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Biomedical laboratory science education: standardising teaching content in resource-limited countries

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2013
Background: There is a worldwide shortage of qualified laboratory personnel to provide adequate testing for the detection and monitoring of diseases. In an effort to increase laboratory capacity in developing countries, new skills have been introduced ...
Wendy Arneson, Cathy Robinson, Bryan Nyary   +2 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Tayatorn Pongspikul, Alejandro Plastina, Anup Paudel, Chandan Bhattarai, Jennifer Ifft   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual outreach: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of joint teleconferenced medical consultations [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: To test the hypotheses that virtual outreach would reduce offers of hospital follow-up appointments and reduce numbers of medical interventions and investigations, reduce numbers of contacts with the health care system, have a positive impact
Jarrett, C, L Lewis, Wallace, P, Lewis, L, K Fleming, C Jarrett, Clayton, W, J Roberts, Jayasuriya, R, Garner, P, R Harrison, Jacklin, P, J Barber, Haines, A, Harrison, R, Parker, S, Wainwright, P, Barber, J, P Jacklin, Currell, R, S Thompson, W Clayton, P Garner, P Wainwright, R Currell, A Haines, Thompson, S, P Wallace, R Jayasuriya, S Parker, Fleming, K, Roberts, J   +31 more
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The Cow or the Credit: Causal Relationship Between California Dairy Herd Consolidation and Anaerobic Digesters

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of chronic wasting disease prions in soil at an illegal white-tailed deer carcass disposal site

Prion
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious prion disorder affecting cervids such as deer, elk, caribou, and moose, causing progressive and severe neurological degeneration followed by eventual death.
Madeline K. Grunklee, Stuart S. Lichtenberg, Nicole A. Lurndahl, Marc D. Schwabenlander, Diana L. Karwan, E. Anu Li, Jason C. Bartz, Qi Yuan, Peter A. Larsen, Tiffany M. Wolf   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

VcRR2 regulates chilling-mediated flowering through expression of hormone genes in a transgenic blueberry mutant

Horticulture Research, 2019
The molecular mechanism underlying dormancy release and the induction of flowering remains poorly understood in woody plants. Mu-legacy is a valuable blueberry mutant, in which a transgene insertion caused increased expression of a RESPONSE REGULATOR 2 ...
Tianyi Lin, Aaron Walworth, Xiaojuan Zong, Gharbia H. Danial, Elise M. Tomaszewski, Pete Callow, Xiumei Han, L. Irina Zaharia, Patrick P. Edger, Gan-yuan Zhong, Guo-qing Song   +10 more
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Effect of Different Soil Geological Formations (Parent Materials) on Land Suitability for Maize (Zea Mays) Production in Niger State, Nigeria [PDF]

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Studies
This study evaluated the suitability of some soils developed under two geological formations (that is, basement complex rocks and the sedimentary rocks) in Niger State, for maize (Zea mays) production.
Daniel Mathew, Lawal Baba Abubakar, Mohammed Tetengi, Ibrahim Philip Audu, Shema Andrew Monday, Aliyu Emmannuel John, Uyokei Uba, Lemibe Prince Chisom   +7 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk factors in Liberian nurses

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2016
Background: Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disorders are fast growing global health burdens especially in low and middle income countries. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors of these diseases among male and female nurses in Liberia.
Noble Donkor, Kathleen Farrell, Allena Constable, Sylvia Modeste, Lydia Andrews, Korotu Kollie, Micah Woods   +6 more
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source