The aim of this study was to evaluate the feeding of Qizil fattening lambs with different levels of broiler litter (BL) on their weight gain, dry matter intake (DMI), nutrient digestibility, selected blood metabolites and husbandry economics. During an eight-weeks experimental period, 28 male lambs (an average of 42.21 ± 5.63 kg and ages of 7-8 months) were allocated randomly to one of four die...

BACKGROUND Primary stability after implant placement is essential for osseointegration. It is important to understand the bone/implant interface for analyzing the influence of implant design on primary stability. In this study rigid polyurethane foam is used as artificial bone to evaluate the bone-implant interface and to identify where the torque is being generated during placement. METHODS ...

We have studied in vitro preparations of canine right and left papillary muscles to determine the excitation sequences of the Purkinje and ventricular cells, using both monopolar surface electrodes and intracellular microelectrodes. Our results show, for right papillary muscles, that the Purkinje layer covers the basal part of the muscle, and that activation from the right bundle branch propaga...

Abstract We present our analysis of the Suzaku data SS Cygni (SS Cyg) from 2005 both in quiescence and outburst. A fluorescent iron Kα line bears significant information about geometry an X-ray-emitting hot plasma a cold reflector, such as surfaces white dwarf (WD) accretion disk (AD). Our reflection simulation has revealed that is located either very close to WD surface boundary layer (BL), wi...

We investigate the counter-intuitive initial decrease and subsequent increase in Nusselt number $Nu$ with increasing wall Reynolds $Re_w$ sheared Rayleigh–Bénard (RB) system by studying energy spectra of convective flux turbulent kinetic for Rayleigh $Ra = 10^{7}$ , Prandtl $Pr=1.0$ inverse Richardson numbers $0 \leq 1/Ri 10$ . These show two distinct high-energy regions corresponding to large-...

Bacteria of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium form highly resistant spores, which in the case of some pathogens act as the infectious agents. An exosporium forms the outermost layer of some spores; it plays roles in protection, adhesion, dissemination, host targeting in pathogens and germination control. The exosporium of the Bacillus cereus group, including the anthrax pathogen, contains a 2...

In the mosquito, the midgut epithelium is the initial tissue to become infected with an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) that has been acquired from a vertebrate host along with a viremic bloodmeal. Following its replication in midgut epithelial cells, the virus needs to exit the midgut and infect secondary tissues including the salivary glands before it can be transmitted to another vertebrat...

Abstract This work presents a Pitot-static probe designed and developed to help in some boundary layer (BL) measurements, as for instance when average velocity profiles are required around models already available wind tunnel tests but not provided with static pressure taps. The reads both total pressures at the desired location by traversing it through BL leads measurements on body under test,...