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Somewhere Over the Verde Rainbow

Ekart, Donna F. (2008-09-01)

ERMs are the future of serials management for academic libraries, but no one is quite sure what that future will look like. Lessons learned during Verde ERM implementation from K-State Libraries at Kansas State University.
Single-crystalline B12As2 on m-plane (11¯00) 15R-SiC

Chen, Hui; Wang, Guan; Dudley, Michael; Xu, Zhou; Edgar, James H.; Batten, Tim; Kuball, Martin; Zhang, Lihua; Zhu, Yimei (2009-11-23)

Single crystal, heteroepitaxial growth of icosahedral B12As2 (IBA, a boride semiconductor) on m-plane 15R-SiC is demonstrated. Previous studies of IBA on other substrates, i.e., (111)Si and (0001)6H-SiC, produced polycrystalline ...
Simplified Concrete Resistivity and Rapid Chloride Permeability Test Method

Riding, Kyle A.; Poole, Jonathan L.; Schindler, Anton K.; Juenger, Maria C. G.; Folliard, Kevin J. (2010-08-06)

A simplified method of measuring concrete resistivity, as an index of permeability, has been developed that is similar to ASTM C1202 or the rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT). It is significantly faster and easier ...
Serving temperature viscosity measurements of nectar and honey-thick liquids

Garcia, Jane Mertz; Chambers, Edgar, IV; Matta, Ziad; Clark, Megan (2008-05-27)

This study reports the viscosity (thickness) of nectar- and honey-thick liquids measured at a typical serving temperature. Centipoise (cP) measurements were compared for three products (two starch and one gum-based thickener) ...
Rooting characteristics and responses of photosynthesis to irrigation deficit of two hybrid bluegrasses, Kentucky bluegrass, and tall fescue

Su, Kemin; Bremer, Dale J.; Keeley, Steven J.; Fry, Jack D. (2009-03-23)

Drought stress is common among cool-season turfgrasses during summer in the U.S. transition zone. A two-year field study was conducted near Manhattan, Kansas, USA, to evaluate rooting characteristics and effects of drought ...
Rethinking distance learning activities: a comparison of transactional distance theory and activity theory

Kang, Haijun; Gyorke, Allan S. (2011-10-18)

Despite its invaluable guidance to distance education development, transactional distance (TD) theory is not seamlessly synchronised with current field practice and lacks a social component. After it has provided over 30 ...
Resynchronized pregnancy rates in dairy cattle: timing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone injection before timed artificial insemination

Martel, C.A.; Stevenson, Jeffrey S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-11-23)

Lactating dairy cows and replacement virgin heifers of unknown pregnancy status were treated with either gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or saline to initiate a resynchronization program that was continued 7 days ...
Restricting Vitamin A in cattle diets improves beef carcass marbling and USDA quality and yield grades

Arnett, A.M.; Daniel, M.J.; Dikeman, Michael E. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-12-09)

Marbling continues to be a major factor affecting profitability for beef producers, processors, retailers, and restaurateurs. However, feeding animals to ‘fatten’ is quite inefficient, requiring about 2.25 times more energy ...
Restricted feeding improves performance of growing steers during subsequent grazing on native flint hills pasture

Anglin, C.O.; Epp, M.P.; Derstein, R.D.; Barnhardt, B.B.; Blasi, Dale A.; Olson, K. C.; Reinhardt, Christopher D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-12-14)

Beef stocker operators are margin-operators, and rising feed costs force them to consider alternative feeding strategies to reduce production costs. Limit-feeding is a management technique that has positive implications ...
Restaurant employees' perceptions of barriers to three food safety practices

Howells, Amber D.; Roberts, Kevin R.; Shanklin, Carol W.; Pilling, Valerie K.; Brannon, Laura A.; Barrett, Betsy B. (2008-08-27)

Limited research has been conducted to assess employees' perceptions of barriers to implementing food safety practices. Focus groups were conducted with two groups of restaurant employees to identify perceived barriers ...
Regeneration: Discovering tradition through cross cultural design education

Watts, Donald J. (2009-04-08)

This paper analyzes the manner in which two architectural design studios, one Afghan and one American, explored designs for a new College of Architecture, Planning and Design for Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan. The ...
Reference transactions to the rescue: Using Libstats to enhance library instruction, direct staff continuing education, and make effective management decisions

Theiss-White, Danielle; Coleman, Jason; Whitehair, Kristin (2008-06-26)

This poster provides an overview of how and why K-State Libraries uses Libstats, a simple, open source, Web-based system for tracking reference statistics. K-State Libraries began using Libstats at one service point in ...
Recent applications of Kirkwood–Buff theory to biological systems

Pierce, Veronica; Kang, Myungshim; Aburi, Mahalaxmi; Weerasinghe, Samantha; Smith, Paul E. (2011-08-22)

The effect of cosolvents on biomolecular equilibria has traditionally been rationalized using simple binding models. More recently, a renewed interest in the use of Kirkwood–Buff (KB) theory to analyze solution mixtures ...
Rat cardiomyocytes express a classical epithelial beta-defensin

Linde, Annika; Lushington, Gerald H.; Blecha, Frank; Melgarejo, Tonatiuh (2013-05-29)

Beta-defensins (BDs) are classical epithelial antimicrobial peptides of immediate importance in innate host defense. Since recent studies have suggested that certain BDs are also expressed in non-traditional tissues, ...
Quantification of Effects of Fly Ash Type on Concrete Early-Age Cracking

Riding, Kyle A.; Poole, Jonathan L.; Schindler, Anton K.; Juenger, Maria C. G.; Folliard, Kevin J. (2010-08-06)

The mechanisms that contribute to early-age cracking are complex. Determining the relative importance of each mechanism as well as the combined cracking potential for a given concrete material is essential for the ...
Progesterone, follicular, and estrual responses to progesterone-based estrus and ovulation synchronization protocols at five stages of the estrous cycle

Stevenson, Jeffrey S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-11-23)

The objective of this study was to monitor changes in ovarian status in heifers exposed to a progesterone insert with or without concurrent gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) injection. Estrus was manipulated in 283 ...
Primary care physicians and pandemic influenza: An appraisal of the 1918 experience and an assessment of contemporary planning

Lauer, Jacob; Kastner, Justin; Nutsch, Abbey L. (2009-02-03)

This multidisciplinary research project examined the role of primary care physicians in past pandemic flu responses and current planning efforts. Project researchers gathered and synthesized historical research, state and ...
Prepartum supplementation influences response to timed artificial insemination by suckled mature beef cows

Thomas, M.D.; Stevenson, Jeffrey S.; Bolte, J.W.; Sproul, N.A.; Linden, D.A.; Olson, K. C.; Jaeger, John R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-12-09)

Fat supplementation before calving (i.e., prepartum) can alter reproductive performance of beef cows. These effects do not seem to be related to energy or protein content of the supplement. Chemical structures of some ...
Potential mechanisms of cancer prevention by weight control

Jiang, Yu; Wang, Weiqun (2009-03-03)

Weight control via dietary caloric restriction and/or physical activity has been demonstrated in animal models for cancer prevention. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Body weight loss due to ...
Place, placelessness, insideness, and outsideness in John Sayles' Sunshine State

Seamon, David (2009-08-24)

John Sayles is one of America's most successful independent filmmakers, whose works include "Return of the Secaucus Seven" (1980), "City of Hope" (1991), and "Lone Star" (1996). This article examines Sayles' portrait of ...