fied, and the rapid exchange of information globally. The following immunologic and molecular questions were addressed as well: What basic research advances would allow us to respond more rapidly after the next human pandemic strain is detected? Is the presence of novel influenza A virus in pigs a predictor of the next influenza pandemic? Is an H2 influenza virus the next human pandemic subtype...

An experiment was conducted using steers cannulated at the rumen, duodenum and ileum to study the effects of increasing the levels of barley and fishmeal in straw-based diets. Diets A, B, C and D contained ammonia-treated straw, barley and fishmeal in the ratios, 67:33:0, 66:23:11, 53:47:0 and 52:36:12 (by weight) and were offered in daily amounts of 3.9, 3.9, 4.8 and 4.8 kg dry matter. The eff...

The extent to which discrimination can explain racial wage gaps is one of the most divisiveissues in the social sciences. Using a newly available data set, this paper develops a simpleempirical test which, under plausible (but not innocuous) conditions, provides a lower bound onthe extent of discrimination in the labor market. Taken at face value, our estimates imply thatdiffere...