cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ostrogradski approach for the Regge-Teitelboim type cosmology
Creators: name: Cordero, Ruben
name: Molgado, Alberto
name: Rojas, Efrain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an alternative geometric inspired derivation of the quantum cosmology arising from a brane universe in the context of {\it geodetic gravity}. We set up the Regge-Teitelboim model to describe our universe, and we recover its original dynamics by thinking of such field theory as a second-order derivative theory. We refer to an Ostrogradski Hamiltonian formalism to prepare the system to its quantization. Our analysis highlights the second-order derivative nature of the RT model and the inherited geometrical aspect of the theory. A canonical transformation brings us to the internal physical geometry of the theory and induces its quantization straightforwardly. By using the Dirac canonical quantization method our approach comprises the management of both first- and second-class constraints where the counting of degrees of freedom follows accordingly. At the quantum level our Wheeler-De Witt Wheeler equation agrees with previous results recently found. On these lines, we also comment upon the compatibility of our approach with the Hamiltonian approach proposed by Davidson and coworkers.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Gluon-initiated production of a Kaluza-Klein gluon in a Bulk Randall-Sundrum model
Creators: name: Allanach, B. C.
name: Mahmoudi, F.
name: Skittrall, J. P.
name: Sridhar, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the Bulk Randall-Sundrum model, the Kaluza-Klein excitations of the gauge bosons are the primary signatures. In particular, the search for the Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitation of the gluon at hadron colliders is of great importance in testing this model. At the leading order in QCD, the production of this KK-gluon proceeds only via q qbar-initial states. We study the production of KK-gluons from gluon initial states at next-to-leading order in QCD. We find that, even after including the sub-dominant KK-gluon loops at this order, the next-to-leading order (NLO) cross-section is tiny compared to the leading order cross-section and unlikely to impact the searches for this resonance at hardon colliders.
description: 31 pages, 7 figures. v2: Added references
Computer simulation of fecal coliforms in the fraser estuary.
Creators: name: Rusch, William Charles
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Distress over pollution of natural water courses by industrial and domestic wastes is causing national concern. However, wastes must be disposed of by some method and these natural water courses have been and still are obvious sources for disposal. By careful study of the natural capacity of rivers and streams for assimilation of wastes, they can be used for disposal as long as this capacity is not exceeded. One method of determining this capacity without destroying the water course is by modeling the system mathematically to determine limits of pollution. This thesis contains the results of a preliminary study on the effect of the new Annacis Island Treatment Plant on coliform concentrations in the Fraser Estuary from Barnston Island to Garry Point. Mathematical formulas predicting coliform concentrations were used to computer simulate coliform profiles on the river. These results were then compared to present measured concentrations in the Estuary. Once a correlation between measured and simulated concentrations was established the effect of future discharges to the system could be simulated on the computer.
Effects of genetic selection for fast growth on the development of wooden breast myopathy in broilers
Creators: name: Emambu, M.
name: Haron, A.
name: Lokshtanov, D.
name: Shinder, D.
name: Druyan, S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: 1. This study investigated the physiological and molecular mechanisms leading to wooden breast (WB) by comparing growth parameters, oxygen consumption rate, thyroid hormone and gene expression patterns in fast- versus slow-growing broiler lines (Cobb500 and L1986, respectively). 2. WB was observed in Cobb500 broilers only and was first diagnosed on d 21 post-hatch. Compared to the slow-growing L1986, Cobb500 showed a significantly higher growth rate, relative breast weight, breast thickness, meat pH and water-retention capacity (drip loss). Correspondingly, there was significantly lower relative heart weight, relative right ventricular weight, triiodothyronine and thyroxine concentrations and oxygen consumption rate. 3. Compared to No-WB Cobb500, the WB-affected samples exhibited higher relative breast weight, breast thickness and drip loss and lower plasma total thyroxine (T4) concentrations. 4. Selection for fast growth was associated with differential expression of genes involved in hypoxia (PLOD2), energy metabolism (FABP3, FABP4, CD36, and LPL), endoplasmic reticulum stress, muscle regeneration (CSRP3) and fibre-type switching (ANKRD1). WB-affected samples exhibited an upregulation of CSRP3, PLOD2 and ANKRD1, while CD36 was downregulated. Taken together, selection for fast growth and muscle gain is not matched by adequate cardiac and metabolic support systems.
