cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mastitis Therapy and Pharmacology of Drugs in the Bovine Mammary Gland
Creators: name: Anderson, K. L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Mastitis remains a major concern of the dairy industry, despite frequent use of therapy and application of mastitis control programs. Prevention and control are the most productive approaches to mastitis. However, therapy is important for clinical mastitis and is a component of mastitis control. Approximately 20-80% of cows are affected by clinical mastitis annually (Dohoo, 1987, Wilesmith et al., 1986). The annual US market for intramammary infusion products is approximately $30 million (Gingerich, 1987). Mastitis therapy should be efficacious, cost-effective, and antibiotic residues in meat and milk should be avoided. The purpose of this paper is to discuss mastitis therapy and the pharmacology of drugs in the bovine mammary gland. Specific areas considered include: 1. Current status of mastitis. 2. The pharmacology of drugs in the mammary gland. 3. Therapeutic failures. 4. Current developments in mastitis therapy.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Exempt Entities as Government Contractors: Regulation Through Cooperative Federalism
Creators: name: Hill, Frances R.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Public administration

description: The role of exempt entities as government contractors highlights the complexity of exempt entities’ relationships with numerous government regulatory agencies administering diverse bodies of law at both the federal and state levels. Exempt entities’ roles as government contractors can be neither understood nor regulated solely, or even primarily, in terms of their tax status. Activities undertaken as government contractors and the way those activities are pursued may be consistent or inconsistent with federal and/or state requirements for exemption from taxation. But, compliance with tax law requirements does not establish compliance with other bodies of law or establish that the entity can provide the expertise required to implement government programs or that its actual operations are consistent with its contractual obligations. A regulatory framework for exempt entities that contract with federal and/or state governments must take account of both contract performance in substantive terms and continuing qualification for exemption from federal and state taxation.
The Fundamental Role of The States In Governance Issues
Creators: name: Gano, Karen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Public administration

description: Attorneys General in every state have responsibility, on behalf of the public interest, to ensure that assets dedicated to charitable purposes are protected for those purposes. The Attorney General’s duty arises from the responsibility of the parens patriae as representative of the indefinite members of the public – the public at large – who are the beneficiaries of property devoted to charitable purposes. The Attorney General’s enforcement power on behalf of the public interest in protecting charitable assets “extends to all assets dedicated to charitable purpose, regardless of the legal form – corporation, trust, or voluntary association – in which they are held.” When governance failures threaten the stability of a charitable organization, or enable waste or diversion of its assets, the Attorney General is often the only party with standing to intervene.
Codebook-Based Opportunistic Interference Alignment
Creators: name: Yang, Hyun Jong
name: Jung, Bang Chul
name: Shin, Won-Yong
name: Paulraj, Arogyaswami
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Opportunistic interference alignment (OIA) asymptotically achieves the optimal degrees-of-freedom (DoF) in interfering multiple-access channels (IMACs) in a distributed fashion, as a certain user scaling condition is satisfied. For the multiple-input multiple-output IMAC, it was shown that the singular value decomposition (SVD)-based beamforming at the users fundamentally reduces the user scaling condition required to achieve any target DoF compared to that for the single-inputmultiple-output IMAC. In this paper, we tackle two practical challenges of the existing SVD-based OIA: 1) the need of full feedforward of the selected users' beamforming weight vectors and 2) a low rate achieved based on the exiting zero-forcing (ZF) receiver. We first propose a codebook-based OIA, in which the weight vectors are chosen from a pre-defined codebook with a finite size so that information of the weight vectors can be sent to the belonging BS with limited feedforward. We derive the codebook size required to achieve the same user scaling condition as the SVD-based OIA case for both Grassmannian and random codebooks. Surprisingly, it is shown that the derived codebook size is the same for the two considered codebook approaches. Second, we take into account an enhanced receiver at the base stations (BSs) in pursuit of improving the achievable rate based on the ZF receiver. Assuming no collaboration between the BSs, the interfering links between a BS and the selected users in neighboring cells are difficult to be acquired at the belonging BS. We propose the use of a simple minimum Euclidean distance receiver operating with no information of the interfering links. With the help of the OIA, we show that this new receiver asymptotically achieves the channel capacity as the number of users increases.
description: 23 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (The material in this paper was presented in part at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Cambridge, MA, July 2012.)
