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Lactation and Function of Curve Parameters in Yankasa Sheep

  • Afolayan, R.A.;Abubakar, B.Y.;Osinowo, O.A.;Dim, N.I.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.890-894
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    • 2002
  • The accuracy of the gamma function to describe lactation curve of Yankasa ewes was investigated using milk production data obtained from 168 ewes with either complete or incomplete 84 day lactation records. Ewes were daily hand milked after over-night separation from lamb and thorough disinfection of the udder. The daily milk yield on the average was estimated from the weekly total yield. The effect of type of birth, parity, season of birth and lactation length on the components of lactation curve (a, b, c and s) were analysed by least-square procedures. All factors except parity significantly (p<0.01) influenced the curve parameters. The goodness of fit of the function did not differ between the two classes of varying duration of lactation; incomplete lactation however, showed a lower persistency and as expected lower level of production. Correlations ($r_p$) between lamb weight gain and milk yield using the weight records from lamb weighed at weekly intervals indicated a high and positive relationship in the early lactation that decreased in intensity as the lactation advanced.

Imaging of a Defect in Thin Plates Using the Time Reversal of Single Mode Lamb Wave: Simulation

  • Jeong, Hyun-Jo;Lee, Jung-Sik;Bae, Sung-Min;Lee, Hyun-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.261-270
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents an analytical investigation for a baseline-free imaging of a defect in plate-like structures using the time-reversal of Lamb waves. We first consider the flexural wave (A0 mode) propagation in a plate containing a defect, and reception and time reversal process of the output signal at the receiver. The received output signal is then composed of two parts: a directly propagated wave and a scattered wave from the defect. The time reversal of these waves recovers the original input signal, and produces two additional side bands that contain the time-of-flight information on the defect location. One of the side band signals is then extracted as a pure defect signal. A defect localization image is then constructed from a beamforming technique based on the time-frequency analysis of the side band signal for each transducer pair in a network of sensors. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme enables the accurate, baseline-free detection of a defect, so that experimental studies are needed to verify the proposed method and to be applied to real structure.

Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica strain K_SA184, multidrug resistance bacterium isolated from lamb (Ovis aries)

  • Kim, Hyeri;Cho, Jae Hyoung;Cho, Jin Ho;Song, Minho;Shin, Hakdong;Kim, Sheena;Kim, Eun Sol;Kim, Hyeun Bum;Lee, Ju-Hoon
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.194-197
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    • 2021
  • Salmonella enterica is a representative foodborne pathogen in the world. The S. enterica strain K_SA184 was isolated from the lamb (Ovis aries), which was collected from a local traditional market in South Korea. In this study, the S. enterica strain K_SA184 was sequenced using PacBio RS II and Illumina NextSeq 500 platforms. The final complete genome of the S. enterica strain K_SA184 consist of one circular chromosome (4,725,087 bp) with 52.3% of guanine + cytosine (G + C) content, 4,363 of coding sequence (CDS), 85 of tRNA, and 22 of rRNA genes. The S. enterica strain K_SA184 genome includes encoding virulence genes, such as Type III secretion systems and multidrug resistance related genes.

Propagating and evanescent waves in a functionally graded nanoplate based on nonlocal theory

  • Cancan Liu;Jiangong Yu;Bo Zhang;Xiaoming Zhang;Xianhui Wang
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.463-474
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this paper is to present the analysis of propagating and evanescent waves in functionally graded (FG) nanoplates with the consideration of nonlocal effect. The analytical integration nonlocal stress expansion Legendre polynomial method is proposed to obtain complete dispersion curves in the complex domain. Unlike the traditional Legendre polynomial method that expanded the displacement, the presented polynomial method avoids employing the relationship between local stress and nonlocal stress to construct boundary conditions. In addition, the analytical expressions of numerical integrations are presented to improve the computational efficiency. The nonlocal effect, inhomogeneity of medium and their interactions on wave propagation are studied. It is found that the nonlocal effect and inhomogeneity of medium reduce the frequency bandwidth of complex evanescent Lamb waves, and make complex evanescent Lamb waves have a higher phase velocity at low attenuation. The occurrence of intersections of propagating Lamb wave in the nonlocal homogeneous plate needs to satisfy a smaller Poisson's ratio condition than that in the classical elastic theory. In addition, the inhomogeneity of medium enhances the nonlocal effect. The conclusions obtained can be applied to the design and dynamic response evaluation of composite nanostructures.

