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Leaf Nitrogen Sufficiency Level Guidelines For Midseason Fertilization In Corn, Caio Luiz Dos Santos, Trenton L. Roberts, Larry C. Purcell Mar 2021

Leaf Nitrogen Sufficiency Level Guidelines For Midseason Fertilization In Corn, Caio Luiz Dos Santos, Trenton L. Roberts, Larry C. Purcell

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Improving N management guidelines in corn (Zea mays L.) production systems can reduce fertilization costs and potential negative environmental impacts. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of leaf nitrogen (LN) concentration as a tool to improve midseason N management in corn production. The experiment was conducted on 8 site-years with furrow irrigation. There were 11 N fertilization regimes with season total N rates ranging from 0 to 257 kg N ha−1. Split-applications were made at pre-plant, the 10th collared leaf stage (V10), the 12th collared leaf stage (V12), and tasseling (VT). The uppermost fully collared …

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Genome-Wide Association Study Of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Mary F. Feitosa, Et Al. Mar 2021

Genome-Wide Association Study Of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Mary F. Feitosa, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Expanding Controlled Donation After The Circulatory Determination Of Death: Statement From An International Collaborative, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, James Dubois, Et Al. Mar 2021

Expanding Controlled Donation After The Circulatory Determination Of Death: Statement From An International Collaborative, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, James Dubois, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

A decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (WLST) is derived by a conclusion that further treatment will not enable a patient to survive or will not produce a functional outcome with acceptable quality of life that the patient and the treating team regard as beneficial. Although many hospitalized patients die under such circumstances, controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) programs have been developed only in a reduced number of countries. This International Collaborative Statement aims at expanding cDCDD in the world to help countries progress towards self-sufficiency in transplantation and offer more patients the opportunity of organ donation. …

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The Structure And Diversity Of Strain-Level Variation In Vaginal Bacteria, Brett A Tortelli, Amanda L Lewis, Justin C Fay Mar 2021

The Structure And Diversity Of Strain-Level Variation In Vaginal Bacteria, Brett A Tortelli, Amanda L Lewis, Justin C Fay

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The vaginal microbiome plays an important role in human health and species of vaginal bacteria have been associated with reproductive disease. Strain-level variation is also thought to be important, but the diversity, structure and evolutionary history of vaginal strains is not as well characterized. We developed and validated an approach to measure strain variation from metagenomic data based on SNPs within the core genomes for six species of vaginal bacteria:

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Impact Of Obesity On Day-Night Differences In Cardiac Metabolism, Sobuj Mia, Ravi Sonkar, Lamario Williams, Mary N Latimer, Isabelle Frayne Robillard, Abhinav Diwan, Stuart J Frank, Christine Des Rosiers, Martin E Young Mar 2021

Impact Of Obesity On Day-Night Differences In Cardiac Metabolism, Sobuj Mia, Ravi Sonkar, Lamario Williams, Mary N Latimer, Isabelle Frayne Robillard, Abhinav Diwan, Stuart J Frank, Christine Des Rosiers, Martin E Young

2020-Current year OA Pubs

An intrinsic property of the heart is an ability to rapidly and coordinately adjust flux through metabolic pathways in response to physiologic stimuli (termed metabolic flexibility). Cardiac metabolism also fluctuates across the 24-hours day, in association with diurnal sleep-wake and fasting-feeding cycles. Although loss of metabolic flexibility has been proposed to play a causal role in the pathogenesis of cardiac disease, it is currently unknown whether day-night variations in cardiac metabolism are altered during disease states. Here, we tested the hypothesis that diet-induced obesity disrupts cardiac "diurnal metabolic flexibility", which is normalized by time-of-day-restricted feeding. Chronic high fat feeding (20-wk)-induced …

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A Case Of Pre-Implementation Of The Integrated Repository For University Administration By Academic Librarians, Marek Deja, Leszek Szafrański Mar 2021

A Case Of Pre-Implementation Of The Integrated Repository For University Administration By Academic Librarians, Marek Deja, Leszek Szafrański

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to observe how employees of academic library administration are developing and how they comply with the internal quality assurance policy (IQA) regarding pre-implementation of the integrated repository (IR). We are interested in information practices of administration staff in the scope of cooperation and open communication with the management staff and external entities. We have studied the role of the current information practices in the successful implementation of IR at the university by academic librarians. We used the method of participant observation and unstructured interviews supported by BPMN modelling (Business Process Model and Notation) and …

