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Periodization in the Art Historiographies of Central and Eastern Europe
Creators: name: Kallestrup, Shona
name: Kunińska, Magdalena
name: Mihail, Mihnea Alexandru
name: Adashinskaya, Anna
name: Minea, Cosmin
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Art History
ART THEORY + ART AESTHETICS + ART PHILOSOPHY

description: This volume critically investigates how art historians writing about Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engaged with periodization.

At the heart of much of their writing lay the ideological project of nation-building. These discourses around periodization – such as the mythicizing of certain periods, the invention of historical continuity and the assertion of national specificity – contributed strongly to identity construction.Central to the book’s approach is a transnational exploration of how the art histories of the region not only interacted with established Western periodizations, but also resonated and ‘entangled’ with each other. In their efforts to develop more sympathetic frameworks that refined, ignored or hybridized Western models, they sought to overcome the centre-periphery paradigm which equated distance from the centre with temporal belatedness and artistic backwardness. The book thus demonstrates that the concept of periodization is far from neutral or strictly descriptive, and that its use in art history needs to be reconsidered.

Bringing together a broad range of scholars from different European institutions, the volume offers a unique new perspective on Central and Eastern European art historiography. It will be of interest to scholars working in art history, historiography, and European studies.
description: Studies in Art Historiography
description: ISBN:978-1-003-17841-5
description: ISBN:978-1-032-01384-8
The Effect of Non-nutritional Factors on Milk Urea Nitrogen Levels in Holstein Dairy Cows
Creators: name: Arunvipas, Pipat
name: VanLeeuwen, John
name: Dohoo, Ian
name: Keefe, Greg
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect on milk urea nitrogen of non-nutritional factors such as parity, days in milk, milk production, milk quality and milk components.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
A Three-Dimensional Animated Model of Abomasal Displacement and Volvulus
Creators: name: Desrochers, André
name: Harvey, Denis
name: Roy, Félix
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Displacement and volvulus of the abomasum is commonly seen by every bovine practitioner working in a dairy practice. Understanding the anatomy and position of the abomasum is now second nature for people with experience. Veterinarians have to remember their old days in the classroom when the teacher was trying to explain how the abomasum was moving around in the abdomen. It takes a lot of experiences, sometimes acquired the hard way, to understand the topography of abomasal displacement or volvulus. Three-dimensional (3-D) modelization and animation have been used in movies and videogames for a while. Recently, the advances of software and computer capacity have enabled more complex animation with non-geometrical form, like organs of living species. The resulting computer-generated images have progressed so significantly that they are not easily distinguished from reality. Three-dimensional (3-D) modelization and animation is a useful tool to explain complex phenomena, and abomasal volvulus is one of them. Our goal was to create a 3-D model of abomasal displacement and volvulus as a teaching tool for veterinary students.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Research Summaries - French Translations
Creators: name: Beauchamp, Guy
name: Bouchard, Emile
name: Brochard, Hubert
name: Champoux, Hélène
name: Daigneault, Josée
name: DesCôteaux, Luc
name: Desrochers, André
name: Du Tremblay, Denis
name: Vinet, Louise
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Comptes Rendus de Recherche Boeuf, Laitier I, II, et Général.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Potential of VLBI VGOS telescope in Tahiti for geodesy and astrometry
Creators: name: Vijayaratnam, Thajeev
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Space geodesy
Space geodetic techniques

description: In the framework of this thesis, the goal is to examine the planned VGOS network, which is currently being developed by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS). In Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), groups of radio telescopes are used to observe distant radio galaxies such as quasars to derive important geodetic parameters for scientific purposes.
The newly proposed VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS) is expected to lead to a higher accuracy and more reliability in the estimation of the above-mentioned parameters as a result of incorporating smaller telescopes with faster slewing speeds and a larger bandwidth for collecting the data. However, the main problem with the envisioned VGOS network lies within the uneven distribution of telescopes between the northern and the southern hemisphere. However, to reach an increase in the precision of the estimated parameters, having stations in the southern hemisphere is particularly important. Within the context of this work, the task is to evaluate the impact of such a station in Tahiti on the accuracy of the estimated parameters.
