cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Migration of a surfactant-laden droplet in non-isothermal Poiseuille flow
Creators: name: Das, Sayan
name: Mandal, Shubhadeep
name: Som, S K
name: Chakraborty, Suman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The motion of a surfactant-laden viscous droplet in the presence of background non-isothermal Poiseuille flow is studied analytically and numerically. Specifically, the effect of interfacial Marangoni stress due to non-uniform distribution of surfactants and temperature at the droplet interface on the velocity and direction of motion of the droplet along the centerline of imposed Poiseuille flow is investigated in the presence of linearly varying temperature field. In the absence of thermal convection, fluid inertia and shape deformation, the interfacial transport of bulk-insoluble surfactants is governed by the surface Peclet number which represents the relative strength of the advective transport of surfactant over the diffusive transport. We obtain analytical solution for small and large values of the surface Peclet number. Numerical solution is obtained for arbitrary surface Peclet number, which compares well with the analytical solution. Depending on the direction of temperature gradient with respect to the imposed Poiseuille flow, the surfactant-induced Marangoni stress affects the droplet velocity differently. When the imposed temperature increases in the direction of imposed Poiseuille flow, surfactants retard the droplet motion as compared with a surfactant-free droplet. However, when the imposed temperature decreases in the direction of imposed Poiseuille flow, presence of surfactants may increase or decrease the magnitude of droplet velocity depending on the relevant governing parameters. Further, for particular values of governing parameters, we observe change in direction of droplet motion due to presence of surfactants, which may bear significant consequences in the design of droplet based microfluidic systems.
description: 38 pages, 7 figures
Oxidation of isobutane in liquid phase and under supercritical conditions
Creators: name: Shah, Urmish.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Histologic comparison of inflammatory cells in the penile and preputial epithelium of young vs mature beef bulls
Creators: name: Rush, J. B.
name: Edmondson, M. A.
name: Roberts, J.
name: Passler, T.
name: Wolfe, D. F.
name: Maxwell, H.
name: Maman, Z. S.
name: Gard, J. A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: There is evidence supporting clearance of the Tritrichomonas foetus in young bulls. The reasons for mature bulls becoming chronic carriers and resolution of venereal infections in young bulls have not been illuminated. It has been hypothesized that there is variation in the inflammatory response in the reproductive tract as the bull ages. Hence, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the immune cell population in the normal bovine penile and preputial epithelium and to examine any differences in cell populations between young and mature age groups. Our hypothesis was that there are significant differences in immune cell types within the penile and preputial epithelium and dermis of young versus mature bulls.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Effects of anthelmintic treatment on production performance, carcass quality, and predominant nematode species in feedlot cattle from western Canada
Creators: name: De Seram, E.
name: Penner, G.
name: Gilleard, J.
name: Campbell, J.
name: Redman, E.
name: Pollock, C.
name: Ekanayake, S.
name: Uehlinger, F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of currently used anthelmintics on production performance, carcass quality characteristics, and species diversity in western Canadian feedlot calves. Changes in climate and anthelmintic susceptibility are changing the epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes in livestock. However, the production impact of gastrointestinal nematodes in beef cattle from western Canada has not been studied in decades.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Casimir free energy and pressure for magnetic metal films
Creators: name: Klimchitskaya, G. L.
name: Mostepanenko, V. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the Casimir free energy and pressure of magnetic metal films, which are free-standing in vacuum, sandwiched between two dielectric plates, and deposited on either nonmagnetic or magnetic metallic plates. All calculations are performed using both the Drude and plasma model approaches to the Lifshitz theory. According to our results, the Casimir free energies and pressures calculated using both theoretical approaches are significantly different in the magnitude and sign even for thin films of several tens of nanometers thickness. Thus, for the Ni film of 47\,nm thickness deposited on a Fe plate the obtained magnitudes of the Casimir free energy differ by the factor of 5866. We show that the Casimir free energy and pressure of a magnetic film calculated using the plasma model approach do not possess the classical limit, but exponentially fast drop to zero with increasing film thickness. If the Drude model approach is used, the classical limit is reached for magnetic films of about 150\,nm thickness, but the Casimir free energy remains nonzero in the limit of ideal metal, contrary to expectations. For the plasma model approach the Casimir free energy of a film vanishes in this case. Numerical computations are performed for the magnetic films made of Ni, nonmagnetic plates made of Cu and Al, and magnetic plates made of Fe using the tabulated optical data for the complex indexes of refraction of all metals. The obtained results can be used for a discrimination between the plasma and Drude model approaches in the Casimir physics and in the investigation of stability of thin films.
