Results are reported for the first calculation of the low-lying spin-1/2 odd-parity octet baryon masses using O(a) improved gluon and fermion actions. Methods for removing even-parity ground-state contaminations from the two-point correlation functions at zero and finite momenta are outlined. We investigate the properties of two odd-parity interpolating fields based on the established interpola...

Our objectives were to test differences in protein synthesis and secretion by cultured oviducts and endomemum from Brahman and Holstein cows and the response of those tissues to in vitro heat shock. Explants of oviductal tissue obtained at estrus from Holstein (n = 5 ) and Brahman (n = 6 ) cows were cultured at a homeothermic (39°C) or heat shock (43°C) temperature. At 6 h, cultures were pulse-...

Variance components of the covariance function coefficients in a random regression test-day model were estimated by Legendre polynomials up to a fifth order for first-parity records of Dutch dairy cows using Gibbs sampling. Two Legendre polynomials of equal order were used to model the random part of the lactation curve, one for the genetic component and one for permanent environment. Test-day ...

We have used a potential model, together with information from 13Be, to compute expected energies and widths for the first two positive-parity states of 13F. Results are (all in MeV) Ep = 2.30 and 4.94 (or 5.26), width ∼0.6 and 0.3 (or 0.4), for 1/2+ and 5/2+, respectively. Disciplines Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics Comments Fortune, H. T., & Sherr, R. (2012). Predictions for the f...

Parity violation has been well established in particle physics for many years, since the 1950's where it was first seen in beta decay processes. The strong and electromagnetic forces are parity conserving, and the experimental evidence that parity was not conserved in weak processes came somewhat as a surprise. The weak forces are responsible for the decay of radioactive nuclei, and it was in t...

Genomic selection has revolutionized dairy cattle breeding. Since 2000, assays have been developed to genotype large numbers of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at relatively low cost. The first commercial SNP genotyping chip was released with a set of 54,001 SNPs in December 2007. Over 15,000 genotypes were used to determine which SNPs should be used in genomic evaluation of US dairy cat...

This investigation aimed to determine the effects of some environmental factors on fertility traits and economic losses caused by deviations from ideal levels these parameters. The records 126 Holstein Simmental first-calf heifers three dairy cattle enterprises in Afyonkarahisar during period 2010 – 2016 were examined. technique ANOVA used detect different related calculated. ages at first calv...