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Animal Farming, Pollution, and Community Health

Creator:: Weinerman, Michael A.
Abstract:: Health effects stemming from animal feeding operations pollution in the contiguous United States are analyzed using a 20-year, county-level data set. Several quasi-experimental, potential outcome models are used to estimate the impact of high concentrations of animal units on mortality rates and other health and economic outcomes over a 20-year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Animal Farming, Pollution, and Community Health. Abstract approved

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: important consequences for health and disease. I report on animal-level variation in immunity in a near

Breaking silos : interdisciplinary research in kinesiology

Creator:: Schary, David P.
Abstract:: With the growing popularity of kinesiology at the undergraduate level, one would expect the field to be influential. Kinesiology, however, appears to be in a paradox. The undergraduate popularity is not reflected in the rest of academia, or even the general public, many of whom feel kinesiology is not a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (21.2%). The majority of research was biophysical (67.2%), quantitative (94.5%), and funded (52.7

Environmental and Community Exposures and Children’s Infectious Diseases in Bangladesh

Creator:: Ahmed, Sharia M.
Abstract:: Under-5 mortality has decreased globally, but millions of children still die every year. In Bangladesh, respiratory infection and diarrheal disease remain leading causes of morbidity and mortality for children under-5, despite incredible progress in the past three decades. Immune system development begins in utero and continues into adulthood. Toxic environmental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: adults50,51. This concept has been expanded as the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD

Development of a model to predict behavioral intentions about personal health practices

Creator:: Laitakari, Jukka Kalevi
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: motivation eff = perceived efficacy of a given health practice to counteract a relevant disease or injury

West Nile virus : forecasting models for a resurging vector-borne disease in Arizona, U.S.A.

Creator:: Roldan, Josiah Javier
Abstract:: West Nile Virus (WNV), a vector-borne disease continues to be a serious threat to public health in the United States, particularly in the Southwest region. While all the states in the U.S. experienced a decreasing trend of WNV disease in 2010, the state of Arizona experienced a sharp increase from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: health agencies and the scientific community in combating human WNV disease. Chapter 3 focuses on the

Dairy Cattle Nutrition and its Effect on Production, Milk, and Human Health

Creator:: Swanson, Katherine L.
Abstract:: As the world population continues to grow we must look for smarter and more sustainable ways to feed everyone. Milk is the first food humans consume and is a good source of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The following studies sought to determine the effect of feeding blackberry pomace as a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Dairy Cattle Nutrition and its Effect on Production, Milk, and Human Health. Abstract

Non-conventional feedstuffs in rabbits and poultry nutrition : utilization and effects of feed processing methods

Creator:: Tor-agbidye, Yakubu
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: International Office Tuskegee University, and also to the Office of International Agricultural Research, OSU

Soil organic matter management and root health

Creator:: Darby, Heather
Abstract:: Annual applications of fresh or composted dairy manure were assessed for their effects on root rots of sweet corn and snap bean and damping-off of cucumber in a field soil. Soil biological and physical properties were measured as possible indicators of root rot suppressive potential. Regardless of amendment type or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: productivity, promote environmental quality, and to maintain plant, animal, and human health (Herrick and

Current Drug Policies in the United States : Using Research to Inform Policy

Creator:: Beathard, Candice
Abstract:: Drug policies in the United States are rapidly changing at the state and national level paralleling a shift in drug culture from a societal perspective. This dissertation addresses current public health policy topics with a focus on three recent drug policies. As of 2015, medical cannabis is legal in 23...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ! research”!(American!Public!Health!Association,!2014).! The!rapid!changes!in!national!and!stateUlevel!drug

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Animal Farming, Pollution, and Community Health

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Breaking silos : interdisciplinary research in kinesiology

Environmental and Community Exposures and Children’s Infectious Diseases in Bangladesh

Development of a model to predict behavioral intentions about personal health practices

West Nile virus : forecasting models for a resurging vector-borne disease in Arizona, U.S.A.

Dairy Cattle Nutrition and its Effect on Production, Milk, and Human Health

Non-conventional feedstuffs in rabbits and poultry nutrition : utilization and effects of feed processing methods

Soil organic matter management and root health

Current Drug Policies in the United States : Using Research to Inform Policy

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