Pigs from a high lean strain reared via a segregated early wean (SEW) scheme were self-fed a corn-soybean meal-based diet containing one of five dietary available phosphorus (AP) concentrations (.30, .40, .50, .60, and .70%) from bodyweights of 7 to 23.5 kg. The dietary AP concentrations were achieved by the addition of monodicalcium phosphate. Dietary available phosphorus concentrations of .70...

The activity of three muscles associated with the uncinate processes, (i) external intercostal, (ii) appendicocostalis and (iii) external oblique, were examined using patch and sew-through electrodes during sitting, standing and moderate speed treadmill running in the giant Canada goose. The external intercostal muscles demonstrated no respiratory activity, being active only during running, sug...

An open ribbon is a square with one side called the seam. A closed ribbon is a cylinder with one boundary component called the seam. We sew an open (resp. closed) ribbon onto a graph by identifying the seam with an open (resp. closed) walk in the graph. A ribbon complex is a graph with a nite number of ribbons sewn on. We investigate when a ribbon complex embeds in 3-dimensional Euclidean space...

We examine the unique nature of agency problems within publicly traded family firms by investigating the earnings management decision of dominant family owners relative to nonfamily. To do so, we draw upon literature demonstrating that family owners are loss averse with respect to the family’s socioemotional wealth (SEW), or the affective endowment derived from firm ownership and control. Our t...

The XQR18V04 was evaluated for single event upset rates using proton and heavy ions. The PROM was demonstrated to be immune to latch-up, as well as to static upset in the flash memory cells, to an LET > 125 MeV/mg/cmz (effective). The PROM was also tested in a dynamic mode, which revealed three distinct error modes: Read Bit Errors, Address Errors, and a Single Event Functional Interrupt (SEW w...

Endoscopic treatment for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding has evolved over decades. Injection with diluted epinephrine is considered as a less than adequate treatment, and the current standard therapy should include second modality if epinephrine injection is used initially. Definitive hemostasis rate following mono-therapy with either thermo-coagulation or hemo-clipping compares fa...

Agreed upon by the UN member states, Agenda 2030 assumes joint action for long-term sustainable development. These actions are focused on implementation of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where assumed to lead suppression negative externalities human activity. It is stressed that objectives development can only be achieved through deep institutional changes in most dimensions economy, ...

Computerized machine knitting offers an attractive fabrication technology for incorporating wearable assistive devices into garments. In this work, we utilized, the first time, whole-garment techniques to manufacture a seamless fully knitted pneumatic bending actuator, which represents advancement existing cut-and-sew manufacturing techniques. Various parameters were investigated create anisotr...