This study was conducted to investigate the effect of nocturnal light pulses (NLPs) on the feed intake and metabolic rate in geese. Fourteen adult Chinese geese were penned individually, and randomly assigned to either the C (control) or NLP group. The C group was exposed to a 12L:12D photoperiod (12 h light and 12 h darkness per day), whereas the NLP group was exposed to a 12L:12D photoperiod ...

This study was performed to assess growth rate, feed efficiency, and N and P loss of sea bass Ž . initial body weight 3.5 g , held in 500-l tanks under ambient temperature and natural light, and fed according to the following methods: by automatic feeders that released feed continually in Ž . daylight according to feed manufacturers’ recommendations AF100% ; half of the above continuŽ . Ž . all...

Background: The present study was conducted to quantify the relationships between bone drilling process parameters(i.e., feed rate, resting time, exit rate, and drill bit diameter) and drilling outcome parameters (i.e., thrust force andmaximum temperature).Methods: This study utilized 10-cm cortical bovine samples to evaluate the effects of four independent parameters,in...

Fatty acid esterification is increasingly realized as a reactive distillation (RD) process because of its formation being affected by the chemical equilibrium. The reactive distillation column performance for the production of isopropyl palmitate by esterification of the palmitic acid with isopropanol has been studied in the present research. The reaction was catalyzed in the presence of zinc a...

Abstract: The specific rate of breakage is one of the most important factors in evaluation of grinding process especially in ball mill. In this article the effect of ball size and feed size on selection function were investigated using batch grinding circuit on two-iron ore anomaly (B, C) from sangan mine in north of Iran. Eight different monosize fractions were prepared between 2000 and 50...

In this study, the effects of cutting edge geometry, workpiece hardness, feed rate and cutting speed on surface roughness and resultant forces in the finish hard turning of AISI H13 steel were experimentally investigated. Cubic boron nitrite inserts with two distinct edge preparations and throughhardened AISI H13 steel bars were used. Four-factor (hardness, edge geometry, feed rate and cutting ...

We study the problem of computing the rate-distortion function of sources with feed-forward and the capacity of channels with feedback. The formulas (involving directed information) for the optimal feed-forward rate-distortion function and the feedback channel capacity are multi-letter expressions and cannot be computed easily in general. In this work, we derive conditions under which these can...