Real Life Bovine Pharmacology Physiology and Pharmacology of the Bovine Respiratory System
Creators: name: Smith, John A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: While antibiotics are and will remain the mainstay of therapy for bovine pneumonia, there are many other factors besides simple bacterial growth that contribute to the pathogenesis of bacterial colonization, proliferation, and tissue damage. In particular, the body's responses to the factors which predispose to colonization, and its subsequent responses to the bacterium and its products, play a major role in the degree of damage and the eventual outcome. Pharmacological modification of these responses may alter the severity and outcome of the disease process, either positively or negatively. A review of the pathophysiology of bovine pneumonia will reveal areas where pharmacological intervention beyond antibiotics is indicated or contraindicated.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
A Gameful Approach to Teaching Software Design and Software Testing - Assignments and Quests
Creators: name: Sheth, Swapneel
name: Bell, Jonathan Schaffer
name: Kaiser, Gail E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Computer science

description: Introductory CS classes typically do not focus on software testing. A lot of students’ mental model when they start learning programming is that “if it compiles and runs without crashing, it must work fine.” Despite numerous attempts to introduce testing early in CS programs and many known benefits to inculcating good testing habits early in one’s programming life, students remain averse to software testing as there is low student interest in software testing. To address this problem, we used an internally developed research system called HALO — “Highly Addictive sociaLly Optimized Software Engineering”. Our previous work describes early prototypes of HALO; in this paper, we describe how we used it for the CS2 class and the feedback from real users. HALO uses game-like elements and motifs from popular games like World of Warcraft to make the whole software engineering process and in particular, the software testing process, more engaging and social. HALO is not a game; it leverages game mechanics and applies them to the software development process. For example, in HALO, students are given a number of “quests” that they need to complete. These quests are used to disguise standard software testing techniques like white and black box testing, unit testing, and boundary value analysis. Upon completing these quests, the students get social rewards in the form of achievements, titles, and experience points. They can see how they are doing compared to other students in the class. While the students think that they are competing just for points and achievements, the primary benefit of such a system is that the students’ code gets tested a lot better than it normally would have.
Exploring Afghani Culture Through Literature
Creators: name: Parikh, Rohini A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education
Multicultural education
Education, Secondary

description: This lesson explores how literature written by an Afghani author offers insight into Afghani culture leading up to 9/11. Students should be familiar with the effects of the Middle Eastern colonial experience—and the subsequent challenges of the postcolonial era. They should consider religious, generational, and cultural conflicts, effects of modernization, political struggle, and other themes common to many literary works. In order to enrich their understanding, students should investigate the historical background for the selected works. The set of questions below applies to both books, although each books highlights unique facets of Afghani life (i.e. A Thousand Splendid Suns specifically explores the role of women; The Kite Runner studies socioeconomic issues). The books, then, can either serve as an in-depth author study and be read in sequence, or serve as stand-alone units. Most of the questions are taken from the Core Curriculum Maps so to ensure relevance in your classroom.
Towards Dynamic Network Condition-Aware Video Server Selection Algorithms over Wireless Networks
Creators: name: Nam, Hyunwoo
name: Kim, Kyung Hwa
name: Schulzrinne, Henning G.
name: Calin, Doru
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Computer science

description: We investigate video server selection algorithms in a distributed video-on-demand system. We conduct a detailed study of the YouTube Content Delivery Network (CDN) on PCs and mobile devices over Wi-Fi and 3G networks under varying network conditions. We proved that a location-aware video server selection algorithm assigns a video content server based on the network attachment point of a client. We found out that such distance-based algorithms carry the risk of directing a client to a less optimal content server, although there may exist other better performing video delivery servers. In order to solve this problem, we propose to use dynamic network information such as packet loss rates and Round Trip Time (RTT)between an edge node of an wireless network (e.g., an Internet Service Provider (ISP) router in a Wi-Fi network and a Radio Network Controller (RNC) node in a 3G network) and video content servers, to find the optimal video content server when a video is requested. Our empirical study shows that the proposed architecture can provide higher TCP performance, leading to better viewing quality compared to location-based video server selection algorithms.