description: 25 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
Exploring the species diversity of gastrointestinal nematodes in western Canadian beef cattle
Creators: name: De Seram, E.
name: Redman, E.
name: De Queiroz, C.
name: Campbell, J.
name: Pollock, C.
name: Gilleard, J.
name: Ekanayake, S.
name: Uehlinger, F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: The objectives of this study were to explore herd level species diversity of gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) communities in calves from western Canada and the effects of anthelmintic treatment on their relative species abundance in feedlot steers. Coinfection with multiple GIN species is common in cattle. Exploring the GIN diversity is important to understand parasite epidemiology and particularly the response to control programs; however, research is limited in Canadian beef cattle.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Outbreak of sudden death in weaned calves on a New York dairy caused by Strongyloides papillosus
Creators: name: Pinn-Woodcock, T. L.
name: Duhamel, G. E.
name: Lejeune, M.
name: Thompson, B. S.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: S. papillosus are slender hair-like worms that have a predilection for the duodenum and proximal jejunum of ruminants. The third larval stage of S. papillosus penetrates the skin, often in the coronary band region of the limb, and migrates to the gastrointestinal tract where it matures to the parthenogenetic adult stage. Typically S. papillosus infection of calves in North America is associated with clinical signs of diarrhea, dehydration, anorexia, and weight loss or poor weight gain (Thamsborg et al, 2017). Outbreaks of sudden death associated with heavy S. papillosus burden are rare and have only been reported in 2-5 month old calves in Japan (Taira and Ura, 1991). These Japanese outbreaks occurred in the summer, where common conditions included sawdust bedding, high environmental temperatures, and high humidity. Experimental studies revealed the sudden death of calves with heavy worm burdens to be preceded by cardiac arrhythmias for 1-2 days and ventricular arrhythmias leading to cardiac arrest (Tsuji et al, 1992). These researchers hypothesized that S. papillosus may produce a cardiotoxin that leads to cardiac arrest of infected calves. S. papillosus has recently been implicated as the novel cause of an outbreak of sudden death in weaned dairy calves on a well-managed farm in New York State. The following report describes this first documented North American outbreak of sudden death in calves caused by S. papillosus.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Bovine leukemia virus in the U.S. dairy industry
Creators: name: LaDronka, R. M.
name: Bartlett, P. C.
name: Norby, B.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Bovine leukemia virus is a deltaretrovirus of cattle and the causitive agent of enzootic bovine leukosis. A small proportion of infected animals develop the clinical manifestation of lymphoma, however the majority remain subclinically infected. Infection is common in the U.S. dairy cattle population and in other major dairy producing countries that have not taken steps to reduce and erradicate infection in their populations. The 1997 and 2008 NAHMS dairy studies examined the prevalence of BLV infection at the cow and herd levels, respectively. There has been no updated estimates of prevalence in the U.S. cattle population in the last decade. Within that time, evidence of the negative impact of subclinical infection has been mounting. Cows exhibit alterations in immune function, decreased longevity, and reduced milk production. The first major objective of this study was to provide an updated estimate of BLV prevalence in a multistate sample of U.S. dairy cattle. The second major objective was to measure herd and cow level associations between BLV prevalence and economically important dairy production outcomes, namely milk production, reproductive efficiency, and somatic cell count.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Gaussian theory for spatially distributed self-propelled particles
Creators: name: Seyed-Allaei, Hamid
name: Schimansky-Geier, Lutz
name: Ejtehadi, Mohammad Reza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Obtaining a reduced description with particle and momentum flux densities outgoing from the microscopic equations of motion of the particles requires approximations. The usual method, we refer to as truncation method, is to zero Fourier modes of the orientation distribution starting from a given number. Here we propose another method to derive continuum equations for interacting self-propelled particles. The derivation is based on a Gaussian approximation (GA) of the distribution of the direction of particles. First, by means of simulation of the microscopic model we justify that the distribution of individual directions fits well to a wrapped Gaussian distribution. Second, we numerically integrate the continuum equations derived in the GA in order to compare with results of simulations. We obtain that the global polarization in the GA exhibits a hysteresis in dependence on the noise intensity. It shows qualitatively the same behavior as we find in particles simulations. Moreover, both global polarizations agree perfectly for low noise intensities. The spatio-temporal structures of the GA are also in agreement with simulations. We conclude that the GA shows qualitative agreement for a wide range of noise intensities. In particular, for low noise intensities the agreement with simulations is better as other approximations, making the GA to an acceptable candidates of describing spatially distributed self-propelled particles.
