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Effect of Organic Acids on Salmonella Typhimurium Infection in Broiler Chickens

An alternative to antibiotics is the use of certain organic acids for routinely encountered pathogens in the poultry industry. Direct acidification of drinking water with organic acids could significantly reduce the amount of recoverable Salmonella Typhimurium (ST) from the crop and cecal tonsils when used during the pre-slaughter feed withdrawal period. In the present study, in vitro and in vivo evaluations were conducted to compare a commercially available water acidifier (Optimizer ), versus two formulations of organic acid mix ® (OAM), made up of of acetic, citric and propionic acids at a final concentration of either 0.031% or 0.062%, to reduce Salmonella Typhimurium in the crop and cecal tonsils of broiler chicks during a 24 h period. The two OAM showed better in vitro activity to reduce Salmonella when compared to control. In vivo, the OAM (0.062%) had a similar effect as Optimizer showing a significant reduction in total number of ST positive ® cecal tonsils, and reducing the number of ST in the crop when compared with controls (P < 0.05). All treatments reduced the number of ST recovered from crop contents at 24 h. This new formulation of OAM has great potential as a crop sanitizer and will be further evaluated under conditions similar to commercial chickens.
Sacred Heart University From the SelectedWorks of Eman Abdelfattah 2012 Deployment of Law Enforcement Department Using Manhattan Mobility Model over Hybrid Network

Manhattan Mobility is a model of Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) where nodes have flexibility to connect and disconnect from the network at any time and have also freedom of movement. Manhattan Mobility Model is proposed generally for urban areas that have grid streets topology, this model is organized in a specific way where there are number of vertical and horizontal streets. In Adhoc networks, routing protocols play a vital role in the network’s performance because it defines the way of selecting a path from the source node to the destination. In this paper, we are evaluating the performance of three routing protocols namely AODV, DSDV and DSR. The performance evaluation has been done using Network Simulator (NS-2). The comparison was based on the Throughout, Goodput, End-toEnd Delay and Network Coverage Area. In our simulation, AODV shows better performance in Throughput and Goodput and DSR performs better in the Network Coverage Area. The performance of the three protocols is comparable with respect to End-to-End Delay.
Section 4. Liquid metals - clusters and surfaces X-ray studies of liquid metal surfaces

X-ray reflectivity and diAuse scattering measurements of the surface of liquid Hg, Ga and In are reviewed. For each metal surface induced layering is found. The surface structure of these metals is compared and diAerences are discussed in relation to bulk structural features such as the degree of covalency. Studies of modified liquid metal surfaces are also presented. The surface oxidation of liquid Ga, In and Hg is compared. Experimental results on surface segregation in Ga‐In and Ga‐Bi alloys and details of the surface wetting transition in Ga‐Bi are also discussed. ” 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE AIR FORCE – AFASES 2017 71 EVALUATION OF TACTICAL MISSION EXECUTION

Training of flight crews, particularly in combat aviation is a complex and long term process. It requires the use of a standardized methodology in order to evaluate the mission execution in each of the training areas. Because of its complexity, tactical mission is the most difficult and demanding task to perform. It combines aircraft handling, procedural and tactical elements. Maintaining situational awareness at the minimum level required reflects the quality of preparedness (training) of the flight crew. Periodic inspection and ongoing evaluation are indispensable tools for confirming the correctness of the solutions adopted in tactical training of flight personnel.
Open Data requirements for applied ecology and conservation: case study of a wide-ranging marine vertebrate

Wide-ranging animals often traverse more than one country, making it important toestablish international management co-operations and agreed protocols; however, accessing allavailable information on a given species, or even a population of interest, compiled by local,national and international organisations is often complicated. In the case of sea turtles, this issueis further compounded because different life stages of the same population occupy different typesof habitat; even as adults, while part of the population aggregates to breed at a single site in agiven year, all other adult individuals are dispersed across foraging habitats in distance. Informationon the number of individuals, movement patterns and habitat use are needed to: (1) identify,select and conserve key breeding, foraging and developmental habitat effectively, (2) developrealistic models to predict current and future threat status of animals as accurately as possible, and(3) mitigate pressures operating in distant areas that, otherwise, might not be detected or linkedto the population of interest. Here, I use sea turtles as a case study to show how our current knowledgeon wide-ranging marine species is currently incomplete and, in many cases, disjointed. Inparticular, different techniques are often used to assimilate different types of information in differentsettings for different purposes (e.g. mark-recapture, genetics, strandings and nesting data). Ultimately, opening access to these data sources would facilitate major advances in research, aswell as the transfer of knowledge and information to practitioners, allowing the effective implementationof conservation management.
Phasor transformation and its application to the DC/AC analyses of frequency phase-controlled series resonant converters (SRC)

