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A comparison of enclosed confinement and outdoor nursery and growing-finishing systems of swine production
Digitized 2007 AES MoU.Includes bibliographical references (page 9)
Studies of Autumn calving suckler cows, bulls at pasture and winter grazing
End of project reportMost beef and dairy cows are spring calving leading to distinct seasonality of supply. Calving
a proportion of the beef herd in the autumn would lead to a more uniform annual supply of
cattle for slaughter and potentially increase the proportion of grazed grass in the diet of the
suckler progeny. Autumn calving sucklers also facilitate the use of AI, which should enhance
the product quality.
This project aimed to address the technical aspects of autumn calving sucklers, which differ
from those of spring calvers. The currently available international energy models were
evaluated for autumn calving lactating suckler cows using the type of cow typically found in
Irish suckler herds (Experiment 1). The winter accommodation of the suckler cow and calf
unit and its impact on cow reproductive performance was evaluated (Experiment 2).
The final part of the project evolved into component studies to determine the effect of
supplementary feed on the performance of grazing bulls (Experiment 3), and the
consequences of weanling cattle grazing pasture in winter as an alternative to housing them in winter (Experiments 4 to 7)
A feasibility study of a hypersonic real-gas facility
A four month feasibility study of a hypersonic real-gas free flight test facility for NASA Langley Research Center (LARC) was performed. The feasibility of using a high-energy electromagnetic launcher (EML) to accelerate complex models (lifting and nonlifting) in the hypersonic, real-gas facility was examined. Issues addressed include: design and performance of the accelerator; design and performance of the power supply; design and operation of the sabot and payload during acceleration and separation; effects of high current, magnetic fields, temperature, and stress on the sabot and payload; and survivability of payload instrumentation during acceleration, flight, and soft catch
AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF LOW INVESTMENT SWINE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
This publication summarizes an evaluation of smaller and lower investment swine production systems. The systems analyzed range from pasture operations with production during the warmer months to rather intense year-round use of remodeled buildings. In each case the system emphasizes use of facilities that can be constructed and remodeled by the farm operator. The report includes one section for each type of hog production: feeder pig production, farrow-to-finish operations and hog finishing.Livestock Production/Industries,
On the Role of Chaos in the AdS/CFT Connection
The question of how infalling matter in a pure state forms a Schwarzschild
black hole that appears to be at non-zero temperature is discussed in the
context of the AdS/CFT connection. It is argued that the phenomenon of
self-thermalization in non-linear (chaotic) systems can be invoked to explain
how the boundary theory, initially at zero temperature self thermalizes and
acquires a finite temperature. Yang-Mills theory is known to be chaotic
(classically) and the imaginary part of the gluon self-energy (damping rate of
the gluon plasma) is expected to give the Lyapunov exponent. We explain how the
imaginary part would arise in the corresponding supergravity calculation due to
absorption at the horizon of the black hole.Comment: 18 pages. Latex file. Minor changes. Final version to appear in
Modern Physics Letters
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Traveling wave accelerators
Hypervelocity magnetic induction accelerators are disclosed which create a traveling magnetic wave behind a projectile without the use of sliding contacts or multiple triggered switches. Inductive and resistive parameters are established as a function of position along a stator coil to obtain the magnetic wave in response to the pulsed DC power source. The ratio of the resistance to the inductance is a decreasing function of position from the breech to the muzzle. In a preferred embodiment the stator coil has a multiplicity of stages, and the DC pulse is delayed by inductances to progressively excite the stages, and the current from the pulse is fed through resistances to provide voltages for diverting the current to the next stages. In an alternative embodiment the magnectic field from the stator coil progressively diffuses through a tapered conductive or ferromagnetic sleeve disposed in the stator coil.Board of Regents, University of Texas Syste
Suppression of Bremsstrahlung at Non-Zero Temperature
The first-order bremsstrahlung emission spectrum is
at zero temperature. If the radiation is emitted into a region that contains a
thermal distribution of photons, then the rate is increased by a factor
where is the Bose-Einstein function. The stimulated
emission changes the spectrum to for . If this were correct, an infinite amount of energy would be radiated in the
low frequency modes. This unphysical result indicates a breakdown of
perturbation theory. The paper computes the bremsstrahlung rate to all orders
of perturbation theory, neglecting the recoil of the charged particle. When the
perturbation series is summed, it has a different low-energy behavior. For
, the spectrum is independent of and has a value
proportional to .Comment: 16 pages (plain TeX), figures available on reques
EC193 Revised 1952 Anhydrous Ammonia, A Good Nitrogen Fetilizer
Extension Circular 193 Revised 1952 Anhydrous Ammonia as a good nitrogen fertilizer
THERMAL EFFECTS ON THE CATALYSIS BY A MAGNETIC FIELD
We show that the formation of condensates in the presence of a constant
magnetic field in 2+1 dimensions is extremely unstable. It disappears as soon
as a heat bath is introduced with or without a chemical potential. We point out
some new nonanalytic behavior that develops in this system at finite
temperature.Comment: 10 pages, plain Te
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