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Why teach music?

Burrack, Frederick W. (2011-08-04)
Violence against women and girls in the Caribbean: an intervention and lessons learned from Jamaica

Muturi, Nancy W. (2010-11-16)

This paper describes the interagency campaign implemented in 1998 that specifically addressed violence against women and girls, documenting the lessons learnt and key findings of the intervention as well as some implications. ...
Variation in performance of electronic cattle ear tags and readers

Bryant, A.M.; Barnhardt, B.B.; Epp, M.P.; Glaenzer, S.J.; Blasi, Dale A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-08-02)

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of ISO 11785 radio frequency identification (RFID) cattle ear tags and readers under ideal laboratory conditions. Tag and reader manufacturer identities are masked to ...
Validation of flank-to-flank measurements for predicting boar weight

Sulabo, R.C.; Quackenbush, J.; Nelssen, Jim L.; Goodband, Robert D.; Tokach, Michael D.; DeRouchey, Joel M.; Dritz, Steven S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-10-20)

Allometric relationships, in which linear body dimensions are expressed as a function of body weight, are commonly used in growth studies. Previous work at Kansas State University showed a positive correlation between ...
Truth-in-voting: election reform and Manhattan community

Romanova, Kate

This report is the result of a research on voting technological innovations and regulations, which are required by the Help America Vote Act of 2002. It looks into HAVA activities and implements in various states and ...
Textile recycling: A systems perspective

Hawley, Jana M. (Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, 2008-04-07)

The juxtaposition of a throw-away society with the realization that natural resources are threatened is a vivid illustration of the perplexing problem of contemporary lifestyle. As we consider the case of textile and apparel ...
Simultaneous double side grinding of silicon wafers: a literature review

Li, Z. C.; Pei, Zhijian J.; Fisher, Graham R. (2009-11-25)

Silicon wafers are the most widely used substrates for fabricating integrated circuits (ICs). The quality of ICs depends directly on the quality of silicon wafers. A series of processes are required to manufacture high ...
Rotary ultrasonic machining of titanium alloy: effects of machining variables

Churi, N. J.; Pei, Zhijian J.; Treadwell, C. (2009-12-01)

Titanium and its alloys are finding prime applications in industries due to their unique properties. However, high cost of machining is one of the limiting factors for their widespread use. Tremendous efforts are being ...
Rilke and historical discourse or the 'Historie' of Malte Laurids Brigge

Hillard, Derek (2012-01-19)
Resynchronization of ovulation and conception in nonpregnant dairy cows and heifers

Portaluppi, M.A.; Tenhouse, D.E.; Stevenson, Jeffrey S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-11-29)

Our objectives were to determine various factors influencing upfront single and multiple ovulation in response to GnRH in a timed arti-ficial insemination (TAI) protocol and subse-quent fertility after altering timing of ...
Responses of lactating holstein cows to increasing amounts of wet corn gluten feed

Smith, John F., 1962-; Grigsby, K.; Brouk, Michael J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-11-29)

Forty lactating Holstein cows were allocated into groups of 5 cows each and assigned to 8 pens containing 10 freestalls each. Each group contained 3 heifers and 2 multiparous cows. Groups were balanced by milk production ...
Reproductive diapause in Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and its life history consequences

Michaud, J. P.; Qureshi, Jawwad A. (2012-02-20)

Adult Hippodamia convergens (Guerin) in reproductive diapause were collected from a spring cohort in western Kansas and held in pairs for the duration of their lives to assess female reproductive schedules under conditions ...
Profitability analysis of soybean aphid control treatments in three north-central States

Song, Feng
The process of healing: Expression from within, insight, and release through the arts

Bailey, Sally D. (2009-09-18)

The creative arts therapies best fit how the brain actually functions and can provide more effective means for healing than the current talk therapy methods. Mirror neurons which make empathy and imitative learning possible ...
Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for Alberta Beef Producers and Feeders

Schroeder, Ted C.; Ward, Clement E. (Kansas State University. North American Institute for Beef Economic Research, 2010-05-13)

Concerns about potential impacts of captive supply on fed cattle prices have been present for several years in both Canada and the US. In Canada, the magnitude of concern escalated during closure of the US border to ...
Prevention is the best way to health

Cates, Michael B. (2009-03-23)

Health is an essential element of military readiness, and prevention is and always will be the best way to health. Preventing diseases and conditions that threaten the health of the warfighter is more operationally ...
Predicting growth rates of adult working boars in a commercial boar stud

Sulabo, R.C.; Quackenbush, J.; Goodband, Robert D.; Tokach, Michael D.; DeRouchey, Joel M.; Nelssen, Jim L.; Dritz, Steven S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-10-20)

There is almost no information on ideal growth rates for adult boars, but estimates can be made if the relationship between boar weight and age is known. Therefore, this study was aimed to predict growth rates in adult ...
Positive correlation of fitness with group size in two biotypes of Russian wheat aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Michaud, J. P.; Jyoti, J. L.; Qureshi, Jawwad A. (2011-10-27)

Changes in Þtness parameters as a function of colony size (one versus 10 aphids) were measured in two biotypes (RWA1 and RWA2) of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) (Homoptera: Aphididae), feeding on ...
Porcine umbilical cord matrix stem cells

Carlin, R.; Troyer, Deryl L.; Weiss, Mark L.; Schultz, Bruce D.; Davis, Duane L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009-10-20)

Since their discovery in 2000, pig umbilical cord stem cells have been studied at KState. The studies have been expanded to included other species, including humans. In addition, other research groups around the world ...
Performance of calves born to beef cows seropositive but subclinical for bovine leukosis virus

Llewellyn, Donald A.; Teutemacher, K.L.; Marston, T.T.; Sanderson, M.W.; Hollis, Larry C. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2010-08-02)

Calves from a commercial beef herd were evaluated for weight gain differences based upon the bovine leukosis virus (BLV) serological status of their dams. One hundred forty-two multiparous cows from a commercial beef ...