Abstract. Soil microwave permittivity is a crucial parameter in passive retrieval algorithms but remains challenging variable to measure. To validate and improve satellite data products, precise reliable estimations of the relative (?r=?/?0=??-j???; unitless) soils are required, particularly for frozen soils. In this study, measurements were acquired using two different instruments: newly desig...

This data article contains supporting information regarding the research article entitled "Combined effect of permeant and non-permeant cryoprotectants on the quality of frozen/thawed chicken sperm"(Mosca et. al., 2016) [1]. The combined effect of the permeant cryoprotectants agent dimethylacetamide and the non-permeant cryoprotectants agent trehalose on the quality of frozen-thawed chicken sem...

Fillet portions of freshly landed Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, were either directly stored in ice or frozen for a briefperiod, thawed, and then stored in ice to determine and compare subsequent shelf lives so a retailer handling both products could be cognizant of the comparative per­ ishability of both product treatments. The frozen-thawed portions were found to have as long or a slightly longe...

Infective larvae (L3) of a strain of benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus were stored in the gas phase of liquid nitrogen, thawed and used to infest worm-free sheep from which, in turn, larvae were cultured, frozen and thawed. This cycle was repeated 5 times. Thereafter, the progeny of the cryopreserved larvae were compared with the progeny of the original untreated larvae for susceptib...

The current cervical artificial insemination (CAI) procedure, involving deposition of excessive sperm numbers, is uneconomical for pig industry. The most obvious alternative requires uterine deposition in combination with fixed-time AI, which would reduce the number of sperm required per pregnant sow, thus allowing the best use of valuable boars and, ultimately, the commercial integration of fr...

We numerically compare the semiclassical "frozen Gaussian" Herman-Kluk propagator [Chem. Phys. 91, 27 (1984)] and the "thawed Gaussian" propagator put forward recently by Baranger et al. [J. Phys. A 34, 7227 (2001)] by studying the quantum dynamics in some nonlinear one-dimensional potentials. The reasons for the lack of long-time accuracy and norm conservation in the latter method are uncovere...

Background: Several studies have recently investigated the role of leptin, the polypeptide hormone secreted primarily by white adipose tissue, in the reproduction of rodents, humans, and domestic animals. Materials and Methods: To investigate the in vitro effect of leptin on buffalo semen quality in equilibrated and frozen thawed semen, five healthy buffalo bulls (5 ejaculates from each bull) w...