LAGOONS: A TREATMENT FOR MILKING CENTER WASTE1

1973 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Zall ◽  
R. W. Guest ◽  
D. E. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New York State ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
York State ◽  
Individual Site ◽  
Winter Snow ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Individual Farm ◽  
Operational Data

Operational data from six lagoons treating milking center (milkhouse and milking parlor) waste were collected in New York State during 1971–72. Few advantages occur from using settling basins or expensive out fall structures. Design criteria fail to recognize that individual site geography can appreciably vary a pond's winter snow load from those projected from regional averages. Individual farm management practices make the difference between success or failure of a milk waste system. Dairymen can capture the resources currently being misplaced from milking center effluents by seasonally applying them to crops and land.

Abstract 13567: Variability in Reported Post-percutaneous Coronary Intervention Mortality Among Physicians Practicing at Multiple Sites in New York State

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Yang ◽  
Peter W Groeneveld ◽  
Sameed Ahmed M Khatana ◽  
Jay S Giri ◽  
Alexander C Fanaroff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽  
New York State ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Coronary Intervention ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
York State ◽  
Individual Site ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary ◽  
Reported Data

Introduction: New York State (NYS) publicly reports physician-level post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) mortality at each individual site they practice, to empower patients to make informed decisions. Given that mortality is a rare event and some sites have low case volumes, we hypothesized that the reported data at each site for physicians practicing at multiple sites is highly unstable and thus misleading for patients. In this study, we examined variation in site-specific risk-adjusted mortality rates (RAMR) for physicians practicing at multiple sites in NYS. Methods: This study uses publicly reported 30-day physician-level RAMR for all PCI performed in NYS between 2014 and 2016. We obtained the site-specific RAMR (ssRAMR) at each hospital where the physician performed PCI, and overall mean RAMR (mRAMR) for the physician. We excluded physicians who performed PCI at only one hospital. We identified outliers for mRAMR and maximum ssRAMR if values were greater than the 95 th percentile for each measure and plotted the outliers. Results: Between 2014 and 2016, 142,853 PCI procedures were performed by 373 physicians at 61 hospitals. Among 207 (55.5%) physicians practicing at multiple sites who performed 82,075 PCI (57.5%), the median mRAMR was 1.11% (IQR 0.66-1.60%, range 0-5.33%) and the median ssRAMR was 0.52% (IQR 0-1.53%, range 0-47.69%). Among the 11 physicians classified as ssRAMR outliers, only 3 (27.2%) physicians were also classified as an mRAMR outlier. Conclusion: We found that the individual ssRAMRs reported for a physician practicing at multiple hospitals is highly variable, and that mRAMR and ssRAMR outlier status are not consistent with each other. Thus, we believe public reporting of ssRAMR in NYS does not adequately reflect the quality of care delivered by physicians performing PCI. Figure: mRAMR and ssRAMR among maximum ssRAMR outliers. Each letter (A-K) represents a separate outlier physician.

Irrigation Is Significantly Associated with an Increased Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Produce Production Environments in New York State

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1132-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL WELLER ◽  
MARTIN WIEDMANN ◽  
LAURA K. STRAWN
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New York State ◽  
Irrigation Level ◽  
York State ◽  
Listeria Species ◽  
Production Environments

Environmental (i.e., meteorological and landscape) factors and management practices can affect the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in produce production environments. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria species (including L. monocytogenes), Salmonella, and Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in produce production environments and to identify environmental factors and management practices associated with their isolation. Ten produce farms in New York State were sampled during a 6-week period in 2010, and 124 georeferenced samples (80 terrestrial, 33 water, and 11 fecal) were collected. L. monocytogenes, Listeria spp., Salmonella, and STEC were detected in 16, 44, 4, and 5% of terrestrial samples, 30, 58, 12, and 3% of water samples, and 45, 45, 27, and 9% of fecal samples, respectively. Environmental factors and management practices were evaluated for their association with terrestrial samples positive for L. monocytogenes or other Listeria species by univariate logistic regression; analysis was not conducted for Salmonella or STEC because the number of samples positive for these pathogens was low. Although univariate analysis identified associations between isolation of L. monocytogenes or Listeria spp. from terrestrial samples and various water-related factors (e.g., proximity to wetlands and precipitation), multivariate analysis revealed that only irrigation within 3 days of sample collection was significantly associated with isolation of L. monocytogenes (odds ratio = 39) and Listeria spp. (odds ratio = 5) from terrestrial samples. These findings suggest that intervention at the irrigation level may reduce the risk of produce contamination.

Understanding Ditch Maintenance Decisions of Local Highway Agencies for Improved Water Resources across New York State

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (12) ◽  
pp. 767-773
Author(s):  
Rebecca Schneider ◽  
David Orr ◽  
Anthony Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Shared Services ◽  
York State ◽  
Maintenance Decisions ◽  
Regulatory Mandates

Networks of roadside ditches criss-cross the landscape, and have played a significant but previously unrecognized role in flooding and water pollution. This study surveyed town and county highway professionals across New York State (NYS) to determine their ditch management practices. There was a 41% response rate from the 999 highway staff surveyed, representing 54 of the 57 counties statewide. 36.8% of the agencies reported using full scraping or reshaping without reseeding as their primary method of ditch management and half scraped their ditches on average once every 1 to 4 years. It is estimated that one-third to one-half of the roadside ditches across upstate NYS are therefore in fair to poor condition. This translates to thousands of miles of exposed substrate vulnerable to storms, acting as a source of sediment and pollution. Limited resources including time, labor, equipment, and money were the primary reasons given for the practices used. Additional challenges identified included interactions with landowners over rights-of-way, farm-field drainage, and increasing frequency of downpours. A comprehensive, state-wide program will be necessary to actualize ditch improvement. It will require a complete toolbox of strategies, from financial support and training to regulatory mandates and penalties, and needs to include a ditch inventory system. Incentives in the form of grants and shared services should be offered by state agencies working collaboratively with local governments. Valuing highway department managers as water stewards and supporting the improved management of roadside ditches can provide an important new mechanism for protecting NYS’s water resources.

A study of stasis and change in two species lineages from the Middle Devonian of New York state

Paleobiology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce S. Lieberman ◽  
Carlton E. Brett ◽  
Niles Eldredge
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Morphological Change ◽  
Middle Devonian ◽  
New York State ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
York State ◽  
Hamilton Group ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Do So

More than 5000 measurements were taken on over 1000 specimens of two species of brachiopods, Mediospirifer audaculus and Athyris spiriferoides, from the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of New York state. Statistical analyses were performed on these data, with specimens partitioned by their occurrence in one of many paleoenvironments and stratigraphic horizons. Neither species showed substantial morphological departures between first appearance and extinction (the range of the Hamilton Group, roughly 5 m.y.). However, oscillations in morphology were discovered in both taxa.For the two species we studied, groups of organisms occurring in a single paleoenvironment undergo moderate morphological change through time; however, the net sum of changes through time in all paleoenvironments in which these species occur is essentially zero. Therefore, stasis may be partly a property of the organization of species into different environmental populations. Different “environmental populations” may evolve, but they will typically do so in several different “directions,” generally producing no net change. The difference between the morphology of species in different environments over the whole interval of the Hamilton Group is also nil, thereby ruling out any major role that ecophenotypic effects could play in the patterns recognized herein.

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