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Effect of Wet Brewer\u27s Grain Inclusion on the Growth Performance, Carcass Performance, and Meat Quality of Finishing Cattle
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of Wet Brewerâs Grains (WBG) on the growth performance, carcass performance, and meat quality of finishing cattle. Twenty-four (n=24; 12 heifers â 303kg, 12 steers â 346kg) calves of Simmental-Angus genetics were utilized. Calves were paired by sex, blocked by BW within sex in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement with three replications per treatment, and fed for 140d. Control diets were a conventional corn silage â shelled corn finishing-diet. Experimental diets modeled the control diet with the inclusion of WBG on a thirty-percent DM basis. Cattle were visually appraised by an industry procurement agent for degree of finish. Finished cattle were transported 160km for slaughter under USDA-FSIS inspection. Primal ribs (IMPS #1103) were obtained and transported to ISUâs Meat Lab. Ribeye steaks (IMPS #1112) were fabricated from the ninth â eleventh ribs for further meat quality analyses. Statistical analysis was modeled in a two-way fixed ANOVA utilizing the MIXED procedure of SAS. No differences were observed in Total Gain and ADG between diets respectively (P = 0.6919). Average Daily Feed Disappearance (ADFD) increased in WBG calves (P \u3c 0.0001). Decreases in G:F were observed in WBG calves (P = 0.0121). No differences were observed in HCW, YG, or QG respectively (P \u3e 0.05). No differences were observed in Warner-Bratzler Shear Force, Package Purge, or Cook Loss measurements (P \u3e 0.05). This data indicates WBG inclusion supports growth performance, carcass performance, and meat quality of finishing cattle similar to a conventional finishing diet
Statistical sensitivity for detection of spatial and temporal patterns in rodent population densities.
A long-term monitoring program begun 1 year after the epidemic of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the U.S. Southwest tracked rodent density changes through time and among sites and related these changes to hantavirus infection rates in various small-mammal reservoir species and human disease outbreaks. We assessed the statistical sensitivity of the program's field design and tested for potential biases in population estimates due to unintended deaths of rodents. Analyzing data from two sites in New Mexico from 1994 to 1998, we found that for many species of Peromyscus, Reithrodontomys, Neotoma, Dipodomys, and Perognathus, the monitoring program detected species-specific spatial and temporal differences in rodent densities; trap-related deaths did not significantly affect long-term population estimates. The program also detected a short-term increase in rodent densities in the winter of 1997-98, demonstrating its usefulness in identifying conditions conducive to increased risk for human disease
Optical conductivity of filled skutterudites
A simple tight-binding model is constructed for the description of the
electronic structure of some Ce-based filled skutterudite compounds showing an
energy gap or pseudogap behavior. Assuming band-diagonal electron interactions
on this tight-binding model, the optical conductivity spectrum is calculated by
applying the second-order self-consistent perturbation theory to treat the
electron correlation. The correlation effect is found to be of great importance
on the description of the temperature dependence of the optical conductivity.
The rapid disappearance of an optical gap with increasing temperature is
obtained as observed in the optical experiment for Ce-based filled-skutterudite
compounds.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, use jpsj2.cls, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol.73, No.10 (2004
Calculation of Optical Conductivity of YbB using Realistic Tight-Binding Model
Based on the previously reported tight-binding model fitted to the LDA+U band
calculation, optical conductivity of the prototypical Kondo insulator
YbB is calculated theoretically. Many-body effects are taken into
account by the self-consistent second order perturbation theory. The gross
shape of the optical conductivity observed in experiments are well described by
the present calculation, including their temperature-dependences.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, use jpsj2.cls, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol.73, No.10 (2004
Parity-Affected Superconductivity in Ultrasmall Metallic Grains
We investigate the breakdown of BCS superconductivity in {\em ultra}\/small
metallic grains as a function of particle size (characterized by the mean
spacing between discrete electronic eigenstates), and the parity ( =
even/odd) of the number of electrons on the island. Assuming equally spaced
levels, we solve the parity-dependent BCS gap equation for the order parameter
. Both the critical level spacing and the
critical temperature at which are parity
dependent, and both are so much smaller in the odd than the even case that
these differences should be measurable in current experiments.Comment: 4 pages RevTeX, 1 encapsulated postscript figure, submitted to
Physical Review Letter
Correlation Effects on Optical Conductivity of FeSi
Effects of electron correlation in FeSi are studied in terms of the two-band
Hubbard model with the density of states obtained from the band calculation.
Using the self-consistent second-order perturbation theory combined with the
local approximation, the correlation effects are investigated on the density of
states and the optical conductivity spectrum, which are found to reproduce the
experiments done by Damascelli et al. semiquantitatively. It is also found that
the peak at the gap edge shifts to lower energy region by correlation effects,
as is seen in the experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Quantum Chaos Versus Classical Chaos: Why is Quantum Chaos Weaker?
We discuss the questions: How to compare quantitatively classical chaos with
quantum chaos? Which one is stronger? What are the underlying physical reasons
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