Angus MacInnis was elected Member of Parliament for Vancouver South in 1930 as a representative of the Independent Labour Party and on a socialist platform. During his first session of Parliament, he began a political career that would last twenty-seven years, and also played a prominent role in the development of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of Angus MacInnis' early political career, both in Vancouver and in Ottawa, and to assess his role in the development of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in its formative years from 1932 to 1935. The most important primary source of information is the Angus MacInnis Collection in the Special Collections Division of The University of British Columbia Library. This collection includes MacInnis' private correspondence and his scrapbooks; the records of the C.C.F. and its predecessors in British Columbia; and material of a general nature on the early socialist movement in British Columbia. Other primary sources in Vancouver include the labour press in the period 1915-1935, the daily press, records of Parliamentary debates and relevant government documents. Records of the national Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and several of MacInnis' contemporaries are found in the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Also, associates of Angus MacInnis in the period under study were interviewed. Secondary sources include studies of the period, and biographies of contemporaries. Because this study is only of Angus MacInnis' early political career, the 1935 federal election has been selected as the termination point. This election was the first test at the polls of his Parliamentary efforts, and of his commitment to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Had he and the C.C.F. failed, all his efforts in the preceding ten years would have been for naught. His personal success and the comparative success of the C.C.F. vindicated his efforts. Angus MacInnis was first and foremost a socialist; not, however, of the doctrinaire, Marxian variety so typical of British Columbia, but rather pragmatic and Fabian in his approach, preferring constitutional to violent means. He was Canadian-born and understood Canadian problems to a much greater extent than did most of the British-born socialists in B. C. For this reason, Angus MacInnis was able to see the need for, and prospects of, a national, broadly based, constitutional, socialist party in Canada. Because of his pragmatism and his faith in constitutional methods, and because of early experience, he was adamantly anti-communist. As a member of Parliament, he showed himself to be conscientious, forthright and quick witted. He stood out in particular as a humanitarian in his defence of the victims of the Depression, especially the unemployed. He also indicated on many occasions his pragmatism and his faith in parliamentary democracy. In spite of these qualities, he was narrow in his interests, concentrating primarily on the failure of capitalism, the ineptitude of the Bennett government, the plight of British Columbia and Vancouver, and the condition of the unemployed. Angus Maclnnis' most lasting contribution in this period was not made in Parliament but rather in the C.C.F. To a great extent, it was because of his efforts that there was a strong socialist party in British Columbia when the C.C.F. began. His influence did much to bring the Socialist Party of Canada into the C.C.F., and to merge the two affiliates in the British Columbia C.C.F. into one party. As a political realist, he saw the need for a strong party structure, and did much to bring about such a development in B. C. and Ontario. It was for this reason that he attempted to forestall any compromise on the C.C.F.'s anti-communism, because he knew that the communists would destroy the Federation. As a socialist, he saw the need for the B. C. socialists in the national federation, and did much, by his own efforts and by bringing the B. C. socialists into the C.C.F., to ensure that the C.C.F. retained its socialist goals. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on May 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 13, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Steers produced in Cycle I of the Texas A & M University McGregor Genomics Project (n = 232, F2 Nellore-Angus) were evaluated for carcass composition, visceral organ weights, and model predicted residual consumption (MPRC), a measure of feed efficiency. Hot carcass weight was strongly correlated with liver weight (r = 0.70, P < 0.001) heart weight (r = 0.58, P < 0.001), and viscera weight (r = 0.55, P < 0.001) but not spleen weight (r = -0.01, P = 0.83). Liver, heart and viscera weights were moderately positively correlated with external and kidney pelvic heart fat (KPH), but not with marbling. None of the organ weights were correlated with MPRC. A subset of 54 animals was selected for extreme values of residuals of MPRC after a mixed model analysis that included fixed effects of sire and family nested within sire, and these animals were evaluated for insulin-like growth factor I (IGFI) expression in liver samples collected at harvest through quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). IGFI relative quantity (IGFI RQ) was collected from qRT-PCR and was correlated with liver (r = -0.23, P = 0.09), spleen (r = 0.48, P <0.001) and viscera weight (r = 0.24, P = 0.08), but not any carcass trait or MPRC residual. Gene breed types were determined for 4 candidate genes of feed efficiency: insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF1), leptin (LEP), neuropeptide-Y (NPY) and ghrelin (GHRL). Gene breed types were represented as AA, AN, NA, and NN where A and N denote Angus and Nellore, respectively, and paternal inheritance is listed first. Given that contemporary group significantly influenced most traits (MPRC, all carcass traits, liver weight and viscera weight), effects of gene breed type and contemporary group were evaluated together in analyses. GHRL influenced liver (P = 0.02) and viscera weight (P = 0.02), IGF1 influenced kidney, pelvic, and heart fat (P = 0.05), NPY influenced liver weight (P = 0.03) and hot carcass weight (P = 0.04), and LEP influenced ribeye area (P = 0.05) and hot carcass weight (P = 0.04) with a tendency to influence liver weight (P = 0.06). Alternate heterozygotes for GHRL were statistically different in liver weight and viscera weight where NA was heavier than AN. Alternate heterozygotes for LEP did not differ in ribeye area, hot carcass weight, or liver weight. Alternate heterozygotes for NPY differed in liver weight (NA heavier than AN), but did not differ in hot carcass weight. Carcasses with AA for LEP and NPY were 18 to 19 kg heavier (P < 0.05) than those with NN, with heterozygotes intermediate.

The Master´s thesis is focused on the rate of reproduction and growth intensity of calves Aberdeen Angus breed. In the research was monitored the offspring in organic farming located in the Zlín region during the period from 2007 to 2016. Data were obtained from the performance testing of beef cattle and from the register of the farm. There was achieved following values in the reproduction: pregnancy rate after the first insemination 62.5 % in heifers and 60 % in cows, service time 80.7 days, meantime 365.5 days, crude natality 107%, pure natality 102%, live reared calves 93%. It is obvious from these results that the rate of reproduction of this breed is very good. With the growth intensity of calves there was monitored the influence of sire, year and sex on the weight, gains and hip height of offspring. Influence of sire on birth weight, weight at 120, 210 and 365 days of age, gains and height of offspring achieved often highly significant (p < 0.01) differences. Statistically important (p < 0.05) differences in weights of calves due to influence of year were recorded at birth day and at 120 days of age calves, while at 365 days of age calves were revealed significant (p < 0.01) differences in weights and gains between years. In case of the influence of sex between bulls and heifers were revealed highly significant (p < 0.01) differences confirmed generally known principle that the males have a higher birth weight and have a higher growth ability than females.

Nineteen heifers (274 ± 24 kg) were blocked into two treatment groups based upon DNAm; heifers with no DNAm (noQG), and heifers with one or more DNAm (1+QG). Prior to challenge (24 h), heifers were fitted with indwelling jugular catheters and indwelling vaginal temperature (VT) monitoring devices. Blood samples were collected at 30-min intervals while RT were collected at 1-min intervals from -2 to 8 h relative to a lipopolysaccride (LPS) challenge (0.5 ìg/kg BW) at 0 h. Serum was analyzed for concentrations of cortisol and pro-inflammatory cytokines. All physical, endocrine, and immune measurements increased relative to LPS challenge. No differences observed for IL-6 or TNF-á; however, 1+QG heifers had a greater circulating INF-ã (P < 0.001). Furthermore, 1+QG heifers had an elevated VT (P = 0.04). This would suggest a different immune system approach to an LPS challenge.