Towards A Dynamic QoS-aware Over-The-Top Video Streaming in LTE
Creators: name: Nam, Hyunwoo
name: Kim, Kyung Hwa
name: Kim, Bong Ho
name: Calin, Doru
name: Schulzrinne, Henning G.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Computer science

description: We present a study of traffic behavior of two popular over-the-top (OTT) video streaming services (YouTube and Netflix). Our analysis is conducted on different mobile devices (iOS and Android) over various wireless networks (Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE) under dynamic network conditions. Our measurements show that the video players frequently discard a large amount of video content although it is successfully delivered to a client. We first investigate the root cause of this unwanted behavior. Then, we propose a Quality-of-Service (QoS)-aware video streaming architecture in Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks to reduce the waste of network resource and improve user experience. The architecture includes a selective packet discarding mechanism, which can be placed in packet data network gateways (P-GW). In addition, our QoS-aware rules assist video players in selecting an appropriate resolution under a fluctuating channel condition. We monitor network condition and configure QoS parameters to control availability of the maximum bandwidth in real time. In our experimental setup, the proposed platform shows up to 20.58% improvement in saving downlink bandwidth and improves user experience by reducing buffer underflow period to an average of 32 seconds.
The Veterinarian's Role in Maintaining Quality Assurance in Dairy Products
Creators: name: Fuhrmann, Thomas
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Quality assurance in dairy products is a critical issue to the welfare and survival of the dairy industry in the United States. And the responsibility for providing a safe, wholesome and desirable milk product lies squarely on the shoulders of each sector of the industry that is involved in bringing milk and dairy products to the consumer. Quality assurance must begin with the dairy farmer, the producer. It is simply not possible to start with poor quality milk at the farm and expect to have a high quality, desirable product on the grocery shelf. The dairy industry in general, and the producer in particular are coping with the quality assurance challenge. The veterinary practitioner can have significant input into the quality assurance issue.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
An XMM-Newton view of the merging activity in the Centaurus cluster
Creators: name: Walker, S. A.
name: Fabian, A. C.
name: Sanders, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of XMM-Newton observations of the regions around the core of the Centaurus cluster where evidence for merging activity between the subgroup Cen 45 and the main Centaurus cluster has previously been observed using ASCA and ROSAT data. We confirm the ASCA findings of a temperature excess surrounding Cen 45. We find that this temperature excess can be explained using simple shock heating given the large line of sight velocity difference between Cen 45 and the surrounding main Centaurus cluster. We find that there is a statistically significant excess in metallicity around Cen 45, showing that Cen 45 has managed to retain its gas as it has interacted with the main Centaurus cluster. There is a pressure excess to the east in the direction of the merger, and there is also an entropy excess around the central galaxy of Cen 45. The metallicity between 50-100 kpc to the north of NGC 4696 is higher than to the south, which may be the result of the asymmetric distribution of metals due to previous sloshing of the core, or which may be associated with the filamentary structure we detect between NGC 4696 and NGC 4696B.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
The Veterinarian's Role in Safe Beef Production
Creators: name: Griffin, Dee
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Beef, real food for real people. Some of the real people that we are talking about have real concerns. They are developing an attitude about their concerns for food safety. In the Senate Subcommittee meeting this past summer, a consumer activist was quoted, "Next to nuclear weapons, animal agriculture and its affiliates pose the greatest threat to life on this planet." I am a veterinarian, but I am also a cattleman, a real person, too. A producer that has real concerns. A veterinarian that has real concerns about my future in animal agriculture. Less than 2% of the population of the United States today is involved in agriculture. The 98% of the population, the consuming public, know very little about what we do to provide the food that sustains life on this planet. Their perception of what we do is a great concern to them. They are concerned that we are not responsible with the foodstuffs we influence and are concerned that lack of responsibility may relate to long-term problems in their lives and in the lives of their children. As a veterinarian, as a cattleman, I have real concerns, too. My life has been dedicated to beef production. The illness versus wellness issue of cattle is a real concern to all of us, veterinarians and producers.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Source data for Young SINEs in Pig Genomes Impact Gene Regulation, Genetic Diversity, and Complex Traits
Creators: name: Zhao, Pengju
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310204
subject: Genomics and transcriptomics
classificationCode: 310206
subject: Sequence analysis

description: Source data for Young SINEs in Pig Genomes Impact Gene Regulation, Genetic Diversity, and Complex Traits
Comparing Simulated Emission from Molecular Clouds Using Experimental Design
Creators: name: Yeremi, Miayan
name: Flynn, Mallory
name: Offner, Stella
name: Loeppky, Jason
name: Rosolowsky, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new approach to comparing simulated observations that enables us to determine the significance of the underlying physical effects. We utilize the methodology of experimental design, a subfield of statistical analysis, to establish a framework for comparing simulated position-position-velocity data cubes to each other. We propose three similarity metrics based on methods described in the literature: principal component analysis, the spectral correlation function, and the Cramer multi-variate two sample similarity statistic. Using these metrics, we intercompare a suite of mock observational data of molecular clouds generated from magnetohydrodynamic simulations with varying physical conditions. Using this framework, we show that all three metrics are sensitive to changing Mach number and temperature in the simulation sets, but cannot detect changes in magnetic field strength and initial velocity spectrum. We highlight the shortcomings of one-factor-at-a-time designs commonly used in astrophysics and propose fractional factorial designs as a means to rigorously examine the effects of changing physical properties while minimizing the investment of computational resources.
