1993 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Back Row: (10) Groundskeeper Erich Keil, Scott Niemiec, Scott Weaver, Mark Temple, Andy Wade, Brian Simmons, John Arvai, Matt Humbles, Student Manager Matt Hyde, Student Trainer Ann Whittenbach.

Middle Row: (12) Volunteer Assistant Coach Ed Turek, Jasen Livingston, Chris Newton, Heath Murray, Nate Holdren, Matt Ferullo, Ray Ricken, Chad Chapman, Sean Coston, Ryan Van Oeveren, Rodney Goble, Trainer Rex Thompson.

Front Row: (11) (from left): Assistant Coach Ace Adams, Toby Brzoznowski, Bryan Santo, Eric Heintschel, Co-Captain Todd Marion, Head Coach Bill Freehan, Co-Captain Scott Timmerman, Scott Winterlee, Matt Copp, Pat Maloney, Assistant Coach Dan O'Brien.

1998 University of Michigan Baseball Team

4th Row: (12) Nick Alexander, Jeff Van Sickle, Mike Seestedt, David Parrish, Rob Bobeda, J.J. Putz, Bryan Cranson, Joe Young, Brian Berryman, John Papp, Ryan Kelley, Vince Pistilli.

3rd Row: (12) Trainer Rex Thompson, Jason Alcaraz, Pete Martay, Brian Bush, Robbie Reid, Matt Herr, Luke Bonner, Mike Haskell, Bryce Ralston, Bobby Scales, Dan Sanborn, Student Trainer Rich Wright.

2nd Row (12) Derek Besco, Mario Garza, Jr., Mike Hribernik, Tyler Steketee, Brian Steinbach , Assistant Coach Chris Harrison, Head Coach Geoff Zahn, Assistant Coach Matt Hyde, Brian Kalczynski, Mick Kalahar, Mike Cervenak, Bryan Besco.

Front Row: (11, Sitting) Student Manager Josh Taft, Seth Greene, Kevin Quinn, Bill LaRosa, Scott Tousa, C.J. Ghannam, Stephen Lenick, Andy Hood, Mike Norkus, Student Manager Jeff Singer, Groundskeeper Erich Keil.

1999 University of Michigan Baseball Team

4th Row: (12) Trainer Joel Pickerman, Nick Alexander, Vince Pistilli, Nate Wright, Kirk Taylor, Phil Lorbert, Jeff Trzos, Nick Bellows, Joe Young, Jeff Sandor, Mike Sokol, Student Trainer Jaye Peterson.

3rd Row: (12) Rob Bobeda, David Parrish, Bryan Cranson, Dan Sanborn, John Papp, Robbie Reid, Luke Bonner , Ryan Kelly, Pete Martay, Andy Hood, Bryce Ralston, Student Trainer Todd Sonquist.

2nd Row (11) Mike Seestedt, Brian Bush, Jason Alcaraz, Mike Cervenak, Assistant Coach Chris Harrison, Head Coach Geoff Zahn, Assistant Coach Matt Hyde, Assistant Coach John Edman, Bobby Scales, J.J. Putz, Bryan Besco.

Front Row: (10, Sitting) Student Manager Josh Taft, Bobby Korecky, Jay Dines, Scott Tousa, C.J. Ghannam, Kevin Quinn, Bill LaRosa, Dan Dombos, Aaron Wilkens, Student Manager Jeff Singer.

2005 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: (10) Brad Seddon, Michael Powers, Ben Jenzen, Andrew Hess, Derek VanBuskirk, Chris Fetter, Jeff N Tim Kalczynski, Alex Martin, Matt Petry.

3rd Row: (12) Student Manager Sam Grossman, A.J. Scheidt, Chris Getz, Leif Mahler, Derek Feldkamp, Dre Ali Husain, Craig Murray, Dan Lentz, Mike Schmidt, Student Manager Chris Clark.

2nd Row: (11) Jeff Kunkel, Jim Brauer, Michael Penn, Assistant Coach Scott Kingston, Assistant Coach Bo Head Coach Rich Maloney, Assistant Coach Jake Boss Jr., Kyle Bohm, Matt Butler, Phil Tognetti, Paul Hammond.

Front Row: (6, Sitting) Alan Ulrich, Matt Rademacher, Kyle Miller, Doug Pickens, Eric Rose, Brad Roblin.

Riboflavin; its use in poultry rations

Cover-title.

Histoire universelle de Diodore de Sicile /

Mode of access: Internet.

La science des personnes de cour, d'epée et de robe /

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Pantothenic acid in animal nutrition.

Includes bibliographies.

Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease in renal disease

Elevated homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinaemia) in renal patients is a major concern for physicians. Although cause and effect between homocysteine and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has not been established in either the general population or renal patients, there is much evidence that this relationship does exist. Purported mechanisms that may explain this effect include increases in endothelial injury, smooth muscle cell proliferation, low-density lipoprotein oxidation and changes in haemostatic balance. Renal patients have a much greater incidence of hyperhomocysteinaemia and this may be explained by decreases in either the renal or extrarenal metabolism of the compound. We conclude that data from long-term placebo-controlled trials are urgently required to determine whether hyperhomocysteinaemia in renal patients is a cause of CVD events and requires therapeutic targeting.

Discovery of ultracompact dwarf galaxies in the Virgo Cluster

We have discovered nine ultracompact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) in the Virgo Cluster, extending samples of these objects outside the Fornax Cluster. Using the Two Degree Field (2dF) multifiber spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, the new Virgo members were found among 1500 color-selected, starlike targets with 16: 0 < b(j) < 20.2 in a 2 degrees diameter field centered on M87 (NGC 4486). The newly found UCDs are comparable to the UCDs in the Fornax Cluster, with sizes less than or similar to 100 pc, -12.9 < M-B < -10.7, and exhibiting red absorption-line spectra, indicative of an older stellar population. The properties of these objects remain consistent with the tidal threshing model for the origin of UCDs from the surviving nuclei of nucleated dwarf elliptical galaxies disrupted in the cluster core but can also be explained as objects that were formed by mergers of star clusters created in galaxy interactions. The discovery that UCDs exist in Virgo shows that this galaxy type is probably a ubiquitous phenomenon in clusters of galaxies; coupled with their possible origin by tidal threshing, the UCD population is a potential indicator and probe of the formation history of a given cluster. We also describe one additional bright UCD with M-B = -12.0 in the core of the Fornax Cluster. We find no further UCDs in our Fornax Cluster Spectroscopic Survey down to bj 19.5 in two additional 2dF fields extending as far as 3 degrees from the center of the cluster. All six Fornax bright UCDs identified with 2dF lie within 0.degrees 5 (projected distance of 170 kpc) of the central elliptical galaxy NGC 1399.

Thiamin nutrition and catalysis-induced instability of thiamin diphosphate

Thiamin (vitamin B1) is required in animal diets because it is the precursor of the enzyme cofactor, thiamin diphosphate. Unlike other B vitamins, the dietary thiamin requirement is proportional to non-fat energy intake but there is no obvious biochemical reason for this relationship. In the present communication we show for two enzymes that the cofactor undergoes a slow destruction during catalysis, which may explain the interdependence of thiamin and energy intakes.

Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated nonlinear optical loop mirror intensity filters

We investigate the use of nonlinear optical loop mirrors as saturable absorbers in picosecond soliton transmission systems. It is found that they allow short (1–5-ps) pulses to be propagated through chains of optical amplifiers spaced at intervals of typically 10 km. The loop mirror removes dispersive waves and stabilizes the peak amplitude of the soliton. An additional advantage is that the self-frequency shift of the soliton may be suppressed by bandwidth filtering without causing growth of dispersive waves at the center of the passband. The timing jitter and soliton interactions present in the scheme are also described.

Investigation of photorefractive subharmonics in the absence of wavemixing

Using a new optical configuration free from the influence of photorefractive optical nonlinearity, we investigate the main characteristics of the spatial subharmonic K/2 excited in a Bi12SiO20 crystal by a light-intensity pattern with wave vector K and frequency O. It is shown that in a large region of intensity and applied electric field the optimum value O of the frequency corresponds to the conditions of parametric excitation of the weakly damped eigenmodes of the medium: the space-charge waves. The threshold and above-threshold characteristics of the subharmonic regime are in good agreement with the theory.

Investigation of photorefractive subharmonics in the absence of wavemixing

Using a new optical configuration free from the influence of photorefractive optical nonlinearity, we investigate the main characteristics of the spatial subharmonic K/2 excited in a Bi12SiO20 crystal by a light-intensity pattern with wave vector K and frequency O. It is shown that in a large region of intensity and applied electric field the optimum value O of the frequency corresponds to the conditions of parametric excitation of the weakly damped eigenmodes of the medium: the space-charge waves. The threshold and above-threshold characteristics of the subharmonic regime are in good agreement with the theory.

Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated nonlinear optical loop-mirror intensity filters

The issues involved in employing nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLMs) as intensity filters in picosecond soliton transmission were examined in detail. It was shown that inserting NOLMs into a periodically amplified transmission line allowed picosecond solitons to be transmitted under conditions considered infeasible until now. The loop mirrors gave dual function, removing low-power background dispersive waves through saturable absorption and applying a negative feedback mechanism to control the amplitude of the solitons. The stochastic characteristics of the pulses that were due to amplifier spontaneous-emission noise were investigated, and a number of new properties were determined. In addition, the mutual interaction between pulses was also significantly different from that observed for longer-duration solitons. The impact of Raman scattering in the computations was included and it was shown that soliton self-frequency shifts may be eliminated by appropriate bandwidth restrictions.