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Joint Analysis Of Beef Growth And Carcass Quality Traits Through Calculation Of Co-Variance Components And Correlations., H R. Mirzaei, Arunas P. Verbyla, W. S. Pitchford
Joint Analysis Of Beef Growth And Carcass Quality Traits Through Calculation Of Co-Variance Components And Correlations., H R. Mirzaei, Arunas P. Verbyla, W. S. Pitchford
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
A joint growth-carcass model using random regression was used to estimate the (co)variance components of beef cattle body weights and carcass quality traits and correlations between them. During a four-year period (1994-1997) of the Australian "southern crossbreeding project", mature Hereford cows (N = 581) were mated to 97 sires of Jersey, Wagyu, Angus, Hereford, South Devon, Limousin, and Belgian Blue breeds, resulting in 1141 calves. Data included 13 (for steers) and 8 (for heifers) body weight measurements approximately every 50 days from birth until slaughter and four carcass quality traits: hot standard carcass weight, rump fat depth, rib eye muscle …
Thermal, Dielectrical And Mechanical Response Of A And B-Poly(Vinilydene Fluoride)/Co-Mgo Nanocomposites, A J. Paleo, Carlos Martínez-Boubeta, Lluis Balcells, Carlos M. Costa, Vitor Sencadas, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
Thermal, Dielectrical And Mechanical Response Of A And B-Poly(Vinilydene Fluoride)/Co-Mgo Nanocomposites, A J. Paleo, Carlos Martínez-Boubeta, Lluis Balcells, Carlos M. Costa, Vitor Sencadas, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Nanocomposites of the self-forming core-shell Co-MgO nanoparticles, which were of approximately 100 nm in diameter, and poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) polymer have been prepared. When the polymer is crystallized in the a-phase, the introduction of the nanoparticles leads to nucleation of the g-phase of PVDF, increasing also the melting temperature of the polymer. With the introduction of the Co-MgO particles, the dielectric constant of the material slightly increases and the storage modulus decreases with respect to the values obtained for the pure polymer.
Value Co-Creation With Customers Through Design Toolkits: The Importance Of Preference Fit And Psychological Ownership, Tingru Cui, Hua Ye, Hock Hai Teo
Value Co-Creation With Customers Through Design Toolkits: The Importance Of Preference Fit And Psychological Ownership, Tingru Cui, Hua Ye, Hock Hai Teo
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The information technologies increasingly enable companies to set up websites for customers to design and purchase their own individualized products. Although customer co-design offer benefits for both suppliers and customers, how to manage the co-design process, especially the central interface features of design toolkit have emerged as a contentious issue among researchers and practitioners. This paper focuses on the effects of both utilitarian and psychological customer-design product value (i.e., perceived preference fit and psychological ownership) on customers' purchase decision. Based on the self-determination theory, we propose that the effectiveness of the value increment mechanisms is influenced by three leading toolkit …