Review of issues concerning the use of reproductive inhibitors, with particular emphasis on resolving human-wildlife conflicts in North America

This manuscript provides an overview of past wildlife contraception efforts and discusses the current state of research. Two fertility control agents, an avian reproductive inhibitor containing the active ingredient nicarbazin and an immunocontraceptive vaccine, have received regulatory approval with the Environmental Protection Agency and are commercially available in the USA. OvoControl G Contraceptive Bait for Canada Geese and Ovo Control for pigeons are delivered as oral baits. An injectable immunocontraceptive vaccine (GonaCon Immunocontraceptive Vaccine) was registered with the Environmental Protection Agency for use in female white-tailed deer in September 2009. An injectable product (GonaCon Immunocontraceptive Vaccine) is registered for use in female white-tailed deer. Both products are labeled for use in urban/suburban areas where these species are overabundant. Several other compounds are currently being tested for use in wildlife in the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand that could have promise in the future. The development and use of reproductive inhibitors for resolving human–wildlife conflicts will depend on a number of factors, including meeting the requirements of regulatory agencies for use in the environment and on the biological and economical feasibility of their use. Use will also be dependent on health and safety issues and on public acceptance of the techniques.

Influence of traumatic impaction and pathological loading on knee menisci

Nearly half of the US population faces the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). Both in vitro and in vivo studies can aid in a better understanding of the etiology, progression, and advancement of this debilitating disorder. The knee menisci are fibrocartilagenous structures that aid in the distribution of load, attenuation of shock, alignment and lubrication of the knee. Little is known about the biochemical and morphological changes associated with knee menisci following altered loading and traumatic impaction, and investigations are needed to further elucidate how degradation of this soft tissue advances over time. The biochemical response of porcine meniscal explants was investigated following a single bout of dynamic compression with and without the treatment of the pharmaceutical drug, anakinra (IL-1RA). Dynamic loading led to a strain-dependent response in both anabolic and catabolic gene expression of meniscal explants. By inhibiting the Interleukin-1 pathway with IL-1RA, a marked decrease in several catabolic molecules was found. From these studies, future developments in OA treatments may be developed. The implementation of an in vivo animal model contributes to the understanding of how the knee joint behaves as a whole. A novel closed-joint in vivo model that induces anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture has been developed to better understand how traumatic injury leads to OA. The menisci of knees from three different groups (healthy, ACL transected, and traumatically impacted) were characterized using histomorphometry. The acute and chronic changes within the knee following traumatic impaction were investigated. The works presented in this dissertation have focused on the characterization, implementation, and development of mechanically-induced changes to the knee menisci.

Kansas City, Missouri, 1940 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, topographic paper map entitled: Missouri--Kansas : Kansas City quadrangle, Ed. of 1940, by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; topography by F.W. Hughes and C.A. Killian surveyed in 1934-1935. It was published by the Geological Survey in 1940. Scale 1:31,680. Covers Kansas City, Missouri, and portions of Kansas City, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills, Mission Woods, and Mission Hills, Kansas. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System NAD27 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2403). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 10 feet and spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Pólipos hiperplásicos da junção gastro-esofágica em idade pediátrica

Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014

Colonografia por tomografia computorizada : colonoscopia virtual a evidência actual

Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2013

1969 University of Michigan Football Team

1970 University of Michigan Football Team

1997 University of Michigan Football Team

1998 University of Michigan Football Team

Flash! : Seeing the unseen by ultra high-speed photography /

"First printing, October, 1939."

The Constitution of the United States of America, analysis and interpretation : 1976 supplement. Annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to July 6, 1976 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Q. E. D.; M. I. T. in World War II.

"M. I. T. redeploys for peace, by James R. killian, Jr.": p. 313-325.

A Allemanha (dias idos e vividos)

Prefacio.--A Europa depois da paz.--Aspectos do socialismo germanico.--Á jornada constitucional.--O problema das reparações.--A Alta Silesia.--O desarmamento.--Tirpitz, o eterno.--Harden.--Gustavo Killian.--Tres generaes.--A propaganda anti-germanica.--Gothein.--O Cesar loiro da Germania.--Haber.--O bloqueio e as suas consequencias.--Helfferich e Erzberger.--B. Dernberg.--Groener.--Falkenhayn, o fascinador.--Hindenburg.--Wassermann.--Kautsky e Ledebour.--Spa.--Theodor Wolff.--A rive gauche.--A. Müller.--Rathenau, o animador espiritual.--Ernst zu Reventlow e Stinnes.--Os Estados Unidos e a Europa.

1968 University of Michigan Football Team