We evaluated the effect of raw potato starch (RPS) on growth performance, postweaning diarrhea, and gastrointestinal microbial populations in weaned piglets. Eighty-four piglets were weaned at 17 +/- 2 d of age with an average BW of 6.0 +/- 0.9 kg. Pigs were blocked by BW and assigned to 1 of 4 diets in a randomized complete block design with 7 replicate pens per diet and 3 pigs per pen. Treatm...

This paper concerns the interpretation of pictures which people draw in order to help them understand a situation – this includes critical and chronic situations such as those imagined in terms like: ‘the tipping point’. The pictures in question are called Rich Pictures (RPs) and the matter at the heart of interpretation is insight drawn from eduction (drawing forth). Insights relate to the ind...

A data mining method for synthesizing multiple time series is presented. Based on a single time series algorithm, the method embeds multiple time series into a phase space. The reconstructed state space allows temporal pattern extraction and local model development. Using an a priori data mining objective, an optimal local model is chosen for short-term forecasting. For the same sampling period...

The space of the reliable reconstruction from multiple catadioptric images is qualified. This space is shaped by noise in image data and by errors in the camera assembly. The analysis of this shape motivates a simple method for fusing information from multiple views. This fusion widens the space of reliable reconstruction. We demonstrate the usability of the proposed algorithm by experiments wi...

here, we have considered the husimi and wigner distribution functions. we have, inparticular, shown how the uncertainty principle works for the two cases of simple and damped harmonicoscillators when either of these two distributions are used. the conclusion shows that the husimidistribution function remains non-negative through the phase space but it does not always satisfies theuncertainty pr...

A method for controlling low-order chaotic behavior of continuous spatiotemporal systems is developed and demonstrated in a complex, realistic 3D partial differential equation model that is used successfully for predicting El Niño events in the equatorial Pacific. An unstable periodic orbit that involves a full-domain oscillation is stabilized using a feedback control applied to a single degree...

A safety grade PLC is an industrial digital computer used to develop safety-critical systems such as RPS (Reactor Protection System) for nuclear power plants. The software loaded into a PLC is designed using specific PLC programming languages [1] such as FBD (Function Block Diagram) and LD (Ladder Diagram), which are then translated and compiled into a C program and executable machine code of a...

Introduction 2D phase contrast (PC) CMR is currently the standard clinical imaging sequence for evaluation of blood flow [1]. Recently, 3D time-resolved PC CMR (4D-PC) has been used for quantification and visualization of blood flow in all three directions of a volume [2]. However, such acquisitions require long scan times (often 10-20 minutes), which reduces its clinical feasibility and leads ...

Renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) for electricity generation are politically popular in many U.S. states although economic analysis suggests they are not first-best policies. We present an empirical analysis of the political and economic factors that drive state governments to adopt an RPS, and the factors that lead to the inclusion of instate requirements given the adoption of an RPS. We fi...

BACKGROUND/AIM Placental syndromes (PS) are characterized by endothelial dysfunction complicating placental dysfunction. Possible markers for endothelial dysfunction and amount of trophoblast are fibronectin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2), respectively. We aimed (1) to determine whether in women with recurrent PS (rPS), this complication is preceded by deviating fibronectin- and ...