Basic science and applied science instruction are compatible and essential for animal science professionals to succeed in their chosen career. Application of science is a continuum. Although production methods are constantly evolving, the science on which changes are made is fixed and fundamental. Only our understanding changes. We are educating students in preparation for a life-long learning ...

The cause of growth retardation in the inherited blood disorder b-thalassemia major (b-thal) has long been a subject of debate. This has become an issue in the last few years since children with b-thal are undergoing hypertransfusion and iron chelation therapy, and now living well into their thirties and forties. Therefore, in addition to growth retardation, many of the endocrinopathies such as...

prognosis (M1c). Of course the statistics are not to blame for this, but performing a second trial in another part of the world may decrease such bias due to differences in clinical practice and therefore inclusion policies. Also, with more effective drugs becoming available in several tumor types, the effect of a single novel drug will be more difficult to evaluate when overall survival is the...

Quantum models of mind associate consciousness to coherent superposition of states in the brain. Some authors consider consciousness to be the result of a kind of internal quantum measurement process in the brain. In this paper we discuss the ideas of Hameroff Penrose and Tegmark and their calculation for an estimate of decoherence time. We criticize the Hameroff Penrose model in the context of...

With the concentration of poultry production and increase in operation size in several regions of the U.S., more manure is applied to agricultural land. This application of manure has resulted in more P being added than crops require, an accumulation in soil P, and increased potential for P loss in surface runoff. This situation has been exacerbated by manure management being N-based. Increased...

We analyze the role played by the gauge invariance for the existence of Dirac monopole. To this end, we consider the electrodynamics with massive photon and ask if the magnetic charge can be introduced there. We show that the derivation of the Dirac quantization condition based on the angular momentum algebra cannot be generalized to the case of massive electrodynamics. Possible implications of...

This paper explores the potential for audio and video services streamed to mobile handset from the perspective of consumer behaviour. The author argues that consumer choice rather than technology or supply side activities will determine the success of the services and that demand for mobile broadcasting services will come primarily from consumers who are currently using mobile audio and video s...

prognosis (M1c). Of course the statistics are not to blame for this, but performing a second trial in another part of the world may decrease such bias due to differences in clinical practice and therefore inclusion policies. Also, with more effective drugs becoming available in several tumor types, the effect of a single novel drug will be more difficult to evaluate when overall survival is the...