An assessment of genetical methods in the control of scrapie

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Giving Faculty A Public Voice: Higher Education Must Incentivize its Faculty to Publicly Disseminate their Ideas

This paper considers higher education’s response to fake news to be a responsibility to more effectively communicate its ideas to the general public. Considering how the changing information landscape cultivates and interprets knowledge increasingly with less and less academic involvement, the issue of a post-truth world renders it more necessary than ever for higher education to be an active participant in public discourse. Further, this paper acknowledges the difficulties of doing so and advocates providing career incentives to faculty to take up this challenge. Current incentives reward self-referential discourse within academia, but given the changing times it is crucial for both higher education institutions and the public at large to accommodate an expanded role for taking on the new challenges posed by fake news

\u3cem\u3eContesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity.\u3c/em\u3e Emily Barman.

Book note for Emily Barman. Contesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. $53.00 hardcover,$20.95 papercover

Disseminated Neonatal Herpes Caused by Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2

Disseminated neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is characterized by progressive multiple organ failure and high mortality rates. It can result from infection with either HSV-1 or HSV-2. We report a case of disseminated neonatal herpes that was caused by HSV-1 and HSV-2

Determining best predictors of animal performance in feedlot steers

Two studies were performed in a feedlot environment to determine the long-term effects of heat events on animal performance and well-being. Experiments in this thesis were designed to pinpoint ambient variables that most strongly elicit animal thermoregulatory responses. These animal responses included core temperature (Tcore) alone in the first study, and both Tcore and animal respiration rate (RR) in the second. Both experiments went a step further by using both ambient conditions and animal responses to predict feed intake (FI) response to heat stress. The ability to predict FI based on measurable independent variables could be very helpful to beef producers who are otherwise subject to environmental stressors and loss in animal production. The first study followed 26 crossbred Angus steers during 42 days of a central Missouri summer in 2011 (July 12 through August 22), and was strictly aimed at predicting Tcore and FI using ambient information. Animals were housed at the University of Missouri Beef Research and Teaching Farm (BRTF) in Columbia, Missouri and had ad libitum access to feed and water, with [about]50% shade coverage over the pens. All variables were automatically measured and recorded throughout the entire study period. Linear and polynomial regression analyses of variance (ANOVA, JMP statistical software; SAS Institute; Cary, NC) were used. Both ambient and mean herd Tcore readings were averaged by hour to analyze the relationship between environment and Tcore during daytime (0700 to 1700 CST)

Strengthening the Safety Net: Bay Area Philanthropy's Response & Early Lessons

Analyzes grants to area organizations providing food, housing, or financial assistance and supportive services for low-income and disadvantaged groups. Points out gaps as well as best practices, including collaboration, partnerships, and system change