306 research outputs found
Zeranol or Diethylstilbestrol Implants for Feedlot Lambs
Less research has been conducted with lambs than with cattle where zeranol has been compared to a control group and to a DES-implanted group. With the removal of DES as an additive to the feed or as an implant, there is more interest in possible substitue products. While response of feedlot lambs to DES is of no practical concern at present, results from zeranol in comparison to DES give a more thorough evaluation of the product than studies with a comparison to only a control group. Two such experiments have been completed and are reported herein
Sulfur and Methionine Supplementation With Soybean Meal and Urea for Feedlot Lambs
Some experiments have shown that the sulfur containing amino acids are the first limiting ones where urea furnishes a major part of the dietary nitrogren. Rumen microorganisms can synthesize the sulfur containing amino acids when there is an adequate level of sulfur in the diet The objectives of the experiments reported herein were to compare diets using soybean meal or urea as the supplemental protein for growing and finishing lambs and to test the value of an added methionine and various levels and sources of supplemental sulfur
On Unbounded Composition Operators in -Spaces
Fundamental properties of unbounded composition operators in -spaces are
studied. Characterizations of normal and quasinormal composition operators are
provided. Formally normal composition operators are shown to be normal.
Composition operators generating Stieltjes moment sequences are completely
characterized. The unbounded counterparts of the celebrated Lambert's
characterizations of subnormality of bounded composition operators are shown to
be false. Various illustrative examples are supplied
Contrasting carbonate depositional systems for Pliocene cool-water limestones cropping out in central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Pliocene limestone formations in central Hawke's Bay (eastern North Island, New Zealand) accumulated on and near the margins of a narrow forearc basin seaway within the convergent Australia/Pacific plate boundary zone. The active tectonic setting and varied paleogeographic features of the limestone units investigated, in association with probable glacioeustatic sea-level fluctuations, resulted in complex stratigraphic architectures and contrasting types of carbonate accumulation on either side of the seaway. Here, we recognise recurring patterns of sedimentary facies, and sequences and systems tracts bounded by key physical surfaces within the limestone sheets. The facies types range from Bioclastic (B) to Siliciclastic (S) end-members via Mixed (M) carbonate-siliciclastic deposits. Skeletal components are typical cool-water associations dominated by epifaunal calcitic bivalves, bryozoans, and especially barnacles. Siliciclastic contents vary from one formation to another, and highlight siliciclastic-rich limestone units in the western ranges versus siliciclastic-poor limestone units in the eastern coastal hills. Heterogeneities in facies types, stratal patterns, and also in diagenetic pathways between eastern and western limestone units are considered to originate in the coeval occurrence in different parts of the forearc basin of two main morphodynamic carbonate systems over time
Data-adaptive harmonic spectra and multilayer Stuart-Landau models
Harmonic decompositions of multivariate time series are considered for which
we adopt an integral operator approach with periodic semigroup kernels.
Spectral decomposition theorems are derived that cover the important cases of
two-time statistics drawn from a mixing invariant measure.
The corresponding eigenvalues can be grouped per Fourier frequency, and are
actually given, at each frequency, as the singular values of a cross-spectral
matrix depending on the data. These eigenvalues obey furthermore a variational
principle that allows us to define naturally a multidimensional power spectrum.
The eigenmodes, as far as they are concerned, exhibit a data-adaptive character
manifested in their phase which allows us in turn to define a multidimensional
phase spectrum.
The resulting data-adaptive harmonic (DAH) modes allow for reducing the
data-driven modeling effort to elemental models stacked per frequency, only
coupled at different frequencies by the same noise realization. In particular,
the DAH decomposition extracts time-dependent coefficients stacked by Fourier
frequency which can be efficiently modeled---provided the decay of temporal
correlations is sufficiently well-resolved---within a class of multilayer
stochastic models (MSMs) tailored here on stochastic Stuart-Landau oscillators.
Applications to the Lorenz 96 model and to a stochastic heat equation driven
by a space-time white noise, are considered. In both cases, the DAH
decomposition allows for an extraction of spatio-temporal modes revealing key
features of the dynamics in the embedded phase space. The multilayer
Stuart-Landau models (MSLMs) are shown to successfully model the typical
patterns of the corresponding time-evolving fields, as well as their statistics
of occurrence.Comment: 26 pages, double columns; 15 figure
Sexual functioning among young adult cancer patients: A 2â year longitudinal study
Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141907/1/cncr31030_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141907/2/cncr31030.pd
Fault & Fracture Development in Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts - Insight from the Lurestan Province, Zagros Mountains, Iran
Second Arabian Plate Geology Workshop Abu Dhabi, UAE, 24 - 27 January 2010The Simply Folded Belt of the Zagros Mountains, Iran, represents one of the best
examples of foreland fold and thrust belt. A regional fault and fracture analysis of the
Cenomanian ¿ Coniacian Ilam and Sarvak formations, exposed in southern Lurestan
Province, is presented as a case study for fault and fracture development in folded
belts. The area is characterised by the occurrence of gentle to tight anticlines and
synclines whose NW-SE axial traces are parallel to the general trend of the belt. Fold
style is intimately related to both vertical and lateral facies distribution. The two
formations belong to the Bangestan Group and, in this area, they represent the oldest
strata exposed in the core of most anticlines outcropping at surface.
