1166 History of the development of the Beef Reproduction Task Force (BRTF) and impacts of the BRTF on beef cattle reproductive management

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. 559-560
Author(s):  
S. Johnson ◽  
R. F. Cooke ◽  
G. R. Dahlke ◽  
R. N. Funston ◽  
J. B. Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Reproduction Task ◽  
Reproductive Management ◽  
History Of

1168 Physiological and management advances enhancing adoption of applied reproductive management procedures in beef cattle

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. 560-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Patterson ◽  
R. F. Cooke ◽  
G. R. Dahlke ◽  
R. N. Funston ◽  
J. B. Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Reproductive Management ◽  
Management Procedures

Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney A. Smolla
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gang Rape ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

This personal and frank book offers an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the “summer of hate.” Blending memoir, courtroom drama, and a consideration of the unhealed wound of racism in our society, the book shines a light on the conflict between the value of free speech and the protection of civil rights. The author has spent his career in the thick of these tempestuous and fraught issues, from acting as lead counsel in a famous Supreme Court decision challenging Virginia's law against burning crosses, to serving as co-counsel in a libel suit brought by a fraternity against Rolling Stone magazine for publishing an article alleging that one of the fraternity's initiation rituals included gang rape. The author has also been active as a university leader, serving as dean of three law schools and president of one and railing against hate speech and sexual assault on US campuses. Well before the tiki torches cast their ominous shadows across the nation, the city of Charlottesville sought to relocate the Unite the Right rally; the author was approached to represent the alt-right groups. Though the author declined, he came to wonder what his history of advocacy had wrought. Feeling unsettlingly complicit, the author joined the Charlottesville Task Force, and realized that the events that transpired there had meaning and resonance far beyond a singular time and place. Why, he wonders, has one of our foundational rights created a land in which such tragic clashes happen all too frequently?

Rates and Predictors of Physician-Recommended and Self-Reported Aspirin Use in 2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 556-565
Author(s):  
Taylor Naberhaus ◽  
Nicole K. Early ◽  
Kathleen A. Fairman ◽  
Kelsey Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Medication History ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
History Of

OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the rate of providerrecommended aspirin use through the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) database versus self-reported aspirin use through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) database and identifies factors that predict initiation of aspirin. This study provides insight into the rate of providerrecommended aspirin use versus self-reported aspirin use prior to the 2016 United States Preventive Service Task Force primary prevention recommendation update.<br/> DESIGN: Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of US population data obtained from medical records (NAMCS) and community-dwelling residents in four states (BRFSS) in 2015.<br/> SETTING: Physician offices (NAMCS) and households or telephone (BRFSS).<br/> PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: NAMCS: visits made by patients 40 years of age or older to physicians who permitted federal employees to abstract officevisit data. BRFSS: household or telephone interview respondents 40 years of age or older.<br/> INTERVENTIONS: Comparisons of persons with (secondary prevention) versus without (primary prevention) cardiovascular disease.<br/> MAIN OUTCOME MEASURED: Recommended (NAMCS) or self-reported (BRFSS) use of aspirin.<br/> RESULTS: The sample included 19 170 patients (NAMCS), with 2 205 having a history of cardiovascular disease and 14 872 respondents (BRFSS) with 2 024 having a history of cardiovascular disease. For both primary and secondary prevention, respondents from BRFSS reported higher rates of aspirin use (27.7% primary, 65.6% secondary prevention) compared with prescribed rates from NAMCS (11.7% primary, 45.6% secondary prevention).<br/> CONCLUSIONS: Study results highlight the value of obtaining a complete medication history, including aspirin use, from all patients.