Currently, the assumption is that a telescope on the island of Tahiti is ought to lead to an increase in the sensitivity of VLBI in regards to variations in the Earth’s rotation. To test this hypothesis, certain sim-ulations are carried out with a state-of-the-art VLBI software. The station Tahiti is added to a VGOS network of choice and subsequently gets compared to all the other stations within the network regarding its impact on the precision of the estimated parameters. The aim is thus to identify possible weaknesses of the used VGOS network and determine the importance of a station in Tahiti in eliminating these weaknesses.
Adding a new station in Tahiti certainly supported the initial assumption as significant improvements could be observed for almost all of the estimated geodetic parameters. Furthermore, Tahiti has proven to be of more value than the majority of the other stations of the intended VGOS network, as it often demonstrated to be one of the most important stations to have the greatest impact on precision. Thus, the construction of a telescope in Tahiti is indispensable.
What will the Ukraine conflict mean for multilateral finance?
Creators: name: Humphrey, Christopher
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022

description: Suspending Russia and Belarus as members of the World Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development would be misguided for developmental, political and legal reasons.
description: The Ukraine crisis will tighten lending headroom of EBRD and the World Bank, accentuating the call to strengthen MDB capital, but it poses no danger to the long-term financial stability of either bank.
description: New Development Bank will face severe impacts from the crisis due to its exposure to Russia as a shareholder and borrower, while Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be much less impacted.
description: The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank and the Russia-led International Investment Bank will also face considerable difficulties due to the conflict.
description: ODI Emerging Analysis
Modified Live Type 1a Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) Provides Fetal Protection Against Challenge with a Type 2 BVDV
Creators: name: Schnackel, John
name: Van Campen, Hana
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Twenty-one heifers vaccinated with a modified live virus (MLV) type la BVDV vaccine (Pyramid MLV 4) and eight unvaccinated control heifers were bred between 28 and 53 days post-vaccination.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Machine learning and meteorological data for spatio-temporal prediction of tropospheric parameters
Creators: name: Crocetti, Laura
name: Soja, Benedikt
name: Klopotek, Grzegorz
name: Awadaljeed, Mudathir
name: Rothacher, Markus
name: See, Linda
name: Weinacker, Rudi
name: Sturn, Tobias
name: McCallum, Ian
name: Navarro, Vicente
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022

description: EGUsphere
The Application of Ultrasonographic Imaging to Determine Sole Horn Thickness in the Bovine Claw
Creators: name: Van Amstel, Sarel R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Maintaining adequate sole horn thickness is becoming an important consideration in lameness prevention in large dairy operations. Due to a number of managemental, nutritional and environmental factors, the rate of wear often exceeds the rate of sole horn growth. This situation is often exacerbated by poor claw trimming techniques, resulting in overly thin soles predisposing to lameness. Non-invasive determination of sole thickness have been dependant on indirect methods, including a) compression of the sole horn using finger pressure or hoof testers, b) using a correlation between dorsal wall length and sole thickness, and c) using the white line as a guide to determine sole depth. The use of ultrasound to determine sole depth has been described using cadaver feet. This has not been used in live cattle. The purpose of this study is a) to test the method in live dairy cows and b) to evaluate sole thickness in cows that have been trimmed according to the method described by Toussaint Raven, also referred to as the Dutch method.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Hemodynamics in the Normal and Laminitic Bovine Digit
Creators: name: Belknap, E. B.
name: Lin, H. C.
name: Christmann, U.
name: Belknap, J. K.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Bovine laminitis is of great economic importance to the dairy and beef industry. Lameness from laminitis and its sequella results in loss of milk production, decreased weight gain, culling of animals and extra labor. Similar to horses, the digital pathology is thought to occur due to vascular derangements in the digital microvasculature leading to ischemia in the digital laminae. Digital hemodynamics in the horse have been well documented. Although most literature describing bovine laminitis is based on clinical cases or extrapolations from equine laminitis research, the bovid undergoes a different clinical course of disease, with a more mild chronic laminitis process being more common than the acute disease process routinely observed at the onset of equine laminitis. Therefore, hemodynamic data specific to the normal laminitic bovine foot is needed. The present study compared digital hemodynamics between normal and laminitic steers in early stages of laminitis.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Exposure dating of Late Glacial and pre-LGM moraines in the Cordon de Doña Rosa, Northern/Central Chile (∼31° S)
Creators: name: Zech, Roland
name: Kull, Christoph
name: Kubik, Peter W.
