A comparison of enclosed confinement and outdoor nursery and growing-finishing systems of swine production

Digitized 2007 AES MoU.Includes bibliographical references (page 9)

Studies of Autumn calving suckler cows, bulls at pasture and winter grazing

End of project reportMost beef and dairy cows are spring calving leading to distinct seasonality of supply. Calving a proportion of the beef herd in the autumn would lead to a more uniform annual supply of cattle for slaughter and potentially increase the proportion of grazed grass in the diet of the suckler progeny. Autumn calving sucklers also facilitate the use of AI, which should enhance the product quality. This project aimed to address the technical aspects of autumn calving sucklers, which differ from those of spring calvers. The currently available international energy models were evaluated for autumn calving lactating suckler cows using the type of cow typically found in Irish suckler herds (Experiment 1). The winter accommodation of the suckler cow and calf unit and its impact on cow reproductive performance was evaluated (Experiment 2). The final part of the project evolved into component studies to determine the effect of supplementary feed on the performance of grazing bulls (Experiment 3), and the consequences of weanling cattle grazing pasture in winter as an alternative to housing them in winter (Experiments 4 to 7)

AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF LOW INVESTMENT SWINE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

This publication summarizes an evaluation of smaller and lower investment swine production systems. The systems analyzed range from pasture operations with production during the warmer months to rather intense year-round use of remodeled buildings. In each case the system emphasizes use of facilities that can be constructed and remodeled by the farm operator. The report includes one section for each type of hog production: feeder pig production, farrow-to-finish operations and hog finishing.Livestock Production/Industries,

On the Role of Chaos in the AdS/CFT Connection

The question of how infalling matter in a pure state forms a Schwarzschild black hole that appears to be at non-zero temperature is discussed in the context of the AdS/CFT connection. It is argued that the phenomenon of self-thermalization in non-linear (chaotic) systems can be invoked to explain how the boundary theory, initially at zero temperature self thermalizes and acquires a finite temperature. Yang-Mills theory is known to be chaotic (classically) and the imaginary part of the gluon self-energy (damping rate of the gluon plasma) is expected to give the Lyapunov exponent. We explain how the imaginary part would arise in the corresponding supergravity calculation due to absorption at the horizon of the black hole.Comment: 18 pages. Latex file. Minor changes. Final version to appear in Modern Physics Letters

Traveling wave accelerators

Hypervelocity magnetic induction accelerators are disclosed which create a traveling magnetic wave behind a projectile without the use of sliding contacts or multiple triggered switches. Inductive and resistive parameters are established as a function of position along a stator coil to obtain the magnetic wave in response to the pulsed DC power source. The ratio of the resistance to the inductance is a decreasing function of position from the breech to the muzzle. In a preferred embodiment the stator coil has a multiplicity of stages, and the DC pulse is delayed by inductances to progressively excite the stages, and the current from the pulse is fed through resistances to provide voltages for diverting the current to the next stages. In an alternative embodiment the magnectic field from the stator coil progressively diffuses through a tapered conductive or ferromagnetic sleeve disposed in the stator coil.Board of Regents, University of Texas Syste

EC193 Revised 1952 Anhydrous Ammonia, A Good Nitrogen Fetilizer

Extension Circular 193 Revised 1952 Anhydrous Ammonia as a good nitrogen fertilizer

THERMAL EFFECTS ON THE CATALYSIS BY A MAGNETIC FIELD

We show that the formation of condensates in the presence of a constant magnetic field in 2+1 dimensions is extremely unstable. It disappears as soon as a heat bath is introduced with or without a chemical potential. We point out some new nonanalytic behavior that develops in this system at finite temperature.Comment: 10 pages, plain Te