Anaerobic treatment analysis of concentrated hog wastes
Creators: name: Nemeth, Les
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Due to the development of intensive livestock production methods -namely, high-density confinement feeding - animal wastes traditionally looked upon as "natural" or "background" wastes, are now being subject to the same restrictions, as regards disposal, as industrial wastes. As a result waste treatment of some nature has become necessary. Such treatment methods would reduce the amount of solids requiring disposal and make the liquid portion more acceptable for disposal to water courses or for re-use. Anaerobic lagooning is one such method of waste treatment of concentrated animal wastes. An investigation on a laboratory-scale of the effects of various parameters on the anaerobic decomposition of hog waste was undertaken. Included in this study was the effect of varied detention times and temperatures on such waste characteristics as oxygen demand, solids, nutrients and gas composition and production. The final outcome of this program was to add some degree of optimization to the anaerobic waste treatment method and to develop improved design guidelines related to this specific field. All recommendations presented are based on laboratory findings. Correlation between laboratory-scale results and field-scale results was not attempted in this portion of the study.
\The Middle People\" A History of the Launceston Chinese Community"
Creators: name: Alcock, J
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The Launceston Chinese community makes up only a small proportion of the Launceston population, yet inspite of this fact it remains an active, cohesive cultural group. The community, however, in spite of being identifiably a group made up of a specific, racially defined, sector of the Launceston community is not exclusive. The group, although Chinese, is equally Australian and the members consider themselves \middle people\" with a unique perspective on two vastly different cultures which allows them to function socially with more alternatives than the either the Chinese living in China or Europeans living in Australia a culturally European-based society. Contributing factors for the existence of this situation come from many sources. The culture of the Australia as essentially a European colony and the history of China particularly in the last 160 years have both influenced immigration patterns. The political and social turmoil that China has undergone during this era has proved a powerful motivating factor for Chinese to emigrate. Australian history is of equal importance. The Australian demand for labour and the goldrushes provided economic prospects for Chinese and this proved a motivating factor inattracting Chinese to immigrate to Australia. Tasmania's history of differences from other colonies and states provided opportunities for economic prospects without the same extent of racial antagonism experienced in other areas of Australia. Thus the Tasmanian tin industry drew much Chinese secondary immigration and the concentrations of Chinese in the North East gave them the cultural freedom and security to develop a harmonious and even mutually beneficial relationship with European immigrant sectors of the community. The Chinese community of the twentieth century particularly the post World War II era saw the Tasmanian Chinese community linked more strongly with some of the problems between Asians and Europeans in other parts of Australia. This was because of Federation in 1901 and the jurisdiction for immigration legislation passing from the hands of the colonial government to that of the federal government. Legislative persecution of Tasmanian Chinese inspired by racial disputes that originated in different colonies ensued. In the era 1966- 1973 changing attitudes led to the dismantling of the legislation known as the White Australia Policy and a wave of educated enterprising and entrepreneurial Chinese immigrants began to arrive in Launceston. Through an examination of the composition of the modern Launceston Chinese community its concerns organisations and activities this study will portray a community neither fully Chinese nor fully Australian; neither assimilated nor isolated and also not strictly both Australian and Chinese. Instead they are a \"middle people\" who have synthesised their own unique culture out of comparing and reconciling aspects of both Australian and Chinese culture and thus synthesising something completely new."
Pharmacokinetics of Ketoprofen in Lactating Dairy Cows
Creators: name: DeGraves, F. J.
name: Riddel, G. M.
name: Schumacher, J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: The efficacy and economics of antibiotic treatment of clinical coliform mastitis have been questioned. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) have received a great deal of attention as an alternative to antibiotic treatment of clinical coliform mastitis. NSAID have been demonstrated to relieve clinical signs of experimentally induced mastitis. NSAID may improve the outcome of clinical coliform mastitis and improve milk out, appetite, and increase food and water consumption. Ketoprofen is a propionic acid derivative with potent NSAID properties. Ketoprofen has been shown to have a very high therapeutic index and is labeled for veterinary use in horses in the USA Ketoprofen may be effective in reducing clinical signs of acute coliform mastitis, but has not been studied extensively in cattle. Pharmacokinetic, residue, efficacy, and safety studies are needed before ketoprofen can be used appropriately in cattle. Ketoprofen was administered to clinically normal lactating Holsteins (1.5 mg/lb). Milk and blood was collected at 0, 5, 10, 15, 25, 40, 60, 90,120,240,360,480, and 720 minutes after ketoprofen administration. A computer polyexponential curve stripping program was used to fit ketoprofen concentration time data. Pharmacokinetic values for ketoprofen will be presented.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Postpartum Pathologic Changes Associated With a Palpable Uterine Lumen in Dairy Cattle
Creators: name: Stevens, R. D.
name: Dinsmore, R. P.
name: Ball, L.