name: Veit, Heinz
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2006

description: Climate of the Past Discussions, 2 (5)
description: ISSN:1814-9340
description: ISSN:1814-9359
Effect of Genistein on Bovine Herpes virus 1 Infections In vivo
Creators: name: Braun, Lyle
name: Braunschmidt, Mark
name: Arias, Nicholas
name: Wixon, Regina L.
name: Wang, Chungyang
name: Chase, Christopher C. L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Finding natural antivirals to feed to cattle in their receiving diets following shipping and other stressors is important to help limit bovine respiratory disease complex (shipping fever). Previously, we had demonstrated that bovine cells treated with the naturally occurring soya isoflavone, genistein, produced 10-1000 times less virus than untreated cells. In this study, we established a level of genistein to treat calves with in vivo and then challenged them with bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1; IBR). Calves that received genistein produced as much virus but shed virus for a shorter period of time and also had less severe clinical signs.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
The predictive power of the left-right self-placement scale for the policy positions of voters and parties
Creators: name: Lesschaeve, Christophe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The left-right self-placement scale is often used in political science as a proxy for the policy positions of voters and parties. Yet studies have suggested that, for voters, this relation is dependent on education level. These studies were, however, hampered by data limitations and restricted statistical analyses. In addition, the extent to which the relation between the left-right self-placement scale and policy positions differs for parties and voters has not been explored. This article looks at the differential relation between left-right self-placement and policy positions for voters with different education levels on an integrated dataset containing over 50 voter and party policy positions. It is found that the left-right self-placement scale is a much better predictor for the policy positions of parties than it is for the policy preferences of voters. Robustness checks show that neither the saliency of the policy positions nor their complexity moderates these findings.
A Rapid Serologic Test for the Detection of Antibodies to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis with Applications for Bovine Practitioners
Creators: name: Jackson, T. A.
name: Cecchetti, P.
name: McCrann, M.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: A prototype enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) test has been developed on the IDEXX SNAP™ device to detect antibodies to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative organism of Johne's disease in ruminants. Initial validation studies have been completed utilizing bovine serum as the specimen type. This SNAP test format has potential applications as an animal-side or in-clinic assay for large animal veterinarians who require a rapid test result on symptomatic or suspicious animals. Total assay time is 22 minutes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of this new MAP ELISA by testing populations of dairy cattle (n = 1276). A comparison of results obtained with the prototype SNAP assay and a USDA-licensed, microtiter-plate antibody test kit was made.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
title: Open Access und Open Educational Resources in den Ingenieurwissenschaften : Untersuchung rechtlicher, organisatorischer, finanzieller und reputationsbezogener Hemmnisse
Creators: name: Weber, Markus
name: Rosenke, Nicole
name: Elsner, Carsten
name: Drößler, Stefan
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2018

description: Wie nutzen Ingenieurwissenschaftler_innen Open Access und Open Educational Resources und warum tun Sie es unter Umständen noch nicht? Diese Frage steht im Fokus des vom deutschen Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Projekts „OpenIng“. Die TU Darmstadt, TU Braunschweig und Universität Stuttgart untersuchen rechtliche, organisatorische, reputationsbezogene und finanzielle Barrieren und werfen hierbei einen besonderen Blick auf die möglichen Synergien von OA und OER. Hierfür werden zwei bundesweite Befragungen durchgeführt. In einem ersten Schritt werden zentrale Ansprechpartner_innen an Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen mit ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Bereichen gebeten den aktuellen Stand von OA und OER an ihrer Institution einzuschätzen und die (Nicht-)Nutzung durch Ingenieurwissenschaftler_innen zu erläutern. Hierauf folgt in einem zweiten Schritt eine Befragung der Ingenieurwissenschaftler_innen an sich. Die durch die beiden Einschätzungen gewonnenen Erkenntnisse werden genutzt, um neue technische und organisatorische Services, Unterstützungs- und Workshopangebote, Infomaterialien und Kommunikationskonzepte für die Ingenieurwissenschaften zu entwickeln, zu erproben und zu evaluieren – und wo sinnvoll unter der Perspektive von gemeinsamen Schnittmengen von OA und OER. Die Bereitschaft zur Veröffentlichung von Publikationen und Lehrmaterialien als OA bzw. OER soll bei den Lehrenden in den Ingenieurwissenschaften deutlich intensiviert werden. Im Rahmen des Vortrags werden neben einer Vorstellung des Projekts erste Befragungsergebnisse zur (Nicht-)Nutzung und Verknüpfung von Open Access und Open Educational Resources sowie erste Ansätze zu entsprechenden Workshopkonzepten für die Zielgruppe der Ingenieur_innen präsentiert. Die Ergebnisse der Umfrage werden zur Nachnutzung auf der Projektwebseite veröffentlicht. Die auf Basis der Befragung entwickelten Infomaterialien, Workshopkonzepte sowie Kommunikations- und Servicekonzepte werden ebenfalls unter einer CC BY Lizenz bereitgestellt.