A novel modeling technique based on phasor transformation that provides a unified model of series resonant converters (SRCs) is proposed. The approach gives explicit and simple equations that provide fruitful physical insight. When the switching frequency deviates from the resonant frequency, a first-order SRC model is obtained, and in the case of resonance a second-order model is obtained. It is shown that the frequency band of the second-order model is very narrow in practice. The time constant, small-signal gains, and system order are highly dependent on the switching frequency, load resistor, and output capacitor. >
Direct torque control strategy of permanent magnet synchronous machines

Direct torque control (DTC) can be applied to all AC machine drives. The synchronous machine torque control, based on the DTC structure, permits to obtained high dynamic performances. This method is a concrete solution to robustness and dynamics problems find in other control structures. In this paper, we present a direct torque control strategy with minimization torque pulsations. We use a current sensor and an incremental position sensor. In order to control the torque, we use an hysteresis current controllers technique. This strategy consists on detecting the current at the voltage inverter input, and adjusted it to follow a reference with a high commutation frequency. The undesirable low harmonics are directly eliminated by the proposed position sensor. The obtained results are presented.
Understanding Millennial Students

The millennial generation experienced different issues pertaining to their attitude, characteristic and interest towards school and environment. In order for them to change the perspective of the people they should establish a strong belief for their selves. The study was a quantitative design that makes use of research made questionnaire. This study aimed to know and deeply understand the millennial generation and with their level of interest. The researchers conducted the survey among the Senior High School with the total of one hundred seven eight respondents who are requested to answer the questionnaire to complete the survey and gather the data needed. Quantitative data were processed using chi-square. The study has shown the level of student interests in terms of education, technological responsibility, health and sanitation, socialization, spiritual, passion and interest, involvement and participation in organization. It shows that interest and attitude is very helpful in understanding millennial generation. Results also show that level of interest is correlated to the student’s profile which includes gender and grade level. It can be inferred that there is significant association of level of interest between students profile.
Developing a model of E-business implementation for SMEs in Libya

The main purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the implementation of e-business system in Libyan small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs in Libya are still far behind in the implementation of e-business despite of the offered benefits and proliferation of e-business because they consider it an emerging phenomenon. This paper therefore develops a framework for e-business implementation which is composed of internal and external factors. The proposed framework is then used to guide future study in exploring its implementation . The proposed framework will be empirically validated by self-administered survey questionnaire among small and medium enterprises of Libya
Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Economic Growth in Taiwan

Taiwan is the capital-open region. To understand the FDI, trade and economic growth should be one of the worthy studies on the question. This paper uses the data from 1978 to 2009 in Taiwan, and uses the VECM model to analyze the impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Taiwan. The results of the VECM model for FDI and economic growth in Taiwan have both the long-term existence of the cointegration relations and the reverse relationship.
Extended DDoS Confirmation & Attack Packet Dropping Algorithm in On-Demand Grid Computing Platform

DDoS attacks are thrown through carriage of a large amount of packets to an objective machine, using instantaneous teamwork of numerous hosts which are scattered throughout the Grid computing environment. Nowadays DDoS attacks on the Internet in general and particularly in Grid computing environment has become a visible issue in computer networks and communications. DDoS attacks are cool to provoke but their uncovering is a very problematic and grim task and therefore, an eye-catching weapon for hackers. DDoS torrents do not have familiar characteristics; therefore currently existing IDS cannot identify and discover these attacks perfectly. Correspondingly, there implementation is a puzzling task. In practice, Gossip based DDoS attacks detection apparatus are used to detect such types of attacks in computer networks, by exchanging stream of traffic over line. Gossip based techniques results in network overcrowding and have upstairs of superfluous and additional packets. Keeping the above drawbacks in mind, we have proposed a DDoS detection and prevention mechanism in [1], that has the attractiveness of being easy to adapt and more trustworthy than existing counterparts. We have introduced entropy based detection mechanism for DDoS attack detection. Our proposed solution has no overhead of extra packets, hence resulting in good QoS. Once DDoS is detected, any prevention technique can be used to prevent DDoS in Grid environment. In this paper we are going to extend our idea. A confirmation mechanism is introduced herewith.
Witteloostuijn Consultancy Metaphors , and Healthy Organization Theories The ( Non ) Sense of Organizational Change : An Essai about Universal Management Hypes , Sick

