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Methane emissions from two breeds of beef cows offered diets containing barley straw with either grass silage or brewers’ grains

Animal, 2015
Increasing the concentration of dietary lipid is a promising strategy for reducing methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants. This study investigated the effect of replacing grass silage with brewers’ grains on CH4 emissions of pregnant, non-lactating beef ...
C-A. Duthie, J.A. Rooke, J.J. Hyslop, A. Waterhouse   +3 more
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Discovery and Classification of Defects on Facing Brick Specimens Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Applied Sciences, 2023
In recent years, visual automatic non-destructive testing using machine vision algorithms has been widely used in industry. This approach for detecting, classifying, and segmenting defects in building materials and structures can be effectively ...
Alexey N. Beskopylny, Evgenii M. Shcherban’, Sergey A. Stel’makh, Levon R. Mailyan, Besarion Meskhi, Irina Razveeva, Alexey Kozhakin, Diana El’shaeva, Nikita Beskopylny, Gleb Onore   +9 more
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Predicting beef carcass composition using tissue weights of a primal cut assessed by computed tomography

Animal, 2010
The potential of the composition of the forerib measured by X-ray computed tomography (CT) as a predictor of carcass composition was evaluated using data recorded on 30 Aberdeen Angus and 43 Limousin crossbred heifers and steers.
E.A. Navajas, R.I. Richardson, A.V. Fisher, J.J. Hyslop, D.W. Ross, N. Prieto, G. Simm, R. Roehe   +7 more
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Modular Robots for Enabling Operations in Unstructured Extreme Environments

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Operations in extreme and hostile environments, such as offshore oil and gas production, nuclear decommissioning, nuclear facility maintenance, deep mining, space exploration, and subsea applications, require the execution of sophisticated tasks.
Mohammed E. Sayed, Jamie O. Roberts, Karen Donaldson, Stephen T. Mahon, Faiz Iqbal, Boyang Li, Santiago Franco Aixela, Georgios Mastorakis, Emil T. Jonasson, Markus P. Nemitz, Sara Bernardini, Adam A. Stokes   +11 more
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The impact of divergent breed types and diets on methane emissions, rumen characteristics and performance of finishing beef cattle

Animal, 2017
This study was undertaken to further develop our understanding of the links between breed, diet and the rumen microbial community and determine their effect on production characteristics and methane (CH4) emissions from beef cattle. The experiment was of
C-A. Duthie, M. Haskell, J.J. Hyslop, A. Waterhouse, R.J. Wallace, R. Roehe, J.A. Rooke   +6 more
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Model-Based Evaluation of Air-Side Fouling in Closed-Circuit Cooling Towers

Energies, 2021
Fouling is a permanent problem in process technology and is estimated to cost 0.25% of the gross national product. Evaporative cooling systems are especially susceptible to air-side fouling: as they work with untreated outside air, they are exposed to ...
Björn Nienborg, Marc Mathieu, Alexander Schwärzler, Katharina Conzelmann, Lena Schnabel   +4 more
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Effects of a quantitative trait locus for increased muscularity on carcass traits measured by subjective conformation and fat class scores and video image analysis in crossbred lambs

Animal, 2009
A quantitative trait locus (QTL) for increased loin muscularity (TM-QTL) has previously been identified in purebred Texel sheep. Crossbred lambs born out of Mule ewes mated to heterozygous Texel sires for the TM-QTL were evaluated for a range of carcass ...
E. Rius-Vilarrasa, R. Roehe, J.M. Macfarlane, N.R. Lambe, K.R. Matthews, W. Haresign, O. Matika, L. Bünger   +7 more
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The Limpet: A ROS-Enabled Multi-Sensing Platform for the ORCA Hub

Sensors, 2018
The oil and gas industry faces increasing pressure to remove people from dangerous offshore environments. Robots present a cost-effective and safe method for inspection, repair, and maintenance of topside and marine offshore infrastructure. In this work,
Mohammed E. Sayed, Markus P. Nemitz, Simona Aracri, Alistair C. McConnell, Ross M. McKenzie, Adam A. Stokes   +5 more
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Advanced 3D printed mini-vascular network for self-healing concrete

Materials & Design, 2023
Recently, the development of 3D mini-vascular networks has demonstrated their ability to facilitate self-healing in concrete structures. These 3D printed polylactide (PLA) hollow ligament tetrahedral shaped units (TETs) can heal multiple occurrences of ...
Cristina De Nardi, Diane Gardner, Davide Cristofori, Lucio Ronchin, Andrea Vavasori, Tony Jefferson   +5 more
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Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Variotropic Concrete during Cyclic and Continuous Sulfate Attack

Applied Sciences, 2023
The concrete of numerous buildings and structures is at increased risk due to various kinds of aggressive pollutants. In this regard, it is necessary to implement and take additional actions, among which the so-called technological methods for concrete ...
Evgenii M. Shcherban’, Sergey A. Stel’makh, Alexey N. Beskopylny, Levon R. Mailyan, Besarion Meskhi, Diana Elshaeva, Andrei Chernil’nik   +6 more
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