In this experiment 240 Hy-Line (W-36) laying hens from 65 to 75 weeks distributed in 5 treatments and 4 replicates (12 birds per replicate) in a completely randomized design were used. The amounts of watermelon skin meal (WSM) used to set the treatments were 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% in 1 to 5 experimental groups. The results showed that using WSM up to 2% significantly improved the performance and...

In this paper we study on-line windows scheduling (WS) of temporary items. In a broadcasting system, there are some broadcast channels, each can broadcast one item in one time unit. Upon the arrival of an item with a window w, where w is a positive integer, the item has to be scheduled on a channel such that it will be broadcasted in the channel at least once every w time units until its depart...

The paper proposes a sim ple m ethodology to estim ate an affluence line that depends on the know ledge of the incom e distribution and the poverty line for a given population. The idea that poverty is m orally unacceptable and can be eradicated through redistribution of w ealth provides the grounds for the m ethodology. The line is defined as the value that delim itates the aggregated incom e ...

We use Freud equations to obtain the main term in the asymptotic expansion of the recurrence coefficients associated with orthonormal polynomials pn(w) for weights w = W exp(−Q) on the real line where Q is an even polynomial of fixed degree with nonnegative coefficients or where Q(x) = exp(x2m), m ≥ 1. Here W (x) = |x|ρ for some real ρ > −1.

bhw = line half-width, Å E = radiative energy, W Eabs = radiative energy absorbed by cell, W Ebundle = radiative energy carried by photon bundle, W Eemis = emission energy, W Etrans = transmitted radiative energy, W Kn;1 = freestream Knudsen number, dimensionless k, k1, k2 = line-center index, dimensionless L = nose radius of the Stardust blunt body, m l1;2 = ratio between face endpoints, m Nra...

an experiment was conducted to study the effects of carbon tetrachloride (ccl4) on post-peak performance and serum enzymes of hy-line w-36 laying hens from 32-36 weeks of age. the experiment was carried out with a total of 192 laying hens in a completely randomized block design. during the experiment laying hens were allocated to 4 groups consisted of t1) no ccl4 as control diet, t2, t3 and t4)...

background: toll like receptors (tlrs) are one of the main components of the innate immune system. it has been reported that expression of these receptors are altered in the female reproductive tract (frt) during menstrual cycle. here we used a fallopian tube epithelial cell line (oe-e6/e7) to evaluate the effect of two sex hormones in modulating tlr expression. materials and methods: in this e...

background: the ductus arteriosus connects the main pulmonary trunk to the descending aorta. the incidence of isolated patent ductus arteriosus (pda) in full-term infants is about 1 in 2000. the amplatzer ductal occluder (ado) is recommended for pdas with sizes larger than 2 mm. in this procedure, we must confirm the ado position in pda by aortogram from the arterial line. the purpose of this s...