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ABSTRACT This article examines the contested status of “sign language” in Singapore by exploring deaf people's experiences of the “Mother Tongues”—the state's designation for the official languages of Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil—with a particular focus on the relationships that deaf Chinese Singaporeans have with Mandarin.
Timothy Y. Loh
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Deep learning classification method for boar sperm morphology analysis
Abstract Background Boar semen quality emphasizes three major criteria: sperm concentration, motility, and morphology. Methods to analyze concentration and motility quickly and objectively readily exist, but few exist for analyzing morphology outside of subjective manual counting.
Alexandra Keller+3 more
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Haltungsbedingungen, Leistung und Gesundheit von gängigen Legehennen-Genotypen in Öko- und Freilandhaltungen in Frankreich, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden [PDF]
In Switzerland, France and The Netherlands 257 farmers keeping free ranging laying hens (organic and conventional) were interviewed with regard to genotype of the hens, management conditions and performance.
Bestman, Monique+3 more
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A Divide and Conquer Algorithm of Bayesian Density Estimation
ABSTRACT Datasets for statistical analysis become extremely large even when stored on one single machine with some difficulty. Even when the data can be stored in one machine, the computational cost would still be intimidating. We propose a divide and conquer solution to density estimation using Bayesian mixture modelling, including the infinite ...
Ya Su
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Effect of Alfalfa Saponin on the Performance of Chicks and Laying Hens
J.O. Anderson
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The effect of calcium depletion on the chemical composition of bone minerals in laying hens [PDF]
T. G. Taylor, John H. Moore
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Translucent eggs of laying hens: a review
Eggshell quality is a significant characteristic that influences consumer preferences. Eggshell translucency is a common defect in the appearance of eggshells, which are characterized by gray spots that are visible to the naked eye under natural light.
Lin Xuan, Jiangxia Zheng
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Ethologische Untersuchungen zum Mauserumtrieb im Biolandbau [PDF]
A longer life for laying hens is desired from an ethical point of view. Not only because the hens can be used for a longer period but also less male chicks would have to be killed at the age of one day.
Hirt, Helen, Zeltner, Esther
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Abstract Egg laying begins with the orderly development of follicles in the chicken ovaries and transportation through the oviduct with deposition of nutrients until the eggs are produced. However, the ovarian follicles and oviduct morphology of Lohmann Brown and Potchefstroom Koekoek laying hens have not yet been studied.
Victoria Rankotsane Hlokoe+2 more
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The Use of Ferrous Sulfate to Inactivate Gossypol in Diets of Laying Hens
J. L. Fletcher+4 more
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