The global business world is infected by a virus that induces a permanent need for organizational change, which is fed by the management consultancy industry. The nature of the organizational change hype changes colour frequently, through the emergence of new universal management fashions. An urge to change is understandable from the perspectives of the consultant and the manager, but often organizational changes are ineffective or counter-productive when implemented. In this context, this article’s purpose is threefold. First, on the basis of an interpretation of different literatures, we flesh out an argument about the nonsense of organizational change that is driven by sick consultancy metaphors. Second, we argue that the application of healthy organization theories offers ample guidelines for organizational change initiatives that make more sense than prominent management consultancy rhetoric. Third, pulling both strings together, we plead for the development of an evidence-based (change) consultancy practice.
Evolution of specific interface area in dendritic alloy solidification

The specific area of the solid-liquid interface is an important integral measure for the morphological evolution during solidification. It represents not only the inverse of a characteristic length scale of the microstructure, but it is also a key ingredient in volume- averaged models of alloy solidification. Analytical descriptions exist for either pure coarsening or pure growth processes. However, all alloy solidification processes involve concurrent growth and coarsening. In the present study, the kinetics of the solid-liquid interface of a columnar dendrite are studied using a 3D phase-field model. The simulation results are combined with data from recent experiments to study the influence of the cooling rate on the evolution of the interfacial area.
SpATIAL dISTRIbUTION Of EMISSIONS TO AIR – THE SpREAd MOdEL

The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Aarhus University, completes the annual national emission inventories for greenhouse gases and air pollutants according to Denmark’s obligations under international conventions, e.g. the climate convention, UNFCCC and the convention on long-range transboundary air pollution, CLRTAP. NERI has developed a model to distribute emissions from the national emission inventories on a 1x1 km grid covering the Danish land and sea territory. The new spatial high resolution distribution model for emissions to air (SPREAD) has been developed according to the requirements for reporting of gridded emissions to CLRTAP. Spatial emission data is e.g. used as input for air quality modelling, which again serves as input for assessment and evaluation of health effects. For these purposes distributions with higher spatial resolution have been requested. Previously, a distribution on the 17x17 km EMEP grid has been set up and used in research projects combined with detailed distributions for a few sectors or sub-sectors e.g. a distribution for emissions from road traffic on 1x1 km resolution. SPREAD is developed to generate improved spatial emission data for e.g. air quality modelling in exposure studies. SPREAD includes emission distributions for each sector in the Danish inventory system; stationary combustion, mobile sources, fugitive emissions from fuels, industrial processes, solvents and other product use, agriculture and waste. This model enables generation of distributions for single sectors and for a number of sub-sectors and single sources as well. This report documents the methodologies in this first version of SPREAD and presents selected results. Further, a number of potential improvements for later versions of SPREAD are addressed and discussed.
A¢ rmative action in university admission and high school students'pro…ciency

Economic theory suggests that a¢ rmative action can either reduce or enhance incentives to invest in human capital. Empirical evidence on this matter, however, is still lacking. Using 'dierence in dier- ence'estimates, this paper evaluates the eects of the quota system in the admission to Brazilian public universities on the pro…ciency of high school students. Our …ndings show that favored groups attained lower scores, suggesting a negative link between a¢ rmative action and incentives for eort and skill acquisition.
Extração de compostos bioativos do bagaço da uva (Vitis vinifera L.).

L. ) Ana Paula Gil Cruz; Suely Pereira Freitas Alexandre Guedes Torres; Flávia dos Santos Gomes, Lourdes M. C. Cabral Doutoranda em Ciências de Alimentos, IQ/UFRJ ana_gil@uol.com. br; Eng. Quím. , D.Sc., Escola de Química/UFRJ, freitasp@eq.ufrj. br; Nutricionista, D.Sc., IQ/UFRJ. torres@iq.ufrj. br; Eng de Alimentos, D.Sc., Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ fgomes@ctaa.embrapa. br; Eng Quím, D.Sc. Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos lcabral@ctaa.embrapa. br.
A novel digital telemetry system for tracking wild animals: a field test for studying mate choice in a lekking tropical bird

1. Radiotelemetry provides a tool for monitoring animals that are difficult to observe directly. Recent technical advances have given rise to new systems that present expanded opportunities for field research. We report the results of the first field test of Encounternet, a new digital radiotelemetry system comprising portable receiver stations and digital tags designed for long‐term studies of the social behaviour and ecology of free‐living animals.
Fabrication and Superhydrophobic Property of ZnO Micro/Nanocrystals via a Hydrothermal Route

Superhydrophobic ZnO micro/nanocrystals were fabricated on a large scale using a facile one-pot hydrothermal process successfully. The morphologies and chemical composition of as-synthesized ZnO were investigated by the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The morphology of ZnO products changed from uniform size microrods to flower-like micronanostructures, when the temperature changed from 120°C to 180°C. The morphology of ZnO was strongly affected by the pH. The wettability of the as-synthesized ZnO micro/nanocrystals was studied by measuring water contact angle (CA). The largest static CA for water is 167°, which is closely related to both the ZnO micro/nanostructure and chemical modification. Furthermore, the as-prepared ZnO surface showed superhydrophobicity for some corrosive liquids such as basic and acidic aqueous solutions. The CAs of the surface modified with ZnO prepared at 160°C were over 155° in the range of pH = 1–13.
Thermal remote sensing of urban climates