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Information Needs Of Myocardial Infarction Patients: An Integrative Review, Nazeer Hussain, Khalid Mahmood Mar 2021

Information Needs Of Myocardial Infarction Patients: An Integrative Review, Nazeer Hussain, Khalid Mahmood

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cardiovascular diseases including myocardial infarction, heart failure, heart attacks and other related risk factors are on the rise in Pakistan. This heart disease is generating a high burden of coronary artery disease on healthcare services and becoming a leading cause of death in developing countries like Pakistan. Health information is an integral part of patient education and ultimately for patient care. Thus, understanding the information needs of heart patients are seriously important and essential in ensuring quality care, controlling heart diseases and improving the self-care abilities of heart patients alongside the advanced medication and treatment strategies. This integrative review intends …

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Service Quality Dimensions And Quality View Point Of University Librarians In Gujarat, Dharmendra Trivedi, Atul Bhatt Dr., Sanchala Sejalben Dineshbhai Mar 2021

Service Quality Dimensions And Quality View Point Of University Librarians In Gujarat, Dharmendra Trivedi, Atul Bhatt Dr., Sanchala Sejalben Dineshbhai

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The present study focus on service quality dimensions and their attributes for measuring service quality of any kind of libraries. The study also discovered the quality viewpoints of librarians in terms of five elements of quality mainly: Leadership, Policy & Strategy, Staff management, Resources and finally the process aspects. For collecting the data, researchers has prepared a close ended questionnaire and collected data from five private university libraries. After analysis of the data, findings revealed that the all university librarians willing to improve quality services in the library and they are positive to listen to library users needs to …

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A Systematic Review On Improving Implementation Of The Revitalised Integrated Disease Surveillance And Response System In The African Region: A Health Workers' Perspective, Arthur K.S. Ng'etichi, Kuku Voyi, Ruth C. Kirinyet, Clifford M. Mutero Mar 2021

A Systematic Review On Improving Implementation Of The Revitalised Integrated Disease Surveillance And Response System In The African Region: A Health Workers' Perspective, Arthur K.S. Ng'etichi, Kuku Voyi, Ruth C. Kirinyet, Clifford M. Mutero

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background The revised integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) guidelines adopted by African member states in 2010 aimed at strengthening surveillance systems critical capacities. Milestones achieved through IDSR strategy implementation prior to adopting the revised guidelines are well documented; however, there is a dearth of knowledge on the progress made post-adoption. This study aimed to review key recommendations resulting from surveillance assessment studies to improve implementation of the revitalised IDSR system in the African region based on health workers' perspectives. The review focused on literature published between 2010 and 2019 post-adopting the revised IDSR guidelines in the African region. Methods …

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The Effect Of Test Length And Ability Distribution Form On The Estimation Of A Person's Ability According To Rasch Model In Item Response Theory, Arwa Alhawari Feb 2021

The Effect Of Test Length And Ability Distribution Form On The Estimation Of A Person's Ability According To Rasch Model In Item Response Theory, Arwa Alhawari

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study investigated the Effect of Test Length and Ability distribution form on The Estimation of a person's Ability, item difficulty, and the information function of test and its items, According to Rasch Model in Item Response Theory (IRT). Among the procedures of the study was to generate data and items were also generating the examinee's ability, the generated data rate (1000) were examined, for all variables; test length (30, 60) item, and Ability distribution (normal, positive and negative skewed) according to Item Response Theory Models (one-parameter). According to the analysis of data depending on the softwares (BILOG-MG), (WINGEN) and …

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One Of The Good Guys: The Making Of A Justice–Reflections On My First 94 Years, Jamal Greene Feb 2021

One Of The Good Guys: The Making Of A Justice–Reflections On My First 94 Years, Jamal Greene

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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“Remarkable Influence”: The Unexpected Importance Of Justice Scalia's Deceptively Unanimous And Contested Majority Opinions, Linda L. Berger, Eric C. Nystrom Feb 2021

“Remarkable Influence”: The Unexpected Importance Of Justice Scalia's Deceptively Unanimous And Contested Majority Opinions, Linda L. Berger, Eric C. Nystrom

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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The End Of An Era? Abolishing The Abstract Requirement For Arkansas Appellate Briefs, Jessie Wallace Burchfield Feb 2021

The End Of An Era? Abolishing The Abstract Requirement For Arkansas Appellate Briefs, Jessie Wallace Burchfield

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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The Robed Tweeter: Two Judges' Views On Public Engagement, Stephen Louis A. Dillard, Bridget Mary Mccormack Feb 2021