description: Accepted by ApJ
Continuous maximal regularity on uniformly regular Riemannian manifolds
Creators: name: Shao, Yuanzhen
name: Simonett, Gieri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish continuous maximal regularity results for parabolic differential operators acting on sections of tensor bundles on Riemannian manifolds. As an application, we show that solutions to the Yamabe flow instantaneously regularize and become real analytic in space and time. The regularity result is obtained by introducing a family of parameter-dependent diffeomorphims acting on functions over Riemannian manifolds in conjunction with maximal regularity and the implicit function theorem.
Far-field mapping of the longitudinal magnetic and electric optical fields
Creators: name: Ecoffey, C.
name: Grosjean, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter, we demonstrate the experimental mapping of the longitudinal magnetic and electric optical fields with a standard scanning microscope that involves a high numerical aperture far-field objective. The imaging concept relies upon the insertion of an azimuthal or a radial polarizer within the detection path of the microscope which acts as an optical electromagnetic filter aimed at transmitting selectively to the detector the signal from the magnetic or electric longitudinal fields present in the detection volume, respectively. The resulting system is thus versatile, non invasive, of high resolution, and shows high detection efficiencies. Magnetic optical properties of physical and biological micro and nano-structures may thus be revealed with a far-field microscope.
Spectral measures associated with the factorization of the Lebesgue measure on a set via convolution
Creators: name: Gabardo, Jean-Pierre
name: Lai, Chun-Kit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $Q$ be a fundamental domain of some full-rank lattice in ${\Bbb R}^d$ and let $μ$ and $ν$ be two positive Borel measures on ${\Bbb R}^d$ such that the convolution $μ\astν$ is a multiple of $χ_Q$. We consider the problem as to whether or not both measures must be spectral (i.e. each of their respective associated $L^2$ space admits an orthogonal basis of exponentials) and we show that this is the case when $Q = [0,1]^d$. This theorem yields a large class of examples of spectral measures which are either absolutely continuous, singularly continuous or purely discrete spectral measures. In addition, we propose a generalized Fuglede's conjecture for spectral measures on ${\Bbb R}^1$ and we show that it implies the classical Fuglede's conjecture on ${\Bbb R}^1$.
Promoting the Nutritional Value of Dairy Products
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Marilyn
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Thank you for inviting me here today. You have asked me to do something I've been wanting to do for a long time-discuss the topic of promoting nutrition. First, I want to make it crystal clear-I am not a nutritionist. In fact, I am not in the scientific disciplines per se. I am a professional in the field of public relations-a piece of the marketing puzzle. And, as a key player in the dairy and food industries, I have many thoughts I want to share with you. A major point is simply this: Promoting nutrition is big business-and apparently getting bigger. Have you watched television lately? Looked at a cereal box? Read a newspaper? Americans are being bombarded by more and more promotional messages, and more and more of them have to do with nutrition ...
