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Sulfur amino acid requirements of broilers from two to five weeks of age
Phase-feeding (PF) in broiler chickens has been researched as a way to reduce feed costs without reducing growth performance and yield. Predicted amino acid requirements for PF are generated using linear regression equations derived from best estimates of lysine (Lys), sulfur amino acid (SAA), and threonine (Thr) requirements. During the late starter and early grower periods, predicted requirements for the SAA methionine (Met) and cysteine (Cys) are higher than levels recommended by the National Research Council (NRC), and previous research suggests that SAA may be lowered during the grower period without sacrificing growth performance or yield. The objective of this study was to estimate Met and Cys requirements for broilers from 2 to 5 weeks of age. In Experiment 1, a Met-deficient corn-peanut meal diet was formulated to contain excess Cys, so that supplemental Met was not utilized for Cys synthesis. The basal diet for Experiment 2 met the Met requirement but was deficient in Cys. Graded levels of Met (0, 0.045, 0.09, 0.135, and 0.225%) and Cys (0, 0.035, 0.070, 0.105, 0.140, 0.175%) were added in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively, and diets were fed to five replicates of five broilers per pen. Broken-line analysis was used to estimate SAA requirements. The digestible Met and Cys requirements from 2 to 5 weeks of age were 0.33% and 0.31%, respectively. Requirement estimates were lower than those predicted by PF or recommended by NRC, indicating that lower SAA levels may be utilized in a PF progra
A Minimalist Turbulent Boundary Layer Model
We introduce an elementary model of a turbulent boundary layer over a flat
surface, given as a vertical random distribution of spanwise Lamb-Oseen vortex
configurations placed over a non-slip boundary condition line. We are able to
reproduce several important features of realistic flows, such as the viscous
and logarithmic boundary sublayers, and the general behavior of the first
statistical moments (turbulent intensity, skewness and flatness) of the
streamwise velocity fluctuations. As an application, we advance some heuristic
considerations on the boundary layer underlying kinematics that could be
associated with the phenomenon of drag reduction by polymers, finding a
suggestive support from its experimental signatures.Comment: 5 pages, 10 figure
Behaviour and process in the formation of the North European Acheulean record: Towards a Unified Palaeolithic Landscape Approach
The Acheulean record of northern France and southern Britain has long been acknowledged as internationally important, having played an important historical role in the development of the discipline. Abundant artefacts have been recovered, primarily from fluvial gravel archives, allowing the responses of Middle Pleistocene human populations on the edge of their geographical distribution to be interrogated. The richness of the record from such deposits can most simply be read as reflecting absolute population numbers – and changes in this over time. However, factors such as regional super-abundance of high quality flint (related to solid geology) and intensity of aggregate exploitation also played their part in generating the apparently regionally dense record of finds. This paper investigates the inter-related patterns of human behaviour, preservation, artefact release and research tradition which underpin these basic distribution maps. We here present a framework for understanding the processes which have created the current distribution map – in terms of where we find material, and which periods are best represented within it. We term this the Unified Palaeolithic Landscape Approach and outline ways in which the spatial and temporal range of the Acheulean record can be addressed through the archaeological record of its heartland
Variant N=(1,1) Supergravity and (Minkowski)_4 x S^2 Vacua
We construct the fermionic sector and supersymmetry transformation rules of a
