Sow-Theng Leong (1939–87)

Peter Leong

In recent times, games-based learning has been attracting the attention of educators around the world. One of the challenges in deploying games-based learning to cover a larger proportion of the curriculum is the high costs associated with development of the games. Games development often requires specialized skills sets. Inputs from academic specialists for the learning content and pedagogy is...

TOWARDS COMMUNICATING SIMPLE SENTENCES USING PICTORIAL REPRESENTATIONS Leong,

Kenneth Leong. Reconciling the New Keynesian model with observed persistence

Despite sound theoretical foundations a drawback of the New Keynesian model is its inability to generate adequate persistence in the variables it seeks to explain. A common solution is to modify the model to include lagged variables. However, this is unsatisfactory as many such modifications depart from the microeconomic underpinnings of the original model. This paper presents results from simu...

30 pigs / sow / year – Impacts on the Sow

Since the early 1990s, the application of genetic selection for litter size has led to an increase of up to 3.5 pigs per litter at dam line nucleus level, with the largest improvements shown in the French and Danish breeding programs. This has translated into the potential for a total litter size born of 15 or more piglets, providing the possibility for commercial producers to wean more than 30...

Effects of sow, boar, and semen traits on sow reproduction