AIM The aim of the present investigation was to optimize the age at first use (AAFU) of semen of Murrah breeding bulls, which will help in early selection of bulls under progeny testing program for improving the reproductive performance in the herd. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data on AAFU, conception rate based on first A.I. (CRFAI), overall conception rate (OCR), and birth weight (B.WT) of 57...

Modalclust is an R package which performs Hierarchical Mode Association Clustering (HMAC) along with its parallel implementation (PHMAC) over several processors. Modal clustering techniques are especially designed to efficiently extract clusters in high dimensions with arbitrary density shapes. Further, clustering is performed over several resolutions and the results are summarized as a hierarc...

an investigation was conducted to determine the genetic diversity among 44 iranian spinach (spinacia oleracea l.) landraces using 21 morphological characteristics under open field conditions. according to data analysis results, significant differences were found among landraces in vegetative traits at 1 and 5% levels. results showed that tabriz landrace had the highest percentage of female plan...

Let ρ : (0, 1] → R+ be a weight function and let X be a complex Banach space. We denote by A1,ρ(D) the space of analytic functions in the disc D such that ∫ D |f(z)|ρ(1 − |z|)dA(z) < ∞ and by Blochρ(X) the space of analytic functions in the disc D with values in X such that sup|z|<1 1−|z| ρ(1−|z|)‖F ′(z)‖ < ∞. We prove that, under certain assumptions on the weight, the space of bounded operator...

The study examined the contribution of financial services quality on performance banking sector taking Bank Kigali (BK), Rwanda. Specifically, this assessed effects saving Limited-Rwanda, ascertained loan Limited-Rwanda and analyzed e-banking service Limited-Rwanda. research used a cross-sectional design using both qualitative quantitative approaches. target population was 320 staff members cli...

Purpose : This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of clinical ladder system (CLS) by identifying perception CLS, professional self-concept, self-efficacy, and organizational commitment among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.Methods Data were collected through a questionnaire survey 173 nurses working in 11 ICUs at tertiary hospital Seoul.Results The showed significant difference according ...

16S rRNA gene-targeted group-specific primers were designed and validated for specific detection and quantification of the Clostridium leptum subgroup and the Atopobium cluster. To monitor the predominant bacteria in human feces by real-time PCR, we used these specific primers together with four sets of group-specific primers for the Clostridium coccoides group, the Bacteroides fragilis group, ...

Introduction: The idea that factors during early critical periods of life affect on long term health is now a major public health concern. In this study, in addition to investigating obesity prevalence among female high school students in Yazd, the relationship between obesity and birth weight was examined. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 312 female high scho...

The genetic variation and diversity among fifty-eight polyvoltine silkworm genotypes was estimated by using ten economic traits. The results revealed that the single shell weight showed higher genetic variation such as PCV% (17.20%), GCV% (12.93%), and heritability (56.5%) followed by single cocoon weight, shell ratio and matured larval weight. The D2 (Mahalonobis? distance) statistics reveal...

In this article, we present an algorithm based on genetic algorithm (GA) and R-tree structure to solve a clustering task in spatial data mining. The algorithm is applied to find a cluster for a new spatial object. Spatial objects that represent for each cluster computed dynamically and quickly according to a clustering object in the clustering process. This improves the speed and accuracy of th...