Retention of the fetal membranes (RFM) or Retention of Placenta (ROP) in the cow is normally defined as the condition in which the fetal membranes are not expelled within a period of 12 hours after expulsion of the fetus. Primary retention of fetal membranes results from a lack of detachment from the maternal caruncles whereas secondary retention is related to a mechanical difficulty in expelli...

UNLABELLED The RFMapp is a graphical user interface application based on the RFM (ribosome flow model), enabling the estimation of the translation elongation rates of messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs) and the profile of ribosomal densities along the mRNAs, in a computationally efficient way. The RFMapp is based on the approach previously described by Reuveni et al., and unlike other tradition...

RFM model is an important method in customer clustering. Some past studies have proposed fuzzy RFMs model to overcome the shortcomings of traditional RFM models. However, there are some problems unsolved in these approaches. To deal with these problems and to enhance the flexibility in customer clustering, the traditional fuzzy c-means (FCM) method is fuzzified to deal with R, F, and M scores t...

A skeletal assessment of ancestry relies on morphoscopic traits and skeletal measurements. Using a sample of American Black (n = 38), American White (n = 39), and Southwest Hispanics (n = 72), the present study investigates whether these data provide similar biological information and combines both data types into a single classification using a random forest model (RFM). Our results indicate t...

In order to study rapid changes in 15-ketodihydro-PGF2 alpha, cortisol and progesterone in the period preceding parturition in cattle, pre-term parturition was induced in 4 late pregnant heifers. Parturitions were induced by 2 intramuscular injections of 20 mg dexamethasone with a 24-h interval. The first injection was made on days 254, 258, 264 and 265 in gestation, respectively. Twenty-four h...

High-resolution stereo satellite imagery is widely used in environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, and urban three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction. However, a critical issue in these applications using high-resolution stereo satellite imagery is to improve the accuracy of point geo-positioning. This paper presents a framework for comparison of the performance of the three-dimensional (3D...

A sensitive and reliable high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated for simultaneous quantification IC87114, roflumilast (RFM), and its active metabolite roflumilast N-oxide (RFN) using tolbutamide as an internal standard. The analytes were extracted by using liquid-liquid extraction and separated on a reverse phase C(18) column (50 mm × 3 mm...

Since the increased importance is placed on customer equity in today’s business environment, many firms are focusing on the notion of customer loyalty and profitability to increasing market share. Building successful customer relationship management (CRM), a firm starts from identifying customers’ true value and loyalty since customer value can provide basic information to deploy more targeted ...

The key points in customer segmentation are determining target groups and satisfying their needs. Recency-Frequency-Monetary (RFM) analysis K-Means clustering algorithm the popular methods for when analyzing behavior. In our study, we adapt K-means to RFM model by extracting features that represent aspects of home appliances. Customers with similar RFM-oriented assigned same clusters, while cus...

Mulching and tillage are widely considered to be major practices for improving soil and water conservation where water is scarce. This paper studied the effects of FM (flat mulching), RFM (ridge-furrow mulching), SM (straw mulching), MTMC (mulching with two materials combined), MOM (mulching with other materials), NT (no-tillage) ST (subsoiling tillage) and RT (rotational tillage) on wheat yiel...