AUTOCHTHONOUS SHEEP BREEDS IN SLOVENIA BOVSKA SHEEP

Slovenian autochthonous Bovksa sheep breed, its origin, name origin, breeding area, its characteristics and production traits are presented. Bovska sheep are found in the Soča valley but they are scarce so that a special preservation program has bee accepted. Sheep are bred in small flocks of ten to twenty animals, sometimes fourty or more. It is estimated that there are only between 1500 and 2000 animals of Bovska sheep breed left

PRESERVATION OF NATIVE SHEEP BREEDS IN SLOVENIA

The preservation program include three slovenian native sheep breeds: Bovška sheep, Jezerskosolčavska sheep and Istrian Pramenka sheep. Bovška sheep breed, its origin, name origin, breeding area, its characteristics and production traits are presented. Bovška sheep are found in the Soča valley but they are scarce so that a special preservation program has been accepted. Sheep are bred in small flocks of ten to twenty animals, sometimes forty or more. It is estimated that there are only between 500 and 800 animals of Bovška sheep breed left. Jezerskosolčavska sheep breed, its origin, name origin, breeding area, its characteristics and production traits are presented. Istrian Pramenka sheep breed, its origin, name origin, breeding area on Karst region, its characteristics and production traits are presented

Reliability of instrumental recording of the natural gas

The comparison of industrial natural gas flow meters, functioning of which is based on different metering methods usage, was made, recommendations on the optimization of choice of the meter's type in accordance with operation conditions were given

Overview and assessment of support measures for endangered livestock breeds : Subsibreed : Final project report

Livestock production has contributed to food security and economic development for thousands of years. Adaptation to wide range of environmental conditions and artificial selection has led to the development of numerous indigenous breeds that are part of the wealth of diversity in agriculture. They are producing a wide range of products for local and domestic consumption as well as for international trade. Livestock are for many local communities, invaluable sources of food and other products and essential sources of income. Maintaining the diversity of breeds in various species of domestic animals enables farmers and breeders to respond to ever changing consumer demands as well as changing production conditions, especially in light of climate change. No one can predict future demands and production conditions, and thus, maintaining the greatest diversity of animal genetic resources provides an insurance policy to enable necessary adaptation. Lack of appreciation for the need to maintain genetic diversity or inadequate farmer and breeder support programmes has resulted in the rapid global erosion of local breeds. Greater effort is required to stem this erosion

Carbon Supported Polyaniline as Anode Catalyst: Pathway to Platinum-Free Fuel Cells

The effectiveness of carbon supported polyaniline as anode catalyst in a fuel cell (FC) with direct formic acid electrooxidation is experimentally demonstrated. A prototype FC with such a platinum-free composite anode exhibited a maximum room-temperature specific power of about 5 mW/cm2Comment: 11 pages, 3 Postscript figures, atricle tex styl

The main concerns of European anaesthesiology postgraduate trainees: A European survey

This is the first study intended to identify the European anaesthesiology trainees' main concerns, to initiate a process of improvement of the training in anaesthesiology by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). The authors developed an electronic survey which addressed seven different concerns: autonomy transition, technical skills, exchange programs, residency costs, residency workload, employment prospects and educational contents/preparation for the European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EDAIC). The survey was disseminated by email to all anaesthesiology trainees registered in ESA and all European National Societies were asked to distribute the survey to their graduating trainees. 665 trainees initiated the survey with a completion rate of 54.6%. The trainees' main concerns were in descending order: educational contents, residency costs, employment prospects, residency workload, exchange programs, technical skills and autonomy transition. This report analyzes the three main concerns in more detail. 68% of respondents were unaware of the existence of the ESA e-learning platform. Other means to improve the preparation for the EDAIC such as a multiple-choice questions book should be developed. The main reason for not becoming an ESA Trainee member was the associated cost and 68% of respondents gave up activities or opportunities during their residency due to economic constraints; 56% of respondents considered emigrating for economic reasons and 28% elected Northern/Central Europe. The results of the present survey may provide additional background information for the development of specific improvements in strategies for training in anaesthesiology. (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

NightSplitter: a scheduling tool to optimize (sub)group activities

International audienceHumans are social animals and usually organize activities in groups. However, they are often willing to split temporarily a bigger group in subgroups to enhance their preferences. In this work we present NightSplitter, an on-line tool that is able to plan movie and dinner activities for a group of users, possibly splitting them in subgroups to optimally satisfy their preferences. We first model and prove that this problem is NP-complete. We then use Constraint Programming (CP) or alternatively Simulated Annealing (SA) to solve it. Empirical results show the feasibility of the approach even for big cities where hundreds of users can select among hundreds of movies and thousand of restaurants