Making Your Practice and Facility More User-Friendly For Those With Disabilities

As veterinarians, our duties extend beyond practicing medicine. We must realize that the veterinary profession requires excellent client communication and we must alter our way of practice to meet client needs. We must do more than compromise, empathize, and explain terms on a client\u27s level. It is critical that we take into consideration the special needs of disabled clients. This paper will discuss some of the legal and ethical aspects of communicating with disabled clients while making your practice more user-friendly to those with these special needs. Dog guides and their care will also be discussed briefly

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

In 1976, epidemics of severe hemorrhagic fever occurred simultaneously in both Zaire and Sudan. Of 550 cases reported, fatalities reached 88% in Zaire and 53% in Sudan, resulting in a total of 430 deaths. Ebola virus, named after a small river in northwest Zaire, was isolated from both epidemics. It was discovered during this outbreak that the spread of the epidemic was dependent on close contact with clinical cases and that it was stifled when basic quarantine procedures were instituted

Variable Pulse Duration Laser for Material Processing

We have developed a means to electronically tune laser pulse durations and achieve nearly constant, stable output power. This technique may be used to obtain variable pulse durations and peak powers at a constant pulse repetition rate, or constant pulse durations over a range of pulse repetition rates. These new capabilities allow great flexibility for material processing applications, making it possible to tailor and optimize the performance of a single laser for a wide variety of applications. We report development of next-generation Q-switched, intra-cavity frequency-converted, diodepumped, near diffraction-limited Nd:YAG lasers with output powers of 30 W at 355 nm and 40 W at 532 nm. Operating at 532 nm we have demonstrated a variable pulse width externally adjustable over the range of 40 ns to 300 ns at constant pulse repetition rates

Sequential Delivery of Host-Induced Virulence Effectors by Appressoria and Intracellular Hyphae of the Phytopathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum

Phytopathogens secrete effector proteins to manipulate their hosts for effective colonization. Hemibiotrophic fungi must maintain host viability during initial biotrophic growth and elicit host death for subsequent necrotrophic growth. To identify effectors mediating these opposing processes, we deeply sequenced the transcriptome of Colletotrichum higginsianum infecting Arabidopsis. Most effector genes are host-induced and expressed in consecutive waves associated with pathogenic transitions, indicating distinct effector suites are deployed at each stage. Using fluorescent protein tagging and transmission electron microscopy-immunogold labelling, we found effectors localised to stage-specific compartments at the host-pathogen interface. In particular, we show effectors are focally secreted from appressorial penetration pores before host invasion, revealing new levels of functional complexity for this fungal organ. Furthermore, we demonstrate that antagonistic effectors either induce or suppress plant cell death. Based on these results we conclude that hemibiotrophy in Colletotrichum is orchestrated through the coordinated expression of antagonistic effectors supporting either cell viability or cell death

Conference of Microelectronic Research 1991

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Letter to the Editor

The article "The Domestic Ferret: A Guide for The Veterinary Practitioner," by Drs. K. C. Cornish and W. A. Hagemoser in Volume 49, issue Number 2, of The ISU Veterinarian published in 1987 was very well done and the authors are to be complimented. The information provided should be very useful to clinicians who are being presented with an increasing number of ferrets by clients. Some additional comments are in order, however, to emphasize current concern about public health aspects of ferret ownership.</p

Companion Animals: A New Awareness

Seemingly all of a sudden, animal companions are our partners in health! Not just as carcasses to be chipped and chunked, fileted and skewered to fill our gullet, or to be stripped, tanned, and polished to adorn our egos and provide treads. Rather now as seltzers and herbs to soothe man's soul and invigorate his heart and mind. In America and elsewhere the enduring recognition of the "human-animal bond" is flourishing in a new light but one that has flickered for eons.</p

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

In 1976, epidemics of severe hemorrhagic fever occurred simultaneously in both Zaire and Sudan. Of 550 cases reported, fatalities reached 88% in Zaire and 53% in Sudan, resulting in a total of 430 deaths. Ebola virus, named after a small river in northwest Zaire, was isolated from both epidemics. It was discovered during this outbreak that the spread of the epidemic was dependent on close contact with clinical cases and that it was stifled when basic quarantine procedures were instituted.</p