Correlations Between Total Cell Concentration, Total Adenosine Tri-Phosphate Concentration and Heterotrophic Plate Counts During Microbial Monitoring of Drinking Water
Creators: name: Siebel, E.
name: Wang, Yingying
name: Egli, Thomas
name: Hammes, Frederik
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2008

description: Drinking Water Engineering and Science Discussions, 1
description: ISSN:1996-9481
Determining Relevant Competencies for National Veterinary Food Animal Curricula
Creators: name: Miller, Robert B.
name: Cowart, Ross P.
name: Hardin, Laura E.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Most veterinary colleges in the US have not traditionally sought the help of practitioners to aid in curriculum development. Veterinary faculty are removed by time and distance from private practice and the rapidly changing animal agriculture industry. The logic behind this project was that expert practitioners could define and describe their job more accurately than anyone else. The objectives of this study were to: 1) have practitioners identify and validate the entry-level knowledge requirements and skills (competencies) needed by new veterinary graduates as they enter food animal practice and 2) disseminate the findings to national and international veterinary colleges so this information is available to improve and modernize veterinary food animal curricula throughout the US and the world.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Microscopic Evaluation of Direct Fecal Smears in the Assessment of Bovine Neonatal Enteritis
Creators: name: Lawson, Sean P.
name: Callan, Robert J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Enteritis, or calf scours, is the most common clinical disease of pre-weaned dairy calves and accounts for nearly 60% of pre-weaned dairy calf mortality. Multiple nutritional factors and infectious agents are associated with calf scours. The lack of agent specific clinical signs makes it difficult to determine presumptive etiologies and prescribe specific treatment. Changes in the fecal microflora and the presence of fecal white blood cells are observed in calves with enteritis. The hypothesis for this study was that alterations in the fecal microflora and/or the presence of fecal white blood cells are related to enteric disease signs in dairy calves and may provide useful clinical information. The objectives of this study were to evaluate fecal direct smears for the presence of enteric microflora and fecal white blood cells and compare this information with the presence of enteric disease signs in dairy calves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Interactive comment on “Commentary on ”Homogeneous nucleation of NAD and NAT in liquid stratospheric aerosols: insufficient to explain denitrification" by Knopf et al.” by A. Tabazadeh
Creators: name: Koop, Thomas
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2003

description: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 3
description: ISSN:1680-7375
description: ISSN:1680-7367
Bacterial Culture Results of Septic Arthritis in Cattle
Creators: name: Francoz, David
name: Desrochers, André
name: Fecteau, Gilles
name: Fortin, Mado
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Septic arthritis is a common cause of lameness in cattle. Affected animals are very lame and their productive life seriously compromised. Treatment with systemic antibiotics should be started rapidly to decrease the chance of permanent lesions affecting the animal. Because bacteriological results are rarely available before 48 to 72 hours after specimen submission, the knowledge of commonly isolated bacteria will help the clinician to start the appropriate antibiotic therapy until further results. The objectives of this study were to estimate the frequency of positive bacterial culture of clinically affected cattle with septic arthritis and to describe the type of bacteria most commonly isolated.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Sonographic Appearance of Injection and Natural Edema in the Udder of Show Cows
Creators: name: O'Brien, R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Informal reports indicate that foreign materials are injected into sites of fore and rear udder attachment of show cows to augment the contour of the udder. These substances cause localized edema. This study evaluated the sonographic appearance and pattern of distribution of edema produced by subcutaneous injection with mild silver protein suspension compared to natural causes.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Plant phenyl-propanoids-conjugated silver nanoparticles from edible plant Suaeda maritima (L.) dumort. Inhibit proliferation of K562-human myeloid leukemia cells
Creators: name: Narendran Rajendran
name: Subramaniam, Shankar
name: Mamilla R. Charan Raja
name: Pemaiah Brindha
name: Santanu Kar Mahapatra