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Promoting The Nutritional Value of Beef
Creators: name: Francis, John
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Good morning! I'm pleased to have the opportunity to share with you a quick overview of programs developed as a result of the $1.00 checkoff. But first, it is important to recognize the primary focus of the marketing programs: consumer demand, an increase that is, in producers' opportunities to make a profit. To increase demand, the $1.00 checkoff is invested in ways designed to influence consumer's attitudes, or the willingness to buy, enjoy, eat more or better yet, eat beef more often. In order to reach consumers, we need to first be all eyes and ears - we take our lead from current and potential consumers. Successful marketing however, dictates that we think with a consumer-driven orientation.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Bovine Lymphosarcoma
Creators: name: Miller, Janice M.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Lymphosarcoma is the pathologic term that describes a fatal cancer of lymph glands or lymphoid tissue. Other terms that have been used to describe this condition in cattle are leukemia and leukosis. The designation of leukosis was given by European veterinarians who first recognized the disease in an area near the Baltic Sea in the latter part of the 19th century. During the next few decades it became clear that the disease was spreading westward across Europe and this epidemiologic observation suggested the tumor was due to an infectious agent. Although death losses from lymphosarcoma were not severe, many European countries already had eradicated the more lethal infectious diseases, or at least reduced them to a very low incidence, so they were interested in doing whatever they could to maintain their high standards of animal health.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Malignant Transformation of Rat Kidney Induced by Environmental Substances and Estrogen
Creators: name: Alfaro-Lira, Susana
name: Pizarro-Ortiz, María
name: Calaf, Gloria M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medicine
Oncology
Public health

description: The use of organophosphorous insecticides in agricultural environments and in urban settings has increased significantly. The aim of the present study was to analyze morphological alterations induced by malathion and 17β-estradiol (estrogen) in rat kidney tissues. There were four groups of animals: control, malathion, estrogen and combination of both substances. The animals were injected for five days and sacrificed 30, 124 and 240 days after treatments. Kidney tissues were analyzed for histomorphological and immunocytochemical alterations. Morphometric analysis indicated that malathion plus estrogen-treated animals showed a significantly (p less than 0.05) higher grade of glomerular hypertrophy, signs of tubular damage, atypical proliferation in cortical and hilium zone than malathion or estrogen alone-treated and control animals after 240 days. Results indicated that MFG, ER-α, ER-β, PgR, CYP1A1, Neu/ErbB2, PCNA, vimentin and Thrombospondin 1 (THB) protein expression was increased in convoluted tubules of animals treated with combination of malathion and estrogen after 240 days of 5 day treatment. Malignant proliferation was observed in the hilium zone. In summary, the combination of malathion and estrogen induced pathological lesions in glomeruli, convoluted tubules, atypical cell proliferation and malignant proliferation in hilium zone and immunocytochemical alterations in comparison to control animals or animals treated with either substance alone. It can be concluded that an increased risk of kidney malignant transformation can be induced by exposure to environmental and endogenous substances.
MPEC 2023-V100 : 2023 VY2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 VY2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Towards a photometric metallicity scale for open clusters
Creators: name: Netopil, M.
name: Paunzen, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Open clusters are a useful tool when investigating several topics connected with stellar evolution; for example the age or distance can be more accurately determined than for field stars. However, one important parameter, the metallicity, is only known for a marginal percentage of open clusters. We aim at a consistent set of parameters for the open clusters investigated in our photometric Delta-a survey of chemically peculiar stars. Special attention is paid to expanding our knowledge of cluster metallicities and verifying their scale. Making use of a previously developed method based on normalised evolutionary grids and photometric data, the distance, age, reddening, and metallicity of open clusters were derived. To transform photometric measurements into effective temperatures to use as input for our method, a set of temperature calibrations for the most commonly used colour indices and photometric systems was compiled. We analysed 58 open clusters in total. Our derived metallicity values were in excellent agreement with about 30 spectroscopically studied targets. The mean value of the absolute deviations was found to be 0.03 dex, with no noticeable offset or gradient. The method was also applied using recent evolutionary models based on the currently accepted lower solar abundance value Z=0.014. No significant differences were found compared to grids using the former adopted solar value Z=0.02. Furthermore, some divergent photometric datasets were identified and discussed. The method provides an accurate way of obtaining properly scaled metallicity values for open clusters. In light of present and future homogeneous photometric sky surveys, the sample of stellar clusters can be extended to the outskirts of the Milky Way, where spectroscopic studies are almost impossible. This will help for determining galactic metallicity gradients in more detail.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A (19 pages including online material)
Trait Self-Reflection and Psychological Health
Creators: name: Hall, Andy
