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Competing risk analyses of longevity in Duroc sows with a special emphasis on leg conformation

Animal, 2009
A competing risk approach was used to evaluate the influence of several factors on culling risk for 587 Duroc sows. Three different analyses were performed according to whether sow failure was due to death during productive life (DE) or to one of two ...
X. Fernàndez de Sevilla, E. Fàbrega, J. Tibau, J. Casellas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boron deficiency responses in maize (Zea mays L.) roots

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient for plants. Dicot plants respond to insufficient B supply by altering root architecture and root hair growth. How root systems of rather low‐B demanding monocot species such as maize (Zea mays L.) respond to B deficiency in terra has not been experimentally resolved, yet.
Manuela Désirée Bienert, Astrid Junker, Michael Melzer, Thomas Altmann, Nicolaus von Wirén, Gerd Patrick Bienert   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding replacement gilts for organic pig herds*

Animal, 2011
In this study, breeding structures and commercial sow lines were evaluated by economic and genetic simulation studies for their suitability to provide the Dutch organic pig sector with replacement gilts.
J.I. Leenhouwers, J. Ten Napel, E.H.A.T. Hanenberg, J.W.M. Merks   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traits Defining Sow Lifetime Maternal Performance

Animals, 2022
Declining sow performance with increasing parity or an increase in the number of poor- quality pigs potentially impacts on farm productivity. This study investigated the phenotypic and genetic background of the sow’s influence on (i) the number of pigs ...
Laura Vargovic, Jo-Anne Harper, Kim L. Bunter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering of Crystal and Domain Structures in Epitaxial Y:HfO2 Thin Films by YSZ Substrate Miscut

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We investigate how YSZ substrate miscut influences crystal structure and domain formation in epitaxial Y‐doped HfO2 thin films. Using magnetron sputtering, high‐resolution X‐ray diffraction, atomic‐resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy, and first‐principles calculations, we systematically examine the characteristics of thickness‐ and ...
Jun Young Lee, Hyung‐Jin Choi, Kun Hee Ye, Haneul Choi, Byeong‐hyeon Lee, Min‐Seok Kim, Dong‐Hun Han, June Hyuk Lee, Sung Ok Won, Tae Heon Kim, Hye Jung Chang, Jung‐Hae Choi, Seung‐Hyub Baek   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Binary trees, exploration processes, and an extented Ray--Knight Theorem

, 2012
We study the bijection between binary Galton--Watson trees in continuous time and their exploration process, both in the sub- and in the supercritical cases.
Ba, Mamadou, Pardoux, Etienne, Sow, Ahmadou Bamba   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Plant‐Derived Melatonin Inhibits Bacterial Virulence via CpxA/R Two‐Component System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Plant‐derived melatonin is sensed by CpxAE48/T51, which inhibits the phosphorylation cascade transmission from CpxAH240 to CpxRD52, resulting in the inhibition of DNA‐binding capacity of CpxR and subsequent T3SS genes expression in Pst DC3000. ABSTRACT In defending against pathogens, plants deploy diverse secondary metabolites and signaling molecules ...
Jin‐Wei Wei, Wei Liu, Bili Cao, Dan Zhao, Chengqiang Wang, Xin Hou, Tangyuan Ning, Biao Gong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Logarithmic decay in single-particle relaxations of hydrated lysozyme powder

, 2009
We present the self-dynamics of protein amino acids of hydrated lysozyme powder around the physiological temperature by means of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
Baglioni, Piero, Chen, Sow-Hsin, Lagi, Marco   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sow dimensions and loose-housed farrowing pen sizes on commercial piglet-producing farms in Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
International interest in loose-housed farrowing is growing and there are ongoing discussions within the European Union (EU) on new legal requirements. However, there is a lack of empirical data on loose-housed farrowing pen sizes and sow dimensions in ...
Linda Marie Backeman Hannius, Emelie Endrésen, Helena Carlzén, Anna Wallenbeck, Rebecka Westin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source