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A small stony concretion that may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants. Bezoars are caused by a buildup of material in the gastrointestinal tract that the stomach can't digest.

A student's country of citizenship. This value captured on the application for admission, and when necessary, is verified by the International Student Services Office. There is a value for every country.

Usually a protein that accelerates a biochemical reaction at body temperature, without being used up in the process (see also catalyst).

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer or IRB floater to finalize IRB-approved documents for the study team.  The documents that can be finalized include IRB-approved consent forms and recruitment fliers.  Once the IRBS or IRBF finalizes a document, it is made into a pdf file and stamped with the IRB approval date, expiration date and name of the reviewing IRB.

In ruminant nutrion, metabolizable protein, often abbreviated MP, is the amount of digestible protein that reach the small intestine, which is the source of amino acids absorbed into the blood. The three main sources of MP include rumen undegraded protein (the dietary protein fraction that has not been degraded in the rumen), the microbial (bacterial) protein synthesized in the rumen from the fermentation process, and the endogenous protein (intestinal digestive enzymes and sloughed cells from the gastro-intestinal tract). The latter source is minimal.

An organizational unit (OU) is a subdivision within an Active Directory to which you can place users, groups, computers, and even other organizational units. Organizational units can be created to mirror an organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If an organization contains several domains, there may be organizational unit structures in each domain which are independent of the structures in the other domains.

The term "organizational unit" is often shortened to "OU" in casual conversation. The organizational units within the School of Education’s AD domain are "WCER" and "SOEIT".

Most primitive form of life in the animal kingdom composed of only one microscopic cell.

A type of bacteria that live in association with the roots of legume plants and make the nitrogen of the air available to the plants.

A root-like usually horizontal stem growing under or along the ground that sends out roots from its lower surfaces and leaves or shoots from its upper surface.

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