The Robed Tweeter: Two Judges' Views On Public Engagement, Stephen Louis A. Dillard, Bridget Mary Mccormack

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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May It Please The Court–Or Not: Appellate Judges' Preferences And Pet Peeves About Oral Argument, Margaret D. Mcgaughey Feb 2021

May It Please The Court–Or Not: Appellate Judges' Preferences And Pet Peeves About Oral Argument, Margaret D. Mcgaughey

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Audit Report Lag: Do Company Characteristics And Corporate Governance Factors Matter? Empirical Evidence From Lebanese Commercial Banks, Rasha M. Nouraldeen, Mohamed Mandour, Wagdi Hegazy Feb 2021

Audit Report Lag: Do Company Characteristics And Corporate Governance Factors Matter? Empirical Evidence From Lebanese Commercial Banks, Rasha M. Nouraldeen, Mohamed Mandour, Wagdi Hegazy

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

The objective of this study is to investigate the determinants (company specific characteristics and corporate governance factors) of audit report lag (ARL) in a developing country, namely, Lebanon. This paper adds and contributes to the limited literature that investigated the determinants of ARL in the developing Middle East countries through focusing on the Lebanese context. The study is carried out depending on a sample of Lebanese commercial banks operating in Lebanon, covering the period from 2012 to 2017. The researchers used the multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of the explanatory variables on ARL. The results show a significant …

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Financial Structure And Systemic Risk: Evidence From Selected Mena Region Countries, Maggie J. Houshaimi Feb 2021

Financial Structure And Systemic Risk: Evidence From Selected Mena Region Countries, Maggie J. Houshaimi

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Against the context of the consecutive world financial crisis, this paper aims to evaluates the merits of market-based against bank-based financing by analyzing the correlation between financial structure and systemic risk of eleven countries within the MENA region. Within the study three hypotheses are tested; first, if financial structure and systemic risk are significantly related, second, if this relation is non-linear relationship and the third one is if bank financing doesn’t contribute to systemic risk above the threshold financial structure value. To our knowledge no paper has addressed this issue in the selected countries. This paper uses a balanced panel …

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Effects Of A Vibrating Foam Roller On Ipsilateral And Contralateral Neuromuscular Function And The Hamstring-To-Quadriceps Ratios, Rachel M. Ruggieri, Jared W. Coburn, Andrew J. Galpin, Pablo B. Costa Feb 2021

Effects Of A Vibrating Foam Roller On Ipsilateral And Contralateral Neuromuscular Function And The Hamstring-To-Quadriceps Ratios, Rachel M. Ruggieri, Jared W. Coburn, Andrew J. Galpin, Pablo B. Costa

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 14(1): 304-323, 2021. The effects of vibrating foam rolling the hamstrings on range of motion (ROM), hamstrings-to-quadriceps (H:Q) ratios, muscle activation, and peak torque (PT) of the quadriceps and hamstrings have yet to be extensively studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a vibrating foam roller on the hamstrings. Fifteen resistance trained women (mean age ± SD = 22.9 ± 2.0 years, height = 162.7 ± 4.8 cm, body mass = 66.0 ± 9.7 kgs, BMI = 24.9 ± 3.3 kg·m2) participated in five separate testing sessions to …

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Technological Advances To Address Current Issues In Entomology: 2020 Student Debates, Lina Bernaola, Molly Darlington, Kadie Britt, Patricia Prade, Morgan Roth, Adrian Pekarcik, Michelle Boone, Dylan Ricke, Anh Tran, Joanie King, Kelly Carruthers, Morgan Thompson, John J. Ternest, Sarah E. Anderson, Scott W. Gula, Kayleigh C. Hauri, Jacob R. Pecenka, Sajjan Grover, Heena Puri, Surabhi Gupta Vakil Feb 2021

Technological Advances To Address Current Issues In Entomology: 2020 Student Debates, Lina Bernaola, Molly Darlington, Kadie Britt, Patricia Prade, Morgan Roth, Adrian Pekarcik, Michelle Boone, Dylan Ricke, Anh Tran, Joanie King, Kelly Carruthers, Morgan Thompson, John J. Ternest, Sarah E. Anderson, Scott W. Gula, Kayleigh C. Hauri, Jacob R. Pecenka, Sajjan Grover, Heena Puri, Surabhi Gupta Vakil