Master of Science / Department of Animal Sciences and Industry / Travis O’Quinn / The objectives of these studies were to determine how consumer palatability ratings of beef strip loin steaks and ground beef are affected when products are identified with a brand, USDA grade, or product type. Strip loins were selected to represent five quality levels and six ground beef treatments were chosen, representing a variety of fat levels and product types. After aging steaks for 14 d and ground beef for 8 d, 2.5 cm steaks and 151.2 g patties were formed. Consumer panelists evaluated samples for tenderness, juiciness, flavor liking, and overall liking as well as texture liking for ground beef samples. Additionally, consumers rated each palatability trait as either acceptable or unacceptable and rated the sample as either unsatisfactory, everyday quality, better than everyday quality, or premium quality. Samples were fed in two rounds – blind and informed testing. In the first round of blind testing, consumers were served one sample from each treatment with treatments not disclosed. For the second round of informed testing, USDA grade, or product information was disclosed prior to sampling. Samples evaluated by consumers were paired for blind and informed testing. During blind testing, Certified Angus Beef (CAB) steaks rated similar (P > 0.05) to Choice for all palatability traits; however CAB rated greater (P < 0.05) than Choice for all traits for informed testing. Additionally, Angus Select and Select steaks were rated similar (P > 0.05) when tested blind, but Angus Select was rated greater (P < 0.05) than Select for flavor and overall liking when treatment was informed. Prime, CAB, and Angus Select had increased (P < 0.05) ratings for flavor and overall liking due to brand disclosure. However, Choice and Select samples did not receive any increase (P > 0.05) in ratings for palatability traits when brand was informed. Multiple traits were rated greater for Prime, CAB, and Angus Select products indicating these products received a "brand lift" (change in ratings due to brand knowledge) in palatability due to brand identification. However, when brand information was disclosed for Choice and Select steaks, consumers indicated no increase in palatability perception. Few differences were observed in blind testing for ground beef; however, during informed testing, 90/10 CAB ground sirloin rated greater (P < 0.05) than all other products for all palatability traits besides juiciness. Increased (P < 0.05) ratings were found for CAB products for multiple traits while the only non-branded product that received increased (P < 0.05) ratings was 90/10 ground beef during informed testing. There were few differences among ground beef products when tested blind, indicating that during blind testing, brand, fat percentage, and subprimal source have little effect on ground beef palatability. However, when product and brand were identified, multiple treatments received increased ratings for palatability traits indicating branding and product type knowledge influence the palatability of ground beef.

It is increasingly recognised that the Scottish Reformation was a diverse movement. Different regions of the country displayed a considerable variety of responses to protestantism. The gentlemen of Angus and the Mearns were credited by John Knox with playing a leading role in the Reformation crisis of 1559-60; and their shires, situated on Scotland's east coast, had been exposed to infiltration by protestant doctrines and literature from an early period. This thesis examines the origins of the Reformation in Angus and the Mearns from c.1530; and traces the implementation of reformed ideals from 1560 to c.1585. Initial research concentrated on establishing the names, life-spans and successions of the significant lairds and magnates, and also for both pre- and post-Reformation clergy from c.1530 to 1590. The factual material thus discovered is presented as appendices by which it is possible to trace the personal careers of individuals, the disposition of specific benefices, and the service and administration of parishes by reformed clergy. The apparent paradox of a pre-1560 protestant heartland becoming by the 1580s part of "Scotland's conservative north" is examined and found to be linked with the leading role of lairds in establishing and maintaining the new church. Throughout the thesis a particular focus of interest is the interrelationship between personal faith and practical politics in a largely kin-based society. Emphasis is placed on the element of choice available to lairds of Angus and the Mearns in determining the value of the competing claims- whether spiritual, personal or political - upon their loyalty. By examining the impact of ecclesiastical developments on the local factions of the shires, it is concluded that a distinction must be drawn between the enthusiastic protestantism of that circle of Mearns' lairds involved with John Erskine of Dun, and the less spiritually-committed acceptance of the Reform in mid- and southern Angus. In thus attempting an integrated political and religious study, the general conceptual framework developed by sociologists of religion has been born in mind; interaction of culture and doctrine is, where possible, demonstrated. It is demonstrated that, at a parochial level, the new kirk harmonised with the wider Scottish culture - and, indeed, was integrative of its host society. Particular attention has been paid to various private family muniments relating to the area. Much use was made of the Crawford papers at the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, by which an important division separating the Lindsays of Edzell from the Lindsay earls of Crawford has been established. Other important sources have been the few surviving literary works, examined for evidence of their underlying theological affinities, and the national Register of assignation and modification of stipends by which the careers of ministers and readers are traced.

