive research), but poorly understood approach to knowledge translation. Additionally we hope to develop approaches for evaluating implementation processes and impacts particularly with respect to integrated stakeholder involvement

1953: Abilene Christian College Bible Lectures - Full Text

Delivered in the Auditorium of Abilene Christian College, February, 1953 ABILENE, TEXAS PRICE: $3.00 firm foundation publishing house Box 77 Austin 01, Texa

Variations of training load, monotony, and strain and dose-response relationships with maximal aerobic speed, maximal oxygen uptake, and isokinetic strength in professional soccer players

This study aimed to identify variations in weekly training load, training monotony, and training strain across a 10-week period (during both, pre- and in-season phases); and to analyze the dose-response relationships between training markers and maximal aerobic speed (MAS), maximal oxygen uptake, and isokinetic strength. Twenty-seven professional soccer players (24.9±3.5 years old) were monitored across the 10-week period using global positioning system units. Players were also tested for maximal aerobic speed, maximal oxygen uptake, and isokinetic strength before and after 10 weeks of training. Large positive correlations were found between sum of training load and extension peak torque in the right lower limb (r = 0.57, 90%CI[0.15;0.82]) and the ratio agonist/antagonist in the right lower limb (r = 0.51, [0.06;0.78]). It was observed that loading measures fluctuated across the period of the study and that the load was meaningfully associated with changes in the fitness status of players. However, those magnitudes of correlations were small-to-large, suggesting that variations in fitness level cannot be exclusively explained by the accumulated load and loading profile