name: Aravind Sivasubramanian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: The present study portrays the isolation of four phenylpropanoids – ferulic acid (FA), sinapic acid (SA), caffeic acid (CA), and chlorogenic acid (CHA) from the water extract of Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort, a phytochemically less explored Indian medicinal plant. Further, synthesis and characterization of silver and gold nanoparticles using the isolated phenylpropanoids were done. The silver nanoparticles synthesized from S. maritima water extract along with silver nano-conjugated forms of the isolated compounds exhibited appreciable anti-leukemic activity against K562 cells (human myeloid leukemia). Especially, the ferulic and CA-conjugated silver nanoparticles showed significant (P
Effect of Nutrition on Conception Rate in Dairy Cows after Ovulation Synchronization and Timed Insemination
Creators: name: Yamada, K.
name: Nakaoed, T.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Nutrition is the most important factor affecting conception rate after artificial insemination in dairy cows. Conception rate after ovulation synchronization and fixed-time insemination (OVStrAI), could be improved if cows could be screened for poor nutrition before starting the protocol. This study evaluated relationships between various nutritional parameters during dry and early-lactation periods and the conception rate after OVS/TAI.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Effect of a Monensin Slow-release Capsule at Dry-off on Ketolactia and Milk Yield in Holstein Cows
Creators: name: Melendez, Pedro
name: Donovan, Art
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: This study evaluated the effect of a monensin slow-release capsule (Rumensin®) given at dry-off on levels of b-hydroxy butyrate in milk at 14 days post-partum and daily milk yield up to 20 days post-partum on Holstein dairy cows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Seroprevalence of an Endometriotropic Bovine Herpes Virus-4 in a Georgia Dairy
Creators: name: Pence, Mel
name: Frazier, Kendall S.
name: Baldwin, Charles A.
name: West, Joe
name: Bernard, John
name: Liggett, Alan
name: Miller, Debra
name: Hines, Murray E.
name: Styer, Eloise
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: The University of Georgia Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has now confirmed more than 60 cases of suppurative, ulcerative endometritis associated with Bovine Herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) in postparturient dairy cows. These cases have a clinical pattern of metritis that occurs 3 to 28 days postpartum. Beginning at 3 to 7 days postpartum, the uterus is characterized by necrotic, ulcerated endometrial mucosa with only mild inflammation in the lamina propria and submucosa. Over the ensuing 21 days, the ulcers become confluent/diffuse and epithelium is replaced by fibrinonecrotic, suppurative mats resulting in severe bacterial pyometra by day 24, usually involving Arcanobacterium pyogenes or Escherichia coli. In addition to the gross pathology, histopathologic evidence demonstrates viral inclusion bodies and virus detection techniques yield positive results for BHV-4.3 Before 1999, BHV-4-associated endometritis had rarely been recognized in the United States,4 but a syndrome of epizootic metritis similar in timing, course and outcome attributed to BHV-4 was reported in Europe in the 1980s.1,2,6 Significant seroconversion to BHV-4 occurs in affected herds. The viral sequence of this endometriotropic strain of BHV-4 differs from the BHV-4 strain that is associated with mild respiratory disease (DN599).3 Herds affected by this endometriotropic strain of BHV-4 have experienced high morbidity and mortality rates.3 One endemic dairy herd had a period mortality rate of 70% due to BHV-4- associated metritis (7 of 10 dead in one two-week interval). Due to concurrent or subsequent bacterial metritis associated with this viral infection, large economic losses are incurred from death, delayed breeding and infertility, discarded milk from antibiotic therapy, and decreased milk production from systemic effects of the metritis. Similar reports from other diagnostic laboratories indicate BHV-4 appears to be an emerging cause of endometritis in cattle throughout the southern and midwestern United States.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Mechanical properties development of high-ACN nitrile-butadiene rubber/organoclay nanocomposites
Creators: name: S. M. R. Paran
name: G. Naderi
name: M. H. R. Ghoreishy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: The nanocomposites of nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) with high acrylonitrile content and Cloisite 30B were prepared in the presence of the resorcinol and hexamethylenetetramine (RH) complex as a compatibiliser. The structure of the NBR nanocomposites was characterised by cure characteristics, XRD, TEM and mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of the nanocomposites containing RH were far superior to those of NBR nanocomposites alone. Some hyperelastic models were approved on comparative study of tensile properties and the effect of RH compatibiliser on the material parameters of the models was investigated. The Mori–Tanaka and Halpin–Tsai models were used to estimate the modulus of prepared nanocomposites and compared with experimental results. The effect of RH on the intercalation/exfoliation of silicate layers was investigated from combination of effective particle method and Mori–Tanaka theory. This technique showed that the average number of silicate layers in each effective particle can decrease with RH compatibiliser.