Baseline-Free Crack Detection in Steel Structures using Lamb Waves and PZT Polarity (램파와 압전소자 극성을 사용한 강구조의 실시간 균열손상 감지기법 개발)

  • Sohn, Hoon;Kim, Seung-Bum
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.10 no.6 s.52
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    • pp.79-91
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    • 2006
  • A new methodology of guided wave based nondestructive testing (NDT) is developed to detect crack damage in civil infrastructures such as steel bridges without using prior baseline data. In conventional guided wave based techniques, damage is often identified by comparing the "current" data obtained from a potentially damaged condition of a structure with the "past" baseline data collected at the pristine condition of the structure. However, it has been reported that this type of pattern comparison with the baseline data can lead to increased false alarms due to its susceptibility to varying operational and environmental conditions of the structure. To develop a more robust damage diagnosis technique, a new concept of NDT is conceived so that cracks can be detected without direct comparison with previously obtained baseline data. The proposed NDT technique utilizes the polarization characteristics of the piezoelectric wafers attached on the both sides of the thin metal structure. Crack formation creates Lamb wave mode conversion due to a sudden change in the thickness of the structure. Then, the proposed technique instantly detects the appearance of the crack by extracting this mode conversion from the measured Lamb waves even at the presence of changing operational and environmental conditions. Numerical and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed technique to crack detection.

Discovery of Pachynematus itoi Okutani (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) infesting Larix kaempferi(Lamb.) Carriere from Korea (낙엽송을 가해하는 한국미기록 낙엽송잎벌(신칭)(벌목, 잎벌과)의 발견)

  • Park, Ji-Doo;Shinohara, Akihiko;Park, Il-Kwon;Shin, Sang-Chul;Byun, Bong-Kyu
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.46 no.1 s.145
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2007
  • Pachynematus itoi Okutani, belonging to the family Tenthredinidae(Hymenoptera), which infested Larix kaempferi(Lamb.) Carriere in the middle areas of Korea, is reported for the first time from Korea. External characteristics of adults are briefly redescribed with photos. Also its damages and bionomic data are discussed.

MANUFACTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SNACK-TYPE PRODUCTS CONTAINING MEAT AND STARCH

  • Cho, Soo-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources Conference
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    • 1997.06a
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    • pp.19-39
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    • 1997
  • Extrusion conditions were optimized for blends of ground lamb and starch using a single-screw extruder for the purpose of producing expanded snack-type products. A central composite rotatable response surface methodology(RSM) design was used with variation in feed moisture, process temperature, and screw speed. The three variables significantly affected one or more of the measured physical properties of extrudates. The optimum conditions for minimum shear force values were 26.5% feed moisture, $148^{\circ}C$ process temperature, and 134 rpm screw speed. Lean ground beef, chicken, goat, lamb or mutton was blended with corn starch, and extruded at the optimum condition established from RSM experiments. Physical/rheological properties were generally similar, water activity was low (<0.12) and total aerobic plate counts were <10 for all products. Extrudates containing chicken had the highest ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids, whereas those containing beef had the highest ratio of monounsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids. Sensory data indicated that texture was acceptable and flavor characteristics were not different among the products.

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Impact Localization for a Composite Plate Using the Spatial Focusing Properties of Advanced Signal Processing Techniques

  • Jeong, Hyunjo;Cho, Sungjong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.703-710
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    • 2012
  • A structural health monitoring technique for locating impact position in a composite plate is presented in this paper. The method employs a single sensor and spatial focusing properties of time reversal(TR) and inverse filtering(IF). We first examine the spatial focusing efficiency of both approaches at the impact position and its surroundings through impact experiments. The imaging results of impact localization show that the impact location can be accurately estimated in any position of the plate. Compared to existing techniques for locating impact or acoustic emission source, the proposed method has the benefits of using a single sensor and not requiring knowledge of anisotropic material properties and geometry of structures. Furthermore, it does not depend on a particular mode of dispersive Lamb waves that is frequently used in other ultrasonic testing of plate-like structures.