Ecological and ecophysiological investigations carried out at the ultramafic outcrop near Meikle Kilrannoch, Angus, Scotland are reported. The outcrop is botanically famous for its rare plant species, particularly the endemic Cerastium fontanum ssp. scoticum and the nationally rare Lychnis alnina. The studies were made on the main outcrop (called MK1) which is dome shaped, and on a much smaller low-lying area (called MK1.5) about 300 m from it. The overall aim of the studies was to investigate the relationship between the soil physico-chemical environment and species distribution on the open areas of the ultramafic site and to experimentally test for causality; and to offer an explanation for the open character of the vegetation on the skeletal soils. Variograms which were constructed for soil properties and vegetation data to investigate soil micro-spatial variation and vegetation pattern showed differing levels of spatial dependence, always indicating high intrinsic variability. The cause of this high variability was probably cryoturbation for the soil and morphological characters for plants. The gradient analyses (Principal Components Analysis and its canonical form, Redundancy Analysis) used to study soil - vegetation correlations suggested that A ostis vinealis, Cerastium fontanum ssp. scoticum and Lychnis alpina were most abundant in areas up-slope with lower concentrations of soil magnesium; Cochlearia pyrenaica ssp. alpina and Festuca rubra were associated with bigger stone sizes, and the latter occurred in wetter areas with higher of ions. A comparative solution culture experiment based on the local soil chemistry was used to study the growth responses to magnesium and nickel of Cerastium fontanum ss. scoticum, Cochlearia pyrenaica ssp. al ina and Festuca rubra. The results for Festuca and Cerastium were in agreement with the findings of the gradient analysis: Festuca was indifferent to both magnesium and nickel and Cerastium was susceptible to high magnesium; the reduction of dry weight by nickel in the Cochlearia conflicted with its suggested association with high soil nickel in the gradient analysis. The impacts on the photosynthetic systems of three Cochlearia species of different concentrations of iron and nickel were identifiable only in the non-ultramafic C. pyrenaica where the addition of nickel decreased photosynthesis but the effect could be ameliorated by the addition of high concentrations of iron. The open character of the skeletal soil at the MK1 site was discussed in terms of 'carrying capacity'. Vegetation development was suggested to be controlled at least partly by large stones covering the soil surface. Further factors such as space fragmentation, possible plant-to-plant interactions, and low density of flowering individuals and restricted seed dispersal were also considered. To test if major nutrients were limiting plant growth, major nutrients (NPK) were applied to the MK1.5 skeletal soil. The significantly higher X's and recruitment and change in life history traits (larger rosette sizes, earlier maturing and higher seed production) in the fertilised populations of C. pyrenaica ssp. alpina resulted in a significantly higher plant cover in the fertilised quadrats. The better growth of plants in the fertilised quadrats was reflected in their lower total non-structural carbohydrate (TNC) concentrations in May and their higher TNC in August. The present series of investigations found that magnesium and nickel toxicity had an effect on the intra-site distribution of the ultramafic species and also confirmed earlier reports on the importance of magnesium and nickel toxicity in ultsamafic exclusion. Large stones and low soil phosphorus concentration are proposed as limiting factors for the development of closed vegetation on the skeletal soil areas of the sites.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-170). Also available via the Internet.