BACKGROUND In dairy mixed production systems, maximizing pasture intake and total mixed ration (TMR) supplementation are management tools used to increase dry matter and energy intake in early lactation. The objective was to evaluate metabolic and endocrine profiles and hepatic gene expression of Holstein cows fed either TMR ad libitum (without grazing) or diets combining TMR (50 % ad libitum D...

The present study compares the use of high generation G3 and low generation G0 Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers as drug carriers of naproxen (NAP), a poorly water soluble drug. Naproxen was conjugated to G3 in different ratios and to G0 in a 1:1 ratio via a diethylene glycol linker. A lauroyl chain (L), a lipophilic permeability enhancer, was attached to G3 and G0 prodrugs. The G3 and G0 conju...

Let M be a compact n-dimensional manifold, n ≥ 2, with metric g(t) evolving by the Ricci flow ∂gij/∂t = −2Rij in (0, T ) for some T ∈ R + ∪ {∞} with g(0) = g0. Let λ0(g0) be the first eigenvalue of the operator −∆g0 + R(g0) 4 with respect to g0. We extend a recent result of R. Ye and prove uniform logarithmic Sobolev inequality and uniform Sobolev inequalities along the Ricci flow for any n ≥ 2...

Di erences between lattice Monte Carlo data and perturbation theory (for example the lack of asymptotic scaling) are usually associated with the `bad' behaviour of the bare lattice coupling g0 due to the e ects of large (and unknown) higher order terms in g0. In this philosophy a new, renormalised coupling g 0 is de ned with the aim of making the higher order coe cients of the perturbative seri...

We measure simultaneously force and conductance of Ag metal point-contacts under ambient conditions at room temperature. We observe the formation of contacts with a conductance close to 1 G0, the quantum of conductance, which can be attributed to a single-atom contact, similar to those formed by Au. We also find two additional conductance features at ∼0.4 G0 and ∼1.3 G0, which have been previou...

Selective programs associated with domestication can improve fish production but also have an impact on broodstock’s genetic diversity. In this study, the diversity of original sources (G0) from wild and cultured bighead catfish populations, as well two successive generations (G1 G2) subjected to selection experiments, was assessed. G0 adults were collected in Ca Mau conservation area a hatcher...

We explore the use of correlations between susceptibility gradients, G0, and T2-relaxation (G0-T2), and show how the difference in response for oil and water with respect to G0 can be used for improved characterization of wettability of the internal surface in porous rock cores.

We prove that Einstein four-manifolds with three-nonnegative curvature operator are either flat, isometric to (S, g0), (CP , gFS), (S × S, g0 ⊕ g0), or their quotients by finite groups of fixed point free isometries, up to rescaling. We also prove that Einstein four-manifolds with four-nonnegative curvature operator and positive intersection form are isometric to (CP , gFS) up to rescaling.

The ground field k is algebraically closed and of characteristic zero. Let g be a reductive algebraic Lie algebra over k and σ an involutory automorphism of g. Then g = g0 ⊕ g1 is the direct sum of σ-eigenspaces. Here g0 is a reductive subalgebra and g1 is a g0-module. Let G be the adjoint group of g and G0 ⊂ G a connected subgroup with LieG0 = g0. The commuting variety of (g, g0) is the follow...