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The primary aim of this thesis was to examine the dimensional structure of trait self-reflection and determine whether any of the proposed dimensions had an adaptive relationship with psychological health. Paper I of this thesis empirically reviewed a number of discrete constructs that fall under the umbrella construct of trait self-reflection and their relationships with psychological health. This paper advanced novel theories about the dimensionality of trait self-reflection and the relationships between dimensions of trait self-reflection and psychological health. Paper II comprised a factor-analytic evaluation of a five-dimensional model of trait self-reflection comprised of how frequently an individual engages in self-reflection (self-reflectiveness, or frequency); degree of difficulty in disengaging from self-reflection (inflexibility); quantity of negative thought contents compared with positive contents (negative valence); and interest to learn more about oneself (curiosity about the self) and desire for factual knowledge about oneself (need for absolute self-knowledge) as different motives for engaging in self-reflection. The five-dimensional model was supported on the basis of overall model fit, but substantial correlations were found among some of the dimensions, which raised some uncertainty about their distinctiveness. Paper III tested the theory that negative valence, inflexibility, and need for absolute self-knowledge together suppress the adaptive effects of curiosity about the self on psychological health. Results revealed that an adaptive relationship between curiosity about the self and psychological health appeared to have been suppressed but that inflexibility, negative valence, and need for absolute self-knowledge were not jointly responsible for the suppression. This suggested that some isolated aspect of curiosity about the self may be adaptive for the psychological health of individuals.
Pathogenesis and Clinical Management of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis
Creators: name: George, Lisle W.
name: Kagonyera, George
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Infectious bovine keratoconjuctivitis (IBK) is a widespread ocular disease of cattle which is caused by the bacterium Moraxella bovis (M. bovis).1,2 The annual losses in the United States are estimated to be approximately $200,000,000.3 Specific economic losses include decreased growth rates, lower purchase prices for cattle with scarred eyes, reductions of post-weaning weight gains and treatment associated costs.4,5 The case attack rate of IBK in yearling cattle may range between 20 and 100%.5,6,7 New cases occur over the entire summer, and epizootics may last for as long as 4 months.6,7 The economic significance of IBK and the commercial development of vaccines has stimulated recent studies into the pathogenesis and treatment of IBK.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
The influence of defects on the conductivity of graphene within the effective theory approach
Creators: name: Valgushev, S. N.
name: Luschevskaya, E. V.
name: Pavlovsky, O. V.
name: Polikarpov, M. I.
name: Ulybyshev, M. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The results of the simulations by Monte Carlo method of graphene with structural defects are presented. The calculations are performed within an effective quantum field theory with non-compact $3\hm + 1$--dimensional Abelian gauge field and $2\hm + 1$--dimensional Kogut-Susskind fermions. It was found that defects shift the phase transition point semimetal-insulator towards higher values of a substrate permittivity.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Bovine Viral Diarrhea
Creators: name: Donis, Ruben O.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: Bovine viral diarrhea virus is the most important viral pathogen of the bovine fetus. After birth it is responsible for two clinically dissimilar conditions: BVD and mucosal disease. It also causes significant losses as a result of its interaction with other pathogens, enhancing their morbidity in dual infections. Currently available prophylactic vaccines may be inadequate because they are not totally safe or afford incomplete protection; Our understanding of the pathogenesis of BVD virus infections in cattle is in a very dynamic state at the present time, as a result of work carried out by several groups (1-5). In contrast, progress in areas such as the molecular events of virus replication, the antigenic structure of the virus and the specificity of the immune response of the host has been slower.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Focusing-oriented transformative coaching: supporting the journey of personal and social change
Creators: name: Mah, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: There is an urgent need to address an unprecedented confluence of social and environmental threats, in particular climate change, facing the world today. This will require more innovative and holistic approaches to learning that can address these threats and better support those working to create change. Research shows that change practitioners are particularly susceptible to the risks of feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, burnt out and depressed in relation to their work. Although there is an abundance of information recommending how practitioners can address these risks, there is little to no research examining how more embodied and transformative ways of learning can support both personal and social change. As such, this study examines practitioners’ experiences of burnout, and how Eugene Gendlin’s focusing (a form of inward bodily attention widely used within the humanistic psychotherapy tradition) can be used within coaching to support their self-care and effectiveness. A mixed methods approach was used involving a questionnaire, in-depth interviews and coaching over an 18-month period. The study found that focusing combined with reflective dialogue supported the transformative learning of the participants, helped to address burnout, and improved their self-care and effectiveness. This was achieved by: 1) clarifying their sense of self (including values, beliefs etc.) in relation to life, work and broader sociocultural contexts; 2) developing relationships with aspects of themselves (such as the inner critic) that are connected to unhelpful ways of thinking and feeling; 3) enabling kinds of ‘letting go’ (e.g. of expectations of self and others), becoming more comfortable with ‘not knowing’ and letting the new felt meaning of situations emerge; and 4) supporting shifts in consciousness or ways of being that are more open, curious, kind, playful and authentically hopeful. Based on these findings a model for practitioners – Focusing-oriented transformative coaching is proposed. The significance of this study is that it addresses the need for evidence-based research within the field of adult learning (in particular within Transformative learning and Coaching), regarding how embodied ways of learning can support both personal and social change. In this way, transformation from the individual, micro level to the social, macro level can be viewed as a whole, ongoing process.