Naptown is Wide Awake: A Historical Analysis of Community Perceptions of Police in Indianapolis from 1965-1975
Creators: name: Matthews, Isabella
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: police
subject: police perception
subject: Indianapolis History
subject: Black Community
subject: police brutality
subject: community

description: In contemporary scholarship surrounding the police state, there has been a recent increase in the amount of research being conducted on the overall utility of a police state as well as perceptions of the police and their interactions with certain groups. These discoveries place emphasis on the shortcomings of contemporary policies and practices with an aim to garner change. Less is known about historical accounts of police function and proper analysis of these operations as foundations for current police departments. And the scholarship that does take this approach takes place in larger cities with historically aggressive and invasive police states, including Memphis, Detroit, and Chicago. Even less than that is the research examining the function of the police state and its discriminatory practices in smaller cities, such as Indianapolis. What is the language surrounding historical instances of police brutality? What does the history of police in Indianapolis tell us about the community at large? The purpose of this paper will be to outline and analyze the historical functions of the police in the Black community in Indianapolis through the eyes of those most affected. The ultimate goal of this paper is to not shape a new paradigm around policing, specifically referring to the extensive, scholarly work that is out there regarding policing as a form of social control. Rather, this paper supports said scholarship and seeks to understand what that social control component looks like in the city of Indianapolis. What does the current literature say about these functions, and do they hold true in a place such as the city of Indianapolis? How can understanding the city of Indianapolis inform the function of other mid-level cities? These questions will be examined as well as a brief textual analysis of the Indianapolis Recorder, a Black run newspaper that was dedicated to bringing about the truth of social inequality in the city. Through examination of the different articles released each week, one can begin to understand the language surrounding public safety within the city as well as the ways in which the Black community is often required to take matters of safety into their own hands.
On the Connection of Gamma-Ray Bursts and X-Ray Flashes in the BATSE and RHESSI Databases
Creators: name: Řípa, Jakub
name: Mészáros, Attila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classification of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) into groups has been intensively studied by various statistical tests in previous years. It has been suggested that there was a distinct group of GRBs, beyond the long and short ones, with intermediate durations. However, such a group is not securely confirmed yet. Strangely, concerning the spectral hardness, the observations from the Swift and RHESSI satellites give different results. For the Swift/BAT database it is found that the intermediate-duration bursts might well be related to so-called X-ray flashes (XRFs). On the other hand, for the RHESSI dataset the intermediate-duration bursts seem to be spectrally too hard to be given by XRFs. The connection of the intermediate-duration bursts and XRFs for the BATSE database is not clear as well. The purpose of this article is to check the relation between XRFs and GRBs for the BATSE and RHESSI databases, respectively. We use an empirical definition of XRFs introduced by other authors earlier. For the RHESSI database we also use a transformation between the detected counts and the fluences based on the simulated detector response function. The purpose is to compare the hardnesses of GRBs with the definition of XRFs. There is a 1.3-4.2 % fraction of XRFs in the whole BATSE database. The vast majority of the BATSE short bursts are not XRFs because only 0.7-5.7 % of the short bursts can be given by XRFs. However, there is a large uncertainty in the fraction of XRFs among the intermediate-duration bursts. The fraction of 1-85 % of the BATSE intermediate-duration bursts can be related to XRFs. For the long bursts this fraction is between 1.0 % and 3.4 %. The uncertainties in these fractions are large, however it can be claimed that all BATSE intermediate-duration bursts cannot be given by XRFs. At least 79 % of RHESSI short bursts, at least 53 % of RHESSI intermediate-duration bursts, and at least...
description: 29 pages, 14 figures, 10 tables, accepted in Astrophysics and Space Science
Involving veterinarians in the implementation of biosecurity practices on dairy farms
Creators: name: Denis-Robichaud, J.
name: Kelton, D. F.
