It has long been known that management practices such as genetic selection, all-in/all-out (AIAO), segregated early weaning (SEW), and feeding diets containing antimicrobials have the potential to increase the efficiency of lean pork production. However, the physiological reasons for this increase in efficiency have yet to be fully discovered. It is common knowledge that pigs subjected to patho...

Several negatively charged dyes were investigated for their possible adsorption on the surface of silver and gold colloidal particles. Those dyes that were found to adsorb on the particles were then checked for surface enhancement of Raman scattering. Highly efficient surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was observed from a carbocyanine dye in both sols. Excitation-dependence studies as wel...

This article addresses the problem of succession in family farms a context generational change. Family businesses are characterized by their long-term orientation and having positive effect through environmental goals that remain place generation after generation. The general increase average age among farmers is seen as barrier to more sustainable land use, survival farming therefore depends o...

Research background: Family businesses represent a combination of family and business aspects. Typically, is the majority owner its members are top managers firm. The company name often contains names members, i.e. they publicly known. thereby gains recognition through operations firm, such as socially responsible practices, may also be considered good employer. These aspects constitute socioem...

Pigs of a high lean strain reared via an SEW scheme were self-fed a basal diet supplemented with 0, 15, or 30 mg niacin/kg diet from 10 to 27 kg body weight. The basal diet contained 18 mg of total niacin and 9.4 mg of bioavailable niacin per kg diet. Dietary niacin supplementation did not alter pig growth, efficiency of feed utilization, or body nutrient (protein, fat) accretion. Based on thes...

Methods: Sow herds were screened for antibodies to PCV2 by ELISA, with sample-to-positive (S:P) ratios ≥ 0.2 considered positive. Piglets were obtained by segregated early weaning (SEW) at 10 to 12 days of age. Maternal anti-PCV2 antibody was determined by testing weekly blood samples by ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence assay. Absence of PCV2 was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PC...

This paper presents an Enhanced analysis-by-synthesis (AbS) Waveform Interpolative (EWI) speech coder at 4 kbps. The system incorporates novel features such as: AbS quantization of the slowly evolving waveform (SEW), AbS vector quantization (VQ) of the dispersion phase, a special pitch search for transitions, and switched-predictive analysis-by-synthesis gain VQ. Subjective quality tests indica...

We integrate research on family-owned firms (FOFs) and the Behavioral Theory of Firm (BTOF) to study wrongdoing—a specific dimension corporate social responsibility (CSR) associated with destructive risk—in family- versus nonfamily-owned (NFOFs). argue that FOFs are likely respond differently from NFOFs risks because in addition concern for economic costs benefits, uniquely concerned socioemoti...