How I Motivate and Communicate with Clients in My Practice
Creators: name: Jordan, Tim
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: You know I must be one of the luckiest people that I've ever known. I'll tell you a lot of reasons why. I have my health. I'm pleased to do the profession that I was trained to do, and I find it a very exciting time to be in veterinary medicine and to be in beef cattle practice. When I hear people speak and see what people like JoAnne Smith have done for our industry and I see what Wes Bonner is doing for our industry, I am excited to be in beef cattle practice.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Overview of Micro- and Nano-Technology Tools for Stem Cell Applications: Micropatterned and Microelectronic Devices
Creators: name: Cagnin, Stefano
name: Cimetta, Elisa
name: Guiducci, Carlotta
name: Martini, Paolo
name: Lanfranchi, Gerolamo
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Biomedical engineering
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Pathology

description: In the past few decades the scientific community has been recognizing the paramount role of the cell microenvironment in determining cell behavior. In parallel, the study of human stem cells for their potential therapeutic applications has been progressing constantly. The use of advanced technologies, enabling one to mimic the in vivo stem cell microenviroment and to study stem cell physiology and physio-pathology, in settings that better predict human cell biology, is becoming the object of much research effort. In this review we will detail the most relevant and recent advances in the field of biosensors and micro- and nano-technologies in general, highlighting advantages and disadvantages. Particular attention will be devoted to those applications employing stem cells as a sensing element.
How I Motivate and Communicate with Clients in My Dairy Practice
Creators: name: Fuhrmann, Tom
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: This paper will deal specifically with the subject of motivating and communicating with personnel on large commercial dairy operations. The typical dairy in Arizona has capacity to milk 500 cows two or three times per day. One milks 4,000 head three times per day and currently averages 20,000 lb. milk according to DHIA rolling herd averages. The average dairyman raises his own replacements, purchases all his feed, runs a labor intensive, highly leveraged operation on less than 30 acres of land. Providing veterinary service to these types of herds requires motivating and communicating with several types of people on each operation. Applying people management skills to implement herd health programs is essential.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Communication with and Motivation of Producers
Creators: name: Griffin, Dee
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: The most important thing in working with the producers we serve is understanding that all producers are not alike and that all "canned formulas" for working with those producers work only to the extent that they connect our personalities with those of the producers. What works with one producer may not work well with another and what works for one veterinarian may not work well for another. We all have clients that we have a tremendous rapport with and other clients that we have just never been able to connect with.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
Obscuration of Flare Emission by an Eruptive Prominence
Creators: name: Gopalswamy, Nat
name: Yashiro, Seiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the eclipsing of microwave flare emission by an eruptive prominence from a neighboring region as observed by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph at 17 GHz. The obscuration of the flare emission appears as a dimming feature in the microwave flare light curve. We use the dimming feature to derive the temperature of the prominence and the distribution of heating along the length of the filament. We find that the prominence is heated to a temperature above the quiet Sun temperature at 17 GHz. The duration of the dimming is the time taken by the eruptive prominence in passing over the flaring region. We also find evidence for the obscuration in EUV images obtained by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
How I Motivate and Communicate with Clients in My Practice
Creators: name: Nordlund, Kenneth
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: We're talking about communication, motivation, in essence we're talking about change. We're talking about giving life to ideas, making them so clear and compelling that they can not be ignored. As it's been said this morning, it requires-I think it's launched with-enthusiasm and optimism. I think all of us are familiar with optimists and pessimists defined in terms of that half glass of water. The optimists sees the glass as half full and the pessimist says it's half empty. I think it may be more telling in terms of optimism and pessimism: An optimist is a person who believes that right now is a great opportunity-this moment is the best of times. The pessimist fears that this is true.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987
The Adverse Effects of Alcohol on Vitamin A Metabolism
Creators: name: Clugston, Robin D.
