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Amino acids stimulate the release of glucagon and insulin. To assess the role of aminogenic hyperglucagonemia, we have studied, in healthy young males, the effects of basal (less than 100 pg/ml) and high (200-400 pg/ml) plasma glucagon concentrations on amino acid metabolism during intravenous infusion (0.5 g.h-1.4 h) of a mixture of 15 amino acids. Basal plasma glucagon concentrations were obtained by infusion of somatostatin (0.5 mg/h) plus glucagon (0.25 ng.kg-1.min-1) and high plasma glucagon concentrations by infusion of somatostatin plus glucagon (3.0 ng.kg-1.min-1) or by infusion of amino acids alone. All studies were performed under conditions of euglycemic (83-91 mg/dl) hyperinsulinemia (50-80 microU/ml). Hyperglucagonemia significantly increased 1) net amino acid transport from the extracellular into the intracellular space (by approximately 4%), 2) net degradation of amino acids entering the intracellular space (by approximately 40%), and 3) conversion of degraded amino acids into glucose from 0-10% (basal glucagon) to 70-100% (high glucagon). Hyperglucagonemia did not affect the amount of amino acids excreted in the urine (approximately 4%). We conclude that glucagon plays an important role in the disposition of amino acids by increasing their inward transport, their degradation, and their conversion into glucose.

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By the end of the 1970s, contaminated sites had emerged as one of the most complex and urgent environmental issues affecting industrialized countries. The authors show that small and prosperous Switzerland is no exception to the pervasive problem of sites contamination, the legacy of past practices in waste management having left some 38,000 contaminated sites throughout the country. This book outlines the problem, offering evidence that open and polycentric environmental decision-making that includes civil society actors is valuable. They propose an understanding of environmental management of contaminated sites as a political process in which institutions frame interactions between strategic actors pursuing sometimes conflicting interests. In the opening chapter, the authors describe the influences of politics and the power relationships between actors involved in decision-making in contaminated sites management, which they term a "wicked problem." Chapter Two offers a theoretical framework for understanding institutions and the environmental management of contaminated sites. The next five chapters present a detailed case study on environmental management and contaminated sites in Switzerland, focused on the Bonfol Chemical Landfill. The study and analysis covers the establishment of the landfill under the first generation of environmental regulations, its closure and early remediation efforts, and the gambling on the remediation objectives, methods and funding in the first decade of the 21st Century. The concluding chapter discusses the question of whether the strength of environmental regulations, and the type of interactions between public, private, and civil society actors can explain the environmental choices in contaminated sites management. Drawing lessons from research, the authors debate the value of institutional flexibility for dealing with environmental issues such as contaminated sites.

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Audit of the Wayne-Ringgold-Decatur County Solid Waste Management Commission as of and for the year ended June 30, 2006.

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Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2006.

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Audit report on the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Commission for the year ended June 30, 2006.

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Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2006.

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Audit report on the Rural Iowa Waste Management Association for the year ended June 30, 2006.

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Audit report on the Jackson County Sanitary Disposal Agency for the year ended June 30, 2006

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Newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Natural Resources about energy and waste in Iowa