(hCG)— can be used to stimulate the onset of estrus and ovulation in gilts and sows.1 The decision to employ exogenous gonadotropins, however, must take into account the possibility that using them to stimulate quiescent ovaries may result in the breeding of females that are otherwise ...
OpenAI proposed a simple evolution strategy based on the use of natural gradients. The algorithm is dead simple:Choose a center mu at random Sample points around mu using a normal distribution Evaluate each point and obtain the natural gradient g Move mu along the natural gradient g using a ...
The natural range of peled covers the rivers and lakes of the Russian Federation from the Mezen River in the west to the Kolyma River in the east. As a result of acclimatization works, the range has expanded significantly: east to west from Mongolia to Germany and north to south from the...
While they found that all methods performed similarly, they concluded that HMMs provide advantages over other methods given their ability to test the effect of predictor variables on state transition probabilities and because HMMs explicitly model serial autocorrelation [26, 30, 31]. Further, HMMs ...
Advantages of ICIM compared with other methods ICIM was first proposed for QTL mapping in biparental populations and has been widely applied in QTL mapping researches, for example, in wheat (Zhu et al., 2016), soybean (Li et al. (2016)), maize (Mahuku et al. (2016)) and rice (Fiyaz...
Matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) is a sample-preparation technique to disperse samples using a selective solid-phase for the extraction of analytes from solid, semisolid, and viscous matrices13,14. With the advantages of exhaustive extraction and single-step clean-up of analytes, MSPD has ...
We investigated whether impacts on boreal forest songbird communities in northwestern Alberta could be mitigated through a harvesting system that attempts to emulate the local natural disturbance regime. The EMEND (Ecosystem Management by Emulating Natural Disturbance) project is a multidisciplinary experiment...
The main function of the system is to cool and shade in the summer, so that the sunlight diffuses into the greenhouse to ensure that the crop is protected from glare of the sun. Roof window system Greenhouse roof window system is mainly used for ...
divided into 4 identical 1 m × 1 m squares marked with stones or branches taken from the local natural environment (Fig.1). The testing arena was set up in a flat area with little to no vegetation (so that the testing arena was clearly visible), but where the groups naturally for...
indicating advantages in energy saving and reproductive efficiency45,46. The results showed that the GC contents between the fourB.cereusstrains were different. Meanwhile, genome sizes vary from 5.39 M to 6.40 M. However, theseB.cereusstrains were all isolated from the soil. Genome size ...