Statistical models, such as Markov Chains, have been recently studied in the context of procedural content generation (PCG). These models can capture statistical regularities of a set of training data and use them to sample new content. However, these techniques assume the existence of sufficient training data with which to train the models. In this paper we study the setting in which we might ...

Incorporating spatial econometric tools in Hedonic Pricing (HP) models for environmental valuation has become the standard approach in the literature. The effect of house prices on other house prices is taken into account and usually measured by distance or contiguity in spatial weight matrices. Disaggregate house sale datasets are composed from observations each at a specific location and time...

GJB2: gap junction protein b2 KID: keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness INTRODUCTION Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome is a rare genodermatosis with approximately 100 published cases. Although it is classified as an autosomal dominant disorder, more than 90% of cases are caused by sporadic mutations predominantly in gap junction protein b2 (GJB2) on chromosome 13q11-q12 (OMIM 148210). GJB2 ...

Transhumant production system (TPS) is a type of extensive livestock production practiced by transhumant pastoralists in which indigenous livestock breeds are mainly fed a pasture-based diet. The hypothesis tested in this work was whether differences existed between fat samples from the different species in respect to ratios of n-6/n-3, and polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids. ...

BACKGROUND After decades of decline, stillbirth rates have increased in several industrialized countries in recent years. We examined data from the province of British Columbia, Canada, in an attempt to explain this unexpected phenomenon. METHODS We carried out a retrospective population-based cohort study of all births in British Columbia from 2000 to 2010. Outcomes of interest included over...

effect of two fattening systems were studied on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of using of 66 fars native male kids in different ages. six kids were slaughtered at the first day of experiment and sixty kids were divided into two groups. the first group were kept in feedlot in individual pens and the second group grazed on rangeland, and after 3 months, were kept in feedlot in i...

The buffalo and cattle population in Egypt reached about 4.898,893 3,476,396 heads, respectively, 2019. meat production represented around 43% 45% of the total Egypt, average carcass weight 318 kg 336Kg About 50% livestock numbers are slaughtered off-slaughter houses due to a shortage capacity slaughterhouses other financial administrative reasons. conducted field survey this study showed that ...

Is overall performance of an AI-based embryo evaluation model improved by including discarded embryos during training compared to using only transferred with known implantation data (KID)? A set 14,643 KID fetal heart (4,337 FH+ and 10,307 FH-) incubated for at least 4 days was obtained from 18 different clinics. The also included 23,674 either cryopreserved or unknown FH 101,153 that were thus...

this experiment was conducted to determine the chemical composition and gross energy of poultry by product meal (pbpm) and the effects of different levels of inclusion of poultry by product meal on broiler chicken performance, serum uric acid and carcass characteristics. three samples of pbpm produced in ardabil province located in northwest of iran, were provided during one month sampling peri...