Standard and modified administrations of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills with learning disabled students.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of junior high school learning disabled students on standard and modified administrations of selected subtests from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. No significant differences were noted for correlations between types of administration and teachers' ratings on any of the subtest comparisons. Grade placements for Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension using the modified administration were significantly higher than those using the standard administration and more closely aligned with teachers' ratings.

Acceptability of Accelerated-Processed Pork .

Five market hogs were slaughtered to determine the microbial, organoleptic and appearance differences between accelerated and conventionally processed pork. The left side of each carcass was processed 4 h after slaughter, whereas the right side was fabricated at 24-h postmortem. Microbial sampling was conducted.

Appearance and Microbial Quality of Thawed Retail Cuts of Beef, Pork and Lamb .

Retail cuts of beef, pork and lamb were fabricated, packaged, evaluated for appearance traits, swabbed, and subsequently frozen. After storage for 7 days, one-half of the cuts were thawed at 4 C. The other cuts were thawed at 25 C.

Effect of Thaw Conditions on Ground Beef .

Three sampling periods were selected to acquire ground beef packages from two retail stores. Initially, samples were subjectively evaluated for color and overall appearance. Microbial load and taxonomy were determined and the samples were subsequently frozen.

Comparison of Bacterial Swab Samples Given Different Storage Treatments .

Six paired sides of U.S. Good beef were swabbed to obtain microbial samples.