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

The 2020 Student Debates of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) were live-streamed during the Virtual Annual Meeting to debate current, prominent entomological issues of interest to members. The Student Debates Subcommittee of the National ESA Student Affairs Committee coordinated the student efforts throughout the year and hosted the live event. This year, four unbiased introductory speakers provided background for each debate topic while four multi-university teams were each assigned a debate topic under the theme ‘Technological Advances to Address Current Issues in Entomology’. The two debate topics selected were as follows: 1) What is the best taxonomic approach to …

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Jeal 172 Full Issue Feb 2021

Jeal 172 Full Issue

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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The Scope Of The Death Penalty, Austin Bullock Feb 2021

The Scope Of The Death Penalty, Austin Bullock

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Leadership

The problem I will explore in my paper is the death penalty’s role in the criminal justice system and the feasibility of it as a solution versus the current alternative of lifetime prison sentences. I will also address subtopics that fuel the death penalty versus life imprisonment debate including the effectiveness on recidivism and ethical considerations.

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Sga 52 Senate 2021-02-28 Minutes, Niu Student Government Association Senate Feb 2021

Sga 52 Senate 2021-02-28 Minutes, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

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Final Report - Autonomous Wall-Climbing Robots For Inspection And Maintenance Of Concrete Bridges, Jizhong Xiao, Liang Yang, Jinglun Feng, Ejup Hoxha Feb 2021

Final Report - Autonomous Wall-Climbing Robots For Inspection And Maintenance Of Concrete Bridges, Jizhong Xiao, Liang Yang, Jinglun Feng, Ejup Hoxha

Project AS-3

This project developed wall-climbing robots to carry non-destructive evaluation (NDE) devices for automatic data collection and surface/subsurface defect detection in concrete structures. By using simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), the robots can be located to allow for incremental 3D model reconstruction. An image dataset with pixel-level accuracy is collected and labeled to train a deep neural network (i.e., InspectionNet) with 12,000 iterations for each defect type. A ground penetrating radar (GPR)-based subsurface object detection method is proposed to implement visual inertial fusion for the estimation of the GPR pose, use a deep neural network module (i.e., DepthNet) to extract hyperbola …

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Assessing The Capacity For Mental Manipulation In Patients With Statistically-Determined Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Digital Technology, Sheina Emrani, Melissa Lamar, Catherine C. Price, Satya Baliga, Victor J. Wasserman, Emily Matusz, Rod Swenson, Ganesh Baliga, David J. Libon Feb 2021

Assessing The Capacity For Mental Manipulation In Patients With Statistically-Determined Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Digital Technology, Sheina Emrani, Melissa Lamar, Catherine C. Price, Satya Baliga, Victor J. Wasserman, Emily Matusz, Rod Swenson, Ganesh Baliga, David J. Libon

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Aims: Prior research employing a standard backward digit span test has been successful in operationally defining neurocognitive constructs associated with the Fuster’s model of executive attention. The current research sought to test if similar behavior could be obtained using a cross-modal mental manipulation test. Methods: Memory clinic patients were studied. Using Jak-Bondi criteria, 24 patients were classified with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 33 memory clinic patients did not meet criteria for MCI (i.e. non-MCI). All patients were assessed with the digital version of the WRAML-2 Symbolic Working Memory Test-Part 1, a cross-modal mental manipulation task where patients hear digits, …

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Documenting And Mapping Covid-19 Responses By Ceal Libraries, Ryuta Komaki Feb 2021

Documenting And Mapping Covid-19 Responses By Ceal Libraries, Ryuta Komaki

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This paper presents an ongoing project to collect as-it-happens data on CEAL libraries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and discusses the information collected so far. The author collected website and social network site postings of CEAL libraries (n=43), which were posted from March to mid-September, 2020, and analyzed them using visualization tools. In the period of initial responses in March, most CEAL libraries suspended in-person reference services and circulation of print holdings, and closed their physical locations to patrons. Access to print books restarted in some libraries during the spring semester/quarter, while other services remained relatively unchanged. Print collections became …

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Selection Of Hyperspectral Characteristic Wavelength And Construction Of Prediction Model For Cucumber Hardness And Moisture, Ma Shuai-Shuai, Yu Hui-Chun, Yin Yong, Yuan Yun-Xia, Li Xin, Xue Shu-Ning Feb 2021

Selection Of Hyperspectral Characteristic Wavelength And Construction Of Prediction Model For Cucumber Hardness And Moisture, Ma Shuai-Shuai, Yu Hui-Chun, Yin Yong, Yuan Yun-Xia, Li Xin, Xue Shu-Ning