A Field Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Fore-stripping on Milk-Flow Rates
Creators: name: Rapnicki, P.
name: Johnson, A.
name: Stewart, S.
name: Godden, S.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: A field trial was conducted on a modern 1,000-cow dairy in northwest Wisconsin in January 2002 to evaluate the effect of fore-stripping in a milking prep routine on milk-flow rates.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Isolation of Mycoplasma from Cows' Milk
Creators: name: Hirst, H.
name: Dinsmore, P.
name: Hyatt, D.
name: Garry, F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Mycoplasma species that cause mastitis in dairy cattle are often extremely contagious. In epidemics of mastitis caused by M. bovis, rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for controlling the spread of this organism from cow to cow. An epidemic may be extremely costly to the producer if appropriate sampling and culture protocols are not promptly implemented. Unfortunately, few procedures for isolation of microorganisms are standardized across veterinary diagnostic laboratories. Mycoplasma culture techniques can vary greatly between laboratories. This study compared Mycoplasma culture results at four different laboratories in order to assess whether sensitivity and specificity were variable between laboratories.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Repulsive torques alone trigger crystallization of constant speed active particles
Creators: name: Blay, Marine Le
name: Morin, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the possibility for self-propelled particles to crystallize without reducing their intrinsic speed. We illuminate how, in the absence of any force, the competition between self-propulsion and repulsive torques determine the macroscopic phases of constant-speed active particles. This minimal model expands upon existing approaches for an improved understanding of crystallization of active matter.
An Evaluation of the ColiMast™ Test for Detection of Coliform Mas ti tis in Dairy Cattle
Creators: name: Gawrylash, Sally
name: Leslie, Ken
name: Archambault, Marie
name: Bashiri, Anna
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Since the distribution of pathogens causing clinical mastitis varies widely among dairy herds, a rapid and accurate method of determining the type of pathogen involved would be useful. The ColiMast™ test consists of selective growth media in a vial. After incubation, a color change indicates the presence of coliform organisms. This research evaluated characteristics of the ColiMast TM test for detecting coliform organisms in clinical mastitis milk samples and as a diagnostic aid in a mastitis treatment decision-making protocol.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Evaluation of Neutrophil Function in Periparturient Dairy Cattle
Creators: name: Stevenson, G. J.
name: Duffield, T.
name: Caswell, J. L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: The periparturient period in dairy cattle is associated with increased incidence of several metabolic diseases. It has been hypothesized that reduced immune function may play an important role in the increased risk of certain diseases during this time period. This study examined neutrophil function of periparturient cows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds of Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC against snake venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) computational and in vitro insights
Creators: name: Karthikeyan Muthusamy
name: Sathishkumar Chinnasamy
name: Subbiah Nagarajan
name: Sivaraman, Thirunavukkarasu
name: Chinnasamy, Selvakumar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Bioactive compounds were isolated from Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC. The compounds were separated, characterized, the structures elucidated and submitted to the PubChem Database. The PubChem Ids SID 249494134 and SID 249494135 were tested against phospholipases A2 (PLA2) of Naja naja (Indian cobra) venom for PLA2 activity. Both the compounds showed promising inhibitory activity; computational data also substantiated the results. The two compounds underwent density functional theory calculation to observe the chemical stability and electrostatic potential profile. Molecular interactions between the compounds and PLA2 were observed at the binding pocket of the PLA2 protein. Further, this protein–ligand complexes were simulated for a timescale of 100 ns of molecular dynamics simulation. Experimental and computational results showed significant PLA2 inhibition activity.