name: Blaner, William S.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medicine
Toxicology
Nutrition

description: The objective of this review is to explore the relationship between alcohol and the metabolism of the essential micronutrient, vitamin A; as well as the impact this interaction has on alcohol-induced disease in adults. Depleted hepatic vitamin A content has been reported in human alcoholics, an observation that has been confirmed in animal models of chronic alcohol consumption. Indeed, alcohol consumption has been associated with declines in hepatic levels of retinol (vitamin A), as well as retinyl ester and retinoic acid; collectively referred to as retinoids. Through the use of animal models, the complex interplay between alcohol metabolism and vitamin A homeostasis has been studied; the reviewed research supports the notion that chronic alcohol consumption precipitates a decline in hepatic retinoid levels through increased breakdown, as well as increased export to extra-hepatic tissues. While the precise biochemical mechanisms governing alcohol’s effect remain to be elucidated, its profound effect on hepatic retinoid status is irrefutable. In addition to a review of the literature related to studies on tissue retinoid levels and the metabolic interactions between alcohol and retinoids, the significance of altered hepatic retinoid metabolism in the context of alcoholic liver disease is also considered.
Multi-Sensor Fusion of Infrared and Electro-Optic Signals for High Resolution Night Images
Creators: name: Huang, Xiaopeng
name: Netravali, Ravi
name: Man, Hong
name: Lawrence, Victor
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Electrical engineering
Optics

description: Electro-optic (EO) image sensors exhibit the properties of high resolution and low noise level at daytime, but they do not work in dark environments. Infrared (IR) image sensors exhibit poor resolution and cannot separate objects with similar temperature. Therefore, we propose a novel framework of IR image enhancement based on the information (e.g., edge) from EO images, which improves the resolution of IR images and helps us distinguish objects at night. Our framework superimposing/blending the edges of the EO image onto the corresponding transformed IR image improves their resolution. In this framework, we adopt the theoretical point spread function (PSF) proposed by Hardie et al. for the IR image, which has the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a uniform detector array and the incoherent optical transfer function (OTF) of diffraction-limited optics. In addition, we design an inverse filter for the proposed PSF and use it for the IR image transformation. The framework requires four main steps: (1) inverse filter-based IR image transformation; (2) EO image edge detection; (3) registration; and (4) blending/superimposing of the obtained image pair. Simulation results show both blended and superimposed IR images, and demonstrate that blended IR images have better quality over the superimposed images. Additionally, based on the same steps, simulation result shows a blended IR image of better quality when only the original IR image is available.
How I Motivate and Communicate with Clients in My Practice
Creators: name: Jarrett, James A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1987

description: When I look at communication in the food animal industry, I am reminded that sometime ago, in 1976, two sociologists named Bryant and Snoozick wrote, "the food animal practitioner faces, at best, a frustrated owner who is concerned about profit margin and, at worst, a hostile individual who may even perceive economic exploitation. The owner often believes himself wise in the ways of animal illness and infirmity and may monitor the veterinarian's treatment with critical scrutiny and, on occasion, may even find fault with what is, perhaps, the most appropriate treatment." You know we've all got some clients like that, right? Some of these guys that could mess up anything. They could mess up a one car funeral, among other things. That kind of client. Thus, the food animal practitioner sometimes must play a kind of defensive professional role in which a considerable amount of interactional strain exists. Did you know that 70 to 80 percent of the people in agriculture are introverts? That's one of the reasons we have such a challenge in communicating from time to time. These two fellows also wrote that a profession requires three things to function: cruciality, mystique, and the power of intimidation. Well as a food animal practitioner, let's take a look at these.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1987