name: Powers, B. E.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Clinicians at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University have determined that approximately 5% of all dairy cows have a palpable uterine lumen (PUL) at 28-42 days postpartum. The tubular structure of these uteri is collapsible and the inner walls of the uterine horns are distinguishable by palpation; however, fluid accumulation is not apparent.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Stellar (n,gamma) cross sections of p-process isotopes PartI: 102Pd, 120Te, 130,132Ba,and 156Dy
Creators: name: Dillmann, I.
name: Domingo-Pardo, C.
name: Heil, M.
name: Kaeppeler, F.
name: Walter, S.
name: Dababneh, S.
name: Rauscher, T.
name: Thielemann, F. -K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the (n,gamma) cross sections of p-process isotopes with the activation technique. The measurements were carried out at the Karlsruhe Van de Graaff accelerator using the 7Li(p,n)7Be source for simulating a Maxwellian neutron distribution of kT = 25 keV. Stellar cross section measurements are reported for the light p-process isotopes 102Pd, 120Te, 130,132Ba, and 156Dy. In a following paper the cross sections of 168Yb, 180W, 184Os, 190Pt, and 196Hg will be discussed. The data are extrapolated to p-process energies by including information from evaluated nuclear data libraries. The results are compared to standard Hauser-Feshbach models frequently used in astrophysics.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
Balancing for Amino Acids in Dairy Diets
Creators: name: Blauwiekel, Ruth
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: The objectives of this study were 1) to test the ability of the amino acid submodel of the CNCPS to predict amino acid flow at the duodenum, and 2) to determine if early lactation cows would respond to rumen bypass amino acids with an increase in milk or milk protein yield. Five early-lactation Holstein cows were fitted with rumen and duodenal cannulae and utilized in a metabolism trial with a 5 x 5 Latin square design. Two diets were formulated to contain equal amounts of crude protein, degradable and undegradable protein (UIP), neutral detergent fiber, and non-structural carbohydrate. These diets used either fish meal or corn gluten meal and corn distiller's grain as sources of UIP. Bypass lysine (23 g/day) or bypass methionine (13 g/day) or both were then added to the corn protein-based diet. Diets consisted of grass silage, a barley and corn-based concentrate with the appropriate protein supplement, and whole cottonseed.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Effects of oleanolic acid on acute liver injury triggered by lipopolysaccharide in broiler chickens
Creators: name: Hong, W.
name: Fu, W.
name: Zhao, Q.
name: Xue, C.
name: Cai, W.
name: Dong, N.
name: Shan, A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: 1. Infectious injury caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a metabolite of gram-negative bacteria, can induce stress responses in animals and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in young birds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with oleanolic acid (OA) on acute liver injury in broiler chickens challenged with LPS. 2. In total, 120 broiler chickens were randomly divided into six groups and fed a basal diet containing 0, 50, 100, or 200 mg/kg OA or 100 mg/kg aureomycin. On d 15, broiler chickens were injected with either LPS or an equivalent volume of normal saline. Six hours after LPS injection, two broiler chicks were randomly selected for sampling in each replicate. 3. The results indicated that dietary aureomycin was ineffective in alleviating LSP-associated liver injury, but protected broiler chickens from LPS-induced liver damage. This promoted a significant reduction in the levels of malondialdehyde and an increase in the levels of superoxide dismutase in liver. In addition, OA was found to cause significant reductions in the relative expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α in broiler liver tissues, whereas the relative expression of IL-10 was significantly increased. 4. In conclusion, oleanolic acid can alleviate oxidative stress and injury in the livers of broiler chickens induced by lipopolysaccharide. Consequently, oleanolic acid has potential utility as a novel anti-inflammatory and antioxidant feed additive.
Diffusion of two particles with a finite interaction potential in one dimension
Creators: name: Ambjornsson, Tobias
name: Silbey, Robert J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We investigate the dynamics of two interacting diffusing particles in an infinite effectively one dimensional system; the particles interact through a step-like potential of width b and height phi_0 and are allowed to pass one another. By solving the corresponding 2+1-variate Fokker-Planck equation an exact result for the two particle conditional probability density function (PDF) is obtained for arbitrary initial particle positions. From the two-particle PDF we obtain the overtake probability, i.e. the probability that the two particles has exchanged positions at time t compared to the initial configuration. In addition, we calculate the trapping probability, i.e. the probability that the two particles are trapped close to each other (within the barrier width b) at time t, which is mainly of interest for an attractive potential, phi_0<0. We also investigate the tagged particle PDF, relevant for describing the dynamics of one particle which is fluorescently labeled. Our analytic results are in excellent agreement with the results of stochastic simulations, which are performed using the Gillespie algorithm.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures. Journal of Chemical Physics (in press)
Rounding of First Order Transitions in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems with Quenched Disorder
Creators: name: Greenblatt, Rafael L.
