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Effect of Choice Feeding on Performance, Gastrointestinal Development and Feed Utilization of Broilers

  • Yao, Junhu;Tian, Xiaoyan;Xi, Haibo;Han, Jincheng;Xu, Ming;Wu, Xiaobing
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2006
  • The experiment was conducted to study the effect of choice feeding on growth performance, carcass quality, gastrointestinal development and feed utilization of 22-49 days old broilers. One hundred and forty four 22-day-old broilers were randomly allocated to 3 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment and 12 birds per replicate. Three feeding regimes are complete diet (control), ground corn and protein concentrate (treatment I), and soybean meal and balancer (treatment II). Protein concentrate is the residue part of complete diet without corn, and balancer is the residue part of complete diet without soybean meal. Treatment I and II are designed for the broilers to freely choose the two parts of diet. The results showed that: (1) broilers under choice feeding (treatment I and II) had lower performances compared with the control; (2) gastrointestinal development and the efficiency ratios that broilers converted dietary crude protein and lysine to body weight gain were improved in treatment I (p<0.05); (3) there were no significant differences in the apparent metabolizabilities of dietary dry matter, crude protein and gross energy, and deposition ratios of dietary nitrogen and energy, and carcass quality among three feeding regimes (p>0.05).

EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW ZEALAND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

  • Jasper Mbachu
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.550-557
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    • 2009
  • The concepts of 'sustainable development', 'sustainable construction' and 'green building' have been elevated to priority levels in all types and phases of construction project development worldwide. Consultants and contractors are now required to seriously consider the impact of their operations on the natural environment and the society, and consequently adopt sustainable construction practices in the development process to minimize and mitigate the negative impacts of their activities. However, existing sustainability rating tools apply to the design, post-construction and operation phases of a building; no tool exists for the rating of the performance of the contractor or the project team at the construction phase. This study aimed to develop a model for evaluating the sustainability of construction operations, drawing on the global best practice standards on sustainability. Practical applications of the model were carried out through case studies to evaluate the performances of fifteen construction firms in New Zealand. The developed model and the outcomes of the case studies were presented, including potential areas of weaknesses, strengths, constraints to achievement or adoption of sustainable construction practices and areas for improvement in the operations of the firms. The successful application of the developed model in practice shows its usefulness and ease of application. It is therefore recommended for adoption as a simple but effective system for measuring and reporting on sustainability performance or sustainability of construction operations of firms in New Zealand and elsewhere.

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A Study on The Effects of Business Plan upon Firm Performance (사업계획이 경영성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 구성요소 및 기업가유형, 발전단계 측면에서)

  • Koh, In-Kon
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.111-135
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    • 2011
  • While previous studies and publications all assert a strong correlation between company's business plan and performance, very few have actually conducted practical analyses to support that. This study takes a practical approach in its analysis of Korean small and mid-sized enterprises(SME) with the view to finding an answer to the question. In addition, with the considerations of entrepreneur type and company's development stage, I analyzed the differences of business plan components' effects on performances. I selected business plan's components, which have been suggested only in theory and in concept, through the literature review and preliminary examination. Corporate performances were the recent improvements of ROS, ROA, market share and the number of employees to measure how greatly each is impacted by the components of a business plan. Results show that business plan components have influenced upon the number of employees. The business plan components discriminated superior company group and inferior company group properly. Especially, finance & related system and advertising & distribution factors showed statistically significant classification forecasting power. Technical/Craftsman evaluated the effects of producing & sales and profit & quality factors high and General/Opportunistic evaluated the effects of finance & related system, advertising & distribution, corporate mission factors high. The effect of corporate mission was highest among company development stages. Finance & related system and advertising & distribution factors showed the statistically significant difference in entrepreneur type and company development stages.

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The Causal Relationship among Vision-sharing, Communication, Management Competences and Performance of Agricultural Product Unit in Rural Village Level (마을단위 농업경영체의 비전공유, 의사결정과정, 실무경영역량과 경영성과와의 관계)

  • Park, Un Sun;Park, Joo Sub;Jo, Hyung Rae;Lee, Sang Young
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.105-141
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    • 2013
  • This study focuses on the vision-sharing practices, actual management capabilities and marketing competence for management which are supposed to be associated with the performance of village-based agricultural production sector. For this, vast literatures related to this issues were reviewed and analyzed. and which were used to establishment of research model. And then questionnaire were developed along the research model, survey were implemented using the questionnaire. In survey both of questionnaire and interview were used to obtain proper opinion. Total of 51 completed questionnaires were obtained and used to empirical analysis. The correlation method was used to investigate the relationships between factors affecting performance of agricultural production unit and performance. Major findings are as follows: (1) in overall, factors related to the vision-sharing or communication are not so important or even negative effects on the performance (2) in overall, factors of management competences are relatively associated with the performances positively (3) in overall, general management capabilities like planning or analyzing were positively related to the performance (4)significant factors which were related to the positive effects on the performances were alternatives considering risk of depreciation, securing stable customers, retention of professional personnels.