name: Bauman, C. A.
name: Barkema, H. W.
name: Keefe, G. P.
name: Dubuc, J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: On dairy farms worldwide, the adoption of biosecurity practices is limited. In order to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of diseases, the Canadian industry is aiming to implement farm-based biosecurity plans and strategies. Herd veterinarians are likely to be involved in the development of the farm biosecurity plan, but it is unclear what role veterinarians already have in regard to biosecurity, and what are the barriers to their involvement. The objective of this study was to describe the perception of veterinarians regarding biosecurity implementation on dairy farms, and to compare it to the perception of producers.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Deterrence, Alliance, and Regime Type:Does Democratization Make East Asia a Safer Place?
Creators: name: Xu, Yifan
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: regime type
subject: deterrence
subject: alliance
subject: East Asia
subject: democratic-autocratic rivalries

description: This thesis investigates the impact of democratization on deterrence capabilities in East Asia, focusing on the strategic interplay between regime type and international security. By analyzing the cases of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, this study explores whether democratization enhances a state's ability to deter aggression and contribute to regional stability, particularly in the context of the U.S.-China rivalry. The research employs a comparative case study methodology, examining how the transition from autocracy to democracy in Taiwan and South Korea has influenced their deterrence strategies and alliances, especially with the United States. Japan serves as a control case to understand the long-term effects of stable democratic governance on deterrence. The findings suggest that democratization significantly bolsters deterrence by enhancing internal legitimacy, strengthening international alliances, and improving the credibility of both threats and assurances. This thesis contributes to the broader discourse on democratic peace theory and deterrence, offering insights for policymakers on managing democratic-versus-autocratic rivalries in a complex global environment.
Analysing cogeneration systems in Australia
Creators: name: Arseven, Suha.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Adoption of biosecurity practices on Canadian dairy farms
Creators: name: Denis-Robichaud, J.
name: Kelton, D. F.
name: Bauman, C. A.
name: Barkema, H. W.
name: Keefe, G. P.
name: Dubuc, J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Biosecurity refers to management practices aiming to prevent the introduction and the spread of infectious diseases, and it has been associated with reduced odds of disease, improved productivity, and decreased use of antimicrobials. In 2013 the Canadian dairy industry developed a tool to help producers implement biosecurity practices; the National Standard for Biosecurity. There was, however, no information available detailing the adoption of the different practices on Canadian dairy farms. The objective of this study was to describe the adoption of biosecurity practices on Canadian dairy farms in order to inform strategies and priorities for implementing the tool.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Comparison of group versus individual calf rearing for a summary measure of health
Creators: name: Sischo, William
name: Trombetta, Sophie
name: Parrish, Lindsay
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Rearing calves in small groups has been suggested to provide benefits to health, growth and social development as compared to individually reared calves. This study assessed the impact of individual versus group housing on average daily gain (ADG), preweaning disease, and representative fecal microbiomes based on Bifidobacterium which are believed to have a positive association with calf health.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Characteristic polynomials of Linial arrangements for exceptional root systems
Creators: name: Yoshinaga, Masahiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The (extended) Linial arrangement $\mathcal{L}_Φ^m$ is a certain finite truncation of the affine Weyl arrangement of a root system $Φ$ with a parameter $m$. Postnikov and Stanley conjectured that all roots of the characteristic polynomial of $\mathcal{L}_Φ^m$ have the same real part, and this has been proved for the root systems of classical types. In this paper we prove that the conjecture is true for exceptional root systems when the parameter $m$ is sufficiently large. The proof is based on representations of the characteristic quasi-polynomials in terms of Eulerian polynomials.
description: 22 pages
The effect of individual vs pair housing during the pre-weaning period on dairy calf well-being to four months of age
Creators: name: Knauer, Whitney A.
name: Godden, Sandra M.
name: Endres, Marcia I.
name: Crooker, Brian A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Pair housing of dairy calves during the pre-weaning period helps meet the natural social needs of the calf and has been shown to improve growth and starter intake during the pre-weaning period as compared to individual housing. However, there is little evidence to suggest that pair housed calves maintain their social and growth advantages past the weaning phase. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of pair housing on measures of behavioral and physiologic well-being during the first four months of life.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Alloying, de-alloying and reentrant alloying in (sub-)monolayer growth of Ag on Pt(111)
Creators: name: Jankowski, Maciej
name: van Vroonhoven, Esther
name: Wormeester, Herbert
name: Zandvliet, Harold J. W.
