Pasture still accounts for over 90 percent of animal nutrition in Brazil

In the piece, Boyd describes a heterogeneous network of firms, governments, and advocates developing REDD institutions simultaneously. He uses the metaphor of DNA to describe how frameworks and approaches from any particular effort can be combined and recombined into other efforts without passing through the bureaucracy of the UN. One respondent noted that a good …

Fitz-Gibbon and Eisler similarly critiqued early meta-analyses of educational and psychology studies

In contrast to the notion that seepage water from wetlands may be considered as a source of groundwater nitrate contamination, this study shows that under the conditions present in our wetland, seepage through wetland soils can actually prevent some nitrate contamination of groundwater. Before recommending constructed wetlands that utilize seepage as a beneficial-management practice for …

An increase in government spending naturally affects domestic aggregate demand

The devaluing pressure on the exchange rate would create an interest differential in favor of the foreign countries and a capital outflow which would increase the depreciating pressure on the exchange rate. Money supply growth would thus decrease proportionally and so would price inflation, at least initially. Real depreciation would then lead to an increase …

Our findings show that PFAS exposure dysregulates adipogenesis

Barrier disruptions were attributed to the toxic effects of PFOS on f-actin, microtubule, and gap junction organization. Specifically, dose dependent PFOS exposure disassembled tight and gap junctions responsible for barrier function of blood-testis barrier, increased blood-testis barrier permeability, and disrupted spermatogenesis. PFAS chemicals have also demonstrated tight junction opening in brain endothelial cells, a main …

Cell densities can be optimized for specific cells and research question

Anatomically, skin is the largest organ in the human body and is made up of three main layers and possesses a complex system of stromal, vascular, glandular, and immune/nervous system components in addition to epidermal cells. The epidermis itself is composed of four layers of cells that are continuously renewed to maintain barrier function and other …

The short wavelength of soft X-rays enabled high-resolution 3D imaging of the nuclear architecture

The 800 m transient data provides slight improvements in precipitation estimates for the state, particularly at high elevations dominated by snow pack. For future projections, a broader suite of GCM and scenarios could be developed, while awaiting the next iteration of projections from the IPCC. To improve the snow‐driven module in BCM, calibration of the …

Carbon is one of the most abundantly available elements on earth

Natalia Molina traces the relationship between public health in Los Angeles and compares the experiences of Chinese to that of Japanese and Mexican residents in the city in the period between 1879-1939.Taken together these works remind us that Chinatown was only one of the many districts that composed Los Angeles’s core in the first half …

A fundamental shift in receivership focus occurred over time in response to the environment

Prior to the receivership, the highest position within the division was a director of nursing . When the CPHCS structure was later formalized by clinical functional area, the statewide chief nurse executive developed a mirror position at the prison level with the same title to replace the DON role. As an entirely new state classified position, …

The program under review in this study was called the chronic care model program

Hierarchical organizations are generally resistant to change that threatens their power. Despite numerous federal class-action lawsuits brought against CDCR throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, a receivership that severed control of health care from the agency was required to fix the problems. In essence, this meant the bifurcation of the organization and dismantling of structure, …

Nutrigenomics is an emerging discipline that uses nutrients to modify genetic expression

Meta-analytic studies provide more fine-grained details about the cognitive benefits of exercise for the elderly and offer four kinds of good news. First, the effects can be large, reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 45% and increasing cognitive performance by 0.5 SD . Second, though women may gain more than men, everyone seems to …