A new species of the artiopodan arthropod Acanthomeridion from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, China, and the phylogenetic significance of the genus
Creators: name: Xianguang Hou
name: Williams, Mark
name: Gabbott, Sarah
name: Siveter, David J.
name: Siveter, Derek J.
name: Peiyun Cong
name: Xiaoya Ma
name: Sansom, Robert
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: New material of the rare arthropod Acanthomeridion, including Acanthomeridion anacanthus sp. nov., is described from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota, Yunnan Province, China. The material includes a specimen with paired gut diverticulae along the length of the mid-gut that resemble structures in other artiopodan arthropods such as naraoiids. Previous phylogenetic analyses have indicated a petalopleuran/xandarellid affinity for Acanthomeridion, but our analysis resolves Acanthomeridion outside the main subclades of the Artiopoda (Aglaspidida + Trilobita, Nektaspida, Cheloniellida + Xenopoda, Conciliterga, Petalopleura (including Xandarellida)) as the most basal artiopodan. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3563C327-EF9C-4A49-B200-417CE5D95D60
Impact of Prepartum Administration of Rumensin CRC on Milk Production in Lactating Dairy Cows in Quebec
Creators: name: Brodeur, M.
name: DesCôteaux, L.
name: Bouchard, E.
name: Dutil, L.
name: DuTremblay, D.
name: Bagg, R.
name: Duffield, T.
name: Dick, P.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: This study evaluated the use of Rumensin CRC on milk production in lactating dairy cows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Improving the Accuracy of GNSS Orbit Predictions using Machine Learning Approaches
Creators: name: Gou, Junyang
name: Rösch, Christine
name: Shehaj, Endrit
name: Chen, Kangkang
name: Kiani Shahvandi, Mostafa
name: Soja, Benedikt
name: Rothacher, Markus
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022

description: Precise orbit determination is vital for the increasingly vast number of space objects around the Earth. Moreover, accurate orbit prediction of GNSS satellites is essential for many real-time geodetic applications, including real-time navigation. The typical way to obtain accurate orbit predictions is using physics-based orbit propagators. However, the prediction errors accumulate with time because of insufficient modeling of the changing perturbing forces. Motivated by the rapid expansion of computing power and the considerable data volume of satellite orbits available in recent years, we can apply machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms to assess if they can be used to further reduce orbit errors.

In this study, we focus on the orbit prediction of GNSS constellations. We investigate the potential of using different ML and DL algorithms for improving the accuracy of the ultra-rapid products from IGS. As ground truth we consider the IGS final products, and the differences between the ultra-rapid and final products are computed and serve as targets for the ML/DL methods. In this context, we combine the advantages of physics-based and data-driven ML/DL methods. Since the major errors of GNSS orbits are expected to be caused by the deficiency of solar radiation pressure models, we consider different related parameters as additional features to implicitly model the solar impact, such as the C0,0 terms of global ionosphere maps. In order to accurately model the effect of solar radiation pressure on the radial, along-track and cross-track components of the satellite orbit system, the geometric relation between the Sun, the satellite and the Earth are also considered. Furthermore, the performances of different ML/DL algorithms are compared and discussed. Due to the temporal characteristics of the problem, certain sequential modeling algorithms, such as Long Short-Term Memory and Gated Recurrent Unit, show superiority. Our approach shows promising results with average improvements of over 40% in 3D RMS within the 24-hours prediction interval of the ultra-rapid products.