name: Poelsema, Bene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An in-situ nanoscopic investigation of the prototypical surface alloying system Ag/Pt(111) is reported. The morphology and the structure of the ultrathin Ag-Pt film is studied using Low Energy Electron Microscopy during growth at about 800 K. An amazingly rich dynamic behaviour is uncovered in which stress relieve plays a governing role. Initial growth leads to surface alloying with prolonged and retarded nucleation of ad-islands. Beyond 50% coverage de-alloying proceeds, joined by partial segregation of Pt towards the centre of large islands in violent processes. Upon coalescence the irregularly shaped vacancy clusters are filled by segregating Pt, which then take a compact shape (black spots). As a result at around 85% coverage the strain of the initially pseudo-morphological film is almost completely relieved and Pt-segregation is at its maximum. Further deposition of Ag leads to transient re-entrant alloying and recovery of the pseudo-morphological layer. The black spots persist even in/on several layers thick films. Ex-situ atomic force microscopy data confirm that these are constituted by probably amorphous Pt(-rich) structures. The (sub-)monolayer films are very much heterogeneous.
Removal of stickies in a recycled fibre plant
Creators: name: Khong, Cheryl Yoon See.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Evaluation of the longitudinal effect of metaphylaxis treatment of preweaned dairy calves with enrofloxacin on the susceptibility of antimicrobial resistant fecal E. coli.
Creators: name: Pereira, Richard V.
name: Altier, Craig
name: Siler, Julie
name: Mann, Sabine
name: Jordan, David
name: Warnick, Lorin D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: The use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals, specifically drugs in classes used also in human medicine, remains a contentious public health issue. Increasing concern with antimicrobial resistance has also enhanced the need for research that measure the impacts of utilizing antimicrobial drugs on antimicrobial resistance. The objective of this study was to longitudinally quantify E. coli resistant to ciprofloxacin and ceftiofur in calves treated with enrofloxacin or tulathromycin for control of bovine respiratory disease in high risk calves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Estudio de la Cinética del Proceso de Secado de Grano por Contacto en un Lecho Agitado
Creators: name: Ortega Fernández, Javier
Publisher: name: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI)
Year: 2001

description: Con el objetivo de determinar el comportamiento de la cinética de secado de un material granular por contacto en un medio agitado, se realizaron experimentos en un secador de contacto por lotes con un agitador de paletas para homogenizar la transferencia de calor dentro del lecho de granos. El mecanismo de transferencia de calor fue por conducción de manera unidireccional y fue suministrada al lecho desde una superficie caliente ubicada en la parte inferior del equipo de secado, diseñado exclusivamente para esta finalidad. Las velocidades de secado se determinaron por las diferencias de masas en base seca de pequeñas muestras del material granular tomadas durante los experimentos. Se estudió la influencia de los parámetros velocidad de agitación y la temperatura del plato de calentamiento sobre la cinética del secado. Quedó demostrado en los experimentos que la velocidad de secado aumenta a medida que se incrementa la temperatura del plato de calentamiento y que, a mayor velocidad de agitación, se obtienen las máximas velocidades de evaporación o de secado. A partir de los datos experimentales se construyeron curvas de secado y de velocidad de secado para determinar el comportamiento del proceso en función de la combinación de los parámetros estudiados. Los resultados experimentales revelaron que el principal parámetro que gobierna la velocidad de secado es la temperatura del plato de calentamiento, la sensibilidad del proceso a este factor es tal que un incremento en el, tiene una influencia positiva sobre las velocidades de secado. Se compararon los resultados experimentales con las simulaciones del mismo proceso de secado por contacto. El modelo con que se generaron las simulaciones es una versión del modelo matemático desarrollado por Tsostas y Schlünder (1986) que realiza balances de masa y energía para el secado de partículas en presencia de un flujo de gas inerte (aire), siendo este modelo una variante del original para el secado de contacto de partículas no higroscópicas y asumiendo un proceso controlado de la transferencia de calor, minimizando el número de Nusselt del coeficiente convectivo de transferencia de calor. Los resultados de las simulaciones revelaron una tendencia comparable con el comportamiento experimental de las curvas de secado.