102 The National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics (NCARG) in Beef Cattle: supporting improvements in reproductive management

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 83-84
Author(s):  
David J Patterson ◽  
Scott Brown ◽  
Michael F Smith ◽  
William R Lamberson ◽  
Jeremy Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
New Model ◽  
Reproductive Management ◽  
Genetic Makeup ◽  
Heifer Development

Abstract Limited transfer of existing and emerging reproductive technologies to beef cattle enterprises precludes those enterprises from reaching their economic potential and places them at a competitive disadvantage relative to livestock enterprises where such technologies are being implemented more aggressively. On the other hand, and until now, the beef cattle sector has never had the reproductive tools available to facilitate widespread successful adoption of these technologies within the industry. Hence, the need for increased efforts to transfer technology to the industry has never been greater. The National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics (NCARG) in Beef Cattle will serve as a new model for research and technology transfer wherein industry participants at all levels and from across the US are afforded the opportunity to access information and acquire new skills that will improve reproductive management and resulting genetic makeup of our nation’s beef cattle industry. Comprehensive educational training programs will be developed for practicing veterinarians, extension livestock specialists, allied industry, producers, and students that will enable various segments of the beef cattle sector to acquire (through face-to-face and distance-learning applications) new knowledge and skills that will aid in the successful adoption of reproductive procedures/biotechnologies. Curriculum modules designed to support improvements in reproductive management will be comprised of the following: 1) Heifer development programs including reproductive tract scoring, fetal aging and sexing; 2) Breeding management, including estrus synchronization, artificial insemination, sex-sorted semen, and embryo transfer; 3) higher education student internships in reproductive management; and 4) on-farm beef heifer development and marketing programs patterned after the Missouri Show-Me-SelectTM Replacement Heifer Program. In addition, a graduate certificate program will be offered, entitled “Bovine Reproductive Management and Genomic Technologies.” Collectively, NCARG will serve as a new model for research and technology transfer intent on improving reproductive management and genetic makeup of our nation’s beef industry.

Institutionalizing the option of dam removal: the New Hampshire initiative

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.D. Lindloff
Keyword(s):  
New Hampshire ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Dam Removal ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
History Of ◽  
Northeastern State ◽  
Flow Through

For two years, the State of New Hampshire has worked to institutionalize the option of dam removal. The high gradient streams that flow through the granite hills and mountains of this small northeastern state provided ideal conditions for dam construction, particularly during AmericaÕs Industrial Revolution of the 1800s when mills were constructed throughout the area. With more than 4,800 dams in the stateÕs database, there are many opportunities for the removal of dams that no longer serve a useful purpose, have become a public safety hazard and impact the river environment. Efforts to facilitate removal of dams in New Hampshire include the formation of a River Restoration Task Force and the creation of a dam removal program within the state agency responsible for regulating dams. This has led to the removal of two dams in the past year, with approximately ten additional projects in various stages of planning. A history of this agency-led initiative, as well as a discussion of the programÕs strengths, challenges and goals for the future are presented.

Assessment of lipid-lowering treatment in Bulgaria — The CEPHEUS study

Open Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Gotcheva ◽  
Dimitar Raev ◽  
Elina Trendafilova ◽  
Arman Postadzhiyan ◽  
Nikolay Runev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Lipid Lowering ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
History Of ◽  
Therapy Compliance ◽  
European Task ◽  
Dose Change

AbstractThis is a multicenter cross-sectional survey of 2,500 Bulgarian adult patients taking lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) for at least 3 months with no dose change for a minimum of 6 weeks. The primary objective was to establish the proportion of patients who are on LDL-C target, according to the Fourth Joint European Task Force (FJETF) guidelines. The secondary objectives were to define the proportion of patients at target: according to the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (NCEP ATP) III and the 2004 NCEP ATP III guidelines. The patients’ demographics, current LLD treatment, cardiovascular medical history were recorded. Next the lipid profile, glucose level and HbA1c were obtained from these patients. The investigators and patients completed questionnaires related to the LLD therapy. Gender, BMI, history of CHD, therapy compliance, risk category, lack of patient’s awareness of LDL-C targets were all studied as determinants of the undertreatment. Despite the satisfactory awareness of guidelines for management of hypercholesterolaemia, their implementation in clinical practice is still poor. Only 43.10% of patients reached the FJETF-recommended LDL-C goal, 45.24% achieved the 2001 NCEP ATP III recommended LDL-C goal, and only 21.51% — reached the 2004 NCEP ATP III recommended target. Males, CHD patients and those who were aware of LDL-C targets had more chance of reaching their desired LDL-C target.

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