On the development of the Anuloid, a disk-shaped VTOL aircraft for urban areas

  • Petrolo, Marco;Carrera, Erasmo;D'Ottavio, Michele;de Visser, Coen;Patek, Zdenek;Janda, Zdenek
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.353-378
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    • 2014
  • This paper deals with the early development of the Anuloid, an innovative disk-shaped VTOL aircraft. The Anuloid concept is based on the following three main features: the use of a ducted fan powered by a turboshaft for the lift production to take-off and fly; the Coanda effect that is developed through the circular internal duct and the bottom portion of the aircraft to provide further lift and control capabilities; the adoption of a system of ducted fixed and swiveling radial and circumferential vanes for the anti-torque mechanism and the flight control. The early studies have been focused on the CFD analysis of the Coanda effect and of the control vanes; the flyability analysis of the aircraft in terms of static performances and static and dynamic stability; the preliminary structural design of the aircraft. The results show that the Coanda effect is stable in most of the flight phases, vertical flight has satisfactory flyability qualities, whereas horizontal flight shows dynamic instability, requiring the development of an automatic control system.

A Study on the Application of MOEs, MOPs, TPMs for the Integrated Logistics Support (종합군수지원에서의 MOEs, MOPs, TPMs 적용방안에 대한 연구)

  • Seo, Yang Woo;Oh, Young Il;Park, Eun Shim;Lim, Seong Jun;Lee, Seung Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2019
  • Although the weapon systems are becoming more diverse and complex, they are progressing in a short development period and a longer test and evaluation period. The more difficult the given environment is, the more efforts and performance of quantitative target values can be made by development agencies to carry out stable projects. However, these target values of the Integrated Logistics Support are not specified in the requirements and being set during the system development phase. In this paper, application of MOEs, MOPs and TPMs for ILS are presented and provided the basis for carrying out systematic Verification & Validation activities. As a result that MOEs of the ILS were chosen as Availability and MOPs as Mission Reliability, Logistics Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability and TPMs as MTBF, MTBCF, MTTR and so on. In particular, it is appropriate tailoring and apply the TPMs considering the cost, schedule, scope of work and characteristics of the project.

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Valve Support using Simplified FE Model (단순 해석 모델을 이용한 밸브지지대 내진 성능 평가)

  • Kim, Sang-Young;Keum, Dong Yeop;Kim, Hyoung Eun;Kim, Dae Jin;Kim, Jun Ho;Hong, Seong Kyeong;Choi, Won Mok;Seok, Chang Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.60-65
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    • 2017
  • In this study, a simplified FE model for evaluating seismic performance of valve support was suggested and an apparatus for a real structure testing was developed. The seismic performances of three different types of valve supports were evaluated by the real structure testing. By comparing the results between the real structure testing and FEA using the simplified FE model, it was verified that the suggested simplified FE model can be utilized for comparative evaluation of seismic performance of valve supports.

A Process of the Technical Performance Management for A Space Launch Vehicle R&D Project (우주발사체 개발사업을 위한 기술성능관리 프로세스)

  • Yoo, Il Sang;Cho, Dong Hyun;Kim, Keun Taek
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 2014
  • To enhance success probability of a system development project, its overall risk level should be minimized through systematically managing schedules, costs, and technical performances. However, Attempts to manage technical performance compared to numerous efforts to control costs and schedules in such projects are deficient. Particularly, a space launch vehicle, a large complex system, development project is much less likely to meet its technical performance objectives due to its technological difficulty, along with schedule delay and cost overrun. The technical performance management (TPM) is a method for tracking and managing technical progress in order to achieve technical performance targets within schedule and budget. In this paper, we investigate applications of the TPM in several space launch vehicle development projects. Then we propose and validate the TPM process to achieve a successful mission in such projects.

The Overview of CEU Development for a Payload

  • Kong, Jong-Pil;Heo, Haeng-Pal;Kim, Young-Sun;Park, Jong-Euk;Chang, Young-Jun
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.797-799
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    • 2006
  • The Electro-optical camera subsystem as a payload of a satellite system consists of OM (optical module) and CEU(camera electronics unit), and most performances of the camera subsystem depend a lot on the CEU in which TDI CCDs(Time Delayed Integration Charge Coupled Device) take the main role of imaging by converting the light intensity into measurable voltage signal. Therefore it is required to specify and design the CEU very carefully at the early stage of development with overall specifications, design considerations, calibration definition, test methods for key performance parameters. This paper describes the overview of CEU development. It lists key requirement characteristics of CEU hardware and design considerations. It also describes what kinds of calibration are required for the CEU and defines the test and evaluation conditions in verifying requirement specifications of the CEU, which are used during acceptance test, considering the fact that CEU performance results change a lot depending on test and evaluation conditions such as operational line rate, TDI level, and light intensity level, so on.

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Dual Band Optical Window (DBW) for Use on an EO/IR Airborne Camera

  • Park, Kwang-Woo;Park, Sang-Yeong;Kim, Young-Soo;Kim, Ki-Ho;Choi, Young-Soo
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a method to derive the theoretical requirements for the development of a 400 mm optical window that transmits dual-band wavelengths and had a stable structure. We also present design and fabrication results. Among the required specifications, the surface figure error was defined by the transmitted wavefront deformation (TWD), ${\lambda}$/15 rms at 632.8 nm. This value was derived by estimating the predicted performances with respect to five independent items that could cause system performance degradation and then calculating the required wavefront error (WFE) to satisfy the performance goals. We measured the image resolution at each performance level to trace and verify the requirements. The article also describes a design optimization process that could minimize the weight and volume of the optical window attached to the payload securing the FOV of the camera. In addition, we accurately measured the deformation that occurred in the series of fabrication steps including processing, coating, assembly, bonding and bolting, and investigated the effects by comparing them to the results of a simulation performed in advance to derive the predicted performance.