Effects of the administration of a bovine non-specific immune stimulant around transportation on health and performance of Jersey and Jerseycross heifer calves in the first 60 days of life
Creators: name: Omontese, B. O.
name: Celestino, M. L.
name: Paiva, D.
name: Menta, P.
name: Garcia-Munoz, A.
name: Masic, A.
name: Machado, V. S.
name: Caixeta, L. S.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Health and performance of pre-weaned dairy calves have great influence on adult life performance. Amongst the diseases that affect young dairy calves, diarrhea and pneumonia are the most prevalent and economically important. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a non-specific immune stimulant (IS; Amplimune, NovaVive, Inc., Canada), administered around transportation, on the health and performance of Jersey and Jersey-cross heifer calves during the first 60 days of life. We hypothesized that calves receiving IS would have decreased disease treatment hazard, lower weekly health scores (HS), decreased mortality, and superior performance.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
A fiber-bundle model for the continuum deformation of brittle material
Creators: name: Nanjo, K. Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The deformation of brittle material is primarily accompanied by micro-cracking and faulting. However, it has often been found that continuum fluid models, usually based on a non-Newtonian viscosity, are applicable. To explain this rheology, we use a fiber-bundle model, which is a model of damage mechanics. In our analyses, yield stress was introduced. Above this stress, we hypothesize that the fibers begin to fail and a failed fiber is replaced by a new fiber. This replacement is analogous to a micro-crack or an earthquake and its iteration is analogous to stick-slip motion. Below the yield stress, we assume that no fiber failure occurs, and the material behaves elastically. We show that deformation above yield stress under a constant strain rate for a sufficient amount of time can be modeled as an equation similar to that used for non-Newtonian viscous flow. We expand our rheological model to treat viscoelasticity and consider a stress relaxation problem. The solution can be used to understand aftershock temporal decay following an earthquake. Our results provide justification for the use of a non-Newtonian viscous flow to model the continuum deformation of brittle materials.
COVINFORM - Synthesis and lessons learnt on community and citizen responses and impacts
Creators: name: Edwards, James
name: Adler, Viktoria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: COVID-19, vulnerabilities, pandemic, risk, mental health, women

description: The present deliverable synthesizes the WP6 findings to date in work package 6, focused on citizen and community responses. These findings are presented within the framework of the COVINFORM vulnerability assessment model developed in COVINFORM’s work package WP2 (Risk assessment model to evaluate the response and impact at different geographical Levels) and the social-ecological systems framework (SESF) (Ostrom & McGinnis 2014) adopted in WP3work package 3 (Case study design and evaluation). After reviewing the data collection procedures, which include desk-based and empirical research, it this report maps the CSO interview findings along: The dimensions of the COVINFORM vulnerability assessment model:
 ▪ Direct threats and systemic multipliers;
 ▪ Physical/health, social, economic, and informational vulnerabilities; ▪ Physical/health, social, economic, and environmental consequences; ▪ Two dimensions of resilience: ability to recover and ability to adapt. The domains of the social-ecological systems framework: ▪ Governance systems;
 ▪ Resource systems and units;
 ▪ Actor systems; ▪ Action situations.
 The deliverable then draws out lessons learnt based on the above analysis and current literature in vulnerability assessment and socio-ecological systems theory. In brief, it argues that: Both CSOs and target groups inherently understand vulnerability as multidimensional, but sometimes assign weights to different dimensions in a manner that diverges from policymakers.
 When threats meet vulnerabilities, the effects often cascade across the physical/health, social, economic, and informational domains. These cascades are sometimes difficult to predict. Vulnerabilities and resources alike are often networked. Vulnerabilities in one node in a network can impact other nodes, including across geographical boundaries. CSOs can act as “bridging organisations” (Folke et al. 2005) that leverage the elements of community to enhance the effectiveness of multilevel governance. The deliverable concludes by drawing links between the concept of multidimensional vulnerability and the concept of intersectionality, which will be explored during forthcoming interviews with a particular vulnerable group: women with a low socio-economic status.
