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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"fenceline"”.
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Contesting Risk, Expertise, and Environmental Justice on the Fenceline: The Cases of the Navajo Nation, Radford Arsenal, and Camp Minden
… risk, and environmental justice in three fenceline sites. Mobilizing the fenceline standpoint to study risk strengthens our objective understanding of the social situatedness of risk. To illustrate how a fenceline standpoint contributes to stronger objectivity of risk contestations, I …
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Increases in Cortisol due to Weaning Stress and the Subsequent Alterations to Immune Function in Beef Calves
… alters immunological functions, and that fenceline weaning alleviates the increase in cortisol and alterations to immune function associated with weaning. In the fall of 2008, 12 Angus and Angus-X heifers (186°21 kgs; 174°16 days of age) were blocked by age and weight and randomly allotted …
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Management of Katahdin Hair Sheep
… were allocated randomly to 1 of 4 treatments 1) Fenceline AM; 2) Fenceline PM; 3) Traditional AM; and 4) Traditional PM for a 14-d weaning period. Behavior was observed at 12, 24, 48, and 72 h post-weaning. Weaning weight, 14-d post-weaning weight, ADG, and total gain did not differ . Vocalizing …
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Evaluation of Weaning Stress in Beef Calves
… and fescue. In study 3, effects of two-stage (fenceline) and abrupt weaning were compared. Calf weights, immune cell function, antibody production, blood glucose concentrations, fecal cortisol concentrations, and gene expression (FAS, IL-4,IL-10, and IFNγ) were measured pre- and post-weaning. …
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Agent-based and contact network modeling applications for Escherichia coli transmission in commercial feedlot settings
… of feedlot cattle and from across the shared fenceline at varying timescales (24-h, 6-h, and h). Contacts within-pen were defined at 0.71 m SpTh with a MCD of 10, 30, or 60 seconds. “Fenceline” contacts were defined with the same SpTh and MCD durations as within-pen contacts but contained a …
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Assessment of redox markers in cattle
… weaning strategies (anti-suckle nose clip and fenceline wean) and transport were evaluated in calves. Calf weights, Se and malondialdehyde in plasma, along with glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase in leukocytes were measured at -7, 0, 1, and 7 days surrounding weaning and …
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Habitat Selection and Use by Breeding Hen Pheasants in Eastern South Dakota, 1999-2001
… idle, woody cover, wet wetland, dry wetland, fenceline, right-of-way/ditch, road, farmstead, and miscellaneous. A 28-m radius (about ¼ ha) buffer around each location point was used to estimate habitats selected. Land-use changed little over the course of the study, with the exception of …
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Intraurban Spatiotemporal Variability of Ambient Air Pollutants across Metropolitan St. Louis
… Air Quality Study (RAQS) was conducted at the fenceline of a petroleum refinery in Roxana, Illinois. In addition to providing insights into air pollutant impacts from the refinery, these measurements increased the St. Louis area monitoring network density for gaseous air toxics and fine …
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Reaktivation and stabilization phases of eolian deposits under climatic and anthropogenic influences in the Rolling Plains of Texas, U.S.A.
… a description and definition of so called "fenceline dunes" and "shinnery motts". Other dunes with very young buried horizons are also described in this chapter, and a comparison with outcrops in the Nebraska Sand Hills is performed. Chapter 6 interprets short-term, cyclic, drought related …
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Factors that Shape Environmental Perceptions: the Role of Health and Place
<p>Risk perception is the judgment people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. Numerous theories and models exist which have identified the factors that influence risk perception. Among these factors, location, health status, and demographic characteristics are known to shape risk …
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HOME/SICK
<p>This paper is a supporting document that discusses the conceptual and technical aspects of the artworks in the accompanying exhibition, HOME/SICK. The work in the exhibition consists of selections from different series of work that are inspired by related subject matter. The content driving the …