Food and Machinery

In order to achieve fast and accurate detection of cucumber freshness by hyperspectral technology, taking the hardness and rate of water loss as the quality index, the hyperspectral imaging technology was used to test the cucumber with different storage dates in the same batch. Firstly, Savitzky-Golar method, multivariate scattering correction (MSC) and standard normal variable transformation (SNV) were used to preprocess the collected hyperspectral data of cucumber, and the pretreatment results were compared to determine that the Savitzky-Golar method was more effective. Then, competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), partial least squares (PLS) and successive projections algorithm (SPA) were used to …

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Research On Precise Positioning Method Of Conveyor Belt For Peanut, Gu Lin-Feng, Li Ya, Ding Yan-Yu, Sun Ke Feb 2021

Research On Precise Positioning Method Of Conveyor Belt For Peanut, Gu Lin-Feng, Li Ya, Ding Yan-Yu, Sun Ke

Food and Machinery

A precise positioning method for peanut ellipsoid target with gravity center height compensation is proposed, which is suitable for field operation. This method optimizes the field calibration steps and completes the belt plane calibration with the help of self-made high-precision calibration block. The ellipse contour curve of peanut was fitted by the direct least square method, and the short half axis size was corrected again. The horizontal plane of the conveyor belt was taken as the reference, and the actual center of gravity of peanut was mapped to make positioning compensation. Grasping success rate increased from 87% to 97%. Field …

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Theoretical Study On Electrical Properties Of Molecular Junctions Of Viologen Derivatives, Zhuan-Yun Cai, Jia Liu, Si-Yuan Guan, De-Yin Wu, Zhong-Qun Tian Feb 2021

Theoretical Study On Electrical Properties Of Molecular Junctions Of Viologen Derivatives, Zhuan-Yun Cai, Jia Liu, Si-Yuan Guan, De-Yin Wu, Zhong-Qun Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper, the electrical properties of molecular junctions formed N,N′-bis(4-thioalkyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium (viologen) moiety between two gold (Au) electrodes have been investigated by combining density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green’s functional approach. To modulate the viologen molecule to be a cation with one and two positive charges (V+ and V2+), we introduce one and two trifluoroacetic acid ions (TFA-) around the molecule, respectively. The valence states of V+ and V2+ are confirmed by checking Mulliken and NBO charges. Then the relationship between molecular conductance and electronic structures of the neutral state …

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Kant And Lindahl, John E. Roemer, Joaquim Silvestre Feb 2021

Kant And Lindahl, John E. Roemer, Joaquim Silvestre

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Wicksell (1896) and Lindahl (1919) analyzed the public provision of public goods through parliamentary negotiation. Roemer (2010, 2019) applied Kant’s (1785) categorical imperative to the private provision of public goods by voluntary contributions. They coincide in yielding efficient outcomes. Our focal equilibrium notions are the Multiplicative Kantian Equilibrium in the Kant-Roemer modelling and the Balanced Linear Cost Share Equilibrium for the Wicksell-Lindahl approach. It turns out that both are defined by the same individual optimization problem, and that costs are distributed according to marginal valuation, what we call the Lindahl Ratio. More general versions of the Wicksell-Lindahl and Kant-Roemer models …

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Coccidia Vaccine Challenge And Exogenous Enzyme Supplementation In Broiler Chicken 1. Effect On Digesta Viscosity, Diet Energy Utilization, And Apparent Metabolizable Energy Value Of Wheat, Andrew E. Dunaway, Sunday A. Adedokun Feb 2021

Coccidia Vaccine Challenge And Exogenous Enzyme Supplementation In Broiler Chicken 1. Effect On Digesta Viscosity, Diet Energy Utilization, And Apparent Metabolizable Energy Value Of Wheat, Andrew E. Dunaway, Sunday A. Adedokun

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

This study examined the effect of exogenous mixed-enzyme supplementation (xylanase, β-glucanase, and pectinase) to a corn-SBM (CS) and a wheat-CS-based (WCS) diet in birds challenged with coccidia vaccine (Coccivac B-52™). The WCS-based diet was produced by replacing 30% of the energy-yielding portions of the CS-based diet with wheat. On day 14, 448 (n = 7) Cobb by-product breeder male broilers were assigned to a 2 (diet types) × 2 (with or without enzyme supplementation) × 2 (0 or 20 × coccidia vaccine challenge; CVC) factorial arrangement of treatments in a completely randomized design for the determination of the apparent …

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