name: Aizenman, Michael
name: Lebowitz, Joel L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We prove that the addition of an arbitrarily small random perturbation of a suitable type to a quantum spin system rounds a first order phase transition in the conjugate order parameter in d <= 2 dimensions, or in systems with continuous symmetry in d <= 4. This establishes rigorously for quantum systems the existence of the Imry-Ma phenomenon, which for classical systems was proven by Aizenman and Wehr.
description: Four pages, RevTex. Minor corrections
NFDI4Earth Label Status Report (NFDI4Earth Milestone MS3.2.1)
Creators: name: Grieb, Jonas
name: Schäfer, Tim
name: Frickenhaus, Stephan
name: Gey, Ronny
name: Weiland, Claus
Publisher: name: NFDI4Earth Community on Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: NFDI
NFDI4Earth
NFDI4Earth Deliverable
NFDI4Earth Label
NFDI4Earth TA3
NFDI4Earth 2Interoperate

description: The NFDI4Earth Label is being implemented as a tool to support the harmonisation process of data infrastructures in the Earth System Sciences (ESS) towards a FAIR ecosystem of services for NFDI4Earth. This milestone report gives an overview of the current status of the NFDI4Earth Label which has primarily focused on assessing the technical interoperability of repositories. The interoperability is assessed in a workflow relying on information about a repository that can be retrieved from re3data and an automated FAIRness assessment based on the F-UJI tool. For this, a set of metrics has been defined and put up for discussion, which are being described in this document. Finally, an outlook on the envisioned further development of NFDI4Earth will be given, which includes implementing and testing the current workflow as well as embedding the interoperability assessment in a broader assessment approach.
description: This work has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the project NFDI4Earth (DFG project no.460036893, https://www.nfdi4earth.de/) within the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI, https://www.nfdi.de/).
Financial Effect of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in a Dairy Herd
Creators: name: Wilson, David J.
name: Rossiter, Christine
name: Sears, Phillip M.
name: Han, Hong R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: A 210 cow Holstein dairy herd contained approximately 45 cows that were Mycobacterium paratuberculosis-positive on the basis of fecal culture during a one year study. Farm management participated in the NY State Paratuberculosis Eradication Program. Paratuberculosis-positive cows were grouped separately from negative cows, but they were otherwise managed identically. During the year of the study, 180 paratuberculosis-negative cows and 113 clinically normal paratuberculosis-positive cows were identified. From paratuberculosis-negative cows, 6,100 quarter milk samples were aseptically collected for microbiologic culture of mastitis pathogens, and 3,129 quarter samples were obtained from paratuberculosis-positive cows. Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) records were kept for milk somatic cell count Linear Scores (LS), mature equivalent (ME) milk production new mastitis infections and chronic mastitis infections. Beginning in second lactation, and increasing with advancing parity, paratubculosis-positive cows had lower ME milk production than did negative herdmates. However, rates of new and chronic mastitis infections, as measured by DHIA LS were significantly (P < 0.05, P = 0.05, respectively) lower in cows with nonclinical paratuberculosis. Infected cows were culled from the herd at a faster rate than were negative herdmates. Overall, paratuberculosis was associated with economic benefit due to lower rates of mastitis in positive cows, but a net financial loss resulted because of reduced milk production and increased culling rates.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
THE INFLUENCE OF DESPOTIC LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE DISENGAGEMENT IN A DYNAMIC GLOBAL ECONOMY
Creators: name: Tamunoibi, Precious Wokocha
Publisher: name: AYDEN JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Despotic leadership, employee quiet quitting, cognitive dissonance, organizational behaviour, global changing economy quite thriving.