Infinite J-matrices and a matrix moment problem
Creators: name: Krein, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30E05, 42C05, 47A57, 47B36

description: This is a translation of a paper that appeared (in Russian) in Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 69, nr 2 (1949), 125-128.
description: 5 pages. English translation of a paper in Russian
Assessing the utility of leukocyte differential cell counts for predicting mortality risk in neonatal Holstein calves upon arrival and 72 hours postarrival at calf rearing facilities
Creators: name: Von Konigslow, T. E.
name: Renaud, D. L.
name: Duffield, T. F.
name: Higginson, V.
name: Kelton, D. F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: There is growing concern about the level of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in food producing animals. An area of opportunity to reduce antimicrobial use could be in the treatment of young calves during the first week following arrival at calf rearing facilities. Group metaphylaxis is common due to the unknown age and history of calves that undergo several stressful events prior to arrival, such as transportation, co-mingling and variable periods of fasting. It may be possible to reduce antimicrobial use at this stage in the production cycle without sacrificing animal health and welfare if the calves at highest risk of morbidity and mortality could be identified and treated in a highly selective manner. Recent studies have identified indicators of future risk for morbidity and mortality that can be measured at arrival such as biomarkers and physical exam factors. Bovine haematology, when used in conjunction with clinical examination findings, could be used to improve disease diagnosis. The objective of this study was to assess the utility of leukocyte differential cell counts taken at the time of arrival at a calf rearing facility and 72 hours post arrival for determining mortality risk during the production cycle.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
Growth rate & detachment rate of a biofilm of thermoduric bacteria
Creators: name: Lee, Michael Wirawan.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Validation of an automated cell counter to determine leukocyte differential counts in neonatal Holstein calves
Creators: name: Von Konigslow, T. E.
name: Renaud, D. L.
name: Duffield, T. F.
name: Higginson, V.
name: Kelton, D. F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: Morbidity and mortality in calf rearing facilities is known to be high early in the production cycle causing large amounts of antimicrobials to be used for group metaphylaxis after arrival. With recent work focusing on identifying risk factors and biomarkers associated with mortality risk in calves arriving at veal facilities, it may be possible to reduce antimicrobial use after arrival by selectively treating only high risk calves. For a selective antimicrobial therapy protocol to be implemented without a decline in animal health and welfare, further refinement of calf risk assessment is required to increase the sensitivity and specificity of risk status determination. Rapid, on-farm white blood cell differential counts presents an opportunity to improve disease risk assessment in young calves when interpreted with clinical exam findings. The objective of this prospective cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study was to validate an automated leukocyte cell counter, the QScout BLD test (Advanced Animal Diagnostic, Morrisville, NC), in its ability to determine leukocyte differential cell counts in neonatal Holstein calves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
The fossil wind structures of Eta Carinae: changes across on 5.54-year cycle
Creators: name: Gull, Theodore R.
name: Madura, Thomas I.
name: Teodoro, Mairan
name: Clementel, Nicola
name: Corcoran, Michael
name: Damineli, Augusto
name: Groh, Jose H.
name: Hamaguchi, Kenji
name: Hiller, D. John
name: Moffat, Anthony F. J.
name: Richardson, Noel D.
name: Weigelt, Gerd
name: Lindler, Don
name: Feggans, Keith
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eta Carinae, the closest, active, massive binary containing a highly unstable LBV, exhibits expanding, compressed wind shells, seen in emission, that are spatially and spectrally resolved by \hst/\stis. Starting in June 2009, these structures were mapped across its 5.54-year, highly elliptical, binary orbit to follow temporal changes in the light of [Fe~III] 4659Å and [Fe~II] 4815Å. The emissions trace portions of fossil wind-shells, that were formed by wind-wind interactions across each cycle. Over the high-ionization state, dense arcs, photo-ionized by far ultraviolet radiation from the hot secondary, are seen in [Fe~III]. Other arcs, ionized by mid-ultraviolet radiation from the primary star, are seen in [Fe II]. The [Fe III] structures tend to be interior to [Fe II] structures that trace extensive, less disturbed primary wind. During the brief periastron passage when the secondary plunges deep into the primary's extremely dense wind, on the far side of primary star, high-ionization [Fe III] structures fade and reappear in [Fe II]. Multiple fossil wind-structures were traced across the 5.7-year monitoring interval. The strong similarity of the expanding [Fe II] shells suggests that the wind and photo-ionization properties of the massive binary have not changed substantially from one orbit to the next over the past several orbital cycles. These observations trace structures that can be used to test three-dimensional hydrodynamical and radiative-transfer models of massive, interacting winds. They also provide a baseline for following future changes in Eta Carinae, especially of its winds and photoionization properties.
