This article presents analysis and synthesis of findings concerning the problem of costeffective placement of best management practices (BMPs) emerging from NIFA CEAP and the USDA NRCS jointly-funded competitive grant projects, and future research needs. The synthesis focuses on two fundamental aspects of the cost-effectiveness problem: (1) how to assess the locationand farmer-specific costs of...

Best maintenance practices in communications networks management are benchmarking standards that, if carefully implemented, will enhance the integrity, reliability and maintenance costs of communications networks. This paper defines best maintenance practices in communications network management within a concise framework encompassing measurable performance-level goals as well as methods and pr...

A number of leading companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan have made a commitment to become sustainable enterprises, and have launched proactive programs to improve the environmental and social performance of their products, processes, services, and facilities. However, one of the key challenges faced by these companies is how to track their progress towards sustainability and communicate it t...

Navigating the formal employment interview has long been an imposing obstacle to acquiring gainful employment in the white-collar world, particularly that of the United States. Conventional wisdom offers a wide variety of suggestions for achieving the best possible outcomes from the interview, for instance smiling, having a firm handshake, demonstrating interest in the company, and “being yours...

The hallmark feature of the wet or neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration is the presence of choroidal (or retinal) neovascularization (CNV). If left untreated, CNV may result in significant central vision loss due to complications including exudation, leakage, and ultimately subretinal fibrosis causing remarkable photoreceptor loss. Although the mechanism of development is not fu...

In 1978, the Wisconsin Legislature committed to protecting water quality by enacting the Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement Program. Through this program, cost-share money is provided—within priority watersheds—to control sources of nonpoint pollution. Most of the cost-share dollars for rural watersheds have been used to implement barnyard Best Management Practices (BMPs) because barnyar...

Soil erosion, due to intensive agricultural practices, has been and continues to be of significant concern in the Whitewater Watershed, a coldwater tributary of the Mississippi River, in southeastern Minnesota. Conservation efforts, in the form of best management practices (BMPs) have been underway for many years and a number of residents have enrolled in various government programs designed to...

BACKGROUND Many of the practices currently underway to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads entering the Chesapeake Bay have also been observed to support reduction of disease-causing pathogen loadings. We quantify how implementation of these practices, proposed to meet the nutrient and sediment caps prescribed by the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), could reduce pathogen loadings an...

The mentorship best practices discussed in this document have been compiled from meetings and discussions with senior mentors, faculty and students throughout the College of Medicine, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and the Department of Internal Medicine. In addition, literature suggesting best practices for mentors has also been considered in the formulation of the practice...