An Economic Evaluation of Precision Deep Tillage Practices through the Analysis of Comparative Enterprise Budgets

Precision deep tillage allows for lower use of tillage though recognized variation with in a field. Comparative enterprise budgets, breakeven, and sensitivity analysis were preformed to prove that under long-term no-till conditions precision deep tillage can be a profitable form of tillage that will enter an optimal producer strategy.Farm Management,

Sustainable Cyberinfrastructure Software Through Open Governance

The authors discuss their position on open governance, open source software, and sustainability

Establishing Innovative Student Training Clinics for Counselor Educators and Marriage and Family Therapists

Universities have a rich opportunity to make an impact on their communities wherepoverty and barriers to mental health access exist. A training model is outlined foruniversities with graduate programs in counselor education and/or marriage and familytherapy. Specifically, establishing a university-associated community-based studenttraining clinic to service the mental health needs in impoverished communities helpsfulfill the mission of service to the community most universities espouse. The articleaddresses such aspects as: student training, university support, financial implications,recruitment and retention of minority faculty and students, mentoring, and enhancingfaculty scholarship

Creative Approach to Evaluating: The Tri-Fold Display Example

One benefit in working for Extension is the educator\u27s ability to be creative. However, creativity and evaluation typically are not two words an Extension educator uses in the same sentence. This article highlights one creative evaluation strategy used at a youth wildlife camp. The evaluation strategy utilizes a tri-fold display allowing participants the ability to showcase what they learned. From their showcase, the Extension educator can use simple evaluation techniques to determine the most significant item learned. An extra bonus is that these participants use these tri-folds in communities to tell others about their experiences building critical life skills

Prospectus, February 5, 2003

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Paddlefish production : opportunities for Missouri pond and lake owners (2007)

New 7/07/3M

Confidence Testing of Shell 405 and S-405 Catalysts in a Monopropellant Hydrazine Thruster

As part of the transfer of catalyst manufacturing technology from Shell Chemical Company (Shell 405 catalyst manufactured in Houston, Texas) to Aerojet (S-405 manufactured in Redmond, Washington), Aerojet demonstrated the equivalence of S-405 and Shell 405 at beginning of life. Some US aerospace users expressed a desire to conduct a preliminary confidence test to assess end-of-life characteristics for S-405. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Aerojet entered a contractual agreement in 2004 to conduct a confidence test using a pair of 0.2-lbf MR-103G monopropellant hydrazine thrusters, comparing S-405 and Shell 405 side by side. This paper summarizes the formulation of this test program, explains the test matrix, describes the progress of the test, and analyzes the test results. This paper also includes a discussion of the limitations of this test and the ramifications of the test results for assessing the need for future qualification testing in particular hydrazine thruster applications

2006-2007 Dean\u27s Showcase No. 4

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Spatial distribution and residency of green and loggerhead sea turtles using coastal reef habitats in southern Mozambique

Sea turtles spend the majority of their immature and adult lives in foraging grounds, yet few studies have examined their abundance and condition in these areas when compared to more accessible nesting beach habitats. Here, a 5-year dive log, photo-identification (photo-ID) and surface encounter datasets were used to investigate the abundance, individual movements and distribution of sea turtles along 40 km of coastal reefs in southern Mozambique. A generalized linear model (GLM) was constructed with turtle sightings as the response variable. Habitat type, year and day of the year, as well as underwater visibility, were significant predictors of turtle sightings. However, only 8% of the total variance was explained by the model, indicating that other variables have a significant influence on turtle movement and distribution. Photo-ID differentiated 22 individual green turtles Chelonia mydas and 42 loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from 323 photo-ID encounters. A majority (64%) of the photos could be used to identify the individual. Although residency times of up to 1152 days were calculated for juvenile green turtles, a low overall resighting rate indicates that individual turtles either had large home ranges or were transient to the area. Surface encounter data revealed a preference for nearshore shallow waters and an increased abundance close to reef systems. Sea turtles' preferences for shallow, nearshore habitats are likely to increase the encounter risk with opportunistic and targeted artisanal fishers who catch sea turtles

2006-2007 Membership Meeting and Concert

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