description: This paper reviewed literature on the relationship between despotic leadership and employee quiet quitting. The objectives of the paper were structured in line with assessing the relationship between despotic leadership dimensions such as authoritative behaviour and self-centeredness and outcomes of employee quiet quitting such as employee lacklustre performance and employee low engagement, The paper identified despotic leadership as tyrannical and as necessitating distrust and tension within the workplace, such that it impact negatively on the employee’s behaviour. The paper also adopted the cognitive dissonance theory as it theoretical framework, utilizing the theory as a base for its argument on the implications of the breach between workers expectations and their realities in the work. The paper discovered that these attitudes affect the performance level of the organization in the global market which affects the economy. From the extant literature reviewed on the variables, It was concluded that despotic leadership creates conditions that weaken the morale of employees, lowers their engagement and further leads to their lacklustre performance in the organization. The paper therefore Recommends that organizations should engage leadership responsibilities to transformational and democratic person who will foster employee quite thriving instant of quitting to encourage rapidly changing economy globally, encourage participative leadership and the sharing of power in the workplace for healthier and more collaborative outcomes between leaders and their subordinates
Evolutionary and population genetics of Jasus species inferred from Mitochondrial DNA
Creators: name: Brasher, DJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Restriction enzyme analysis of mtDNA extracted from antennal gland tissue was used to assess mtDNA variation within and between five nominal species of commercially important rock lobster, genus Jasus. Samples were collected from South Africa (Jasus lalandii,sample size=ll), Vema Seamount in the South Atlantic Ocean (J. tristani, 8), Tasmania (J. novaehollandiae, 11), and New Zealand (J. edwardsii, 10;J. verreauxi,9).
N-acetyl-L-cysteine improves the performance of chronic cyclic heat-stressed finisher broilers but has no effect on tissue glutathione levels
Creators: name: Pertiwi, H.
name: Majdeddin, M.
name: Degroote, J.
name: Zhang, H.
name: Michiels, J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: 1. It was hypothesised that dietary N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) in feed, as a source of cysteine, could improve the performance of heat-stressed finisher broilers by fostering glutathione (GSH) synthesis. GSH is the most abundant intracellular antioxidant for which the sulphur amino acid cysteine is rate limiting for its synthesis. 2. In the first experiment, four levels of NAC: 0, 500, 1000 and 2000 mg/kg were added to a diet with a suboptimal level of sulphur amino acids in the finisher phase. In the second experiment, NAC was compared to other sulphur amino acid sources at equal molar amounts of digestible sulphur amino acids. Birds were allocated to four groups: control, 2000 mg/kg NAC, 1479 mg/kg L-cystine, and 2168 mg/kg Ca-salt of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid. A chronic cyclic heat stress model (temperature was increased to 34°C for 7 h daily) was initiated at 28 d of age. 3. In the first experiment, growth performance and feed efficiency in the finisher phase were significantly improved by graded NAC. ADG was 88.9, 92.2, 93.7 and 97.7 g/d, and the feed-to-gain ratio was 2.18, 1.91, 1.85 and 1.81 for the 0, 500, 1000 and 2000 mg/kg NAC treatments, respectively. However, liver and heart GSH levels were not affected by NAC. On d 29, liver gene transcript of cystathionine-beta-synthase like was reduced by NAC, which suggested reduced trans-sulphuration activity. The second experiment showed that L-cystine and Ca-salt of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid were more effective in improving performance than NAC. 4. In conclusion, N-acetyl-L-cysteine improved dose-dependently growth and feed efficiency in heat-stressed finishing broilers. However, this was not associated with changes in tissue GSH levels, but more likely worked by sparing methionine and/or NAC’s and cysteine’s direct antioxidant properties.
Additional file 2 of Diagnostic performance of Midkine ratios in fine-needle aspirates for evaluation of Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules
Creators: name: Zhou, Le
name: Jiang, Jinxi
name: Fu, Yantao
name: Zhang, Daqi
name: Li, Tong
name: Fu, Qingfeng
name: Yan, Chao
name: Zhong, Yifan
name: Dionigi, Gianlorenzo
name: Liang, Nan
name: Sun, Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. The expression levels of midkine ratios in different fine-needle aspirate categories.
Scoring Lesions Considered Associated with Subclinical Laminitis in First Lactation Cows from High Production Ohio Holstein Herds
Creators: name: Smilie, R. H.
