From parallel to partnership.

Purpose: In the USA, there has recently been an unprecedented convergence of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) with mainstream biomedical care. This confluence may lead to a deeply rooted philosophical conflict. This qualitative study works to identify factors that health-care leaders can use, which will build a pathway to greater integrative practice between medical doctors and CAM practitioners - from parallel existence to partnership - by examining the tensions between biomedical medicine and naturopathic medicine.

Characteristics of positive working relationships between nursing and support service employees.

Developing greater synergies will become increasingly necessary as the pressure on the health-care industry continues to increase. This research looks at the required characteristics to create positive working relationships with clinical staff in a health-care organization from the perspective of nonclinical staff. Ten different U.

Characteristics of positive working relationships between nursing and support service employees.

Collaboration among healthcare providers is essential for maximizing limited human resources in hospitals. This research identifies factors that contribute to developing collaborative working relationships between nursing and support services staff. Those factors include the predisposed mind set of leadership, how the actions of leaders impact the behaviors of staff, the nature of the relationship between support service employees and the nursing staff, ways in which learning happens, and the nature of communication.

Design of a modular bioreactor to incorporate both perfusion flow and hydrostatic compression for tissue engineering applications.

Physiological models have demonstrated that cells undergo a cyclic regimen of hydrostatic compression and fluid shear stress within the lacunar-canalicular porosity of bone. A new modular bioreactor was designed to incorporate both perfusion fluid flow and hydrostatic compression in an effort to more accurately simulate the mechanical loading and stress found in natural bone in vivo. The bioreactor design incorporated custom and off-the-shelf components to produce levels of mechanical stimuli relevant to the physiologic range, including hydrostatic compression exceeding 300 kPa and perfusion shear stress of 0.

Effects of dietary vitamin E and fat supplementation on pork quality.

The effects of dietary vitamin E (VE, alpha-tocopherol acetate) and fat supplementation on growth and carcass quality characteristics, oxidative stability of fresh and cooked pork patty in storage, fatty acid profiles of muscle and adipose tissue, and VE concentrations of plasma, muscle, and adipose tissue were studied. Six hundred pigs were allocated to 1 of 6 diets and fed for 63 d in a 3 x 2 factorial design. The dietary treatments included 3 fat levels (normal corn, high oil corn, high oil corn plus added beef tallow) and 2 levels of VE supplementation (40 IU/kg, normal VE supplementation; and 200 IU/kg, high VE supplementation).

Effect of dietary vitamin E supplementation and feeding period on pork quality.

Feeding increased levels of dietary vitamin E can inhibit lipid oxidation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of levels of dietary alpha-tocopherol acetate (VE) and feeding duration on meat quality and lipid oxidation. Eighty-one pigs were allocated to 1 of 3 diets containing 40, 200, or 400 IU of VE/kg of feed, and each diet group was divided into 3 feeding periods (3, 6, or 9 wk).

Design and evaluation of a novel flow chamber for measuring cell adhesion to absorbable polymer films.

There is great interest in improving cellular attachment to synthetic materials, particularly for developing small diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts. However, limited research has been conducted to evaluate the adhesion characteristics of different cell types to absorbable substrates. Tissue engineered vessels typically fail as a result of delamination of the endothelial cell layer when exposed to fluid or blood flow.

Tribasic copper chloride and copper sulfate as copper sources for weanling pigs.

We conducted three 28-d experiments involving a total of 915 pigs to assess the relative efficacy of tribasic Cu chloride (Cu2[OH]3Cl) and Cu sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO4.5H20) in diets for weanling pigs. Experiments 1 and 2 were conducted at an experiment station (University of Kentucky), and Exp.

Effect of chelated copper sources on performance of nursery and growing pigs.

Four experiments were conducted to determine the effect of Cu source and level and an antimicrobial agent on performance of nursery (6 to 25 kg) and growing (20 to 65 kg) pigs. Copper was fed either as CuSO4.5H2O (CS), inorganic chelated Cu (ICC) or organic chelated Cu (OCC) to provide 31.

Effects of additional feed during late gestation on reproductive performance of sows: a cooperative study.

A cooperative research study involving 1,080 litters was conducted at eight stations to determine the effects of additional feed during the last 23 d of gestation on reproductive performance of sows and on preweaning performance of their pigs. Primiparous and multiparous sows were fed fortified corn- or sorghum-soybean meal diets (14% crude protein). Control sows received 1.

Effect of lactation and rebreeding phase energy intake on primiparous and multiparous sow performance.

Fifty-three primiparous sows were used to study the effects of a high-energy, fat-supplemented diet on sow lactation and rebreeding performance. Sows received either a low [Lo, 12.5 Mcal metabolizable energy (ME)/d] or high (Hi, 16.

Effects of nitrogen and energy source on nutrient digestibility in the young pig.

Dried whole whey, lard or dried skim milk was added to a corn-soybean meal basal diet to determine the effect on apparent nitrogen (ND), energy (ED) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) in pigs weaned at 28 d. Four groups of four littermate barrows were allotted to the experimental diets and placed in individual metabolism pens for 12 d (3 d adjustment and three collection periods of 3 d each) after weaning. The study was a 4 X 3 factorial with diet and period as main effects.

Effects of age and diet on the development of the pancreas and the synthesis and secretion of pancreatic enzymes in the young pig.

Effects of age and diet composition on amylase, trypsin and chymotrypsin activities in the pancreas and intestinal contents, pancreas weights and body weights were determined from birth to 56 d. A total of 120 pigs, five to seven pigs/litter from 18 litters, were slaughtered at birth, 14, 27, 29, 31, 42 and 56 d. Litters were allotted to dietary treatments (corn-soy, A; corn-soy + 20% dried whey, B; corn-soy + 5% lard, C) and offered these diets as creep feed at 14 d.

Effect of feed and(or) water deprivation prior to weaning on reproductive performance of sows: a cooperative study.

A total of 292 sows, at three experimental stations (Auburn, Texas A&M, Texas Tech), was used to determine the effects of depriving sows of feed and(or) water before weaning on reproductive performance. The four treatments were arranged as a 2 X 2 factorial to evaluate two periods of feed deprivation (0 and 48 h) and two periods of water deprivation (0 and 24 h) before weaning. Sows were allowed to consume feed ad libitum during lactation, and were fed 1.

Ammonium polyphosphate versus dicalcium phosphate as a phosphorus supplement for growing-finishing swine.

A totaL of 160 crossbred pigs were fed a sorghum-soybean meal diet with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) or dicalcium phosphate (DiCa) as supplemental phosphorus (P) sources for growing-finishing swine. The diets contained P levels of .5 and .

Effect of feeding level after weaning on reproduction in sows.

Three experiments were conducted that involved a total of 415 sows. Feeding levels of 3.6 vs 1.