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Evaluation of Urea, Casein, Soy Protein Isolates or Zein in a Semipurified Diet Fed to Lambs
The objectives of this study were to determine how protein source would influence nitrogen balance and ruminal fermentation when fed in a semipurified diet to lambs
Fed and Fasting Nitrogen Metabolism by Lambs Fed a Semi-purified Diet Supplemented with Urea or Zein
Most finishing diets include corn as a primary energy source. If the finishing diet consists mostly of corn, a large proportion of the protein needed by the ruminant is supplied through corn protein. A protein in corn, zein, largely escapes ruminal degradation (60%) and the ungraded fraction is passed into the small intestine for digestion. Since urea and zein act differently in supplying proteins and amino acids to the small intestine of the ruminant, an evaluation of nitrogen retention in lambs was conducted. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of diet nitrogen change, time and fasting on nitrogen metabolism by lambs fed urea or zein in a semipurified diet
Ternary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras induced by Hom-Lie algebras
The purpose of this paper is to investigate ternary multiplications
constructed from a binary multiplication, linear twisting maps and a trace
function. We provide a construction of ternary Hom-Nambu and Hom-Nambu-Lie
algebras starting from a binary multiplication of a Hom-Lie algebra and a trace
function satisfying certain compatibility conditions involving twisting maps.
We show that mutual position of kernels of twisting maps and the trace play
important role in this context, and provide examples of Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras
obtained using this construction
Influence of peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 genotype and shared epitope on clinical characteristics and autoantibody profile of rheumatoid arthritis.
Background: Recent evidence suggests that distinction
of subsets of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) depending on anticyclic
citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) status may
be helpful in distinguishing distinct aetiopathologies and in
predicting the course of disease. HLA-DRB1 shared
epitope (SE) and peptidylarginine deiminase type 4
(PADI4) genotype, both of which have been implicated in
anti-CCP generation, are assumed to be associated with
RA.
Objectives: To elucidate whether PADI4 affects the
clinical characteristics of RA, and whether it would
modulate the effect of anti-CCPs on clinical course. The
combined effect of SE and PADI4 on autoantibody profile
was also analysed.
Methods: 373 patients with RA were studied. SE,
padi4_94C.T, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCPs and antinuclear
antibodies (ANAs) were determined. Disease
severity was characterised by cumulative therapy
intensity classified into ordinal categories (CTI-1 to CTI-3)
and by Steinbrocker score.
Results: CTI was significantly associated with disease
duration, erosive disease, disease activity score (DAS) 28
and anti-CCPs. The association of anti-CCPs with CTI was
considerably influenced by padi4_94C.T genotype (C/C:
ORadj=0.93, padj=0.92; C/T: ORadj=2.92,
padj=0.093; T/T: ORadj=15.3, padj=0.002). Carriage of
padi4_94T exhibited a significant trend towards higher
Steinbrocker scores in univariate and multivariate
analyses. An association of padi4_94C.T with ANAs
was observed, with noteworthy differences depending on
SE status (SE2: ORadj=6.20, padj,0.04; SE+:
ORadj=0.36, padj=0.02) and significant heterogeneity
between the two SE strata (p=0.006).
Conclusions: PADI4 genotype in combination with anti-
CCPs and SE modulates clinical and serological characteristics
of RA
Charge Fluctuations in the Edge States of N-S hybrid Nano-Structures
In this work we show how to calculate the equilibrium and non-equilibrium
charge fluctuations in a gated normal mesoscopic conductor which is attached to
one normal lead and one superconducting lead. We then consider an example where
the structure is placed in a high magnetic field, such that the transport is
dominated by edge states. We calculate the equilibrium and non-equilibrium
charge fluctuations in the gate, for a single edge state, comparing our results
to those for the same system, but with two normal leads. We then consider the
specific example of a quantum point contact and calculate the charge
fluctuations in the gate for more than one edge state.Comment: 4 pages with 1 figure. In published version the high magnetic field
dynamics of the holes is treated incorrectly. An erratum is in preparatio
Embedding of theories with SU(2|4) symmetry into the plane wave matrix model
We study theories with SU(2|4) symmetry, which include the plane wave matrix
model, 2+1 SYM on RxS^2 and N=4 SYM on RxS^3/Z_k. All these theories possess
many vacua. From Lin-Maldacena's method which gives the gravity dual of each
vacuum, it is predicted that the theory around each vacuum of 2+1 SYM on RxS^2
and N=4 SYM on RxS^3/Z_k is embedded in the plane wave matrix model. We show
this directly on the gauge theory side. We clearly reveal relationships among
the spherical harmonics on S^3, the monopole harmonics and the harmonics on
fuzzy spheres. We extend the compactification (the T-duality) in matrix models
a la Taylor to that on spheres.Comment: 56 pages, 6 figures, v2:a footnote and references added, section 5.2
improved, typos corrected, v3:typos corrected, v4: some equations are
corrected, eq.(G.2) is added, conclusion is unchange
The strong thirteen spheres problem
The thirteen spheres problem is asking if 13 equal size nonoverlapping
spheres in three dimensions can touch another sphere of the same size. This
problem was the subject of the famous discussion between Isaac Newton and David
Gregory in 1694. The problem was solved by Schutte and van der Waerden only in
1953.
A natural extension of this problem is the strong thirteen spheres problem
(or the Tammes problem for 13 points) which asks to find an arrangement and the
maximum radius of 13 equal size nonoverlapping spheres touching the unit
sphere. In the paper we give a solution of this long-standing open problem in
geometry. Our computer-assisted proof is based on a enumeration of the
so-called irreducible graphs.Comment: Modified lemma 2, 16 pages, 12 figures. Uploaded program packag
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SEM-EDS analyses of small craters in stardust aluminium foils: implications for the Wild-2 dust distribution
Implications for the Wild-2 dust distribution of the statistical results obtained by SEM-EDS from nearly 300 impact craters on aluminium foils of the Stardust sample tray assembly
Applications of Abundance Data and Requirements for Cosmochemical Modeling
Understanding the evolution of the universe from Big Bang to its present state requires an understanding of the evolution of the abundances of the elements and isotopes in galaxies, stars, the interstellar medium, the Sun and the heliosphere, planets and meteorites. Processes that change the state of the universe include Big Bang nucleosynthesis, star formation and stellar nucleosynthesis, galactic chemical evolution, propagation of cosmic rays, spallation, ionization and particle transport of interstellar material, formation of the solar system, solar wind emission and its fractionation (FIP/FIT effect), mixing processes in stellar interiors, condensation of material and subsequent geochemical fractionation. Here, we attempt to compile some major issues in cosmochemistry that can be addressed with a better knowledge of the respective element or isotope abundances. Present and future missions such as Genesis, Stardust, Interstellar Pathfinder, and Interstellar Probe, improvements of remote sensing instrumentation and experiments on extraterrestrial material such as meteorites, presolar grains, and lunar or returned planetary or cometary samples will result in an improved database of elemental and isotopic abundances. This includes the primordial abundances of D, ^3He, ^4He, and ^7Li, abundances of the heavier elements in stars and galaxies, the composition of the interstellar medium, solar wind and comets as well as the (highly) volatile elements in the solar system such as helium, nitrogen, oxygen or xenon
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