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A key component of a sustainable parasite control program for small ruminants is grazing management methods that reduce pasture infectivity and provide a high plane of nutrition to build host immunity against gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infection. Complementary forage systems, multispecies grazing, and rotational grazing practices can reduce an animal’s exposure to infective GIN larvae as part of an evasive grazing strategy. This need becomes especially important in grazing programs with high stocking rates and/or in highly susceptible animals where GIN management is very challenging. Complementary forage systems can also fill gaps in forage quality and availability compared to those consisting exclusively of perennial forages, thus also improving whole-farm forage utilization. The use of forage species that contain secondary compounds with antiparasitic properties provides yet another arm of GIN control through pasture management. Together, these practices form a major part of an integrated approach to GIN control in small ruminants.

A different alternative approach to calculate the ratio of the surface to volume components of the nuclear symmetry energy is proposed in the framework of the coherent density fluctuation model (CDFM). An alternate expression (scheme II) for the ratio is derived consistently within the model. This expression appears in a form more direct and physically motivated than the expression (scheme I) that was used in our previous works within the CDFM and avoids preliminary assumptions and mathematical ambiguities in scheme I. The calculations are based on the Skyrme and Brueckner energy-density functionals for nuclear matter and on the nonrelativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock method with realistic Bonn B and Bonn CD nucleon-nucleon potentials. The approach is applied to isotopic chains of Ni, Sn, and Pb nuclei using nuclear densities obtained in self-consistent Hartree-Fock$+\mathrm{BCS}$ calculations with the SLy4 Skyrme effective interaction. The applicability of both schemes within the CDFM is demonstrated by a comparison of the results with the available empirical data and with results of other theoretical studies of the considered quantities. Although in some instances the results obtained for the studied ratio and the symmetry energy components are rather close in both schemes, the proposed scheme II leads to more realistic values that agree better with the empirical data and exhibits conceptual and operational advantages.

This commentary evaluates access and barriers to perinatal care in North Carolina utilizing key goals the state has identified in its strategic plans, such as expanding health care access for North Carolinians, increasing access to preconception care for women and men, improving access to prenatal care, and undoing racism.

The importance of monitoring anthropogenic changes in a lotic system is not limited to chemical water quality monitoring. The addition of biological monitoring allows fish to be used as bioindicators because of their varying tolerance to pollution. For this study, we utilized long-term water quality and fish data to evaluate temporal changes brought on by passage of the Clean Water Act (1972). Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMS) was used to describe changes in the fish community and also heavy metal concentrations of the West Fork White River in Muncie, Indiana, USA, over the past 33years. A linear mixed effects model was used to evaluate the relationship between heavy metal concentrations and the fish community. The NMS results for both heavy metals and fish were separated into distinct decadal clusters. The shift in fish community data represented by NMS axis 1 was characterized by a drop in pollution-tolerant species and an increase in intolerant species. Decreases in heavy metal concentrations of chromium, zinc, and lead were also significant predictors of changes in the fish community. All NMS fish axis had a positive slope indicating an increase in intolerant species as heavy metal concentrations decreased. Our findings indicate that the water quality improvements documented in the West Fork White River have directly impacted its local fish community.

This paper empirically examines first-movership in the newspaper industry. The first hypothesis generated shows the size of a firm, as measured by advertising rates, is a precursor to which firm was a first-mover into e-commerce. The second hypotheses generated shows a surprising result coming from first-mover adoption of e-commerce. The firms that were firstmovers actually experienced a decrease in size, as measured by advertising rates. The two hypotheses in conjunction show that the very reason some firms may have adopted e-commerce may have also caused a first-mover disadvantage. This study extends first-mover theory and ecommerce theory in a very understudied industry.

Religious Studies ReviewVolume 42, Issue 4 p. 286-287 Short Reviews of Recent Publications: Christian Origins Gnosticism, Docetism, and the Judaisms of the First Century: The Search for the Wider Context of the Johannine Literature and Why it Matters By Urban C. von Wahlde. Library of New Testament Studies, 517. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015. Pp. xix + 229. Cloth, $112.00. Christopher W. Skinner, Christopher W. Skinner University of Mount Olive, North CarolinaSearch for more papers by this author Christopher W. Skinner, Christopher W. Skinner University of Mount Olive, North CarolinaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 December 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.12695Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume42, Issue4December 2016Pages 286-287 RelatedInformation

Featuring an international lineup of leading Johannine scholars, this volume consists of fourteen chapters dedicated to interacting with one of Dodd's most important publications. This book is an admixture of several elements: one part critical engagement with Dodd's ideas, one part celebration of his work, and one part consideration of his legacy. Following the introduction, the remaining chapters are divided into three disproportionate sections: 1) approaching the problem: reflections on Dodd's context and method (six chapters); 2) history and tradition in the fourth gospel (six chapters); 3) future directions (one chapter). Many of the chapters demonstrate just how far Johannine studies have advanced in the past six decades. Some chapters operate with narratological concerns in mind (Culpepper, Clark-Soles), others focus on the relationship between John and the Synoptics (van Belle and Godecharle, Anderson), while others are, in the spirit of Dodd's work, focused on historical issues (Koester, Williams, Theobald, Painter). Given the cost, this book is probably best left for purchase by university and seminary libraries, though those involved in the serious study of the Fourth Gospel will want to have a copy in their personal libraries.