variant N=(1,1) supergravity theory obtained by generalized Kaluza-Klein
reduction from seven dimensions. We show that this model admits both
(Minkowski)_4 x S^2 and (Minkowski)_3 x S^3 vacua. We perform a consistent
Kaluza-Klein reduction on S^2 and obtain D=4, N=2 supergravity coupled to a
vector multiplet, which can be consistently truncated to give rise to D=4, N=1
supergravity with a chiral multiplet.Comment: Latex, 17 pages. Version appearing in Classical and Quantum Gravit
Gauged Six-dimensional Supergravity from Massive Type IIA
We obtain the complete non-linear Kaluza-Klein ansatz for the reduction of
the bosonic sector of massive type IIA supergravity to the Romans F(4) gauged
supergravity in six dimensions. The latter arises as a consistent warped S^4
reduction.Comment: Latex, 7 page
Stomach Capacities of Six Freshwater Fishes
We investigated the relationship between stomach capacity and total body length in bluegill (Lepomis macrocirirus), spotted bass (Microplerus punctulatus), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis), black crappie (Pomoxis nigromoculatus), channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) , and white bass (Morone chrysops). The rate of change in stomach capacity for a given change in fish length was greatest for spoiled bass and channel catfish, which may indicate greater ontogenetic shifts in feeding strategies. Fish with larger stomach capacities should have more plastic diets because they are capable of consuming a wider range of prey sizes, particularly when they already have prey present in their stomach, compared to fish with smaller stomach capacities and similar feeding strategies
Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Study of Exciton Properties in an Organic Molecular crystal
Excitons in a complex organic molecular crystal were studied by inelastic
x-ray scattering (IXS) for the first time. The dynamic dielectric response
function is measured over a large momentum transfer region, from which an
exciton dispersion of 130 meV is observed. Semiempirical quantum chemical
calculations reproduce well the momentum dependence of the measured dynamic
dielectric responses, and thus unambiguously indicate that the lowest Frenkel
exciton is confined within a fraction of the complex molecule. Our results
demonstrate that IXS is a powerful tool for studying excitons in complex
organic molecular systems. Besides the energy position, the IXS spectra provide
a stringent test on the validity of the theoretically calculated exciton wave
functions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
A procedurális emlékezet szerepe a testkép zavaraiban = The role of procedural memory in trouble of body picture
Az evĂ©szavarok egyik vezetĹ‘ betegsĂ©gfenntartĂł tĂ©nyezĹ‘je a betegek torzult, diszfunkcionális kognĂciĂłja. Ezen belĂĽl is kiemelendĹ‘k a táplálĂ©kfelvĂ©teli viselkedĂ©s zavaraival Ă©s a testĂ©lmĂ©nnyel kapcsolatban lĂ©vĹ‘, a zavarok lĂ©trejöttĂ©ben kulcsszerepet játszĂł kognitĂv disztorziĂłk, melyek az informáciĂłfeldolgozási folyamatokon belĂĽl elsĹ‘sorban a perceptuális Ă©lmĂ©nyfeldolgozást Ă©rintik Ă©s evĂ©szavaros betegeknĂ©l a testkĂ©p speciális zavarában mutatkoznak meg. A kognitĂv informáciĂłfeldolgozást a sĂ©mák irányĂtják, amelyekben a selfrĹ‘l valĂł komplex tudás szervezĹ‘dik. A sĂ©mák procedurális ismeretanyagot is hordoznak, Ăşgy mint motoros kĂ©szsĂ©geket, szokásokat, szabályokat, cĂ©lkĂ©pzeteket, döntĂ©shozatali stratĂ©giákat. Ezek alapján felmerĂĽl, hogy az evĂ©szavarokra jellemzĹ‘ viselkedĂ©ses rutincselekvĂ©sek, mint pĂ©ldául a diĂ©tázás, falásroham, önhánytatás a testkĂ©p sĂ©máján belĂĽl procedurális Ă©lmĂ©nyanyagkĂ©nt kĂłdolĂłdhat Ă©s a munkamemĂłriában automatikusan a többi explicit tudással Ă©s emlĂ©kkel egyĂĽtt aktiválĂłdik. ElmĂ©leti áttekintĂ©sĂĽnkben ezeknek a prekognitĂv folyamatoknak keressĂĽk a helyĂ©t Ă©s szerepĂ©t az evĂ©szavaros betegekre jellemzĹ‘ kognitĂv informáciĂłfeldolgozási jellegzetessĂ©gek kialakĂtásában
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