name: Hoblet, K. H.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Subclinical laminits was studied in 203 first lactation cows and bred heifers in thirteen high producing Ohio Holstein herds. A cross-sectional observational investigation was conducted to develop and validate a scoring system for evaluation of subclinical laminitis. For purposes of this study, observable lesions considered associated with subclinical laminitis included yellow waxy discoloration of the sole, hemorrhage of the sole, separation of the white line, and erosion of the heel. The objectives of our study were to 1) evaluate the prevalence of sole and heel lesions associated with subclinical laminitis across and among cows, feet, claws, and zones, and 2) validate a scoring system which can be used to compare herds with regard to lesions considered associated with subclinical laminitis. Differences in the occurrence of lesions among herds were found to be significant in a pairwise comparison. The difference in the occurrence of lesions among herds appeared to facilitate classification of certain herds as being either better or worse than others according to lesion and anatomic location.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis in Dairy Heifers
Creators: name: Roberson, Jerry R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine the significance of Staphylococcus aureus in heifers, (2) determine the sources of S. aureus on dairies, and (3) determine the most likely sources of S. aureus mastitis in heifers. Heifers from 23 herds were studied during objective 1 and 700 heifers from 7 herds were studied for objectives 2 and 3. The body sites sampled from prepartum heifers were: teat skin, muzzles, vaginas, rectums, and lacteal secretions. Milk samples were obtained from all females at parturition (milk samples were obtained from pastpartum heifers prior to first milking). The environmental sites sampled were: air, bedding, nonbovine animals, dairy personnel, tools, housing, flies, water, feedstuffs, and equipment. A typing procedure was used to determine if the S. aureus isolate from a source was the same strain as the S. aureus isolate from a heifer's intramammary infection at parturition. The overall conclusions were: (1) S. aureus mastitis in heifers can be an important disease in most dairy herds regardless of the lactating herd prevalence of S. aureus, (2) measures to eradicate this disease in heifers are likely to fail because S. aureus appears to be ubiquitous even in herds with low prevalence of S. aureus mastitis, and (3) intramammary antibiotic therapy in prepartum heifers may be a justifiable control measure.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Multiple Paths to Maximum Milk Production in Dairy Herds
Creators: name: Kinsel, Mark L.
name: Marsh, William E.
name: Reneau, Jeffrey K.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Substantial effort has been invested in research strategies to maximize milk production on dairy farms. Nearly all of these approaches have focused on reaching target performance levels for the key components of milk production (milk per cow per day, calving interval, culling rate, etc.). Significant deviations from these targets have been viewed as suboptimal performance and a "problem" to correct through improved management. However, research in our laboratory using large swine databases has shown that setting targets without regard to the underlying biological and mathematical relationships among performance parameters is imprudent. It inevitably results in a biologically impossible combination of values being set as targets. In this study, we use production data from 152 dairy herds. We will describe the range of performance for the components of the milk production cycle that were achieved by the highest producing dairy herds in our database. These findings can be used by all dairy producers to set production targets for commonly used productivity measures that are biologically consistent with one another.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Supersymmetric black rings and non-linear sigma models
Creators: name: Chen, Yi-Xin
name: Wang, Yong-Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate the non-linear sigma model arising in the reduction of D = 5 supergravity to D = 3, and present the application of this sigma model to supersymmetric black ring solutions in five-dimensional minimal supergravity. With the ansatz of stationary solutions with $R \times U(1)\times U(1)$ isometry, we obtain a two-dimensional Lagrangian corresponding to geodesic motion of a string-like object on the coset $G_{2(+2)}/SO(4)$, and study the algebra of conserved charges and supersymmetry constraints of supersymmetric black rings. We also obtain the semi-classical wave function of supersymmetric black rings.
description: 15 pages
Investigation of $ββ$ decay in $^{150}$Nd and $^{148}$Nd to the excited states of daughter nuclei
Creators: name: Barabash, A. S.
name: Hubert, Ph.
name: Nachab, A.
name: Umatov, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd and $^{148}$Nd to the excited states of daughter nuclei have been studied using a 400 cm$^3$ low-background HPGe detector and an external source consisting of 3046 g of natural Nd$_2$O$_3$ powder. The half-life for the two-neutrino double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd to the excited 0$^+_1$ state in $^{150}$Sm is measured to be $T_{1/2}=[1.33^{+0.36}_{-0.23}(stat)^{+0.27}_{-0.13}(syst)]\cdot 10^{20}$ y. For other $(0ν+ 2ν)$ transitions to the 2$^+_1$, 2$^+_2$, 2$^+_3$, and 0$^+_2$ levels in $^{150}$Sm, limits are obtained at the level of $\sim (2-8)\cdot 10^{20}$ y. In the case of $^{148}$Nd only limits for the $(0ν+ 2ν)$ transitions to the 2$^+_1$, 0$^+_1$, and 2$^+_2$ excited states in $^{148}$Sm were obtained and are at the level of \sim (4-8)\cdot 10^{20}$ y.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures
Additional file 1 of Temperature regulation of carotenoid accumulation in the petals of sweet osmanthus via modulating expression of carotenoid biosynthesis and degradation genes
Creators: name: Wang, Yiguang
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Xu, Bin
name: Fu, Jianxin
name: Du, Yanxia
name: Fang, Qiu
name: Dong, Bin
name: Zhao, Hongbo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. The HPLC chromatograms of carotenoids in petals of sweet osmanthus ‘Jinqiu Gui’ at full flowering stage with treatments of different temperatures.