description: 28 pages accepted MNRAS July 22 2016
Identifying the optimal combinations of temperature and macronutrient balance for rearing Tenebrio molitor larvae
Creators: name: Journals1, Brill
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 309999
subject: Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is one of the few edible insects commercially produced around the globe as alternative protein sources for food and feed. Temperature and nutrition are the two most influential environmental determinants of growth and development in insects, but little is known about their combined effects in T. molitor. Here we examined how temperature and dietary protein:carbohydrate (P:C) balance act in concert to influence key performance traits in T. moltior larvae reared on one of the 36 treatment combinations of six temperatures (19, 22, 25, 28, 31, and 34 ℃) and six protein:carbohydrate ratios (P:C = 1:5, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1, 5:1, and 1:0). Apart from females accumulating higher lipid content than males, there were no sex differences in all measured traits. Survivorship was high at low temperatures (<25 ℃) and high P:C ratios (>1:1), but decreased with increasing temperature and decreasing P:C ratio. An increase in temperature accelerated development but resulted in reduced pupal mass. Thermal optimum for pupal mass (19.3 ℃) was thus much lower than that for development time (28.1 ℃). Growth rate peaked at 27.9 ℃ and P:C 1.65:1 and decreased as both temperature and P:C ratio deviated from their optimum. All four key performance traits (survivorship, development time, pupal mass, and growth rate) were expressed at high levels and, hence, optimized at temperatures between 25.7 ℃ and 27.4 ℃ and P:C ratios between 1.17:1 and 2.94:1. Food consumption rate was the highest at a high P:C ratio of 8.4:1, whereas post-ingestive food utilization was the most efficient at a moderate P:C ratio of 1:1.27. The rate and efficiency of food processing were optimized at temperatures between 24.5 ℃ and 29.9 ℃ and P:C ratios between 0.99:1 and 3.98:1. Our results have implications for improving the production and nutritional value of T. molitor larvae.
Anisotropic Long-Range Spin Systems
Creators: name: Defenu, Nicolò
name: Trombettoni, Andrea
name: Ruffo, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider anisotropic long-range interacting spin systems in $d$ dimensions. The interaction between the spins decays with the distance as a power law with different exponents in different directions: we consider an exponent $d_{1}+σ_1$ in $d_1$ directions and another exponent $d_{2}+σ_2$ in the remaining $d_2\equiv d-d_1$ ones. We introduce a low energy effective action with non analytic power of the momenta. As a function of the two exponents $σ_1$ and $σ_2$ we show the system to have three different regimes, two where it is actually anisotropic and one where the isotropy is finally restored. We determine the phase diagram and provide estimates of the critical exponents as a function of the parameters of the system, in particular considering the case of one of the two $σ$'s fixed and the other varying. A discussion of the physical relevance of our results is also presented.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Randomized clinical trial of ScourGuard® vaccine in dairy cows on colostrum brix score and transfer of passive immunity success in their calves
Creators: name: Dubuc, J.
name: Rousseau, M.
name: Roy, J. -P.
name: Buczinski, S.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2019

description: The use of a brix refractometer on dairy farms for colostrum management is becoming more common. This cow-side test can indirectly assess colostrum immunological quality and provide inputs to make decisions regarding colostrum feeding to calves. Achieving a high prevalence of transfer of passive immunity (TPI) success depends on factors such as colostrum immunological quality, volume of colostrum ingested, time delay between birth and ingestion of first colostrum meal, and level of bacterial contamination in colostrum. ScourGuard® vaccine (Zoetis, Kirkland, QC, Canada) is labelled in Canada for dairy cows as an aid for preventing calf diarrhea but it remains unclear if vaccinating the cows would yield greater colostrum brix score. Therefore, the first objective of the study was to quantify the efficacy of ScourGuard® vaccine in dairy cows for increasing colostrum brix score. The second objective was to quantify its efficacy for increasing TPI success in calves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2019
A principle for the Yukawa couplings
Creators: name: Saldana-Salazar, U. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Yukawa couplings in the Standard Model are introduced in its most general form, that is, completely arbitrary complex numbers. Here we show that their origin could not be general but dictated by a principle.
description: 5 pages; to be published in Journal of Physics Conference Series (IOP). Joint Proceedings of the XV Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields & the XXX Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society