description: EGUsphere
Health Impact of a Stall Divider Raised Nine Inches in Side-lunge Stalls for 900 Cows
Creators: name: Nordlund, Ken
name: Peek, Simon
name: Bennett, Tom
name: Gaska, Jerry
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: Clinicians associate deficits in freestall design with cows lying in alleys, increased dirtiness, increased mastitis, and increased risk of entrapment injury. However, there is a paucity of published case reports that document the risks. This report documents mastitis and injury rates as three different stall configurations were introduced sequentially to a herd of approximately 1,000 Holstein cows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Pasteurization Effects on Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, Escherichia coli 0157:H7, Salmonella spp, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus
Creators: name: Green, Lorissa
name: Godden, Sandra
name: Feirtag, Joellen
name: Fetrow, John
name: Wells, Scott
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: This study evaluated the efficacy of on-farm commercial pasteurization units and their effectiveness in destroying Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, Escherichia coli 0157:H7, Salmonella spp, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus in saleable bulk-tank milk inoculated with both a low inoculum level (between -102 and 103 CFU/ml) and a higher inoculum (between -105 and 106 CFU/ml).
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002
Evolving Modular Soft Robots without Explicit Inter-Module Communication using Local Self-Attention
Creators: name: Pigozzi, Federico
name: Tang, Yujin
name: Medvet, Eric
name: Ha, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Modularity in robotics holds great potential. In principle, modular robots can be disassembled and reassembled in different robots, and possibly perform new tasks. Nevertheless, actually exploiting modularity is yet an unsolved problem: controllers usually rely on inter-module communication, a practical requirement that makes modules not perfectly interchangeable and thus limits their flexibility. Here, we focus on Voxel-based Soft Robots (VSRs), aggregations of mechanically identical elastic blocks. We use the same neural controller inside each voxel, but without any inter-voxel communication, hence enabling ideal conditions for modularity: modules are all equal and interchangeable. We optimize the parameters of the neural controller-shared among the voxels-by evolutionary computation. Crucially, we use a local self-attention mechanism inside the controller to overcome the absence of inter-module communication channels, thus enabling our robots to truly be driven by the collective intelligence of their modules. We show experimentally that the evolved robots are effective in the task of locomotion: thanks to self-attention, instances of the same controller embodied in the same robot can focus on different inputs. We also find that the evolved controllers generalize to unseen morphologies, after a short fine-tuning, suggesting that an inductive bias related to the task arises from true modularity.
description: Accepted at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2022 (GECCO'22) complex systems track as a full paper
Glyphosate in the general population and in applicators: a critical review of studies on exposures
Creators: name: Solomon, Keith R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The recent classification of glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was arrived at without a detailed assessment of exposure. Glyphosate is widely used as an herbicide, which might result in exposures of the general public and applicators. Exposures were estimated from information in the open literature and unpublished reports provided by Monsanto Company. Based on the maximum measured concentration in air, an exposure dose of 1.04 × 10 − 6 mg/kg body mass (b.m.)/d was estimated. Assuming consumption of surface water without treatment, the 90th centile measured concentration would result in a consumed dose of 2.25 × 10 − 5 mg/kg b.m./d. Estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) of consumed doses in food provided a median exposure of 0.005 mg/kg b.m./d (range 0.002–0.013). Based on tolerance levels, the conservative estimate by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for exposure of the general population via food and water was 0.088 mg/kg b.m./d (range 0.058–0.23). For applicators, 90th centiles for systemic exposures based on biomonitoring and dosimetry (normalized for penetration through the skin) were 0.0014 and 0.021 mg/kg b.m./d, respectively. All of these exposures are less than the reference dose and the acceptable daily intakes proposed by several regulatory agencies, thus supporting a conclusion that even for these highly exposed populations the exposures were within regulatory limits.
Evaluation of a Modified Heatsynch Estrus Synchronization Program on a California Commercial Dairy
Creators: name: Bos, A. P.
name: Belschner, A. P.
name: Michael, N.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2002

description: This study compares the number of pregnant animals by 120 days after calving using three different breeding systems. The breeding programs include an aggressive, timed artificial insemination (AI) program that incorporates treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), estradiol cypionate (ECP), prostaglandin F-2 alpha (PGF2a) and a 20-day post-breeding progesterone test; a prostaglandin-based heat detection program; and a bull-bred string.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2002