Distribution, kinematics and timing of faults and fractures have been characterised
through extensive fieldwork and interpretation of orthorectified QuickBird imagery
and 3-D virtual outcrop models based on LiDAR technology. Data have been
collected from 10 anticlines covering an area of approximately 150 x 150 km. Key
outcrops for fracture and fault kinematics interpretations are presented.
Field observations and interpretation of QuickBird and 3-D photorealistic models
suggest a complex fault and fracture geometry and timing relationship. Both fractures
and faults record pre-folding to uplift-related deformations. Pre-folding structures are
typically represented by small-scale, flat-ramp-flat geometry thrusts, systematic veins
and stylolites, which are superimposed on inherited syn-sedimentary normal faults.
Folding-related structures generally reactivated pre-existing fracture and fault planes.
Strike-slip faulting is typically recorded as the last faulting event and is probably
related to late stage of fold tightening. All structures are geometrically and
kinematically consistent with the trend of the Arabian passive margin and its
subsequent tectonic inversion. Uplift and stress release induced opening and
propagation of through-going fractures.
Faults and fracture orientations generally change accordingly with local fold trend.
Symmetry between fracture and fold orientation, although commonly interpreted as
evidence for folding-related fracture development, is here interpreted as evidence of
syn- to post-folding local vertical axis passive rotation
Sub-seismic fractures in foreland fold and thrust belts: insight from the Lurestan Province, Zagros Mountains, Iran
Quantum Ballistic Evolution in Quantum Mechanics: Application to Quantum Computers
Quantum computers are important examples of processes whose evolution can be
described in terms of iterations of single step operators or their adjoints.
Based on this, Hamiltonian evolution of processes with associated step
operators is investigated here. The main limitation of this paper is to
processes which evolve quantum ballistically, i.e. motion restricted to a
collection of nonintersecting or distinct paths on an arbitrary basis. The main
goal of this paper is proof of a theorem which gives necessary and sufficient
conditions that T must satisfy so that there exists a Hamiltonian description
of quantum ballistic evolution for the process, namely, that T is a partial
isometry and is orthogonality preserving and stable on some basis. Simple
examples of quantum ballistic evolution for quantum Turing machines with one
and with more than one type of elementary step are discussed. It is seen that
for nondeterministic machines the basis set can be quite complex with much
entanglement present. It is also proved that, given a step operator T for an
arbitrary deterministic quantum Turing machine, it is decidable if T is stable
and orthogonality preserving, and if quantum ballistic evolution is possible.
The proof fails if T is a step operator for a nondeterministic machine. It is
an open question if such a decision procedure exists for nondeterministic
machines. This problem does not occur in classical mechanics.Comment: 37 pages Latexwith 2 postscript figures tar+gzip+uuencoded, to be
published in Phys. Rev.
Quaternary development of resilient reefs on the subsiding kimberley continental margin, Northwest Australia
The Kimberley region in remote northwest Australia has poorly known reef systems of two types; coastal fringing reefs and atoll-like shelf-edge reefs. As a major geomorphic feature (from 12ºS to 18ºS) situated along a subsiding continental margin, the shelf edge reefs are in a tropical realm with warm temperatures, relatively low salinity, clear low nutrient waters lacking sediment input, and Indo-West Pacific corals of moderate diversity. Seismic architecture of the Rowley Shoals reveals that differential pre-Holocene subsidence and relative elevation of the pre-Holocene substrate have controlled lagoon sediment infill and reef morphology, forming an evolutionary series reflecting differential accommodation in three otherwise similar reef systems.The Holocene core described for North Scott Reef confirms previous seismic interpretations, and provides a rare ocean-facing reef record. It demonstrates that the Indo-Pacific reef growth phase (RG111) developed during moderate rates of sea level rise of 10 mm/year from 11 to about 7-6.5 ka BP until sea level stabilization, filling the available 27 m of pre-Holocene accommodation. Despite the medium to high hydrodynamic energy imposed by the 4m tides, swell waves and cyclones the reef-building communities represent relatively low-wave energy settings due to their southeast facing and protection afforded by the proximity of the South Reef platform. This study demonstrates the resilience of reefs on the subsiding margin whilst linking Holocene reef morphology to the relative amount of pre-Holocene subsidence
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