Forensic Entomotoxicology: The Effects of Drugs on the Life Cycle and Succession of Forensically Important Insects

Forensic entomotoxicology is a rising branch of forensic science that is utilized with the intent of adapting current methodologies to reflect the effects of drugs more accurately on forensically important insects’ life cycles and succession patterns. This branch of forensic science is often used for post-mortem interval estimation and, as such, has a large impact on the course of a criminal investigation. It is also utilized to determine toxins in corpses that are further along in decomposition or lacking enough tissue to run a toxicological analysis. Several studies have been conducted to determine how certain drugs will affect the life cycle and insect succession. However, many inconsistencies arise from the lack of replicated data, which arises from the lack of replicated methodologies. Despite this, the information thus far gathered has some useful in-field applications

The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Nicaraguan Immigrants in Costa Rica

During Valparaiso University\u27s annual service learning trip to Costa Rica in March 2024, five public health clinics were conducted in the communities of La Carpio, Boca Arenal, and San Gerardo, which held a combined population of approximately 69,000 at the time, most of which were Nicaraguan immigrants. These clinics were led by students and translators, small groups of which were sent out each day to conduct home visits within these neighborhoods to gather qualitative and quantitative data, including demographic information, details about the home environment, health insurance status, reasons for immigrating to Costa Rica, and perception of health threats from their members. Participants\u27 blood pressures were also collected. A total of seventy-nine families provided us with invaluable information, which helped us answer questions surrounding the impact of social determinants of health on Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica in several areas, as well as gain insight into the perception and prevalence of chronic and preventable disease in these communities. Some findings of interest from this sample of participants were that the main reason for immigrating to Costa Rica as poor economic conditions in Nicaragua, the average blood pressure was 130/78, and that the two are potentially related. We were also able to obtain an understanding of the perception of Nicaraguan immigrants towards the Costa Rican public healthcare system. It is hoped that more data can be collected on how to assist the three above mentioned communities and better their health status in the future

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thesisThe purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between health consumer knowledge and the health focus of early adolescents. Forty-four seventh grade students completed pre- and posttest in coordination with the presentation of a health consumer teaching unit designed by the investigator. Scores were calculated regarding health consumer knowledge, medicine/drug attitudes, health locus of control and sources of health information. The scores were subjected to analysis using t-tests and Pearson's R correlations. A relationship between health consumer knowledge and health focus was nonconclusive. Findings regarding drug/medicine attitudes were highly significant. A need to initiate teach to avert over-the-counter drug abuse/misuse was recognized. The complex interplay of varying cognitive, affective and behavior components affecting health focus were acknowledge. The role of nurse in presenting health consumer information to assist clients toward self-responsibility and compliance in health care was emphasized

The Rhetorical Origins of the African Colonization Movement in the United States

From the introduction of slavery to British North America, the concurrent presence of freedom and slavery fostered much tension. Still, in the early 1800s, slavery was not yet the intransigent issue that would lead to civil war. Amidst mounting tensions and declining, yet still viable, possibility for resolution, a nationwide effort to colonize free blacks to Africa began. Positioned as neither immediate emancipation, nor the continuation of the status quo, colonizationists framed their scheme as a solution to the problem of slavery. With the discourse generated at a germinal meeting on December 21, 1816, the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States (later called the American Colonization Society) was created and motivations for African colonization were set forth. This project explores the rhetorical development of the national African colonization movement in The United States. To begin, this project traces the discursive tensions between discourses of security and morality to which colonizationists would need to attend to advance their scheme. Driving this tension was an emerging antagonism between instrumental and pathetic dimensions of rhetoric. The project then illuminates the potential to overcome such tensions that had been cultivated in political economic (i.e., legislative) discourse about slavery. This potential resolution was defined by the development of moderate rhetorical strategies to address the problem of slavery. Turning to the initial meeting of the Colonization Society, this project attends to how colonizationists negotiated the discursive tensions and used the rhetorical resources of the moment to motivate colonization. Ultimately, this project argues that the motivations offered by colonizationists in support of African colonization failed in their attempt to use moderate rhetorical strategies and thus, failed to overcome the discursive tensions of slavery

Antimicrobial use Guidelines for Treatment of Respiratory Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases

Respiratory tract disease can be associated with primary or secondary bacterial infections in dogs and cats and is a common reason for use and potential misuse, improper use, and overuse of antimicrobials. There is a lack of comprehensive treatment guidelines such as those that are available for human medicine. Accordingly, the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases convened a Working Group of clinical microbiologists, pharmacologists, and internists to share experiences, examine scientific data, review clinical trials, and develop these guidelines to assist veterinarians in making antimicrobial treatment choices for use in the management of bacterial respiratory diseases in dogs and cats.M.R. Lappin, J. Blondeau, D. Boothe, E.B. Breitschwerdt, L. Guardabassi, D.H. Lloyd, M.G. Papich, S.C. Rankin, J.E. Sykes, J. Turnidge, and J.S. Wees

Conceptual design of a fifth generation unmanned strike fighter

Unmanned aircraft have significantly transformed aerial warfare through a combination of new technologies, extended operational capabilities, and reduced risks and costs. Similarly, computational modelling techniques have accelerated the rate of development for aircraft by being able to explore a large number of design options from the earliest design stages, further reducing time, risks, and costs. The near future will see the proliferation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles under a variety of roles such as unmanned tankers, strike aircraft, and even air - to - air fighters. In this paper the GENUS aircraft design framework is used to develop an unmanned weapons carrying platform able to partially match the performance of 5th generation fighters such as the Joint Strike Fighter F-35A. The vision of future joint operations is for a single lead manned fighter to command and designate targets to its various loyal wingmen unmanned aircraft, extending the combat capabilities and significantly multiplying force and air superiority