Thermal remote sensing has been used over urban areas to assess the urban heat island, to perform land cover classifications and as input for models of urban surface atmosphere exchange. Here, we review the use of thermal remote sensing in the study of urban climates, focusing primarily on the urban heat island effect and progress made towards answering the methodological questions posed by Roth et al. [International Journal of Remote Sensing 10 (1989) 1699]. The review demonstrates that while some progress has been made, the thermal remote sensing of urban areas has been slow to advance beyond qualitative description of thermal patterns and simple correlations. Part of the difficulty lies in the tendency to use qualitatively based land use data to describe the urban surface rather than the use of more fundamental surface descriptors. Advances in the application of thermal remote sensing to natural and agricultural surfaces suggest insight into possible methods to advance techniques and capabilities over urban areas. Improvements in the spatial and spectral resolution of current and next-generation satellite-based sensors, in more detailed surface representations of urban surfaces and in the availability of low cost, high resolution portable thermal scanners are expected to allow progress in the application of urban thermal remote sensing to the study of the climate of urban areas. D 2003 Elsevier Inc
Robust ferromagnetism in the compressed permanent magnet Sm 2 Co 17

J. R. Jeffries,1 L. S. I. Veiga,2,3,4 G. Fabbris,2,5 D. Haskel,2 P. Huang,1,6 N. P. Butch,7 S. K. McCall,1 K. Holliday,1 Z. Jenei,1 Y. Xiao,8 and P. Chow8 1Condensed Matter and Materials Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA 2Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 3Instituto de Fisica “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo 13083-859, Brazil 4Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron, Campinas, Sao Paulo 13083-970, Brazil 5Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 USA 6Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, USA 7NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 8HP-CAT, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA (Received 9 April 2014; revised manuscript received 27 August 2014; published 8 September 2014)
Review of Malaysian Retail Banking Market: An Industrial Organizational Perspective

The attempt of this paper is to analyze the Malaysian retail banking market within structure-conductperformance paradigm framework which roots from the industrial organizational field. The Malaysian retail banking market practices dual banking system which consists of conventional and Islamic banking firms. Therefore, the analysis in this paper will focus on the structure, conduct and performance of both banking system descriptively. The structure of the retail banking market will also focused on several aspects such as market size and distribution, market competitiveness, market delineation and barriers to entry. While, marketing expenses, distribution of the branches and the quality of services will be analyzed to evaluate the banking firms conduct in the market. Meanwhile, the performance of the banking firms will be analyzed from two perspectives namely, ratio analysis and welfare perspectives. Overall, the study shows that both domestic and foreign banking firms play a significant role in the Malaysian retail banking market.
Conservation Actions in a Small Sea Turtle Feeding Area at Phra Thong Island, Thailand

This study has been conducted as part of the Sea Turtle Conservation Project (STCP) at Phra Thong island (PTI), South Thailand, which has focused on sea turtle research and conservation since 1996. An area of about 40 m in the sea was identified and used as a study area to collect data on sea turtle behavior. Every turtle nesting season (January to April), juveniles of hawksbill turtle (E.imbricata) and green turtle (C.mydas) were regularly observed. The number of sightings from 2006 to 2011 varied from 8 to 128. The highest number of sightings (N=128) was recorded in 2010, when a hawksbill turtle (juvenile) was observed in the area within the same space nearly everyday. Those sightings were also noted as the longest diving time (15.4 to 17.3 minutes on average) compared with other years. The data collected confirmed the importance of this area as a sea turtle feeding ground. The area is also used by local fishermen, by touristsvisiting for snorkeling trips and more recently by divers. The human impact is increasing year by year, threatening one of the remaining areas suitable for sea turtle feeding ground.
The Efficiency Of Local Governments And Its Influence Factors

Assessing the relative efficiency of local governments using Data Envelopment Analysis, which are used as input aggregate total expenditure per capita and Local Governvent Output Indicator (LGOI) is used as an aggregate output of each local government. Results showed that local governments can improve the services performance without increasing the spending. Furthermore, the efficiency scores is associated with sosio- economic variables and demographic by using analysis of Tobit, the results show that the variable fiscal as transfer funds and silpa negatively and significantly to the local government efficiency, while the variable population density and degree of fragmentation of political parties and positive effect significantly to the local government efficiency.