Effects of Calciutn Level on Hypocalcaetnia and Associated Conditions in Dairy Cattle Fed Acidic Diets in the Late Dry Period
Creators: name: Jardon, Phillip W.
name: Weaver, Leon
name: Holmberg, Chuck
name: Hellman, Howard
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Recent research and field reports have shown a decreased incidence of milk fever and subclinical hypocalcemia when dairy cows are fed anionic salts. Researchers suggest feeding high levels of calcium when balancing for DCAD. Some producers have resisted adding more calcium to prepartum rations because of the fear it will cause more milk fever. The objective of this study was to determine if additional calcium supplementation is beneficial when feeding acidic rations prepartum. Two rations were compared with the same level of anionic salts, but different levels of calcium. From this study we are able to make some suggestions on calcium level and other aspects of using anionic salts to prevent milk fever.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
Diseases acquired from microbiologically contaminated airconditioning systems
Creators: name: Eastwood, K
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: An account of the design and function of airconditioning systems is provided in order to lay the foundation of study for the non-engineer. Certain components, particularly those containing large bodies of warm water, are prone to contamination with microorganisms. Such components are described because they present a hazard to the health of the building's occupants. Methods for collecting and handling specimens from these sources are included. Droplet nuclei less than 4.5um in diameter are the most likely particles to cause disease. They are distributed via the airhandling plant of the airconditioning system to all areas of the building. Particles of this size are able to evade the clearance mechanisms of the lung and be deposi ted in the finest airways where they can cause disease. There are two major diseases acquired from microbiologically contaminated air conditioning systems. Legionnaires' disease manifests as pneumonia and is caused by a gram-negative bacillus, the type species of which is Legionella pneumophila. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an allergic disease resulting from the inhalation of organic material. Lung dysfunction and a variety of generalized symptoms occur. Recommendations are made concerning the prevention of diseases from contaminated airconditioning systems and an approach is suggested towards their investigation.
Computer model for flow simulation of mission creek.
Creators: name: Leith, Rory Marshall Montgomery
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A description is given of the development and application of a computer program to simulate the streamflows in Mission Creek. This program provides a mathematical hydrologic model of the Mission Creek basin and is applied to 16 years of record between 1948 and 1971. The length of record for a year is normally from 31 March to 30 September inclusive. The model has been utilized to study the mechanisms for generating runoff, particularly rain runoff, the relationship between evapotranspiration and elevation; and the effectiveness of certain areas of the basin in generating runoff. The sensitivity and range of the parameters used in the model have been examined and techniques for predicting the parameters have been developed. Hydrologic areas of concern in the model are: snowmelt, evapotranspiration, runoff from rainfall and soil moisture deficiency.
Local Lyman Break Galaxy Analogs: The Impact of Massive Star-forming Clumps on the Interstellar Medium and the Global Structure of Young, Forming Galaxies
Creators: name: Overzier, R. A.
name: Heckman, T. M.
name: Tremonti, C.
name: Armus, L.
name: Basu-Zych, A.
name: Goncalves, T.
name: Rich, R. M.
name: Martin, D. C.
name: Ptak, A.
name: Schiminovich, D.
name: Ford, H. C.
name: Madore, B.
name: Seibert, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present HST UV/optical imaging, Spitzer mid-IR photometry, and optical spectroscopy of a sample of 30 low-redshift (z=0.1-0.3) galaxies chosen from SDSS/GALEX to be accurate local analogs of the high-z Lyman Break Galaxies. The Lyman Break Analogs (LBAs) are similar in mass, metallicity, dust, SFR, size and gas velocity dispersion, thus enabling a detailed investigation of processes that are important at high-z. The optical emission line properties of LBAs are also similar to those of LBGs, indicating comparable conditions in their ISM. In the UV, LBAs are characterized by complexes of massive star-forming "clumps", while in the optical they most often show evidence for (post-)mergers/interactions. In 6 cases, we find an extremely massive (>10^9 Msun) compact (R~100 pc) dominant central object (DCO). The DCOs are preferentially found in LBAs with the highest mid-IR luminosities and correspondingly high SFRs (15-100 Msun/yr). We show that the massive SF clumps (including the DCOs) have masses much larger than the nuclear super star clusters seen in normal late type galaxies. However, the DCOs have masses, sizes, and densities similar to the excess-light/central-cusps seen in typical elliptical galaxies with masses similar to the LBA galaxies. We suggest that the DCOs form in present-day examples of the dissipative mergers at high redshift that are believed to have produced the central-cusps in local ellipticals. More generally, the properties of the LBAs are consistent with the idea that instabilities in a gas-rich disk lead to very massive star-forming clumps that eventually coalesce to form a spheroid. We speculate that the DCOs are too young at present to be growing a supermassive black hole because they are still in a supernova-dominated outflow phase.
