Blood groups of pigs

At this stage in our knowledge, it is generally agreed that the blood group -characters on the erythrocytes of man and animals and the different serum proteins and groups should all be classified as gene markers, or blood groups. This view is held by Race and Sanger (1959) who-introduced a paper on the subject of 'the inheritance of blood groups with this statement "'Blood groups', in a broader sense could nowadays include not only the differences due to the antigens of red calls, white cells and platelets, but also the distinctions made by the various haemoglobias, haptoglobins and Gm serum groups."Tho knowledge and value of blood groups in man has been manifest in clinical transfusion, and in solutions to medicolegal Problems of disputed parentage, and forensic medicine. They have also been applied in anthropological studies. In domestic animals, however, the knowledge of blood groups has not found comparable bereft in application to clinical transfusion, but has in solving problems of parentage. It has also found application in the detection of heterosis in highly inbred lie b of chickens (Braes, 1953 ,1-1(1 Gilmour, 1954), and in helping to distinguish two egg from one egg twins in cattle. With the advent of progeny testing of piga on a national scale in this country, the necessity for a systematic study of heritable characters such as 'blood groups' seemed essential in this species. In this respect it could be applied as an independent check on pedigree registrations, and to other fields of interest, such as heterozygous advantage and linkage with production characters. The dissertation presented for examination describes the application of immunologioal, serological and biophysical techniques to the discovery and characterisation of 'blood groups' in the pig. The independence and interrelationship of these groups has also been investigated and is discussed

Interview with Michael Imlah, Congregation Shaarie Torah, 2009 (audio)

Interview of Michael Imlah by Dennis LaPrade at Congregation Shaarie Torah, Portland, Oregon on March 4th, 2009. The interview index is available for download

HOW FREE: AN ANALYSIS OF NEO-MOLINISM IN THE SOVEREIGNTY AND FREEDOM DEBATE

This extended literature review is an exploration and analysis of Neo-Molinism. Gregory Boyd’s Neo-Molinism is compared and contrasted with other theories of divine foreknowledge. Each theory is evaluated on the merits of how it interprets God’s sovereignty and human freedom. The major issues of each theory are brought to light along with how Neo-Molinism deals with these issues. Also, major objections to Neo-Molinism are answered using scripture. In conclusion, Neo-Molinism is an improvement upon its predecessor, Open Theism

Assemblages of networks, partnerships and friendships in international development: the case of Malawi and Scotland

This thesis explores the everyday lived experiences of people involved in the relationship between Malawi and Scotland by critically examining the historical relationship between the two countries as well as the contemporary activities, meaning and context of the existing partnerships, relationships and networks. The role of networks and scale are also considered, primarily as they relate to international ‘development’. The research demonstrates that Malawi and Scotland do have a unique relationship, one founded on the legacy of interconnectedness granted by David Livingstone’s memory, and turned into a positive historical narrative. This special relationship has been strengthened through the implementation of a small international ‘development’ fund managed by the Scottish Government and the supporting of networking organisations between Malawi and Scotland, which appear to create spaces and opportunities for people to assemble together and jump scales of activity in communicating across national and international boundaries. As such this relationship based on equality, partnership and friendship between two small counties, one in Southern Africa, one in Northern Europe, offers a hopeful vision for international co-operation, assemblages of people and of partnerships that are truly equal, as long as the ever increasing trend towards neoliberal policies and bureaucracies around ‘development’ are resisted, even rejected

Dinna Forget

[Lyrics]Dinna forget! laddie dinna forget!Ne\u27er make me rue that we ever have met;Wide tho\u27 we sever parted for everWillie! When far awa dinna forget! We part and it may be we meet never mair,Yet my heart as in Hope,will be true in despair;And the sigh of remembrance the tear of regretFor thee will be frequent then dinna forget! When the star o\u27 the gloamin is beaming above, think how oft it hath lighted the tryst of our love; O! deem is an angel\u27s ee Heaven hath setTo watch thee to warn thee sae dinna forget

Do antidepressants cure or create abnormal brain states?

Moncrieff and Cohen argue that psychotropic drugs create abnormal states that may co-incidentally relieve symptoms of mental illness

Technology, organisation and productivity performance in services : lessons from Britain and the United States since 1870

This paper documents the comparative productivity performance of the United States and Britain since 1870, showing the importance of developments in services. We identify the transition in market services from customised, low-volume, high-margin business organised on a network basis to standardised, high-volume, low-margin business with hierarchical management, as a key factor. A model of the interaction between technology, organisation and economic performance is then provided, focusing on the transition from networks to hierarchies. Four general lessons are drawn: (1) developments in services must be analysed if the major changes in comparative productivity performance among nations are to be understood fully; (2) different technologies and organisational forms can co-exist efficiently; (3) technological change can cause difficulties of adjustment in technology-using sectors if it is not suited to the social capabilities of the society; (4) reversal of technological trends can lead to reversal of comparative productivity performance

Science in neo-Victorian poetry

This article considers the work of three contemporary poets and their engagement, in verse, with Victorian science. Beginning with the outlandish ‘theories’ of Mick Imlah’s ‘The Zoologist’s Bath’ (1983), it moves on to two works of biografiction – Anthony Thwaite’s poem ‘At Marychurch’ (1980), which outlines Philip Henry Gosse’s doomed attempts to unite evolution and Christianity, and Ruth Padel’s Darwin: A Life in Poems (2009). Starting off with John Glendening’s idea that science in neo-Victorian fiction, if fully embraced, provides an opportunity for self-revelation to characters, this article explores the rather less happy resolutions of each of these poems, while in addition discussing the ways in which these poems perform the formal changes and mutability discussed within them