A COMPARISON OF PRICING STRUCTURES AT VIDEO AND TRADITIONAL CATTLE AUCTIONS

The number of cattle sold through video auctions has increased dramatically during the past five years. In this study structural differences in pricing between a group of traditional auctions and the nation's largest satellite video cattle auction are examined. A Chow test for structural pricing differences reveals that the influence of lot characteristics, market information, and merchandising strategies on cattle prices are essentially identical at both types of auctions. However, optimal lot size is larger at video auctions than at traditional auctions.Demand and Price Analysis,

The Fermi blazars' divide based on the diagnostic of the SEDs peak frequencies

We have studied the quasi-simultaneous Spectral Energy Distributions (SED) of 48 LBAS blazars, detected within the three months of the LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS) data taking period, combining Fermi and Swift data with radio NIR-Optical and hard-X/gamma-ray data. Using these quasi-simultaneous SEDs, sampling both the low and the high energy peak of the blazars broad band emission, we were able to apply a diagnostic tool based on the estimate of the peak frequencies of the synchrotron (S) and Inverse Compton (IC) components. Our analysis shows a Fermi blazars' divide based on the peak frequencies of the SED. The robust result is that the Synchrotron Self Compton (SSC) region divides in two the plane were we plot the peak frequency of the synchrotron SED vs the typical Lorentz factor of the electrons most contributing to the synchrotron emission and to the inverse Compton process. Objects within or below this region, radiating likely via the SSC process, are high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object (HBL), or low/intermediate-frequency peaked BL Lac object (LBL/IBL). All of the IBLs/LBLs within or below the SSC region are not Compton dominated. The objects lying above the SSC region, radiating likely via the External radiation Compton (ERC) process, are Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars and IBLs/LBLs. All of the IBLs/LBLs in the ERC region show a significant Compton dominance.Comment: Contribution to the Workshop SciNeGHe 2009/Gamma-ray Physics in the LHC era (Assisi - Italy, Oct. 7-9 2009

A comparison of grass sampling techniques with some observations on grazing behavior

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Regional distribution of the major dissolved solids in the streams of Illinois

The chemical analyses of waters from 67 Illinois streams have produced data which, when weighted according to discharge magnitudes and the frequency with which those magnitudes are equaled or exceeded, permit an estimation of the frequency-weighted mean concentration (mg/l ) and the long term yield (tons/sq mi/yr), during the period 1945-1971. Most of the measured constituents have concentrations and yields which display regional patterns, expressed in simple contour patterns. The magnitudes and patterns of the contours indicate, in most cases, variations in geologic, hydrologic, and/or demographic conditions. Anomalous contours may reveal anthropogenic influences, such as strip mining, use of fertilizers, waste disposal, street salting, and washout of aerosols from the atmosphere.U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological SurveyOpe

Condicionantes da adoção da tecnologia de despolpamento na cafeicultura.

Os cafeicultores de Venda Nova do Imigrante, ES, que, em sua maioria, são Agricultores familiares, têm adotado novas tecnologias para melhorar a qualidade do café arábica produzido na região. O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar os fatores que determinam a adoção, por parte dos referidos cafeicultores, da tecnologia de despolpamento. O modelo Logit é aqui utilizado como instrumento metodológico. Conforme poderá ser observado nos resultados apresentados pelo estudo, os aspectos relativos a associativismo, a escolaridade, a capital próprio, a produtividade, a rentabilidade e a treinamento determinam a adoção da tecnologia de despolpamento; e as variáveis que mais contribuem para a adoção de tal tecnologia são: rentabilidade, associativismo e treinamento

On Schwarzschild's Topology in Brane-Worlds

The topological structure of Schwarzschild's space-time and its maximal analytic extension are investigated in context of brane-worlds. Using the embedding coordinates, these geometries are seen as different states of the evolution of a single brane-world. Comparing the topologies and the embeddings it is shown that this evolution must be followed by a signature change in the bulk.Comment: 6 page

Analysis of the Spectral Energy Distributions of Fermi bright blazars

Blazars are a small fraction of all extragalactic sources but, unlike other objects, they are strong emitters across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. In this study we have conducted a detailed investigation of the broad-band spectral properties of the gamma-ray selected blazars of the Fermi-LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). By combining the accurately estimated Fermi gamma-ray spectra with Swift, radio, NIR-Optical and hard-X/gamma-ray data, collected within three months of the LBAS data taking period, we were able to assemble high-quality and quasi-simultaneous Spectral Energy Distributions (SED) for 48 LBAS blazars.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, "2009 Fermi Symposium", "eConf Proceedings C091122

Remote sensing as an aid to route evaluation for relocated Louisiana Highway 1

NASA aerial photography in the form of color infrared and color positive transparencies is used as an aid for evaluation of the route proposed for relocated Louisiana Highway 1, between LaRose and Golden Meadow, in South Louisiana