description: The Astrophysical Journal, In Press (22 pages, 16 figures). For the full version with high-resolution colour figures, see: http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~overzier/Overzier_LBApaper09.pdf
Plasma Disposition of Ceftiofur and Metabolites After Intravenous and Intramuscular Administration of Ceftiofur Sodium to Calves of Various Ages
Creators: name: Brown, Scott A.
name: Robb, Edward J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Find out what happens to ceftiofur (NAXCEL ® Sterile Powder) after you leave the barn when the drug, the bug and the calf take over. Just as that wet naveled little cutey grows up to be that cantankerous black baldy, some of its metabolic machinery matures as well. This study reviews the pharmacokinetics of ceftiofur sodium in calves as they mature from 7 days to 9 months of age. The approved dosage regimes for ceftiofur sodium, 1.1-2.2 mg/kg (0.5-1.0 mg/pound) bodyweight administered intramuscularly once daily for up to five consecutive days, provides plasma concentrations of ceftiofur and metabolites above the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC90≤0.06μg/mL) for the bovine bacterial respiratory disease pathogens Pasteurella hemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Haemophilus somnus. In this study plasma concentrations are maintained for a longer period of time in neonatal calves than in older calves. This update will review the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of ceftiofur in calves from 7 days to 9 months of age providing useful information for bovine practitioners.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994
L'utilisation des splines bidimensionnels pour l'estimation de lois de maintien en arrêt de travail
Creators: name: Planchet, Frédéric
name: Winter, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The aim of this paper is to propose an operational two-dimensional parametric adjustment for laws of maintenance in disability. The method suggested rests on splines in dimension 2; it is applied to a real data set, and the scale of reserving which results from it is compared with the scale of reference of the BCAC.
The Fourth Unaccompanied solo Violoncello Suite of J.S.Bach : An interpretive comparative study
Creators: name: Campbell, B
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This exegesis will discuss the issues surrounding performance practice, particularly relating to the Baroque period, through a comparative study of the interpretations of J.S.Bach's Fourth Unaccompanied Suite for Violoncello by Pablo Casals and Anner Byslma. The paper is divided into three main chapters. The first examines the various elements of interpretation which affect the study and performance of Baroque music in today's musical landscape. The second is an interpretive comparative study of the recordings of the performers, with a detailed analysis of the fourth movement of the suite, the Sarabande. The final chapter focuses on my own interpretation of this suite, comparing it to the interpretations of the two performers and discussing the effect their interpretations have had on my own.
The Usefulness of Antemortem Fecal Samples as an Alternative Diagnostic Specimen for the Etiological Diagnosis of Neonatal Calf Scours
Creators: name: Zeman, D. H.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1994

description: Practitioners commonly face a "diagnostic dilemma" when dealing with neonatal calf scours outbreaks. Most are aware that an ideal specimen for investigating an enteritis problem is an acutely ill, untreated, sacrificed, and immediately necropsied animal. Unfortunately in a diagnostic sense but understandably, the cattle producer does not see this as a very palatable approach. This reluctance is in part due to the fact that one calf represents a significant economic unit to the producer and because many times the animal can be saved with treatment. Therefore, many times the diagnostic lab does not receive acute cases to perform diagnostic tests upon and primary pathogens may be long gone due to chronicity. Postmortem autolysis is another important hindrance to diagnostic success. When calves are treated until they die, the window of opportunity to collect "fresh" tissue is no longer under the veterinarians control when compared to sacrificing the animal and immediately doing a necropsy and properly collecting specimens. In contrast, swine producers are ready and willing to sacrifice live acutely ill piglets to determine a specific etiological diagnosis and subsequently enjoy a much higher diagnostic success rate (90% or greater). However, when traditional neonatal calf scour submissions (bodies and tissues) are utilized, the diagnostic success rate suffers greatly due to the submission of chronic and/or autolyzed specimens (success less than 70%). One solution to this "diagnostic dilemma" was to analyze and evaluate alternative diagnostic specimens. This South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory of SDSU conducted a 6 month study in 1993 with two purposes: 1. to determine the diagnostic success rate of antemortem fecal specimens from calves in the acute stages of diarrhea, relative to the diagnostic success of shipped tissue specimens and to whole bodies brought to the laboratory; and 2. to encourage the use of antemortem fecal specimens as an alternative diagnostic tool, if the study indicated usefulness.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1994